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For discussion: Chromebook Pixel
May-05, 2013 by: John Aldrich
From: John Aldrich ------------------------------------------------------ What do you guys think of Google's new "Chromebook" at $1300??? Runs ChromeOS, and your only real options for apps are Google's apps (at this point.) Would you buy one and try wiping and reinstalling Linux on it or would you just go out and buy a mainstream laptop (Apple/Windows) and dual-boot or wipe and install Linux???
Mac mini servers
April-09, 2013 by: Mike Robinson
From: Mike Robinson ------------------------------------------------------ At Apple, minis are used very heavily as local servers =96 for builds, = to drive testing environments and so on. Anytime I use Linux on a Mac, I simply do it in a (VMWare) virtual = machine.=
Mac Pro Running Linux - Lacking some keys..
April-04, 2013 by: Mike Harrison
From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ Been on a road trip for two days. Light computer usage so I tried to take a Mac Pro that can dual-boot into Linux (Bodhi/Ubuntu) and use it. I found myself really missing: Page Up / Page Down and Print Screen. Print Screen especially as I needed some screen captures. Are there sane work arounds? Magic key cominations? Or has Apple just decided we don't need those keys any more?
HELP WANTED web developer
April-04, 2013 by: "Daniel L. Appleget"
From: "Daniel L. Appleget" ------------------------------------------------------ A friend and business owner wants your resume ASAP. His web development company needs a developer. All skill levels welcome to apply. Please email your resume to: Brian Chaney -- Daniel Appleget Chattanooga Computer Service http://www.chattanoogacomputerservice.com/ 423-760-0879 Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
Way OT: Sushi
March-23, 2013 by: Mike Harrison
From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ > Is there a buffet with sushi/sashimi around that's actually consistently good? The lunch buffet at Toto on the N. Shore has been impressive. Nancy and I have gone.. and it's well worth the price.. I think tax, tip and all lunch cost us about $35 ? You don't want cheap sushi.. The sushi at the Chinese Garden by Wal Mart (Signal Mtn) was actually really good.. but didn't have any fish in what I had, which makes it cheap and safer for a place like that. --------------------------------- On topic: Had a conversation with Terry Parker of Chattanooga College (Thanks to Daniel Appleget) in which he mentioned he may soon have a great meeting/presentation place available near Eastgate..
html5hax
March-08, 2013 by: "Daniel L. Appleget"
From: "Daniel L. Appleget" ------------------------------------------------------ http://feross.org/fill-disk/ -- Daniel Appleget Chattanooga Computer Service http://www.chattanoogacomputerservice.com/ 423-760-0879 Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
Humble Bundle
March-06, 2013 by: "Daniel L. Appleget"
From: "Daniel L. Appleget" ------------------------------------------------------ Pay what you want. Support charity. Get cross-platform, DRM-free games. http://www.humblebundle.com/ -- Daniel Appleget Chattanooga Computer Service http://www.chattanoogacomputerservice.com/ 423-760-0879 Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
Parallella project
February-17, 2013 by: "Daniel L. Appleget"
From: "Daniel L. Appleget" ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-supercomputer-for-everyone?ref=category -- Daniel Appleget Chattanooga Computer Service http://www.chattanoogacomputerservice.com/ 423-760-0879 Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
gpu/bitcoin
February-06, 2013 by: "Daniel L. Appleget"
From: "Daniel L. Appleget" ------------------------------------------------------ Anyone wishing to sell video cards please email me off-list with offerings and asking price. -- Daniel Appleget Chattanooga Computer Service http://www.chattanoogacomputerservice.com/ 423-760-0879 Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
DELLirious
February-05, 2013 by: "Daniel L. Appleget"
From: "Daniel L. Appleget" ------------------------------------------------------ Ever had a Dell server (pe T110) complain that a DDR3 ECC dimm was bad, when it was good? -- Daniel Appleget Chattanooga Computer Service http://www.chattanoogacomputerservice.com/ 423-760-0879 Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
"VCFSE" 1.0
February-05, 2013 by: Ed King
From: Ed King ------------------------------------------------------ oh I can't wait... http://www.zdnet.com/apple-museum-to-pop-up-at-vintage-computer-festival-outside-atlanta-7000010805/
3d printer ar15 magazine
January-17, 2013 by: "Daniel L. Appleget"
From: "Daniel L. Appleget"
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Good news.
