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Re: [Wlug] August WLUG meeting

by Al Rreinhart

Andy, The following message will go out to the IEEE Worcester County Section members tomorrow: Al -------------------------- Making Money from Free Software Jon 'maddog' Hall 7:00 PM Thursday August 20, 2009 Worcester Linux User Group On Thursday, August 20 Jon "maddog" Hall, Executive Director of Linux International, will discuss "Making Money from Free Software" at the Worcester Linux User Group. You can learn more about Jon and his accomplishments at his wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddog Directions to the Worcester Linux User Group can be found at http://wlug.org/directions.html The Worcester Linux User Group (WLUG) home page can be found at http://wlug.org The ExCom always welcomes your input, involvement and contributions toward making Worcester section activities more meaningful professional experiences. There is a standing, open invention to all section members to attend our monthly ExCom meetings. The meetings, which start at 6:30pm with pizza and soft drinks, are held on the second Wednesday of the month. If you plan on attending please call, (508) 869-6417, or email me, AlReinhart(a)ieee.org , for directions. Al Reinhart, Chairman Worcester County Section Region 1 PACE Coordinator 2010 Region 1 Director-Elect Candidate ( ieee.AlReinhart.com ) Andy Stewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Al Rreinhart wrote: >> Andy, >> >> I would like to announce the August WLUG meeting to the IEEE Worcester >> County Section members. Do you have any additional information about >> maddog and what his talk will be about? I need something to put >> together a description of the meeting and the speaker. Does maddog >> have a website? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Al > > HI Al, > > I don't have any other information than what I posted on the WLUG > website. Thanks for offering to announce the WLUG meeting to the IEEE > Worcester County Section members. > > See ya later, > > Andy > > - -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) > Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) > Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFKfLzWOjiraCaOTOoRAkKBAJ4w7DIkHG0UGDdsx5r70ZeCUrk2UwCfcm8y > mBadLfvRRLT5K38lD2VKuCk= > =lc7+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- ---------------------------------- Al Reinhart Phone: (508) 869-6417 DisCom Systems eMail: Reinhart(a)DisCom.com www.DisCom.com

Aug. 13, 2009

Re: [Wlug] August WLUG meeting

by Al Rreinhart

Rich, Thanks, Al Richard Klein wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Al Rreinhart <Reinhart(a)discom.com > <mailto:Reinhart@discom.com>> wrote: > > Andy, > > I would like to announce the August WLUG meeting to the IEEE Worcester > County Section members. Do you have any additional information about > maddog and what his talk will be about? I need something to put > together a description of the meeting and the speaker. Does maddog > have a website? > > Thanks, > > Al > > > Maddog has a wikipedia entry: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddog > > -- > Rich > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- ---------------------------------- Al Reinhart Phone: (508) 869-6417 DisCom Systems eMail: Reinhart(a)DisCom.com www.DisCom.com

Aug. 13, 2009

Books addendum...

by Tim Keller

I forgot to put in my original email, I plan on attending the meeting next week, so I'll have all the books with me. We'll square up then. Thanks, Tim. -- I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Aug. 13, 2009

Re: [Wlug] BOOKS...BOOKS...BOOKS!!!

