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Instant On PC's bringing Linux to the Masses
by Phil Thayer 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

This is an interesting article from ZDNET http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2400&tag=nl.e539 He even talks about with this technology, why even have Windows. Cool. Phillip C. Thayer Sr. System Engineer, Vital Support Systems 2700 Bi-State Dr. Suite 500 Kansas City, MO 64108 (816) 977-2220 - Desk (816) 985-0799 - Cell HP-UX / OpenVMS CSE Master ASE - HP StorageWorks AIS - HP Integrity Server Systems APP - Enterprise Solutions APC - HP Ent. Storage Solutions/Superdome

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Looking for "Time Bar"-style workgroup scheduler
by Leo Mauler 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

I'm trying to organize a rehearsal schedule for a local play (Alcott Arts Center, www.alcottartscenter.org; "Taming of the Shrew" (a play about love, anger management, and identity theft), August 22nd and 23rd) in which many of the actors have time limitations on when they are available for rehearsal. Today I was made aware of a system of employee scheduling called "Time Bar", which is represented in this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timebar_scheduling I think that this kind of software would be ideal for the complexity of trying to figure out which scenes can be rehearsed on which days, based on the availability of the actors on each day. However, the Wikipedia article does not mention the software application used, and I can't seem to find any application which does "Time Bar" scheduling, Windows or Linux. I was hoping that someone on the list had already begun to use a Linux-based application (or maybe even a Windows application that runs fine in Wine) which does "Time Bar" scheduling.

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Re: HP Rant 2
by Luke -Jr 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

On Tuesday 12 August 2008, you wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:58, Luke -Jr <luke(a)dashjr.org> wrote: > > On Tuesday 12 August 2008, you wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:37, Luke -Jr <luke(a)dashjr.org> wrote: > >> > On Tuesday 12 August 2008, you wrote: > >> > Last time I checked, any such condition on a warranty is illegal. > >> > >> Where did you check last time. Specifically? > > > > Last night when I began having issues using the refill. > > No. I meant where did you read that a warranty can not be voided for > misuse and abuse? That would be some really obnoxious government > regulation. Refilling ink isn't misuse nor abuse. > >> "Bonkers"? that language specifically detracts from the point. The > >> printer is malfunctioning because you damaged it by doing something it > >> wasn't designed for. What did you expect? > > > > It wasn't designed to print? A refilled cartridge should no more damage a > > printer than a non-root userland app with a security hole should damage > > the running kernel. > > The something you did, which it was not designed for (and I'm sure you > know this) was use a refilled cartridge. Oh, HP doesn't sell refilled cartridges? The name brand ones at the store are always manufactured new? I think not...

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Re: HP Rant 2
by Luke -Jr 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

On Tuesday 12 August 2008, you wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:37, Luke -Jr <luke(a)dashjr.org> wrote: > > On Tuesday 12 August 2008, you wrote: > >> Not related to Linux. > > > > It doesn't work in Linux, either > > Nobody's stopping you from fixing that. I think I've done everything I can. > > Last time I checked, any such condition on a warranty is illegal. > > Where did you check last time. Specifically? Last night when I began having issues using the refill. Too bad my warranty expired a long time ago. > >> If you allowed a cartridge to get to 0% in the first place, the print > >> heads probably burned out. They are usually cooled by the ink itself > >> (because they're not designed to be reusable as stated clearly on the > >> packaging). User error. Good luck, try again next time. I refill my > >> Brother multifunction with the wrong type ink, and expect to completely > >> destroy it every time. I haven't yet. I guess I'm just lucky. Too > >> bad. It's about time for me to get a new printer. > > > > Please explain why this justifies the printer totally going bonkers? > > "Bonkers"? that language specifically detracts from the point. The > printer is malfunctioning because you damaged it by doing something it > wasn't designed for. What did you expect? It wasn't designed to print? A refilled cartridge should no more damage a printer than a non-root userland app with a security hole should damage the running kernel. > >> You might try buying new, unused, authentic HP cartridges before you > >> conclude that you have completely destroyed the printer. > > > > It has the same problem without the refilled cartridge. > > Then I suppose it's off to newegg/ebay/walmart you go. If you are > lucky, HP might choose to sell printers today that use with your older > printers' cartridges so you may recoup that investment. Be careful > with this next printer, and follow directions. Newegg has a black laser printer for $45 shipped. It'd be an easy choice if my current printer can be made to scan/fax/print colour still.

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Re: HP Rant 2
by Luke -Jr 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

On Tuesday 12 August 2008, you wrote: > Not related to Linux. It doesn't work in Linux, either. > Obvious incitement of HP hate-fest ranting. Based on facts. > "Refilled my black cartridge" That probably voids all warranty, and > if you read documentation, any promise that it will function at all, > again, ever. Last time I checked, any such condition on a warranty is illegal. > If you allowed a cartridge to get to 0% in the first place, the print heads > probably burned out. They are usually cooled by the ink itself (because > they're not designed to be reusable as stated clearly on the packaging). > User error. Good luck, try again next time. I refill my Brother > multifunction with the wrong type ink, and expect to completely destroy it > every time. I haven't yet. I guess I'm just lucky. Too bad. It's about > time for me to get a new printer. Please explain why this justifies the printer totally going bonkers? > You might try buying new, unused, authentic HP cartridges before you > conclude that you have completely destroyed the printer. It has the same problem without the refilled cartridge.

