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Re: [Wlug] Where im from

by kpoisant＠gmail.com

Im from sturbridge i already emailed two people concerning socializing im from sturbridge mass. Worcesters not to far unfamiliar with framingham. Looking forward to meeting you all on the 18th although it would be nice to meet before hand so i dont feel so new haha (: kevin Sent from my iPhone On Nov 10, 2009, at 8:46 AM, wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: > Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Socializing (Steven Greenberg) > 2. Re: Socializing (kstratton(a)fastmail.us) > 3. To jordan (kpoisant(a)gmail.com) > 4. Re: HSI Vent Maybe Help? (James Gray) > 5. web hosting? (Nick Nassar) > 6. Re: Socializing (Theodore Ruegsegger) > 7. Re: web hosting? (Tal Cohen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:18:14 -0500 > From: Steven Greenberg <steve(a)ssgreenberg.name> > Subject: [Wlug] Socializing > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <4AF84ED6.9000407(a)ssgreenberg.name> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I'm in Sturbridge. So Worcester might be the central place > between Framingham and Sturbridge. > > /Steve > > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: >> >> Subject: >> Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? >> From: >> Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> >> Date: >> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500 >> To: >> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >> >> To: >> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >> >> >> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, I'm >> curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots >> of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.) >> >> Jordan >> > > > -- > Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name > 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 > Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http:// > www.ssgreenberg.name > Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:42:18 -0500 > From: kstratton(a)fastmail.us > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Socializing > To: "Worcester Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>, "Worcester > Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <1257788538.27617.1344329367(a)webmail.messagingengine.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Although I am mostly a lurker, I am from the Hartford area. I have > been > meaning to go to a meeting ot two, but the drive home would be a > little > late for the the next day's work. > > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:18 -0500, "Steven Greenberg" > <steve(a)ssgreenberg.name> wrote: >> I'm in Sturbridge. So Worcester might be the central place >> between Framingham and Sturbridge. >> >> /Steve >> >> wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: >>> >>> Subject: >>> Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? >>> From: >>> Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> >>> Date: >>> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500 >>> To: >>> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >>> >>> To: >>> Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >>> >>> >>> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, >>> I'm >>> curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots >>> of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.) >>> >>> Jordan >>> >> >> >> -- >> Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name >> 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 >> Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://www.ssgreenberg.name >> Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- > > kstratton(a)fastmail.us > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:45:55 -0500 > From: kpoisant(a)gmail.com > Subject: [Wlug] To jordan > To: "wlug(a)mail.wlug.org" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <ED773A92-5057-4B6A-BFC2-CEC140434ACA(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Socializing isnt a bad idea. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:00 PM, wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: > >> Send Wlug mailing list submissions to >> wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: HSI Vent Maybe Help? (Jordan Wade) >> >> >> --- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:41:17 -0500 >> From: Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? >> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >> Message-ID: >> <7e68ff860911090641g7defa3aak5fd4cdd0bfb4c449(a)mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. Also, I'm >> curious, is everyone actually in/around Worcester or do we have lots >> of people from farther out too? (I'm in Framingham, for example.) >> >> Jordan >> >> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:51 PM, ted <x351912(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi WLUG >>> >>> So here is the info for anyone else who had my problem connecting to >>> Verizon for the first time. (I write this for the archives) >>> >>> The Westell 6100G modem default IP admin and password: >>> 192.168.1.1 >>> admin >>> password >>> >>> To access the internet and set up your account you have to go to: >>> >>> http://192.168.1.1/verizon/redirect.htm >>> >>> "Hidden Redirect Page" >>> >>> You click the disable button, and then your on the internet. >>> >>> The tech support guy then insisted on helping me set up my Verizon >>> email. Not necessary, but I didn't want to hang up on the guy. >>> >>> Oh, and does the WLUG go out for beer anytime? (as in non-meeting >>> socializing?) >>> >>> Ted >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> End of Wlug Digest, Vol 73, Issue 6 >> *********************************** > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:21:27 -0500 > From: James Gray <jamespgray(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help? > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <1a6cab400911091021s7e8556d1yfad0370685478f03(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jordan Wade <jordan.wade(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> I'd be up for some socializing if anyone wants to meet up. > > Hi Jordan, I would be up for that. I also coincidentally live in > Framingham. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:45:51 -0500 > From: "Nick Nassar" <nassar(a)alum.wpi.edu> > Subject: [Wlug] web hosting? > To: "'Worcester Linux Users Group'" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <38E9BBA57D074BE6BD53670745456C8F(a)WCCATV13.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Fellow Linux Users, > > > > Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively Apache/ > MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace local. > It doesn?t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space > and max bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month. > > > > Thanks > > Nick > >

