Re: [lopsa-discuss] How to simulate many MySql replicated slaves

2012-06-07 Thread Bill Bogstad
ncluded tool tcpreplay-edit tool in order to mimic multiple slaves.I suspect there might be some state related issues in the MySQL protocol as well that would make doing this problematic, but it might be worth a look. If you do get it to work, writing it up for the rest of us would be ap

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Update : Developers you can Get a Dell XPS 13 ultrabook with Ubuntu Linux ..

2012-07-06 Thread Bill Bogstad
install Linux for you. That way you never have to know it was ever there. Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Update : Developers you can Get a Dell XPS 13 ultrabook with Ubuntu Linux ..

2012-07-06 Thread Bill Bogstad
ly got it with 2G of RAM when you apply for the developer program. Then max it out to 16Gig (or whatever) via NewEgg. Or don't bother with the program at all, if all you want is a (semi) supported OS image. Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Dis

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Update : Developers you can Get a Dell XPS 13 ultrabook with Ubuntu Linux ..

2012-07-06 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: >> >> Think out of the box a little. The OS image appears to be >> downloadable by anybody. Buy any configuration of that model you like >> and

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Marketing e-mail services

2012-07-12 Thread Bill Bogstad
and never heard any horror stories. http://www.constantcontact.com In addition, several organizations that I'm a member of use them for their weekly/monthly mailings. Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lops

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Fwd: [TUHS] unix horror stories

2012-10-24 Thread Bill Bogstad
? http://www.tuhs.org/wiki/The_Unix_Heritage_Society Here is a link to the source trees: http://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl I suspect the "TUHS" in the subject for this thread is a reference to their mailing list. Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss maili

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Do you do pro bono work?

2013-01-15 Thread Bill Bogstad
with some spare time on their hands, may be > interested in: > > http://www.it4communities.org.uk - Introducing Volunteer IT Professionals to > Charities Needing IT Help Sounds like the right organizational model, but they charge charities 85 GBP a year to cover &quo

Re: [lopsa-discuss] nc vs telnet

2013-05-07 Thread Bill Bogstad
hen leaving one open to the possibility of odd behavior when using telnet. Besides "nc" is 4 characters shorter then "telnet" and based solely on that criteria is superior. :-) Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@list

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Your First Year As A Sysadmin

2014-04-10 Thread Bill Bogstad
ftware/licenses are available via an MSDN membership/ While an MSDN OS membership is a bit expensive ($699?), it would still probably be cheaper than even a single class at a community college. Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Drive cloning / resizing

2014-05-09 Thread Bill Bogstad
er companies provide downloadable utilities that will do this when their drive is the destination. I did this recently with an Intel SSD and Windows 7. Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listi

Re: [lopsa-discuss] re-rendering session capture files

2014-05-30 Thread Bill Bogstad
leanups on the fly. You might take a look at autoexpect to get ideas for techniques if you decide to write your own. Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provide

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Security Pentesters

2014-06-10 Thread Bill Bogstad
even going beyond network maps to include OS versions, real names & login names of system administrators, employee directories, etc. I would argue that since you probably have internal controls on employee access in place, you don't completely t

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Https - the solution to net neutrality and ISP monopolies

2014-07-27 Thread Bill Bogstad
. I think the charging model needs to change as well and not be based solely on the direction of the aggregated flows. Unfortunately, I don't know what that new charging model should be. Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Https - the solution to net neutrality and ISP monopolies

2014-07-30 Thread Bill Bogstad
tflix has to work with devices that have no local storage (Roku, SmartTVs, etc.). worth considering. Personally, I almost never watch anything from Netflix on anything but my TV/Roku. Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https:

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Why don't people join Lopsa?

2014-08-01 Thread Bill Bogstad
basis which aren't much more then that, but I never go to the LOPSA web site since I don't perceive there being anything there. Bill Bogstad P.S. For the record, I'm probably not a current LOPSA member; although I have been in the past and

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Cloning a Mac drive

2014-11-22 Thread Bill Bogstad
only option. I have no experience with it, but the Mac Disk utility can apparently resize a filesystem which might be useful in this scenario. Its clone option (mentioned by an earlier poster) sounds like it would be worth investigating. Bill Bogstad

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Help with gmail technical problem

2015-02-01 Thread Bill Bogstad
ey find "bogstad" it must be the person to whom they are trying to send mail (or they just typo it). On the plus side, I learned that I had some relatives in California and North Carolina that I didn't know about and I had a nice email exchange with a gentleman in Belgium. Bill Bogst

Re: [lopsa-discuss] NIce Fraud alert system - American Express

2015-02-04 Thread Bill Bogstad
eone else's smartphone, displayed it full screen on the second phone and after moving the phones back and forth for about 30? seconds managed to unlock the first phone. I don't recall the models of the phones (probably Android though) and I don't know know how repeatable this wou

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Membership vs. Sponsorship, really the tip of the iceberg

2015-02-10 Thread Bill Bogstad
time though, but I suspect they are close. They have always had good conference support. Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional S

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Resource query...

2015-04-08 Thread Bill Bogstad
bering and comparing the serial number of the disk in slot0 and seeing if it has changed. Unless the drive manufacturer has really screwed up, that should work. Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Slack

2015-07-12 Thread Bill Bogstad
most operating systems and I would suggest that the best ones are actually better at handling multiple threaded conversations than many (most?) email clients. The only real problem that I would see is how to set things up so that the groups didn't "leak" into the general USENET system

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Slack

2015-07-12 Thread Bill Bogstad
ngibles like color or smoky flavor. > > > You've completely forgotten web forums of various sorts! Bah! Does no one remember cross-posted USENET flame wars? Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Slack

2015-07-13 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 06:12:12PM -0400, Bill Bogstad wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Adam Moskowitz wrote: >> > Allan Irving wrote: >> >> How do we feel about trailing Slack instead of discussion li

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Slack

2015-07-13 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 2:53 PM, David Lang wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, Bill Bogstad wrote: > >>> That's easy. Run separate servers, and if you share the groups, require >>> members of your NNTP trust circle to do the same. There are several >>> historical

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Article: Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers

2015-11-07 Thread Bill Bogstad
ny additional certification beyond their bachelor's degree and that doesn't seem to bother him. This is probably for the same reason that software engineers are ignoring said certification programs. ChemEs, EEs, and MechEs usually don't run their own consulting business. Bill Bog

Re: [lopsa-discuss] DNS strangeness with youtube.com

2015-12-15 Thread Bill Bogstad
or this model of education. From what I've seen locally, 1 to 1 instructional environments are becoming one way that local private schools differentiate themselves from public schools. Whitelisting just the KA videos on YouTube strikes me as likely to be painful. Bill Bogstad ___

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Network Layout Question

2016-02-15 Thread Bill Bogstad
es anybody know of instances where this actually happened? I've only read about needing to encrypt backups that are going to third-party offsite storage facilities. Bill Bogstad ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.or

[lopsa-discuss] College degrees not required for a career in system administration

2016-12-15 Thread Bill Bogstad
http://qz.com/858194/ibm-employees-without-college-education/ An interesting article on how you don't need a college degree to work for IBM. It quotes BLS statistics that 47% of Network and computer systems administrators don't have four year college degrees. Food for thought? Bi