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HP Rant 2
by Luke -Jr 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Refilled my black cartridge, but the stupid printer insisted it was still at 0%. Turns out to trick it I had to put 2 old/empty ones in first. Easy enough, but now that it recognizes the cartridge as full it always wants to align it. Nothing else. It gives some stupid media-jam-error when I try to print (there are no physical jams). At least before I tried refilling I could just print in red, but now I have nothing. I haven't tried the scan/fax functionality yet, but I'm betting they won't work either (especially since pressing any key so far gives me a "Busy" on the screen). HP needs to die. Or something. Grr, Luke

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Usenet NEWS vs. Bittorrent
by Jonathan Hutchins 10 Aug '08

10 Aug '08

One of the problems with collecting files (say, video) via bittorrent is that it requires that other people be interested in the same file you want at the same time that you want it. If you missed last week's episode, and just got back to civilization, everybody's gonna be sharing this week's episode, and you'll be lucky to get 29 bits per second from someone who has 1/5 of the file. Yes, bittorrent's technology for binary file distribution is way better than NNTP, but Usenet News has, as has been amply explained, a lot of reasons it's still good technology. Yes, you should complain to Time Warner that they took away a service you used and didn't charge you any less. Yes, it would probably be smart to find another server, and preferably make a donation to help keep them running. Everest, btw, still has news servers, and I believe it costs less for the same bandwidth.

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Integrated solutions, WAS Re: win95/98/ME and printers. An ethics issue comparable to DRM servers or not?
by Jon Pruente 10 Aug '08

10 Aug '08

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Jeffrey Watts <jeffrey.w.watts(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I felt the same as you did about integrated peripherals, but as prices have > plummeted I actually prefer them now. I'd rather have an integrated > motherboard that costs $100 than a motherboard, SATA card, sound card, > graphics card, networking card that are all separate and cost $300 total. > If a component breaks I don't mind shelling out $100 to replace the whole > thing, and the lack of all of the connectors and sockets and impaired > airflow is a huge plus for me. Given the (now) long history of integrated peripherals on mobos, we can safely say that they fail at not-unreasonable rates, and nearly all do allow individual components to be shut off. Specifically buying a non-integrated mobo is a tough task these days. Really, about the only thing I don't want integrated is video, and that's only on my main workstation so I can have fast 3D. Size and noise are things I like in small quantities and integrated products allow me to have that. I run a Mac mini as my main OS X system, and I'm planning on picking up an Eee box sometime if I want a more modern PC system. It's impossible to get a small system when you are dealing with all sorts of add-on cards to get basic functionality. Of course, in systems this small it's hard or impossible to replace a failed integrated component with an expansion card, but overall the failure rate is so low I don't really care. Jon.

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Re: win95/98/ME and printers. An ethics issue comparable to DRM servers or not?
by Oren Beck 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

There seems to me an ethics issue developing . One possibly directed at establishing the "pattern of crime" RE: EOL software/hardware support. I can see a company ethically having legit EOL policy protecting them from liability. Example in my past was devices having consumable safety parts with "expiry risk" factors. If a seal fails causing ammonia leakage it's potentially deadly. That was on Micrographics gear arguably a "Printing" support device. SO the software running on a pc/xt simply disabled the hardware- absent codes from the company. Precedent thus set for EOL "disablement" in safety interlock software. That shows what a valid EOL disablement scenario is and was all about. The effective disablement of printers attached to unsupported software is NOT the comparable situation at all. Yes, allegedly if you kept your own software archives, it would be a non issue. The looming crash comes with XP style "activation" of nonfree software and DRM locked information. Here the will they ? Vs what "Already has" discussion begins. I see the golden window for Free and Open Source software to declare an ethical high road.

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Re: win95/98/ME and printers. An ethics issue comparable to DRM servers or not?
by Leo Mauler 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Your opinion is noted but it is not correct. Book burning is done to remove from society things which a large organization no longer wants the public to have access, things which are merely (or mostly) harmful to the large organization and not to society at large. Religious organizations and governments have been the chief culprits, but non-governmental organizations not run by any specific religion have also used the tactic. For example, in the early part of the 20th Century Anthony Comstock's New York Society for the Suppression of Vice inscribed book-burning on its seal, as a worthy goal to be achieved. Windows 98 printer drivers are inconvenient to HP, because Microsoft has yanked all the licenses for all printer driver components provided by Microsoft. Strictly speaking the Windows 98 printer drivers themselves are currently illegal to own and operate because the only way to use them is to use them without permission (licensing) from Microsoft. This is a problem for anyone who uses the printer drivers, but HP will still have the biggest financial and legal headache from their existence. In Orwell's 1984, the euphemistically-called "memory hole" is used to burn any book or written text which is inconvenient to the regime. Hence the reference to "book burning" when referring to HP's choice to "burn" all its Windows 98 printer drivers. -- <someoneelse@nobody,org> wrote: > It is in no way, even remotely similar, to book burning. > > On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 16:02, Leo Mauler > <webgiant(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > I'm still a little annoyed with HP for deleting > > the drivers and commanding everyone not to give > > them away. Smacks of book burning.

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