On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Kent Borg wrote:
> Kyle Leslie wrote:
>>
>> Any suggestions on a set up. I have seen some things about TikiWiki and
>> MediaWiki.
>>
>
> Mediawiki (the one that came out of Wikipedia) is in some sense the
> standard. It used to be a pain to setup but at least on
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile)
wrote:
> documentation. For products with different models or version releases, you
> can maintain the documentation for each version. Things like theming the
What do you do for version-based documentation? Do you have the
version numbe
http://f-spot.org/Main_Page looks similar if you happen to not be a
google or picasa fan for whatever reason.
G
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
> how about Picasa? I like that program and it integrates with Android.
> Linux, Mac and Windows versions are all available.
>
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Derek Martin wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> What are people using for CD ripping on Linux these days? I was
> always a big fan of Grip, but it has a bug that makes me crazy, and
> it's no longer under development so the author isn't accepting
> patches.
I use abcde, but h
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Chandler, Scott
wrote:
> I've got a script running a sed command that I need help interpreting. The
> line is "sed '$d' file1.txt > file2.txt".
>
> I understand that sed '$d' file1.txt removes the last line from the file but
> will the resultant file (file2.txt)
On Dec 12, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
> At some point, the Internet will need a major overhaul. For what I do, which
> is mostly email, it worked as originally designed. For what many ISP's and
> content providers are attempting to do, which is near-real-time content
> delivery, it ca
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Rich Braun wrote:
> Read more at:
> http://motherboard.vice.com/2011/12/16/dear-congress-it-s-no-longer-ok-to-not-know-how-the-internet-works
Read more at:
http://www.informationdiet.com/blog/read/dear-internet-its-no-longer-ok-to-not-know-how-congress-works-
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On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
> On 12/19/2011 2:56 PM, Gordon Marx wrote:
>>
>> Read more at:
>>
>> http://www.informationdiet.com/blog/read/dear-internet-its-no-longer-ok-to-not-know-how-congress-works-
> The URL only shows an "Add Commen
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On 01/11/2012 07:20 AM, Glenn Hoffman wrote:
> > Some neighbors of mine are looking for the least worst ISP in
> Somerville. I use Speakeasy, which would not be appropriate for them. Any
> thoughts?
> If you are thiking of broadband, you hav
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Jerry Natowitz wrote:
> To quibble a bit:
http://xkcd.com/386/
Gordon
>
> You would only have 11 copies if the versioning file system didn't support
> generation limits, or the generation limit was 11 or higher.
>
> I worked with RSX11M for most of the first dec
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> At this point I don't think there's any point to trying to continue this.
> We're not debating; we're running around in circles.
Y'all weren't debating in the first place.
Gordon
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On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu)
wrote:
> > If using "stat" you can also get the perms in 755 format. From here, I
> can
> > easily do a bitwise & with 2, and I can easily find the world write bit.
> But bash
> > arithmetic doesn't view the number "755" in octal... It op
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> A right is an idea defined by law or common consensus. Freedom is the
> state of being without restriction or duress. Right and freedom are
> related but they are not synonymous.
Everyone has the right to blather at each other on the list, bea
One could make the argument that the ethical thing to do would be to
register one's corporation in the commonwealth where one lives, since
that commonwealth certainly spends enough money making sure that it's
a good place to do business.
How different would MA look if more large companies (Google,
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> You could use a road atlas to do the same thing. Changed tool, not
> changed activity.
Or a sextant!
>>> or to get transit schedules to reach an unfamiliar location.
>
> Same thing. It's certainly easier to get current schedules that way
> tha
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
> My wife, who is a nurse, has a friend who works in the Public Health Service
> in Pennsylvania. They spent an unforgettable evening together in Lancaster,
> talking over old classmates and old memories, while we sat on the porch of a
> guest hous
> On 3/13/13 20:09 , Chris O'Connell wrote:
>> Now I'm in a pickle. I use Google Reader on ALL of my devices... Anyone
>> know of any substitutions?
Digg and feedly are both allegedly working on direct clones of Google
Reader. A friend has also mentioned liking NewsBlur.
I haven't used any of th
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Jim Gasek wrote:
> -POLITICAL-
> The soloution is to elect (help to get elected) people
> who share our goals.
"We" don't have goals, Jim. Plenty of "us" don't share a reflexive "oh
taxes are bad" knee-jerk response.
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) <
g...@freephile.com> wrote:
> Gordon, what is your response to this new legislation? I haven't heard
> arguments in support of it.
>
> I think most people, and virtually all people on this list, would view
> this tax as both unjust and c
On Sep 9, 2013, at 8:57 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> If you write code for a living today then you're probably part of a group, an
> organization in fact, and possibly one that's part of an even larger
> development organization. You're not really a programmer in the old sense.
> You're an assemb
My "home" printer claims a duty cycle of 10k pages per month...where are
you getting your maximum life claim from?
http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail/1/HL2270DW/spec#.UjoKQBYYQwE
Gordon
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
>
> I'm seeking performance data and recomme
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Kent Borg wrote:
> Is there still the split between printers with competitive cartridges and
> those with DMCA-locked-down cartridges?
