August 2016 - luv-talk

Take action: Don’t send 267 people back to offshore detention
by Peter Ross 28 Oct '18

28 Oct '18

http://bit.ly/1R3MiYB Maybe Australians can avoid another "Sorry" fifty years later this time. Thanks Peter

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Infringing liberty
by Russell Coker 05 Sep '16

05 Sep '16

http://www.essentialkids.com.au/news/current-affairs/parents-charged-after-… Police deprive parents of their children and prosecute them for failing to feed their children. Libertarianism aims to stop this. To give parents full liberty they should be allowed to starve theor children. Also the Libertarian party in the US wants to legalise child porn. So the 7yo in question could have become a professional porn actor instead of selling his teddy bear or relying on gifts of food from the police (which os paid for by tax money). Just imagine how much tax could be reduced if 7yos did sex work instead of getting help from the police! -- Sent from my Nexus 6P with K-9 Mail.

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Re: [luv-talk] petitions do work
by Keith Bainbridge 27 Aug '16

27 Aug '16

More to the point, I was reading an extract from a book written about the experiences of somebody diagnosed with Asperger's at age 40. I had several of his symptoms. What's more, I reckon many people do. I am lucky. I have had help learning how to talk without getting too Asp'y with lots of help from my wife and her sister. I'd suggest several recent Prime Ministers are fellow travellers Keith Bainbridge 0447 667 468 Keithrbaugroups(a)gmail.com Sent from my APad

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Re: [luv-talk] petitions do work
by Andrew McGlashan 26 Aug '16

26 Aug '16

Hi, On 26/08/2016 11:19 AM, Russell Coker via luv-talk wrote: > This is one of many petitions that have succeeded. It should have been a no- > brainer, "mild Autism" means someone who's going to be like me or several > other LUV members when he's older and the boy's parents are contributing to > the community. But the government was stupid until enough citizens signed the > petition. Yes, but the government continues to be stupid.... in so many areas, but I digress. Unfortunately from a privacy position and the fact that most petitions track the s**t out of you, I've given up participating. :( Kind Regards AndrewM

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Regarding "open-source " research
by Rohan McLeod 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

Probably old-hat to everyone else; but "open-source" seems to be taking on a political life of it's own. I was listening to Michael Mackenzie; http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/michael-mackenzie/3112224 doing an interview with a young women, regarding "open-source " research see for example : http://www.mmv.org/research-development/open-access-malaria-box http://www.mmv.org/research-development/open-source-research and wondered whether either, were aware of it's origins as as a software 'philosophy ' ? regards Rohan Mcleod

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Dell Optiplex 980 SFF fan needed
by Russell Coker 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Optiplex-Processor-Heatsink-Compatible/dp/ B00DZVBJRY http://itechjsc.com.vn/techsupport/dell/desktops/op980/sm/fan.htm I've got a Dell Optiplex 980 SFF with the CPU fan missing. The fan is a hot- swap part, the above 2 URLs have a picture of the fan assembly. https://www.amazon.com/Dell-92x92x32-Fan-PV903212PSPF-0A-3612KL-04W-B66/dp/ B00HMCPITW The fan itself seems to have a part number of WC236 / G5883 and is probably used in more than a few Dell workstations and maybe some of the low-end servers. Does anyone have such a fan to spare? Alternately how likely is it that I can take a fan from another PC that's the same size and have it work in the Dell? The Dell in question is a nice system, it has one of the faster i7 CPUs so it would be a shame to waste it due to the lack of a fan. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Syntax for copying multiple files into a directory under MS-Windows
by Jason White 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

On a Microsoft Windows machine, what is the equivalent command to cp first_file second_file third_file destination_directory It's a Windows 10 system in my work environment. I've used Microsoft PowerShell for various tasks but I don't know it well. The documentation of copy-item didn't enlighten me.

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LUVpods? [Was: LUV Main August 2016 Meeting: M.2 / CRCs]
by Douglas Ray 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

On 1/08/16 9:18 PM, Andrew Pam via luv-announce wrote: > My sincere apologies for the late notice! I have a nasty flu and > probably won't be able to attend tomorrow night. > > > Start: Aug 2 2016 18:30 Last year, when the meetings moved earlier, I gave up. There've been lots of things I'd have loved to see. Getting there from here was a struggle at 19:00, and 18:30 was the last straw. The year before, Andrew gave a - ummm - vaguely positive response to the idea of recording or videoing some of the presentations, to be available to LUVers who can't attend. Can we have a think about what might make podcasts or streams of the meeting presentations possible? Or whether anything would make them impractical? Douglas > End: Aug 2 2016 20:30 > Location: 6th Floor, 200 Victoria St. Carlton VIC 3053 > Link:http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map > > Speakers: > > * Russell Coker, M.2 > * Rodney Brown, CRCs > > > Russell Coker, M.2 > > According to Wikipedia M.2, formerly known as the Next Generation Form > Factor (NGFF), is a specification for internally mounted computer > expansion cards and associated connectors. It replaces the mSATA > standard, which uses the PCI Express Mini Card physical card layout and > connectors. Russell has been experimenting with M.2 cards for high-speed > storage. > > Russell Coker has done lots of Linux development over the years, mostly > involved with Debian. > > > Rodney Brown, CRCs > > According to Wikipedia, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is an > error-detecting code commonly used in digital networks and storage > devices to detect accidental changes to raw data. Blocks of data > entering these systems get a short check value attached, based on the > remainder of a polynomial division of their contents. CRCs are popular > because they are simple to implement in binary hardware, easy to analyze > mathematically, and particularly good at detecting common errors caused > by noise in transmission channels. > > > 200 Victoria St. Carlton VIC 3053 > > Late arrivals, please call (0490) 049 589 for access to the venue. > > Before and/or after each meeting those who are interested are welcome to > join other members for dinner. We are open to suggestions for a good > place to eat near our venue. Maria's on Peel Street in North Melbourne > is currently the most popular place to eat after meetings. > > LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat and Infoxchange for their help in > obtaining the meeting venues. > > Linux Users of Victoria Inc. is an incorporated association, > registration number A0040056C. > _______________________________________________ > luv-announce mailing list > luv-announce(a)luv.asn.au > https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-announce

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