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Winnipeg Harvest donations from December meeting - thank you!
by athompso＠muug.mb.ca 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Thanks to the generosity of our members, we were able to donate three large boxes’ worth of non-perishable food items to Winnipeg Harvest in December 2010. The text of the thank-you letter we just received (see attached) is as follows: January 5, 2011 Manitoba UNIX User Group Attn: Adam Thompson Dear Friends of Harvest, We here at Winnipeg Harvest want to thank the Manitoba UNIX User Group for your support of helping those less fortunate in our community. Over the last few months … [View More]

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FW: CIRA consultation on accented domain names
by Adam Thompson 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

CIRA, the .ca domain registrar, is proposing to allow a restricted subset of IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names) in order to support accented French characters in domain names. If you speak or write in French, this will likely affect you at some point. If you use any .ca domain names, this may still affect you, although probably in less direct ways. Speaking only on my own behalf (specifically: MUUG does not currently have an official position on the matter), I encourage anyone who … [View More]cares about our national ccTLD to review the information CIRA has made available, form an opinion, and voice your opinion promptly. IMHO, this is even more important than voting – if we choose poorly in an election, we have the opportunity to collectively change our minds in five years or less (usually four), whereas the CIRA IDN policy is likely to affect Canadians and Canada itself for decades to come. There’s no automatic reconsultation in four years, and there’s no built-in review process for decisions taken by NGOs like CIRA. In fact, once a decision like this is made, there may be no recourse at all if we collectively decide we don’t like the result. It’s obvious to me that CIRA is expecting to make a tidy sum of money by doing this (otherwise I believe they would be taking a different direction altogether), which I believe is OK as long as the internet-using-public’s interests are still served. I already have an opinion on the matter, and I’ll be making a submission. CIRA is effectively an NGO [I can’t tell what their legal status is right now], and they’re voluntarily doing the right thing by consulting the public – they’re not obligated to do so – but that consultation process is only effective if CIRA members express their opinions. Please express your opinion. -Adam Thompson <mailto:athompso@athompso.net> athompso(a)athompso.net From: CIRA / ACEI [mailto:communications.ca@cira.ca] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:29 To: athompso(a)athompso.net Subject: CIRA consultation on accented domain names <http://sm01.ott.cira.ca:80/track?mailingid=4906&messageid=3713&databaseid=2…> Consultation on accented doman names <http://www.cira.ca/assets/Images/mass-mail/CA-logo.jpg> Have your say: Join CIRA’s consultation on accented domain names _____ Dear Adam Thompson, As part of our effort to continually enhance the .CA domain, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is considering the implementation of French character Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) at the second level (to the left of the dot). An Internationalized Domain Name is simply a domain name that contains characters other than a-z, 0-9 or hyphens. CIRA is planning the addition of the following accented characters to .CA domain names: * é, ë, ê, è * à, â * ô * ù, û, ü * ç * î, ï This means you could soon see domain names like préside.ca, grâce.ca, etc. Before we can implement IDNs, CIRA is preparing a framework that will help us create a policy for launching accented domain names. As a Registrant, we are seeking your input on our proposed framework. On September 20, 2011, CIRA opened a public consultation concerning our planned launch of IDNs. The feedback received from .CA holders like you, as well as our Members, Registrars and other stakeholders, will help us shape the final IDN launch policy. Learn more about the proposed policy and share your views at <http://www.idnconsultation.ca/community/en> www.idnconsultation.ca. About CIRA The Canadian Internet Registration Authority is the Member-driven organization that manages Canada’s .CA domain name registry, develops and implements policies that support Canada’s Internet community, and represents the .CA registry internationally. <http://www.idnconsultation.ca/community/en/learn-about-it> LEARN MORE ABOUT IDNs CIRA has developed a great interactive tool to map out all the basics about IDNs. <http://www.idnconsultation.ca/community/en/learn-about-it> View our great new IDN road map. <http://www.idnconsultation.ca/community/en/have-your-say> HAVE YOUR SAY! Tell us what you think about our proposed IDN launch process. You can <http://www.idnconsultation.ca/community/en/have-your-say/make-a-submission> make a submission or <http://www.idnconsultation.ca/community/en/have-your-say/discussions> join the discussion. <http://www.cira.ca/assets/Images/mass-mail/member/bubble-left.jpg> Connect with CIRA <http://www.cira.ca/assets/Images/mass-mail/member/bubble-right.jpg> <http://twitter.com/ciranews> <http://www.facebook.com/cira.ca?ref=ts> <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2456714> <http://www.youtube.com/ciranews> <http://www.slideshare.net/ciranews> _____ Email Information Please do not reply directly to this email. This email was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept incoming email. Inquiries regarding your .CA domain name should be directed to CIRA's Registration Support Department: Email: <mailto:info@cira.ca> info(a)cira.ca Telephone: 1-877-860-1411 Unsubscribe If you prefer not to receive future non-mandatory emails from CIRA, you may unsubscribe by sending an email to <mailto:unsubscribe@cira.ca> unsubscribe(a)cira.ca. Please allow 10 business days for processing. If you unsubscribe, CIRA will continue to send mandatory transactional messages related to your .CA domain name registration. If you are a .CA Member, you will also continue to receive mandatory messages related to your membership. Please note that if you are currently using the privacy services of your Registrar, or have your Registrar listed as your Administrative Contact, you will not be able to unsubscribe through CIRA. View CIRA's <http://www.cira.ca/privacy/policy.html> Privacy Policy. © 2011 Canadian Internet Registration Authority. All rights reserved. [View Less]