>
>
Not sure, but I used an off-brand toner refill kit to convert the starter
cartridge to a regular cartridge, and have refilled
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Tim Callaghan wrote:
> > but, inner joins only produce matching records, and outer joins only give
> > the compete set of records from one table or the other, not both.
>
FULL OUTER JOIN?
Gordon
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http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wi-fi-extender/
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> Hello to all:
>
> I am looking to extend the wifi signal from my N-capable Actiontec/FIOS
> router to other floors/areas of the home. No outside antennas.
>
> I've read about some devic
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> This is actually a bad way to think about it, because most common carriers
> have pricing metered by quantity and tiered by priority. Hint: FedEx and UPS
> are common carriers.
This is a false analogy. FedEx and UPS have to do something
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:52 AM, David Kramer wrote:
> Is there a linux tool that can work as a pipe (read stdin, write to stdout)
> and colorize any text
> matching an regex? If not, I'll have to write one. Not that hard, but I
> would hate to reinvent
> it.
If it's the last thing in your p
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Palit, Nilanjan wrote:
>>
>> (fset 'SetMacroDef1
>> [8388728 115 101 116 32 118 97 ...list of keystrokes])
>
> *twitch*
>
> --Rich P.
Imagine how the vi users of the list feel!
Gordon
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Tom Martinson
wrote:
> I am looking for suggestions as to where to go looking for a couple of
> Software Engineers. Specifically they have to be able to develop on the
> Linux platform. We (The company that I work for) have tried a number of
> different areas to
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 5:32 PM, wrote:
> If it IS an April Fools joke, given the fine stature of those
> organizations, I did not think they would stoop so low as to "pull a
> fast one" on people.
You're joking, right? April Fool's Day is honored by geeks the world
over. (Hulu's is actually dece
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Take statements like that with a grain of salt. A provider could be unable
> to recover your passwords but still have access to everything you have stored
> there through a master encryption key. Look for the law enforcement caveat
> in
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On Apr 12, 2011, at 11:08 AM, Gordon Marx wrote:
>>
>> Pardon my "ignorance", but what is a "master encryption key" going to
>> do? I upload an encrypted file to them, I keep the key to myself,
&
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
>> If you use a private data password, we escrow the locked key for you in case
>> computer is lost or stolen; however we cannot use it as only you (the
>> customer) know the secret (private data password) to unlock it.
>
> I see just enough
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
> Point is to say... These are just individual data points, not really valid
> to use as the basis for generalizations. We apparently all have different
> experiences.
The plural of anecdotes is not data*.
Gordon
*for small values of n,
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Here at work, we encapsulate all products so the product does not depend
> on anything installed on the system (other than things like the kernel
> and libc. Compilers, languages like Perl and Python, libraries, such as
> cplex, et. al. I've p
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On 08/04/2011 08:01 AM, Gordon Marx wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>>> Here at work, we encapsulate all products so the product does not depend
>>> on anything installed on the sys
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 4:48 PM, R. Luoma wrote:
> I am trying to crosscompile tcpdump.
> I seem to need libpcap
> but, when trying to configure,
> I get --
>
> configure: error: pcap type not determined when cross-compiling; use
> --with-pcap=...
You need libpcap for your target platform, and
> On Mar 31, 2014, at 10:56 PM, John Abreau wrote:
> Christoph's talk a couple weeks ago on LXC and Docker, and Federico's talk
> last year on OpenStack, look to me like the early stages of establishing
> such a taxonomy and building an infrastructure to make the common cases
> easier to develop
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Michael Webb wrote:
> NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain
> privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error,
> please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use
> of this e-ma
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 2:42 PM, John Abreau wrote:
> A quick google search brings up this link, which tells me that the 1540cs
> must have an Ethernet port. It's been my experience that printing on Linux
> is far easier to setup for a network printer than for a directly-connected
> printer.
>
>
>
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Bill Horne wrote:
> If the regular IT staff (who have, of course, left for the day) has set up a
> DMZ to accord visitors Internet access, then the process is simple. If not,
> well, I just try to remember who's name is on the door.
And whose name is on the pink s
On Sep 16, 2014, at 7:00 PM, "Edward Ned Harvey (blu)"
wrote:
> You receive notification that your production server is down, and your
> customers are being unserved and your business is losing $10k per minute.
>
> Are you going to checksum all of your system binaries before starting the
> ser
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Daniel Barrett
wrote:
> These days, home monitoring companies offer cellular-based backup
> systems that kick in if the phone line is busy or disabled. As long as
> the thief doesn't wrap your house in aluminium foil
Shit, some of the messages on this thread
Are you trying for a hub-and-spoke topology, or a bus topology? I
thought the Mac TB displays were daisy-chainable.
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> I know this is really an Apple question, but the 27 inch Thunderbolt
> display has a very short, built-in thunderbolt cable.
Also, something I didn't know, but learned via googling:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5918
The Mac Pro doesn't have 6 displays on one TB bus, it has 2 displays
on each of 3 TB buses. Given the lack of extension cables, I don't
understand where they want you to put all of those monitors, though.
