From tdwalton at gmail.com Mon Jun 1 05:47:52 2009 From: tdwalton at gmail.com (Todd Walton) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 05:47:52 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Wikia Programmer In-Reply-To: <935ead450905311918r1db92076j1e3234204d04d9cb@mail.gmail.com> References: <935ead450905311918r1db92076j1e3234204d04d9cb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Jeffrey Ollie wrote: > Got a link to the video? ?I found one possible link but the quality is > so awful I'm not sure I can watch/listen. > > http://blip.tv/file/141633/ http://fora.tv/2008/09/11/Jimmy_Wales_-_Free_Speech_Free_Minds_and_Free_Markets The way I found this video is because he makes several mentions of Objectivism and Ayn Rand. -- Todd From james at dhlake.com Mon Jun 1 13:53:31 2009 From: james at dhlake.com (James Shoemaker) Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:53:31 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Summer picnic In-Reply-To: <4A2156AC.9020703@dhlake.com> References: <4A209477.7050506@dhlake.com> <4A2156AC.9020703@dhlake.com> Message-ID: <4A2423AB.3090707@dhlake.com> OK, August 1, 11:00 to when we break up at my house. Unless someone wants to take it over instead. 8120 Lakeshore Dr, Dexter, IA 50070 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=8120+lakeshore+dr+dexter+ia&sll=41.550459,-94.2621&sspn=0.010534,0.014784&num=10&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=41.555104,-94.259852&spn=0.005267,0.007392&z=17&iwloc=A I was informed that these things are usually bring-your-own so I will supply the propane for the grill, but whatever you want to put on it is up to you. Bring a suit if you want to swim, the beach and hot tub will be available. James From daniel.ramaley at drake.edu Mon Jun 1 13:57:02 2009 From: daniel.ramaley at drake.edu (Daniel A. Ramaley) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 13:57:02 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Personal project management wiki In-Reply-To: <200905281203.51279.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> References: <200905281203.51279.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Message-ID: <200906011357.02544.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Thanks for the suggestions. I think i'll give TiddlyWiki a try. If it is not suitable for my needs, then i'll try Mediawiki. It is in Debian, so installing should be trivial. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA From newz at bearfruit.org Mon Jun 1 14:01:02 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:01:02 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] dsm web geeks meeting tonight Message-ID: Hi, meant to do this last week... there's a web geeks meeting tonight. The topic will be design. We tend to be a little engineer heavy so should be beneficial to many people. Check out www.dsmwebgeeks.com for full details but in a nutshell, 7:00 pm tonight (Monday) at Impromptu Studios downtown then migrating over to El Baitshop. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter From dave at dchamp.net Mon Jun 1 17:00:31 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:00:31 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Summer picnic In-Reply-To: <4A2423AB.3090707@dhlake.com> References: <4A209477.7050506@dhlake.com> <4A2156AC.9020703@dhlake.com> <4A2423AB.3090707@dhlake.com> Message-ID: <4A244F7F.1050900@dchamp.net> I put it on my calendar. We can probably arrange some carpooling to make it less 'spensive to drive out there. We should probably have someone assigned with a big can of SPF 9-million sunblock spray to make sure the pasty nerds don't get all sun burned. We have two in the office that got burnt to a crisp over the weekend. I'm also going to suggest a no banana hammock / man thong rule. That means you, Barry. -dc James Shoemaker wrote: > OK, August 1, 11:00 to when we break up at my house. Unless someone > wants to take it over instead. > > 8120 Lakeshore Dr, Dexter, IA 50070 > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=8120+lakeshore+dr+dexter+ia&sll=41.550459,-94.2621&sspn=0.010534,0.014784&num=10&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=41.555104,-94.259852&spn=0.005267,0.007392&z=17&iwloc=A > > I was informed that these things are usually bring-your-own so I will > supply the propane for the grill, but whatever you want to put on it is > up to you. > Bring a suit if you want to swim, the beach and hot tub will be > available. > > James > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > From james at dhlake.com Mon Jun 1 18:40:01 2009 From: james at dhlake.com (James Shoemaker) Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:40:01 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Summer picnic In-Reply-To: <4A244F7F.1050900@dchamp.net> References: <4A209477.7050506@dhlake.com> <4A2156AC.9020703@dhlake.com> <4A2423AB.3090707@dhlake.com> <4A244F7F.1050900@dchamp.net> Message-ID: <4A2466D1.40809@dhlake.com> > We should probably have someone assigned with a big can of SPF 9-million > sunblock spray to make sure the pasty nerds don't get all sun burned. We > have two in the office that got burnt to a crisp over the weekend. Lucky for us pasty geeks, I have plenty of shade. After 2:00 or so there's even shade on the beach. James From inflatablesoulmate at brothersofchaos.com Mon Jun 1 20:45:14 2009 From: inflatablesoulmate at brothersofchaos.com (Matt Stanton) Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:45:14 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Summer picnic In-Reply-To: <4A2466D1.40809@dhlake.com> References: <4A209477.7050506@dhlake.com> <4A2156AC.9020703@dhlake.com> <4A2423AB.3090707@dhlake.com> <4A244F7F.1050900@dchamp.net> <4A2466D1.40809@dhlake.com> Message-ID: <4A24842A.70206@brothersofchaos.com> You are going to wire an AP up on the back deck, right? j/k ;) ...seriously though, you are, right? James Shoemaker wrote: >> We should probably have someone assigned with a big can of SPF 9-million >> sunblock spray to make sure the pasty nerds don't get all sun burned. We >> have two in the office that got burnt to a crisp over the weekend. >> > > Lucky for us pasty geeks, I have plenty of shade. After 2:00 or so > there's even shade on the beach. > > James > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > From james at dhlake.com Mon Jun 1 21:11:50 2009 From: james at dhlake.com (James Shoemaker) Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:11:50 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Summer picnic In-Reply-To: <4A24842A.70206@brothersofchaos.com> References: <4A209477.7050506@dhlake.com> <4A2156AC.9020703@dhlake.com> <4A2423AB.3090707@dhlake.com> <4A244F7F.1050900@dchamp.net> <4A2466D1.40809@dhlake.com> <4A24842A.70206@brothersofchaos.com> Message-ID: <4A248A66.5050701@dhlake.com> Matt Stanton wrote: > You are going to wire an AP up on the back deck, right? > I get a good wifi signal on the deck and also down on the beach. How else could you pick the music on the mp3 jukebox? James From james at dhlake.com Tue Jun 2 10:53:01 2009 From: james at dhlake.com (James Shoemaker) Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:53:01 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Summer picnic In-Reply-To: <4A248A66.5050701@dhlake.com> References: <4A209477.7050506@dhlake.com> <4A2156AC.9020703@dhlake.com> <4A2423AB.3090707@dhlake.com> <4A244F7F.1050900@dchamp.net> <4A2466D1.40809@dhlake.com> <4A24842A.70206@brothersofchaos.com> <4A248A66.5050701@dhlake.com> Message-ID: <4A254ADD.2010209@dhlake.com> James Shoemaker wrote: > Matt Stanton wrote: >> You are going to wire an AP up on the back deck, right? >> > > I get a good wifi signal on the deck and also down on the beach. How > else could you pick the music on the mp3 jukebox? I might even give you the wep key if you ask nicely. James From dave at dchamp.net Tue Jun 2 11:00:42 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:00:42 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Summer picnic In-Reply-To: <4A254ADD.2010209@dhlake.com> References: <4A209477.7050506@dhlake.com> <4A2156AC.9020703@dhlake.com> <4A2423AB.3090707@dhlake.com> <4A244F7F.1050900@dchamp.net> <4A2466D1.40809@dhlake.com> <4A24842A.70206@brothersofchaos.com> <4A248A66.5050701@dhlake.com> <4A254ADD.2010209@dhlake.com> Message-ID: <4A254CAA.4050202@dchamp.net> James Shoemaker wrote: > James Shoemaker wrote: > >> Matt Stanton wrote: >> >>> You are going to wire an AP up on the back deck, right? >>> >>> >> I get a good wifi signal on the deck and also down on the beach. How >> else could you pick the music on the mp3 jukebox? >> > > I might even give you the wep key if you ask nicely. > > James > That would take all of the challenge out of hacking into it. How far out into the lake will we be able to pick up the wifi signal? In case we want to read slashdot while tubing behind the boat. -dc From ewenix at raccoon.com Tue Jun 2 11:07:00 2009 From: ewenix at raccoon.com (ewenix at raccoon.com) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:07:00 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Cialug] Summer picnic In-Reply-To: <4A254CAA.4050202@dchamp.net> References: <4A209477.7050506@dhlake.com> <4A2156AC.9020703@dhlake.com> <4A2423AB.3090707@dhlake.com> <4A244F7F.1050900@dchamp.net> <4A2466D1.40809@dhlake.com> <4A24842A.70206@brothersofchaos.com> <4A248A66.5050701@dhlake.com> <4A254ADD.2010209@dhlake.com> <4A254CAA.4050202@dchamp.net> Message-ID: <18584.66.185.12.50.1243958820.squirrel@mail.raccoon.com> That would make an awesome picture! > > How far out into the lake will we be able to pick up the wifi signal? In > case we want to read slashdot while tubing behind the boat. > > -dc > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From james at dhlake.com Tue Jun 2 11:11:03 2009 From: james at dhlake.com (James Shoemaker) Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:11:03 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Summer picnic In-Reply-To: <4A254CAA.4050202@dchamp.net> References: <4A209477.7050506@dhlake.com> <4A2156AC.9020703@dhlake.com> <4A2423AB.3090707@dhlake.com> <4A244F7F.1050900@dchamp.net> <4A2466D1.40809@dhlake.com> <4A24842A.70206@brothersofchaos.com> <4A248A66.5050701@dhlake.com> <4A254ADD.2010209@dhlake.com> <4A254CAA.4050202@dchamp.net> Message-ID: <4A254F17.9090902@dhlake.com> > That would take all of the challenge out of hacking into it. Since it is wep hacking it should be trivial. > How far out into the lake will we be able to pick up the wifi signal? In > case we want to read slashdot while tubing behind the boat. I can sometimes pick up someone's wifi from the other side of the lake when on the deck so possibly quite a ways. Though usually I just use my treo for reading/posting from the lake, there's good US cellular and patchy sprint service at the lake, I think verizon piggy-backs on the us cellular tower. James From james at dhlake.com Tue Jun 2 11:26:46 2009 From: james at dhlake.com (James Shoemaker) Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:26:46 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Summer picnic In-Reply-To: <18584.66.185.12.50.1243958820.squirrel@mail.raccoon.com> References: <4A209477.7050506@dhlake.com> <4A2156AC.9020703@dhlake.com> <4A2423AB.3090707@dhlake.com> <4A244F7F.1050900@dchamp.net> <4A2466D1.40809@dhlake.com> <4A24842A.70206@brothersofchaos.com> <4A248A66.5050701@dhlake.com> <4A254ADD.2010209@dhlake.com> <4A254CAA.4050202@dchamp.net> <18584.66.185.12.50.1243958820.squirrel@mail.raccoon.com> Message-ID: <4A2552C6.7080809@dhlake.com> ewenix at raccoon.com wrote: > That would make an awesome picture! > > >> How far out into the lake will we be able to pick up the wifi signal? In >> case we want to read slashdot while tubing behind the boat. And not hard to stage with a sacrificial laptop. James From jrnosee at gmail.com Tue Jun 2 15:05:36 2009 From: jrnosee at gmail.com (jrnosee at gmail.com) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 15:05:36 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Corp. WiFi In-Reply-To: References: <22884115.364111243006286702.JavaMail.root@zimbra> Message-ID: bump....trying again on my new laptop. On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 4:19 PM, wrote: > Attached is a slightly modified for privacy screenlog. I got > wpa_supplicant to partially work from command line (had to kill Network > Manager). It finds the AP now and begins authentication. SSL fails. I > believe this is a better indication of the same error I was getting before: > > 1243025674.549128: TLS: Trusted root certificate(s) loaded > 1243025674.549145: EAP-TTLS: Start > 1243025674.549190: SSL: (where=0x10 ret=0x1) > 1243025674.549257: SSL: (where=0x1001 ret=0x1) > 1243025674.549268: SSL: SSL_connect:before/connect initialization > 1243025674.549317: SSL: (where=0x1001 ret=0x1) > 1243025674.549326: SSL: SSL_connect:SSLv3 write client hello A > 1243025674.549340: SSL: (where=0x1002 ret=0xffffffff) > 1243025674.549347: SSL: SSL_connect:error in SSLv3 read server hello A > 1243025674.549360: SSL: SSL_connect - want more data > 1243025674.549367: SSL: 93 bytes pending from ssl_out > 1243025674.549378: SSL: 93 bytes left to be sent out (of total 93 bytes) > 1243025674.549387: EAP: method process -> ignore=FALSE methodState=MAY_CONT > decision=FAIL > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Anyone messed with this? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090603/f70922bf/attachment.htm From tdwalton at gmail.com Wed Jun 3 10:31:50 2009 From: tdwalton at gmail.com (Todd Walton) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 10:31:50 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] "NILFS: A Filesystem to Make SSDs Scream" In-Reply-To: <8b490d600906030816w6655ac6cqdd9f2940cc5e60b0@mail.gmail.com> References: <8b490d600906030816w6655ac6cqdd9f2940cc5e60b0@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Nathan Stien wrote: > "NILFS2 (New Implementation of a Log-Structured File System Version 2) is a > very promising new log-structured file system that has continuous snapshots > and versioning of the entire file system. This means that you can recover > files that were deleted or unintentionally modified as well as perform > backups at any time from a snapshot without a performance penalty normally > associated with creating snapshots. In addition, there is evidence that > NILFS has extremely good performance on SSD drives." I am an uneducated man on the ways of filesystems. But I have a question. Wouldn't "snapshots" be killer for SSDs? -- Todd From jrnosee at gmail.com Wed Jun 3 11:28:15 2009 From: jrnosee at gmail.com (jrnosee at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:28:15 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Corp. WiFi In-Reply-To: References: <22884115.364111243006286702.JavaMail.root@zimbra> Message-ID: Ok, I've nailed my issue down a little further I think. It looks like there's an intermediary CA cert that I need to use as well as the CA cert I had before. I've obtained both, but I don't know how to get them to work together. I thought if I installed them into /etc/ssl/certs by putting them in /usr/share/ca-certificates/ and adding them to /etc/ca-certificates.conf and running sudo update-ca-certificates it would work, but aparently not. Any thoughts? --Justin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090603/3bdbb675/attachment.htm From brandongriffis at gmail.com Wed Jun 3 14:47:24 2009 From: brandongriffis at gmail.com (Brandon Griffis) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:47:24 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> I might be getting one. I'm out of my AT&T contract and looking for a phone I could deal with using for 2 years (I hate the way the US does cell service), and that I can afford to have unlimited data/text and a few minutes (which Sprint has the best prices for hands down. I'm Waiting to actually use one until I decide though. I do wish it supported expandable flash memory instead of going the on board route. Unfortunately Andriod doesn't have anything available in the US market that's very good, and the iPhone is amazingly lackluster on features (though perhaps the next one will be better, but even still they're bound to AT&T and the prices from that network are awful). I would like to see Palm remain a contender in the market. They used to have amazing devices and I think Web OS sounds like a brilliant platform. We'll see how it goes. -B On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Todd Walton wrote: > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Lee Henderson > wrote: > > Hey folks, I've been so busy I haven't been keeping up with the group in > > recent months. Just curious if anyone will be picking up a Palm Pre at > > launch this Saturday? > > Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Okay, no. But I've been waiting *so* long for the thing to come out. > I have a friend who's going to get one, and then sell me his old Treo. > My current phone is on its last legs, and I need this new phone. > > -- > Todd > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090603/0d0dce04/attachment.htm From dave at dchamp.net Wed Jun 3 14:57:38 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:57:38 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> Rumor has it (from Engadget.com) that the Pre will be available from AT&T and Verizon in 6 months when the Sprint exclusive deal is up. There are also supposed to be over a dozen Android phones available later this year, according to Google... that could mean worldwide though, so 11 in China and 1 more in the US. -dc Brandon Griffis wrote: > I might be getting one. I'm out of my AT&T contract and looking for a > phone I could deal with using for 2 years (I hate the way the US does > cell service), and that I can afford to have unlimited data/text and a > few minutes (which Sprint has the best prices for hands down. I'm > Waiting to actually use one until I decide though. I do wish it > supported expandable flash memory instead of going the on board route. > > Unfortunately Andriod doesn't have anything available in the US market > that's very good, and the iPhone is amazingly lackluster on features > (though perhaps the next one will be better, but even still they're > bound to AT&T and the prices from that network are awful). > > I would like to see Palm remain a contender in the market. They used > to have amazing devices and I think Web OS sounds like a brilliant > platform. We'll see how it goes. > > -B > > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Todd Walton > wrote: > > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Lee Henderson > > wrote: > > Hey folks, I've been so busy I haven't been keeping up with the > group in > > recent months. Just curious if anyone will be picking up a Palm > Pre at > > launch this Saturday? > > Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Okay, no. But I've been waiting *so* long for the thing to come out. > I have a friend who's going to get one, and then sell me his old Treo. > My current phone is on its last legs, and I need this new phone. > > -- > Todd > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > From brandongriffis at gmail.com Wed Jun 3 15:03:38 2009 From: brandongriffis at gmail.com (Brandon Griffis) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:03:38 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> Message-ID: <9089dcd30906031303w626ff9f0ka0e814bd91ee1562@mail.gmail.com> Yeah, I've heard those rumors too. Additionally that Apple is talking with Verizon about a 2011 iPhone on their service. So I figure I might have to bite the bullet on an "almost there" phone for another two years and then hopefully have some other options. Then again there is the HTC Touch Pro 2 that's set to release. I'm not terribly happy with the idea of going WiMo, but it does offer the most features (at 2x the cost). -B On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:57 PM, David Champion wrote: > Rumor has it (from Engadget.com) that the Pre will be available from > AT&T and Verizon in 6 months when the Sprint exclusive deal is up. > > There are also supposed to be over a dozen Android phones available > later this year, according to Google... that could mean worldwide > though, so 11 in China and 1 more in the US. > > -dc > > Brandon Griffis wrote: > > I might be getting one. I'm out of my AT&T contract and looking for a > > phone I could deal with using for 2 years (I hate the way the US does > > cell service), and that I can afford to have unlimited data/text and a > > few minutes (which Sprint has the best prices for hands down. I'm > > Waiting to actually use one until I decide though. I do wish it > > supported expandable flash memory instead of going the on board route. > > > > Unfortunately Andriod doesn't have anything available in the US market > > that's very good, and the iPhone is amazingly lackluster on features > > (though perhaps the next one will be better, but even still they're > > bound to AT&T and the prices from that network are awful). > > > > I would like to see Palm remain a contender in the market. They used > > to have amazing devices and I think Web OS sounds like a brilliant > > platform. We'll see how it goes. > > > > -B > > > > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Todd Walton > > wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Lee Henderson > > > wrote: > > > Hey folks, I've been so busy I haven't been keeping up with the > > group in > > > recent months. Just curious if anyone will be picking up a Palm > > Pre at > > > launch this Saturday? > > > > Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > Okay, no. But I've been waiting *so* long for the thing to come out. > > I have a friend who's going to get one, and then sell me his old > Treo. > > My current phone is on its last legs, and I need this new phone. > > > > -- > > Todd > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090603/d1d396b2/attachment.htm From newz at bearfruit.org Wed Jun 3 15:05:01 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:05:01 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:57 PM, David Champion wrote: > Rumor has it (from Engadget.com) that the Pre will be available from > AT&T and Verizon in 6 months when the Sprint exclusive deal is up. > > There are also supposed to be over a dozen Android phones available > later this year, according to Google... that could mean worldwide > though, so 11 in China and 1 more in the US. > Yeah, but seems like we were singing a similar song a year ago. Expectations for Android have been very high but I can't hold my breath much longer. I held off getting a smart phone last fall opting to buy a full-featured phone on ebay and skipping a contract. Not wanting to wait too much longer. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter From robarooney at gmail.com Wed Jun 3 15:08:12 2009 From: robarooney at gmail.com (Rob Miller) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:08:12 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1a1c07bd0906031308m4b0b8dd5j714b9b3104cb44a2@mail.gmail.com> I hope I can be first in line. I'm thinking of going by the Sprint store there by Barnes and Noble on University in WDM around 5:30 am to see what's happening. I've not had a smart phone before and I just want to try one. That's my plan. Rob Miller On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Lee Henderson wrote: > Hey folks, I've been so busy I haven't been keeping up with the group in > recent months. Just curious if anyone will be picking up a Palm Pre at > launch this Saturday? With that in mind, are there any Web OS developers in > the group? > > Lee > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090603/e7c0fbca/attachment.htm From cwfreeman at gmail.com Wed Jun 3 16:44:24 2009 From: cwfreeman at gmail.com (Chris Freeman) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:44:24 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> Message-ID: <3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > > Yeah, but seems like we were singing a similar song a year ago. > Expectations for Android have been very high but I can't hold my > breath much longer. I held off getting a smart phone last fall opting > to buy a full-featured phone on ebay and skipping a contract. Not > wanting to wait too much longer. For me, the biggest problem is that the phones are tied to the service provider. I want a G1, but I won't pay the disconnect fee for 2 people to get off of Sprint. That said, I am also drooling over the Pre, and I have a Centro already. I'm in no rush to get shiny and new. I have a friend with a G1, and he loves it. If T-Mobile is a possibility for you, you might want to look at it if you can't wait much longer. Chris From brandongriffis at gmail.com Wed Jun 3 17:37:12 2009 From: brandongriffis at gmail.com (Brandon Griffis) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:37:12 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: <3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> <3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com> I haven't played with a G1 but it fell off the shelf of possible phones when I found they wouldn't be supporting A2DP (stereo bluetooth). (Also one of the many reasons the iPhone sucks). The camera is also fairly poor (or so I've heard), and doesn't support video. (Some of these things may have changed with more recent updates). I still can't believe that smartphones are still being released that don't support a full bluetooth stack. It'd also be nice if the G1 supported flash (youtube/pandora/last.fm). -B On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Chris Freeman wrote: > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > > > > Yeah, but seems like we were singing a similar song a year ago. > > Expectations for Android have been very high but I can't hold my > > breath much longer. I held off getting a smart phone last fall opting > > to buy a full-featured phone on ebay and skipping a contract. Not > > wanting to wait too much longer. > > For me, the biggest problem is that the phones are tied to the service > provider. I want a G1, but I won't pay the disconnect fee for 2 people > to get off of Sprint. That said, I am also drooling over the Pre, and > I have a Centro already. I'm in no rush to get shiny and new. > > I have a friend with a G1, and he loves it. If T-Mobile is a > possibility for you, you might want to look at it if you can't wait > much longer. > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090603/ecb882a6/attachment-0001.htm From dave at dchamp.net Wed Jun 3 17:41:52 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:41:52 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: <9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> <3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com> <9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4A26FC30.1060402@dchamp.net> The lastest update (aka "cupcake") for the G1 supports stereo bluetooth. One of my cow-orkers has one and is sitting in his cube listening to it right now. -dc Brandon Griffis wrote: > I haven't played with a G1 but it fell off the shelf of possible > phones when I found they wouldn't be supporting A2DP (stereo > bluetooth). (Also one of the many reasons the iPhone sucks). The > camera is also fairly poor (or so I've heard), and doesn't support > video. (Some of these things may have changed with more recent updates). > > I still can't believe that smartphones are still being released that > don't support a full bluetooth stack. It'd also be nice if the G1 > supported flash (youtube/pandora/last.fm ). > > -B > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Chris Freeman > wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Matthew Nuzum > wrote: > > > > Yeah, but seems like we were singing a similar song a year ago. > > Expectations for Android have been very high but I can't hold my > > breath much longer. I held off getting a smart phone last fall > opting > > to buy a full-featured phone on ebay and skipping a contract. Not > > wanting to wait too much longer. > > For me, the biggest problem is that the phones are tied to the service > provider. I want a G1, but I won't pay the disconnect fee for 2 people > to get off of Sprint. That said, I am also drooling over the Pre, and > I have a Centro already. I'm in no rush to get shiny and new. > > I have a friend with a G1, and he loves it. If T-Mobile is a > possibility for you, you might want to look at it if you can't wait > much longer. > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > From eric at eric.nu Wed Jun 3 19:16:38 2009 From: eric at eric.nu (Eric Junker) Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:16:38 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: <9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> <3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com> <9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4A271266.50405@eric.nu> Brandon Griffis wrote: > I haven't played with a G1 but it fell off the shelf of possible phones > when I found they wouldn't be supporting A2DP (stereo bluetooth). (Also > one of the many reasons the iPhone sucks). Iphone OS 3.0 will probably be released on June 8 and it will include A2DP, MMS, 3G tethering, turn by turn GPS navigation and other features. Eric From brandongriffis at gmail.com Thu Jun 4 11:48:01 2009 From: brandongriffis at gmail.com (Brandon Griffis) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:48:01 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: <4A271266.50405@eric.nu> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> <3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com> <9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com> <4A271266.50405@eric.nu> Message-ID: <9089dcd30906040948v47f17d57p8306275a85c1c5e0@mail.gmail.com> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Eric Junker wrote: > > Iphone OS 3.0 will probably be released on June 8 and it will include > A2DP, MMS, 3G tethering, turn by turn GPS navigation and other features. > Yes, which is nice. Though it's still terribly underpowered and has too little ram, and doesn't allow for multi-tasking. The OS is quite clean and nice, but it's