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
7 months, 3 weeks
Re: [Wlug] Topic ideas for next meeting...
by Eric Martin
I'm game
On Sunday, June 19, 2016, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Gang,
>
> Would people be interested in my talking about GitLab? It's basically
> your own personal Github.
>
> I could also dove tail this into a general talk about Git / Source
> Control, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim.
>
> --
> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
> constituents as "consumers".
>
--
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2 years, 11 months
Re: [Wlug] Topic ideas for next meeting...
by Frank Sweetser
Sounds like a great idea! We've been getting more into it for some group
projects here over the last few months, and would love to hear more about it.
Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that
Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken
On 06/19/2016 07:43 AM, Tim Keller wrote:
> Hey Gang,
>
> Would people be interested in my talking about GitLab? It's basically your
> own personal Github.
>
> I could also dove tail this into a general talk about Git / Source Control, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim.
>
> --
> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
> constituents as "consumers".
>
>
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2 years, 11 months
Re: [Wlug] Topic ideas for next meeting...
by Keith Wright
Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes:
> Would people be interested in my talking about GitLab?
At first I thought that this was a message on the other
mailing list, because the Guile-Scheme mailing list has
broken into discussion of Gitorious, Github, etc.
> It's basically your own personal Github.
Great, I can collaborate with myself, and not bother
other people with my half-baked ideas!
> I could also dove tail this into a general talk about
> Git / Source Control, etc.
Sounds good to me.
Is GitLab the same as git itself?
I don't know much about this, but might be able
to keep my mouth shut long enough to learn.
In other words, if you do a presentation, then Yes,
I'll listen, but if you lead a discussion,
then you lead from before.
-- Keith
2 years, 11 months
Topic ideas for next meeting...
by Tim Keller
Hey Gang,
Would people be interested in my talking about GitLab? It's basically your
own personal Github.
I could also dove tail this into a general talk about Git / Source Control,
etc.
Thanks,
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
2 years, 11 months
Re: [Wlug] Pizza and snacks...
by Tim Keller
Awesome!!!
Thanks Robert!
On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Robert Schwein <robert.athol.mass(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> The IEEE has put this meeting information out to it's members. There may
> be a boat-load of people there tonight.
>
> Bob
>
> On 6/9/2016 1:17 PM, Tim Keller wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> Jon has to bug out early tonight. My plan is to bring a pizza for John
> and his buddy as well as bring along some snacks for us and we'll go out
> afterwards.
>
> If the crowd is large enough we might have to change venues, but I figure
> we'll roll with it.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim.
>
> --
> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
> constituents as "consumers".
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
>
>
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constituents as "consumers".
2 years, 11 months
Re: [Wlug] Pizza and snacks...
by Robert Schwein
The IEEE has put this meeting information out to it's members. There may
be a boat-load of people there tonight.
Bob
On 6/9/2016 1:17 PM, Tim Keller wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Jon has to bug out early tonight. My plan is to bring a pizza for
> John and his buddy as well as bring along some snacks for us and we'll
> go out afterwards.
>
> If the crowd is large enough we might have to change venues, but I
> figure we'll roll with it.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim.
>
> --
> I am leery 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
2 years, 11 months
Pizza and snacks...
by Tim Keller
Hey,
Jon has to bug out early tonight. My plan is to bring a pizza for John and
his buddy as well as bring along some snacks for us and we'll go out
afterwards.
If the crowd is large enough we might have to change venues, but I figure
we'll roll with it.
Thanks,
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
2 years, 11 months
Reminder!!!! Next Meeting: June 9th @ 7pm! Speaker: Jon "maddog" Hall!!!!
by Tim Keller
Hey Gang,
Jon "Maddog" Hall is going to be speaking at the upcoming meeting!
