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Reminder Firefox release party this weekend!
by John Lange 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

Hello all, just one last reminder about the FireFox release party this weekend! Look for me in the bright blue FireFox T-Shirt! ======== Firefox release party! Firefox v1.0 was officially released last week and we are having a party! On Saturday November 20th starting at 8pm there will be an "official" Firefox release party at Bar Italia on Corydon ave. Bar Italia was selected for it's central location and the fact that it has free public WiFi access. Event details and a signup form are here: http://www.openforce.at/mozparty2/?party=207 (Signup is optional but it gives us some idea of the numbers to expect) This is an informal event so there will be no long speeches, just chatting and conversing with other FireFox users. Of course, FireFox runs on all major operating systems so all users are welcome! -- John Lange OpenIT ltd. (204) 885 0872

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Network security course notice (fwd)
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

I received the following message, and thought it might be of interest to some of you... -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kevin Heinrichs <kheinrichs(a)cmu.ca> To: "'editor(a)muug.mb.ca'" <editor(a)muug.mb.ca> Subject: Network security course notice Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:30:38 -0600 Hi there, a friend recommended that your newsletter might be an appropriate place to put notice of an upcoming network security/firewall course here at CMU. Please use as you see fit. Questions about the course can be sent to the instructor at swilliams(a)cmu.ca _________________________ Kevin Heinrichs Director of Communications Canadian Mennonite University 500 Shaftesbury Blvd. Winnipeg, MB CANADA R3P 2N2 204.487.3300 ext. 630 fax: 204.889.1694 www.cmu.ca Short Version Network Security and Firewalls (Computer Science), instructor S. Williams (M.Sc.), January 4 to April 7, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30-9:45 a.m., available for auditing or for university credit. More information available at www.cmu.ca/faculty/swilliams/300 or from Shirley Plett at 487.3300. Longer Version: Course title: Network Security and Firewalls (Computer Science) Instructor: Stuart Williams, M.Sc., Canadian Mennonite University Time: January 4 to April 7, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30-9:45 a.m. Description: This course covers general principles of computer security and network security and focuses on the principles, implementation, and testing of application-level and packet-filtering network firewalls using Linux. Additional information: Students may choose to audit this course or take it for university credit. More information is available at www.cmu.ca/faculty/swilliams/300 or from Shirley Plett at 487.3300. _________________________ Kevin Heinrichs Director of Communications Canadian Mennonite University 500 Shaftesbury Blvd. Winnipeg, MB CANADA R3P 2N2 204.487.3300 ext. 630 fax: 204.889.1694 www.cmu.ca

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Word Annoyances Needed for New Book (fwd)
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Any MS Word users out there? If so, there must be something about it you find particularly annoying. In that case, you might want to share it with the good folks at O'Reilly, for an upcoming book... -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Marsee Henon <marsee(a)oreilly.com> To: gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca Subject: Word Annoyances Needed for New Book Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:10:26 -0800 Dear User Group Leader: O'Reilly is pulling together a new book called "Word Annoyances" and, once again, we'd like your help! As you might guess, "Word Annoyances" ponders the problems, snarls, quirks, bugs, and just dumb things about Word that drive users nuts. The annoyances will encompass a range of topics: general misbehavior, creating and saving documents, text entry and editing, formatting and layout, printing, tables, macros, etc. Word is the most ubiquitous--and probably the most annoying--word processor on the planet. If any members of your group have annoyances they'd like to see solved, have them email marsee(a)oreilly.com with "Word Annoyances" in the subject line. Just have them note what version of Word and Windows they're using. ... --Marsee *** An example: The Annoyance The wretched animated paper clip keeps appearing every time I try to get help from Office, and sometimes even when I'm just working. How can I get rid of it? The Fix Some people love the Office Assistant characters--Clippit (the paper clip), Rocky the Dog, the Office Cat, the Genius, Mother Nature--but I've never met these people. Everyone who mentions the Office Assistant wants to get rid of it. And anyone enthusing about the wonders of Merlin is a good candidate for the target end of a fire-hose demonstration. To prevent the Office Assistant from appearing, right-click the Office Assistant character that's currently bugging you and click Properties on the shortcut menu. On the Options tab of the Office Assistant dialog box, clear the Use The Office Assistant check box. Click OK. What if you want the Office Assistant back? Simply choose Help > Show The Office Assistant, and the brute is back with you. Invoking the Office Assistant like this selects the Use The Office Assistant check box on the Options tab of the Office Assistant dialog box, so you'll need to clear this check box when you want peace and quiet again.