still not quite there. Perhaps the next hardware iteration will be competitive with the other hardware on the market. Sadly, Apple has decided to bind themselves to AT&T (a provider I am running as far and as fast away from as possible). -B -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Jun 4, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Brandon Griffis wrote: > Sadly, Apple has decided to bind themselves to AT&T (a provider I am > running as far and as fast away from as possible). > > -B From james at dhlake.com Thu Jun 4 13:03:15 2009 From: james at dhlake.com (James Shoemaker) Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:03:15 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: <96857C53-8EE0-46A7-B731-71F199EA52DA@robfreiburger.com> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> <3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com> <9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com> <4A271266.50405@eric.nu> <9089dcd30906040948v47f17d57p8306275a85c1c5e0@mail.gmail.com> <96857C53-8EE0-46A7-B731-71F199EA52DA@robfreiburger.com> Message-ID: <4A280C63.1090709@dhlake.com> Rob Freiburger wrote: > I doubt it was in Apple's interests to be locked into an exclusive > agreement when they were finding carriers back when the iPhone was top > secret. I think most carriers thought Apple wouldn't be able to pull > it off. Also so they could implement things like "visual voicemail". James From kristau at gmail.com Thu Jun 4 15:10:48 2009 From: kristau at gmail.com (kristau) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:10:48 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: <4A280C63.1090709@dhlake.com> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> <3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com> <9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com> <4A271266.50405@eric.nu> <9089dcd30906040948v47f17d57p8306275a85c1c5e0@mail.gmail.com> <96857C53-8EE0-46A7-B731-71F199EA52DA@robfreiburger.com> <4A280C63.1090709@dhlake.com> Message-ID: <3effba680906041310m580eda49r12d3fb8aab5ffdb7@mail.gmail.com> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:03 PM, James Shoemaker wrote: > ? Also so they could implement things like "visual voicemail". > > James Yes, I remember people speculating that most providers were not willing to allow a phone provider that level of access on their network. Prior to Apple and the iPhone, the carriers held all the cards. The iPhone threated (and still threatens) to flip this around, allowing the phone manufacturers wield more power. Apple came along and said, "This is what it will take to put our devices on your network. If you can't provide it we will find someone else who will." AT&T was probably not Apple's first choice, but they were willing to play. Once the obligations are over with AT&T, you can bet Apple will pose that same question again to all the providers. When they do, I think we'll see at least one or two more providers take them up. -- Tired programmer Coding late into the night The core dump follows From zach at kotlarek.com Thu Jun 4 15:19:43 2009 From: zach at kotlarek.com (Zachary Kotlarek) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:19:43 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: <3effba680906041310m580eda49r12d3fb8aab5ffdb7@mail.gmail.com> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> <3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com> <9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com> <4A271266.50405@eric.nu> <9089dcd30906040948v47f17d57p8306275a85c1c5e0@mail.gmail.com> <96857C53-8EE0-46A7-B731-71F199EA52DA@robfreiburger.com> <4A280C63.1090709@dhlake.com> <3effba680906041310m580eda49r12d3fb8aab5ffdb7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4DA2A04E-3694-4E72-A956-6067E78BCDC0@kotlarek.com> On Jun 4, 2009, at 3:10 PM, kristau wrote: > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:03 PM, James Shoemaker > wrote: >> Also so they could implement things like "visual voicemail". You'd think phone providers would be happy to send you voicemail as a MMS or email -- that would get you "visual voice mail" and they'd be able to ding you for the (low priority, non-interactive) transmission of the MMS or email data. Given that calls to check voicemail tie up both the OTA network and the voicemail server, and that those calls are not charged against on- air minutes (at least not on any plan I've ever used), I just can't see the benefit. But maybe I'm missing some vital piece of control/ profit that cellular providers want to keep by forcing you to call into their voicemail system. Zach -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Prior to Apple and the iPhone, the carriers held all the > cards. The iPhone threated (and still threatens) to flip this around, > allowing the phone manufacturers wield more power. > > Apple came along and said, "This is what it will take to put our > devices on your network. If you can't provide it we will find someone > else who will." AT&T was probably not Apple's first choice, but they > were willing to play. > Remember too that it was with Cingular who announced that very day, on stage with Apple, that they were being bought by AT&T. The work needed to make visual voice mail was not done in a few days or a few weeks... Also remember that they also (temporarily) broke out of the mold where the provider subsidized the hardware in exchange for a 2 year contract. It boggles my mind to think about how that deal worked out and the complexities involved. It was definitely a win-win situation. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter From leemhenderson at gmail.com Thu Jun 4 19:28:22 2009 From: leemhenderson at gmail.com (Lee Henderson) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 19:28:22 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: References: <3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com> <9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com> <4A271266.50405@eric.nu> <9089dcd30906040948v47f17d57p8306275a85c1c5e0@mail.gmail.com> <96857C53-8EE0-46A7-B731-71F199EA52DA@robfreiburger.com> <4A280C63.1090709@dhlake.com> <3effba680906041310m580eda49r12d3fb8aab5ffdb7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: All of that being said. ;-) Apple will undoubtedly be realeasing new hardware soon. If for smoe reason I don't land a Pre at launch, I'll probably be first in line for the new iPhone. The first gen was my favorite phone thus far. The 3G just wasn't enough of an update for me to jump to it. So we'll see, come Saturday, if I'll be looking forward to an Apple announcement or not. If my Wife was a little more of a techie I'd probably have both. Thankfully for our bank account she tends to keep me grounded. On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:10 PM, kristau wrote: > > > > Yes, I remember people speculating that most providers were not > > willing to allow a phone provider that level of access on their > > network. Prior to Apple and the iPhone, the carriers held all the > > cards. The iPhone threated (and still threatens) to flip this around, > > allowing the phone manufacturers wield more power. > > > > Apple came along and said, "This is what it will take to put our > > devices on your network. If you can't provide it we will find someone > > else who will." AT&T was probably not Apple's first choice, but they > > were willing to play. > > > > Remember too that it was with Cingular who announced that very day, on > stage with Apple, that they were being bought by AT&T. The work needed > to make visual voice mail was not done in a few days or a few weeks... > Also remember that they also (temporarily) broke out of the mold where > the provider subsidized the hardware in exchange for a 2 year > contract. > > It boggles my mind to think about how that deal worked out and the > complexities involved. It was definitely a win-win situation. > > -- > Matthew Nuzum > newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I think most carriers thought Apple wouldn't be able to pull > it off. Na. From what I heard everyone was interested from day 1. AT&T was just able to *afford* them (mostly by overcharging their customers). Apple got massively greater kickbacks from AT&T for the exclusivity. Esp on the 1st gen iPhone. -B -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090605/74090e57/attachment.htm From chapinjeff at gmail.com Fri Jun 5 14:53:20 2009 From: chapinjeff at gmail.com (Jeff Chapin) Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:53:20 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] n00bie n33ds h3lp In-Reply-To: <1a1c07bd0906051145n395785dfw35947adbbd918d79@mail.gmail.com> References: <1a1c07bd0906051145n395785dfw35947adbbd918d79@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4A2977B0.3000908@gmail.com> Does hitting Alt-F7 fix it? Jeff Rob Miller wrote: > I'm running SuSE 10.2 on my desktop computer and somehow I started a > rescue CD program (http://www.sysresccd.org) that covers my desktop > with a text program. I can't figure out how to shut it off and get > back to my Gnome desktop. Any help would be great. Thanks. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > From robarooney at gmail.com Fri Jun 5 15:09:27 2009 From: robarooney at gmail.com (Rob Miller) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:09:27 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] n00bie n33ds h3lp In-Reply-To: <4A2977B0.3000908@gmail.com> References: <1a1c07bd0906051145n395785dfw35947adbbd918d79@mail.gmail.com> <4A2977B0.3000908@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1a1c07bd0906051309p589ab1f0rf8f75723ad0e63ca@mail.gmail.com> Nothing happens when I do "alt-f7". Thanks for the idea. Here's the last line of the program on the screen. root at sysresccd /root # _ Does this help? On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Jeff Chapin wrote: > Does hitting Alt-F7 fix it? > > Jeff > > > Rob Miller wrote: > > I'm running SuSE 10.2 on my desktop computer and somehow I started a > > rescue CD program (http://www.sysresccd.org) that covers my desktop > > with a text program. I can't figure out how to shut it off and get > > back to my Gnome desktop. Any help would be great. Thanks. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks for the idea. > > Here's the last line of the program on the screen. > > root at sysresccd /root # _ > > Does this help? > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Jeff Chapin wrote: >> >> Does hitting Alt-F7 fix it? >> >> Jeff >> >> >> Rob Miller wrote: >> > I'm running SuSE 10.2 on my desktop computer and somehow I started a >> > rescue CD program (http://www.sysresccd.org) that covers my desktop >> > with a text program. ?I can't figure out how to shut it off and get >> > back to my Gnome desktop. ?Any help would be great. ?Thanks. >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Cialug mailing list >> > Cialug at cialug.org >> > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > From ka_klick at mac.com Fri Jun 5 15:15:50 2009 From: ka_klick at mac.com (Bryan Baker) Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:15:50 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] n00bie n33ds h3lp In-Reply-To: <1a1c07bd0906051309p589ab1f0rf8f75723ad0e63ca@mail.gmail.com> References: <1a1c07bd0906051145n395785dfw35947adbbd918d79@mail.gmail.com> <4A2977B0.3000908@gmail.com> <1a1c07bd0906051309p589ab1f0rf8f75723ad0e63ca@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1E80E20D-5AD3-4C3C-91AE-4FA684116BF6@mac.com> um, is there a CD in the drive - it looks like it's actually been rebooted into a rescue environment running from CD. If there is a CD in the drive, try taking it out and rebooting (as long as there's nothing open you need). SOunds just like a normal system prompt to me. On Jun 5, 2009, at 3:09 PM, Rob Miller wrote: > Nothing happens when I do "alt-f7". Thanks for the idea. > > Here's the last line of the program on the screen. > > root at sysresccd /root # _ > > Does this help? > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Jeff Chapin > wrote: > Does hitting Alt-F7 fix it? > > Jeff > > > Rob Miller wrote: > > I'm running SuSE 10.2 on my desktop computer and somehow I started a > > rescue CD program (http://www.sysresccd.org) that covers my desktop > > with a text program. I can't figure out how to shut it off and get > > back to my Gnome desktop. Any help would be great. Thanks. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug -- Bryan "ka-klick" Baker Singer/Songwriter ka-klick at ka-klick.com http://ka-klick.com http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed From cwfreeman at gmail.com Fri Jun 5 15:29:48 2009 From: cwfreeman at gmail.com (Chris Freeman) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:29:48 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Pre In-Reply-To: <9089dcd30906051226j460c49bdk7fb840e059a2f76@mail.gmail.com> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com> <4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net> <3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com> <9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com> <4A271266.50405@eric.nu> <9089dcd30906040948v47f17d57p8306275a85c1c5e0@mail.gmail.com> <96857C53-8EE0-46A7-B731-71F199EA52DA@robfreiburger.com> <9089dcd30906051226j460c49bdk7fb840e059a2f76@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <3afd8deb0906051329o6a110f07hfa1d7581a63d2c0@mail.gmail.com> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Brandon Griffis wrote: > Na. From what I heard everyone was interested from day 1. AT&T was just > able to *afford* them (mostly by overcharging their customers). Apple got > massively greater kickbacks from AT&T for the exclusivity. Esp on the 1st > gen iPhone. > > -B If I recall, Apple was only talking with Cingular (who of course got bought by AT&T before the deal was complete) and Verizon. According to http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/7/04/how-att-picked-up-the-iphone-a-brief-history-of-mobiles/, Verizon turned Apple down as they wanted more power in the relationship. Chris From icepuck2k at mchsi.com Fri Jun 5 19:00:23 2009 From: icepuck2k at mchsi.com (icepuck2k at mchsi.com) Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:23 +0000 Subject: [Cialug] email address In-Reply-To: <9089dcd30906051226j460c49bdk7fb840e059a2f76@mail.gmail.com> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com><4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net><3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com><9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com><4A271266.50405@eric.nu><9089dcd30906040948v47f17d57p8306275a85c1c5e0@mail.gmail.com><96857C53-8EE0-46A7-B731-71F199EA52DA@robfreiburger.com> <9089dcd30906051226j460c49bdk7fb840e059a2f76@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <060620090000.21145.4A29B196000D35FC00005299223045151403010CD2079C080C03BF05CD050C9A9F0A0C07@mchsi.com> How do I change my email address for this list? -dh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Smith) Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:07:13 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] email address In-Reply-To: <060620090000.21145.4A29B196000D35FC00005299223045151403010CD2079C080C03BF05CD050C9A9F0A0C07@mchsi.com> References: <9089dcd30906031247p468814a4qcce138c689cb1e3@mail.gmail.com><4A26D5B2.4090609@dchamp.net><3afd8deb0906031444n57c75817t4d48d0822f802ec7@mail.gmail.com><9089dcd30906031537i2cc1340av870fe8b4189e31b5@mail.gmail.com><4A271266.50405@eric.nu><9089dcd30906040948v47f17d57p8306275a85c1c5e0@mail.gmail.com><96857C53-8EE0-46A7-B731-71F199EA52DA@robfreiburger.com> <9089dcd30906051226j460c49bdk7fb840e059a2f76@mail.gmail.com> <060620090000.21145.4A29B196000D35FC00005299223045151403010CD2079C080C03BF05CD050C9A9F0A0C07@mchsi.com> Message-ID: <4A29B331.80108@linuxsmith.com> The link below. http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug icepuck2k at mchsi.com wrote: > > > How do I change my email address for this list? > -dh > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug -- No keyboard detected. Press F1 to continue. From robarooney at gmail.com Fri Jun 5 22:29:46 2009 From: robarooney at gmail.com (Rob Miller) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:29:46 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] n00bie n33ds h3lp In-Reply-To: <1E80E20D-5AD3-4C3C-91AE-4FA684116BF6@mac.com> References: <1a1c07bd0906051145n395785dfw35947adbbd918d79@mail.gmail.com> <4A2977B0.3000908@gmail.com> <1a1c07bd0906051309p589ab1f0rf8f75723ad0e63ca@mail.gmail.com> <1E80E20D-5AD3-4C3C-91AE-4FA684116BF6@mac.com> Message-ID: <1a1c07bd0906052029p59bd1962k67a856f8cc0cc77e@mail.gmail.com> Thanks, but there's no CD. I had the iso or something on my desktop and somehow I launched this. I'll go down and try the control-alt-F7 and "shutdown -r now". Then, I'll report back to list. On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Bryan Baker wrote: > um, is there a CD in the drive - it looks like it's actually been > rebooted into a rescue environment running from CD. > If there is a CD in the drive, try taking it out and rebooting (as > long as there's nothing open you need). > SOunds just like a normal system prompt to me. > > On Jun 5, 2009, at 3:09 PM, Rob Miller wrote: > > Nothing happens when I do "alt-f7". Thanks for the idea. > > > > Here's the last line of the program on the screen. > > > > root at sysresccd /root # _ > > > > Does this help? > > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Jeff Chapin > > wrote: > > Does hitting Alt-F7 fix it? > > > > Jeff > > > > > > Rob Miller wrote: > > > I'm running SuSE 10.2 on my desktop computer and somehow I started a > > > rescue CD program (http://www.sysresccd.org) that covers my desktop > > > with a text program. I can't figure out how to shut it off and get > > > back to my Gnome desktop. Any help would be great. Thanks. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Cialug mailing list > > > Cialug at cialug.org > > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > -- > Bryan "ka-klick" Baker > Singer/Songwriter > ka-klick at ka-klick.com > http://ka-klick.com > http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090605/51872988/attachment.htm From robarooney at gmail.com Sat Jun 6 15:55:47 2009 From: robarooney at gmail.com (Rob Miller) Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 15:55:47 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] One more h3lp qu3stion about TomBoy Message-ID: <1a1c07bd0906061355v31d441ffp9624d992c4caeaa4@mail.gmail.com> I've been using Tomboy a lot on my desktop machine (SuSE 10.2) but now I'd like to move all my notes to my laptop (Ubuntu 9.04). Is there a data file somewhere that I can copy? Thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090606/4b5e7c7f/attachment.htm From kevin at linuxsmith.com Sat Jun 6 19:46:25 2009 From: kevin at linuxsmith.com (Kevin C. Smith) Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:46:25 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] One more h3lp qu3stion about TomBoy In-Reply-To: <1a1c07bd0906061355v31d441ffp9624d992c4caeaa4@mail.gmail.com> References: <1a1c07bd0906061355v31d441ffp9624d992c4caeaa4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4A2B0DE1.2090201@linuxsmith.com> Rob Miller wrote: > I've been using Tomboy a lot on my desktop machine (SuSE 10.2) but now > I'd like to move all my notes to my laptop (Ubuntu 9.04). Is there a > data file somewhere that I can copy? Thanks. Just copy the .tomboy directory; it's all in there. -- No keyboard detected. Press F1 to continue. From cmlburnett at gmail.com Sun Jun 7 19:21:16 2009 From: cmlburnett at gmail.com (Colin Burnett) Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 19:21:16 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] ALSA, intel8x0, and controlling digital volume Message-ID: I've had this box for some time now and have never bothered to figure this out. I've got an nvidia CK804 AC97 audio chipset on gentoo. ALSA is set up for intel8x0 with nothing special for a config. It all "works". That said, what I would like is the master volume to control the digital output (i.e., IEC958) in addition to the PCM output otherwise the analog out to my monitor speakers don't volume track the digital out to my receiver. (My usual solution around this is to do `mplayer -af volume=8` or whatever to adjust the digital out and adjust analog to fill nicely.) Any one know the answer or have a clue? Colin From nfox at foxmediasystems.com Sun Jun 7 19:42:32 2009 From: nfox at foxmediasystems.com (Nick Fox) Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:42:32 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] ALSA, intel8x0, and controlling digital volume In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A2C5E78.10603@foxmediasystems.com> I am not exactly sure on this, but you should be able to just set your default PCM to the iec958. This is usually done inside your .asoundrc and .asoundrc.asoundconf if i recall. -Nick Colin Burnett wrote: > I've had this box for some time now and have never bothered to figure > this out. I've got an nvidia CK804 AC97 audio chipset on gentoo. > ALSA is set up for intel8x0 with nothing special for a config. It all > "works". That said, what I would like is the master volume to control > the digital output (i.e., IEC958) in addition to the PCM output > otherwise the analog out to my monitor speakers don't volume track the > digital out to my receiver. > > (My usual solution around this is to do `mplayer -af volume=8` or > whatever to adjust the digital out and adjust analog to fill nicely.) > > Any one know the answer or have a clue? > > > Colin > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -- Nick Fox Fox Media Systems, LLC Owner / President 1338 57th St. Des Moines, IA 50311 www.foxmediasystems.com From newz at bearfruit.org Mon Jun 8 10:21:28 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 10:21:28 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Ubuntu server's new UI Message-ID: Just installed Ubuntu Server 9.04 on my server. Interestingly, it now ships with screen profiles which provide a UI for Ubuntu server. It shows you cpu usage, a list of open windows, server time and date and some other interesting details. You can even install it by default so that it loads automatically. There are a couple different profiles actually, I've used the dark one so far. https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/screen-profiles.html -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter From eric at eric.nu Mon Jun 8 10:27:50 2009 From: eric at eric.nu (Eric Junker) Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:27:50 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Ubuntu server's new UI In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A2D2DF6.8090905@eric.nu> Matthew Nuzum wrote: > Just installed Ubuntu Server 9.04 on my server. Interestingly, it now > ships with screen profiles which provide a UI for Ubuntu server. If you aren't using Ubuntu or not on 9.04 yet, you can grab the source here (screenshots included): https://launchpad.net/byobu Eric From tdwalton at gmail.com Thu Jun 11 12:11:43 2009 From: tdwalton at gmail.com (Todd Walton) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:11:43 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Desktop Linux Message-ID: At http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10260478-16.html Matt Asay says: "This is the state of "desktop" Linux today: it really has nothing left to prove. It took years to become user friendly, but it has arrived, helped along by the world's move to browser-based computing. At this point, the only thing that Fedora and the other Linux distributions can do is embrace and extend the Windows or Mac computing experience, because they've largely matched them (especially Windows)." I disagree with this on several points. First, browser-based computing has not helped Linux to become user-friendly. If it's helped anything, it's been to make the user-friendliness of the operating system a moot point. Second, even in the context of the rest of the article, this is almost a slap in the face to all the *hard* work that Red Hat and Ubuntu and others have put into making a user-friendly open source desktop. We'd be nowhere without them, no matter how shiny Mozilla or Opera made their browsers. Perhaps Mr Asay could use a screenshot of days past as a reminder. Third, if "embrace and extend" means to make a better Windows, then I don't agree. It's unrealistic to expect Linux to completely dream up a brand new user interface; people know the Windows paradigm and they have work to do. But open source has the flexibility and speed to *own* the desktop user experience. *We* should be setting the standard that Mac and Windows will follow. Rather than embracing the model they present, the Linux community would do well to feel ownership of the desktop experience and to treat it as their own slate to draw on. -- Todd From jim.asbille at gmail.com Thu Jun 11 13:11:56 2009 From: jim.asbille at gmail.com (Jim Asbille) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:11:56 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Desktop Linux In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <60fcb45d0906111111o52b003c6l3d6fea827f1aff72@mail.gmail.com> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Todd Walton wrote: > > Third, if "embrace and extend" means to make a better Windows, then I > don't agree. It's unrealistic to expect Linux to completely dream up > a brand new user interface; people know the Windows paradigm and they > have work to do. But open source has the flexibility and speed to > *own* the desktop user experience. *We* should be setting the > standard that Mac and Windows will follow. Rather than embracing the > model they present, the Linux community would do well to feel > ownership of the desktop experience and to treat it as their own slate > to draw on. > > Well said, I don't want a "Windows" experience. I want a better experience and I have found that with Linux. -- Jim Asbille, MSM registered Linux user number 388067 "There's no place like 127.0.0.1." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090611/febc3509/attachment.htm From newz at bearfruit.org Thu Jun 11 13:51:47 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:51:47 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Desktop Linux In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Todd Walton wrote: > First, browser-based computing has not helped Linux to become > user-friendly. ?If it's helped anything, it's been to make the > user-friendliness of the operating system a moot point. I don't disagree with your point one bit, but the fact that more and more people are using the web browser as not only their main, but in many cases their only desktop application has allowed people to choose which desktop OS they want. The OS for many is just a set of drivers that sit between their digital camera and flickr. An interesting side note, the other day (actually, longer than that, maybe a month or two ago) I got a little bit upset because a salesperson at Best Buy was telling a customer they should not consider buying a Linux based netbook that was $40 cheaper because it didn't have Windows. His reasoning? They don't even sell antivirus software for it! That sounds laughable at first but it reveals some motivations or views that are slowing Linux adoption. Best Buy and other consumer electronics stores don't make much money on computer sales. Margin's are tight. Instead, they profit when people buy add-ons like warranties, cables and software. When you think about it this way, Linux is a major threat to their profitability. They have a thriving business built around the web NOT being the OS. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter From jim.asbille at gmail.com Thu Jun 11 15:28:13 2009 From: jim.asbille at gmail.com (Jim Asbille) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:28:13 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Desktop Linux In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <60fcb45d0906111328xb3b3f32yddd7842ec59be15d@mail.gmail.com> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > > salesperson at Best Buy was telling a customer they should not > consider buying a Linux based netbook that was $40 cheaper because it > didn't have Windows. His reasoning? They don't even sell antivirus > software for it! > Not to mention how people with little to no understanding pass themselves off as experts and mislead the public who desperately need expertise. -- Jim Asbille, MSM registered Linux user number 388067 "There's no place like 127.0.0.1." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090611/62cd8928/attachment.htm From lowmaine at mchsi.com Fri Jun 12 19:24:42 2009 From: lowmaine at mchsi.com (Randle Boyd) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:24:42 +0000 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics Message-ID: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> Every once in a while, I see something about a robotics competition for middle/high school kids in the Des Moines area. Are there any events or organizations for adults in the Des Moines area? Cheers, Randle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090613/ad622060/attachment.htm From jerry at heiselman.com Fri Jun 12 20:03:59 2009 From: jerry at heiselman.com (Jerry Heiselman) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:03:59 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> Message-ID: <45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com> I would love to find something like that for adults. Alas, I haven't found much around here. On 6/12/09, Randle Boyd wrote: > Every once in a while, I see something about a robotics competition for > middle/high school kids in the Des Moines area. Are there any events or > organizations for adults in the Des Moines area? > > Cheers, > Randle > -- Jerry From icepuck2k at gmail.com Fri Jun 12 22:22:45 2009 From: icepuck2k at gmail.com (Dan Hockey) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:22:45 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: <45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com> References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> <45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> There's the ISU Robotics Club but it's not open to outsiders. http://nukelab1.student.iastate.edu/ then there's http://kansascityrobotics.org/ Of course there isn't anything here in DM. The other thought is why not start one? I have some legos and a Hero1(Nov 1987) and it still works! www.ciarug.org would be kind of cool;=) -dan > -----Original Message----- > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On > Behalf Of Jerry Heiselman > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 8:04 PM > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT Robotics > > I would love to find something like that for adults. Alas, I haven't > found much around here. > > On 6/12/09, Randle Boyd wrote: > > Every once in a while, I see something about a robotics competition for > > middle/high school kids in the Des Moines area. Are there any events or > > organizations for adults in the Des Moines area? > > > > Cheers, > > Randle > > > > > -- > Jerry > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug From cwfreeman at gmail.com Sat Jun 13 09:32:44 2009 From: cwfreeman at gmail.com (Chris Freeman) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:32:44 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> <45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com> <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> Message-ID: <3afd8deb0906130732u3493ffb3g6e39385402524852@mail.gmail.com> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Dan Hockey wrote: > There's the ISU Robotics Club but it's not open to outsiders. > http://nukelab1.student.iastate.edu/ > then there's http://kansascityrobotics.org/ > Of course there isn't anything here in DM. > The other thought is why not start one? I have some legos and a Hero1(Nov > 1987) and it still works! > www.ciarug.org would be kind of cool;=) > -dan Hero1 brings back memories from my youth. Does it still work? Chris From leemhenderson at gmail.com Sat Jun 13 19:04:29 2009 From: leemhenderson at gmail.com (Lee Henderson) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:04:29 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> <45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com> <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> Message-ID: I would be quite interested in such a group. I'm a robotics enthusiast myself and I'm sure there are more of us in the area. In fact I'm gettng my daughters interested at an early age (4 and 5). On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Dan Hockey wrote: > There's the ISU Robotics Club but it's not open to outsiders. > http://nukelab1.student.iastate.edu/ > then there's http://kansascityrobotics.org/ > Of course there isn't anything here in DM. > The other thought is why not start one? I have some legos and a Hero1(Nov > 1987) and it still works! > www.ciarug.org would be kind of cool;=) > -dan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On > > Behalf Of Jerry Heiselman > > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 8:04 PM > > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group > > Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT Robotics > > > > I would love to find something like that for adults. Alas, I haven't > > found much around here. > > > > On 6/12/09, Randle Boyd wrote: > > > Every once in a while, I see something about a robotics competition for > > > middle/high school kids in the Des Moines area. Are there any events > or > > > organizations for adults in the Des Moines area? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Randle > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jerry > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090613/e8c223c4/attachment.htm From newz at bearfruit.org Sat Jun 13 20:19:08 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:19:08 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> <45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com> <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> Message-ID: I too would be interested in participating or helping with such a group. Especially if it were family friendly and didn't meet on Wednesdays. I have a big vex robotics set, several kits and some micro controllers like bs2, pic and arduino. And an 8 year old. Should we set a date for early to mid July for an interest meeting so that we can spread the word to see who would want to participate? On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Lee Henderson wrote: > I would be quite interested in such a group.?I'm a robotics enthusiast > myself and I'm sure there are more of us in the area. In fact I'm gettng my > daughters interested at an early age (4 and 5). > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Dan Hockey wrote: >> >> There's the ISU Robotics Club but it's not open to outsiders. >> http://nukelab1.student.iastate.edu/ >> then there's http://kansascityrobotics.org/ >> Of course there isn't anything here in DM. >> The other thought is why not start one? I have some legos and a Hero1(Nov >> 1987) and it still works! >> www.ciarug.org would be kind of cool;=) >> -dan >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On >> > Behalf Of Jerry Heiselman >> > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 8:04 PM >> > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group >> > Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT Robotics >> > >> > I would love to find something like that for adults. Alas, I haven't >> > found much around here. >> > >> > On 6/12/09, Randle Boyd wrote: >> > > Every once in a while, I see something about a robotics competition >> > > for >> > > middle/high school kids in the Des Moines area. ?Are there any events >> > > or >> > > organizations for adults in the Des Moines area? >> > > >> > > Cheers, >> > > Randle >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Jerry >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Cialug mailing list >> > Cialug at cialug.org >> > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter From icepuck2k at gmail.com Sat Jun 13 21:51:38 2009 From: icepuck2k at gmail.com (Dan Hockey) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:51:38 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: <3afd8deb0906130732u3493ffb3g6e39385402524852@mail.gmail.com> References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com><45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com><9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> <3afd8deb0906130732u3493ffb3g6e39385402524852@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1C4B21B6CD6B4737B20313F7A341066B@toshibauser> > -----Original Message----- > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On > Behalf Of Chris Freeman > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 9:33 AM > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT Robotics > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Dan Hockey wrote: > > There's the ISU Robotics Club but it's not open to outsiders. > > http://nukelab1.student.iastate.edu/ > > then there's http://kansascityrobotics.org/ > > Of course there isn't anything here in DM. > > The other thought is why not start one? I have some legos and a > Hero1(Nov > > 1987) and it still works! > > www.ciarug.org would be kind of cool;=) > > -dan > > Hero1 brings back memories from my youth. Does it still work? > IT still works and it got some upgrades least year with a reproduction memory expansion and serial port. Here's the guy that now has the copyrights to the hero robots and makes some replacement parts and upgrades. Robert Doerr's web site... http://www.robotswanted.com/ -dh From icepuck2k at gmail.com Sat Jun 13 22:17:36 2009 From: icepuck2k at gmail.com (Dan Hockey) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:17:36 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com><45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com><9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On > Behalf Of Matthew Nuzum > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 8:19 PM > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT Robotics > > I too would be interested in participating or helping with such a > group. Especially if it were family friendly and didn't meet on > Wednesdays. > > I have a big vex robotics set, several kits and some micro controllers > like bs2, pic and arduino. And an 8 year old. > > Should we set a date for early to mid July for an interest meeting so > that we can spread the word to see who would want to participate? > What should the knowledge/skill level be of such a group? Age of the humans involved, adults(some child like) or children. -homebrew/home built --simple,complex, does it run an OS? -kits and rtr bots or legos --simple or complex Maybe the above could be the subject of the first meeting? Not very many people own a 22yr old Hero1 that still works, so the newer stuff maybe the way to go, basic stamps, AVRs, ARMs, ITX boards and any thing else I can't think of at this moment... -dh From leemhenderson at gmail.com Sun Jun 14 08:03:49 2009 From: leemhenderson at gmail.com (Lee Henderson) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:03:49 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> <45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com> <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> Message-ID: > > > What should the knowledge/skill level be of such a group? > Age of the humans involved, adults(some child like) or children. > -homebrew/home built > --simple,complex, does it run an OS? > -kits and rtr bots or legos > --simple or complex > > Maybe the above could be the subject of the first meeting? > Not very many people own a 22yr old Hero1 that still works, so the newer > stuff maybe the way to go, basic stamps, AVRs, ARMs, ITX boards and any > thing else I can't think of at this moment... > -dh > > > As this sort of thing seems not to exist locally, I think leaving it completely platform independent is a good idea. I'm available in the evenings or during the day on most weekends. Lets throw some dates out and see what sticks. I'll start... July 2nd. Lee Henderson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090614/7f771a26/attachment.htm From jerry at heiselman.com Sun Jun 14 08:20:21 2009 From: jerry at heiselman.com (Jerry Heiselman) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:20:21 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> <45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com> <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> Message-ID: <45a88bbd0906140620v76b45347s7e92adec1162f823@mail.gmail.com> I'd like to propose July 9th. Doing the whole camping thing for the 4th weekend. On 6/14/09, Lee Henderson wrote: >> >> >> What should the knowledge/skill level be of such a group? >> Age of the humans involved, adults(some child like) or children. >> -homebrew/home built >> --simple,complex, does it run an OS? >> -kits and rtr bots or legos >> --simple or complex >> >> Maybe the above could be the subject of the first meeting? >> Not very many people own a 22yr old Hero1 that still works, so the newer >> stuff maybe the way to go, basic stamps, AVRs, ARMs, ITX boards and any >> thing else I can't think of at this moment... >> -dh >> >> >> > > As this sort of thing seems not to exist locally, I think leaving it > completely platform independent is a good idea. I'm available in the > evenings or during the day on most weekends. Lets throw some dates out and > see what sticks. I'll start... July 2nd. > > Lee Henderson > -- Jerry From newz at bearfruit.org Sun Jun 14 08:59:25 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:59:25 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: <45a88bbd0906140620v76b45347s7e92adec1162f823@mail.gmail.com> References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> <45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com> <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> <45a88bbd0906140620v76b45347s7e92adec1162f823@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Yeah, 9th would work better for me too, I'm taking a long weekend for the 4th. On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Jerry Heiselman wrote: > I'd like to propose July 9th. Doing the whole camping thing for the > 4th weekend. > > On 6/14/09, Lee Henderson wrote: > >> > >> > >> What should the knowledge/skill level be of such a group? > >> Age of the humans involved, adults(some child like) or children. > >> -homebrew/home built > >> --simple,complex, does it run an OS? > >> -kits and rtr bots or legos > >> --simple or complex > >> > >> Maybe the above could be the subject of the first meeting? > >> Not very many people own a 22yr old Hero1 that still works, so the newer > >> stuff maybe the way to go, basic stamps, AVRs, ARMs, ITX boards and any > >> thing else I can't think of at this moment... > >> -dh > >> > >> > >> > > > > As this sort of thing seems not to exist locally, I think leaving it > > completely platform independent is a good idea. I'm available in the > > evenings or during the day on most weekends. Lets throw some dates out > and > > see what sticks. I'll start... July 2nd. > > > > Lee Henderson > > > > > -- > Jerry > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090614/d30565b3/attachment.htm From leemhenderson at gmail.com Sun Jun 14 16:23:17 2009 From: leemhenderson at gmail.com (Lee Henderson) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:23:17 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> <45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com> <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> <45a88bbd0906140620v76b45347s7e92adec1162f823@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: The 9th should work for me so long as it will be an evening thing. On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > Yeah, 9th would work better for me too, I'm taking a long weekend for the > 4th. > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Jerry Heiselman wrote: > >> I'd like to propose July 9th. Doing the whole camping thing for the >> 4th weekend. >> >> On 6/14/09, Lee Henderson wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> What should the knowledge/skill level be of such a group? >> >> Age of the humans involved, adults(some child like) or children. >> >> -homebrew/home built >> >> --simple,complex, does it run an OS? >> >> -kits and rtr bots or legos >> >> --simple or complex >> >> >> >> Maybe the above could be the subject of the first meeting? >> >> Not very many people own a 22yr old Hero1 that still works, so the >> newer >> >> stuff maybe the way to go, basic stamps, AVRs, ARMs, ITX boards and any >> >> thing else I can't think of at this moment... >> >> -dh >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > As this sort of thing seems not to exist locally, I think leaving it >> > completely platform independent is a good idea. I'm available in the >> > evenings or during the day on most weekends. Lets throw some dates out >> and >> > see what sticks. I'll start... July 2nd. >> > >> > Lee Henderson >> > >> >> >> -- >> Jerry >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> > > > > -- > Matthew Nuzum > newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090614/d93413ca/attachment.htm From lathrop at prestonfam.org Sun Jun 14 17:07:01 2009 From: lathrop at prestonfam.org (Lathrop Preston) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:07:01 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> <45a88bbd0906121803v6c5ff0f8n4c13b393d922bd38@mail.gmail.com> <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> <45a88bbd0906140620v76b45347s7e92adec1162f823@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <276cbfb0906141507v774c9bd6xaf1d7e24a4ed324d@mail.gmail.com> Sorry to chime in late. I just got back from camping myself. I've been getting very interested in robotics recently (my youngest brother is on his school FIRST robotics team) July 9 would be good for me. My thought is we should start broad and not restrict out potential members based on tech level or age or platfrom. Laith On Sunday, June 14, 2009, Lee Henderson wrote: > The 9th should work for me so long as it will be an evening thing. > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > Yeah, 9th would work better for me too, I'm taking a long weekend for the 4th. > > > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Jerry Heiselman wrote: > I'd like to propose July 9th. Doing the whole camping thing for the > 4th weekend. > > > > On 6/14/09, Lee Henderson wrote: >>> >>> >>> What should the knowledge/skill level be of such a group? >>> Age of the humans involved, adults(some child like) or children. >>> -homebrew/home built >>> --simple,complex, does it run an OS? >>> -kits and rtr bots or legos >>> --simple or complex >>> >>> Maybe the above could be the subject of the first meeting? >>> Not very many people own a 22yr old Hero1 that still works, so the newer >>> stuff maybe the way to go, basic stamps, AVRs, ARMs, ITX boards and any >>> thing else I can't think of at this moment... >>> -dh >>> >>> >>> >> >> As this sort of thing seems not to exist locally, I think leaving it >> completely platform independent is a good idea. I'm available in the >> evenings or during the day on most weekends. Lets throw some dates out and >> see what sticks. I'll start... July 2nd. >> >> Lee Henderson >> > > > -- > Jerry > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > > > -- > Matthew Nuzum > newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > -- ===================================== Lathrop Preston From leemhenderson at gmail.com Sun Jun 14 19:25:37 2009 From: leemhenderson at gmail.com (Lee Henderson) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:25:37 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: <276cbfb0906141507v774c9bd6xaf1d7e24a4ed324d@mail.gmail.com> References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> <45a88bbd0906140620v76b45347s7e92adec1162f823@mail.gmail.com> <276cbfb0906141507v774c9bd6xaf1d7e24a4ed324d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I put together a quick Google Group for us to move our conversation to, assuming everyones interested of course. I'll send invites. If anyone else out there would like to join just let me know in this thread. Lee Henderson On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Lathrop Preston wrote: > Sorry to chime in late. I just got back from camping myself. I've been > getting very interested in robotics recently (my youngest brother is > on his school FIRST robotics team) July 9 would be good for me. My > thought is we should start broad and not restrict out potential > members based on tech level or age or platfrom. > Laith > On Sunday, June 14, 2009, Lee Henderson wrote: > > The 9th should work for me so long as it will be an evening thing. > > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Matthew Nuzum > wrote: > > Yeah, 9th would work better for me too, I'm taking a long weekend for the > 4th. > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Jerry Heiselman > wrote: > > I'd like to propose July 9th. Doing the whole camping thing for the > > 4th weekend. > > > > > > > > On 6/14/09, Lee Henderson wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> What should the knowledge/skill level be of such a group? > >>> Age of the humans involved, adults(some child like) or children. > >>> -homebrew/home built > >>> --simple,complex, does it run an OS? > >>> -kits and rtr bots or legos > >>> --simple or complex > >>> > >>> Maybe the above could be the subject of the first meeting? > >>> Not very many people own a 22yr old Hero1 that still works, so the > newer > >>> stuff maybe the way to go, basic stamps, AVRs, ARMs, ITX boards and any > >>> thing else I can't think of at this moment... > >>> -dh > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> As this sort of thing seems not to exist locally, I think leaving it > >> completely platform independent is a good idea. I'm available in the > >> evenings or during the day on most weekends. Lets throw some dates out > and > >> see what sticks. I'll start... July 2nd. > >> > >> Lee Henderson > >> > > > > > > -- > > Jerry > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Matthew Nuzum > > newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > > > > > -- > ===================================== > Lathrop Preston > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Murray McKee Operating Systems Engineer WFFIS - Wells Fargo Financial Information Systems 800 Walnut Street MAC F4030-037 Des Moines, IA 50309-3605 WORK (515)557-6127 Cell (NEW) (515) 343-6630 FAX (515) 557-6046 MurrayMcKee at WellsFargo.com "This message may contain confidential and / or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." ________________________________ From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Lee Henderson Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:26 PM To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT Robotics I put together a quick Google Group for us to move our conversation to, assuming everyones interested of course. I'll send invites. If anyone else out there would like to join just let me know in this thread. Lee Henderson On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Lathrop Preston > wrote: Sorry to chime in late. I just got back from camping myself. I've been getting very interested in robotics recently (my youngest brother is on his school FIRST robotics team) July 9 would be good for me. My thought is we should start broad and not restrict out potential members based on tech level or age or platfrom. Laith On Sunday, June 14, 2009, Lee Henderson > wrote: > The 9th should work for me so long as it will be an evening thing. > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Matthew Nuzum > wrote: > Yeah, 9th would work better for me too, I'm taking a long weekend for the 4th. > > > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Jerry Heiselman > wrote: > I'd like to propose July 9th. Doing the whole camping thing for the > 4th weekend. > > > > On 6/14/09, Lee Henderson > wrote: >>> >>> >>> What should the knowledge/skill level be of such a group? >>> Age of the humans involved, adults(some child like) or children. >>> -homebrew/home built >>> --simple,complex, does it run an OS? >>> -kits and rtr bots or legos >>> --simple or complex >>> >>> Maybe the above could be the subject of the first meeting? >>> Not very many people own a 22yr old Hero1 that still works, so the newer >>> stuff maybe the way to go, basic stamps, AVRs, ARMs, ITX boards and any >>> thing else I can't think of at this moment... >>> -dh >>> >>> >>> >> >> As this sort of thing seems not to exist locally, I think leaving it >> completely platform independent is a good idea. I'm available in the >> evenings or during the day on most weekends. Lets throw some dates out and >> see what sticks. I'll start... July 2nd. >> >> Lee Henderson >> > > > -- > Jerry > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > > > -- > Matthew Nuzum > newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > -- ===================================== Lathrop Preston _______________________________________________ Cialug mailing list Cialug at cialug.org http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090615/2e1c3351/attachment-0001.htm From dave at dchamp.net Mon Jun 15 09:35:42 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:35:42 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT Robotics In-Reply-To: <0C42FC22D9143A4FA9FA3FC2EF5CFA0722218C51C5@MSGCMSV21015.ent.wfb.bank.corp> References: <061320090024.17791.4A32F1CA00084C300000457F223245003003010CD2079C080C03BF0A02070E03990104@mchsi.com> <9D2C805F2B8640BC8EC9BDEF452A713A@toshibauser> <45a88bbd0906140620v76b45347s7e92adec1162f823@mail.gmail.com> <276cbfb0906141507v774c9bd6xaf1d7e24a4ed324d@mail.gmail.com> <0C42FC22D9143A4FA9FA3FC2EF5CFA0722218C51C5@MSGCMSV21015.ent.wfb.bank.corp> Message-ID: <4A365C3E.90304@dchamp.net> Funny timing... my brother Tim (who's on this list) called me Friday, because his 5 year old son was interested in a robot they saw somewhere, and he asked if I still had my Lego Mindstorms... which I do. -dc From morej at alliancetechnologies.net Mon Jun 15 15:31:33 2009 From: morej at alliancetechnologies.net (Josh More) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:31:33 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Proxy servers for Iran Message-ID: <4A3669550200002E00034EFD@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> If you are politically minded (globally) you might want to read this. It's a very short HOWTO for setting up a proxy server so that Iranian citizens can get news out to the rest of the world: http://blog.austinheap.com/2009/06/15/how-to-setup-a-proxy-for-iran-citizens/ Clearly, doing something like this is a personal decision, and I don't want to sway anyone either way on the issue. It is just rare that a grassroots technology like Linux can have a large impact on immediate, real world events, so I wanted to pass the word along. -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC morej at alliancetechnologies.net 515-245-7701 From tdwalton at gmail.com Mon Jun 15 16:40:38 2009 From: tdwalton at gmail.com (Todd Walton) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:40:38 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Proxy servers for Iran In-Reply-To: <4A3669550200002E00034EFD@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> References: <4A3669550200002E00034EFD@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> Message-ID: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Josh More wrote: > If you are politically minded (globally) you might want to read this. > It's a very short HOWTO for setting up a proxy server so that Iranian > citizens can get news out to the rest of the world: It says at the end that you should set up iptables as well. I warily admit that I've never done this. Is it part of the default CentOS or Ubuntu server install? -- Todd From morej at alliancetechnologies.net Mon Jun 15 18:11:15 2009 From: morej at alliancetechnologies.net (Josh More) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:11:15 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Proxy servers for Iran Message-ID: <4A368EC30200002E00034F26@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> If you are adding this to an existing server, yes, you need iptables. It should be included with most modern distros and should have a GUI or TUI that you can use to configure it if you don't want to hack on files in /etc/sysconfig. However, if you are building a dedicated box to do this, it's important to realize that it'll probably only be needed for a few weeks. By then, the situation should either be resolved or your IP will be blocked by Iran. In that case, just turn off all services except for squid and let it run sans-firewall. If you wait too long, it won't do anyone any good... and if all it's doing is a proxy, there's nothing on it to protect anyway. (Well, nothing that YOU would care about... and I suspect that the twittering Iranians have bigger concerns than someone in the US knowing their twitter password.) -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC morej at alliancetechnologies.net 515-245-7701 >>> Todd Walton 06/15/09 4:40 PM >>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Josh More wrote: > If you are politically minded (globally) you might want to read this. > It's a very short HOWTO for setting up a proxy server so that Iranian > citizens can get news out to the rest of the world: It says at the end that you should set up iptables as well. I warily admit that I've never done this. Is it part of the default CentOS or Ubuntu server install? -- Todd _______________________________________________ Cialug mailing list Cialug at cialug.org http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug From aaron.korver at gmail.com Mon Jun 15 22:36:20 2009 From: aaron.korver at gmail.com (Aaron Korver) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:36:20 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Proxy servers for Iran In-Reply-To: <4A368EC30200002E00034F26@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> References: <4A368EC30200002E00034F26@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> Message-ID: http://iran.whyweprotest.net/showthread.php?t=4 It is really mind boggling to me for how fast this is moving and how many people are involved. On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Josh More wrote: > If you are adding this to an existing server, yes, you need iptables. > It should be included with most modern distros and should have a GUI or > TUI that you can use to configure it if you don't want to hack on files > in /etc/sysconfig. > > However, if you are building a dedicated box to do this, it's important > to realize that it'll probably only be needed for a few weeks. By then, > the situation should either be resolved or your IP will be blocked by > Iran. In that case, just turn off all services except for squid and let > it run sans-firewall. If you wait too long, it won't do anyone any > good... and if all it's doing is a proxy, there's nothing on it to > protect anyway. (Well, nothing that YOU would care about... and I > suspect that the twittering Iranians have bigger concerns than someone > in the US knowing their twitter password.) > > > > -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC > morej at alliancetechnologies.net > 515-245-7701 > > >>> Todd Walton 06/15/09 4:40 PM >>> > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Josh > More wrote: > > If you are politically minded (globally) you might want to read this. > > It's a very short HOWTO for setting up a proxy server so that Iranian > > citizens can get news out to the rest of the world: > > It says at the end that you should set up iptables as well. I warily > admit that I've never done this. Is it part of the default CentOS or > Ubuntu server install? > > -- > Todd > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090615/4237a348/attachment.htm From morej at alliancetechnologies.net Tue Jun 16 09:51:34 2009 From: morej at alliancetechnologies.net (Josh More) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:51:34 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Meeting tomorrow Message-ID: <4A376B260200002E00034F84@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> This is the email you've all been waiting for! At last, it's the official confirmation that we do, indeed, have a meeting tomorrow. (You may now rejoice.) As usual, the meeting is at Alliance and starts at 7:00PM (but you can show up early if you like, we tend to get lonely). The topic this month is Security. As in the past, it will probably be a general Q/A as well as a discussion about the latest attacks and technologies. Given recent news, we might also discuss the situation in Iran... if anyone is interested. Hope to see many of you there. -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC morej at alliancetechnologies.net 515-245-7701 From djweis at internetsolver.com Tue Jun 16 11:29:57 2009 From: djweis at internetsolver.com (Dave Weis) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:29:57 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Something neat for security talk Message-ID: <4A37C885.1030103@internetsolver.com> http://www.remote-exploit.org/Keykeriki.html -- Dave Weis Internet Solver Your Technology Partner 515-224-9229 www.internetsolver.com From tdwalton at gmail.com Tue Jun 16 15:39:03 2009 From: tdwalton at gmail.com (Todd Walton) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:39:03 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Meeting tomorrow In-Reply-To: <4A376B260200002E00034F84@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> References: <4A376B260200002E00034F84@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> Message-ID: On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Josh More wrote: > This is the email you've all been waiting for! ?At last, it's the > official confirmation that we do, indeed, have a meeting tomorrow. ?