Reverend Ted (AKA Ted Haeger)
by Dick Turpin
I read with a tinge of sadness that Ted Haeger is leaving Novell [image:
Crying or Very sad]
Ted is a great guy who I have in fact met and communicated with on a number
of occasions funnily enough only a couple of weeks ago during an exchange of
emails he hinted he was on the move I jokingly suggested my hope that he was
not going to Ubuntu.
Ted has always been a great promoter of opensuse and I for one will miss
him. Apparently he will still be maintaining his blog so the games not over
yet.
For the full details go to
http://reverendted.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/96-years-on-beyond-novell
Good luck Reverend
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17 years, 9 months
Contribute at your peril (Rant)
by Dick Turpin
Hi All
I discovered this week that contributing and even trying to get
involved can have 'enthusiasm destroying consequences' some of you may
remember I was/am, possibly, working on a Lug Finder well the news is
I've had to remove it for the time being.
Don't ask me how but some nice person discovered a back door through
it and plonked billions of referrers to ring tones, porn and endless
drivel in the folder. Every time I spent 3 days and 30 minutes a time
removing them and the phplogger.php file the next day back they came,
at the last count it was 700+ links, I think I've sorted it now.
Then I asked to have my site listed on one of those 'Planet' sites
(I'm already on one or two by the way) which are growing in popularity
only to have the door slammed in my face with the most condescending
responses I've had in a long time;
Quote:
> Thanks for your mail. I'm having some difficulty in determining how exactly you contribute > to the community, perhaps you could enlighten me?
End quote.
"Did you even look at my site you self opinionated $%£@$£!!!!"
The best of that one is most of the feeds are about what someone eat
for dinner last night or where they went on holiday. Now I hold my
hand up and admit I'm a bit of a Victor Meldrew when it comes to
websites and stuff like that I mean why the 'F' do I want to know if
your dog had pups last night? its the same when people stick them
banners and balloons all over their house "Happy 21st Leanne" what the
hell makes you think I want to know that? Mind you I suppose Burglars
love it you might as well stick the sign up saying "Hey guys lots of
goodies here" (Hm I'm drifting)
I've had one or two other knock backs as well but I have to be careful
as there are sharp objects here. The thing is I cant seem to square
the so called 'Community spirit' with my enthusiasm at the moment.
This is not the first time that I've personally experienced what I
term "The Inner Circle" syndrome. the guy that first promoted Free
Software was on clickonline (Radio4) Wednesday night and he said the
most profound thing that will stick with me. "Even just using the
software is contributing".
Theres two views that can be taken here;
1. Don't stick your head above the parapet, someone will knock it off.
2. Don't let the buggers grind you down.
I'm now off to kick a small puppy and eat an endangered species.
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"At theses prices I'm mugging myself!"
17 years, 9 months
Re: [Staffslug] [lugmaster] Fw: Re: Linux-refurbished Laptops for Nepal Appeal! [follow-up]
by Richard Smedley
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:04:04 Martin wrote:
> "Did I tell you about Cosmosignite in India. They are making a thing
> called "Mighty Light". Its 50USD with a 2.5Watt Solar Panel. Problem
> is you have to buy 2,000 units to get the price down. Has 3 A
[snip]
> Aside: I'm helping with providing robust solar powered lights for
> there. Even low power LED lights can make a great difference to life
> there for before the villages get overrun by our encroaching
> civilization.
Hello Martin,
It's an interesting project - and I'm sure will be invaluable to
many people. Continuing the aside however, what about permaculture
projects to _grow_ suitable fuel oil? These will persist long after
the NimH batteries have exceeded their cycle duty.
Of course without appropriate mechanical technology (lamps), this
does involve a fire hazard.
For those following the thread who have reservations about donating
PCs to five sixths of the world's population, many of the arguments
from either side can be seen in the olpc fora; but you might
also be interested in other (appropriate) technological work carried
out by aptivate.org - with their focus on access to *information*
> Another project that has prompted the Vanuatu work is:
> http://www.lutw.org/
V interesting - although their technology comparisons wilfully
ignore bio-fuels :-(
btw If you're involved with lutw, can you let their webmaster know that
her site breaks Accessibility legislation, and cannot be viewed by
a significant number of people trying to access it - a basic fix
for now would be some navigable text content on the homepage :-/
- Richard
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17 years, 9 months
I don't believe your all busy
by Dick Turpin
Hi All
Things are so quiet here I've had to defect to America ;-P
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17 years, 9 months
Linux BIOS
by Kevanf1
Anybody had a go at replacing their BIOS with the Linux BIOS yet?
http://linuxbios.org/index.php/Main_Page
Ok, it's early days still at the moment but the whole project looks
very interesting :-)
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17 years, 9 months
Which Linux flavor is best for me?
by Dick Turpin
Hi All
Every Forum and mailing list gets the same question from potential Linux
users every now and again "Which one should I use?" they generally get
inundated with the members personal choice rather than the one suited to
them.