Here's the details:
Date & Time: June 9th, 2016 @ 7pm
Location: WPI Atwater-kent Rm 232
Topic: Back from the Dead: Projects that maddog is working on, and why you
should care
Abstract: Only a month after a massive heart attack maddog will be talking
about some of the projects he is working on:
(1) Rebooting the Linux Professional Institute (and why you should care)
(2) Selling small computers in Brazil (and why you should care)
(3) Creating jobs for the jobless and help for the clueless (and why you
should care)
NOTE: John has informed me he needs to head off right after the meeting...
So I'm going to arrange to have some pizza delivered! I expect that after
the meeting we're going to head off to wooberry or elsewhere for dessert.
Who is Jon "Maddog" Hall?
Jon "maddog" Hall is the Chairman of the Board of the Linux Professional
Institute, and the President of Linux International. Since 1969, Mr. Hall
has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product
manager, technical marketing manager, author and educator.
He currently works as an independent consultant, and is involved with
bringing environmentally friendly computing to emerging marketplaces as
well as working on performance and educational issues with Free and Open
Source Software via the Linaro Association. He is also closely aligned
with LeMaker, a design center located in Shengen, China.
While not a founding member of LPI, maddog helped formulate some of the
concepts and donated personal money to allow the first 200 tests be tested
for psychometrics.
Mr. Hall has worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation,
Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation
(DEC), VA Linux Systems, SGI, Futura Networks (Campus Party) and Linaro.
Mr. Hall has taught at Hartford State Technical College (HSTC), Merrimack
College and Daniel Webster College. While at HSTC his students gave him
the nickname of "maddog", and he developed the skills necessary for talking
to university students over pizza and beer.
Mr Hall has worked on many different operating systems (MFT, MVT, VS1, VS2,
MVS, CP-67, VM/CMS, RSTS/E, RSX-11M, CP/M) but concentrated on Unix systems
since 1980 and Linux systems since 1994, when he first met Linus Torvalds
and correctly recognized the commercial importance of Linux and Free and
Open Source Software. Mr. Hall obtained a DEC "Alpha" system for Linus
Torvalds and organized and engineering team which helped the Linux
community to port Linux to the world's fastest 64-bit microcomputer.
Since 2006 Mr. Hall has been working on Project Cauā, which will large
numbers of high-tech jobs allowing students who could not afford to attend
university to both attend university and get real-life job experience.
Mr. Hall is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many
presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies". He currently writes a
blog for Linux Pro Magazine.
Mr. Hall has consulted with the governments of China, Malaysia, Saudi
Arabia and Brasil as well as the United Nations and many local and state
governments on the use of Free and Open Source Software.
Mr. Hall serves on the boards of several companies, and several non-profit
organizations. He is currently very active with the University of Sao
Paulo's Centro Interdisciplinar Em Tecnologias Interativas (CITI), acting
as a member of their advisory board.
Mr. Hall has traveled to over 100 countries, many more than one time,
speaking on the benefits of Open Source Software having received his BS in
Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University (1973), and his MSCS from
RPI in Troy, New York (1977).
In his spare time maddog is working on his retirement project:
maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing,
micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
2 years, 11 months
Re: [Wlug] [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall!
by Jon "maddog" Hall
All,
>I mean, WPI is a wet campus, so as long as all parties are of legal age it
shouldn't be a problem.
OK, we can play it by ear...
I will bring along a "wee taste" for people, and because of that I will add
one more item to the agenda of things I am working on:
"maddog's monastery and marina of math, music. micro-computing,
micro-brewery. micro-winery, micro-distillery and bait shop"
md
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 3:31 PM, thinkbrown(a)gmail.com <thinkbrown(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> I mean, WPI is a wet campus, so as long as all parties are of legal age it
> shouldn't be a problem.
> On Jun 1, 2016 13:00, "Mike Peckar" <fog(a)fognet.com> wrote:
>
> Hmmm. Maybe not in WPI donated meeting space? Chuck?
>
>
>
> Perhaps the post-meeting pizza & beer could be switched to a BYOB venue?
> West Side Steak & BBQ is BYOB, but a little far to walk from campus.
>
>
>
> Mike
>
> *From:* wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Jon "maddog" Hall
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2016 7:44 PM
>
> *To:* Worcester Linux Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Wlug] [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: Next Meeting: June 9th
> 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall!