(You > may now rejoice.) > > The topic this month is Security. ?As in the past, it will probably be a > general Q/A as well as a discussion about the latest attacks and > technologies. ?Given recent news, we might also discuss the situation in > Iran... if anyone is interested. Drats. Both are subjects of interest, but I have class. No double meaning intended. -- Todd From tdwalton at gmail.com Wed Jun 17 09:34:05 2009 From: tdwalton at gmail.com (Todd Walton) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:34:05 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 Message-ID: What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? I think it's HTML maybe being converted... Something to do with character sets?... I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. What is all this called? Where can I find out more about it? -- Todd From newz at bearfruit.org Wed Jun 17 09:41:55 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:41:55 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Todd Walton wrote: > What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? ?I think it's HTML maybe > being converted... Something to do with character sets?... > > I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. > > What is all this called? ?Where can I find out more about it? > In your browser's address bar you can type this URL to see what the character is: javascript:alert(unescape('%3D')); Or if you have firebug, console.log(unescape('%3D')); In this case it's an = and is probably being encoded because it has significance in the source. Maybe the last character of an email message line can't be a space or an = so they get encoded to =20 and =3D. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter From dave at dchamp.net Wed Jun 17 09:47:45 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:47:45 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A390211.2080500@dchamp.net> Matthew Nuzum wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Todd Walton wrote: > >> What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? I think it's HTML maybe >> being converted... Something to do with character sets?... >> >> I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. >> >> What is all this called? Where can I find out more about it? >> >> > > In your browser's address bar you can type this URL to see what the > character is: > > javascript:alert(unescape('%3D')); > > Or if you have firebug, console.log(unescape('%3D')); > > In this case it's an = and is probably being encoded because it has > significance in the source. Maybe the last character of an email > message line can't be a space or an = so they get encoded to =20 and > =3D. > > http://www.asciitable.com/ -dc From eric at eric.nu Wed Jun 17 09:54:02 2009 From: eric at eric.nu (Eric Junker) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:54:02 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A39038A.2000208@eric.nu> Todd Walton wrote: > What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? I think it's HTML maybe > being converted... Something to do with character sets?... > > I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. > > What is all this called? Where can I find out more about it? The =3D is how an = character is encoded when the Content-Transfer-Encoding is set to quoted-printable. http://forums.asp.net/t/679375.aspx Eric From chris at ia.gov Wed Jun 17 10:03:39 2009 From: chris at ia.gov (chris) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:03:39 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A3905CB.6030208@ia.gov> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Todd Walton wrote: > What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? I think it's HTML maybe > being converted... Something to do with character sets?... > > I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. > Try "man ascii" for a quick table to do conversions with on many unix like systems. I know it does not answer your question, but I thought it might be useful to those that have not stumbled on it yet. :) crr/arreyder -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAko5BcsACgkQPmaZdRmQd+YpKACfXnajsbdVXRWEjdmkA/zi5v90 rWgAn1QzzQ0WTVr0w5VrZ9uSCPPgFnoF =KTRv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From ka_klick at mac.com Wed Jun 17 10:30:58 2009 From: ka_klick at mac.com (Bryan Baker) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:30:58 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: <4A3905CB.6030208@ia.gov> References: <4A3905CB.6030208@ia.gov> Message-ID: Nice. I never stumbled across that, and a quick ascii chart is often useful. Thanks! On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:03 AM, chris wrote: > Todd Walton wrote: >> What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? I think it's HTML maybe >> being converted... Something to do with character sets?... >> >> I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. >> > > Try "man ascii" for a quick table to do conversions with on many > unix like systems. > > I know it does not answer your question, but I thought it might be > useful to those that have not stumbled on it yet. :) > > > > crr/arreyder -- Bryan "ka-klick" Baker Singer/Songwriter ka-klick at ka-klick.com http://ka-klick.com http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed From dave at dchamp.net Wed Jun 17 10:39:13 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:39:13 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: References: <4A3905CB.6030208@ia.gov> Message-ID: <4A390E21.7070000@dchamp.net> There are lots of surprising things in the man pages. Did you know that you can do: man man ... and it doesn't even cause a rift in the space-time continuum. I'm disappointed that you can't do: man this aggression will not stand -dc Bryan Baker wrote: > Nice. I never stumbled across that, and a quick ascii chart is often > useful. Thanks! > > On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:03 AM, chris wrote: > >> Todd Walton wrote: >> >>> What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? I think it's HTML maybe >>> being converted... Something to do with character sets?... >>> >>> I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. >>> >>> >> Try "man ascii" for a quick table to do conversions with on many >> unix like systems. >> >> I know it does not answer your question, but I thought it might be >> useful to those that have not stumbled on it yet. :) >> >> >> >> crr/arreyder >> > > -- > Bryan "ka-klick" Baker > Singer/Songwriter > ka-klick at ka-klick.com > http://ka-klick.com > http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > From tom at tcpconsulting.com Wed Jun 17 10:48:41 2009 From: tom at tcpconsulting.com (Tom Pohl) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:48:41 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: <4A390E21.7070000@dchamp.net> References: <4A3905CB.6030208@ia.gov> <4A390E21.7070000@dchamp.net> Message-ID: <6427F978-F809-4667-95A0-52B1609E3718@tcpconsulting.com> My favorite man command that I once told my twin brother to do: man bash I kinda felt dirty. -Tom On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:39 AM, David Champion wrote: > There are lots of surprising things in the man pages. Did you know > that > you can do: > man man > > ... and it doesn't even cause a rift in the space-time continuum. > > I'm disappointed that you can't do: > man this aggression will not stand > > -dc > > Bryan Baker wrote: >> Nice. I never stumbled across that, and a quick ascii chart is often >> useful. Thanks! >> >> On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:03 AM, chris wrote: >> >>> Todd Walton wrote: >>> >>>> What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? I think it's HTML >>>> maybe >>>> being converted... Something to do with character sets?... >>>> >>>> I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. >>>> >>>> >>> Try "man ascii" for a quick table to do conversions with on many >>> unix like systems. >>> >>> I know it does not answer your question, but I thought it might be >>> useful to those that have not stumbled on it yet. :) >>> >>> >>> >>> crr/arreyder >>> >> >> -- >> Bryan "ka-klick" Baker >> Singer/Songwriter >> ka-klick at ka-klick.com >> http://ka-klick.com >> http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug From cwfreeman at gmail.com Wed Jun 17 11:21:25 2009 From: cwfreeman at gmail.com (Chris Freeman) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:21:25 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: <4A390E21.7070000@dchamp.net> References: <4A3905CB.6030208@ia.gov> <4A390E21.7070000@dchamp.net> Message-ID: <3afd8deb0906170921g4c2913f1xd8ac10b58f7cb6f1@mail.gmail.com> Shouldn't that be: man stand not will aggression this ? Chris On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:39 AM, David Champion wrote: > There are lots of surprising things in the man pages. Did you know that > you can do: > man man > > ... and it doesn't even cause a rift in the space-time continuum. > > I'm disappointed that you can't do: > man this aggression will not stand > > -dc > > Bryan Baker wrote: >> Nice. I never stumbled across that, and a quick ascii chart is often >> useful. Thanks! >> >> On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:03 AM, chris wrote: >> >>> Todd Walton wrote: >>> >>>> What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? ?I think it's HTML maybe >>>> being converted... Something to do with character sets?... >>>> >>>> I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. >>>> >>>> >>> Try "man ascii" for a quick table to do conversions with on many >>> unix like systems. >>> >>> I know it does not answer your question, but I thought it might be >>> useful to those that have not stumbled on it yet. :) >>> >>> >>> >>> crr/arreyder >>> >> >> -- >> Bryan "ka-klick" Baker >> Singer/Songwriter >> ka-klick at ka-klick.com >> http://ka-klick.com >> http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > From dave at dchamp.net Wed Jun 17 12:46:08 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:46:08 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: <3afd8deb0906170921g4c2913f1xd8ac10b58f7cb6f1@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A3905CB.6030208@ia.gov> <4A390E21.7070000@dchamp.net> <3afd8deb0906170921g4c2913f1xd8ac10b58f7cb6f1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4A392BE0.8000301@dchamp.net> Have it your way, Dude. -dc Chris Freeman wrote: > Shouldn't that be: > > man stand not will aggression this > > ? > > Chris > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:39 AM, David Champion wrote: > >> There are lots of surprising things in the man pages. Did you know that >> you can do: >> man man >> >> ... and it doesn't even cause a rift in the space-time continuum. >> >> I'm disappointed that you can't do: >> man this aggression will not stand >> >> -dc >> >> Bryan Baker wrote: >> >>> Nice. I never stumbled across that, and a quick ascii chart is often >>> useful. Thanks! >>> >>> On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:03 AM, chris wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Todd Walton wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? I think it's HTML maybe >>>>> being converted... Something to do with character sets?... >>>>> >>>>> I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Try "man ascii" for a quick table to do conversions with on many >>>> unix like systems. >>>> >>>> I know it does not answer your question, but I thought it might be >>>> useful to those that have not stumbled on it yet. :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> crr/arreyder >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Bryan "ka-klick" Baker >>> Singer/Songwriter >>> ka-klick at ka-klick.com >>> http://ka-klick.com >>> http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cialug mailing list >>> Cialug at cialug.org >>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > From daniel.ramaley at drake.edu Wed Jun 17 13:20:02 2009 From: daniel.ramaley at drake.edu (Daniel A. Ramaley) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:20:02 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Free hardware Message-ID: <200906171320.02760.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Back when i worked at the Drake library we had some diskless workstations that were used as web terminals. They have extremely limited local storage (though probably can be upgraded). The machines are meant to run Linux (specifically Linux Terminal Server Project) in a netboot configuration, with most applications running on a remote server and displaying on the terminal. I had them configured to run Firefox locally, however, so i know they can work either way. If interested, contact Marc as soon as possible for pick-up. You can get his address from the Cc line. Here's the info from him on the machines: >The actual tag on the unit says "DisklessWorkstations.Com" Jammin-125 >(v. 1.0 or v.1.25) but when you peel off that tag it gives us the brand >Optoma and model number st320 and it does indeed pretty much looks like >this: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/31451/optoma-st320.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA From barry at vonahsen.com Wed Jun 17 13:55:28 2009 From: barry at vonahsen.com (Barry Von Ahsen) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:55:28 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: <3afd8deb0906170921g4c2913f1xd8ac10b58f7cb6f1@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A3905CB.6030208@ia.gov> <4A390E21.7070000@dchamp.net> <3afd8deb0906170921g4c2913f1xd8ac10b58f7cb6f1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4A393C20.1060309@vonahsen.com> only in a stack-based parser -barry Chris Freeman wrote: > Shouldn't that be: > > man stand not will aggression this > > ? > > Chris > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:39 AM, David Champion wrote: >> There are lots of surprising things in the man pages. Did you know that >> you can do: >> man man >> >> ... and it doesn't even cause a rift in the space-time continuum. >> >> I'm disappointed that you can't do: >> man this aggression will not stand >> >> -dc >> >> Bryan Baker wrote: >>> Nice. I never stumbled across that, and a quick ascii chart is often >>> useful. Thanks! >>> >>> On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:03 AM, chris wrote: >>> >>>> Todd Walton wrote: >>>> >>>>> What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? I think it's HTML maybe >>>>> being converted... Something to do with character sets?... >>>>> >>>>> I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Try "man ascii" for a quick table to do conversions with on many >>>> unix like systems. >>>> >>>> I know it does not answer your question, but I thought it might be >>>> useful to those that have not stumbled on it yet. :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> crr/arreyder >>>> >>> -- >>> Bryan "ka-klick" Baker >>> Singer/Songwriter >>> ka-klick at ka-klick.com >>> http://ka-klick.com >>> http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cialug mailing list >>> Cialug at cialug.org >>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug From tim_linux at wilson-home.com Wed Jun 17 14:01:52 2009 From: tim_linux at wilson-home.com (Tim Wilson) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:01:52 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: <6427F978-F809-4667-95A0-52B1609E3718@tcpconsulting.com> References: <4A3905CB.6030208@ia.gov> <4A390E21.7070000@dchamp.net> <6427F978-F809-4667-95A0-52B1609E3718@tcpconsulting.com> Message-ID: <5a9568c20906171201o4e8cd092r122919c3be0bfeec@mail.gmail.com> Other fun "man" things: man at tee (golf, or the animal, your choice) man bind (sounds kinky) man break man builtin man caller man cancel man case man cat man catman man cd (a cd made for a man?) man chat (not used very often) man cut man date man done man eject man groups man grub (steak anyone?) man halt man hash man head ('nuff said) man help man history man jobs man join (uhh, leaving that one alone) man less man net (for desperate women to catch men) man onboard man ownership man ping (the sound of a frying pan bouncing off a man's head) man reset (I know some women that would like to do this) man resize (I think I've gotten some e-mails regarding this...) man screen (for those women in bars that don't want us men around) man script (what men use on women in bars) man set man shred man size man sleep man source man split man tail man uniq (ouch!) man users man view man wall (a tougher version of man screen) man which man woman man zip On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Tom Pohl wrote: > My favorite man command that I once told my twin brother to do: > > man bash > > I kinda felt dirty. > > -Tom > > On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:39 AM, David Champion wrote: > > > There are lots of surprising things in the man pages. Did you know > > that > > you can do: > > man man > > > > ... and it doesn't even cause a rift in the space-time continuum. > > > > I'm disappointed that you can't do: > > man this aggression will not stand > > > > -dc > > > > Bryan Baker wrote: > >> Nice. I never stumbled across that, and a quick ascii chart is often > >> useful. Thanks! > >> > >> On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:03 AM, chris wrote: > >> > >>> Todd Walton wrote: > >>> > >>>> What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? I think it's HTML > >>>> maybe > >>>> being converted... Something to do with character sets?... > >>>> > >>>> I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Try "man ascii" for a quick table to do conversions with on many > >>> unix like systems. > >>> > >>> I know it does not answer your question, but I thought it might be > >>> useful to those that have not stumbled on it yet. :) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> crr/arreyder > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Bryan "ka-klick" Baker > >> Singer/Songwriter > >> ka-klick at ka-klick.com > >> http://ka-klick.com > >> http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Cialug mailing list > >> Cialug at cialug.org > >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -- Tim Required reading: http://bccplease.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090617/4c8ecd99/attachment.htm From ka_klick at mac.com Wed Jun 17 14:45:19 2009 From: ka_klick at mac.com (Bryan Baker) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:45:19 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: <5a9568c20906171201o4e8cd092r122919c3be0bfeec@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A3905CB.6030208@ia.gov> <4A390E21.7070000@dchamp.net> <6427F978-F809-4667-95A0-52B1609E3718@tcpconsulting.com> <5a9568c20906171201o4e8cd092r122919c3be0bfeec@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: It's not a man thing, but as we're clearly off topic I'll continue down the path: back in the first couple iterations of OSX (maybe because they used tcsh, but it doesn't work there either any more) there was a suggestion feature in the terminal that would suggest alternatives when you made a typo, the one that sticks in my mind was if you typed: %>bill gates it would suggest that maybe you meant kill gates. On Jun 17, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Tim Wilson wrote: > Other fun "man" things: > man at tee (golf, or the animal, your choice) > man bind (sounds kinky) > man break > man builtin > man caller > man cancel > man case > man cat > man catman > man cd (a cd made for a man?) > man chat (not used very often) > man cut > man date > man done > man eject > man groups > man grub (steak anyone?) > man halt > man hash > man head ('nuff said) > man help > man history > man jobs > man join (uhh, leaving that one alone) > man less > man net (for desperate women to catch men) > man onboard > man ownership > man ping (the sound of a frying pan bouncing off a man's head) > man reset (I know some women that would like to do this) > man resize (I think I've gotten some e-mails regarding this...) > man screen (for those women in bars that don't want us men around) > man script (what men use on women in bars) > man set > man shred > man size > man sleep > man source > man split > man tail > man uniq (ouch!) > man users > man view > man wall (a tougher version of man screen) > man which > man woman > man zip > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Tom Pohl > wrote: > My favorite man command that I once told my twin brother to do: > > man bash > > I kinda felt dirty. > > -Tom > > On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:39 AM, David Champion wrote: > > > There are lots of surprising things in the man pages. Did you know > > that > > you can do: > > man man > > > > ... and it doesn't even cause a rift in the space-time continuum. > > > > I'm disappointed that you can't do: > > man this aggression will not stand > > > > -dc > > > > Bryan Baker wrote: > >> Nice. I never stumbled across that, and a quick ascii chart is > often > >> useful. Thanks! > >> > >> On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:03 AM, chris wrote: > >> > >>> Todd Walton wrote: > >>> > >>>> What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? I think it's HTML > >>>> maybe > >>>> being converted... Something to do with character sets?... > >>>> > >>>> I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Try "man ascii" for a quick table to do conversions with on many > >>> unix like systems. > >>> > >>> I know it does not answer your question, but I thought it might be > >>> useful to those that have not stumbled on it yet. :) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> crr/arreyder > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Bryan "ka-klick" Baker > >> Singer/Songwriter > >> ka-klick at ka-klick.com > >> http://ka-klick.com > >> http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Cialug mailing list > >> Cialug at cialug.org > >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > -- > Tim > Required reading: http://bccplease.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug -- Bryan "ka-klick" Baker Singer/Songwriter ka-klick at ka-klick.com http://ka-klick.com http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed From ka_klick at mac.com Wed Jun 17 14:52:18 2009 From: ka_klick at mac.com (Bryan Baker) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:52:18 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Codes: =3D %20 In-Reply-To: References: <4A3905CB.6030208@ia.gov> <4A390E21.7070000@dchamp.net> <6427F978-F809-4667-95A0-52B1609E3718@tcpconsulting.com> <5a9568c20906171201o4e8cd092r122919c3be0bfeec@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4E24427E-A82D-4481-ACEA-851A8A340CD1@mac.com> OK, I found the way to do it. It does need tcsh (or a shell that supports correction anyway): ILA-Mac:~ bryan$ tcsh [ILA-Mac:~] bryan% set correct=all [ILA-Mac:~] bryan% bill gates CORRECT>kill gates (y|n|e|a)? no bill: Command not found. On Jun 17, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Bryan Baker wrote: > It's not a man thing, but as we're clearly off topic I'll continue > down the path: > > back in the first couple iterations of OSX (maybe because they used > tcsh, but it doesn't work there either any more) there was a > suggestion feature in the terminal that would suggest alternatives > when you made a typo, the one that sticks in my mind was if you typed: > > %>bill gates > > it would suggest that maybe you meant kill gates. > > On Jun 17, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Tim Wilson wrote: >> Other fun "man" things: >> man at tee (golf, or the animal, your choice) >> man bind (sounds kinky) >> man break >> man builtin >> man caller >> man cancel >> man case >> man cat >> man catman >> man cd (a cd made for a man?) >> man chat (not used very often) >> man cut >> man date >> man done >> man eject >> man groups >> man grub (steak anyone?) >> man halt >> man hash >> man head ('nuff said) >> man help >> man history >> man jobs >> man join (uhh, leaving that one alone) >> man less >> man net (for desperate women to catch men) >> man onboard >> man ownership >> man ping (the sound of a frying pan bouncing off a man's head) >> man reset (I know some women that would like to do this) >> man resize (I think I've gotten some e-mails regarding this...) >> man screen (for those women in bars that don't want us men around) >> man script (what men use on women in bars) >> man set >> man shred >> man size >> man sleep >> man source >> man split >> man tail >> man uniq (ouch!) >> man users >> man view >> man wall (a tougher version of man screen) >> man which >> man woman >> man zip >> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Tom Pohl >> wrote: >> My favorite man command that I once told my twin brother to do: >> >> man bash >> >> I kinda felt dirty. >> >> -Tom >> >> On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:39 AM, David Champion wrote: >> >>> There are lots of surprising things in the man pages. Did you know >>> that >>> you can do: >>> man man >>> >>> ... and it doesn't even cause a rift in the space-time continuum. >>> >>> I'm disappointed that you can't do: >>> man this aggression will not stand >>> >>> -dc >>> >>> Bryan Baker wrote: >>>> Nice. I never stumbled across that, and a quick ascii chart is >> often >>>> useful. Thanks! >>>> >>>> On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:03 AM, chris wrote: >>>> >>>>> Todd Walton wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> What's with the "=3D" that I sometimes see? I think it's HTML >>>>>> maybe >>>>>> being converted... Something to do with character sets?... >>>>>> >>>>>> I know that %20 becomes a space in URLs. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Try "man ascii" for a quick table to do conversions with on many >>>>> unix like systems. >>>>> >>>>> I know it does not answer your question, but I thought it might be >>>>> useful to those that have not stumbled on it yet. :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> crr/arreyder >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Bryan "ka-klick" Baker >>>> Singer/Songwriter >>>> ka-klick at ka-klick.com >>>> http://ka-klick.com >>>> http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Cialug mailing list >>>> Cialug at cialug.org >>>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cialug mailing list >>> Cialug at cialug.org >>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> >> >> >> -- >> Tim >> Required reading: http://bccplease.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > -- > Bryan "ka-klick" Baker > Singer/Songwriter > ka-klick at ka-klick.com > http://ka-klick.com > http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug -- Bryan "ka-klick" Baker Singer/Songwriter ka-klick at ka-klick.com http://ka-klick.com http://twitter.com/ka_klick <-- Twitter Feed From daniel.ramaley at drake.edu Wed Jun 17 14:54:00 2009 From: daniel.ramaley at drake.edu (Daniel A. Ramaley) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:54:00 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Free hardware In-Reply-To: <200906171320.02760.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> References: <200906171320.02760.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Message-ID: <200906171454.01010.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Hello again. The terminals are all spoken for. On 2009-06-17 at 13:20:02, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote: >Back when i worked at the Drake library we had some diskless >workstations that were used as web terminals. They have extremely >limited local storage (though probably can be upgraded). The machines >are meant to run Linux (specifically Linux Terminal Server Project) in >a netboot configuration, with most applications running on a remote >server and displaying on the terminal. I had them configured to run >Firefox locally, however, so i know they can work either way. > >If interested, contact Marc as soon as possible for pick-up. You can > get > >his address from the Cc line. Here's the info from him on the machines: >>The actual tag on the unit says "DisklessWorkstations.Com" Jammin-125 >>(v. 1.0 or v.1.25) but when you peel off that tag it gives us the >> brand Optoma and model number st320 and it does indeed pretty much >> looks like this: >> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/31451/optoma-st320.