Kclug Digest, Vol 43, Issue 18

Sat Feb 16 12:17:16 CST 2008

RE: somethig new for everybody....
Got this link from a Yahoo Tech news story:
www.gethuman.com
For all of us who hate the voicemail black hole....

On Feb 16, 2008 12:00 PM, <kclug-request at kclug.org> wrote:

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>   1. Re: Their greed is our future. M$ old story getting replayed.
>      (Leo Mauler)
>   2. Re: OT: Free Old Stuff (Leo Mauler)
>   3. Re: Printer (Leo Mauler)
>   4. Re: OT: Free Old Stuff (Philip Dorr)
>   5. Re: OT: Free Old Stuff (Monty J. Harder)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:02:20 -0800 (PST)
> From: Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Their greed is our future. M$ old story getting replayed.
> To: kclug at kclug.org
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> --- Oren Beck <orenbeck at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Vista seems to emulate some fantasy realm's
> > evil miasmiic demons radiating sheer wrongness.
>
> Stretching the metaphor but doing it properly, M$ is
> the evil demon on the Nether Plane, while Vista is
> merely M$'s physical form in the MMORPG.
>
> > I normally do not find myself amazed by new lows
> > in frankly craptastic actions. THIS:
>
> http://www.esp.eweek.com/c/a/Archive/Vista-Terms-Evoke-Buyer-Concerns/
>
> > Seems tailor made to help Linux and the Open Source
> > world?
>
> Especially this part (regarding UNIX/Linux), if SUA
> does what I think it does:
>
> "Windows Vista Enterprise includes features or
> licensing attributes not available with other versions
> of the operating system.  Those features are: ... SUA
> (Subsystem for Unix Applications)".
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:08:49 -0800 (PST)
> From: Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: Free Old Stuff
> To: "Christopher A. Bier" <chris.bier at cymor.com>
> Cc: kclug at kclug.org
> Message-ID: <498983.48376.qm at web56601.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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> If you let me know where to come pick them up, I'd be
> happy to come take up to 10 of them off their hands.
> Should I contact Jeanne Malloy directly?
>
> 400Mhz still works for quite a lot of computer needs,
> as my 300Mhz laptop still does many things fairly
> well.  I know a number of low-income folks still
> struggling along at 100Mhz who would be happy for a
> quadruple increase in processor speed.
>
> --- "Christopher A. Bier" <chris.bier at cymor.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Platte County R-3 Schools are getting rid of 85
> > Celeron 400MHz machines and 114 15" monitors.
> > They might make a good router.
> >
> > http://www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/
> > Contact: Jeanne Malloy
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:13:53 -0800 (PST)
> From: Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Printer
> To: kclug at kclug.org
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>
> --- Earle Beason <Earle-Beason at kc.rr.com> wrote:
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> > I done some research and have found a few Linux
> > printers, but the reviews were lacking for
> > content. So kicking it out, does anybody have a
> > printer they would recommend? It is for home use
> > light use with, and the occasional bouts of
> > moderate use. I try to stay away from HP
>
> May I ask why you stay away from HP?  HP supports
> Linux with most of its printers, especially low-end
> printers, so "staying away from HP" is going to
> dramatically shorten your list of Linux-supported
> printers.
>
> One thing I really like about HP is that the print
> heads are on the ink cartridges and thus replaced
> every time you change an ink cartridge.
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:32:59 -0600
> From: "Philip Dorr" <tagno25 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: Free Old Stuff
> To: "Christopher A. Bier" <chris.bier at cymor.com>
> Cc: kclug at kclug.org
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> how do we actually acquire these?
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Christopher A. Bier <chris.bier at cymor.com
> >
> wrote:
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> > Platte County R-3 Schools are getting rid of 85 Celeron 400MHz machines
> > and 114 15" monitors.  They might make a good router.
> >
> > http://www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/
> > Contact: Jeanne Malloy
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:12:20 -0600
> From: "Monty J. Harder" <mjharder at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: Free Old Stuff
> To: tagno25 at gmail.com
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> On Feb 15, 2008 8:32 PM, Philip Dorr <tagno25 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > how do we actually acquire these?
>
> Hmmm...
>
> >
> > > http://www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/
> > > Contact: Jeanne Malloy
> > >
> >
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com+Jeanne+Malloy&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t
> Second of the two hits is
> http://www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/pchs/directory.htm
> which has a link to a list of email addresses at
> http://www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/pchs/documents/PCHS07wemail.pdf,
> which reveals this address (obfuscated for her protection):
> MALLOYJC{Put At Sign Here if you're not a spambot}PCRIII.K12.MO.US
>
> and this information for the email-challenged:
> Malloy, Jeanne  Ext.262
> District Technology Coordinator
> Oddly, the phone number for the high school is not to be found, but it's
> at
> http://www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/pchs/index.htm:
> Contact Information:
> 1501 Branch
> Platte City, Missouri 64079
> 816-858-2844
> FAX 816-858-5140
> School Hours: 7:40 a.m. - 2:40 p.m.
>
> Putting two and two together, I'd say email or call 816-858-2844x262 and
> ask
> Jeanne if she has any of these things left.
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