As our tyrants try to disarm us we will endeavor to be even
better armed. We are lucky enough to be witness to the
beginning of the 3D printer revolution that will empower us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q10Jz2qIog8
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/01/14/gunsmiths-3d-print-high-capacity-ammo-clips-to-thwart-proposed-gun-laws/
http://defcad.org/
--
Daniel Appleget
Chattanooga Computer Service
http://www.chattanoogacomputerservice.com/
423-760-0879
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
Quad-Core CPU Intel Xeon 1333MHz FSB 12MB Cache $18.00
January-03, 2013 by: "Daniel L. Appleget"
From: "Daniel L. Appleget" ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.evertek.com/viewpart.asp?auto=75567#.UOYEX280V8E Price at introduction $209 -- Daniel Appleget Chattanooga Computer Service http://www.chattanoogacomputerservice.com/ 423-760-0879 Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
Apple Patent rejected
December-28, 2012 by: John Aldrich
From: John Aldrich ------------------------------------------------------ Just read a note on the Washington Post website that the US Patent office has rejected a "key" patent (pinch to zoom) that was one of the patents at issue in the trial this past summer between Apple and Samsung... Apple patent rejected: The U.S. Patent and Trademark office said Wednesday that it has rejected the ?pinch-to-zoom? patent. The technology covered by that patent was one of those at issue in the summer trial between Apple and Samsung. Samsung was ordered to pay Apple more than $1 billion in damages for violating that patent and five others. The Washington Post reported that Apple is expected to ask the office to reconsider that decision.
cisco training groupon
November-19, 2012 by: Donna Appleget
From: Donna Appleget ------------------------------------------------------ The class has access to simulations I suppose on VMs somewhere. Seemed like a good deal to me. On Saturday, November 17, 2012, David Ingram wrote: > For roughly the same price you can by the books (Cisco press books or the Todd Lamle one) and learn that way. I would say it all depends on your learning style. I've kept up my ccna for close to a decade and I never took a class. But I prefer learning the hard way. Classes have their place but there is no substitute for the process of discovering things on your own. > > You will still need some type of lab/hands on experience as well which is another expense. You could put together a lab of your own, see Wendell Odom's blog posts about this, or you can rent rack time. Buying old gear off ebay carefully can get the job done. I guess that will put you past the 99 mark though. > > My 2. > > On Nov 17, 2012 5:46 PM, "Daniel L. Appleget" wrote: >> >> http://www.groupon.com/deals/g1mm-it-university-online-chattanooga-tn?c=dnb&p=2 >> >> $99 for Complete Cisco Certification IT Network Training Bundle ($3,295 Value) >> >> Is this worth a poop? >> >> -- >> Daniel Appleget >> Chattanooga Computer Service >> http://www.chattanoogacomputerservice.com/ >> 423-760-0879 >> >> Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito >> >>
cisco training groupon
November-17, 2012 by: "Daniel L. Appleget"
From: "Daniel L. Appleget" ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.groupon.com/deals/g1mm-it-university-online-chattanooga-tn?c=dnb&p=2 $99 for Complete Cisco Certification IT Network Training Bundle ($3,295 Value) Is this worth a poop? -- Daniel Appleget Chattanooga Computer Service http://www.chattanoogacomputerservice.com/ 423-760-0879 Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
virtual swapmeet
November-17, 2012 by: Ed King
From: Ed King ------------------------------------------------------ I've come to the realization that there is no way in hell I'm gonna be ready for a physical swap meet tomorrow. Its hard to plow thru a several hundred computers collected over the last 10 years in just a few days. The truth is, I was doing pretty good about gathering up stuff to recycle/trade until I stopped to play with my big Wang (I'm definitely keeping that computer, just so I can say I have a big Wang). So I'm going to focus on gathering up stuff for Monday's free recycle day at OGRC. I mentioned having some stuff that might be too cool/vintage/useful to send to the boneyard. Here's a