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Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Next WLUG Meeting will be Thursday February 12th 2015 @ 7pm Rm 331 (Mid-Century Room)

by Andy Stewart

On 02/05/2015 10:29 AM, Tim Keller wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > I'm glad to announce that our founder Andy Stewart will be doing a talk > on wireless mesh networking! > I expect this talk will be both entertaining and interesting. > > Afterwards we'll be retiring to Tech for pizza! > > Date: Thursday February 12th, 2015 7pm-9pm > Location: WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room 331 > > Later, > Tim. HI WLUG, Thanks, Tim, for sending that notice to the WLUG membership. Specifically, I will be discussing Broadband-Hamnet (trademark), which is a mesh network designed by amateur radio operators, but can be used by mere mortals :-) as well. One can reflash many versions of the the Linksys WRT54G with this software and create your own mesh network, as has been done in Austin, TX and I believe Seattle, WA. Also, the Ubiquiti hardware can be used. I will have slides and a few Linksys boxes to demonstrate the concept. Feel free to bring your laptop to connect to the demo network. One can connect via an ethernet cable (bring your own) or wirelessly. For more information: http://www.broadband-hamnet.org I look forward to seeing you at the meeting, and joining you afterwards for pizza. Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)

Feb. 6, 2015

Opening, C++/Linux SW Eng, Permanent; Johnston, RI

by Tim Longua

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Feb. 5, 2015

Reminder: Next WLUG Meeting will be Thursday February 12th 2015 @ 7pm Rm 331 (Mid-Century Room)

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, I'm glad to announce that our founder Andy Stewart will be doing a talk on wireless mesh networking! I expect this talk will be both entertaining and interesting. Afterwards we'll be retiring to Tech for pizza! Date: Thursday February 12th, 2015 7pm-9pm Location: WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room 331 Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Feb. 5, 2015

??JGAAP.JAR???

by Colin Novick

Anyone here ever use JGAAP, the authorship Java JAR program? http://evllabs.com/jgaap/w/index.php/Main_Page It is returning errors, and sadly, I do not know enough to interpret the terminal lines to figure out why it keeps returning errors when you run the analysis, even if you try it in various ways. The program is clearly running but there is a catch. Anyone out there familiar with this? Thanks guys! Colin

Jan. 27, 2015

Re: [Wlug] The speaker for the February meeting has been lined up!

by Tim Keller

For the holidays I setup my raspberry pi to act as an automatic christmas tree waterier. Thus I've become quite acquainted with the GPIO (General Purpose I/O) pins on the raspberry pi. I could definitely give a talk that would be a primer on controlling TTL devices using a raspberry pi and python. On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 2:45 PM, David Glaser <dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net> wrote: > Regarding SDN, the following link is rather interesting. > > > http://www.att.com/Common/about_us/pdf/AT&T%20Domain%202.0%20Vision%20White… > > -David > > On 01/26/2015 12:49 PM, Frank Sweetser wrote: > > I've been watching the whole software defined network mania fairly > closely, > > and while I honestly don't even know what a presentation about it would > look > > like, I'd always be happy to just chat for a while about if it there's > > interest. (One little teaser - a good segment of it involves running > Linux > > directly on enterprise class network gear!) > > > > 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 01/21/2015 10:43 AM, Tim Keller wrote: > >> Hey Everybody, > >> > >> Great news! Andy will be speaking at the Feb. meeting! He's going to > be > >> doing a talk on Mesh networking. I figure this will "mesh" nicely with > >> Frank's talk about 802.11/[nn]/ networking. Once I get the official > title for > >> the talk I'll send out a more official reminder. > >> > >> On a different note... Is there anything that people are interested in > that we > >> could work on lining up speakers for? > >> > >> Here's a couple of ideas... > >> * Software defined networking > >> * Robotics > >> * Home automation > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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 > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 26, 2015

Re: [Wlug] The speaker for the February meeting has been lined up!