by Tim Keller

Nope, you claimed them, they're yours! On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Ryan Pugatch <rpug(a)tripadvisor.com> wrote: > I would be interested in: > "Programming perl" (O'Reilly) > "Learning Perl" (O'Reilly) > "Perl by Example" (Ellie Quigley) > > Being new to wlug, I will pass if someone else were interested in them > (no fight to the death necessary) > > > -- > Ryan Pugatch > Systems Administrator, TripAdvisor > > > Tim Keller wrote: > > Hey Gang! > > > > To make a long story short, I'm going through a book purge. Obviously > > being my friends, I thought I'd give you guys first dibs before I donate > > anything. > > > > If you want something, declare it on the list. Any disagreements will > > be handled with duels to the death (obviously the winner gets the book + > > any books the loser also claimed...) > > > > Here's the list: > > > > Hacking / Security Books: > > "Secrets of a super hacker" by The Knightmare. > > "Hackers Challenge: Test Your Incident Response Skills Using 20 > > Scenarios" (3rd Edition) > > "Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions" > > "Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense" > > > > Math Books: > > "Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications" by Kenneth H. Rosen > > "Languages and Machines" Thomas A Sudkamp > > "A Primer for Calculus" > > > > Misc: > > "Latex" Second edition > > "The Latex Companion" > > "Mips RISC Architecture" > > "Database Systems" > > "Creating Web Pages with HTML" (3rd edition) > > "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation": Tanenbaum (includes > > Minux 2.0 disk!!) > > "PCI System Architecture" (Third Edition) > > > > Programming Books: > > "The C Primer" Third edition (this book is a bit dog eared) > > "Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus" > > "Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk" > > "Virtual Reality Playhouse" > > "Creating Turbo C++ Games" (The disk for this book is long lost) > > "Linux Kernel Programming" (Third Edition) > > "Using Java 1.1" (Third Edition) > > "Using JavaBeans" (CD Long gone) > > "Sams' Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days" (Second Edition) > > "Beginning Fedora 2" (Yeah it's 8 versions behind, but as a beginners > > guide to red hat linux systems, it's great) > > "User Interfaces In C++ And Object-Oriented Programming" by Mark Goodwin > > "Gardens of Imagination: Programming 3d Maze Games in C/C++" (Disk long > > gone) > > "NetWarriors In C Programming 3d Multiplaery games" (CD Long gone) > > "Programming perl" (O'Reilly) > > "Learning Perl" (O'Reilly) > > "Perl by Example" (Ellie Quigley) > > "A First Book of Ansi C" (a bit dog eared but excellent) > > > > Thanks, > > Tim. > > -- > > I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > > constituents as "consumers". > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Aug. 13, 2009

Re: [Wlug] BOOKS...BOOKS...BOOKS!!!

by Ryan Pugatch

I would be interested in: "Programming perl" (O'Reilly) "Learning Perl" (O'Reilly) "Perl by Example" (Ellie Quigley) Being new to wlug, I will pass if someone else were interested in them (no fight to the death necessary) -- Ryan Pugatch Systems Administrator, TripAdvisor Tim Keller wrote: > Hey Gang! > > To make a long story short, I'm going through a book purge. Obviously > being my friends, I thought I'd give you guys first dibs before I donate > anything. > > If you want something, declare it on the list. Any disagreements will > be handled with duels to the death (obviously the winner gets the book + > any books the loser also claimed...) > > Here's the list: > > Hacking / Security Books: > "Secrets of a super hacker" by The Knightmare. > "Hackers Challenge: Test Your Incident Response Skills Using 20 > Scenarios" (3rd Edition) > "Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions" > "Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense" > > Math Books: > "Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications" by Kenneth H. Rosen > "Languages and Machines" Thomas A Sudkamp > "A Primer for Calculus" > > Misc: > "Latex" Second edition > "The Latex Companion" > "Mips RISC Architecture" > "Database Systems" > "Creating Web Pages with HTML" (3rd edition) > "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation": Tanenbaum (includes > Minux 2.0 disk!!) > "PCI System Architecture" (Third Edition) > > Programming Books: > "The C Primer" Third edition (this book is a bit dog eared) > "Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus" > "Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk" > "Virtual Reality Playhouse" > "Creating Turbo C++ Games" (The disk for this book is long lost) > "Linux Kernel Programming" (Third Edition) > "Using Java 1.1" (Third Edition) > "Using JavaBeans" (CD Long gone) > "Sams' Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days" (Second Edition) > "Beginning Fedora 2" (Yeah it's 8 versions behind, but as a beginners > guide to red hat linux systems, it's great) > "User Interfaces In C++ And Object-Oriented Programming" by Mark Goodwin > "Gardens of Imagination: Programming 3d Maze Games in C/C++" (Disk long > gone) > "NetWarriors In C Programming 3d Multiplaery games" (CD Long gone) > "Programming perl" (O'Reilly) > "Learning Perl" (O'Reilly) > "Perl by Example" (Ellie Quigley) > "A First Book of Ansi C" (a bit dog eared but excellent) > > Thanks, > Tim. > -- > I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Aug. 13, 2009

BOOKS...BOOKS...BOOKS!!!

