Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?
by John Stoffel
Hi,
Anyone on here using Charter Telephone VOIP service? I've currently
got Verizon, but the wife hates it because our phone lines get flaky
all the time, esp when it rains.
So I'm thinking to save money and combine all my stuff onto Charter.
I've already got High Speed internet and regular old cable. Not wild
about Digital Cable since I'm happy with Tivo and I don't want yet
another set top box to have to deal with...
So, any horror stories about Charter Phone VOIP quality and service?
Thanks,
John
2 weeks, 2 days
creating digital files from super 8 films
by The Hammer
I have a bunch of old Super 8 movie films from family in years gone by.
Can any one recommend an efficient and economical way to convert them to
digital files?
I see online services available, but they are very costly.
Thanks,
Ron
PS as a last resort I may experiment with using a projector to play the
reels and try to record the projected image with a cam corder. My fear
is that there will be too much quality loss this way.
4 years, 9 months
WLUG meetings in 2014 on Thursdays
by Chuck Anderson
For 2014, I may have conflicts on most Wednesdays. I just scheduled
the next batch of meeting space for 2nd Thursdays of each month, with
our next one on Thursday, January 9, 7:00 PM. I'm still waiting for
confirmation on the meeting location, but I did request the same room
we've been meeting in, Campus Center Mid-Century room 331.
Happy Holidays,
Chuck
4 years, 10 months
Meeting tonight at 7pm in Mid Century room (rm. 331)
by Tim Keller
Hey Gang,
Tonight we've got a meeting at the mid century room (rm. 331) at 7pm.
No topic, no speaker so it'll just be an open forum... I figure we can talk
about linux current events, any interesting linux stuff people are working
on and talk about what we want to do for demos/etc. for next year.
If nobody objects, I'd like to sign myself up for the talk for next month.
Thanks,
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
4 years, 10 months
Announce: WLUG Meeting tonight
by Chuck Anderson
Yes, there is a WLUG meeting tonight, 7PM, WPI Campus Center
Mid-Century room 331.
On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 04:35:56PM -0500, Henrique wrote:
> Hey Linux Enthusiasts,
>
> Are we having a meeting next week?
>
> There are plenty of interesting stuff going on lately:
>
> Valve, one of the major distributors of games for PC is moving towards
> Linux, and just joined the Linux Foundation -
> http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/12/04/valve-joins-linux-foundation-pre...
> -
> This is also pushing AMD/Nvidia to push for better graphics drivers.
>
>
> Interesting bits from Kernel 3.13 -
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTUxNTk
> -F2FS a filesystem made only for Flash file systems.
> - I am particularly skeptical about the "There's now NFTables as the
> eventual replacement to IPTables."
>
> Some filesystems benchmarks:
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_btrfs_311&num=3
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_312_fs&num=3
> I just find interesting that compression can actually increase your
> performance.
>
> Google's Go Lang 1.2 is released: http://blog.golang.org/go12
>
> Cheers,
> Henrique.
4 years, 10 months
Fwd: Open Position @ Brown
by Phillip Deneault
Brown University is looking for a security-centric Windows/Linux admin
for a special environment they are building to process health care
records. If you have experience with security regulations and
technologies and like the straight-shot commute to Brown via 146 rather
than commute to Boston on the Pike, this might be for you.
Please respond to the position description and not to me. I do not
represent Brown or know anything about the job beyond what is here, I'm
just posting for a friend.
Thanks,
Phil
4 years, 10 months
