February 2003 - main

NTL Broadband
by BenEBoy 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

OK, apparantly I can get broadband in Norwich with NTL now, has anyone had any experience with them? I'm thinking more of the technical side of things. I've been informed that NTL uses some gizmo on the phone line so you just plug it straight into a NIC and not a modem, so I'm *guessing* that there wouldn't be any problem. Of course, that's just a wild assumption ;-) Cheers, BenE -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.norwich-anarchists.org.uk Officially the best norwich based anarchist web site that has overly large jpegs

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Great new plans for alug library afoot!
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 28 Feb '03

28 Feb '03

Hullo All, Adam, Kirsty and I have agreed to share the job of setting up and running the alug library. We are hoping that one or the other of us can take the books to each meeting for members to browse through and borrow. We will even keep overdue fines low - say, two chocolate biscuits per book per week late? ;-) Our first job will be to try and gather together all the books we currently have, then have a think about how to get some more donations or freebies. Any ideas please mail us offlist, and if anyone currently has any alug books, could they do the same so we can start catalogueing them? I hold my hands up to having had Cathedral and Bazaar for at least three months, that is about ten packets of chocolate hobnobs I need to bring to the next meeting by now. Whilst I'm here: I'm currently working on some extremely exciting stuff here at work, and spend all day doing R&D with linux. It occurred to me recently that two years ago I was doing a very different job using very different software, and although I still ask ridiculous questions from time to time of the list, I would like to thank everyone for the help I got when I first joined and my ridiculous questions averaged three a day - your help and patient answers have stood me in good stead. Thanks! :-) Jenny.

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desktop icons
by BenEBoy 27 Feb '03

27 Feb '03

I don't suppose anyone knows of a program that can put icons on the desktop pls? I'm using fluxbox, and although I've seen nautilus working with it, I'm not a fan. It's a bit too...I dunno...clunky? I haven't been able to google anything (which I'm ashamed at ::grin::) and I've been racking my brain, but I don't think I've ever heard of anything apart from nautilus that will do it (well, apart from kde, but I don't fancy hacking the code out ::grin::) cheers, BenE

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Job Vacancy: Moving Picture Company (London)
by Martyn Drake 27 Feb '03

27 Feb '03

Hi folks, We're advertising here at MPC, and I thought anybody who might be thinking about heading down London way to work might be interested in the following vacancy:- -- Begin Quote -- MPC requires Unix Systems Administrators to help with all aspects of running its large network of mainly Linux plus some IRIX and Solaris servers and workstations. A background in video/film/post production would be useful, but not essential. Applicants should have a strong background in: - Network infrastructure (network protocols, routing, firewalls etc.). - Installation, configuration, customization and optimization of Unix operating systems and application software. - Use of various Unix scripting languages, (shell scripts, perl, tcl etc.). - Problem solving and troubleshooting system and user support issues. Please submit your cv for the attention of Rebecca Hare, The Moving Picture Company, 127 Wardour Street, London W1F ONL, or email rebecca-h(a)moving-picture.com -- End Quote -- Regards, Martyn Drake -- Systems Administrator The Moving Picture Company 127 Wardour Street, London, W1F 0NL Telephone: +44 (0)20 7494 7853 (direct line)

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Wireless WANS (i.e. Norfolk)
by Michael Sage 26 Feb '03

26 Feb '03

To Fellow ALUGers, I would like to make an appeal to all of you without broadband in the area, how would you feel about setting up a wireless wan (they are doing it all over the country and in other regions (Suffolk, Cambridge)). As I live in the middle of no where I am not commercially viable, but I believe with the power of the penguin I can jump onto someone else's wireless network, with their permission and do things that way. Check out http://locustworld.com for the meshAP kit, which we can build cheaper, also www.invisible.net.uk for other stuff. Let me know what u think! Maybe ALUG can be held responsible for the birth of Norfolknet! Regards to all, Michael --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.455 / Virus Database: 255 - Release Date: 13/02/2003

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Linux, Java, etc tutorials
by Keith Watson 26 Feb '03

