Hey, I've searched the main exim docs to see if it implements RFC 3463 and I can't find any such reference. I know there are some exim fans here. Does exim not support that RFC? -- -- Jeff Macdonald Ayer, MA
This just got posted on our internal jabber server - thought folks here might be amused by it. http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/blog/entry/package-management-sudoku/ -- -- Cole Tuininga <colet@...> Code Energy
Good Morning. My daughter has a Dell Inspiron (5100) and she dropped it. Consequently, the LCD is cracked in a couple places. I assume Dell sold a bazillion of these machines, so also, I assume parts are available... Where might I go in the Southern NH or Mass. areas, to get this Laptop repaired ??? Thanks In Advance paulc >_______________________________________________ >gnhlug-discuss mailing list >gnhlug-discuss@... >http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
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Who : Everybody
What : Linux suggestions and improvements
Where: Martha's Exchange
Day : Thur 21 Aug **Tomorrow**
Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for discussion
:: Overview
The kernel is done. Who would need features beyond KDE 3.4? Ubunto
installation is the acme of perfection. Should we stop developing
Linux and just use it?
Aside from applications, what new Linux features do you need? What
flaws bug you the most? Does code size and operating speed mean enough
these days to justify recoding? Does Vista have anything Linux should
add?
Should the United Nations (or maybe NATO) decree that all new
computer designs include a debugged Linux installer, as is done for
Microsoft products?
Come along for a pleasant summer evening in good company. Ponder
the future and what we can do about it.
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Several weeks ago, somebody asked about software to efficiently pack files onto several volumes (e.g. CDROMs). I don't remember whether anyone mentioned GAFFitter, a program I just ran across that uses a genetic algorithm. There's a discussion on page 17 of this electronic journal: http://www.sigevolution.org/issues/pdf/SIGEVOlution200801.pdf The GAFFitter site is here: http://gaffitter.sourceforge.net/ I have not tried it out. - Jim Van Zandt
When: August 20, 2008 7:00PM Topic: An evening at One Laptop per Child Moderator: OLPC staff member Location: One Laptop per Child, OLPC, 10th Floor 1 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA, 02142 This is about 1 block from MIT building E-51 right across from the Kendall T station. If you walk from MIT E-51 take either Hayward St or Wadsworth st. One Cambridge Center is the building in then triangle between Broadway and Main St. Across from Au Bon Pain We are meeting at the headquarters of One Laptop per Child where the folks from OLPC will talk to us about OLPC as well as its use of Linux as the underlying OS, and Sugar, the user interface portion of the XO. There will be some XO laptops available for a hands-on demonstration. -- -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@...> Treasurer Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:25:31 -0400 > From: mike ledoux <mwl+gnhlug@...> > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 05:05:23PM -0400, Bill McGonigle wrote: > > On Aug 18, 2008, at 14:38, Ben Scott wrote: > > > > > 12 VDC from a car works but is suboptimal. > > > > Who knows anything about hooking up a laptop directly to a car or > > marine battery, with perhaps a DC/DC transformer in the mix? > > If you've got a 12Vdc adapter for the laptop, you don't need > a(nother) transformer in the mix, just wire a power socket to the > battery terminals and plug into that. Ratshack has one that should > work well enough: If you're going to do your own wiring, remember to put a fuse in series with your masterpiece. :) If you buy one of those cigarette lighter adapters, make sure to check its max current capacity... many of them (intended for small devices like cell phones, etc.) can carry only 500mA. If you exceed that load, they go into automatic shutdown. (Many of the store-bought adapters also have an replaceable internal fuse.) You might be able to find adapters for sale in local electronics/marine shops that can carry as much as 1.5A. Using gel cell or deep cycle marine *is* recommended. However, a DC-AC inverter may or may not perform well. I tried powering a mini tower (with an AT power supply) off a deep cycle marine battery this way. I was disappointed and a bit surprised when it didn't work. You'd think the power inverter would have been designed with laptops in mind. ;)
Bringing this thread over here from gnhlug-org... Someone brought up the idea of powering a laptop from DC sources, rather than the traditional AC power bricks. This is strictly about external power, not the laptop's built-in batteries. Obviously, many laptops come with "travel adapters", designed to plug into 12 VDC automobile "cigarette lighter" power sockets. If you have one of those, and it works, use it. But things are not always so easy. Case-in-point was a Dell Vostro 1700. It has a 17" display and sucks power like a black hole sucks... everything. Dell doesn't offer a travel adapter for it. According to the sticker on the bottom, it's rated for 19.5 VDC at 4.62 A. Doing the math, that's 90 watts. Dell-branded travel adapters seem to top out at around 65 watts for some reason. 90 watts at 12 VDC is only 7.5 A, which doesn't seem that big to me. I believe my car cig lighter socket is rated at 12 A. I know laptops can vary their power draw quite a bit. In particular, running the laptop while also charging the internal battery is a major pig. So that 90 watts may be overly high. I know a lot of travel adapters are misleading in their specs. A travel adapter rated at 90 watts may only be able to deliver that when running on AC. On DC, they may provide considerably less. This was not mentioned in the published specifications. Again, I don't know the reason for the limit, but I know it's caused me grief. When I attempted to use such adapters to power a Gateway laptop rated at 80 watts, the laptop would continuously switch between line-power and internal-battery, at about 0.5 Hz. Apparently the adapter was going in and out of over-current shut-off. Happened with two different adapters, one of which I remember was Kensington brand. Inverters are an option, of course, but the DC->AC->DC conversion tends to waste a lot of energy. Not a big concern if you're running a car engine anyway, but if you're running solely off the battery, it matters. Given that the discussion arose from a situation where a car wouldn't be convenient (but a car battery in a box would be), I'm curious about the battery-only scenario. Looking quickly, I can't seem to find amp-hour ratings from car battery makers/sellers. Google finds various third-party claims, but they're all over the map (25 to 100 Ah on the first page alone). Assuming 7.5 A, and again doing the math, that is anywhere from 3 to 13 hours of operation at full power. I know if one was planning on doing this on a regular basis, a deep cycle battery would be highly recommended. For a one-shot, though, pulling the battery from a car might be feasible (?). Anyone have additional information they'd like to share? Inquiring minds... probably don't care. But I'd like to know.-- Ben
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