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New Meeting Location?
by Jim Herrmann 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

I am sitting at Paul & Jacks in North Kansas City. They now have Wi-fi! I tested it and got 5M down and 500K up, so it's a very good connection. They have food and drinks including beer! They are open until at least 10:00 p.m., but are willing to stay open longer if we have enough people. They also have a back room that will seat at least 16 people at the table. I'm thinking we should consider moving our meeting here. It's a nice place with a fast internet connection, and did I mention that they serve beer! Not to mention the killer tenderloin and awesome chili. We can discuss at tomorrow's meeting. Peace, Jim

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Free HP Deskjet 712C w/ ink
by David Ambs 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Anyone want this? There's 3 black and 3 colored cartridges with it, expired though, but within a year or so. The wife used this printer for years, then it started printing her address labels off by like 1/8" so she wanted a new one, haha. It works great otherwise, and with extra ink, how can ya go wrong? Let me know if ya want it, or else it goes on craigslist. Btw, it should work in Linux just fine with cups, although I can't say I've done such in a long time. -dave 0xFA904573

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Who here feels qualified to represent us at Micro Center for getting an EEE demo for ITEC?
by Oren Beck 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

Ok- here's a mutual exposure window. At ITEC.With KCLUG people to explain Linux.. Micro Center as the closest retailer of the EEE The wild fantasy of Micro Center doing a charity raffle of the demo unit. Oren

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Have you seen THIS? Most of it seems right up our alley in scripting to outdo...
by Oren Beck 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

http://grandcentral.com/howitworks/webcall_button I dunno if it's patented nor even patentable. But if we do it and it is it's certain that the lawyers will swiftly let us know. Oren

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Meeting Place
by Phil Thayer 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

I will be at the next meeting on the 20th and we can discuss everything then. Until then, if I see a bunch of cars sitting in the parking lot out front with people on laptops, I'll know it's from the list. :) 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 ASE - HP StorageWorks APP - Enterprise Solutions APC - HP Ent. Storage Solutions/Superdome

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Meeting Location Change
by Julie 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

I'm so sorry. I don't know how to answer a particular post so I'm having to submit a new one. I think that moving the meeting spot should take into consideration more factors than just "BEER". Personally, I'm not interested in attending a "beer bash". I try to attend the LUG meetings in an attempt to LEARN...although I've been stifled by the lack of ownership of a suitable laptop at present. [Laptop = DIFFERENT SUBJECT ;) ] I like the idea of the North KC spot but it seems to be a bit small as sometimes more than 16 people show up. Parking is another consideration. The other suggestion mentioned where someone works. Exactly WHERE is this located in the metro area? As the Real Estate industry says, "Location, Location, Location" is what is important. LOL!!! Thanks for putting up with me. Julie @};- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Oxygen, webservices and Opensource
by Jack 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

I have some questions for the list. Does anyone know anything about the folks at WSO (wso.org and .com)? Are these guys really opensource people or what? Are there any shops around town doing reasonable rates training in IT skills, especially related to OSS? Anyone doing any webservices in Linux using WSDL 2, DIME (obsolete), MTOM? And why does debian include php-net-dime but there isn't and equivalent php-net-mtom? For those people like me who hate all the @#$!!@ abbreviations used today. WSDL = Web Services Definition Language MTOM = SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism DIME = an abondoned MS supported standard which MTOM has superceded. Brian

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Re: ITEC: Missing CDs, general thoughts
by Philip Dorr 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

I do not know if it is too late but fedora has live CD ISOs avalable for download if you had blank disks and a burner > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 05:40:21 -0800 (PST) > From: Leo Mauler <webgiant(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: ITEC: Missing CDs, general thoughts > To: kclug(a)kclug.org > Message-ID: <178704.55292.qm(a)web56606.mail.re3.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > We didn't have any Linux CDs yesterday, so we have > been telling people to go to shipit.ubuntu.com. I > just checked ShipIt this morning and the turnaround > time for a free Ubuntu Linux CD is up to ten weeks, so > anyone who came by our booth on Wednesday is in for a > bit of a shock if they want to try out Linux. > > I'll see if I can find some paper sleeves and burn a > dozen or two Ubuntu Linux CDs, but the official Ubuntu > CDs we had last year would look a lot better. > > In general ITEC's new management is a mixed bag. They > don't seem to have charged regular IT people for > admission, not even to attend the conference lectures, > but to compensate for this they have raised exhibitor > booth rates. Even with free admission to everything, > attendance wasn't as high as last year. > > OTOH, they did hand out free box lunches to everyone, > exhibitors and attendees, including choice of soda or > bottled water. They also didn't mind giving you a > second box lunch if the first one wasn't quite enough. > If word gets around about the free box lunches they > hand out around noon, Thursday attendance may be a lot > higher than Wednesday. >

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ITEC: Missing CDs, general thoughts
by Leo Mauler 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

We didn't have any Linux CDs yesterday, so we have been telling people to go to shipit.ubuntu.com. I just checked ShipIt this morning and the turnaround time for a free Ubuntu Linux CD is up to ten weeks, so anyone who came by our booth on Wednesday is in for a bit of a shock if they want to try out Linux. I'll see if I can find some paper sleeves and burn a dozen or two Ubuntu Linux CDs, but the official Ubuntu CDs we had last year would look a lot better. In general ITEC's new management is a mixed bag. They don't seem to have charged regular IT people for admission, not even to attend the conference lectures, but to compensate for this they have raised exhibitor booth rates. Even with free admission to everything, attendance wasn't as high as last year. OTOH, they did hand out free box lunches to everyone, exhibitors and attendees, including choice of soda or bottled water. They also didn't mind giving you a second box lunch if the first one wasn't quite enough. If word gets around about the free box lunches they hand out around noon, Thursday attendance may be a lot higher than Wednesday. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Leapord "More Like Windows"
by Jonathan Hutchins 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

For anybody who knows someone who thinks what Linux needs is "to be more like Windows", some warning words: Apple users are finding that Lepoard is, and they don't like it: http://svextra.com/blogs/gmsv/2007/11/microsoft_finds_spokesman_for_windows… ( http://tinyurl.com/3auosq ) (I know all of you are bright enough not to hold such idiotic opinions.)

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