Re: [UM-LINUX] Woo hoo

2022-02-28 Thread David Eisner
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Re: [UM-LINUX] Funny "powered by" badge

2010-10-28 Thread David Eisner
> Enjoy that logo now as its time is limited. > It's architecture-specific and will be removed as Fedora 14 will be > ported to an additional architecture: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_engine Though the following project is deprecated, it shouldn't take Google long to produce a p

Re: [UM-LINUX] Hard Disk failure

2009-02-02 Thread David Eisner
r ext3 (or what have you). -David -- David Eisner CALCE CenterUniversity of Maryland

Re: [UM-LINUX] [OT] Comcast users in the area

2008-06-09 Thread David Eisner
se, but I'm not sure how to interpret the final phrase in that sentence. I *think* it means you can't give away free internet to your neighbors via a public WiFi hotspot connected to your cable modem, and similar setups. -David -- David Eisner CALCE CenterUniversity of Maryland

Re: [UM-LINUX] Unauthorized Routers (was Re: [UM-LINUX] IPtables question)

2008-04-30 Thread David Eisner
e net to apply OS patches. Once that's done I remove the router and give the machine a routable IP. Thanks again. -David -- David Eisner CALCE CenterUniversity of Maryland

[UM-LINUX] Unauthorized Routers (was Re: [UM-LINUX] IPtables question)

2008-04-28 Thread David Eisner
On 4/28/2008 2:04 PM, Robert Maxwell wrote: This situation is the result of the use of unauthorized routers and switches being used to allow labs to be placed on the network without the assistance (or billing) of NTS. Billing issues aside, Is there an official campus policy on the use of "unaut

Re: [UM-LINUX] Routing - Destination Host Unreachable errors

2008-03-05 Thread David Eisner
it, and see if that works (gateway + switch + one client). Assuming everything is OK at this point, you can plug the rest of the clients into the switch, one at a time, making sure everything still works after each client is added. This might help you isolate where the problem is. -David --

Re: [UM-LINUX] Richard Stallman dancing

2008-02-08 Thread David Eisner
On 2/8/2008 11:53 AM, John Demme wrote: Actually- that wasn't too bad... What's the labtop about, though? I would guess he's got the steps on it, but doesn't want to print them o ut? Or checking his personals inbox: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/bos/533096562.html

Re: [UM-LINUX] Safari cat out of the bag

2008-01-30 Thread David Eisner
On 1/30/2008 12:02 PM, Bernie Hackett wrote: BTW, Safari doesn't just have Oreilly books anymore. They now have That's true in general, but it looks like the campus's subscription only includes O'Reilly. If you go to the Advanced Search page, the choices for publisher are "All" and "O'Rei

[UM-LINUX] Safari cat out of the bag

2008-01-30 Thread David Eisner
The library's subscription to Safari Books Online is indeed a very cool thing, and until a few days ago was a nice little secret. :-) Hundreds of O'Reilly titles online and free. Now that the word is out, I'm getting intermittent "Session Unavailable" errors. "You are seeing this message due

Re: [UM-LINUX] MP3 download services for Linux

2008-01-07 Thread David Eisner
e big essay :)) and not so much related to Linux as an OS... But in short, I would buy a CD... But I would still use a website like http://www.riaaradar.com/ to choose which music I buy and stay away from RIAA-backed stuff... Thanks, Mehmet. -- David Eisner CALCE CenterUniversity of Maryland

Re: [UM-LINUX] MP3 download services for Linux

2008-01-04 Thread David Eisner
only want to stream music to your PC (I use it with Ubuntu, for example). You can't use it to transfer subscription-based tracks to your mobile device, though, as far as I know. -David -- David Eisner CALCE CenterUniversity of Maryland

Re: [UM-LINUX] attempting to get VPN to work..

2007-11-19 Thread David Eisner
Paul Donohue wrote: > BTW ... if you're just trying to use the Campus VPN service, vpnc is > sufficient (packaged in Debian as 'vpnc') ... you don't have to install the > official Cisco client. > > Put the following lines in /etc/vpnc/umd.conf (make sure your email client > hasn't broken the sec

Re: [UM-LINUX] SMTP server settings

2007-11-02 Thread David Eisner
Rob Sherwood wrote: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 11:11:25PM -0400, Kumar R. wrote: >> Linux Box. Currently, exim is configured to use the Gmail server. Is it >> possible to access a university server, like mail.umd edu, possibly with >> authentication, to send mail? >> > ... > > I'm not aware of

Re: [UM-LINUX] GUI debugger?

