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Re: [Wlug] WPI ACM Swapfest this Saturday 02/09

by John Stoffel

Chuck> The WPI chapter of the ACM (Association for Computing Chuck> Machinery) is holding a Swap meet in the WPI Campus Center Chuck> Odeum this upcoming Saturday from 10am-6pm. Come by to Chuck> buy/sell/trade computer hardware This event has also been Chuck> advertised in the MIT swap chain. Dammit, I wish I had known about this since I might have tried to come by and get some parts. I'm looking for a new computer, and/or computers for the kids. PIII @ 500mhz aren't cutting it any more really. :[ John

Feb. 11, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Interview with Fred Weber

by John Stoffel

Chaim> I just started listening to this interview, and there's a lot of Chaim> interesting history being recounted about the supercomputer industry Chaim> and microprocessor (particularly AMD) industry and design. I bet a Chaim> lot of you would find it interesting, too. They have MP3 and Ogg Chaim> Vorbis links in the article: Chaim> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/08/fred_weber_scc13/ Plus as an added bonus, WPI actually had an Encore Multimax in the Campus Computer Center way back when I was an undergrad there and working in the CCC. It cost us $250k to buy as I recall, then we sold it for 25k three years later when it was obsolete and getting termpermental. I helped move it in and out each time. Whee! Still gotta listed to all the cast too... John

Feb. 11, 2008

Interview with Fred Weber

by Chaim The Squirrel Keeper

I just started listening to this interview, and there's a lot of interesting history being recounted about the supercomputer industry and microprocessor (particularly AMD) industry and design. I bet a lot of you would find it interesting, too. They have MP3 and Ogg Vorbis links in the article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/08/fred_weber_scc13/ -- Rich

Feb. 9, 2008

WPI ACM Swapfest this Saturday 02/09

by Chuck Anderson

The WPI chapter of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) is holding a Swap meet in the WPI Campus Center Odeum this upcoming Saturday from 10am-6pm. Come by to buy/sell/trade computer hardware This event has also been advertised in the MIT swap chain. http://web.mit.edu/w1gsl/Public/ne-fleas 9 Feb Worcester MA WPI ACM @Campus Ctr Odeum @10AM Free Bob 908 672 2841 + The Campus Center is building #7 on the 2D walking map: http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/campusmap.html

Feb. 8, 2008

JOB: Linux Systems Administrator

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Contact: Teri Pirozzi Technical Recruiter, Software Business Systems tpirozzi(a)sbsystems.com Office 781-721-1000 Production Support - Linux Systems Administrator Newton, MA The Production Support - Systems Administrator will hold the primary responsibility for the Production Environment (PE) from both a strategic and tactical perspective. The focus will be on the OS and application layer. The PS-SA will be heavily involved in project related work as well as break & fix interrupt driven work as it pertains to the Operating System and application. The PS-SA will maintain an on-call escalation position supporting the Operations Center analysts in a 7X24 configuration. They will carry the overall responsibility of ensuring that consistency, stability and good health exists at all times within the production environment. PS-SA will be responsible for accepting production code from QA and rolling it into production. The PS-SA will work with analysts and development to trouble shoot and solve issues with production code. Responsibilities ? Architect, install, and maintain production systems. ? Maintain and implement servers and storage devices, disk layouts, file system configurations, and OS to support specific applications. ? Troubleshoot and resolve OS and application issues within the production environment. ? Responsible for documenting configurations and writing deployment plans. ? Responsible to train and support junior analysts. ? Testing, scheduling and stalling patches and upgrades. ? Testing, developing, and maintaining server and OS Layer standards throughout the production environment. ? Own and operate all support related utilities and software. ? Be responsible for a series of reports on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. ? Prototypes and certifies standard hardware, operating systems, storage and third party applications to support the production environment. ? Review third party or open source technology as needed and apply to the production environment as appropriate. Experience ? BS degree, and 7 plus years experience preferred. ? 5 years of Linux administration experience, preferably Red Hat or similar knock off (CentOS). ? Languages: Shell scripting experience necessary, Perl preferred. ? Should have experience installing, monitoring and maintaining applications in a 7x24 production environment. ? Should be familiar with standard networking protocols. ? Experience within a start-up environment is preferred. ? Ideal candidate would be motivated and able to assume team lead role should the opportunity arise. Requirements ? Able to work independently and come up to speed quickly on new technologies. ? Team player who exhibits good communication and interpersonal skills. ? Ability to thrive within a team environment. ? Ability to document standards and implementation of new technologies. ? Must be customer focused / strong interpersonal skills. In the best of all worlds the right candidate would: 1) be close to guru level in Linux. 2) need to be completely hands on. 3) have experience at a high volume internet site. 4) know pretty much all there is to know about web servers, DNS, mass e-mails, content delivery, disaster recovery, general internet operations. Contact: Teri Pirozzi Technical Recruiter, Software Business Systems tpirozzi(a)sbsystems.com Office 781-721-1000 - -- 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 iD8DBQFHncRuHl0iXDssISsRAmfZAJ93ok4x4hGM6bowNwQJO0b9yzrkJgCfTGpO nEM5yRR2d509R6WlxVZjQA0= =FzYL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 28, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Next meeting?