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X client for older Mac
by Mike Pfaiffer 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

I'm messing around with networking and I found a couple of interesting things when connecting two Linux boxes together. I can ssh into one box and run a graphic program on it. I try this on an M$ box and System 8 Mac and no go. It says I need an X client. I gather from what I heard in the meetings Cygwin (however it's spelled) is the one for M$. From what I read the best (only) free alternative for the Mac is MI/X. The problem with MI/X is they don't support it any more and their ftp site does not allow access even though it is made available in their /pub area. Does anybody have a better recommendation for the Mac? Later Mike -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Digital Civilization magazine: http://www.digitalcivilization.ca | |Call-A.P.P.L.E. and the Digital Civilization http://www.callapple.org | | http://members.shaw.ca/pfaiffer = Mike Pfaiffer (B.A., B.Sc.) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ----- BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK ----- Version: 3.12 GCS/G/IT/PA/SS d s+:- a? C++ UL L++ W++ N++ o+ K- w(---) O+@ M++@ V PS+ PE !PGP t+ 5+ X R tv b+ DI+++ D++ G e++* h! r-- !y-- UF++ ------ END GEEK CODE BLOCK ------

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Lock-up problem
by Glen Ditchfield 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

The computer is a Dell D600, with an ATI Radeon Mobility 9000. The OS is SuSE 9.1, updated religiously. Today's installed RPMs include kernel-default-2.6.5-7, XFree86-4.3.99, fglrx-3.12.0 (ATI's driver), and KDE 3.3.1. Every now and then (sometimes once a day, sometimes once a month), the desktop stops responding. The cursor follows the mouse, but clicks and keypresses are ignored -- even Ctl-Alt-Delete, Ctl-Alt-Backspace, and Ctl-Alt-F1. This usually happens when I'm scrolling BoingBoing.net (a long page) in Konqueror, but I'm pretty sure that's not the only program that triggers the bug. The machine can be pinged, and I can slogin from elsewhere. When I do, I find X consuming at least 99.8% of CPU. Killing X causes a complete lock-up; it won't answer pings, and I have to power-cycle the computer. /var/log/messages contains nothing between the slogin and the restart. I've had the problem with KDE 3.2 and 3.1, with fglrx 3.11 and 3.9, and with XFree's default "radeon" driver. Have you seen behavior like this? Do you have any suggestions?

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Sad news about Mel Seder
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

I just got a call from one of our MUUG members, who passed along some sad news about Mel Seder. (You may remember him as the gentleman who used to come to our meetings wearing a red fedora hat, and who needed to use an oxygen tank to help with his breathing in recent months.) Mel passed away yesterday. The funeral will be held at 2pm tomorrow (November 11th), at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, 561 Wellington Cres. On behalf of the MUUG board, I offer our condolences to Mel's family and friends. We'll miss you, Mel! -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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voip summary?
by theodore 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

Hi: I was wondering if Shawn could post the URL to the $13 newegg cards? Also I'm not quite sure I understand what this part would allow me to do? With this card it is possible to convert an analog line into a "digital" line that voip phones on my network could talk to? and then the card would do the calling and converting back to analog? Theodore

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weird dns problems (possibly resolved)
by theodore 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

I think I fixed the dns problem which I described at the meeting. It seems that web browsers are much more picky about dns timeouts (Especailly on mac). I added a line to my bind config to use my ISP's dns servers as forwarders (which I am told is the "right" way to do it anyways) and it seems to have fixed the problem, and surfing is visibly quicker to start now. Theodore

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Firefox release party!
by John Lange 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

======== Firefox release party! Firefox v1.0 was officially released today and we are having a party! On Saturday November 20th starting at 8pm there will be an "official" Firefox release party at Bar Italia on Corydon ave. Bar Italia was selected for it's central location and the fact that it has free public WiFi access. Event details and a signup form are here: http://www.openforce.at/mozparty2/?party=207 (Signup is optional but it gives us some idea of the numbers to expect) This is an informal event so there will be no long speeches, just chatting and conversing with other FireFox users. Of course, FireFox runs on all major operating systems so all users are welcome! We are in the process of rounding up some door prizes (donations welcome). ======= -- John Lange OpenIT ltd. (204) 885 0872

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FC3 heidelberg
by Mel Seder 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

This message being send from Firefox in Red Hat Fedora Core 3 OS. Install was simple and was done using a DVD I burnt. Smiles, Mel

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