by David Glaser

Regarding SDN, the following link is rather interesting. http://www.att.com/Common/about_us/pdf/AT&T%20Domain%202.0%20Vision%20White… -David On 01/26/2015 12:49 PM, Frank Sweetser wrote: > I've been watching the whole software defined network mania fairly closely, > and while I honestly don't even know what a presentation about it would look > like, I'd always be happy to just chat for a while about if it there's > interest. (One little teaser - a good segment of it involves running Linux > directly on enterprise class network gear!) > > 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 01/21/2015 10:43 AM, Tim Keller wrote: >> Hey Everybody, >> >> Great news! Andy will be speaking at the Feb. meeting! He's going to be >> doing a talk on Mesh networking. I figure this will "mesh" nicely with >> Frank's talk about 802.11/[nn]/ networking. Once I get the official title for >> the talk I'll send out a more official reminder. >> >> On a different note... Is there anything that people are interested in that we >> could work on lining up speakers for? >> >> Here's a couple of ideas... >> * Software defined networking >> * Robotics >> * Home automation >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 26, 2015

Re: [Wlug] The speaker for the February meeting has been lined up!

by Frank Sweetser

I've been watching the whole software defined network mania fairly closely, and while I honestly don't even know what a presentation about it would look like, I'd always be happy to just chat for a while about if it there's interest. (One little teaser - a good segment of it involves running Linux directly on enterprise class network gear!) 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 01/21/2015 10:43 AM, Tim Keller wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > Great news! Andy will be speaking at the Feb. meeting! He's going to be > doing a talk on Mesh networking. I figure this will "mesh" nicely with > Frank's talk about 802.11/[nn]/ networking. Once I get the official title for > the talk I'll send out a more official reminder. > > On a different note... Is there anything that people are interested in that we > could work on lining up speakers for? > > Here's a couple of ideas... > * Software defined networking > * Robotics > * Home automation > > > -- > 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 >

Jan. 26, 2015

Re: [Wlug] The speaker for the February meeting has been lined up!

by Frank Sweetser

I'd say that cool new projects around a Pi would always be welcome, and blocking telemarketers and scammers *definitely* fits that criteria =) Also, as for the octoprint, we may have a 3d printer and octopi rig up and running in time for the next meeting (we're waiting on some a replacement for some defective parts) so we could certainly bring ours over across campus. 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 01/24/2015 01:34 PM, JeffA Maillists wrote: > Hi Tim, > > I don't get to the meetings that often, but any of those subjects would be > great IMHO. > > While not specifically Linux related, maybe one on 3D printing would be > cool? I don't have a 3D printer myself as of yet, but a buddy of mine does, > and it's pretty awesome. It's amazing what you can create once it's 'dialed > in' and you learn how to use it properly. (IE: The proper temperatures for > the hotend and bed for different filaments and how to get the plastic to stay > 'stuck' to the print bed.) And actually, there _is_ a Linux component to his > printer now, lol. We setup a Raspberry Pi running "OctoPrint" on Raspibian to > not only control his printer, but it gives it an HTML interface, wireless > networking, a webcam monitor and time lapse function. It's really cool! > > Speaking of the Raspberry Pi, maybe a night about the Pi, the various > models (A, B, B+ and the new A+) and some projects that use them would be of > interest. > > For instance, one of my current projects is taking a Dummy Security Camera > and converting it into a real HD Wireless Security Camera by putting a > Raspberry Pi A+ with a camera and Wifi inside the dummy camera. (the A+ is > quite small, so it fits quite well - all the other models won't fit without > some potentially serious modifications to the Pi, the Camera case, or both.) > > One of my other projects is what I've named the 'ScamStopper', it's > basically a smart call blocker. It's my solution to stopping the Jamaican > Lottery Scammers from getting through to my 93yo Grandmother. It answers any > 'unknown' caller with a message (even a custom message for the Jamaican > scammers) and doesn't even ring her phone. Only "Known" phone numbers are > passed through, sans the first ring. (And yes, we've changed her number a > couple of times, but she replies to these 'surveys' and lottery 'entries' all > too often, so they end up getting her new number.) Anyways, It's quite a hack > in it's current incarnation, but it works well. It cost me about $125 just in > components to build this working proof-of-concept. I am working on refining > it to cut the cost down and hopefully produce a product I can bring to market. > (IE: I'm currently using a $20 USB Modem to get the CallerID, a $40 Call > Blocker device to suppress the first ring on her phone, and a $10 USB sound > card [as the built-in audio was causing kernel panics, plus I wanted to be > able to record on the Pi too, but haven't worked that out yet.]) > > It might also be cool to cover the Banana Pi, which is a more expensive, > but more powerful version of a Pi (dual core processor, 1GB ram, SATA, etc) I > have one, but really haven't done anything with it yet, unless you count > installing the "Bananaized" version of Raspibian and tinkering a little bit. > It's much faster than a Raspberry Pi, thanks to the dual cores and 1GB ram... > I haven't decided what I'm going to use it for yet. > > Anyways, sorry about the 'book', and I hope you find my suggestion(s) > helpful. I hope to be a more frequent attendee now that I actually live in > Worcester again... > > Jeff > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com > <mailto:turbofx@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hey Everybody, > > Great news! Andy will be speaking at the Feb. meeting! He's going to be > doing a talk on Mesh networking. I figure this will "mesh" nicely with > Frank's talk about 802.11/[nn]/ networking. Once I get the official title > for the talk I'll send out a more official reminder. > > On a different note... Is there anything that people are interested in > that we could work on lining up speakers for? > > Here's a couple of ideas... > * Software defined networking > * Robotics > * Home automation > > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@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 >

