August 2002 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: WLUG and BUG

by doug waud

Hi all, Keith Wright wrote: > On the bright side, I have looked at the BUG web pages > and they do not crash my browser (Netscape Communicator 4.76 > on RedHat 7.1 with a 2.4.27 kernel.) Just to prove I am not just a pretty face, I can note that I got and installed Mozilla 1.0 and it too does not crash. > Why do all these web-wankers think > that a six-pixel high font is such a great thing that it must be > hard coded to override my preferences? I don't know the answer but I agree that the practice sucks! :-) doug (Vulture for culture) Waud

Aug. 28, 2002

I'm not normally in favor of cracking but....

by Wesley Allen

Anyone catch this story at wired? http://wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,54812,00.html Apparently the RIAA site got cracked, and the crackers put up a fold with..."pirated" mp3 files. Ummmm, yes this is illegal (the cracking, not the creation of mp3 archives for personal use), but can you imagine a more deserving organization for this to happen to. Keep in mind, I also happen to be a PASTOR, and I think this is just about the funniest thing I've ever seen on the internet. Wes -- This message may be digitally signed. For my public key, e-mail me a request.

Aug. 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Stupid Hardware Clock Tricks, aka: WTF?

by Theo Van Dinter

On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 10:33:30AM -0400, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > Ok, so I got caught up after dinner ... ;) I did go and change the > BIOS settings again, around 11pm on Wednesday. The problem then stayed > away until ~4:12am on the 23rd. Just an update for those who are curious ... I decided to try reverting to 2.4.9 (actually 2.4.9-31SGI_XFS_1.1) and seeing what happened. So far, it's been almost 5 days without any issues. So far, so good. :| I just hope it's a 2.4.18 issue, so if I went to 2.4.19+ things would work. Guess I'll find out at some point. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: Even the Chinese are against me. -- Homer Simpson The Last Temptation of Homer

Aug. 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] python regular expressions

by Phillip G Deneault

On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Brad Noyes wrote: > On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:06:08PM -0400, Phillip G Deneault wrote: > > I didn't see this when you sent it the first time... > > > > There is a another way to do this. > > > > text = "FreeBSD" > > results = re.search(r'(.*)BSD', text) > > print results.groups(1) > Yes, i saw this somewhere as well. > > Question: what is the r'...' used for, and what does it mean? It denotes a 'raw' string input and add special characters accessed by the \ key. For instance r'\<html\>(.*)\<\/html\>' searches between the <html></html> tags. There are other characters too, for instance, \d only matches number digits and is the equivalent to r'[0-9]'. If you use this method, its easiest to just leave the r'' notation in. That way, everything is consistent and you can use a whole list of shortcuts. Phil -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Phil Deneault "We work in the dark, We do what we can, deneault(a)wpi.edu We give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, WPI NetOps and our passion is our task. The rest is the InfoSec maddness of art." - Henry James -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Aug. 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Exchange clients for linux

by William Smith

On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Michelle Vadeboncoeur wrote: MV>On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Brad Noyes wrote: MV> MV>BN> exchange server for it's calender functionality. I believe it will be added MV> MV>When did Exchange server start making paper? I think you meant MV>"calendar"... ;-) we're talking about a M$ product here. don't put anything past them.... 8\ -- William Smith wsmith(a)chezsmith.com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com

Aug. 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] python regular expressions

by Frank Sweetser

On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 03:23:49PM -0400, Brad Noyes wrote: > Question: what is the r'...' used for, and what does it mean? "raw" quotes, roughly analagous to perl's qw/.../ -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net | $ x 18 Full-time WPI Network Engineer, Part time Linux/Perl guy | "Endorsing products is the American way of expressing individuality." -Calvin

Aug. 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] python regular expressions

by Brad Noyes

On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:06:08PM -0400, Phillip G Deneault wrote: > I didn't see this when you sent it the first time... > > There is a another way to do this. > > text = "FreeBSD" > results = re.search(r'(.*)BSD', text) > print results.groups(1) Yes, i saw this somewhere as well. Question: what is the r'...' used for, and what does it mean? > > the compile() command is typically used for long regex expressions so the > programmer doesn't need to write again and again. :-) in the script i was writing i ended up using the compile option, but left that out in my mail for simplicity. > > A good Python book is the New Riders "Python Essential Reference". Its a > small book with just the language references, plenty of examples, and its > written by the creator of Python. Thanks for your input! --brad > On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Brad Noyes wrote: > > > okay i figured it out, For those intersted ... > > > > text = "FreeBSD" > > reg_obj = re.compile('(.*)BSD') > > search_res = reg_obj.findall(text) > > print search_res[0] > > > > > > --brad > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 09:37:02PM -0400, Brad Noyes wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I'm starting to learn python. I was looking for a python equivalent to a perl > > > regular expression such as > > > > > > $_ = "FreeBSD"; > > > /(.*)BSD/; > > > > > > where $1 would get what ever is between '(...)', 'Free' in this case. > > > > > > Is there a way i can make use of the () regex operator in python? I can't > > > seem to find an equivalent in python's regex module (re). > > > > > > Thanks, > > > --brad > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wlug mailing list > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Phil Deneault "We work in the dark, We do what we can, > deneault(a)wpi.edu We give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, > WPI NetOps and our passion is our task. The rest is the > InfoSec maddness of art." - Henry James > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Aug. 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Exchange clients for linux

by Keith Wright

> From: Michelle Vadeboncoeur <mrv(a)kluge.net> > > On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Brad Noyes wrote: > > BN> exchange server for it's calender functionality. > > When did Exchange server start making paper? I think you meant > "calendar"... ;-) Wise guy. He meant "its". A Sufic order of wandering mendicant dervishes needs to schedule meetings too. -- Keith

Aug. 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] python regular expressions

by Phillip G Deneault

I didn't see this when you sent it the first time... There is a another way to do this. text = "FreeBSD" results = re.search(r'(.*)BSD', text) print results.groups(1) the compile() command is typically used for long regex expressions so the programmer doesn't need to write again and again. :-) A good Python book is the New Riders "Python Essential Reference". Its a small book with just the language references, plenty of examples, and its written by the creator of Python. Phil On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Brad Noyes wrote: > okay i figured it out, For those intersted ... > > text = "FreeBSD" > reg_obj = re.compile('(.*)BSD') > search_res = reg_obj.findall(text) > print search_res[0] > > > --brad > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 09:37:02PM -0400, Brad Noyes wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm starting to learn python. I was looking for a python equivalent to a perl > > regular expression such as > > > > $_ = "FreeBSD"; > > /(.*)BSD/; > > > > where $1 would get what ever is between '(...)', 'Free' in this case. > > > > Is there a way i can make use of the () regex operator in python? I can't > > seem to find an equivalent in python's regex module (re). > > > > Thanks, > > --brad > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Phil Deneault "We work in the dark, We do what we can, deneault(a)wpi.edu We give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, WPI NetOps and our passion is our task. The rest is the InfoSec maddness of art." - Henry James -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Aug. 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Exchange clients for linux

by Michelle Vadeboncoeur

On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Brad Noyes wrote: BN> exchange server for it's calender functionality. I believe it will be added When did Exchange server start making paper? I think you meant "calendar"... ;-) http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=calender http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=calendar -- --==*==-- --==*==-- Michelle R. Vadeboncoeur --==*==-- --==*==-- mrv(a)kluge.net: http://www.kluge.net/~mrv/

Aug. 28, 2002