KCLUG July 2008

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Prices and costs
by Luke -Jr 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

On Wednesday 09 July 2008, Jeffrey Watts wrote: > Remember, costs are always going up, but our prices haven't. Costs of what are going up? Bandwidth just gets cheaper and cheaper. I pay $30/mo for a dedicated server that includes 1 TB of bandwidth on a 100 Mbit link. Why is it that I can only get (just bandwidth) 12 Mbit (bursted; 2.17 TB/mo, based on 7 Mbit cap) for $45/mo, recently raised from $42/mo? Keep in mind that my $30/mo dedi also covers costs for electricity and UPS+machine rental. Also relevant is the common availability of 100 Mbit DSL and 10 Mbit wifi internet service in Eurasian countries for cheaper than we pay for cable here. > You had sent me this email privately, and I had privately responded. > I already said that I was going to stop talking about this on the > list, so please stop trying to drag the list back into it. Sorry, I didn't realize that was intentional. Since the topic has changed with this email, I hope you don't mind my getting the list's comments on it.

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open positions
by Brian Kelsay 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

Hope this helps out someone here who is qualified. In case you know of anyone… *From:* Novacek, Marcia [mailto:Marcia.Novacek@ModisIt.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 08, 2008 3:24 PM *To:* Brian *Subject:* RE: Embarq position Brian, How are you? I hope things are going well. I wanted to touch base with you and see if you know of anyone that might be interested in a 6 month contract. My client in Overland Park has 11 immediate openings for 6 month contract positions. The client is doing a SAN migration project. The one manager has 3 SUN admins and 2 AIX admins. I have copied the details below. Please review and feel free to pass along to anyone that might be interested. Thank you! ** 3 SUN Admin positions – * Must be proficient in the use of the Solaris 8.9 and 10 Operating System. Advanced Troubleshooting skills, knowledge of patching, firmware, filesystem maintenance using Veritas. Solaris system Administrator work. Support EMBARQ SUN UNIX systems in a Tier 2 suppport role. ** 2 AIX Admin – * Advanced IBM AIX Operating System skills Advanced troubleshooting skills, Ability to install/support HACMP, install/support HMC's, install/management of system and firmware patches, Advanced Filesystem maintenance including ability to work with SAN at the O/SAIX server administration and maintenance in an environment consisting of a variety of applications, data bases and hardware platforms. Responsibilities include proactive/preventive maintenance, fault analysis and restoration, vendor interface, hardware/software upgrades/maintenance, server/system security, system lifecycle management, disaster recovery implementation, performance tuning and metrics, system scripting/automation and system test and acceptance support. There are also 4 storage area network experts and 2 back up recovery engineers needed. I can provide description on these soon. *Marcia Novacek | Recruiting Director* |* Modis* 6800 College Blvd., Ste. 750 | Overland Park , KS 66211 | office: 913.905.3268 | cell: 913.207.2609 | fax: 913.345.9955 | marcia.novacek(a)modisit.com | www.modisit.com | http://www.linkedin.com/in/mnovacek ------------------------------

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Re: In need of a terminal
by Arthur Pemberton 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Don Ellis <deltadotepsilon(a)gmail.com> wrote: > So, can you share the solution with the rest of us? Is the workstation a > loaner (and will return to the general pool) or an acquisition (which may be > jettisoned sometime in the future)? I opted for a donated monitor. I have an PII 850Mhz in my office that I can connect to it, should be a good enough text editor + IDE for a kid learning to code. Thanks for all the offers, accepted the one that was closet to my work. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )

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Semi-OT: Congress about to limit artists' copyright rights
by Leo Mauler 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