Jan. 26, 2015

Re: [Wlug] The speaker for the February meeting has been lined up!

by Keith Wright

JeffA Maillists <jeffa.maillists(a)gmail.com> writes: > I don't get to the meetings that often, but any of > those subjects would be great IMHO. Great subject indeed. You should get to meetings more often. > While not specifically Linux related, maybe one on 3D > printing would be cool? Like the one listed on http://www.wlug.org/ ? May 8, 2014 - Kevin Harrington - Tour of Technocopia hackerspace & talk on OpenSCAD More fully described in email: > Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 18:43:00 -0400 > From: Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > Kevin Harrington has volunteered to give WLUG a tour > of Technocopia, a new maker/hacker space just a few > blocks from campus. > > So here's the plan: > > WLUG Meeting Thursday, May 8 2014. > > 7:00 PM meet at WPI Campus Center, Chairman's Room. > > 7:15 PM or so, head down to Technocopia, 95 Prescott Street, > Worcester, MA 01605 > > More information about the hackerspace is available here: > > http://technocopia.org/ This was indeed one of the more interesting meetings we have had. I enjoyed the field trip through the strange part of town, to the nest of self-reprocucing robots. > Speaking of the Raspberry Pi, maybe a night about the > Pi, the various models (A, B, B+ and the new A+) and > some projects that use them would be of interest. Like <ditto>? February 13, 2013 - Chuck Anderson - More Raspberry Pi Of course, it is not true that a subject can be covered once and forgotten. Do it again, in greater depth, from a different perspective, with latest news updates, in French with a Jazz harmony---OK maybe not that last. -- Keith

Jan. 25, 2015

Re: [Wlug] The speaker for the February meeting has been lined up!

