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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by David Freeman 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 00:25:43 +0100 (BST) Adam Bower wrote: > On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, David Freeman wrote: > > > Hello, welcome, from your cam.ac.uk address I am assuming you are from > > Cambridge Uni. > > Blimey David, that was an amazing bit of detective work ;-) Well after your detective work recently it pails into insignificaince :o) > > > A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I was a Field > > > Archaeologist, and have been responsible for introducing 22 tonne > tracked > > > excavators to some of Britain's less interesting Scheduled Ancient > > > monuments. > > > > I'm not going to ask. > > I would like to know the details, sounds like the Eddie Izard method of > archaeology! More like blitzkriege archaeology, I have images of a large JCB dumping a bucket load of soil onto the small sivve and covering that increadibly gorgeous red head archeaology student that is always present at various digs. > > Perhaps you can lend advice to a poor student who has be accused of > being > > a wireless network expert and given the task of connecting a field > > somewhere in the bottom left hand corner of belguim a network connection > > for a week so a large quantity of geeks in various states of soberness > > can connect to the web! bugger! > > Heh, you don't have to worry about this David, all you have to do is get > the wireless LAN to talk to the other bit, I can do all the Masquerade for > the campsite and the networky bits and get all the DNS working etc. > etc..... that (in answer to your question from irc last week) is what > sys-admins are for and what sys-admins do! I can tell you don't know much about radio. It is a black art I haven't mastered completely, it is not unknown to sit with a signal stoping 10' short of where you want to be whilst 1000' away you get a brilliant signal! Reminds me of a friend who was involved in york uni radio and they got a call from dubia as the signal had bounced off the ionisphere and was crystal clear in dubai! We don't need to masq or anything as far as the IP layer is concerned all you will see is one big subnet, the wireless stuff all works at the MAC layer, which is why its so fun. The IP stuff is easy, just need a DHCP server at one end and a big hub at each end. Thanks D > Adam > -- > This message is Copyleft - all rights reversed > Adam > > > > _______________________________________________ > alug, the Anglian Linux User Group list > Send list replies to alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://rabbit.stu.uea.ac.uk/cgi-bin/listinfo/alug > See the website for instructions on digest or unsub! -- "Your house sounds like a fire hazard" Peter Clarke

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Highly regulalar inquiries
by David Freeman 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

Adam and list, I noticed that with Marks website rebuild the FAQ has appeared. First impressions are that I am impressed, even if I am quoted for saying Linux is a five letter work :o) But I did notice a couple of things: 1) You say we're aren't a secret society etc... if we aren't why was it you insisted on that weird initiation ceromony for the newbies at the last meet ? :o) 2) What happened to my answer to the Will I be lynched for using question? it is a genuine question I got asked by one of our token OpenBSD users ? 3) One to add: What do you do on IRC? Not sure of the best answer for this one can anyone suggest anything better than my normal answer of "Well chat, what else?" 4) Mark: can we add a members page with Name, Email, homepage, Picture, small description etc...? Thanks D - One Week to go till the Linuxbeirwanderung! -- "Your house sounds like a fire hazard" Peter Clarke

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DOSEMU
by Steve Kuo 18 Aug '01

18 Aug '01

Anyone get Win 3.1 to run under DOSEMU yet? ===== --------------- Steve Kuo "How can we claim to be an advanced and civilized society when no other creatures on Earth develops technology to blow themselves up three times over?" ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie

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Re: [Alug] Next Meet
by MJ Ray 18 Aug '01

18 Aug '01

"John Woodard" <mail(a)johnwoodard.co.uk> writes: > If we can't book the UEA I can host at Syleham if needed. Keep going Beej... we may take you up on it yet. This would be a good (the only?) opportunity to pass UEA over smoothly, though.

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About the UEA thing
by Steve Kuo 18 Aug '01

18 Aug '01

Um, I can't book them, I'll have to ask one of my parents (they're the ones that are studying), they're also very distrustful of strangers, so don't assume it's done. When abouts will this be going on anyway? ===== --------------- Steve Kuo "How can we claim to be an advanced and civilized society when no other creatures on Earth develops technology to blow themselves up three times over?" ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie

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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by MJ Ray 18 Aug '01

18 Aug '01

Mark Elliss <mark.elliss(a)btinternet.com> writes: > Ok I'll stop lurking and introduce myself too. Hooray! Oh, and hello too. > I work from home in a small village called Onehouse in Suffolk. Sounds like a very small village, but I think that's a misnomer. > I am an Objective-c programmer by choice and an electronics engineer by > trade. Objective-c was something on my list of stuff to learn, but it's now so far down the list it's unlikely to happen in this or the next life. Scheme is just so fast to learn ;-) > Family permitting I hope to attend some of the meets soon. See you soon, hopefully...