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Revision control
by Trevor Cordes 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Following up to last month's meeting topic, I'm wondering if anyone can help me choose a revision control system for my purposes. It'll be 2 developers (possibly more later, but always a small number). We'll share access into 1 box, but I'm thinking we'd prefer a system that lets us check out the complete source tree to our own dev boxes where we can code, and then merge back up changes. Also, it would be great if we could have a way to check out the current project into a dir that would … [View More]

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UG News: Happening this Week - David Pogue: Mac OS X Lion Expert, Troubleshooting Windows 7, HBase Coprocessors, and More
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

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it took a while .. but ...
by Dan Keizer 27 Oct '11

27 Oct '11

it's a start :-) http://muug.mb.ca/blog/asterisk Dan.

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UG News - Learn from Experts: A Technical Interview, PMI Standards, Privacy in the Digital Age, David Pogue on Mac OS X Lion and more
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

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Question: downloading Youtube videos
by Mike Pfaiffer 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

We have a client who has Linux in a soon to be triple boot installation and wants to download Youtube videos. The current Minitube for Mac and M$ have that feature available. The version in the Ubuntu repositories doesn't seem to do that. Is there anything *incredibly simple* for Mint/Ubuntu which will do the trick for a newbie? Later Mike

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Just because I'm pedantic...
by Adam Thompson 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

Just because I'm pedantic about this sort of thing: In the current ncurses master source file (which is used by at least OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, every Linux variant I know of & probably lots more, but I don't keep track now), I'm listed as the author of the vt320, vt320-nam, vt320-w, vt320-w-nam, z340, z340-nam, dt80-sas (formerly known as dtx-sas), and as the contributor of supporting information for the ifmr entry. So that's technically eight entries, but really only two base … [View More]

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MUUG Board Elections - FINAL CALL for Nominations
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 18 Oct '11

18 Oct '11

Hear ye, hear ye! This is the FINAL CALL for nominees to participate in the election for the MUUG board. Those elected will serve from November 2011 until October 2012. The deadline to nominate yourself, or someone else, is October 25, 2011. Instructions follow. The MUUG board is charged with coordinating the meetings and other events by the group. It's fun, and you get a role in guiding the group. All are encouraged to apply. ------------------------ MUUG Board Elections - Call for … [View More]Nominations Every year, in the fall, the Manitoba Unix User Group holds its Annual Meeting, the main goals of which are to elect a new Board of Directors and to pass any special resolutions. (Aside from that, it is a regular meeting.) Any MUUG member in good standing can be nominated to run for a position on the Board. As of this writing, the following MUUG members have let their names stand for election or re-election: Sean Cody Consultant TinFoilHat Trevor Cordes Owner/Operator Tecnopolis Enterprises Gilbert Detillieux Systems Analyst University of Manitoba Michael Doob Professor University of Manitoba Robert Keizer System Administrator Thinkbox Software Inc. Katherine Scrupa Info Systems Desk Tech St. John's Ravenscourt Doug Shewfelt Systems Specialist City of Winnipeg Adam Thompson Consultant athompso.net Brad Vokey Owner Fortress Software Inc. Of course, this list is just a starting point. Any member in good standing of the group can be nominated simply by getting the support of one other member. If you feel you would like to contribute to the group by running for a board position, please don't hesitate to do so. (In fact, we'd like to see the number of board members increase to 10.) If you want to be nominated, or to nominate someone else, send a letter to the group's postal box or deliver it in person to a current board member. The letter must contain the name, title, and employer of the nominee, along with a short (100 word or so) biography, and must contain the signatures of the nominee and one other member. The letter must be received no later than October 25, 2011, which is 14 days prior to the November 8 meeting. Although the by-laws require that the nominations be done in writing, with signatures, you can speed up the process by sending e-mail to <election(a)muug.mb.ca>, with the above information, and sending the signed paper copy later. In this case, please include the e-mail address of both the nominee and the supporter on the CC: list of the message, so that all parties concerned have a record of the communication. Nominees should familiarize themselves with the MUUG bylaws, found here: http://www.muug.mb.ca/pub/bylaws/ If you have any questions about the election or the nomination process, please contact Gilbert Detillieux, either by phone (474-8161) during business hours, or by e-mail to <election(a)muug.mb.ca> anytime. Gilbert Detillieux Election Committee Chair ------------------------ -- 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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UG News: Learn from Experts - Mobile First, CouchDB for Mac & IOS, Better PowerPoint Presentations, Conducting a Technical Interview and more
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 17 Oct '11

17 Oct '11

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