Normally I find something like this and discover that the complainer either is making most of the problem up in his or her head, or actually wants to get rid of something else in the bill before Congress. However, this appears to be an issue of genuine concern for artists, especially poor artists who can't afford the "registry fees". http://www.sellyourtvconceptnow.com/orphan.html It would appear that Congress is already considering two bills, one in the House (H.R. 5889, "The Orphan Works Act of 2008") and one in the Senate (S 2913, "The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008") which would require all artists to register their artwork in private registries, none of which would be free to the artist. The claim made by the bill is that this will help people wanting to use artwork to avoid a future lawsuit by making it easier for them to "find" the artist. The difficulty for artists everywhere is that if your artwork is not listed in any of the registries (possibly because you couldn't afford the fees), the person wanting to use your artwork can consider the artwork to be an "orphan work" and thus part of the public domain. No matter how well-known your work is throughout your region, the country, or the world, if your artwork is not in any of the registries then it would still *legally* be an "orphan work". If you do take the infringer to court over using your artwork, the law strips you of your right to copyright infringement damages, instead allowing the infringer to pay whatever s/he/it feels is fair for use of the artwork. This law was attempted in 2006 and failed due to pressure from creators such as artists, illustrators, textile companies, and the like. Apparently these new laws are on a fast track to get passed into law before the election campaigns of Congress members start in the late summer. Just to underline that the government no longer cares about the rights of content creators, here's an excerpt from a letter (full text in the URL above) sent around by Brad Holland of the Illustrator's Partnership, a group which successfully opposed the 2006 bill: ========================================= Q: Where did we get the idea that the Copyright Office wants to impose for-profit registries? A: That proposal has been there from the beginning. Two examples (with emphasis added), the first from page 106 of the Copyright Office’s 2006 Orphan Works Report: “[W]e believe that registries are critically important, if not indispensable, to addressing the orphan works problem...It is our view that such registries are better developed in the private sector..." http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/orphan-report.pdf ========================================= And on January 29 2007, twenty visual arts groups met in Washington D.C. with attorneys from the Copyright Office. The attorneys stated that the Copyright Office would not create these “indispensable” registries because it would be “too expensive.” So I asked the Associate Register for Policy & International Affairs: ========================================= Holland: If a user can’t find a registered work at the Copyright Office, hasn’t the Copyright Office facilitated the creation of an orphaned work? Carson: Copyright owners will have to register their images with private registries. Holland: But what if I exercise my exclusive right of copyright and choose not to register? Carson: If you want to go ahead and create an orphan work, be my guest! - From my notes of the meeting ========================================= This exchange suggests that if Copyright Office proposals become law: - Unregistered work will be considered a potential orphan from the moment you create it. - In the U.S., copyright will no longer be the exclusive right of the copyright holder. ========================================= Under existing law, “[a] copyright gives the owner the exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, display, or license his work…Under current law, works are covered whether or not a copyright notice is attached and **whether or not the work is registered** (emphasis added).” http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Copyright#copyright:_an_overview =========================================

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In need of a terminal
by Arthur Pemberton 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Do any of you all have a laptop or working monitor that you are willing to part with for free on the cheap? I only have about $150 available and I would like a third terminal for my apartment as my two younger bros are staying with me for awhile and the younger one is learning Python while the older is learning Pascal. Thank you, Arthur Pemberton -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )

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New Technology
by Jonathan Hutchins 06 Jul '08

06 Jul '08

There's some question what the various cable TV carriers and satellite companies are going to do when analog broadcasting shuts down. Since anybody watching satellite already has a digital receiver, with analog output if they have an analog TV, not much is likely to change for DishNet or DirecTV. I would imagine that Time Warner won't change - that would mean spending money on new equipment, which they don't like to do. Ditto Comcast. Everest, on the other hand, is making a big, mysterious fuss about "next year", when they're going to "overhaul the system" or "change everything". I think they'd be pretty dumb to ditch every customer who doesn't need to replace their analog TV yet, but they don't always do what I consider smart. Of course, getting a straight answer out of any of these companies about their technology strategy over the next ten years wouldn't even be likely for a Congressional Commission, let alone local staff. Us customers are just going to take what they give us.

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Usenet going bye bye
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 05 Jul '08

05 Jul '08

Guy at work sent me this. Brian Kelsay ________________________________ From: Payne, Trevor Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:05 AM If thine eye offends thee, cut off thy head: "Time Warner Cable said it will cease to offer customers access to any Usenet newsgroups, a decision that will affect customers nationwide. Sprint said it would no longer offer any of the tens of thousands of alt.* Usenet newsgroups. Verizon's plan is to eliminate some 'fairly broad newsgroup areas.'" Trevor Payne

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Remote device reboots using Linux
by Oren Beck 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Several related events brought up discussing the hardware and software to reboot devices at an unmanned site. THIS: http://dataprobe.com/iboot_remote_reboot/ibootauto.html while pricey is an example of a shrinkwrapped fix. A bit cheaper but Linux core driven is : http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7139308230.html Any folks on the list have better ideas? As the Kensington I used to use is so obsolete it's not practical . Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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