26 Feb '03

A colleague has just pointed me in the direction of the IBM DeveloperWorks site <www.ibm.com/developerworks>. They have a number of areas which they call "Technology Zones" one of which is Linux, if you go to a zone and then select Education from the left hand menu there are a number of tutorials that look interesting e.g. Introduction to XFree86 4.X, Configuring TCP/IP under Linux, Backing up your Linux machines, CVS for the developer or amateur, Getting to know GRUB, Compiling and installing software from sources, to name but a few. You can view them online or download zipped HTML or a PDF. You'll need to register (but what the heck, on the internet no one know you're a dog ;-) ) I've skimmed through a couple and my 1st impression is that they're useful introductory material but tend to lack a bit of detail. Probably a good starting point for someone new to a topic before getting into the more detailed stuff. Keith ____________ BAROMETER, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having. - Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary

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Slashdot : UK ISP Imposes Download Limits
by Keith Watson 26 Feb '03

26 Feb '03

<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/09/2210214> [0]Richard_at_work writes "The BBC news site is [1]reporting that NTL have announced it will be imposing 1GB download limits per day for its users. As you can guess, [2]reactions have not been mild :) One thing to note, NTL has said that they will only be persuing persistent offenders, so i guess they understand you cant track your usage to the byte! Also with NTL, they appear to [3]ban the usage of VPNs, citing that their service is for resedential use only. Does this mean I can't email work now?" Links 0. http://www.mysterae.com/ 1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2740621.stm 2. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7676 3. http://www.adslguide.org.uk/newsarchive.asp?item=993 Keith ____________ The more you wonder why it's so, the more it keeps on happening.

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Ponderment, nbd, and some examples
by Brett Parker 26 Feb '03

26 Feb '03

Hi all, Recently came across the URLs below and wondered if anyone has used this type system setup. http://www.it.uc3m.es/~ptb/nbd/ http://wellquite.org/redundant/ Looks like a nice idea, just not sure what performance will be like. Cheers, Brett

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Re: [Alug] Alug library, Was: Todays meeting - report available.
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 25 Feb '03

25 Feb '03

Mark J Ray wrote: >Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com wrote: >> I'll whisk up a database if it would be useful,though. Let me know. > >Offlsit. Or if you keep bothering me, I'll install the koha library >software here and you can admin it ;-) > >MJR "offlsit"? Oh flip, find less severe interests todo? oh, fabulous, friendly literature stores increase totalitarians? koha looks good, would be easier since it is there already, but is it a bit over the top for the twenty-odd books alug has? Adminning needs to be done by whoever is most regularly at meetings, unless it is done by post, which is a bit daft as books are heavy. Adam has offered to admin, but supposing he doesn't go to a meeting for whatever reason and he has all the books, and someone wants to borrow/return one and he isn't there? I'm sure we went round all this last year and it kind of fizzled out in the end. Jenny

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FW: tux - the linux pengiun
by Martyn Drake 25 Feb '03

25 Feb '03

Just thought I would forward the following email from a company called "More Balls Than Most".. Whether it's worth taking up their offer I'll leave up to you folks.. Regards, Martyn -- Martyn Drake | Email : martyn-d(a)moving-picture.com Systems Administrator | Web : http://www.moving-picture.com The Moving Picture Company | Phone : +44 (0)20 7494 7853 -----Original Message----- From: Janis Irving [mailto:janis@juggling.co.uk] Sent: 25 February 2003 15:53 To: martyn(a)drake.org.uk Subject: FW: tux - the linux pengiun Dear Sir, We are manufacturers and suppliers of product suitable for use in the promotions industry and one of our stress shapes is a Tux, the Linux pengiun which we would like to offer forward to you for use as a promotion. Of course, we have other stress shapes available and would welcome the opportunity of submitting a brochure to you for your immediate or future use - if you can let us have your address we will send a brochure by return post. I hope that we can work with you on your next promotion and look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Janis Irving More Balls Than Most Wren House, 19-20 Exchange Road Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 OJG T: 00 44 + (0) 1923 492525 F: 00 44 + (0) 1923 492599 www.juggling.co.uk

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