30 seconds on google seems to suggest that mysqld may not be running...is
it running?
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 3:28 PM, dan moylan wrote:
>
> running fedora 20 on acer aspireone. installed mysql as
> follows:
>
> sudo yum install mysql
> sudo yum install mysql-community-server
> sudo mysql_
> On Dec 13, 2014, at 6:30 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
>
> A friend and former employer asked me to pass along his need for an Asterisk
> specialist: I'm doing other things at the moment, but if you are an
> experienced Asterisk man, please email him directly.
What if I'm an experienced Asterisk per
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:22 AM, Derek Martin wrote:
> I'm not opposed to
> discussing the politics of things that are relevant to Linux or
> technology, but this isn't.
I don't agree. I think pointing out the prevalence of sexist language
and behavior in the technology field is incredibly relev
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> The second citation is just a weak argument. Commercial CAs aren't it for
> security. They're in it for money. I don't care if you name StartSSL or
> Comodo or Symantec. They're all driven by profits first, security somewhere
> after.
Which
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey
wrote:
> Free certificates shouldn't be a business model. They should be
> something that you do to give back to the community, to help keep the
> internet an open place for everybody.
There's plenty of horrible shit that "shouldn't be a bus
A different idea: just get your Roku's mac address, spoof that on your
laptop, authenticate, and then connect the Roku. (Not my idea --
source was http://traveling-roku.blogspot.com)
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 10:11 AM, David Kramer wrote:
> Because the Roku can access content that I don't know how
e here mentioned) the Roku is going to hit up DHCP since it
> doesn't know the IP address associated with the MAC address via the
> laptop, and that will force reauthentication anyway.
>
> On 12/31/2014 10:15 AM, Gordon Marx wrote:
>> A different idea: just get your Roku'
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 8:08 AM, wrote:
> How much of this is a reluctance to learn SQL?
Also, why do people who don't want to learn SQL seem fine learning
other data access languages?
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None of that matters. Code goes in version control. Secrets that you want to
keep secret don't. Therefore, you can't put secrets into your code.
Write the username and password into a configuration file, get the username and
password from the environment, or use a non-password auth mechanism lik
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Rich Braun wrote:
> market-share, even a sophisticated user is vulnerable to coercion. A violent
> thug need only notice a Bank of America statement in your postal mail before
> sitting you down in front of a laptop, gun in your face, demanding your bank
> credent
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Doug wrote:
> 2. I would like to hear more about " tools for plausible-deniability of the
> existence of secondary access codes". I don't quite know what that means.
I think the idea is to give the ability to communicate to the system
"Yes, I'm logging in, but I
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Bill Horne wrote:
> Please tell us what the HIPAA requirements are: for example, does email need
> to be encrypted? TIA.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hipaa-compliant+email+requirements
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Clearly the answer is RAIN (Redundant Array of Inexpensive NASes).
/me rushes to trademark, monetize
On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Kent Borg wrote:
> On 07/10/2015 12:36 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
>>
>> The answer to this conundrum is simple: disks are consumables like toner
>> and paper and ba
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:03 PM, David Thompson wrote:
> The first distinct advantage I see for ownCloud is that it is free
> software, while Synctuary appears to be proprietary SaaS, making its
> technical advantages moot for those that want to control their own data
> and privacy.
>
>From a pe
Mad props on this response. I want to go even further, though -- why
should it have to require a majority opinion? Why is someone's "right"
to say whatever they want without consequences greater than someone
else's right to feel safe and human?
Gordon
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Edward Ned H
Rich,
Politically incorrect speech is not being suppressed. The rest of your
email, being predicated on that false contention, can be completely
ignored.
Good luck,
Gordon
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> On 3/15/2016 7:52 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote:
>> Political corr
This is why trying to get to some sort of racist ground truth is a
fool's errand.
If someone calls you out on it, just drop it from your vocabulary.
This is basic human decency and costs literally nothing.
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Peter Olson wrote:
>> On March 15, 2016 at 7:52 AM "Edwa
That's not what suppression means, Rich, and if you don't know it,
you're doing a pretty good job of insulating yourself from the outside
world.
Good day,
Gordon
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> On 3/15/2016 11:58 AM, Gordon Marx wrote:
>> Politic
I SAID GOOD DAY.
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> On 3/15/2016 12:39 PM, Gordon Marx wrote:
>> That's not what suppression means, Rich, and if you don't know it,
>> you're doing a pretty good job of insulating yourself from the outside
>
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> Nonono. He's allowed to say it, or write it as the case may be. Freedom
> of speech includes speech that I might not like.
Yes, including me saying "your idea of what political correctness is
incoherent and not based in reality".
> I think it
Yes, you are aggressively missing the point.
"apparently my intentions don't count"
Your intentions, in fact, do not count, Your impact is what counts. I
can't tell what your intentions are, and all the good intentions in
the world don't stop actions from doing damage.
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> When C's "persuasion" takes the form of social or political pressure
> applied to A in order to coerce A to conform to C's ideals and morals
> then it most certainly is oppression.
Oh, I understand now. You don't know what oppression means. I
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