partial list... several sparcstations (1/2/5/10/20) and an ultra 1 and ultra 2 (I plan to pick one or two to keep and let the rest go) sun enterprise 250 mac IIsi mac lc575 mac lc580 pre-g3 powermac or two or three or twelve alphaserver 400 4/233 sun gdm-20e20 monitor hp9000 g50 ibm eduquest 45 or two supermicro 1u server 2xPIII 866mhz 756mb ram sgi purple indigo2 sgi scsi storage thingy sgi indy sgi o2 old game consoles (I think I have nes, snes, sega genesis), controllers, games panasonic w1505a word processor (the missing link between typewriters and computers!). I have tried to trash that damn thing 20 times but it keeps coming back. Does any of the stuff above still work after sitting in my den for 10 years? hellifino. I will have to plug 'em up and see, and that takes time. If anyone sees something on the list that they lust after, let me know and I'll arrange my testing sequence accordingly. Oh, and let me know what you have for trade :) I'm always looking for apple IIs, compact macs, mac parts (eg: mac plus keyboard), parts for pc-jr (eg: a keyboard would be nice to have), commodore stuff, coleco adam, stuff like that from early 80's (or older). What I do NOT want is intel/amd junk, 386 or higher. Thank you, drive thru
Need traffic filter solution
November-07, 2012 by: "Daniel L. Appleget"
From: "Daniel L. Appleget" ------------------------------------------------------ I am looking for a solution; client wants a web traffic content filter, the idea is to block pr0n. I was hoping to do something appliance based. It is for open to the public WIFI. OpenDNS seems like it is the best/easiest solution. -- Daniel Appleget Chattanooga Computer Service http://www.chattanoogacomputerservice.com/ 423-760-0879 Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
Reinstalling Linux
November-04, 2012 by: James Nylen
From: James Nylen ------------------------------------------------------ I always find the process of reinstalling an OS very painful, and I try to do it as rarely as possible. But, I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 on my main PC, and it is really starting to show its age, along with some strange quirks. The last straw is that gnome-panel refuses to display the system-monitor applet now. I like having those important system health indicators always visible. (I'm probably going to switch to plain Debian next, or maybe something like Bodhi - I want nothing to do with unity on my desktop). The problem is that I have a lot of custom configuration (Apache with a fairly extensive custom config and related scripts, a few important patches installed, custom window manager setup, etc.) that will be pretty time-consuming to redo. So here's my question: in the future, how can I minimize the time spent on annoying things like configuring my webserver how I want after a reinstall? Any good methods for lightweight application virtualization? Also, is there a way that I can take my current machine, turn it into a VM, and keep it running until I can get services back up in a new install? Preferably all this would happen with minimal downtime.
Jelly bean -> Jolla Mobile
October-12, 2012 by: Mike Harrison
From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ > Those really cheap tablets rarely come with all (or most) of those features. They also come with an extremely > butchered version of Android and they can't usually be upgraded to a newer version due to the old technology they > are built with. It's how you sell new equipment evry so often. It's a packaged device and very effective. Once upon a time, people bought devices and used them, just like they came, for a very very long time. Upgrading tech is a fashion statement... I was with some mundane iFan's a few days ago and it was hilarious. We (as geeks) forget how well Apple nailed a large profitable demographic. I's not about the technology, it's about social standing, fashion, appearing techno-savvy and,, and.. incredible usability/usefullnes for average people. Oh, yeah, and a revenue stream. ---------------------------------- On the geek side of the line, am I he only person wondering what is going on with: "Jolla Mobile"? It looks like the ex Nokia Maemo/Meego/... uber-geeks are still at it. They are promising something interesting by end of year. Wish I had time and $$$$ to attend this: http://slush.fi/en/