16 years, 5 months

Re: Intersection of Open Source and Social Change

by Gregory Boyce

For the last 5 years or so, I"ve been putting a lot of thought into what I would like the tech industry to look like in the future, and what steps we could take in order to achieve it. What I see is locally managed tech infrastructure focused on local communities. Communities can share the same open source tools instead of depending on large centralized platforms. This would mean that the people who make the decisions about how online commerce operates in the area could actually be close to the users and acting on their best interests. I see this looking like community sales platforms connecting people to the local stores, various Fediverse compatible platforms for Social Media, video sharing, chat systems, and jobs boards. Each service is an opportunity to help people pay each other instead of sending money out of the community. The services could be hosted on existing cloud platforms, but I've been looking at building community clouds, hopefully partnered with municipal fiber. To me, it's more about a philosophical shift around the motivations of developers more than anything, but I'd love to meet with people who'd like to help build a proof of concept. On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 6:14 PM Mike kantrowitz <mike.kantrowitz01(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry I couldn't join for dinner after the last meeting. Sounds like it > was a good conversation. > I'm definitely interested in further conversation about tech and social > change. > > /mike > > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 2:55 PM John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > >> >>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> >> > Awesome. I'll have to try to make it to an upcoming event. >> >> And we will be sure to publicize this on the wlug.org web site as >> well. >> >> > I was thinking about setting up either a Matrix server for chat, or >> > a Lemmy server for a reddit-like set of discussion forums. >> >> Would the chats be logged for later viewing? I'm not familiar with >> either setup. I honestly prefer email lists, but that's because I >> find interacting in a web browser for forums to be a pain in the rear >> because I have to use the mouse for some much, which just slows me >> down. >> >> >> >> >> > On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 7:48 PM Kevin Harrington < >> mad.hephaestus(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Count me in! I have been working on a book on the topic for a few >> years on and off. Fyi just >> > about every meeting of Robot Club turns into one of those sort of >> discussions. We meet at >> > technocopia Saturdays 1-4. >> >> > On Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 7:34 PM Gregory Boyce via WLUG < >> wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: >> >> > Hey folks, >> >> > At dinner after the last meeting we had an interesting >> conversation around the >> > intersection of software/technology and big picture social >> change. This has been an area >> > of interest of mine for a while now, and I'd love to connect >> with other people who would >> > be interested in talking about ways to make meaningful change. >> >> > Would anyone be interested in joining a discussion on something >> like Discord, Slack, or >> > maybe an open source alternative? >> >> > -- >> > Greg Boyce >> > _______________________________________________ >> > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ >> > Change Settings: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ >> > Web Forum/Archive: >> > >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/BNJIS… >> >> > -- >> > Greg >> > _______________________________________________ >> > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ >> > Change Settings: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ >> > Web Forum/Archive: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/ERVCY… >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ >> Change Settings: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ >> Web Forum/Archive: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/NYRKA… >> > -- Greg

1 year, 8 months

Re: [Wlug] WLUG's membership in BUG

by Bill Smith

On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 00:56:35 -0400 "Charles R. Anderson" <cra(a)WPI.EDU> wrote: CRA> Remember, we can always join at a future date if things change. CRA> Right now, though, I don't think we got anything out of our last CRA> year's membership. Maybe we can invite one of their folk to speak CRA> at an upcoming meeting to try to convince us of why we should CRA> re-join. that is probably a good idea... Andy? CRA> Worcester isn't Boston. Maybe we should start our own CRA> WorcesterUserGroups.org :) We are, after all, the second largest CRA> city in New England... (kidding...) well... i'm in Fall River... whenever i decide to make a meeting, i have something like an hour to drive.... 8\ Fall River != Worcester. <shrug> <g> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com Macho Law prohibits me from admitting I'm wrong. * TAG! v3.0 *

23 years, 7 months

Re: [Wlug] Musing about meetings...

by E Johnson

I would appreciate email announcements continue as they have been. It doesn't matter to me if another system is also used. I think I have most of the other, non-gmail possible functions in my Google account non-enabled. Liz J On 9 October 2014 12:00, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > How would people feel about using Google Calendar? We can embed the > calendar on the website and provide an ICS download link for anyone > who doesn't want to use a Google account. For those who don't mind > using a Google account, they can subscribe directly to the calendar > and get updates in real time. The only think Google cannot do is > invite non-Google/Gmail accounts directly (well it can, but then it > asks the recipient to create a Google account), although we may be > able to hack something to allow the wlug list to get reminder emails > from it. >