by Keith Wright

> From: Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> > MIME-version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > Sender: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org > > PiBGcm9tOiBBbmR5IFN0ZXdhcnQgPGFuZHlzdGV3YXJ0QGNvbWNhc3QubmV0Pgo+ID4gCj4gPiBK > YW51YXJ5IDE3LCAyMDA4IMKWIFRodXJzZGF5Cj4gPiBBY2Nlc3MgR3JpZCBSb29tCj4gPiBMb3dl <yada yada> > bG1hbi9saXN0aW5mby93bHVnCg== Hey! I sent that as plain Ascii. Who decided to convert it to Mime, base64, utf-8? Follows another try at Ascii. -- Keith > > From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > > > > > > January 17, 2008 \226 Thursday > > > Access Grid Room > > > Lower Wedge > > > Morgan Hall > > > 7:00 PM > > > Topic: TBD > > > > > Hi Gang, > > > > Yes indeed, that's the date for the next meeting, and there is no > > speaker scheduled (yet) for this meeting. Any volunteers? > > > > Failing that, I doubt folks would be interested in seeing a real XO > > laptop. ;-) I could bring one if people are interested. That would > > give me incentive to learn how to use most of the programs. However, > > there isn't any VGA output, so I don't know how to get the image on the > > screen where an audience could see it. VNC perhaps? I'm not sure. I'll > > play with it over the weekend. For external connections, the machine has > > USB ports, wireless (WEP only), microphone and speaker jacks. > > Silence gives consent, but I learned soon after puberty > that enthusistic acceptence gives a better time for all. > > So, I would like to break the silence on this to say: > > yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes. > -- James Joyce, Ulysses > > I would consider it worthwhile to go to WPI Thusday just > to see an OLPC computer. If somebody knows something about > the software on it, or the politics behind it, or the > engineering inside it, that would be a bonus, but > it's worth the (short) trip just to watch it boot. > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 15, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Next Meeting: Thursday, Jan 17, 7:00 PM

by howard＠howardwhite.net

I have an XO laptop and might even go to my very first WLUG meeting (after having been on the mailing list for a couple of years.) I would also like to see how the mesh networking looks in action. Howard White Hudson

Jan. 15, 2008

Reminder: Next Meeting: Thursday, Jan 17, 7:00 PM

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, The topic of this upcoming meeting will be the XO laptop from the One Laptop per Child project. I'll lead the discussion with a demonstration of the hardware and software features of the laptop. If you have an XO laptop, please bring it, as I haven't yet had a chance to try out the mesh networking, and it would be fun to try in a live demo. Remember: Thursday, Jan 17th, 2008, 7:00 PM on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA, in the Access Grid room on the ground floor of Morgan Hall (ok, its the wedge between Morgan and Daniels). Afterwards, we'll head out of pizza at a restaurant chosen by the group. See ya there, 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 iD8DBQFHjBIZHl0iXDssISsRAowwAKCEDxPHflpHMXd55n4d+VxB7Y1cAgCdEUAy jOf536AyHVG5IRnJzqfqH0E= =r+i2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 15, 2008

Re: [Wlug] CRT's

by Pete Wason

Mike Leo wrote: > I have a young friend who is looking for a second/third monitor. > > Any one have any unused old crt's they are willing to part with? > > Thanks > Mike > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug I have: Viewsonic PT775 17" Nokia 447z (I think) 17" (low-emissions, built-in speakers/microphone) Dell Trinitron P780 17" Sony CPD1420 14" I've been waiting for an excuse to buy more LCDs.... :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Pete Wason* Hy Noom Publications /codevark(a)aim.com/ 508.865.5414

Jan. 15, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Next meeting?

by Keith Wright

> From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > > > > January 17, 2008 Thursday > > Access Grid Room > > Lower Wedge > > Morgan Hall > > 7:00 PM > > Topic: TBD > > > Hi Gang, > > Yes indeed, that's the date for the next meeting, and there is no > speaker scheduled (yet) for this meeting. Any volunteers? > > Failing that, I doubt folks would be interested in seeing a real XO > laptop. ;-) I could bring one if people are interested. That would > give me incentive to learn how to use most of the programs. However, > there isn't any VGA output, so I don't know how to get the image on the > screen where an audience could see it. VNC perhaps? I'm not sure. I'll > play with it over the weekend. For external connections, the machine has > USB ports, wireless (WEP only), microphone and speaker jacks. Silence gives consent, but I learned soon after puberty that enthusistic acceptence gives a better time for all. So, I would like to break the silence on this to say: yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes. -- James Joyce, Ulysses I would consider it worthwhile to go to WPI Thusday just to see an OLPC computer. If somebody knows something about the software on it, or the politics behind it, or the engineering inside it, that would be a bonus, but it's worth the (short) trip just to watch it boot. -- Keith

Jan. 15, 2008