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA From adk at 52761.com Wed Jun 17 21:53:36 2009 From: adk at 52761.com (Allen Kiddoo) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:53:36 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] New Opera features Message-ID: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> http://unite.opera.com/ Has anyone else played with this yet. What are going to be the security issues? I am sure the RIAA has not endorsed it. I tried the media player- little buggy but it works. 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Our firm only does Intellectual Property. -Nate > -----Original Message----- > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org > [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Morris Dovey > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:37 PM > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group > Subject: [Cialug] OT - Des Moines Area Patent Attorney(s) > > It happens every now and then - while looking for a solution > to a very > specific problem, I stumbled onto a solution for many (seemingly > unrelated) problems. > > Now I need to find an affordable patent attorney. Can anyone > on the list > suggest anyone in the Des Moines / central Iowa area? > > -- > Morris Dovey > DeSoto Solar > DeSoto, Iowa USA > http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/ > > From morej at alliancetechnologies.net Thu Jun 18 09:54:40 2009 From: morej at alliancetechnologies.net (Josh More) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:54:40 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] New Opera features In-Reply-To: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> References: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> I've not played with it. Security issues are reviewed (very briefly) at http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134511&source=rss_news In a nutshell: * It requires opening port 8840 to your PC, so you still have complexity. * It shares stuff without encryption. * The password is part of the URL and easily sniffable. * It requires Opera's proxy servers to function. Really, I don't see what this adds. Most people sharing stuff are using third party services. If you are so security conscious that you don't want to put your stuff on a third party system, then odds are that you wouldn't trust Opera's proxy servers either. Also, odds are that you are skilled enough that you can pay your $5.00/mo and get website hosting somewhere (or just build your own server). -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC morej at alliancetechnologies.net 515-245-7701 >>> Allen Kiddoo 6/17/2009 09:53 PM >>> http://unite.opera.com/ Has anyone else played with this yet. What are going to be the security issues? I am sure the RIAA has not endorsed it. I tried the media player- little buggy but it works. Allen Kiddoo Ioway Record Printing Co. 316 West Third St. Muscatine, IA 52761 563.263.7822 office 563.554.7166 mobile Chat: Skype: akiddoo From david at bierce.org Thu Jun 18 11:00:39 2009 From: david at bierce.org (David Bierce) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:00:39 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup In-Reply-To: <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> References: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> Message-ID: <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> We're moving out of our data center and have lots of equipment that we no longer require at our facility. Before going through the normal resale channels, I thought I'd see if any of you geeks had interest buying the equipment. 7 Dell 42U Racks FM 200 tank Lots, lots, lots of power cables and Y cables. Cisco 7206 with fast ethernet and DS3 cards Cisco 2600 with some T1 cards 80KW Natural Gas Generator 15KvA UPS Spool of Fiber Fiber splicing and end making kit 3com NBX100 with lots and lots of phones. Some Dell 2850s 6 Nortel Baystack 450-24T switches Nortel Accelar 1200 Ascend MAX 4000 Still working out fair market value for a few things, but if you're interested, let me know. Dave From djweis at internetsolver.com Thu Jun 18 11:01:44 2009 From: djweis at internetsolver.com (Dave Weis) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:01:44 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup In-Reply-To: <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> References: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> Message-ID: <4A3A64E8.1000605@internetsolver.com> Yes, the 7206 and possibly UPS and generator. David Bierce wrote: > We're moving out of our data center and have lots of equipment that we > no longer require at our facility. Before going through the normal > resale channels, I thought I'd see if any of you geeks had interest > buying the equipment. > > 7 Dell 42U Racks > FM 200 tank > Lots, lots, lots of power cables and Y cables. > Cisco 7206 with fast ethernet and DS3 cards > Cisco 2600 with some T1 cards > 80KW Natural Gas Generator > 15KvA UPS > Spool of Fiber > Fiber splicing and end making kit > 3com NBX100 with lots and lots of phones. > Some Dell 2850s > 6 Nortel Baystack 450-24T switches > Nortel Accelar 1200 > Ascend MAX 4000 > > > Still working out fair market value for a few things, but if you're > interested, let me know. > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug -- Dave Weis 515-224-9229 djweis at internetsolver.com http://www.internetsolver.com/ From jrnosee at gmail.com Thu Jun 18 11:09:15 2009 From: jrnosee at gmail.com (jrnosee at gmail.com) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:09:15 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup In-Reply-To: <4A3A64E8.1000605@internetsolver.com> References: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> <4A3A64E8.1000605@internetsolver.com> Message-ID: Possibly a rack. Are these freestanding? Wheels? and of course cost? Would anyone happen to have some generic rails for a 4U server (if there are generic ones)? On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Dave Weis wrote: > > Yes, the 7206 and possibly UPS and generator. > > David Bierce wrote: > > We're moving out of our data center and have lots of equipment that we > > no longer require at our facility. Before going through the normal > > resale channels, I thought I'd see if any of you geeks had interest > > buying the equipment. > > > > 7 Dell 42U Racks > > FM 200 tank > > Lots, lots, lots of power cables and Y cables. > > Cisco 7206 with fast ethernet and DS3 cards > > Cisco 2600 with some T1 cards > > 80KW Natural Gas Generator > > 15KvA UPS > > Spool of Fiber > > Fiber splicing and end making kit > > 3com NBX100 with lots and lots of phones. > > Some Dell 2850s > > 6 Nortel Baystack 450-24T switches > > Nortel Accelar 1200 > > Ascend MAX 4000 > > > > > > Still working out fair market value for a few things, but if you're > > interested, let me know. > > > > Dave > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > > -- > Dave Weis > 515-224-9229 > djweis at internetsolver.com > http://www.internetsolver.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090618/834f196b/attachment-0001.htm From morej at alliancetechnologies.net Thu Jun 18 11:10:45 2009 From: morej at alliancetechnologies.net (Josh More) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:10:45 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup In-Reply-To: References: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> <4A3A64E8.1000605@internetsolver.com> Message-ID: <4A3A20B50200002E0003517B@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> Generic rails for a 4 U server are called a shelf. :) I am also interested in costs on the racks. -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC morej at alliancetechnologies.net 515-245-7701 >>> 6/18/2009 11:09 AM >>> Possibly a rack. Are these freestanding? Wheels? and of course cost? Would anyone happen to have some generic rails for a 4U server (if there are generic ones)? On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Dave Weis wrote: > > Yes, the 7206 and possibly UPS and generator. > > David Bierce wrote: > > We're moving out of our data center and have lots of equipment that we > > no longer require at our facility. Before going through the normal > > resale channels, I thought I'd see if any of you geeks had interest > > buying the equipment. > > > > 7 Dell 42U Racks > > FM 200 tank > > Lots, lots, lots of power cables and Y cables. > > Cisco 7206 with fast ethernet and DS3 cards > > Cisco 2600 with some T1 cards > > 80KW Natural Gas Generator > > 15KvA UPS > > Spool of Fiber > > Fiber splicing and end making kit > > 3com NBX100 with lots and lots of phones. > > Some Dell 2850s > > 6 Nortel Baystack 450-24T switches > > Nortel Accelar 1200 > > Ascend MAX 4000 > > > > > > Still working out fair market value for a few things, but if you're > > interested, let me know. > > > > Dave > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cialug mailing list > > Cialug at cialug.org > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > > > > -- > Dave Weis > 515-224-9229 > djweis at internetsolver.com > http://www.internetsolver.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > From morej at alliancetechnologies.net Thu Jun 18 11:14:10 2009 From: morej at alliancetechnologies.net (Josh More) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:14:10 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup In-Reply-To: <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> References: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> Message-ID: <4A3A21820200002E00035184@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> Can I get more specs and prices on the Cisco 7206, the 15KvA UPS and the racks? Thanks, -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC morej at alliancetechnologies.net 515-245-7701 >>> David Bierce 6/18/2009 11:00 AM >>> We're moving out of our data center and have lots of equipment that we no longer require at our facility. Before going through the normal resale channels, I thought I'd see if any of you geeks had interest buying the equipment. 7 Dell 42U Racks FM 200 tank Lots, lots, lots of power cables and Y cables. Cisco 7206 with fast ethernet and DS3 cards Cisco 2600 with some T1 cards 80KW Natural Gas Generator 15KvA UPS Spool of Fiber Fiber splicing and end making kit 3com NBX100 with lots and lots of phones. Some Dell 2850s 6 Nortel Baystack 450-24T switches Nortel Accelar 1200 Ascend MAX 4000 Still working out fair market value for a few things, but if you're interested, let me know. Dave _______________________________________________ Cialug mailing list Cialug at cialug.org http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug From dave at dchamp.net Thu Jun 18 11:20:55 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:20:55 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup In-Reply-To: <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> References: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> Message-ID: <4A3A6967.7020609@dchamp.net> I'd be interested in hearing what you want for the Dell 2850's, and what the specs are. SCA or SATA drives? -dc David Bierce wrote: > We're moving out of our data center and have lots of equipment that we > no longer require at our facility. Before going through the normal > resale channels, I thought I'd see if any of you geeks had interest > buying the equipment. > > 7 Dell 42U Racks > FM 200 tank > Lots, lots, lots of power cables and Y cables. > Cisco 7206 with fast ethernet and DS3 cards > Cisco 2600 with some T1 cards > 80KW Natural Gas Generator > 15KvA UPS > Spool of Fiber > Fiber splicing and end making kit > 3com NBX100 with lots and lots of phones. > Some Dell 2850s > 6 Nortel Baystack 450-24T switches > Nortel Accelar 1200 > Ascend MAX 4000 > > > Still working out fair market value for a few things, but if you're > interested, let me know. > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > From david at bierce.org Thu Jun 18 11:41:43 2009 From: david at bierce.org (David Bierce) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:41:43 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup In-Reply-To: <4A3A6967.7020609@dchamp.net> References: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> <4A3A6967.7020609@dchamp.net> Message-ID: <337F2BF3-CC6D-41A8-8702-707E2BDAD122@bierce.org> Highlights from the router. cisco 7204VXR (NPE225) processor (revision A) with 114688K/16384K bytes of memory. R527x CPU at 262MHz, Implementation 40, Rev 10.0, 2048KB L2 Cache 4 slot VXR midplane, Version 2.1 Number of Fast PAs = 3 Number of Fast+Medium PAs = 3 Total number of PA bandwidth points consumed = 590 3 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s) 1 ATM network interface(s) 125K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory. 20480K bytes of Flash PCMCIA card at slot 0 (Sector size 128K). 4096K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 256K). There is a spare DS3 interface not installed. Looks like the load out sells for $10000 used. -- The generator is a 2000 Vintage Cummins 80KW 3 Phase Natural Gas Generator. I have more specs available, but it looks like the resale value in the midwest is around 8k. I'll grab specs for the UPS when I get back into the office in a bit. But if you're interested in both, we're doing a complete abandon, so a transfer switch and related electrical plant install can also go with it. -- More on racks and hardware when I get back to Ames. Dave On Jun 18, 2009, at 11:20 AM, David Champion wrote: > I'd be interested in hearing what you want for the Dell 2850's, and > what > the specs are. SCA or SATA drives? > > -dc > > David Bierce wrote: >> We're moving out of our data center and have lots of equipment that >> we >> no longer require at our facility. Before going through the normal >> resale channels, I thought I'd see if any of you geeks had interest >> buying the equipment. >> >> 7 Dell 42U Racks >> FM 200 tank >> Lots, lots, lots of power cables and Y cables. >> Cisco 7206 with fast ethernet and DS3 cards >> Cisco 2600 with some T1 cards >> 80KW Natural Gas Generator >> 15KvA UPS >> Spool of Fiber >> Fiber splicing and end making kit >> 3com NBX100 with lots and lots of phones. >> Some Dell 2850s >> 6 Nortel Baystack 450-24T switches >> Nortel Accelar 1200 >> Ascend MAX 4000 >> >> >> Still working out fair market value for a few things, but if you're >> interested, let me know. >> >> Dave >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > From djweis at internetsolver.com Thu Jun 18 12:43:48 2009 From: djweis at internetsolver.com (Dave Weis) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:43:48 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup In-Reply-To: <337F2BF3-CC6D-41A8-8702-707E2BDAD122@bierce.org> References: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> <4A3A6967.7020609@dchamp.net> <337F2BF3-CC6D-41A8-8702-707E2BDAD122@bierce.org> Message-ID: On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, David Bierce wrote: > Highlights from the router. > > cisco 7204VXR (NPE225) processor (revision A) with 114688K/16384K > bytes of memory. > Looks like the load out sells for $10000 used. Not in this decade :-) I've bought G1's for less than that. It has the slowest processor you can get in a VXR. dave -- Dave Weis djweis at internetsolver.com http://www.internetsolver.com/ From djweis at internetsolver.com Thu Jun 18 12:45:36 2009 From: djweis at internetsolver.com (Dave Weis) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:45:36 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Cialug] Text file munging Message-ID: I have a bunch of individual email messages from mail.app that have been disassociated from their mailbox. I have tried copying them into the messages folder but they don't go because of two lines in the plist at the end. I need to remove remote-id 4294 from 20,000 files. The number varies and the location at the end of the file can move a few lines at a time. I've tried my regex magic on it but don't have enough to get it working. Any help? -- Dave Weis djweis at internetsolver.com http://www.internetsolver.com/ From david at bierce.org Thu Jun 18 13:08:34 2009 From: david at bierce.org (David Bierce) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:08:34 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup In-Reply-To: References: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> <4A3A6967.7020609@dchamp.net> <337F2BF3-CC6D-41A8-8702-707E2BDAD122@bierce.org> Message-ID: <2A3186C1-EB79-448D-A97A-05E5FB7C2D59@bierce.org> Hey, it was a crown jewel of a router from the .com days. :) I have the feeling the price isn't quite what accounting things. Apparently, we have the DS3 interfaces at 3k a piece. Most of the equipment is older so I have to fight internally to convince them it isn't the same price as it was in good ole days. If you're truly interested in anything, sent me a price and I can work internally to get things sold a rate closer to what I think market value is, but I have to offers already :) On Jun 18, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Dave Weis wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, David Bierce wrote: >> Highlights from the router. >> >> cisco 7204VXR (NPE225) processor (revision A) with 114688K/16384K >> bytes of memory. >> Looks like the load out sells for $10000 used. > > Not in this decade :-) I've bought G1's for less than that. It has the > slowest processor you can get in a VXR. > > dave > > > > > -- > Dave Weis > djweis at internetsolver.com > http://www.internetsolver.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > From matthew at lechleider.com Thu Jun 18 13:10:21 2009 From: matthew at lechleider.com (Matthew Lechleider) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:10:21 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup In-Reply-To: References: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> <4A3A6967.7020609@dchamp.net> <337F2BF3-CC6D-41A8-8702-707E2BDAD122@bierce.org> Message-ID: <4A3A830D.3000304@lechleider.com> Dave Weis wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, David Bierce wrote: > >> Highlights from the router. >> >> cisco 7204VXR (NPE225) processor (revision A) with 114688K/16384K >> bytes of memory. >> Looks like the load out sells for $10000 used. >> > > Not in this decade :-) I've bought G1's for less than that. It has the > slowest processor you can get in a VXR. > > dave > > > > > Thank you Dave.....I bursted out laughing when I saw "Looks like the load out sells for $10000 used." We buy used 7200's off ebay all the time for FAR less than that. Cisco routers rarely die. From dave at dchamp.net Thu Jun 18 13:11:41 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:11:41 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text file munging In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A3A835D.5060102@dchamp.net> Write a script to loop thru the files, do a: head -n -2 oldfile > newfile -dc Dave Weis wrote: > I have a bunch of individual email messages from mail.app that have been > disassociated from their mailbox. I have tried copying them into the > messages folder but they don't go because of two lines in the plist at the > end. I need to remove > remote-id > 4294 > from 20,000 files. The number varies and the location at the end of the > file can move a few lines at a time. I've tried my regex magic on it but > don't have enough to get it working. Any help? > > From dave at dchamp.net Thu Jun 18 13:13:31 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:13:31 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text file munging In-Reply-To: <4A3A835D.5060102@dchamp.net> References: <4A3A835D.5060102@dchamp.net> Message-ID: <4A3A83CB.1090209@dchamp.net> Oh... missed the part where the # of lines varies. Sorry. :( -dc David Champion wrote: > Write a script to loop thru the files, do a: > > head -n -2 oldfile > newfile > > -dc > > Dave Weis wrote: > >> I have a bunch of individual email messages from mail.app that have been >> disassociated from their mailbox. I have tried copying them into the >> messages folder but they don't go because of two lines in the plist at the >> end. I need to remove >> remote-id >> 4294 >> from 20,000 files. The number varies and the location at the end of the >> file can move a few lines at a time. I've tried my regex magic on it but >> don't have enough to get it working. Any help? >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > From jbailey at co.marshall.ia.us Thu Jun 18 13:17:48 2009 From: jbailey at co.marshall.ia.us (Jonathan C. Bailey) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:17:48 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup In-Reply-To: <337F2BF3-CC6D-41A8-8702-707E2BDAD122@bierce.org> Message-ID: <23753856.692971245349068578.JavaMail.root@zimbra> What are the specs on the UPS? -Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Bierce" To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:41:43 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup Highlights from the router. cisco 7204VXR (NPE225) processor (revision A) with 114688K/16384K bytes of memory. R527x CPU at 262MHz, Implementation 40, Rev 10.0, 2048KB L2 Cache 4 slot VXR midplane, Version 2.1 Number of Fast PAs = 3 Number of Fast+Medium PAs = 3 Total number of PA bandwidth points consumed = 590 3 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s) 1 ATM network interface(s) 125K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory. 20480K bytes of Flash PCMCIA card at slot 0 (Sector size 128K). 4096K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 256K). There is a spare DS3 interface not installed. Looks like the load out sells for $10000 used. -- The generator is a 2000 Vintage Cummins 80KW 3 Phase Natural Gas Generator. I have more specs available, but it looks like the resale value in the midwest is around 8k. I'll grab specs for the UPS when I get back into the office in a bit. But if you're interested in both, we're doing a complete abandon, so a transfer switch and related electrical plant install can also go with it. -- More on racks and hardware when I get back to Ames. Dave On Jun 18, 2009, at 11:20 AM, David Champion wrote: > I'd be interested in hearing what you want for the Dell 2850's, and > what > the specs are. SCA or SATA drives? > > -dc > > David Bierce wrote: >> We're moving out of our data center and have lots of equipment that >> we >> no longer require at our facility. Before going through the normal >> resale channels, I thought I'd see if any of you geeks had interest >> buying the equipment. >> >> 7 Dell 42U Racks >> FM 200 tank >> Lots, lots, lots of power cables and Y cables. >> Cisco 7206 with fast ethernet and DS3 cards >> Cisco 2600 with some T1 cards >> 80KW Natural Gas Generator >> 15KvA UPS >> Spool of Fiber >> Fiber splicing and end making kit >> 3com NBX100 with lots and lots of phones. >> Some Dell 2850s >> 6 Nortel Baystack 450-24T switches >> Nortel Accelar 1200 >> Ascend MAX 4000 >> >> >> Still working out fair market value for a few things, but if you're >> interested, let me know. >> >> Dave >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > _______________________________________________ Cialug mailing list Cialug at cialug.org http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug From chris at ia.gov Thu Jun 18 13:46:34 2009 From: chris at ia.gov (chris) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:46:34 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text file munging In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A3A8B8A.8070202@ia.gov> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dave Weis wrote: > I have a bunch of individual email messages from mail.app that have been > disassociated from their mailbox. I have tried copying them into the > messages folder but they don't go because of two lines in the plist at the > end. I need to remove > remote-id > 4294 > from 20,000 files. The number varies and the location at the end of the > file can move a few lines at a time. I've tried my regex magic on it but > don't have enough to get it working. Any help? > If I understand what you need this may work, if not tell me w where I went wrong and I'll fix it. perl -p -i -e 's/<(key|string)>.+<\/(key|string)>//' * That'll *modify the original file* in place and leave a blank line where any .+ .+ are found. crr -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAko6i4oACgkQPmaZdRmQd+ZGVQCfcrHYpaRdgUpqzpW30vCKfAxn X/MAnj886FREV8YytWMoSbanVIlj7d76 =NEbX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From cwfreeman at gmail.com Thu Jun 18 13:47:55 2009 From: cwfreeman at gmail.com (Chris Freeman) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:47:55 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text file munging In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3afd8deb0906181147x2a466c05v7ebfdd09e72566ed@mail.gmail.com> What's the format of 'remote-id'? Are the and lines always at the same tab-stop in the files? Do you need to remove all matching lines, or just the first? With some assumptions, here goes: for msg in `ls *.mail` do grep -v "\tremote-id" ${msg} | grep -v "\t.*" > out/${msg} done Chris On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Dave Weis wrote: > > I have a bunch of individual email messages from mail.app that have been > disassociated from their mailbox. I have tried copying them into the > messages folder but they don't go because of two lines in the plist at the > end. I need to remove > ? ? ? ? remote-id > ? ? ? ? 4294 > from 20,000 files. The number varies and the location at the end of the > file can move a few lines at a time. I've tried my regex magic on it but > don't have enough to get it working. Any help? > > -- > Dave Weis > djweis at internetsolver.com > http://www.internetsolver.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > From newz at bearfruit.org Thu Jun 18 14:19:33 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:19:33 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text file munging In-Reply-To: <4A3A8B8A.8070202@ia.gov> References: <4A3A8B8A.8070202@ia.gov> Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:46 PM, chris wrote: > > end. I need to remove > > remote-id > > 4294 > > If I understand what you need this may work, if not tell me w where I went > wrong and I'll fix it. > > perl -p -i -e 's/<(key|string)>.+<\/(key|string)>//' * > > > That'll *modify the original file* in place and leave a blank line where > any > > .+ > .+ > > Well, that could cause problems if there are other tags between the end of and beginning of since the regex will be greedy. It will actually match .