11 years, 6 months

RE: [Wlug] Re: Next Meeting?

by Keller, Tim

We could also have a distribution bake off if we wanted as well. We did this before and it worked really well. If we have a BSD head in the crowd, they could demo [Open|Free|Net]BSD as well. I think as a follow-up to this, we could have a separate meeting that would be entirely focused on securing BAD/linux. I think it would be disingenuous to not only the students of WPI, but also tech guys in WPI to let a bunch of people loose on the network with easily rootable machines. That's my 0.018441 Euros. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Matt Higgins [mailto:matt@higgsolutions.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:49 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: RE: [Wlug] Re: Next Meeting? My 2 cents or less if you will. I think Knoppix is the way to go! The point is to showoff Linux-wares not to teach about a particular distributions configuration mechanism or file system layout. Knoppix is clean and impressive in many ways and does a great job at showing off what Linux can do. Furthermore we are to the point were a Linux install is no more difficult then a Windows install, particularly the commercial distributions; Red Hat, SuSe, Mandrake, Yellow Dog, etc... So thats my 2 cents or less, long live Slackware! Matt Quoting Steve Freitag <Steve.Freitag(a)alum.wpi.edu>: > I've recently spent a small amount of time playing around with both the SuSe > 8.2 Live Eval, and Knoppix 7-26-03, so I thought I'd pass along my > observations. > > > > Both default you into KDE and have a similar selection of apps (Like > OpenOffice, Mozilla, the GIMP etc). Knoppix happens to be based of Debian. > > > > There were a couple of things I liked about Knoppix. The first is that you > don't have to go through all the YaST screens when you boot, Knoppix just > boots right up to KDE and logs you on as user knoppix. The other neat thing > about Knoppix is that you can save your configuration and home directory of > the size you specify on a USB flash drive. With SuSE if you want to save > your configuration/home dir it creates a 100MB file on your hard drive (and > another 100MB for swap if you want). With Knoppix you can carry a cheap > ($10 after rebate) 64MB USB flash drive around with you and a Knoppix CD and > boot a PC into your personal environment without touching the hard disk. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf > Of Stephen C. Daukas > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:23 PM > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Re: Next Meeting? > > > > Is introducing yet-another-flavor-of-linux useful? I understand what you > are trying to achieve, but one of the first questions that came to my mind > was "what is the difference between Knoppix and a regular Linux distro"? > (The first was actually "what the hell is Knopix"!) Will it be confusing to > the people looking at is verusus what they see when they look at SuSe, Red > Hat, etc.? > > Andy Stewart wrote: > > > > On Monday 01 September 2003 4:52 pm, albutler33(a)netscape.net wrote: > > > Andy, > > I think a great topic especially for the new students would be "Fast Track > to Linux" where you introduce the GNOME and KDE desktops and a few of your > favorite tools and utilities. > > Al Butler > > > > HI Al, > > My most current thoughts are centered on Linux, its origins, the GPL, > WLUG/WPILA, and then segue into single CD demo distributions for folks who > want to "kick the tires", as it were, without fully committing their hard > drives to Linux. > > One such single CD demo distribution is Knoppix, which does have KDE (and > GNOME?). Once Knoppix is running, many things could be demonstrated. If I > go with this idea, I'd want to have copies of the Knoppix CD available for > people to take home, and hopefully they would try it at their leisure. > > How does that sound? Do people have additional ideas? Let's hear them! > :-) > > Later, > > Andy > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. > Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial > today! > http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 > > Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! > http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > > > -- > Stephen C. Daukas - stephen(a)daukas.com - http://daukas.com/ > > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

22 years, 7 months

Re: [Wlug] Topic for future meeting.