>
>
>
> Would the Tequilla be ok to bring to the meeting?
>
> md
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Mike Peckar <fog(a)fognet.com> wrote:
>
> >maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing,
> micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop.
>
>
>
> So Maddog, feel free to bring along some tequila from your micro
> distillery, but if you do, please make sure to toss in a few worms from the
> bait shop. :-)
>
>
>
> *From:* wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Tim Keller
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2016 5:01 PM
> *To:* Worcester Linux Users Group
> *Subject:* [Wlug] Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall!
>
>
>
> Hey Gang,
>
>
>
> Jon "Maddog" Hall is going to be speaking at the upcoming meeting!
>
>
>
> Here's the details:
>
> Date & Time: June 9th, 2016 @ 7pm
>
> Location: WPI Atwater-kent Rm 232
>
> Topic: Back from the Dead: Projects that maddog is working on, and why
> you should care
>
> Abstract: Only a month after a massive heart attack maddog will be talking
> about some of the projects he is working on:
>
> (1) Rebooting the Linux Professional Institute (and why you should care)
>
> (2) Selling small computers in Brazil (and why you should care)
>
> (3) Creating jobs for the jobless and help for the clueless (and why you
> should care)
>
>
>
>
>
> Who is Jon "Maddog" Hall?
>
>
>
> Jon "maddog" Hall is the Chairman of the Board of the Linux Professional
> Institute, and the President of Linux International. Since 1969, Mr. Hall
> has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product
> manager, technical marketing manager, author and educator.
>
> He currently works as an independent consultant, and is involved with
> bringing environmentally friendly computing to emerging marketplaces as
> well as working on performance and educational issues with Free and Open
> Source Software via the Linaro Association. He is also closely aligned
> with LeMaker, a design center located in Shengen, China.
>
> While not a founding member of LPI, maddog helped formulate some of the
> concepts and donated personal money to allow the first 200 tests be tested
> for psychometrics.
>
> Mr. Hall has worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation,
> Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation
> (DEC), VA Linux Systems, SGI, Futura Networks (Campus Party) and Linaro.
> Mr. Hall has taught at Hartford State Technical College (HSTC), Merrimack
> College and Daniel Webster College. While at HSTC his students gave him
> the nickname of "maddog", and he developed the skills necessary for talking
> to university students over pizza and beer.
>
> Mr Hall has worked on many different operating systems (MFT, MVT, VS1,
> VS2, MVS, CP-67, VM/CMS, RSTS/E, RSX-11M, CP/M) but concentrated on Unix
> systems since 1980 and Linux systems since 1994, when he first met Linus
> Torvalds and correctly recognized the commercial importance of Linux and
> Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall obtained a DEC "Alpha" system for
> Linus Torvalds and organized and engineering team which helped the Linux
> community to port Linux to the world's fastest 64-bit microcomputer.
>
> Since 2006 Mr. Hall has been working on Project Cauā, which will large
> numbers of high-tech jobs allowing students who could not afford to attend
> university to both attend university and get real-life job experience.
>
> Mr. Hall is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many
> presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies". He currently writes a
> blog for Linux Pro Magazine.
>
> Mr. Hall has consulted with the governments of China, Malaysia, Saudi
> Arabia and Brasil as well as the United Nations and many local and state
> governments on the use of Free and Open Source Software.
>
> Mr. Hall serves on the boards of several companies, and several non-profit
> organizations. He is currently very active with the University of Sao
> Paulo's Centro Interdisciplinar Em Tecnologias Interativas (CITI), acting
> as a member of their advisory board.
>
> Mr. Hall has traveled to over 100 countries, many more than one time,
> speaking on the benefits of Open Source Software having received his BS in
> Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University (1973), and his MSCS from
> RPI in Troy, New York (1977).
>
> In his spare time maddog is working on his retirement project:
>
> maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing,
> micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>
>
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>
2 years, 11 months
