Roundtable December 2010

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14 participants
12 discussions

wireless access
by VE4PER Andy 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

Anybody have a suggestion for improved wireless access. I have MTS Allstream unlimited EVDO access, allegedly. During business hours their Portage La Prairie tower radiation coverage pattern getd shrunk to provide local city support as a priority over rural areas. This causes rural customers to get switched to old 1X towers whose BW's are worse than dial-up even. Latency just sucks bigtime. They have made all sorts of promises about HSPA coming; first Sep 1st them Dec 1st now they have … [View More]

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Re: [RndTbl] wireless access
by Adam Thompson 26 Dec '10

26 Dec '10

X.25 Packet Radio? You already have the license... <grin> -Adam

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Command line challenge: trim garbage from start and end of a file.
by John Lange 25 Dec '10

25 Dec '10

I have files with the following structure: garbage garbage garbage output start .. good data .. good data .. good data .. good data output end garbage garbage garbage How can I extract the good data from the file trimming the garbage from the beginning and end? The following works just fine but it's dirty because I don't like the fact that I have to pick an arbitrarily large number for the "before" and "after" values. grep -A 999999 "output start" <infile> | grep -B 999999 "output end"… [View More]

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Question about Laptops
by Mike Pfaiffer 25 Dec '10

25 Dec '10

Merry Christmas and happy holidays (what ever works for you - you never know). ;-) My father had decided to look at a laptop. He wants to put his family tree program on it and take it for a trip out East this spring. He has seen me running Linux on my desktop for years and thinks he would like to give it a try on the laptop. Even in a dual-boot configuration. Being cheap (a typical Winnipegger) he is only willing to spend $200 -$300 for the machine. There are some "deals" in the … [View More]

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usb ports
by Kat 24 Dec '10

24 Dec '10

The black plastic bit in one of my USB ports broke off. The metal contacts are in there, undamaged. The laptop thinks the port is functioning fine, and it does function... as long as the device plugged in is in contact with the metal. It's loose, so any movement on the laptop or device will unseat it. Anyway, I'm avoiding using it for now. It's tempting to try to fix it myself. Is this possible? Any advice? I think the laptop is still on warranty, but I don't know how much of a PITA … [View More]

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MUUG Meeting, Dec 14, 7:30pm -- Round-table, Mingling & Munchies
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 24 Dec '10

24 Dec '10

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, December 14. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Round-table, Mingling & Munchies As the holiday hustle and bustle gets into high gear, we'll take it easy this month, with a longer-than-usual round-table session (if there's a need for it), followed by a time for mingling and nibbling on munchies (instead of the usual, short coffee break). There will also be a door-prize … [View More]draw at the end, but in order to enter the draw this month, we ask that you bring a tin or other non-perishable food item for Winnipeg Harvest. You'll get one draw ticket per item you bring, to a maximum of 3 tickets. So, please be generous, and you might just take home a cool book from O'Reilly! The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Non-members may be required to show photo ID at the security desk. Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $5.00 for the evening. Bicycle parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located behind the building on Webb Place. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609 [View Less]

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Re: [RndTbl] Roundtable Digest, Vol 72, Issue 8
by Kat 24 Dec '10

24 Dec '10

Haven't used a soldering iron since 1994. There are two other ports, but I often use them all. It's a Toshiba, not a MacBook Air :) I think I might try epoxy, and if that doesn't work, buy a hub. That's when needing three ports is more of an issue. Thanks guys. Kat On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <roundtable-request(a)muug.mb.ca> wrote: > Send Roundtable mailing list submissions to > roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide … [View More]

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Fwd: USENIX HotPar'11 Submission Deadline Approaching
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: USENIX HotPar'11 Submission Deadline Approaching Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:26:30 -0800 From: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj(a)usenix.org> To: info(a)muug.mb.ca, gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca On behalf of the Program Committee for the 3rd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Parallelism (HotPar '11), we'd like to invite you to submit position papers. HotPar '11 will bring together researchers and practitioners doing innovative work in the area of parallel … [View More]

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Google Maps mashup challenge anyone?
by John Lange 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

I have a web site that lists geo-locations linked to google maps. I have another (unrelated) web site that shows a coverage area, also on google maps. I need to know which locations fall inside the coverage area. Having never done anything with google maps, I have no idea if this is trivial or very hard and I'm looking for some pointers. Of course I Googled it and found all kinds of examples but it looks like you kind of have to know what you're doing... -- John Lange www.johnlange.ca

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Bring in your cans!
by Sean Cody 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

With tonight being the monthly meeting/mixer and the day for our raffle don't forget to bring your non-perishable items for entry into the draws! See you this evening, -- Sean (mobile)

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Roundtable December 2010