by JeffA Maillists

Hi Tim, I don't get to the meetings that often, but any of those subjects would be great IMHO. While not specifically Linux related, maybe one on 3D printing would be cool? I don't have a 3D printer myself as of yet, but a buddy of mine does, and it's pretty awesome. It's amazing what you can create once it's 'dialed in' and you learn how to use it properly. (IE: The proper temperatures for the hotend and bed for different filaments and how to get the plastic to stay 'stuck' to the print bed.) And actually, there _is_ a Linux component to his printer now, lol. We setup a Raspberry Pi running "OctoPrint" on Raspibian to not only control his printer, but it gives it an HTML interface, wireless networking, a webcam monitor and time lapse function. It's really cool! Speaking of the Raspberry Pi, maybe a night about the Pi, the various models (A, B, B+ and the new A+) and some projects that use them would be of interest. For instance, one of my current projects is taking a Dummy Security Camera and converting it into a real HD Wireless Security Camera by putting a Raspberry Pi A+ with a camera and Wifi inside the dummy camera. (the A+ is quite small, so it fits quite well - all the other models won't fit without some potentially serious modifications to the Pi, the Camera case, or both.) One of my other projects is what I've named the 'ScamStopper', it's basically a smart call blocker. It's my solution to stopping the Jamaican Lottery Scammers from getting through to my 93yo Grandmother. It answers any 'unknown' caller with a message (even a custom message for the Jamaican scammers) and doesn't even ring her phone. Only "Known" phone numbers are passed through, sans the first ring. (And yes, we've changed her number a couple of times, but she replies to these 'surveys' and lottery 'entries' all too often, so they end up getting her new number.) Anyways, It's quite a hack in it's current incarnation, but it works well. It cost me about $125 just in components to build this working proof-of-concept. I am working on refining it to cut the cost down and hopefully produce a product I can bring to market. (IE: I'm currently using a $20 USB Modem to get the CallerID, a $40 Call Blocker device to suppress the first ring on her phone, and a $10 USB sound card [as the built-in audio was causing kernel panics, plus I wanted to be able to record on the Pi too, but haven't worked that out yet.]) It might also be cool to cover the Banana Pi, which is a more expensive, but more powerful version of a Pi (dual core processor, 1GB ram, SATA, etc) I have one, but really haven't done anything with it yet, unless you count installing the "Bananaized" version of Raspibian and tinkering a little bit. It's much faster than a Raspberry Pi, thanks to the dual cores and 1GB ram... I haven't decided what I'm going to use it for yet. Anyways, sorry about the 'book', and I hope you find my suggestion(s) helpful. I hope to be a more frequent attendee now that I actually live in Worcester again... Jeff On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > Great news! Andy will be speaking at the Feb. meeting! He's going to be > doing a talk on Mesh networking. I figure this will "mesh" nicely with > Frank's talk about 802.11*[nn]* networking. Once I get the official > title for the talk I'll send out a more official reminder. > > On a different note... Is there anything that people are interested in > that we could work on lining up speakers for? > > Here's a couple of ideas... > * Software defined networking > * Robotics > * Home automation > > > -- > 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 > >

Jan. 24, 2015

The speaker for the February meeting has been lined up!

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, Great news! Andy will be speaking at the Feb. meeting! He's going to be doing a talk on Mesh networking. I figure this will "mesh" nicely with Frank's talk about 802.11*[nn]* networking. Once I get the official title for the talk I'll send out a more official reminder. On a different note... Is there anything that people are interested in that we could work on lining up speakers for? Here's a couple of ideas... * Software defined networking * Robotics * Home automation -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 21, 2015

Reminder: WLUG meeting tomorrow (Jan 8th 2015)

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, Just a reminder we've got a meeting tomorrow! Frank Sweetser is going to be giving an impromptu talk about the new 11ac wireless standard. What issues it addresses and likely creates, along with other wireless standards coming over the horizon. Date: Thursday January 8th, 2015 Time: 7pm Location: WPI Mid Century Room (rm 331) We'll be doing the usual refreshments and pizza afterwards. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 7, 2015

Re: [Wlug] Next Meeting: Thursday January 8th, 2015!

by Jon "maddog" Hall

It might tie in well with Andy's future talk on Wireless Mesh. On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Joel <joelgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Sounds like a great impromptu talk! > > On January 6, 2015 11:24:34 AM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> That would be awesome! Have at it! >> >> Later, >> Tim. >> >> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:54 PM, Frank Sweetser <fs(a)wpi.edu> wrote: >> >>> >>> If people can live with the fact that I won't have time to put much >>> together >>> in the way of slides, I'll be happy to babble for a little while about >>> 11ac >>> wireless, and what else is coming down the wireless pipeline. >>> >>> 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 1/4/2015 10:30 PM, Tim Keller wrote: >>> > Hey Everybody, >>> > >>> > I hope you all had a safe and happy holidays and a happy new year. >>> > Due to a scheduling conflict Andy's talk has been pushed off to the >>> Feb. >>> > meeting. If anybody wants to talk about anything specific, let me >>> know. >>> > Otherwise we'll consider it an open discussion night. >>> > >>> > Here are the details on date/time/location... >>> > >>> > Date: Thursday January 8th, 2015 >>> > Time: 7pm >>> > Location: WPI Mid Century Room (rm 331) >>> > >>> > 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 >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Jan. 6, 2015

