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Reminder: Upcoming meeting Wed. March 26th 7 PM

by Andy Stewart

Hi Everybody, I'm sending out this reminder early in the hope that we'll have alot of people coming to this WLUG meeting. At this meeting, our guest speaker will be Jon 'maddog' Hall. maddog is the executive director of Linux International and a great speaker. He has spoken at two (or three?) previous WLUG meeting and we're happy to have him back again. The meeting will be held in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA (the usual place). If you need directions, they can be found on the WLUG website. Light refreshments will be served, and I'll bring a couple of items for the free (as in beer) raffle. After the meeting, we'll go out for pizza and beer at the Boynton Restaurant. Please pass the word around to all of your Linux friends! Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

March 14, 2003

Article: MA DOR considering Linux

by Andy Stewart

http://www.masshightech.com/displayarticledetail.asp?art_id=62051&cat_id=3 -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

March 11, 2003

Re: [Wlug] funny

by Wes Allen

On Tuesday 11 March 2003 9:13 am, Keller, Tim wrote: > What would be even funnier if at the bottom there was a little "Made with > pride on a MAC using Adobe Illustrator" If it said that I think I would have stroked out from laughter. Wes > > Tim. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wes Allen [mailto:wallen@charter.net] > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 6:28 AM > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Re: [Wlug] funny > > On Tuesday 11 March 2003 12:59 am, Keith Wright wrote: > > > From: Wes Allen <wallen(a)charter.net> > > > > > > I've got somethign to make you smile.... > > > > It didn't work. > > > > > Go to NHL.com and take a REAL good look at the page...... > > > Is it just me or does one of the logos seem out of place? > > > > OK, I just spent more time reading the Sports Page in the last > > 90 seconds than I have in the preceding five years, I see a Sun > > logo and a MSN logo and a bunch of stuff I don't care about at > > all. Maybe it's just you, or maybe it's your browser, or maybe > > they changed the page before I got to see the funny blooper. > > > > What am I supposed to be looking for? > > You don't find "part of the msn network....powered by sun" funny? > > Wes > > > -- Keith > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- ------ This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line.

March 11, 2003

RE: [Wlug] funny

by Keller, Tim

What would be even funnier if at the bottom there was a little "Made with pride on a MAC using Adobe Illustrator" Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Wes Allen [mailto:wallen@charter.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 6:28 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] funny On Tuesday 11 March 2003 12:59 am, Keith Wright wrote: > > From: Wes Allen <wallen(a)charter.net> > > > > I've got somethign to make you smile.... > > It didn't work. > > > Go to NHL.com and take a REAL good look at the page...... > > Is it just me or does one of the logos seem out of place? > > OK, I just spent more time reading the Sports Page in the last > 90 seconds than I have in the preceding five years, I see a Sun > logo and a MSN logo and a bunch of stuff I don't care about at > all. Maybe it's just you, or maybe it's your browser, or maybe > they changed the page before I got to see the funny blooper. > > What am I supposed to be looking for? You don't find "part of the msn network....powered by sun" funny? Wes > > -- Keith > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- ------ This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 11, 2003

Re: [Wlug] funny

by Wes Allen

On Tuesday 11 March 2003 12:59 am, Keith Wright wrote: > > From: Wes Allen <wallen(a)charter.net> > > > > I've got somethign to make you smile.... > > It didn't work. > > > Go to NHL.com and take a REAL good look at the page...... > > Is it just me or does one of the logos seem out of place? > > OK, I just spent more time reading the Sports Page in the last > 90 seconds than I have in the preceding five years, I see a Sun > logo and a MSN logo and a bunch of stuff I don't care about at > all. Maybe it's just you, or maybe it's your browser, or maybe > they changed the page before I got to see the funny blooper. > > What am I supposed to be looking for? You don't find "part of the msn network....powered by sun" funny? Wes > > -- Keith > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- ------ This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line.

March 11, 2003

Re: [Wlug] funny

by Keith Wright

> From: Wes Allen <wallen(a)charter.net> > > I've got somethign to make you smile.... It didn't work. > Go to NHL.com and take a REAL good look at the page...... > Is it just me or does one of the logos seem out of place? OK, I just spent more time reading the Sports Page in the last 90 seconds than I have in the preceding five years, I see a Sun logo and a MSN logo and a bunch of stuff I don't care about at all. Maybe it's just you, or maybe it's your browser, or maybe they changed the page before I got to see the funny blooper. What am I supposed to be looking for? -- Keith

March 11, 2003

funny

by Wes Allen

Hi everyone, I've got somethign to make you smile.... Go to NHL.com and take a REAL good look at the page...... Is it just me or does one of the logos seem out of place? :-) Wes -- ------ This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line.