+ So <(key|string)>[^<]+ would work better, right? -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090618/df12265c/attachment-0001.htm From zach at kotlarek.com Thu Jun 18 14:32:27 2009 From: zach at kotlarek.com (Zachary Kotlarek) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:32:27 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text file munging In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2605FD4E-AEA0-46F5-9E96-7BD4C1502B8C@kotlarek.com> On Jun 18, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Dave Weis wrote: > > I have a bunch of individual email messages from mail.app that have > been > disassociated from their mailbox. I have tried copying them into the > messages folder but they don't go because of two lines in the plist > at the > end. I need to remove > remote-id > 4294 > from 20,000 files. The number varies and the location at the end of > the > file can move a few lines at a time. I've tried my regex magic on it > but > don't have enough to get it working. Any help? This works (at least on my .emlx files), and doesn't drop other string values you might need from the plist. It does not do anything to protect plists in your message bodies though. I couldn't figure out how Apple was delimiting the plist at the end, or escaping plists in the body, and I was too lazy to read backwards from the end to find the last line. Reads STDIN, writes STDOUT -- #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $skip_next = 0; while(<>) { if (/^\s*\remote\-id\<\/key\>\s*$/i) { $skip_next = 1; } elsif ($skip_next && /^\s*\\d+\<\/string\>\s*$/i) { $skip_next = 0; } else { print $_; } } -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I have tried copying them into the messages folder but they don't go because of two lines in the plist at the end. I need to remove remote-id 4294 from 20,000 files. The number varies and the location at the end of the file can move a few lines at a time. I've tried my regex magic on it but don't have enough to get it working. Any help? -- Dave Weis djweis at internetsolver.com http://www.internetsolver.com/ _______________________________________________ Cialug mailing list Cialug at cialug.org http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Good catch. :) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAko6myEACgkQPmaZdRmQd+YkxgCcCu2R0ipZqGU7ovTMVkgWb1kD ZT0AnRAo9pw30oK1Dv7BbmSj8sP91KW6 =4LCZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From krbailey at gmail.com Thu Jun 18 14:58:27 2009 From: krbailey at gmail.com (Kendall Bailey) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:58:27 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text file munging In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I've never needed anything more that kodos ( http://kodos.sourceforge.net/ ) On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Rob Freiburger wrote: > My suggestion is to install RegexBuddy (http://www.regexbuddy.com) in WINE > and tailor the regex to whatever method you're using. I haven't been able to > find a similar application that is as useful as RegexBuddy for Linux or Mac. > I'm tempted to write one, but I've had no trouble running it in WINE or > CrossOver. > > With Best Regards, > Rob Freiburger > From rob at robfreiburger.com Thu Jun 18 15:06:35 2009 From: rob at robfreiburger.com (Rob Freiburger) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:06:35 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text file munging In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Problem is not every method uses PCRE. RegexBuddy lets you form regular expressions from natural language, then you can choose what language or regex method you're using and it will rewrite the regex to fit with the restrictions of choice the user made. I've attached an image of languages/methods I can choose from on a default install of RegexBuddy. With Best Regards, Rob Freiburger -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Zach From djweis at internetsolver.com Thu Jun 18 15:19:35 2009 From: djweis at internetsolver.com (Dave Weis) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:19:35 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text file munging In-Reply-To: <2605FD4E-AEA0-46F5-9E96-7BD4C1502B8C@kotlarek.com> References: <2605FD4E-AEA0-46F5-9E96-7BD4C1502B8C@kotlarek.com> Message-ID: <4A3AA157.10703@internetsolver.com> Zachary Kotlarek wrote: > On Jun 18, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Dave Weis wrote: >> I have a bunch of individual email messages from mail.app that have been >> disassociated from their mailbox. I have tried copying them into the >> messages folder but they don't go because of two lines in the plist at >> the >> end. I need to remove >> remote-id >> 4294 >> from 20,000 files. The number varies and the location at the end of the >> file can move a few lines at a time. I've tried my regex magic on it but >> don't have enough to get it working. Any help? > > This works (at least on my .emlx files), and doesn't drop other string > values you might need from the plist. > > It does not do anything to protect plists in your message bodies though. > I couldn't figure out how Apple was delimiting the plist at the end, or > escaping plists in the body, and I was too lazy to read backwards from > the end to find the last line. > > Reads STDIN, writes STDOUT > > -- > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > use strict; > > my $skip_next = 0; > while(<>) { > if (/^\s*\remote\-id\<\/key\>\s*$/i) { > $skip_next = 1; > } elsif ($skip_next && /^\s*\\d+\<\/string\>\s*$/i) { > $skip_next = 0; > } else { > print $_; > } > } This does do what I want, any good idea on how I can make it either edit in place or spit it out to a different directory with the same name? I probably should have provided more context in the first request, there's a handful of key/value pairs so I can't remove them all. I guess I can probably for loop it and get this chunk to work if it's not easily doable. Thanks!! dave -- Dave Weis 515-224-9229 djweis at internetsolver.com http://www.internetsolver.com/ From zach at kotlarek.com Thu Jun 18 15:34:14 2009 From: zach at kotlarek.com (Zachary Kotlarek) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:34:14 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text file munging In-Reply-To: <4A3AA157.10703@internetsolver.com> References: <2605FD4E-AEA0-46F5-9E96-7BD4C1502B8C@kotlarek.com> <4A3AA157.10703@internetsolver.com> Message-ID: <6C64B9B8-C6C0-428D-9DC1-6C9DAAC29687@kotlarek.com> On Jun 18, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Dave Weis wrote: > This does do what I want, any good idea on how I can make it either > edit > in place or spit it out to a different directory with the same name? > > I probably should have provided more context in the first request, > there's a handful of key/value pairs so I can't remove them all. > > I guess I can probably for loop it and get this chunk to work if it's > not easily doable. Reads from first argument. Writes to second argument. Those must be different files or you'll end up with a whole lot of nothing. You should be able to `find ... -exec clean.pl {} ../output/{} \;` to loop through things. Zach #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; open(IN, $ARGV[0]) or die("Invalid input file\n"); open(OUT, '>', $ARGV[1]) or die("Invalid output file\n"); my $skip_next = 0; while() { if (/^\s*\remote\-id\<\/key\>\s*$/i) { $skip_next = 1; } elsif ($skip_next && /^\s*\\d+\<\/string\>\s*$/i) { $skip_next = 0; } else { print OUT $_; } } close(OUT); close(IN); From jroach at simplicitysys.com Thu Jun 18 17:16:35 2009 From: jroach at simplicitysys.com (John Roach) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:16:35 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Datacenter Cleanup In-Reply-To: <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> References: <678823f00906171953o51cf5251r793de7d255fe3acc@mail.gmail.com> <4A3A0EE00200002E00035159@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> <4130C3E5-2EA2-4C6D-95F2-04A9D60C6381@bierce.org> Message-ID: <4A3ABCC3.2030905@simplicitysys.com> Feel free to let me know what type of term kit and ends for the fiber. My term kit walked off. David Bierce wrote: > We're moving out of our data center and have lots of equipment that we > no longer require at our facility. Before going through the normal > resale channels, I thought I'd see if any of you geeks had interest > buying the equipment. > > 7 Dell 42U Racks > FM 200 tank > Lots, lots, lots of power cables and Y cables. > Cisco 7206 with fast ethernet and DS3 cards > Cisco 2600 with some T1 cards > 80KW Natural Gas Generator > 15KvA UPS > Spool of Fiber > Fiber splicing and end making kit > 3com NBX100 with lots and lots of phones. > Some Dell 2850s > 6 Nortel Baystack 450-24T switches > Nortel Accelar 1200 > Ascend MAX 4000 > > > Still working out fair market value for a few things, but if you're > interested, let me know. > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > From davidbody at bigcreek.com Thu Jun 18 19:08:13 2009 From: davidbody at bigcreek.com (David W. Body) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:08:13 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux equivalent to OS X hdiutil Message-ID: Hi everyone, Is there a Linux equivalent to the OS X hdiutil command? I want to create a sparse, compressed, read-write disk image that will grow as necessary when data is added to it. --David W. Body / Big Creek Software, LLC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090618/28c196ac/attachment.htm From cmlburnett at gmail.com Thu Jun 18 22:27:56 2009 From: cmlburnett at gmail.com (Colin Burnett) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:27:56 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] MIDI anyone? Message-ID: I've got a Yamaha P-85 & UX-16 and can play/record through ALSA with aplaymidi and arecordmidi. Not sure what's the next step. http://linux-sound.org/ has a ton of stuff but a lot of out-dated stuff. I'm at kind of an information overload. My immediate goal is to be able to use the P-85 as a controller for software produced sounds through some software synth. Any tips or suggestions? Colin From nathan.smith at ipmvs.com Thu Jun 18 22:40:15 2009 From: nathan.smith at ipmvs.com (Nathan C. Smith) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:40:15 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] MIDI anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I also have interest in this and MIDI in general. We have a Yamaha piano with MIDI connections that I'm interested in giving the kids more options with to keep them interested in music and playing. -Nate ________________________________________ From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Colin Burnett [cmlburnett at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:27 PM To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group Subject: [Cialug] MIDI anyone? I've got a Yamaha P-85 & UX-16 and can play/record through ALSA with aplaymidi and arecordmidi. Not sure what's the next step. http://linux-sound.org/ has a ton of stuff but a lot of out-dated stuff. I'm at kind of an information overload. My immediate goal is to be able to use the P-85 as a controller for software produced sounds through some software synth. Any tips or suggestions? Colin _______________________________________________ Cialug mailing list Cialug at cialug.org http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug From cmlburnett at gmail.com Thu Jun 18 22:55:41 2009 From: cmlburnett at gmail.com (Colin Burnett) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:55:41 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] MIDI anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote: > We have a Yamaha piano with MIDI connections On that note, I got the Yamaha UX-16 ($42 on Amazon). There are cheaper ones (sub $10) but I wasn't sure if they were supported. It uses the snd-usb-audio ALSA driver (SND_USB_AUDIO for 2.6.29). My primary audio card is a built-in nvidia AC97 chip (an intel 8x0 driver) so that's card 0 and the UX-16 is card 1. Relevant config: alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-intel8x0 enable=1 index=0 alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio options and-usb-audio enable=1 index=1 options snd cards_limit=2 To use it: $ aplaymidi -l Port Client name Port name 14:0 Midi Through Midi Through Port-0 20:0 UX16 UX16 MIDI 1 $ aplaymidi beethoven_furelise.mid -p 20:0 Pretty easy looking back on getting it setup. :) Colin From cmlburnett at gmail.com Thu Jun 18 23:34:03 2009 From: cmlburnett at gmail.com (Colin Burnett) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:34:03 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] MIDI anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Colin Burnett wrote: > > My immediate goal is to be able to use the P-85 as a controller for > software produced sounds through some software synth. Any tips or > suggestions? I found Rosegarden (see Wikipedia) and I can compose in Rosegarden and play it on my keyboard but I haven't figured out how to record notes I play on the keyboard into Rosegarden. I hit record and nothing shows up. Operator error I presume. Colin From tdwalton at gmail.com Fri Jun 19 05:54:47 2009 From: tdwalton at gmail.com (Todd Walton) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:54:47 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux equivalent to OS X hdiutil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:08 PM, David W. Body wrote: > Is there a Linux equivalent to the OS X hdiutil command? > > I want to create a sparse, compressed, read-write disk image that will grow > as necessary when data is added to it. Maybe qemu-img? -- Todd From tom at tcpconsulting.com Fri Jun 19 09:11:14 2009 From: tom at tcpconsulting.com (Tom Pohl) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:11:14 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux equivalent to OS X hdiutil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'd bet TrueCrypt will give you what you're looking for with the added benefit of encryption :) http://www.truecrypt.org/ -Tom On Jun 18, 2009, at 7:08 PM, David W. Body wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Is there a Linux equivalent to the OS X hdiutil command? > > I want to create a sparse, compressed, read-write disk image that > will grow as necessary when data is added to it. > > --David W. Body / Big Creek Software, LLC > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug From djweis at internetsolver.com Fri Jun 19 09:20:32 2009 From: djweis at internetsolver.com (Dave Weis) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:20:32 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux equivalent to OS X hdiutil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A3B9EB0.1080403@internetsolver.com> I don't know about the compressed or grow as necessary but you can make a sparse file with dd, make a filesystem on it, and then loopback mount it. Something like dd if=/dev/null of=disk.img bs=1M count=100 mkfs -t ext3 disk.img mount -o rw,loop disk.img /mnt/image Rough guess but approximately correct. dave Tom Pohl wrote: > I'd bet TrueCrypt will give you what you're looking for with the added > benefit of encryption :) > > http://www.truecrypt.org/ > > -Tom > > On Jun 18, 2009, at 7:08 PM, David W. Body wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Is there a Linux equivalent to the OS X hdiutil command? >> >> I want to create a sparse, compressed, read-write disk image that >> will grow as necessary when data is added to it. >> >> --David W. Body / Big Creek Software, LLC >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug -- Dave Weis 515-224-9229 djweis at internetsolver.com http://www.internetsolver.com/ From eric at eric.nu Fri Jun 19 09:42:36 2009 From: eric at eric.nu (Eric Junker) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:42:36 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux equivalent to OS X hdiutil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A3BA3DC.8080403@eric.nu> David W. Body wrote: > I want to create a sparse, compressed, read-write disk image that will > grow as necessary when data is added to it. If you want a compressed filesystem you could use ZFS on FreeBSD or there are some userland filesystems such as compFUSEd and fusecompress. Eric From newz at bearfruit.org Fri Jun 19 09:43:57 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:43:57 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] MIDI anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Colin Burnett wrote: > I've got a Yamaha P-85 & UX-16 and can play/record through ALSA with > aplaymidi and arecordmidi. Not sure what's the next step. > http://linux-sound.org/ has a ton of stuff but a lot of out-dated > stuff. I'm at kind of an information overload. > > My immediate goal is to be able to use the P-85 as a controller for > software produced sounds through some software synth. Any tips or > suggestions? > > I looked into this earlier this year and I found this is one of the few areas where the OSS software is just no where even close to the commercial software. Call it "consumer to mid-level professional audio composition and playback." I downloaded the trial of Sequel 2 by Steinberg, which is an entry level, consumer oriented tool and was blown away. Even on my son's underpowered computer (relative to the suggested specs) it was doing some pretty amazing stuff and my 8 year old was mixing tracks and composing some (to him) cool music using the onscreen tools and our USB keyboard. Correct me if I'm wrong, and I'd be delighted to be wrong, but I haven't seen anything like this in the OSS world, regardless of the operating system. Maybe the Linux world has been hampered because of our moving-target audio infrastructure (oss/alsa/pulseaudio) -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090619/7d237ee5/attachment.htm From newz at bearfruit.org Fri Jun 19 09:49:13 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:49:13 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux equivalent to OS X hdiutil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Not tried it but I did a quick search and found this: http://code.google.com/p/fuse-zip/ fuse-zip is a FUSE file system to navigate, extract, create and modify ZIP archives based in libzip implemented in C++. With fuse-zip you really can work with ZIP archives as real directories. Unlike KIO or Gnome VFS, it can be used in any application without modifications. Unlike other FUSE filesystems, only fuse-zip provides write support to ZIP archives. Also, fuse-zip is faster that all known implementations on large archives with many files. On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:08 PM, David W. Body wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Is there a Linux equivalent to the OS X hdiutil command? > > I want to create a sparse, compressed, read-write disk image that will grow > as necessary when data is added to it. > > --David W. Body / Big Creek Software, LLC > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090619/f22aead5/attachment.htm From cmlburnett at gmail.com Fri Jun 19 09:51:46 2009 From: cmlburnett at gmail.com (Colin Burnett) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:51:46 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] MIDI anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > > I looked into this earlier this year and I found this is one of the few > areas where the OSS software is just no where even close to the commercial > software. Call it "consumer to mid-level professional audio composition and > playback." I haven't tried any commercial software to have a comparison. Rosegarden seems pretty nice but I'm not sure how to use it very well. I composed a song and played it on my keyboard over MIDI. Great, but now I want it to synthesize it in software and take notes from the keyboard, which I believe it requires a software synth like timidity to do so. Stuff commercial software has solved long ago. I'm sure the voices/sound fonts are horribly lacking for FOSS so that may be the ultimate driver for me to commercial software but I'm willing to give it a shot first. > Maybe the Linux world has been hampered because of our moving-target > audio infrastructure (oss/alsa/pulseaudio) And there's JACK on top of that: something else I don't have set up (Rosegarden complains HZ in my kernel is too high to be real-time so there's another recompile). And I haven't found a good HOWTO yet to do all this from hardware to software. Perhaps I should write one... Colin From dave at dchamp.net Fri Jun 19 10:04:40 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:04:40 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] MIDI anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A3BA908.7020400@dchamp.net> Matthew Nuzum wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Colin Burnett > wrote: > > I've got a Yamaha P-85 & UX-16 and can play/record through ALSA with > aplaymidi and arecordmidi. Not sure what's the next step. > http://linux-sound.org/ has a ton of stuff but a lot of out-dated > stuff. I'm at kind of an information overload. > > My immediate goal is to be able to use the P-85 as a controller for > software produced sounds through some software synth. Any tips or > suggestions? > > > I looked into this earlier this year and I found this is one of the > few areas where the OSS software is just no where even close to the > commercial software. Call it "consumer to mid-level professional audio > composition and playback." > > I downloaded the trial of Sequel 2 by Steinberg, which is an entry > level, consumer oriented tool and was blown away. Even on my son's > underpowered computer (relative to the suggested specs) it was doing > some pretty amazing stuff and my 8 year old was mixing tracks and > composing some (to him) cool music using the onscreen tools and our > USB keyboard. > > Correct me if I'm wrong, and I'd be delighted to be wrong, but I > haven't seen anything like this in the OSS world, regardless of the > operating system. Maybe the Linux world has been hampered because of > our moving-target audio infrastructure (oss/alsa/pulseaudio) > > -- > Matthew Nuzum > newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca > and twitter I think you're right... the OSS music software seems to be pretty far behind. I loaded about every piece of OSS synth / sequencer / tracker / composer software I could find in the Mandriva repo's, and didn't find too much that was either user friendly enough or functional enough to really use much. There are plenty of packages that look similar enough to stuff I used on my Amiga in 1990, but it's nothing like what I've seen people using on Windows or Mac. I'd be interested if anyone has suggestions on OSS software in this category, or a demo of how to use some of it. I'm guessing it's kind of like using GIMP - it does neat thing, but you have to learn the interface first. Not that I need to revive another old hobby... -dc From zach at kotlarek.com Fri Jun 19 11:23:35 2009 From: zach at kotlarek.com (Zachary Kotlarek) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:23:35 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux equivalent to OS X hdiutil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Jun 19, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Tom Pohl wrote: > I'd bet TrueCrypt will give you what you're looking for with the added > benefit of encryption :) > > http://www.truecrypt.org/ Have they added support for sparse images on non-NTFS parent file systems? Last I saw you had to be running Windows to use a sparse disk image, and had to be willing to reveal your sector usage bitmap in order to do that. Regardless, compressed and read-write is a tall order on any OS (hdiutil doesn't do it either) -- there are several choices for building disk images on linux, several of which can be used while compressed, but the only thing I've ever heard of that allows read- write access to a compressed store is some of the FUSE frontends ZIP files and the like. Zach From davidbody at bigcreek.com Fri Jun 19 13:50:46 2009 From: davidbody at bigcreek.com (David W. Body) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:50:46 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux equivalent to OS X hdiutil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Zachary Kotlarek wrote: > > On Jun 19, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Tom Pohl wrote: > > > I'd bet TrueCrypt will give you what you're looking for with the added > > benefit of encryption :) > > > > http://www.truecrypt.org/ > > > Have they added support for sparse images on non-NTFS parent file > systems? Last I saw you had to be running Windows to use a sparse disk > image, and had to be willing to reveal your sector usage bitmap in > order to do that. > > Regardless, compressed and read-write is a tall order on any OS > (hdiutil doesn't do it either) -- there are several choices for > building disk images on linux, several of which can be used while > compressed, but the only thing I've ever heard of that allows read- > write access to a compressed store is some of the FUSE frontends ZIP > files and the like. > > Zach > Maybe "sparse, compressed, read-write" isn't the correct description because I only want to write it once, but hdiutil will create a sparse, compressed disk image from a directory as follows: hdiutil create -srcfolder my_directory -format UDZO my-diskimage.dmg --David -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Not a crazy big deal but just in case you didn't realize it. > > Matt > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > From zach at kotlarek.com Fri Jun 19 15:06:00 2009 From: zach at kotlarek.com (Zachary Kotlarek) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:06:00 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux equivalent to OS X hdiutil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Jun 19, 2009, at 1:50 PM, David W. Body wrote: > Maybe "sparse, compressed, read-write" isn't the correct description > because I only want to write it once, but hdiutil will create a > sparse, compressed disk image from a directory as follows: > > hdiutil create -srcfolder my_directory -format UDZO my-diskimage.dmg That's just a gzip-compressed read-only disk image. UDZO is "sparse" in that the unallocated blocks aren't included in the image, but it can't grow as you add data because you can't add data. hdiutil can create what it calls "sparse" images -- files (or bundles) that grow as you allocate blocks -- with the UDSP and UDSB formats. But in those formats the allocated blocks aren't compressed, the images simply excludes the unallocated blocks so that you don't need to consume the entire image size until it's actually used. Are you trying to create a read-only image with compressed data or create a read-write image that excludes unallocated blocks? Or is there some third option I'm missing? Zach -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090619/004d3f5b/attachment.htm From morej at alliancetechnologies.net Fri Jun 19 15:59:16 2009 From: morej at alliancetechnologies.net (Josh More) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:59:16 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Josh's Blog Message-ID: <4A3BB5D40200002E0003522B@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> Yeah, the core problem is that if you've not done any real web development since 2003 and you attempt to merge themes between Joomla and Wordpress, things don't go quite as expected. Since Afan has done web development more recently than I, he is going to help me get a better theme together that doesn't have odd little issues here and there. Most people don't really notice, as they tend to read me in their RSS readers. :) -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC morej at alliancetechnologies.net 515-245-7701 >>> "Mathew R. Phillips" 06/19/09 2:46 PM >>> Hey i was on the starmind site and I noticed your blog text rolls off the side of the green border and you cant read it unless you highlight everything. Not a crazy big deal but just in case you didn't realize it. Matt From dave at dchamp.net Fri Jun 19 16:05:44 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:05:44 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Proxy servers for Iran In-Reply-To: References: <4A368EC30200002E00034F26@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> Message-ID: <4A3BFDA8.8060600@dchamp.net> Not that I would discourage people from helping, just beware that there may be repercussions to your actions: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/06/19/1737207/Man-Attacked-In-Ohio-For-Providing-Iran-Proxies?from=rss -dc From morej at alliancetechnologies.net Fri Jun 19 16:13:11 2009 From: morej at alliancetechnologies.net (Josh More) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:13:11 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Proxy servers for Iran Message-ID: <4A3BB9170200002E00035230@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> Unless one lives in a sensory deprivation tank, there are generally repercussions to one's actions. I want to point out, however, that running a generic proxy server and handing out a single IP is very different from being the active coordinator of an international freedom movement against a hostile government. Like most things, it's about balancing risk and reward. -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC morej at alliancetechnologies.net 515-245-7701 >>> David Champion 06/19/09 4:04 PM >>> Not that I would discourage people from helping, just beware that there may be repercussions to your actions: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/06/19/1737207/Man-Attacked-In-Ohio-For-Providing-Iran-Proxies?from=rss -dc _______________________________________________ Cialug mailing list Cialug at cialug.org http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug From nfox at foxmediasystems.com Sat Jun 20 02:00:35 2009 From: nfox at foxmediasystems.com (Nick Fox) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:00:35 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Josh's Blog In-Reply-To: <4A3BB5D40200002E0003522B@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> References: <4A3BB5D40200002E0003522B@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> Message-ID: <4A3C8913.507@foxmediasystems.com> Nothing more than a quick look and a guess... The CSS class for "main" appears to be set to a static size with an absolute position. This could be coming from any of the containers it resides in as well...you have a real css mess on your hands there from the looks of things ;) good luck. -Nick Josh More wrote: > Yeah, the core problem is that if you've not done any real web > development since 2003 and you attempt to merge themes between Joomla > and Wordpress, things don't go quite as expected. Since Afan has done > web development more recently than I, he is going to help me get a > better theme together that doesn't have odd little issues here and > there. > > Most people don't really notice, as they tend to read me in their RSS > readers. :) > > > > > -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC > morej at alliancetechnologies.net > 515-245-7701 > > >>>> "Mathew R. Phillips" 06/19/09 2:46 PM >>>> >>>> > > Hey i was on the starmind site and I noticed your blog text rolls off > the side of the green border and you cant read it unless you highlight > everything. Not a crazy big deal but just in case you didn't realize it. > > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -- Nick Fox Fox Media Systems, LLC Owner / President 1338 57th St. Des Moines, IA 50311 www.foxmediasystems.com From davidbody at bigcreek.com Sat Jun 20 08:03:42 2009 From: davidbody at bigcreek.com (David W. Body) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:03:42 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux equivalent to OS X hdiutil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Zachary Kotlarek wrote: > > On Jun 19, 2009, at 1:50 PM, David W. Body wrote: > > Maybe "sparse, compressed, read-write" isn't the correct description >> because I only want to write it once, but hdiutil will create a sparse, >> compressed disk image from a directory as follows: >> >> hdiutil create -srcfolder my_directory -format UDZO my-diskimage.dmg >> > > > That's just a gzip-compressed read-only disk image. UDZO is "sparse" in > that the unallocated blocks aren't included in the image, but it can't grow > as you add data because you can't add data. > > hdiutil can create what it calls "sparse" images -- files (or bundles) that > grow as you allocate blocks -- with the UDSP and UDSB formats. But in those > formats the allocated blocks aren't compressed, the images simply excludes > the unallocated blocks so that you don't need to consume the entire image > size until it's actually used. > > Are you trying to create a read-only image with compressed data or create a > read-write image that excludes unallocated blocks? Or is there some third > option I'm missing? > > Zach Zach, Thanks for the clarification. I realize now that I didn't really ask the question I intended to. I want to be able to create backups of directories in a reasonably efficient compressed format. I don't need to be able to add data after the backup is created. Under OS X, I've found that hdiutil does a decent job of this with the added bonus that the disk images it creates are convenient to work with because they can easily be mounted and unmounted, transferred to other media, etc. I'm looking for something similar on Linux. My fallback will be gzipped tar files, but that feels like a step backward. --David -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(Google Map here: http://tinyurl.com/kpmm9o) Per normal ham radio custom (this is also going to a ham list), I'm not posting prices here, but I can tell you that we're desperate to clean out lots of storage, and we'll sell pretty cheap...we have printers (lots of old laser printers), a couple of working laptops, some Pentium 4 IBM's that may or may not have bad capacitors, older computers (maybe a few pentium IIIs, but mostly older Athlon equipment), used hard drives (most under 5GB), some electrical wall plates, a vent fan and a ceiling fan, among other things. Also, there are lots of old laptop parts. So many CDROM drives, ISU Surplus would be proud. I also saw a couple of USB flatbed scanners. It goes until 2 PM. -- Tony Jeffries ajeffri at n0nro.org N0NRO at W0AK.