Next Meeting: Thursday January 8th, 2015!

by Joel

Sounds like a great impromptu talk! On January 6, 2015 11:24:34 AM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > That would be awesome! Have at it! > > Later, > Tim. > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:54 PM, Frank Sweetser <fs(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > > > > > If people can live with the fact that I won't have time to put much > > together > > in the way of slides, I'll be happy to babble for a little while about 11ac > > wireless, and what else is coming down the wireless pipeline. > > > > 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 1/4/2015 10:30 PM, Tim Keller wrote: > > > Hey Everybody, > > > > > > I hope you all had a safe and happy holidays and a happy new year. > > > Due to a scheduling conflict Andy's talk has been pushed off to the Feb. > > > meeting. If anybody wants to talk about anything specific, let me know. > > > Otherwise we'll consider it an open discussion night. > > > > > > Here are the details on date/time/location... > > > > > > Date: Thursday January 8th, 2015 > > > Time: 7pm > > > Location: WPI Mid Century Room (rm 331) > > > > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > -- > 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 >

Jan. 6, 2015

Re: [Wlug] Next Meeting: Thursday January 8th, 2015!

by Tim Keller

That would be awesome! Have at it! Later, Tim. On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:54 PM, Frank Sweetser <fs(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > > If people can live with the fact that I won't have time to put much > together > in the way of slides, I'll be happy to babble for a little while about 11ac > wireless, and what else is coming down the wireless pipeline. > > 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 1/4/2015 10:30 PM, Tim Keller wrote: > > Hey Everybody, > > > > I hope you all had a safe and happy holidays and a happy new year. > > Due to a scheduling conflict Andy's talk has been pushed off to the Feb. > > meeting. If anybody wants to talk about anything specific, let me know. > > Otherwise we'll consider it an open discussion night. > > > > Here are the details on date/time/location... > > > > Date: Thursday January 8th, 2015 > > Time: 7pm > > Location: WPI Mid Century Room (rm 331) > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 6, 2015

Re: [Wlug] Next Meeting: Thursday January 8th, 2015!

by Frank Sweetser

If people can live with the fact that I won't have time to put much together in the way of slides, I'll be happy to babble for a little while about 11ac wireless, and what else is coming down the wireless pipeline. 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 1/4/2015 10:30 PM, Tim Keller wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > I hope you all had a safe and happy holidays and a happy new year. > Due to a scheduling conflict Andy's talk has been pushed off to the Feb. > meeting. If anybody wants to talk about anything specific, let me know. > Otherwise we'll consider it an open discussion night. > > Here are the details on date/time/location... > > Date: Thursday January 8th, 2015 > Time: 7pm > Location: WPI Mid Century Room (rm 331) > > 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 >

Jan. 6, 2015

Next Meeting: Thursday January 8th, 2015!

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, I hope you all had a safe and happy holidays and a happy new year. Due to a scheduling conflict Andy's talk has been pushed off to the Feb. meeting. If anybody wants to talk about anything specific, let me know. Otherwise we'll consider it an open discussion night. Here are the details on date/time/location... Date: Thursday January 8th, 2015 Time: 7pm Location: WPI Mid Century Room (rm 331) Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 5, 2015

Re: [Wlug] Great meeting last night!