March 11, 2003

Re: [Wlug] reaction-diffusion program

by Gregory Avedissian

Andy, This program makes some pretty neat graphics, but it's very limited. I can choose the number of cells in x and y axes, and it makes spots or stripes. I have a qualitative understanding of it, but I don't know the math. A friend of mine said she'd look around for a book that explains it. Greg Andy Stewart wrote: > On Wednesday 05 March 2003 7:07 pm, Gregory Avedissian wrote: > >>Got it! I have to run two x servers at the same time (didn't know I >>could do that), the first one in TrueColor and the second in PseudoColor >>by starting the second one with >>startx -- :1 -bpp 8 > > > HI Greg, > > I'm glad to hear that you got it working! > > >>and the program runs ok. This is cool. Now all I need to do is figure >>out what reaction-diffusion means. > > > Darn, I was almost impressed that you knew what reaction-diffusion meant. Now > you went and burst my bubble. :-) > > If you want to see another cool program where the math will send you for a > loop but it makes neat looking graphical figures, try surf. Also, rasmol is > neat if you are into molecular modeling, or just looking a cool geeky looking > pictures. :-) > > Later, > > Andy

March 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] reaction-diffusion program

by Andy Stewart

On Wednesday 05 March 2003 7:07 pm, Gregory Avedissian wrote: > Got it! I have to run two x servers at the same time (didn't know I > could do that), the first one in TrueColor and the second in PseudoColor > by starting the second one with > startx -- :1 -bpp 8 HI Greg, I'm glad to hear that you got it working! > > and the program runs ok. This is cool. Now all I need to do is figure > out what reaction-diffusion means. Darn, I was almost impressed that you knew what reaction-diffusion meant. Now you went and burst my bubble. :-) If you want to see another cool program where the math will send you for a loop but it makes neat looking graphical figures, try surf. Also, rasmol is neat if you are into molecular modeling, or just looking a cool geeky looking pictures. :-) Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

March 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] reaction-diffusion program

by Gregory Avedissian

Got it! I have to run two x servers at the same time (didn't know I could do that), the first one in TrueColor and the second in PseudoColor by starting the second one with startx -- :1 -bpp 8 and the program runs ok. This is cool. Now all I need to do is figure out what reaction-diffusion means. I saw the math for it, and um, it looks like Greek to me. Anybody know anything about patterns of animal coat spots/stripes? Can anyone here figure out the mathematics of acupuncture point locations? (I know, I'm in way over my head here.) Greg Gregory Avedissian wrote: > I'm running in TrueColor, and I'm already in fvwm2. Same thing in twm. I > don't know anything about vnc, and I can't find anything about it on my > computer (help, man or apropos). Can't find anything about PseudoColor, > either. How do I switch it? Thanks. > > Greg > > > Steve Freitag wrote: > >> Here are a couple of things to check: >> >> - XAllocColorCells works with a PseudoColor visual. >> You may be running in TrueColor. Use xdpyinfo to find out. >> (grep for Color) >> - If you are in PseudoColor mode, you might not have enough >> free colors left. You might want to start a plain X session >> (no netscape etc) with a window manager like fvwm or twm. >> If you are familiar with vnc, you can start a vncserver in >> PseudoColor mode using the -cc 3 option. You may also >> want to modify xstartup (in your .vnc directory) to >> invoke a simpler xinitrc which starts fvwm or twm. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org] On >> Behalf >> Of Gregory Avedissian >> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 11:43 AM >> To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> Subject: [Wlug] reaction-diffusion program >> >> I'm trying to run a reaction-diffusion modeling program. Below is the >> link to the tarball. I was able to install it after editing the >> makefile (added -LX11R6 to the LIBS section, per generic >> instructions I found on a google search for the error message I got >> when make failed.) >> >> Here's the current problem: When I try to run the program with the >> sample parameters given in the readme.txt, I get the error message, >> "bad status from XAllocColorCells >> Segmentation fault" >> >> Note: I get occasional segmentation faults, possibly due to a flaky >> power supply. Those seem to be less frequent since I vacuumed the dust >> and cat hair out of the box. >> >> >> Here's a link to the tarball, in case anyone has the time or >> inclination to mess with it and/or offer advice. Oh yeah, I'm running >> SuSE 7.2. >> http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/people/faculty/greg.turk/reaction_diffusion/code/r >> >> eaction_diffusion.tar >> >> >> Thanks, >> Greg >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >

March 6, 2003