October 2011 - Roundtable

X11 - LOL
by Adam Thompson 13 Oct '11

13 Oct '11

http://xkcd.com/963/ If you have no idea what this means, you're either way too old or way too young... -Adam

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Re: [RndTbl] X11 - LOL
by Adam Thompson 13 Oct '11

13 Oct '11

Sean Cody <sean(a)tinfoilhat.ca> wrote: Gah! I think I'm somehow both... On 2011-10-12, at 11:07 PM, Adam Thompson wrote: http://xkcd.com/963/ If you have no idea what this means, you're either way too old or way too young... -Adam _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable -- Sean ...or you're just an iUser, who is only permitted amidst our esteemed company because of historical accident? :-)

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A legend has passed.
by Sean Cody 13 Oct '11

13 Oct '11

According to Rob Pike, Dennis Ritchie has passed away. https://plus.google.com/u/0/101960720994009339267/posts/ENuEDDYfvKP?hl=en Those of who live and breath C & UNIX owe him more than a small debt of gratitude. -- Sean

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Fwd: USENIX WebApps '12 Call for Papers Now Available
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: USENIX WebApps '12 Call for Papers Now Available Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 14:53:42 -0700 From: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj(a)usenix.org> On behalf of the Program Committee, I would like to invite you to submit your work to the 3rd USENIX Conference on Web Application Development (WebApps '12). Like the inaugural WebApps '10 and '11, WebApps '12 seeks to attract cutting-edge research that advances the state of the art, not only of novel Web applications but also of infrastructure,frameworks, tools, and techniques that support the development, analysis/testing, operation, or deployment of those applications. Possible topics include but are not limited to: * Storage for Web-scale applications * Techniques for testing and debugging * Novel strategies for fault tolerance or high availability in Web apps * The Web as an emerging platform in new application areas * Making Web apps social and integrating with social utilities, e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Google+ * HCI techniques related specifically to Web apps * Measurement, modeling, workload generation, and other tools to aid experimental research on Web apps * New and unusual app features or implementation techniques * Media delivery applications and infrastructure * Client-side libraries, frameworks, toolkits, plug-ins * Server-side frameworks * Languages and language engineering advances relevant to Web app development * Deployment substrates and technologies (cloud computing, infrastructure as a service, testing as a service, etc.) WebApps '12 will consist of a single track of refereed papers and, new this year, a set of short paper demos. Papers with practical significance and/or working prototypes will be preferred over purely theoretical results. Short paper demo submissions must have a working prototype. Submitted papers must be no longer than 12 pages for regular papers and 6 pages for demo papers, including figures, tables, and references. For more details on the submission process, advice on how to prepare a competitive paper, and templates to use with LaTeX, Word, etc., authors should consult http://www.usenix.org/events/webapps12/cfp/requirements.html Paper submissions are due by January 23, 2012, 11:59 p.m. PST. WebApps '12 will take place June 13-14, 2012, in Boston, MA. It is a co-located event that occurs during USENIX Federated Conferences Week, which spans June 12–15, 2012. I look forward to receiving your submissions. Sincerely, Michael Maximilien, IBM Research WebApps '12 Program Chair webapps12chair(a)usenix.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers: 3rd USENIX Conference on Web Application Development (WebApps '12) June 13-14, 2012, Boston, MA http://www.usenix.org/webapps12/cfpa Paper submissions deadline: January 23, 2012, 11:59 p.m. PST ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Shaw Broadband 50
by Bill Reid 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

I was an Shaw Extreme user and decided to try out Broadband 50. It turns out that Extreme customers can upgrade to Broadband 50 at no additional cost. They use a SMCDG3N a DOCSIS 3.0 N wireless router. Very nice specs including IPv6 support. http://www.smc.com/files/AN/DS_SMCD3GN-RES.pdf Shaw mails out the modem. Of course the first thing when I got it was how do I get my 2nd IP address. If you want to use 2 IP addresses then Shaw turns off the router and wireless function. So it is a modem with a 4 port Gig switch. This is how I am running it. I did a test at speedtest.net got 48.64Mbps down and 2.87Mbps up which is pretty close to 50Mbps down and 3Mbps up. -- Bill

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MUUG Meeting, Oct 11, 7:30pm -- MBR Rescue and Dropbox
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 11. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Mini-HowTo Topics: MBR Rescue and Dropbox What happens when you trash your MBR? Rob Keizer will discuss ways to get your system up and running again quickly. Dropbox is a free file sharing service with client support for Windows, MacOS X, Linux, and even some mobile platforms. It lets you automatically replicate files to any of your configured clients, share them with other users, or access them from the web. Gilbert Detillieux will show Dropbox in use, and show the installation of client software under Linux. Before the break, as this month's RTFM topic, Michael Doob will talk about using the rsync(1) command. 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

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Hardware question re: xserve 2004
by Sydney Weidman 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Hey, I realize this isn't a UNIX question, but I thought there might be someone on this list who can help me. I have a Mac XServe 2004 on which the power supply just died. Is there anyone who has a spare power supply for an xserve 2004 that might be willing to sell? Regards, Syd

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