by Mike Peckar

Yes – very cool stuff. I hope Project Cauã really takes off. Not sure if this has been don already, but Maddog’s anecdotes on computer history inspired me to think a neat topic for a future meeting could be a ‘show and tell’ of computerania. I’ve got some neat stuff from the past, and I’d bet others do too. Some of my stuff is directly related to *nix, but mostly it’s hardware. I could talk about my curios for at least 15 minutes. Maybe interested in some trading, too. Mike From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Tim Keller Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 10:46 AM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Great meeting last night! To everybody who attended last night, thanks! Maddog educated and entertained us with the Linaro and Cacu projects and regaled us with lots of humorous computer history. Jon, thanks for being a great presenter! You're welcome back to speak anytime! Next up Andy will be giving a talk in January about Mesh networking. If anybody has a topic they'd like to speak about or something they're interested in learning about, let me know! Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Dec. 12, 2014

Great meeting last night!

by Tim Keller

To everybody who attended last night, thanks! Maddog educated and entertained us with the Linaro and Cacu projects and regaled us with lots of humorous computer history. Jon, thanks for being a great presenter! You're welcome back to speak anytime! Next up Andy will be giving a talk in January about Mesh networking. If anybody has a topic they'd like to speak about or something they're interested in learning about, let me know! Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Dec. 12, 2014

After the meeting

by Richard Klein

Have we come up with a way to split the pizza bill on credit cards or should I still plan on getting cash? Not a big deal, but I thought I'd ask. -- Rich

Dec. 11, 2014

Re: [Wlug] Tonight's meeting

by Tim Keller

The meeting is still on for tonight! Thanks, Tim. On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > "Jon \"maddog\" Hall" <jon.maddog.hall(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > Even though the weather has been bad for three days, > > it seems to be clearing for tonight, and I just > > wanted to make sure that there would be a meeting > > tonight. > > I am about to leave for WPI---near as I can tell > there will be a meeting. I've gone further in > worse weather. > > We don't live in Badster; > we live in even Worsester. > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Dec. 11, 2014

Re: [Wlug] Tonight's meeting

by Keith Wright

"Jon \"maddog\" Hall" <jon.maddog.hall(a)gmail.com> writes: > Even though the weather has been bad for three days, > it seems to be clearing for tonight, and I just > wanted to make sure that there would be a meeting > tonight. I am about to leave for WPI---near as I can tell there will be a meeting. I've gone further in worse weather. We don't live in Badster; we live in even Worsester. -- Keith

Dec. 11, 2014

Tonight's meeting

by Jon "maddog" Hall

Hello, I am the speaker for tonight's meeting. Even though the weather has been bad for three days, it seems to be clearing for tonight, and I just wanted to make sure that there would be a meeting tonight. The topics for tonight are two: Title: GNU/Linux Performance: We are not in 1969 (or even 1984) anymore Abstract: Performance in software is not just how fast it executes in wall clock time, but how efficient it is in memory and CPU cycles. It determines battery life, how "green" a solution can be, and even if a particular solution is fast enough for "real time". This talk will examine these areas, show progress of software and hardware over time, demonstrate someHello, I am the speaker for tonight's meeting. Even though the weather has been bad for three days, it seems to be clearing for tonight, and I just wanted to make sure that there would be a meeting tonight. The topics for tonight are two: Title: GNU/Linux Performance: We are not in 1969 (or even 1984) anymore Abstract: Performance in software is not just how fast it executes in wall clock time, but how efficieHello, I am the speaker for tonight's meeting. Even though the weather has been bad for three days, it seems to be clearing for tonight, and I just wanted to make sure that there would be a meeting tonight. The topics for tonight are two: Title: GNU/Linux Performance: We are not in 1969 (or even 1984) anymore Abstract: Performance in software is not just how fast it executes in wall clock time, but how efficient it is in memory and CPU cycles. It determines battery life, how "green" a solution can be, and even if a particular solution is fast enough for "real time". This talk will examine these areas, show progress of software and hardware over time, demonstrate some interesting systems for developing efficient software, and show you how to enter a contest based on performance and: Title: Project Caua: How to finance your university education while building a business Abstract: While many universities are either free of tuition or give full scholarships, many students can not take advantage of them because they need money for an apartment, food, transportation, books, equipment and other things. Project Caua will show you how to make enough money in your spare time so you can afford to go to university. If, for any reason, the meeting is canceled I would appreciate an email before 1500 today. Thanks, Jon "maddog" Hallnt it is in memory and CPU cycles. It determines battery life, how "green" a solution can be, and even if a particular solution is fast enough for "real time". This talk will examine these areas, show progress of software and hardware over time, demonstrate some interesting systems for developing efficient software, and show you how to enter a contest based on performance and: Title: Project Caua: How to finance your university education while building a business Abstract: While many universities are either free of tuition or give full scholarships, many students can not take advantage of them because they need money for an apartment, food, transportation, books, equipment and other things. Project Caua will show you how to make enough money in your spare time so you can afford to go to university. If, for any reason, the meeting is canceled I would appreciate an email before 1500 today. Thanks, Jon "maddog" Hall interesting systems for developing efficient software, and show you how to enter a contest based on performance and: Title: Project Caua: How to finance your university education while building a business Abstract: While many universities are either free of tuition or give full scholarships, many students can not take advantage of them because they need money for an apartment, food, transportation, books, equipment and other things. Project Caua will show you how to make enough money in your spare time so you can afford to go to university. If, for any reason, the meeting is canceled I would appreciate an email before 1500 today. Thanks, Jon "maddog" Hall