#CIA.IA.USA.NOAM From mathew.phillips at wartburg.edu Sat Jun 20 10:58:57 2009 From: mathew.phillips at wartburg.edu (Mathew R. Phillips) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:58:57 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux and Scribd Message-ID: <7D5145B2B2D81944999D746098747FB106FBCD@WARTBURG-EVS-01.wartburg.edu> Has anyone had success viewing docs on Scribd with any linux distro? I'm running debian and when i go to a document the reader is blank and i can't click any of the buttons on the top of the reader (like the one to download the file so I can read it anyway) Matt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090620/30f0c16a/attachment.htm From mathew.phillips at wartburg.edu Sat Jun 20 11:00:26 2009 From: mathew.phillips at wartburg.edu (Mathew R. Phillips) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:00:26 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux and Scribd References: <7D5145B2B2D81944999D746098747FB106FBCD@WARTBURG-EVS-01.wartburg.edu> Message-ID: <7D5145B2B2D81944999D746098747FB106FBCE@WARTBURG-EVS-01.wartburg.edu> Update: I guess I can download the pdf's now but i'm still curious to why it wont work in the browser -----Original Message----- From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org on behalf of Mathew R. Phillips Sent: Sat 6/20/2009 10:58 AM To: cialug at cialug.org Subject: [Cialug] Linux and Scribd Has anyone had success viewing docs on Scribd with any linux distro? I'm running debian and when i go to a document the reader is blank and i can't click any of the buttons on the top of the reader (like the one to download the file so I can read it anyway) Matt -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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My fallback will be gzipped tar > files, but that feels like a step backward. I'd suggest squashfs -- a read-only file system that automatically does de-duplication and compresses with gzip or lzma. Once you've created a squashfs you can then mount the image via the loopback driver to access it as a live file system. Assuming you have the squashfs tools installed it's as simple as: mksquashfs /your/source/dir /output/image.sqsh And to mount it: mount /output/image.sqsh /mnt/whatever -t squashfs -o loop It's not quite the same as the Apple disk images in that the file system is indistinct from the fake block device, but it should be sufficient for making backups and whatnot, and it's certainly easier to use than tar if you want to pull out just a couple of files. -- You've actually got me wondering if I could adapt my backup process to use fs images instead of tarballs. It seems that mksquashfs does support an excludes file, which is about the only other feature I need. 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Ramaley) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:50:03 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] [OT] Geek-friendly hardware Message-ID: <200906212050.03091.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> I'm moving and need to divest myself of some large items that are well suited to ownership by a fellow tech geek. There are 2 items, described separately below: Barco Data 800 projector ------------------------ This projector is of the CRT variety. It has three 8-inch tubes (one each for red, green, blue) and can be either ceiling or floor mounted. (I have it ceiling mounted.) It has a good reputation among projector enthusiasts. It is in working condition and has several analog inputs (RCA, S-Video, RGBHV component, and some proprietary Barco connector). It should handle resolutions up to 1080i, though i've not personally driven it that hard before. I currently have it projecting on a 12 foot screen consisting of a wall that is painted white. It can project on various size screens from as little as 4 feet to as much as 16 (IIRC). Unfortunately, it weighs 140 pounds. I will of course assist in carrying it to a vehicle. It is small enough to (barely) fit in a car trunk, at least for a mid size or large car. I'm willing to include all necessary cables to hook it up, as well as the Barco 10-input switchbox and controller so you can have many devices connected to it. I'd like to get $200 for everything (i acquired the projector for a very modest price but have put several hundred dollars into it for the cables and some repairs to the unit). If you are interested but do not want to pay so much, please tell me and we can negotiate a better deal. I'm more interested in seeing it go to a good home than recovering my costs. Electrostatic speaker units --------------------------- There are 2 units. Each one consists of 2 actual speakers and is approximately 5 feet tall, 2.5 feet wide, and 2 *inches* thick. The stand that holds them upright makes the thickness about 2 feet or so, but the speakers themselves are only about 2 inches. These units were manufactured in the 1970s and originally retailed for about $5000. The lower panel on one of the speakers needs repair work (it is not as loud as it should be) and i'm not sure who can repair them locally. But even without the repair work, these speakers sound *amazing*. Note that i'm not an "audiophile", but to my ears these sound better than most modern speakers that use cone technology. I've heard that within the audio community these are still very highly regarded. I originally purchased them from a previous roommate for $140, but am willing to let them go for whatever i can get. Make an offer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA From dave at dchamp.net Mon Jun 22 10:48:12 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:48:12 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Wood computer case In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A3FA7BC.5050801@dchamp.net> Todd Walton wrote: > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Dan Hockey wrote: > >> Anyone seen this one yet? >> >> http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/modder-uses-hollowed-out-log-to-build-computer >> > > It's not quite as craftsy, but I've always wanted to just mount each > part onto the wall behind my desk with cabling between. > > -- > Todd > I like the little laptop sleeve thing. The "log mod" wouldn't exactly be the most LAN party friendly case to have. And if you had an electric fire, that thing could burn for a couple of hours. :) Dell is selling their little Studio pc with an optional Bamboo sleeve, for an extra $150. http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/desktop-studio-hybrid?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Bundles_and_Other_Accessories/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=330-1265 I might consider getting one of them, if there were another video option besides the integrated Intel chip... and it is a bit pricey, starting at $500 for what is essentially a laptop, with no screen, battery or keyboard. -dc From timchampion at gmail.com Mon Jun 22 11:12:07 2009 From: timchampion at gmail.com (Tim Champion) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:12:07 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Wood computer case In-Reply-To: <4A3FA7BC.5050801@dchamp.net> References: <4A3FA7BC.5050801@dchamp.net> Message-ID: <7aa1cdb20906220912p68bde25dj4535e169cef94ae7@mail.gmail.com> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:48 AM, David Champion wrote: > Todd Walton wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Dan Hockey wrote: > > > >> Anyone seen this one yet? > >> > >> > http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/modder-uses-hollowed-out-log-to-build-computer > >> > > > > It's not quite as craftsy, but I've always wanted to just mount each > > part onto the wall behind my desk with cabling between. > > > > -- > > Todd > > > I like the little laptop sleeve thing. > > The "log mod" wouldn't exactly be the most LAN party friendly case to > have. And if you had an electric fire, that thing could burn for a > couple of hours. :) > > Dell is selling their little Studio pc with an optional Bamboo sleeve, > for an extra $150. > > > http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/desktop-studio-hybrid?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn > > > http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Bundles_and_Other_Accessories/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=330-1265 > > I might consider getting one of them, if there were another video option > besides the integrated Intel chip... and it is a bit pricey, starting at > $500 for what is essentially a laptop, with no screen, battery or keyboard. > > -dc > With all due respect, That was totally not what I was expecting to see when I clicked on those links. When I think of wood computer cases, my mind goes to something like this: http://www.casearts.com/woodhydraulic.html Tim Champion timchampion at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Hala Jr.) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:23:24 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Wood computer case In-Reply-To: <7aa1cdb20906220912p68bde25dj4535e169cef94ae7@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A3FA7BC.5050801@dchamp.net> <7aa1cdb20906220912p68bde25dj4535e169cef94ae7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1245687804.2711.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> With all the folks on here that have cnc routers or were building them, I wouldn't be surprised if someone had a really cool wood case like that... :) Dave On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 11:12 -0500, Tim Champion wrote: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:48 AM, David Champion > wrote: > Todd Walton wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Dan > Hockey wrote: > > > >> Anyone seen this one yet? > >> > >> > http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/modder-uses-hollowed-out-log-to-build-computer > >> > > > > It's not quite as craftsy, but I've always wanted to just > mount each > > part onto the wall behind my desk with cabling between. > > > > -- > > Todd > > > > I like the little laptop sleeve thing. > > The "log mod" wouldn't exactly be the most LAN party friendly > case to > have. And if you had an electric fire, that thing could burn > for a > couple of hours. :) > > Dell is selling their little Studio pc with an optional Bamboo > sleeve, > for an extra $150. > > http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/desktop-studio-hybrid?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn > > http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Bundles_and_Other_Accessories/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=330-1265 > > I might consider getting one of them, if there were another > video option > besides the integrated Intel chip... and it is a bit pricey, > starting at > $500 for what is essentially a laptop, with no screen, battery > or keyboard. > > -dc > > With all due respect, That was totally not what I was expecting to see > when I clicked on those links. When I think of wood computer cases, > my mind goes to something like this: > http://www.casearts.com/woodhydraulic.html > > Tim Champion > timchampion at gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug -- ___ Dave J. Hala Jr. President OSIS, Inc. www.osis.us From mrdovey at iedu.com Mon Jun 22 11:49:17 2009 From: mrdovey at iedu.com (Morris Dovey) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:49:17 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Wood computer case In-Reply-To: <1245687804.2711.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <4A3FA7BC.5050801@dchamp.net> <7aa1cdb20906220912p68bde25dj4535e169cef94ae7@mail.gmail.com> <1245687804.2711.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: <4A3FB60D.2000302@iedu.com> Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote: > With all the folks on here that have cnc routers or were building them, > I wouldn't be surprised if someone had a really cool wood case like > that... Hmmm - I'm not sure if I should respond to that or not... ...but if anyone here in the DSM area has a design they're itching to build (and the wood to build it with) I can probably make some router time available. -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mrdovey.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 22 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090622/87a0c3a8/attachment-0001.vcf From davidbody at bigcreek.com Mon Jun 22 11:57:04 2009 From: davidbody at bigcreek.com (David W. Body) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:57:04 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Linux equivalent to OS X hdiutil In-Reply-To: <92EB9850-071F-497D-A30B-F4EDB3E02856@kotlarek.com> References: <92EB9850-071F-497D-A30B-F4EDB3E02856@kotlarek.com> Message-ID: On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Zachary Kotlarek wrote: > > I'd suggest squashfs -- a read-only file system that automatically does > de-duplication and compresses with gzip or lzma. Zach, Thanks very much. This looks like exactly what I'm looking for. I'll investigate further. --David -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090623/5d539838/attachment.htm From cwfreeman at gmail.com Wed Jun 24 06:56:54 2009 From: cwfreeman at gmail.com (Chris Freeman) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:56:54 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Transplant OS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3afd8deb0906240456q48b17c04wc00ce7b2e21f1de4@mail.gmail.com> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 6:36 PM, wrote: > Ok, my server's primary drive is in SMART Pre-Fail. It's used too many of > the spare sectors. Now I need to transplant my OS to a new drive. Any > suggestions for a best way to do this? I know UUID's in fstab and settings > in GRUB will need to be updated somehow. Anything automated, or a good > guide? > > Thanks. I believe you can set the UUID of the partitions on the new drive. "It is an power so great, it can only be used for Good or Evil". I don't believe there are any open-source tools which can create a back-up and restore to bare metal. There's always tools like Acronis, but they cost. Chris From gray at cs.uni.edu Wed Jun 24 07:39:24 2009 From: gray at cs.uni.edu (Paul Gray) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:39:24 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Transplant OS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A421E7C.8000308@cs.uni.edu> jrnosee at gmail.com wrote: > Ok, my server's primary drive is in SMART Pre-Fail. It's used too many of > the spare sectors. Now I need to transplant my OS to a new drive. Any > suggestions for a best way to do this? I know UUID's in fstab and settings > in GRUB will need to be updated somehow. Anything automated, or a good > guide? There are many ways to do what you want from a bootable distro. Here's what I'd do. Install the new drive -- if it's an IDE, configure it to be primary (it makes the grub transition a bit easier). Boot to a USB/CDROM distro (finnix, for example). fdisk the new disk. mkfs the filesystems. mount all the old and new filesystems rsync -plarv /mnt/old/ /mnt/new/ edit /mnt/new/boot/grub/menu.* edit /mnt/new/boot/etc/fstab install grub to the new disk -> under finnix ... just run grub and issue, "root (hd0,0)" (or whatever is appropriate), "setup (hd0)" Not too difficult of a process...and it should boot the new disk just fine. Good luck. -PG From chris at ia.gov Wed Jun 24 07:50:15 2009 From: chris at ia.gov (chris) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:50:15 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Transplant OS In-Reply-To: <3afd8deb0906240456q48b17c04wc00ce7b2e21f1de4@mail.gmail.com> References: <3afd8deb0906240456q48b17c04wc00ce7b2e21f1de4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4A422107.8000609@ia.gov> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > I believe you can set the UUID of the partitions on the new drive. "It > is an power so great, it can only be used for Good or Evil". > > I don't believe there are any open-source tools which can create a > back-up and restore to bare metal. There's always tools like Acronis, > but they cost. > dd (or even cat) can along with your favorite boot cd (I use knoppix) can do bare metal restores. Either from a backup image on attached media or over the network. If local attached media, or nfs, some net file system, dd if =/path/to/wholediskimage of =/dev/newlocaldisk Over ssh/rsh: ssh remotehostwithimage 'dd if=/path/to/whilediskimage bs=1400' > /dev/newlocaldisk This is much faster with rsh since no encryption is done. As long as the second device is bigger, you will usually be ok. You can use something like parted to reclaim any unused disk if the destination was larger. I once set up an imaging server that simple streamed a whole disk image to any device that connected to a port on it. This was done using xinetd and dd. I chose dd over cat because I could set the block size to 1400 and get a more full packet. More efficient, faster, less IP overhead. That reminds me, you can read a compressed image as well, works great because you are moving compressed data over the wire: ssh remotehostwithimage 'dd if=./diskimage.gz bs=1400' | gzip -d - > /dev/newlocaldisk All my examples are whole disk, but you can do the same per partition. To create the back up images reverse the process. crr/arreyder -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpCIQYACgkQPmaZdRmQd+YfIgCfU2JyLV4qgNRPfadR6XQL3778 ox0AnijYQHg3E3xjW5MOLyR7dhotWeSY =Jai8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From jrnosee at gmail.com Wed Jun 24 08:22:04 2009 From: jrnosee at gmail.com (jrnosee at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:22:04 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Transplant OS In-Reply-To: <4A422107.8000609@ia.gov> References: <3afd8deb0906240456q48b17c04wc00ce7b2e21f1de4@mail.gmail.com> <4A422107.8000609@ia.gov> Message-ID: Thanks for the quick responses! I think I may try in order until one works.... I wasn't sure if Acronis would handle Linux partitions, but I just got it free with the new drive I bought from Newegg (combo deal)! It'll be a local copy from a SATA II to a SATA II drive and the new drive is bigger. What I would like to know is how to determine what hd(x,y) to use in grub. when I set it back up. Typically, yes I would use (0,0) but with SATA I'm not sure what # drive I'll be on. Does this follow cabling order? 2x ide ports are 0-3, sata1-4 are 4-7? Would my primary ide cd-rom be hd(0)? I'm not sure what GRUB's numbering scheme is. --Justin On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 7:50 AM, chris wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I believe you can set the UUID of the partitions on the new drive. "It > > is an power so great, it can only be used for Good or Evil". > > > > I don't believe there are any open-source tools which can create a > > back-up and restore to bare metal. There's always tools like Acronis, > > but they cost. > > > > dd (or even cat) can along with your favorite boot cd (I use knoppix) > can do bare metal restores. Either from a backup image on attached > media or over the network. > > If local attached media, or nfs, some net file system, > > dd if =/path/to/wholediskimage of =/dev/newlocaldisk > > Over ssh/rsh: > > ssh remotehostwithimage 'dd if=/path/to/whilediskimage bs=1400' > > /dev/newlocaldisk > > This is much faster with rsh since no encryption is done. > > As long as the second device is bigger, you will usually be ok. You > can use something like parted to reclaim any unused disk if the > destination was larger. > > I once set up an imaging server that simple streamed a whole disk > image to any device that connected to a port on it. This was done > using xinetd and dd. I chose dd over cat because I could set the > block size to 1400 and get a more full packet. More efficient, > faster, less IP overhead. > > That reminds me, you can read a compressed image as well, works great > because you are moving compressed data over the wire: > > ssh remotehostwithimage 'dd if=./diskimage.gz bs=1400' | gzip -d - > > /dev/newlocaldisk > > > All my examples are whole disk, but you can do the same per partition. > > To create the back up images reverse the process. > > crr/arreyder > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkpCIQYACgkQPmaZdRmQd+YfIgCfU2JyLV4qgNRPfadR6XQL3778 > ox0AnijYQHg3E3xjW5MOLyR7dhotWeSY > =Jai8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please email me if you know of anyone who can do some consulting in this area. tim at gforgegroup.com From dave at dchamp.net Wed Jun 24 09:19:03 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:19:03 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Transplant OS In-Reply-To: <4A422107.8000609@ia.gov> References: <3afd8deb0906240456q48b17c04wc00ce7b2e21f1de4@mail.gmail.com> <4A422107.8000609@ia.gov> Message-ID: <4A4235D7.6040005@dchamp.net> chris wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > >> I believe you can set the UUID of the partitions on the new drive. "It >> is an power so great, it can only be used for Good or Evil". >> >> I don't believe there are any open-source tools which can create a >> back-up and restore to bare metal. There's always tools like Acronis, >> but they cost. >> >> > > dd (or even cat) can along with your favorite boot cd (I use knoppix) > can do bare metal restores. Either from a backup image on attached > media or over the network. > > If local attached media, or nfs, some net file system, > > dd if =/path/to/wholediskimage of =/dev/newlocaldisk > > Over ssh/rsh: > > ssh remotehostwithimage 'dd if=/path/to/whilediskimage bs=1400' > > /dev/newlocaldisk > > This is much faster with rsh since no encryption is done. > > As long as the second device is bigger, you will usually be ok. You > can use something like parted to reclaim any unused disk if the > destination was larger. > > I once set up an imaging server that simple streamed a whole disk > image to any device that connected to a port on it. This was done > using xinetd and dd. I chose dd over cat because I could set the > block size to 1400 and get a more full packet. More efficient, > faster, less IP overhead. > > That reminds me, you can read a compressed image as well, works great > because you are moving compressed data over the wire: > > ssh remotehostwithimage 'dd if=./diskimage.gz bs=1400' | gzip -d - > > /dev/newlocaldisk > > > All my examples are whole disk, but you can do the same per partition. > > To create the back up images reverse the process. > > crr/arreyder > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkpCIQYACgkQPmaZdRmQd+YfIgCfU2JyLV4qgNRPfadR6XQL3778 > ox0AnijYQHg3E3xjW5MOLyR7dhotWeSY > =Jai8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > The problem with using dd... as has been pointed out in the past here... is if you have corrupted sectors, dd may copy the corruption. -dc From daniel.ramaley at drake.edu Wed Jun 24 09:31:43 2009 From: daniel.ramaley at drake.edu (Daniel A. Ramaley) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:31:43 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Transplant OS In-Reply-To: <4A421E7C.8000308@cs.uni.edu> References: <4A421E7C.8000308@cs.uni.edu> Message-ID: <200906240931.43843.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> On 2009-06-24 at 07:39:24, Paul Gray wrote: >>Ok, my server's primary drive is in SMART Pre-Fail. It's used too >>many of the spare sectors. Now I need to transplant my OS to a new >>drive. > >There are many ways to do what you want from a bootable distro. There's something related that i've wondered since learning to use LVM in the not-too-distant past. Assuming the original disk was partitioned using LVM, would it be possible to live migrate to the new one with very little downtime (just the time required for 1 or 2 reboots)? I presume the /boot partition would have to be copied by more traditional means (cp, tar, rsync) as it is usually not part of LVM, and grub or lilo would also have to be run on the new disk. But for the LVM partitions, would it be possible to extend the physical volume over to the new disk, then tell LVM to move the data over? For a home machine attempting this might be overkill, but for a critical server that shouldn't have any downtime, it might be worth doing. Well, if the server is truly "critical" then it probably has RAID and the failure of one drive would simply require replacing that drive... so perhaps this idea isn't practical after all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA From chris at ia.gov Wed Jun 24 10:57:17 2009 From: chris at ia.gov (chris) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:57:17 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] dd for clones/baclups (was Re: Transplant OS) In-Reply-To: <4A4235D7.6040005@dchamp.net> References: <3afd8deb0906240456q48b17c04wc00ce7b2e21f1de4@mail.gmail.com> <4A422107.8000609@ia.gov> <4A4235D7.6040005@dchamp.net> Message-ID: <4A424CDD.5080200@ia.gov> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > The problem with using dd... as has been pointed out in the past > here... is if you have corrupted sectors, dd may copy the > corruption. > -dc Interesting. I could see this being a problem when trying to copy a failing hard drive but not for a migration/cloning exercise. If a sector is truly corrupt then dd will not be able to read it. dd can be told to pad those bad reads with 00 and go on. If that sector had been marked bad by the filesystem/OS already then this is not an issue because the tables that record the bad sectors will be included in the image you create. I have used this method in mass cloning of literally thousands of disk images over the years and never had a single issue, ever. MD5 sums can be used to verify that your image matches your original. DD has been my tried and true backup/migration tool for a very long time. crr -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpCTNwACgkQPmaZdRmQd+b3OQCgh51lZdrVOm3t1vlusp1Q9iQQ zaMAmwVNkxEF1KIA38CbYd/uG14ha9pb =4qaK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From doncady at gmail.com Wed Jun 24 13:33:47 2009 From: doncady at gmail.com (Don Cady) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:33:47 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Transplant OS In-Reply-To: <200906240931.43843.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> References: <4A421E7C.8000308@cs.uni.edu> <200906240931.43843.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote: > and grub or lilo would also have to be run on the new disk. But for the > LVM partitions, would it be possible to extend the physical volume over > to the new disk, then tell LVM to move the data over? For a home Yes, you can add a new drive to your physical group, extend your logical group into it, move your logical volume over, then reduce the first two, making the whole move like a ball bearing in a rubber band. But doing this assumes your volume is already in LVM and you have hot-swap available. > machine attempting this might be overkill, but for a critical server > that shouldn't have any downtime, it might be worth doing. Well, if the > server is truly "critical" then it probably has RAID and the failure of > one drive would simply require replacing that drive... so perhaps this > idea isn't practical after all. Exactly. Maybe I'm shortsighted, but determining if it's practical is half of the crux of LVM. It provides no redundancy (in fact, it gets -1 in that department), so you've got to put it on top of raid or something else. Now to add logical volumes, you're adding raid sets, adding more complexity for a little flexibility. There are better options than managing volumes-inside-LVM-on-top-of-RAID. I don't understand what all the hubub @ LVM is for, as I can only see small windows of usefulness. Maybe it's that it's FSF appoved. Don From zach at kotlarek.com Wed Jun 24 17:01:11 2009 From: zach at kotlarek.com (Zachary Kotlarek) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:01:11 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Transplant OS In-Reply-To: References: <4A421E7C.8000308@cs.uni.edu> <200906240931.43843.