Some of you may have seen this before but there is a site that hosts a test
which, based on your answers, will give you the Linux Distributions that are
best suited to you I've been given permission to link to it check it out at
my site under the heading Linux Chooser
http://cannon-linux.co.uk/my-linux-stuff.html?Itemid=27
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17 years, 10 months
Computing books offered
by Kevanf1
I don't know if anybody is interested but a load of computing books
have just come up on Stafford Freecycle.
Here's the list:
Systems Analysis - ISBN 0 7131 2800 3
Computers and Microprocessors - Components and Systems 0
442 30572 9
Computer Graphics - Systems and Concepts 0 201 14656 8
PASCAL - An introduction to methodical programming 0 273
01714 4
Man Computer Interfaces: An Introduction to Software Design
and
Implementation
Data Analysis for Database Design - 0 7131 3481
Sequential Program Structures - 0 13 806828-3
Computer Operating Systems for micros, minis and mainframes
- 0 412
15630 X
Computer Peripherals - 0 340 23652 3
Software Engineering - A Practitioner' Approach - 0 07 100
232 4
An Introduction to Database Systems - 0 201 19215 2
COBOL for students - 0 7131 3477 1
Be warned though, these were used in the 1980's for a degree course so
they are not up to date.
If anybody is interested then I can get you details etc :-)
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17 years, 10 months
Seeking Monsieur Joliet
by Frank Mitchell
Some folks rubbish the Joliet CD File System because Microsoft use it. Presumably somewhere there's an actual Monsieur Joliet who invented it. But can anybody identify him? Was he even a Microsoft employee?
Faictz Ce Que Vouldras: Frank Mitchell
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17 years, 10 months
Fwd: 2nd Notice. USERNAME@OpenSUSE.us email address's still available.
by Kevanf1
Just in case anybody hasn't seen this or been made aware of it...
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: opensuse.us(a)gmail.com <opensuse.us(a)gmail.com>
Date: 07-Apr-2007 04:32
Subject: 2nd Notice. USERNAME(a)OpenSUSE.us email address's still available.
To: opensuse.us(a)gmail.com
The following is an email sent to you by an administrator of
"OpenSUSE.us". If this message is spam, contains abusive or other
comments you find offensive please contact the webmaster of the board
at the following address:
opensuse.us(a)gmail.com
Include this full email (particularly the headers).
Message sent to you follows:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously I emailed all current members about the availability of
email address's for opensuse.us members. We still have plenty of these
to give out, so don't be shy :) If you want one, read below and we
will get you setup ASAP.
Just wanted to thank everyone that has taken advantage of the offer,
and remind everyone one last time that these are still available.
CURRENT OpenSUSE.us stats
2481 registered users
10989 articles
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For anyone wanting a @opensuse.us email address , please post your
request in the opensuse.us forum.... here:
http://opensuse.us/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1825&start=0
We will setup your email address and PM your access information to you
once it's setup.
Your request for an email address must be made in this thread, do NOT
PM me or other admins and do not email us your request. If you want an
email address the request must be posted in this thread on the forums
or your request will not be honored. This will allow a few of us to
work on the requests together and expedite them and also assures us
that you are real people and not bots. If your not a member of
opensuse.us you will need to sign up and make at least the one post in
this thread to get an email address. (Also keeps the forum
usernames/emails names from getting out of sync. IE: one person
having a username on the forums and someone else having it for an
email address).
The email service is google's branded gmail. Currently 2+ GB of space,
chat, calender, documents, and more. As such, the TOS information is
listed below.
Email Terms of Service are listed below:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/terms.html
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/privacy.html
http://mail.google.com/a/opensuse.us/help/program_policies.html
PLUS:
opensuse.us does not guarantee ANYTHING in regards to the email service.
opensuse.us reserves the right to cancel service at any time without
notice for any reason.
Any changes to the TOS will be posted in this thread ...(
http://opensuse.us/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1825&start=0 )... and the
TOS are subject to change without notice.
Unethical behavior will get your account suspended or closed, totally
at the discretion of the Site Administrators.
By posting your request , you agree to the Terms of Service and have
read this message.
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Now, FWIW, we have no plans to discontinue email, we have no plans to
change anything, however the above is just to protect us in case stuff
goes horribly wrong. The opensuse.us domain name has been paid for
thru
Domain Expiration Date: Sun Apr 17 23:59:59 GMT 2016
at that time we fully plan on renewing it again. In any case, as you
can see, we don't plan on this being short term. If you have any
questions, please feel free to post them in the forum.
http://opensuse.us/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1825&start=0
The login url is on the main entrance page of opensuse.us, or you can
access the email accounts from this url:
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17 years, 10 months
data recovery
by Andrew Edwards
need a hard drive recovered (the thing actually needs electrical
repair of some sort..) anyone have any experience dealing with such
rescue situations? been trying to get a decent quote.. anywhere local
that does it?
(yes i know i know, backup.. but it was a corrupt backup so now i'm screwed)
cheers,
andrew
17 years, 10 months
