Re: no sound on mplayer + .nsv stream

2007-03-01 Thread David E. Fox
On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:11:41 +0100 Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure I remember. Thanks for the hints. Interestingly, there's also a tv > channel associated with the same people and the url is: > http://85.92.138.40:8000/;stream.nsv Odd. I also didn't get any sound from the first li

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-03-01 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
"David E. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:23:10 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you're thinking of the Roman Church's stricture against Onanism, > > well, Augustine had more than one weird idea. > > Big misconception (pardon the pun) about that...

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2007-03-01 Thread Asli Mesken

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-03-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 10:09:08PM -0600, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dict Onanism > > 1 definition found > > From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 > [gcide]: > > Onanism \O"nan*ism\, n. [Onan (--Gen. xxxviii. 9): cf. F. > onanisme.] > Se

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-03-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 09:26:24PM -0600, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > > > Not so; a libertarian isn't against the use of force when and if > necessary, only the initiation of force. Self-defense is always your > right. > IOW, I won't hit you unless/until you hit me first. Until then let's > talk lik

Re: Newie questions about security

2007-03-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 01:51:11PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > I meant more in general. In Linux, while what I said doesn't apply, it's > still bad practice to expect your firewall to do more than firewall. In > Windows (and probably other operating systems), there is no such logical > distin

Re: Java: Error occurred during initialization of VM

2007-03-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 06:15:02PM -0800, Michael M. wrote: > > The other option would be to add unstable to your /etc/apt/sources.list, > and installing via apt-get or aptitude (whatever you use). You would > need to include "non-free" in the source line, since Sun's Java packages > come from th

Re: Qemu and tun/tab usage - /dev/net/tun permissions

2007-03-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 04:10:11PM -0800, Bob McGowan wrote: > > On my system, the file /etc/udev/rules.d/020_permissions.rules is a > symlink to the file ../permissions.rules. So, content is the same ;( > Sorry. I'm out of ideas then. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.

Re: usb audio device & sound card

2007-03-01 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/01/07 21:43, Mark Grieveson wrote: > Mark Grieveson wrote: >>> Hi. I have a cheap usb audio device for Skype, and a regular >>> sound card for the rest of the computer. I'm using Etch. I >>> would like to be able to get sound when browsing the

Re: OT: Here we go again.

2007-03-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 07:57:26PM -0500, Curt Howland wrote: > > Mr. Sanchez, it is now very clear one of the reasons these off-topic > postings have been going on so long: You are utterly ignorant of the > reality of politics. > Actually, it is more about my misunderstanding your statment. >

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-03-01 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/01/07 21:39, David E. Fox wrote: > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:23:10 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If you're thinking of the Roman Church's stricture against Onanism, >> well, Augustine had more than one weird idea. > > Big mis

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-03-01 Thread Paul Johnson
Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/01/07 15:51, Joe Hart wrote: >> Steve Lamb wrote: >>> Joe Hart wrote: > [snip] >> However, I was exaggerating a bit. To go the 26 km from here to >> Amsterdam, it takes about a half of an hour with the car or the bus. >> The difference is I have to find a place to park

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-03-01 Thread Paul Johnson
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 11:35:00AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >> Freddy Freeloader wrote: >> >> > Another liberal wanting to decide for everyone else what they should >> > drive, how they should live, etc  You ought to be using Windows, >> > not an OS built on free

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-03-01 Thread Paul Johnson
Freddy Freeloader wrote: > GNU/Linux has more in common with freedom of choice than anything else. > It's originators my not see that, or have had it in mind, but the fact > is it does.  It doesn't require coercion or attempt to force anyone to > do things exactly the same as everyone else.  It is

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-03-01 Thread Paul Johnson
Steve Lamb wrote: > Mitja Podreka wrote: >> What I meant is: "why do you need a car which can go 250km/h if your >> country doesn't allow you to go faster than 130km/h." > > Uhm, because maybe you'll drive it somewhere other than where speed is > limited? That not everyone just putters along

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-03-01 Thread Paul Johnson
Curt Howland wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 01 March 2007 15:40, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: >> You realize that GNU and socialism have more in common than in >> difference, right? > > False. > > Socialist practices are ones of

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-03-01 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/01/07 19:16, Paul Johnson wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 03/01/07 15:51, Joe Hart wrote: >>> Steve Lamb wrote: Joe Hart wrote: >> [snip] >>> However, I was exaggerating a bit. To go the 26 km from here to >>> Amsterdam, it takes about

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r5 booting process aborted during installation.