by Keith Wright

> From: Brian Waite <linwoes(a)gmail.com> > > Hi all, > I wanted to intorduce myself. I have been on the LUG list now for > over a year, but 2 kids 22 mo and 5 mo old have kept me away from > metings. Hi, I have been coming to meetings erratically for years. I've been missing a lot, but that is due to personal issues on particular days, not a lack of interest. > I am by no means a speaker although I have given a presentation at > conferences and a LUG. I don't mean to insult past speakers, but don't let them scare you. The bar is not that high. We are not looking for Martin Luther King or Steve Jobs to sell us a dream. If you can stand in front of a dozen people and tell us about what you know without breaking down and leaking, you qualify. > I know there is a constant call for topics. I was wondering if > anyone was interested in one of the following 3 topics: > 1) Linux Development on the Nokia 770. I have had one for a few > months now and know quite a bit about it and the state of affairs. > 2) Hacking NAS storage with the Kurobox (www.kurobox.com) An very > interesting device with a sordid history > 3) VERY tentitive. Developing Robotic applications on Linux for the > iRobot Create. I should be able to get my hands on one of these > along with some example code and show the capabilities of the iRobot > Create (http://www.irobot.com/create) > > I could also combine 1 and 2 and talk of the general aspects of > embedded Linux development. I have been active in this field for > about 6 years now. > > Any takers? Yes. I might even be able to show up. I suggest combining it all in a talk called "Getting off the Pentium" or something like that. You can always follow up with more specifics. Like "Running the Kurobox-770 Cross Compiler". I don't know what a Nokia-770 (a hanbdheld device?), nor what NAS Storage (Network Access, redundant S?), nor iRobot (Apple/Asimov ripoff by LEGO?) is, so I am bound to learn something no matter what you say about them. -- Keith

19 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] Wireless LANs

by Wesley Allen

I haven't been able to come to a meeting yet, but I'll be there for that one! Getting encryption to work is my major stumbling block right now (mac address locked only...). Wes On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 22:28:24 -0400 "Charles R. Anderson" <cra(a)WPI.EDU> wrote: >On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 10:10:55PM -0400, Andy Stewart >wrote: >andystewart> Now that I have a laptop, I'm interested in >a Wireless LAN for it. I'm >andystewart> wondering if this is a topic of general >interest that somebody might like to >andystewart> present at our next meeting. > >If we move the presentation to Fuller Labs or Higgins >Labs we can even >give a live demo... > >-- >Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / >http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ >PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 >Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 >49BB 5886 >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

23 years, 9 months

Re: [Wlug] [SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall!

by 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 > >

9 years, 10 months

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 >

11 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] WLUG's membership in BUG

by Clint Moyer

I vote YES. It's only $50 and WLUG's cash on hand is well into five figures. ;) If some people feel somewhat bruised by a tangential connection to MS, well that's kind of sad. Clint On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 21:21:20 -0400 Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)attbi.com> wrote: > >Hi everybody, > >Last year around this time, an organization was formed >called the Boston User >Groups (http://www.bostonusergroups.com) WLUG was >invited to participate. >As a group, we decided to pay our $50/year membership fee >to participate for >the first year. Some of you might remember this meeting, >where the general >consensus was "OK, let's try it for a year and see how it >goes". > >Our yearly membership dues are being requested by BUG. I >had some questions >about whether or not WLUG should continue its >participation in BUG. I had a >discussion with the WLUG members who attended the BBQ. > Several of those >people thought that the discussion should take place >among the entire WLUG >membership. The timing of BUG events is such that I'd >like to settle this >issue before our next WLUG meeting (ideally within the >next week). > >Take a look at the BUG webpage as you consider my >comments and those of other >WLUG members. Please take note of the other groups who >are current BUG >members. There are 3 Linux groups, a Palm group, a Mac >group, and some >others, not to mention the wide variety of Microsoft >related user groups. >Given that Microsoft is a documented monopoly (a court >said that, not just >me), this distribution of member groups should not be a >surprise to anybody. > >Some of the commentary below assumes familiarity with the >contents of the BUG >website. > >My initial question (if I recall correctly) was to wonder >about what tangible >benefit WLUG received for its $50 expenditure. > >a) BUG has a link to the WLUG website on its website > >b) WLUG had a table at last year's MegaMeeting and gave >out literature >advertising the group, its meetings, etc. > >c) I met some leaders of other regional user groups while >eating free pizza, >drinking free soda, and touring the US DataCenters >facility in Marlboro, MA. > >d) I know that we got at least one new WLUG member from >the MegaMeeting. >Perhaps there were others, or folks who shortly >thereafter joined the mailing >list, but I have no way to know for sure. > >The BUG website also has a calendar of group activities >onto which WLUG's >activities were never placed. The calendar is designed >for groups who meet, >say, every 2nd Thursday of the month. WLUG's schedule is >not as regular as >that, and hence our information was not put onto the >calendar after two >requests by me. > >Rick Zach is the current BUG president. He recently sent >an e-mail to the >user group leaders (attached) wherein he describes some >of the benefits of >BUG membership. I also have personally spoken to Rick to >make sure my >information about BUG is correct so that I can present it >fairly to the WLUG >membership. > >My question to WLUG is: > >Do we as a group wish to continue our participation in >BUG for $50/year ? > >Later, > >Andy > >-- >Andy Stewart, Founder >Worcester Linux Users' Group >Worcester, MA USA >http://www.wlug.org

23 years, 7 months

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