2007-07-26 Thread David Eisner
Nicholas Bishop wrote: > There are some GUI debuggers; most of them are actually just frontends You might also want to take a look at Eclipse with CDT; the debugger interfaces with gdb. I've used it with MinGW and Cygwin on Windows with some success, but I haven't tried with Linux. It's still a

Re: [UM-LINUX] Junior to Mid Level C Programmer

2007-04-11 Thread David Eisner
M Yilmaz wrote: > There are points when all companies need recruiters. On the seventeenth day of June 1952, which was a Tuesday, all but 116 companies needed a recruiter. That was the closest the world ever came to such a point. -David

Re: [UM-LINUX] Drawing Tools

2007-03-13 Thread David Eisner
Nick Cummings wrote: > The drawings I'm talking about are just diagrams for a paper, not > technical drawings. > I've been pretty happy with Inkscape. Like Illustrator, it may be overkill, but I think it's easy enough to use for simple diagrams, too. http://www.inkscape.org/ -David

Re: [UM-LINUX] mp3 Players and Linux

2007-01-09 Thread David Eisner
David Zakar wrote: > It has been my own personal experience that DAP FM tuners don't really > work at all in the greater DC area - the spectrum is just too saturated. > My gf has a Creative Zen V Plus, and it gets pretty good FM reception (even picks up WMUC!). It's a nice player, but I don't

Re: [UM-LINUX] Java

2006-12-19 Thread David Eisner
Derek Juba wrote: > Does anyone know how well Eclipse works for C++? Or does anyone know > of a better IDE for C++? I sometimes use CDT [1] for Eclipse. It has made great strides but is still a work in progress. It's usable, though, if you want to give it a try. -David [1] http://www.eclipse.o

Re: [UM-LINUX] Laptop repair?

2006-11-27 Thread David Eisner
Rob Sherwood wrote: > I've repaired many laptops without resorting to a soldering iron. If you know > what part is fault (depends on problem, but it can be obvious), then it's > pretty > easy to find the part on ebay, order it, and just swap them without solder. > In this case it's a loose po

Re: [UM-LINUX] Laptop repair?

2006-11-27 Thread David Eisner
Dan Lenski wrote: > I've ... soldered a power connector back to > the motherboard, It looks like I'm about to do this with a friend's Fujitsu LifeBook. I have very detailed on-line directions, but do you have any additional words of wisdom? -David

Re: [UM-LINUX] recommendations for new system

2006-05-31 Thread David Eisner
Russ wrote: > probably do better today. The motherboard is upgradeable to 8 meg RAM Who would ever need that much memory? (My first computer had 1K of RAM. We eventually had to buy a 16K expansion pack.) -David

Re: [UM-LINUX] This month's meeting: Flame Wars-- Text Editors

2006-03-28 Thread David Eisner
Rob wrote: > As a random point, I've been using vim for years like it was vi and > been fairly happy. However, I've recently started using the visual > highlighting (shift+v in command mode, up and down arrows to select, then > If you're too lazy to press the Shift key, just 'v' in command mod

[UM-LINUX] VMware: Not Dead Yet

2006-03-03 Thread David Eisner
http://tinyurl.com/fcyvl (https://listserv.umd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0502&L=UM-LINUX&D=0&I=-3&P=18625) It has been about a year now. For 2005, VMware revenue was up 78% from the previous year. [1] -David [1] http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/790070/000119312506010356/dex991.htm

Re: [UM-LINUX] Linus and Tanenbaum (Re: [UM-LINUX] GNOME is for idiots)

2005-12-21 Thread David Eisner
David Zakar wrote: a certain extent. Andy wasn't absolutely wrong or right - the assumption his prediction rested upon ("RISC vs CISC") simply became untrue. Tanenbaum predicted, in January 1992, that the x86 architecture was "not going to be around all that long." -David

[UM-LINUX] Linus and Tanenbaum (Re: [UM-LINUX] GNOME is for idiots)

2005-12-21 Thread David Eisner
Rob wrote: statements that it makes me question his general sense. Just because someone had the free time to sit down and write an OS, and was able to follow it up with the goodness of their heart to release it for free, doesn't make their words gospel. I agree, but history seems to have fa

Re: [UM-LINUX] favorite IDE

2005-12-16 Thread David Eisner
Rob wrote: Good point: my primary lang is C , so it should work for that ;-) - Rob There is the CDT (C/C++ Development Tools) project [1] for Eclipse, but I haven't used it extensively. -David [1] http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/

[UM-LINUX] Letter to the Editor?

2005-12-12 Thread David Eisner
Is this our own "Brian C. Merrell"? http://tinyurl.com/czo9e [1] And, if so, did you compose your letter on a Linux box? (I figure I should mention Linux at least once in awhile.) -David [1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/11/AR2005121100808_pf.html

[UM-LINUX] [OT] Job: Seeking Help with Development of Experimental Apparatus and Analysis Systems

2005-12-06 Thread David Eisner
[I believe there are EE students and graduates lurking among you, and others with these skills. A friend asked if I knew anybody who fit the bill. Feel free to pass this along.] Seeking Help with Development of Experimental Apparatus and Analysis Systems The hearing group in the Biology and Psyc

Re: [UM-LINUX] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Security Related Changes to OIT Systems]

2005-07-26 Thread David Eisner
Rob wrote: >I'm going to throw a party that telnet is dead... who's in? > >- Rob >. > > "telnet" . . . That's the same thing as Pine, right? (sorry, too much Diamondback reading) -David

Re: [UM-LINUX] Comcast

2005-07-01 Thread David Eisner
Randolph Baden wrote: >d our service working after about a week of down time, >but it recently cut out, and Comcast is claiming that it's because >they don't support Linux. If you ask me this sounds like complete > Sounds bogus. I have Comcast, run Linux, and haven't had any OS specific problem