2007-03-01 Thread KUMANOSUKE
Hi I've resolved this problem. At the first step installation by CD-ROM, I entered "expert26" and pushed the Enter key at the "boot:" prompt. Then I proceeded for the installation process, I could select what kind of kernel image should be installed. I could have selected "kernel-image-2.6.8-386"

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-03-01 Thread Paul Johnson
Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/01/07 13:35, Paul Johnson wrote: >> Freddy Freeloader wrote: >> >>> Another liberal wanting to decide for everyone else what they should >>> drive, how they should live, etc You ought to be using Windows, not >>> an OS built on freedom of choice >> >> You real

[solved]Re: no sound on mplayer + .nsv stream

2007-03-01 Thread Jonathan Kaye
David E. Fox wrote: > On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:11:41 +0100 > Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sure I remember. Thanks for the hints. Interestingly, there's also a tv >> channel associated with the same people and the url is: >> http://85.92.138.40:8000/;stream.nsv > > Odd. I also didn

Re: Fonts from GDM?

2007-03-01 Thread Matthew K Poer
Dig this: /etc/gtk/ It seems to be a listing of what fonts to use in GTK apps, based on locale. Trouble is, there is one for UTF-8, and a few gtkrc.iso-* somethin-or-others. I guess one of these is what I'm using? I think this is what GDM draws on, based on 1. I can't find anything else 2. GDM so

Upgrades vs Reinstalls (was Re: sarge/woody upgrade - boot problem)

2007-03-01 Thread Arlie Stephens
On Mar 01 2007, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > *sigh* You are the second person to suggest in effect never actually > > upgrading a debian system, > > We'd *never* say that. Well, what the other fellow said was that in his shop, they prefer to reinstall from scratch, at least when going from woody

Solved: sarge/woody upgrade - boot problem

2007-03-01 Thread Arlie Stephens
On Mar 01 2007, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/01/07 09:48, Arlie Stephens wrote: > > The problem - I tried to upgrade an elderly system from woody to > > sarge. Now it doesn't boot. I suspect the upgrade ate the master boot > > record - but I don't even know the right terminology to figure out > > wh

Re: How to best use the list?

2007-03-01 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Dave Walker wrote: > I have done a bit of posting here during my attempt to get sarge > running smoothly, and my experience has shown me that I need to learn > a bit on how best to use this list. > [msg snipped] > Anybody know how to do that in Gmail? > In gmail, you cannot reply to list. There

xorg stops putting monitor on standby after ~2 days

2007-03-01 Thread jason . public
I'm having a problem with xorg not putting the monitor on standby after 2-3 days. If I restart X, the monitor will go on standby after ~5 minutes, but then it will stop going on standby after X uptime is over 2-3 days. This has consistently happened for several months using the latest etch versi

PS/2 - USB Adaptor for keyboard

2007-03-01 Thread Celejar
I'm trying to use a simple (cheap) PS/2 keyboard with a laptop which has no PS/2 ports. There are various PS/2 - USB available all over the internet; I bought a cheap one on Ebay. It is a very simple little thing, and I don't think it has any sort of electronics inside, and it doesn't seem to work.

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-03-01 Thread Steve Lamb
Paul Johnson wrote: > You're confusing socialism with totalitarianism. Please see my previous > posts about this. You're thinking there is a difference is the mistake. -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream? PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | And dream I do... -

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-03-01 Thread Steve Lamb
Andrei Popescu wrote: > But USA is not the entire world. No, it's not. So why is the rest of the world trying to tell the US what would work for them when most rational people in the US could tell you it won't? -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream? PGP

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-03-01 Thread Steve Lamb
Joe Hart wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: >>> Joe Hart wrote: You're quite right that it would take 2 hours to complete a bus trip of 20 miles there. Here on the other hand, the same trip would take most likely 20 minutes because there are dedicated bus routes, so they don't have to

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