December 2003 - Legacy - lists.gtalug.org

*Really* bad week for SCO
by joehill-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg＠public.gmane.org 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 13:52:17 -0500 (EST) Robert Brockway <robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy at public.gmane.org> wrote: > I haven't seen this add and I'm sure others haven't either. Tell us more! > :) What is so spooky about it? Well, I don't find it spooky, I think it's cool as hell. Hmmm, I don't want to get sued by IBM or get "Slashdotted" but what the hell: http://www.orderinchaos.org/prodigy90_med.mpg Go easy, it's a P166! You can probably also get it off the IBM website, or just Google for the filename. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.-- Rush Limbaugh, drug abuser -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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M$ to license FAT
by plp-ysDPMY98cNQDDBjDh4tngg＠public.gmane.org 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

I have seen some interesting arguments on this thread (I think I am the o.p.). My thinking is, that the point is, what do the borg lawyers think, not what the list thinks. The borg lawyers have deep enough pockets so they can think whatever they want. That probably includes thinking that the earth is in fact, flat. My question more or less was, what would the impact on Linux be in *that* case. Peter -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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MisterHouse / x10 /home automation
by mervc-MwcKTmeKVNQ＠public.gmane.org 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

On December 3, 2003 10:11 am, Mailing List wrote: > Has anyone used x10 or home automation in > their house? Where is a good place to > shop for x10 stuff? Any recommendations? > Taking some time to get caught up. I have been using this stuff, first from Radio Shack, now X10 for almost 20 years. Starting with an 8 bit computer as controller, now this machine. It isn't the most reliable but does ok in the home. Some of my lamp/appliance controllers are at least 15 years old, others have only lasted a short while. There is a Linux program to control this stuff called Heyu. Like 'heyu - turn off the light'. I have it controlling about 10 lights around the house via cron. It does just about everything that the Activehome software does but not yet via a GUI frontend. Rad. Shack still sell the modules but I have found a nearby electrical distributor with a pretty decent stock for less $$. There are always bargain packages available at the U.S. site if you want to order that way. The only caution is, the X10 signals don't get across the 2 phases in the house reliably. Heyu supports more than one controller so you can have one on each phase or you can with a bit of magic, help the signals with a bridge. Now bridge isn't the right word but its the best I can come up with right now. Cheers Merv -- Merv Curley Scarborough, Ont Libranet Linux 2.8 KDE 3.1.4 KMail 1.5.4 -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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*Really* bad week for SCO
by robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy＠public.gmane.org 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, JoeHill wrote: > On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:08:47 -0500 > Byron Sonne <blsonne-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > >> BTW, my ma was telling me she's already seen the IBM Linux ad, gave 'er > > >chills > > > Yeah, it does have a spooky feel to it. > > > > Is this ad good or bad? Spooky can be a good feeling sometimes ;) > > I bet it's more than a *little* spooky for the fine folks at SCO and MS, :-D I haven't seen this add and I'm sure others haven't either. Tell us more! :) What is so spooky about it? Rob -- Robert Brockway B.Sc. email: robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy at public.gmane.org, zzbrock at uqconnect.net Linux counter project ID #16440 (http://counter.li.org) "The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens" -Baha'u'llah -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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M$ to license FAT
by taavi-LbuTpDkqzNzXI80/IeQp7B2eb7JE58TQ＠public.gmane.org 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 10:42:21PM -0500, cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org wrote: > What is VERY interesting is that none of the patents in question have to > do with the filesystem. They ALL have to do with the way DOS 6 started DOS provided long filename support? Not that I remember. It all started with Windows 95. -- taa /*eof*/ -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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quiet PC
by joehill-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg＠public.gmane.org 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 12:19:55 -0500 Gary Walsh <gwalsh-HFI606nGbY9eoWH0uzbU5w at public.gmane.org> wrote: > Bigfoot Computers (Toronto) http://www.bigfootcomputers.com/ Do they actually build custom systems? I'll hopefully be looking for a "bare-bones" system in the near future, probably AMD based, and I'm looking for a good place to go. Last place I checked, Computer Central Canada, said they didn't recommend AMD, as that is their number one return item. Which begs the question, "why do you sell it?" -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "One of the most dangerous errors of our time is the belief that human beings are uniquely violent animals, barely restrained from committing atrocities on each other by the constraints of ethics, religion, and the state."-- Eric S. Raymond -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Hard drive recovery
by adb-tlug-AbAJl/g/NLXk1uMJSBkQmQ＠public.gmane.org 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

Robert Brockway wrote: > When building a backup solution, resources allowing, I will setup a > staging area on disk somewhere to hold backups. From the staging area the > backups can go off site by the chosen means. Bandwidth allowing, it can be useful to have your backup-staging machine at the far end of a fat connection, so that once you've done your physical backups from it they're already offsite with regard to the live servers, and you don't have to cart them halfway across $DEITY's green earth. Some organizations with more than one site, and fibre between, have each back up the other, for example. Rsync can be your friend, in this regard, allowing you to keep a mirror of your data at minimal bandwidth cost. -- Anthony de Boer -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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quiet PC
by gwalsh-HFI606nGbY9eoWH0uzbU5w＠public.gmane.org 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

Chris Aitken wrote: > I have a need for my PC to be quiet. This is for three reasons: > Some useful links: Korean company Zalman produces noiseless processor coolers http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/product.htm - available from the following companies specializing in quiet computing: Bigfoot Computers (Toronto) http://www.bigfootcomputers.com/ Quiet PC Canada (BC) http://www.quietpc.ca/ -- Gary Walsh Kitchener, Ontario, Canada gwalsh-HFI606nGbY9eoWH0uzbU5w at public.gmane.org http://www.oeone.net/gwalsh -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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quiet PC
by gwalsh-HFI606nGbY9eoWH0uzbU5w＠public.gmane.org 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

Chris Aitken wrote: > I have a need for my PC to be quiet. This is for three reasons: > Some useful links: Korean company Zalman produces noiseless processor coolers http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/product.htm - available from the following companies specializing in quiet computing: Bigfoot Computers (Toronto) http://www.bigfootcomputers.com/ Quiet PC Canada (BC) http://www.quietpc.ca/ -- Gary Walsh Kitchener, Ontario, Canada gwalsh-HFI606nGbY9eoWH0uzbU5w at public.gmane.org http://www.oeone.net/gwalsh -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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M$ to license FAT
by taavi-LbuTpDkqzNzXI80/IeQp7B2eb7JE58TQ＠public.gmane.org 09 Dec '03

09 Dec '03

On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 12:01:12PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > Last I tried most MS (DOS based at least) OSs didn't allow wildcards > before other characters. > > abc*.txt is allowed > *abc.txt is not. Not sure, but it may even match *.txt actually on some > versions of DOS. That is pretty scary actually. Yeah, that sounds familiar. I do well remember reading a comment about it that had a working example, though. It really is kind of braindead. Or at least half-baked. -- taa /*eof*/ -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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