Dec. 11, 2014

Reminder: Next Meeting Tomorrow night, Thursday Dec 11th, 2014 @ 7pm rm. 331

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, The next WLUG meeting is tomorrow night in the mid century room (rm 331) at 7pm. The planned speaker is Jon "Maddog" Hall. Afterwards we'll all head out for pizza. Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Dec. 10, 2014

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting ???? mid-century room.

by Richard Klein

Thanks! On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The meeting is Thursday, Dec 11th 2014. There is no meeting tonight... > Sorry for the confusion. > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> > wrote: > >> It's in my calendar for Wednesday, tonight. Is it really Thursday? >> >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This is all on me, I got my dates turned around and sent out the wrong >>> email. Sorry for any confusion that I may have caused. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Tim. >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 8:07 AM, James Gray <jamespgray(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Keith, I had figured you were being sarcastic in your prior e-mail. >>>> I'm not entirely sure you aren't now. I concluded that the meeting was on >>>> Thursday. At one point Tim indicated Wednesday, but corrected himself that >>>> it was Thursday in another email. Chuck also indicated Thursday in the most >>>> recent email, so the question seemed settled to me. >>>> >>>> I find email subject lines to be often misleading just like the titles >>>> of news articles. Subject lines always seem to get out of date as the >>>> conversion evolves. >>>> >>>> thanks! >>>> On Dec 10, 2014 12:07 AM, "Keith Wright" <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> writes: >>>>> >>>>> > Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: >>>>> > >>>>> >> Yup, I screwed up. I reposted a correct reminder. >>>>> > >>>>> > I don't care _who_ screwed up. >>>>> >>>>> But I do care _which_ was screwed up. >>>>> >>>>> I had decided to go on Wednesday, until I re-reviewed >>>>> my email inbox. >>>>> >>>>> There are five messages in there that say "Wednesday" >>>>> in the subject, including this: >>>>> >>>>> > Yup, I totally screwed up... >>>>> > The meeting is on the 10th NOT the 11th!!! >>>>> >>>>> Nevertheless, I now think maybe Thursday is correct, >>>>> because there is one message that says: >>>>> >>>>> > The meeting is Thursday, >>>>> > December 11th @7pm in the usual place. >>>>> >>>>> I was hoping that my previous message would result >>>>> in a definitive answer, but nothing came all day. >>>>> >>>>> Maybe it seems redundant, but make it two out of three >>>>> and tell me again, please. >>>>> >>>>> It would help if the Web page were updated to mention >>>>> Jon Hall, so it doesn't look like dead information >>>>> forgotten since last year. >>>>> >>>>> -- Keith >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 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 >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > > > -- > 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 > >

Dec. 10, 2014