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Message-ID: On Jun 24, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Don Cady wrote: > There are better options than managing volumes-inside-LVM-on-top-of- > RAID. What do you suggest to provide block-device/volume resizing and relocation functionality? Zach -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Zachary Kotlarek wrote: > > On Jun 24, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Don Cady wrote: > > There are better options than managing volumes-inside-LVM-on-top-of-RAID. >> > > What do you suggest to provide block-device/volume resizing and relocation > functionality? > > Zach > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090624/c4b21c24/attachment.htm From tdwalton at gmail.com Wed Jun 24 21:59:05 2009 From: tdwalton at gmail.com (Todd Walton) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:59:05 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Hard Drive Problems? Message-ID: root keeps getting mail that says: --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------ WARNING: Kernel Errors Present res 51/84:00:8a:12:8a/00:00:00:00:00/e7 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) ...: 6 Time(s) Buffer I/O error on device sda1, ...: 10 Time(s) JBD: Detected IO errors while flushing ...: 2 Time(s) ata5.00: error: { ICRC ABRT } ...: 6 Time(s) end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector ...: 1 Time(s) lost page write due to I/O error on sda1 ...: 10 Time(s) sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] Add. Sense: Scsi parity error ...: 1 Time(s) ---------------------- Kernel End ------------------------- Should I worry? It's a slightly old IDE drive. Or is this something that happens all the time? I'm new to Fedora, and I haven't been privy to these helpful root mailings before. So I don't know if this has been happening for years now and I just didn't know about. Would you worry? -- Todd From morej at alliancetechnologies.net Thu Jun 25 09:21:56 2009 From: morej at alliancetechnologies.net (Josh More) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:21:56 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Hard Drive Problems? Message-ID: <4A4341B40200002E0003552A@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> It looks to me like you have an error on /dev/sda (or the SCSI card). You should backup your data ASAP and run the smart tests: http://www.captain.at/howto-linux-smartmontools-smartctl.php You should also be prepared to buy another disk or two. -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC morej at alliancetechnologies.net 515-245-7701 >>> Todd Walton 06/24/09 9:59 PM >>> root keeps getting mail that says: --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------ WARNING: Kernel Errors Present res 51/84:00:8a:12:8a/00:00:00:00:00/e7 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) ...: 6 Time(s) Buffer I/O error on device sda1, ...: 10 Time(s) JBD: Detected IO errors while flushing ...: 2 Time(s) ata5.00: error: { ICRC ABRT } ...: 6 Time(s) end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector ...: 1 Time(s) lost page write due to I/O error on sda1 ...: 10 Time(s) sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] Add. Sense: Scsi parity error ...: 1 Time(s) ---------------------- Kernel End ------------------------- Should I worry? It's a slightly old IDE drive. Or is this something that happens all the time? I'm new to Fedora, and I haven't been privy to these helpful root mailings before. So I don't know if this has been happening for years now and I just didn't know about. Would you worry? -- Todd _______________________________________________ Cialug mailing list Cialug at cialug.org http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug From tdwalton at gmail.com Thu Jun 25 12:34:28 2009 From: tdwalton at gmail.com (Todd Walton) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:34:28 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Funny Caption Message-ID: Write your own caption: http://www.dmcityview.com/what-the.shtml -- Todd From jrnosee at gmail.com Thu Jun 25 13:50:28 2009 From: jrnosee at gmail.com (jrnosee at gmail.com) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:50:28 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Transplant OS In-Reply-To: References: <4A421E7C.8000308@cs.uni.edu> <200906240931.43843.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Message-ID: Ok, so far, so good I think. My drive's partitions are copied. Now here's a bit that might screw with things...the copied partitions have the same UUID's as the originals. I know eventually I'm going to pull the old (dying) drive, but I'd like to test it out before pulling it as it'll be a pain. I'm confused at what to do. Won't having multiple partitions with the same UUID screw with stuff? Can I change the UUID of a partition? On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:57 PM, wrote: > Well...for ease of remote work I went with a live ubuntu cd and did > everything in gparted. It seems slow in copying the partition...I'll see > how the whole process works out for me. > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Zachary Kotlarek wrote: > >> >> On Jun 24, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Don Cady wrote: >> >> There are better options than managing volumes-inside-LVM-on-top-of-RAID. >>> >> >> What do you suggest to provide block-device/volume resizing and relocation >> functionality? >> >> Zach >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090625/4434327c/attachment.htm From nathan.smith at ipmvs.com Thu Jun 25 15:45:56 2009 From: nathan.smith at ipmvs.com (Nathan C. Smith) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:45:56 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: New Macintosh Models Message-ID: The new Macs are supposed to have sealed batteries. Does anyone know if they have a reset button for those instances where you need to unplug and remove the battery to force some kind of reset? Recently some other sealed battery device had a firmware issue (was it the Zune) where you had to wait for the battery to run down to reset. Is it the same on iPhone? Just curious if anyone know how Apple is handling it. -Nate From dave at dchamp.net Thu Jun 25 15:54:09 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:54:09 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] nathan.smith@ipmvs.com In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A43E3F1.8070403@dchamp.net> I think the solution is to buy a Dell (or HP or etc....) :p -dc Nathan C. Smith wrote: > The new Macs are supposed to have sealed batteries. Does anyone know if they have a reset button for those instances where you need to unplug and remove the battery to force some kind of reset? > > Recently some other sealed battery device had a firmware issue (was it the Zune) where you had to wait for the battery to run down to reset. Is it the same on iPhone? > > Just curious if anyone know how Apple is handling it. > > -Nate > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > From tdwalton at gmail.com Thu Jun 25 16:12:44 2009 From: tdwalton at gmail.com (Todd Walton) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:12:44 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] nathan.smith@ipmvs.com In-Reply-To: <4A43E3F1.8070403@dchamp.net> References: <4A43E3F1.8070403@dchamp.net> Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:54 PM, David Champion wrote: > I think the solution is to buy a Dell (or HP or etc....) But not a Panasonic! I heard those have unsafe batteries in them: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/06/24/1851238/Panasonic-Begins-To-Lock-Out-3d-Party-Camera-Batteries?art_pos=29 -- Todd From dave at dchamp.net Thu Jun 25 16:16:40 2009 From: dave at dchamp.net (David Champion) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:16:40 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] oops In-Reply-To: <4A43E3F1.8070403@dchamp.net> References: <4A43E3F1.8070403@dchamp.net> Message-ID: <4A43E938.9080402@dchamp.net> p.s. I had meant to change the to: not the subject. Double FAIL. -dc David Champion wrote: > I think the solution is to buy a Dell (or HP or etc....) > > :p > > -dc > > Nathan C. Smith wrote: > >> The new Macs are supposed to have sealed batteries. Does anyone know if they have a reset button for those instances where you need to unplug and remove the battery to force some kind of reset? >> >> Recently some other sealed battery device had a firmware issue (was it the Zune) where you had to wait for the battery to run down to reset. Is it the same on iPhone? >> >> Just curious if anyone know how Apple is handling it. >> >> -Nate >> _______________________________________________ >> Cialug mailing list >> Cialug at cialug.org >> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug >> >> >> From zach at kotlarek.com Thu Jun 25 16:17:16 2009 From: zach at kotlarek.com (Zachary Kotlarek) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:17:16 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: New Macintosh Models In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <89977358-BDDC-4495-881D-FC28C23F7402@kotlarek.com> On Jun 25, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote: > The new Macs are supposed to have sealed batteries. Does anyone > know if they have a reset button for those instances where you need > to unplug and remove the battery to force some kind of reset? The main power button has a hardware watchdog -- if you hold it down long enough the machine will power off, no matter what state the software/CPU is in. It's not as fail-safe as pulling the battery, but it's only marginally more complicated than a dedicated-function reset button, and therefore similarly reliable; it will work as long as the PMU hardware and button itself are functional. The iPhone has a similar reset mechanism to the iPod, where you hold down a unique key combination for a while to reset, again without relying on the OS or CPU. -- That being said, you can get the battery out by removing a handful of phillips screws for the case bottom and a pair of tri-wings for the battery itself, without so much as even unplugging other connectors. Not something I'd want to have have to do on the road by any means, but other than needing a tri-wing driver it's not exactly computational chemistry either. Zach -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Assuming of course you don't consider removing about 9 screws from the bottom of your computer hard. There is a button on the side but pushing it just makes a row of teensy LEDs light up, maybe it's a wifinder. Holding in the power button for about 5 seconds forces the computer off, just like a PC. And in case your wondering, yes, it runs Ubuntu very nicely. 3d effects are very quick. No sound but otherwise things seem to be OK. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter From doncady at gmail.com Thu Jun 25 17:54:25 2009 From: doncady at gmail.com (Don Cady) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:54:25 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Transplant OS In-Reply-To: References: <4A421E7C.8000308@cs.uni.edu> <200906240931.43843.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Zachary Kotlarek wrote: > > On Jun 24, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Don Cady wrote: > >> There are better options than managing volumes-inside-LVM-on-top-of-RAID. > > What do you suggest to provide block-device/volume resizing and relocation > functionality? > > ? ? ? ?Zach My quick answer is ZFS. EMC, NetApp, etc also have products, but virtualization products do too. Virtualization was the macro view I was mostly thinking of yesterday. I didn't mean anything against Daniel or Justin. Don From zach at kotlarek.com Thu Jun 25 18:48:35 2009 From: zach at kotlarek.com (Zachary Kotlarek) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:48:35 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Transplant OS In-Reply-To: References: <4A421E7C.8000308@cs.uni.edu> <200906240931.43843.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Message-ID: <6F619DCE-93D2-4238-B8A3-9E96D9A941E9@kotlarek.com> On Jun 25, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Don Cady wrote: > My quick answer is ZFS. I know ZFS is the /. answer for all recent disk and file-system related questions, but even after looking in to it I'm still not clear what it buys me over RAID + LVM2 + JFS. RAID-Z/RAID-Z2 isn't a bad plan, but at least personally I'm either running RAID-1 (where RAID-Z offers little benefit and additional restrictions) or against some hardware device that provides RAID transparently. Plus I'm not sold on the conflation of file system and disk array that ZFS requires; while it has benefits it is necessarily more fragile because of the interdependence. Plus there's currently no way to grow a group in ZFS, so you have to add at least 2 disks at at time (or 3 if you want to actually take advantage of RAID-Z) which can make live migrations more complicated. I'd honestly be interested to know what all the hubbub is about. Am I just missing something? Is in-line checksumming something I'm really supposed to care about even on hardware that doesn't have a significant bit-flip rate? Is it just that I don't run any RAID-5 arrays and therefore don't care about parity generation and write holes? > EMC, NetApp, etc also have products Which are great, and if I could afford them I wouldn't bother with LVM or ZFS. But such devices don't fit into most small-business IT budgets, and certainly aren't going to be connected my personal servers anytime soon. Zach -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Don't mess with the penguin No one says, "Hey, I can't read that ASCII attachment ya sent me." From lathrop at prestonfam.org Thu Jun 25 20:21:03 2009 From: lathrop at prestonfam.org (Lathrop Preston) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:21:03 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Cord assistance Message-ID: <276cbfb0906251821j6ce72c83v8f4d25caac693c85@mail.gmail.com> Hey all, got a quick question. does anyone who currently owns a TiVo or has in the past have the ir control cord (like used to control cable/sat boxes) and are not using it. We just switched from basic cable to DirectTV and I can only find one of the cords. I know the other is somewhere in my junk piles (do any of us get rid of cords) but the excavation is not going well. Thanks Laith -- ===================================== Lathrop Preston -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Zach -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2746 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090625/290a47d4/attachment.bin From lathrop at prestonfam.org Fri Jun 26 06:25:06 2009 From: lathrop at prestonfam.org (Lathrop Preston) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:25:06 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: Cord assistance In-Reply-To: References: <276cbfb0906251821j6ce72c83v8f4d25caac693c85@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <276cbfb0906260425i7f978e15g51c266135b56da3d@mail.gmail.com> That sounds pretty much like what they use. the specific one in question has 2 IR LEDs so it might be stereo... not sure... I think that is so it can potentially control more than one device if needed (ie Sat and an off-air DTV converter if you don't have locals...) It is worth a shot anyway. I'm still open to the "real" thing if anyone has one. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Zachary Kotlarek wrote: > > On Jun 25, 2009, at 8:21 PM, Lathrop Preston wrote: > > Hey all, >> >> got a quick question. >> does anyone who currently owns a TiVo or has in the past have the ir >> control cord (like used to control cable/sat boxes) and are not using it. >> >> We just switched from basic cable to DirectTV and I can only find one of >> the cords. I know the other is somewhere in my junk piles (do any of us get >> rid of cords) but the excavation is not going well. >> > > > I'm not sure exactly what Tivo uses, but if you just need an IR LED > attached to a 1/8" ts (i.e. mono headphone) plug I've got a few. > > Zach > > > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug > > -- ===================================== Lathrop Preston -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Internet Storm Center does this on a much larger scale: http://isc.sans.org/ -Tom On Jun 25, 2009, at 8:15 PM, Paul Gray wrote: > This circulated through our department today: > > http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227135.900-email-patterns-can-predict-impending-doom.html > > I couldn't help but wonder about similar patterns that might be > "observed" by > those on this list that administrate for the State of Iowa. > > No doubt the state government of South Carolina saw some interesting > e-mail > patterns this week. > > -- > Paul Gray -o) > 314 ITT, Dept. of Computer Science /\\ > University of Northern Iowa _\_V > Message void if penguin violated ... Don't mess with the penguin > No one says, "Hey, I can't read that ASCII attachment ya sent me." > _______________________________________________ > Cialug mailing list > Cialug at cialug.org > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug From ka_klick at mac.com Fri Jun 26 12:48:47 2009 From: ka_klick at mac.com (Bryan Baker) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:48:47 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: New Macintosh Models In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8D5F76A4-70E6-43AE-B10B-40F5B07D426B@mac.com> That's the battery charge indicator - for a quick check on battery life w/o powering up. Mac laptops have had that for years now. 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I only did thsi two nights ago so haven't had a chance to verify a difference. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter From rob at robfreiburger.com Fri Jun 26 14:33:43 2009 From: rob at robfreiburger.com (Rob Freiburger) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:33:43 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: New Macintosh Models In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7A3ABE81-C4CE-4974-B111-9C3E3AB0A51F@robfreiburger.com> Did you calibrate the battery at all? On Jun 26, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote: On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Rob Freiburger wrote: > How's the battery life? > > With Best Regards, Watching two lost episodes from abc.com (45-50m each) back to back uses about half my charge, so we'll say about 4 hours watching video. Using ssh and working on files gets me about 5 hours. I'll bet if I went to airline mode I'd get 6. I bought the entry level laptop and then bought a 500GB hard drive and replaced the oem 160GB. Interestingly enough, the OEM is rated at 740ma while the 500GB drive only 440ma. So that means the higher capacity drive could increase my battery life. I only did thsi two nights ago so haven't had a chance to verify a difference. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter _______________________________________________ Cialug mailing list Cialug at cialug.org http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2425 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090626/049f515a/attachment.bin From newz at bearfruit.org Fri Jun 26 15:25:18 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:25:18 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: New Macintosh Models In-Reply-To: <7A3ABE81-C4CE-4974-B111-9C3E3AB0A51F@robfreiburger.com> References: <7A3ABE81-C4CE-4974-B111-9C3E3AB0A51F@robfreiburger.com> Message-ID: On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Rob Freiburger wrote: > Did you calibrate the battery at all? > No, but I've run it down to nearly zero a couple times. The estimated time left changes depending on what I'm doing, presumably because I'm using it lightly. If I'm on calls and going back and forth infrequently between my notepad and my computer the estimated time fluctuates between 5 and 9 hours remaining (gradually wearing down over the day). I think that if you closed your lid when you knew you wouldn't use it for several min you could go all day on one charge. All considered, Apple is onto something. Relative to a normal laptop battery the pack in the mbp is quite large. Inside the machine the space is used very efficiently and there's not much room to spare. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter From newz at bearfruit.org Fri Jun 26 17:43:25 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:43:25 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] OT: New Macintosh Models In-Reply-To: References: <7A3ABE81-C4CE-4974-B111-9C3E3AB0A51F@robfreiburger.com> Message-ID: Wow, just found out about a new hidden feature it has... pretty slick. http://www.9to5mac.com/macbook-missing-feature I don't understand french well enough to figure out the key sequence that enables this though. On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Rob Freiburger wrote: >> Did you calibrate the battery at all? >> > > No, but I've run it down to nearly zero a couple times. The estimated > time left changes depending on what I'm doing, presumably because I'm > using it lightly. If I'm on calls and going back and forth > infrequently between my notepad and my computer the estimated time > fluctuates between 5 and 9 hours remaining (gradually wearing down > over the day). I think that if you closed your lid when you knew you > wouldn't use it for several min you could go all day on one charge. > > All considered, Apple is onto something. Relative to a normal laptop > battery the pack in the mbp is quite large. Inside the machine the > space is used very efficiently and there's not much room to spare. > > -- > Matthew Nuzum > newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter > -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter From tdwalton at gmail.com Tue Jun 30 08:38:45 2009 From: tdwalton at gmail.com (Todd Walton) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:38:45 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text Processing Choices Message-ID: What do you guys use to do text processing these days? Perl doesn't seem to be quite the hot item it used to be, but is there anything better? -- Todd From mrdovey at iedu.com Tue Jun 30 08:46:22 2009 From: mrdovey at iedu.com (Morris Dovey) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:46:22 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text Processing Choices In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A4A172E.4000608@iedu.com> Todd Walton wrote: > What do you guys use to do text processing these days? Perl doesn't > seem to be quite the hot item it used to be, but is there anything > better? Depends on the task. I generally use C. :) -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mrdovey.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 22 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20090630/71c51ebd/attachment.vcf From daniel.ramaley at drake.edu Tue Jun 30 08:56:11 2009 From: daniel.ramaley at drake.edu (Daniel A. Ramaley) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:56:11 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text Processing Choices In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200906300856.11474.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> sed, awk, grep, sort, cut, comm, perl. Not necessarily in that order. I use the more traditional tools for simple tasks, and perl for anything complicated. I sometimes use perl instead of grep for simple searches on large files, since Perl is faster than grep. For searching small files the startup time of perl and the extra typing to create a syntactically correct 1-line perl program leads me to use grep. On 2009-06-30 at 08:38:45, Todd Walton wrote: >What do you guys use to do text processing these days? Perl doesn't >seem to be quite the hot item it used to be, but is there anything >better? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA From newz at bearfruit.org Tue Jun 30 11:07:28 2009 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:07:28 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text Processing Choices In-Reply-To: <200906300856.11474.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> References: <200906300856.11474.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Message-ID: On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote: > sed, awk, grep, sort, cut, comm, perl. Not necessarily in that order. Except for perl, I'm with Daniel. If the command line tools don't work out I often move to a spreadsheet. For example I commonly need to get a bunch of data ready to put into a database so I will bring the raw data into Calc. If possible in a way that I can have columns, but if not I'll put all of it in one column and use some formulas to split it out into cols and then in the far right column generate a formula that builds my sql query that can be pasted in and run. For example: ="INSERT INTO table values ("&A2&", '"&A3&"',"&A4&");" (and then fill down) Of course this fails if you have more than about 65k rows though I haven't had this prob in a while and I think some spreadsheets actually handle more now. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter From morej at alliancetechnologies.net Tue Jun 30 11:19:36 2009 From: morej at alliancetechnologies.net (Josh More) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:19:36 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text Processing Choices In-Reply-To: References: <200906300856.11474.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Message-ID: <4A49F4C80200002E000357BE@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> I just do it all in perl, but I'm sure that surprises no one. Really, there are always many ways to do it, so pick one, learn it and learn it well. Then you'll know where its weak spots are and you can learn something else to supplement them. (For the record, perl's main weak spot is that it is extremely easy to write bad code and have it still work. This isn't bad if you're a good programmer, but does make some of the CPAN modules a bit iffy for production use.) -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC morej at alliancetechnologies.net 515-245-7701 >>> Matthew Nuzum 6/30/2009 11:07 AM >>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote: > sed, awk, grep, sort, cut, comm, perl. Not necessarily in that order. Except for perl, I'm with Daniel. If the command line tools don't work out I often move to a spreadsheet. For example I commonly need to get a bunch of data ready to put into a database so I will bring the raw data into Calc. If possible in a way that I can have columns, but if not I'll put all of it in one column and use some formulas to split it out into cols and then in the far right column generate a formula that builds my sql query that can be pasted in and run. For example: ="INSERT INTO table values ("&A2&", '"&A3&"',"&A4&");" (and then fill down) Of course this fails if you have more than about 65k rows though I haven't had this prob in a while and I think some spreadsheets actually handle more now. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter _______________________________________________ Cialug mailing list Cialug at cialug.org http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug From John.Lengeling at radisys.com Tue Jun 30 11:42:06 2009 From: John.Lengeling at radisys.com (John Lengeling) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:42:06 -0700 Subject: [Cialug] Text Processing Choices In-Reply-To: References: <200906300856.11474.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> Message-ID: > Except for perl, I'm with Daniel. If the command line tools don't work > out I often move to a spreadsheet. For example I commonly need to get > a bunch of data ready to put into a database so I will bring the raw > ... > ... You usually have to end up using a mix of tools. I don't like spreadsheets IMHO since they are pretty restrictive on the size of data. There are limits on the # of rows and also the max size of cells. I work a lot with multiline text data and spreadsheets just don't handle multiline text well. UNIX tools like sed/awk/cut/etc and perl don't have as many limits. I use the UNIX tools for simpler stuff (stuff written in 10-20 lines) and perl for more complicated stuff like data validation, data translation, code page conversion, screen scraping or XML formatting. johnl From ewenix at raccoon.com Tue Jun 30 12:27:00 2009 From: ewenix at raccoon.com (ewenix at raccoon.com) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:27:00 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Cialug] Text Processing Choices In-Reply-To: <4A49F4C80200002E000357BE@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> References: <200906300856.11474.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> <4A49F4C80200002E000357BE@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> Message-ID: <25551.66.185.12.50.1246382820.squirrel@mail.raccoon.com> Me too. Especially since I'm lazy and like to reuse the code. I don't do this much anymore, but had a previous job which required me to manipulate incoming data for about 6 hours a day. Perl was very much suited for this task. > I just do it all in perl, but I'm sure that surprises no one. > From cwfreeman at gmail.com Tue Jun 30 14:17:13 2009 From: cwfreeman at gmail.com (Chris Freeman) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:17:13 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text Processing Choices In-Reply-To: <25551.66.185.12.50.1246382820.squirrel@mail.raccoon.com> References: <200906300856.11474.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> <4A49F4C80200002E000357BE@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> <25551.66.185.12.50.1246382820.squirrel@mail.raccoon.com> Message-ID: <3afd8deb0906301217q78f123fdna16fc67981e8a103@mail.gmail.com> Perl, grep, cut, paste, sort and occasionally awk. And Vim, of course. Vim is a text processing tool of immense power. I will reiterate what's been said already: learn a flexible solution well. Chris From nathanism at gmail.com Tue Jun 30 14:19:57 2009 From: nathanism at gmail.com (Nathan Stien) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:19:57 -0500 Subject: [Cialug] Text Processing Choices In-Reply-To: <3afd8deb0906301217q78f123fdna16fc67981e8a103@mail.gmail.com> References: <200906300856.11474.daniel.ramaley@drake.edu> <4A49F4C80200002E000357BE@webmail.alliancetechnologies.net> <25551.66.185.12.50.1246382820.squirrel@mail.raccoon.com> <3afd8deb0906301217q78f123fdna16fc67981e8a103@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8b490d600906301219h51d083c5q6d393ba52bdae1ac@mail.gmail.com> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Chris Freeman wrote: > Perl, grep, cut, paste, sort and occasionally awk. And Vim, of course. > Vim is a text processing tool of immense power. This is what I do, except instead of perl I usually use python or haskell so I can work out the transformation routine in an interactive repl. - Nathan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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