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang! To make a long story short, I'm going through a book purge. Obviously being my friends, I thought I'd give you guys first dibs before I donate anything. If you want something, declare it on the list. Any disagreements will be handled with duels to the death (obviously the winner gets the book + any books the loser also claimed...) Here's the list: Hacking / Security Books: "Secrets of a super hacker" by The Knightmare. "Hackers Challenge: Test Your Incident Response Skills Using 20 Scenarios" (3rd Edition) "Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions" "Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense" Math Books: "Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications" by Kenneth H. Rosen "Languages and Machines" Thomas A Sudkamp "A Primer for Calculus" Misc: "Latex" Second edition "The Latex Companion" "Mips RISC Architecture" "Database Systems" "Creating Web Pages with HTML" (3rd edition) "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation": Tanenbaum (includes Minux 2.0 disk!!) "PCI System Architecture" (Third Edition) Programming Books: "The C Primer" Third edition (this book is a bit dog eared) "Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus" "Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk" "Virtual Reality Playhouse" "Creating Turbo C++ Games" (The disk for this book is long lost) "Linux Kernel Programming" (Third Edition) "Using Java 1.1" (Third Edition) "Using JavaBeans" (CD Long gone) "Sams' Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days" (Second Edition) "Beginning Fedora 2" (Yeah it's 8 versions behind, but as a beginners guide to red hat linux systems, it's great) "User Interfaces In C++ And Object-Oriented Programming" by Mark Goodwin "Gardens of Imagination: Programming 3d Maze Games in C/C++" (Disk long gone) "NetWarriors In C Programming 3d Multiplaery games" (CD Long gone) "Programming perl" (O'Reilly) "Learning Perl" (O'Reilly) "Perl by Example" (Ellie Quigley) "A First Book of Ansi C" (a bit dog eared but excellent) Thanks, Tim. -- I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Aug. 13, 2009

Re: [Wlug] non-Linux: Looking for a free kitten locally

by Chuck Anderson

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 03:45:45PM -0400, Jamie Guinan wrote: > http://countenance.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/linux-cat.jpg I posted this to the IRC channel earlier: http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html It's related to the kitten topic because it points to: http://www.kittenwar.com/

Aug. 12, 2009

Re: [Wlug] non-Linux: Looking for a free kitten locally

by Jamie Guinan

Lol, you're right! And I commend you on your keen eyesight. :) -Jamie On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Randall Mason wrote: > I feel all betrayed, it says Linux on the bottom, but it's clearley > FreeBSD... > Just kidding about the betrayal, it's more just sadness :-) > > Randall Mason > randall(a)mason.ch > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Jamie Guinan <guinan(a)bluebutton.com> wrote: > > > > > And just to keep this on topic, here's a picture of a cat and > > Linux: > > > > http://countenance.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/linux-cat.jpg > > > > -Jamie > > > > > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Jamie Guinan wrote: > > > > > > > > I suspect the amount you would pay at the animal shelter would PALE > > > next to what you are going to pay for vet bills, spaying/neutering > > > (usually done around 6 mos as I recall), food, etc. So despite your > > > comment, I'll plug these guys: > > > > > > http://www.worcester-arl.org/catsAdoption.html > > > > > > But for another source, people are giving away kittens all the time > > > on Worcester freecycle. Its a Yahoo groups thing, which totally > > > sucks balls, but I have found good stuff on there from time to time. > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorcesterMAfreecycle/ > > > > > > Example: > > > > > > Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:50 pm > > > offer: young grey kitten with white paws 01604 > > > > > > -Jamie > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Tatsh wrote: > > > > > > > I know I have not ever sent an email, but I've been on the mailing list > > > > for some time. Been extremely interested in going to meetings but just > > > > have not done so yet. > > > > > > > > If you are local, and have healthy kittens to give away or know anyone > > > > who does locally (I live in Lancaster, about 20 minutes away from > > > > Worcester), please respond. Looking to just get one, at maximum 5 > > months > > > > old. > > > > > > > > I have been scouring the web and craigslist and have not found much. I > > > > do not really want to drop the amount they want at the local animal > > shelter. > > > > > > > > Any help appreciated. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > 978-870-5908 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > >

Aug. 12, 2009

Re: [Wlug] non-Linux: Looking for a free kitten locally

by Ryan Pugatch

If you feel like going to Ashland, then I recommend: http://webpaws.com/mwhs/ They have a nice facility and seem to take good care of the cats there. Tal Cohen wrote: > I recommend the Sterling Animal Shelter. We got our dog there. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On > Behalf Of Jamie Guinan > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 3:41 PM > To: Tatsh > Cc: Worcester Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: [Wlug] non-Linux: Looking for a free kitten locally > > > I suspect the amount you would pay at the animal shelter would PALE next to > what you are going to pay for vet bills, spaying/neutering (usually done > around 6 mos as I recall), food, etc. So despite your comment, I'll plug > these guys: > > http://www.worcester-arl.org/catsAdoption.html > > But for another source, people are giving away kittens all the time on > Worcester freecycle. Its a Yahoo groups thing, which totally sucks balls, > but I have found good stuff on there from time to time. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorcesterMAfreecycle/ > > Example: > > Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:50 pm > offer: young grey kitten with white paws 01604 > > -Jamie > > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Tatsh wrote: > >> I know I have not ever sent an email, but I've been on the mailing >> list for some time. Been extremely interested in going to meetings but >> just have not done so yet. >> >> If you are local, and have healthy kittens to give away or know anyone >> who does locally (I live in Lancaster, about 20 minutes away from >> Worcester), please respond. Looking to just get one, at maximum 5 >> months old. >> >> I have been scouring the web and craigslist and have not found much. I >> do not really want to drop the amount they want at the local animal > shelter. >> Any help appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> Andrew >> 978-870-5908 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- Ryan Pugatch Systems Administrator, TripAdvisor

Aug. 12, 2009

Re: [Wlug] non-Linux: Looking for a free kitten locally

by Tal Cohen

I recommend the Sterling Animal Shelter. We got our dog there. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Jamie Guinan Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 3:41 PM To: Tatsh Cc: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] non-Linux: Looking for a free kitten locally I suspect the amount you would pay at the animal shelter would PALE next to what you are going to pay for vet bills, spaying/neutering (usually done around 6 mos as I recall), food, etc. So despite your comment, I'll plug these guys: http://www.worcester-arl.org/catsAdoption.html But for another source, people are giving away kittens all the time on Worcester freecycle. Its a Yahoo groups thing, which totally sucks balls, but I have found good stuff on there from time to time. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorcesterMAfreecycle/ Example: Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:50 pm offer: young grey kitten with white paws 01604 -Jamie On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Tatsh wrote: > I know I have not ever sent an email, but I've been on the mailing > list for some time. Been extremely interested in going to meetings but > just have not done so yet. > > If you are local, and have healthy kittens to give away or know anyone > who does locally (I live in Lancaster, about 20 minutes away from > Worcester), please respond. Looking to just get one, at maximum 5 > months old. > > I have been scouring the web and craigslist and have not found much. I > do not really want to drop the amount they want at the local animal shelter. > > Any help appreciated. > > Thanks > Andrew > 978-870-5908 > _______________________________________________ > 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

Aug. 12, 2009