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Re: [Alug] Next Meet
by MJ Ray 18 Aug '01

18 Aug '01

Adam Bower <abower(a)thebowery.co.uk> writes: > On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Steve Kuo wrote: > > I second the idea at the UEA... [...] living on campus [...] > Was that you just volunteering to book the room etc. then? My thoughts exactly! Seriously: I am leaving UEA and will not be able to book them any more, but I may still be lurking enough to be useful for this meeting, so it would be an ideal time to hand over organising UEA meetings to someone else. Steve, are you up for this?

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Re: [Alug] The web site
by David Freeman 17 Aug '01

17 Aug '01

On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:16:44 +0100 (BST) markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > OK, I'm going to give the web site a bit of a quick kick up the arse > this weekend, so other CVS users beware and make sure you do a "cvs > update" before editing anything. Hurrah! > Everyone can help! I'd like any bright ideas about what you want to > see on the site, please. The front page will finally become less > "content-free", so don't suggest that, but do suggest what you want to > see on it. A penguin, one big herring stuffed penguin! Seriously, a good introduction would be a good idea. > Also, I'd like anyone's explanations of what "Linux is..." and "ALUG > is...", please. The more the merrier! LINUX: is a five letter work. ALUG: The Anglian Linux Users Group (ALUG) is a group of like minded induviduals, many of which live in the East Anglian Region of England. Membership is not limited to East Anglian with members living as far afield as Kent, The channel Islands and Japan. As a group we exist to help promote the use of Linux and are happy to help any newbie to get started. Any one is welcome, even Bill Gates :o). The group is made up of over 120 members who are subscribed to the main mailing list. There are two mailing list, ALUG(a)stu.uea.ac.uk and alug-social(a)lists.alug.org.uk. #include<discription_of_lists.h> As a group we try to meet every few months. Meetings vary in there make up but this year have included, mas installs, demo's of wireless networking and general fault finding for people who bring there PC's. etc etc.... This is just some ideas banged out whilst sat in suffolk college library. > Finally, if anyone wants to help directly, drop me an email and I'll > tell you how to get started with CVS and XML as soon as this update is > over. It's so simple, even David Freeman should be able to do it! ;-) No its not! its a convoluted attempt which really boggles the mind! :o) > PS David - there is a dormant Kent LUG for you to restart, you know? I know, I already have plans <fx action="Evil cackle"> having spoken to a couple of other linux users in kent who want to get it going again. Thanks D > > > > _______________________________________________ > alug, the Anglian Linux User Group list > Send list replies to alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://rabbit.stu.uea.ac.uk/cgi-bin/listinfo/alug > See the website for instructions on digest or unsub! -- "Your house sounds like a fire hazard" Peter Clarke

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Next Meet
by Steve Kuo 17 Aug '01

17 Aug '01

I second the idea at the UEA... It's a big place and very easy to get to... the fact that I'm living on campus at the moment did not affect my decision whatsoever... :) ===== --------------- Steve Kuo "How can we claim to be an advanced and civilized society when no other creatures on Earth develops technology to blow themselves up three times over?" ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie

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The web site
by markj＠cloaked.freeserve.co.uk 17 Aug '01

17 Aug '01

OK, I'm going to give the web site a bit of a quick kick up the arse this weekend, so other CVS users beware and make sure you do a "cvs update" before editing anything. Everyone can help! I'd like any bright ideas about what you want to see on the site, please. The front page will finally become less "content-free", so don't suggest that, but do suggest what you want to see on it. Also, I'd like anyone's explanations of what "Linux is..." and "ALUG is...", please. The more the merrier! Finally, if anyone wants to help directly, drop me an email and I'll tell you how to get started with CVS and XML as soon as this update is over. It's so simple, even David Freeman should be able to do it! ;-) PS David - there is a dormant Kent LUG for you to restart, you know?

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