| 02:14.43 | plarsen | stickster: did you say that you'd used postgress ? |
| 02:56.23 | stickster | Nope... I've used Oracle a bit, but mostly MySQL |
| 03:23.35 | plarsen | Ohhh, I thought it was you who was suggesting a session on comparing databases on linux ... well, my mistake ;) |
| 03:33.29 | stickster | I think it was that other gentleman who showed up at the last night meeting |
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| 15:36.09 | plarsen | Good morning |
| 15:40.58 | jsmith | Good morning plarsen |
| 15:53.20 | plarsen | Got any ideas for an agenda for the next meeting? |
| 16:10.31 | jsmith | I like the database idea... and I'm happy to help present it |
| 16:22.54 | plarsen | Yeah I think we're 3-4 people in the group that may apprechiate that subject. On the other hand, I think we'll loose the rest. It seems we're sorta a group of extreems - in the sense of experience. |
| 16:26.20 | jsmith | Well, I think we should alternate... have some meetings on advanced topics, and some meetings on easy topics. |
| 16:26.35 | jsmith | We'll lose some people on both extremes, but that's OK. |
| 16:26.43 | jsmith | We don't expect every person to attend every meeting. |
| 16:27.28 | plarsen | I agree; and I like Pauls idea but not on "fixed" days. Whatever there's backing for. Too many "beginner" subjects and I know I'll get borred too. So we have to keep it interesting. |
| 16:27.31 | plarsen | For everyone |
| 16:28.44 | IrishW0lf_afk | even on more advanced subjects, it stimulates the mind, even for novices and newbi's |
| 16:30.14 | IrishW0lf_afk | just happened to pop in for a minute, but have to leave again. databases pertaing to linux would be good, as well as web development and other stuff |
| 16:30.22 | plarsen | Well, I could certainly do an Oracle one ;) I've used mysql very little, and postgress not at all ... |
| 16:31.14 | IrishW0lf_afk | i didn't realize that postgress was a database app, hadden't even heard of it |
| 16:32.12 | IrishW0lf_afk | i'm still stuck on dBase III+ |
| 16:32.46 | IrishW0lf_afk | but haven't programed in it for years |
| 16:33.02 | IrishW0lf_afk | got to run, bbl |
| 16:33.20 | IrishW0lf_afk | have to give a cat a bath |
| 16:33.23 | IrishW0lf_afk | lol |
| 16:40.25 | plarsen | For $500-600 what laptop would you recommend for Linux? I may bite the bullet soon and get myself a linux based laptop on my own, instead of keep posponding when I "violate" my only window machine, the company laptop and install linux on it. |
| 16:40.36 | plarsen | But I don't think I'll start on the deep end first. |
| 16:55.31 | jsmith | The dells tend to have pretty good Linux support, as do the IBMs |
| 16:55.38 | jsmith | I'd be wary of any other brands |
| 17:03.17 | plarsen | I sorta like the dells too; but their battery life is awful :( |
| 17:04.23 | plarsen | The one dell (D800) I have now, has had everything but the keyboard replaced. And the print on several of the keys is gone ;) |
| 17:04.44 | IrishW0lf | On one of the lists, i saw people recommending HP hardware |
| 17:05.45 | IrishW0lf | I have a compaq my self and it seem's to have addapted very well |
| 17:06.53 | IrishW0lf | plarsen: touch typing, eh |
| 17:14.08 | plarsen | that or poisions fingers ;) |
| 17:14.24 | plarsen | have it happen to several of my keyboards and even phones. |
| 17:15.02 | plarsen | I had a philips remote (TV) back in Denmark in the mid 90'es were most of the print on the buttons disappeared within a year. they exchanged it to a new one, but the next year the print was gone again :) |
| 17:15.21 | plarsen | s/were/where/ |
| 17:17.08 | IrishW0lf | infobot seems to be very good at correction |
| 17:17.34 | plarsen | lol |
| 17:17.50 | IrishW0lf | laughter is good |
| 17:19.15 | IrishW0lf | btw, apparently my problems with disconnect was due to either a faulty keyboard or the loose connection with the keyboard. I switched keyboards and haven't had any more problems |
| 17:20.28 | plarsen | cool. Nice to see your bios had the same issue ;) Makes it easier to diagnose when you can pull a whole OS out of the equation ;) |
| 17:20.55 | IrishW0lf | yeah, it sure does |
| 17:21.57 | IrishW0lf | thanks to you. I would have been working on that problem for a long time with out your suggestions |
| 17:23.57 | plarsen | well, that's my forte - trouble shooting. |
| 17:24.08 | IrishW0lf | but, is it leagal to use a MS ergonomic keyboard when running a linux system <g> |
| 17:24.12 | plarsen | I seem to break things up into small pieces easily ... |
| 17:24.42 | plarsen | hehe; well I got a danish version of that - 15 years old now, but still working :) If you want to have fun and not know where your keys are, let me know ;) |
| 17:24.51 | plarsen | Its sitting in a box somewhere |
| 17:24.58 | plarsen | not been used since I got the us. |
| 17:26.00 | IrishW0lf | that's ok, i guess i could remap this kb in dainish |
| 17:26.44 | IrishW0lf | s/dainish/danish |
| 17:27.28 | IrishW0lf | well i guess infobot doesn't like me |
| 17:27.55 | jsmith | IrishW0lf: If you go with the HP/Compaq hardware, make sure the model number begins with "nc" |
| 17:28.18 | jsmith | infobot: wake up |
| 17:28.19 | infobot | ACTION throws a barrel-full of ice water on up and shouts "GOOD MORNING!!!!" |
| 17:28.38 | IrishW0lf | jsmith: what is the "nc" designation |
| 17:29.06 | jsmith | It's their business line of laptops (I love the nc6230), as oppposed to their home/consumer line. |
| 17:29.19 | jsmith | If the model doesn't start with "nc", avoid it like the plague |
| 17:31.50 | IrishW0lf | ok, mine is a presario 1500 mod P1516, but then i got it with winxp installed at a good price |
| 17:32.29 | jsmith | Yeah... I've had nothing but problems with Linux compatibillity on the non-nc models |
| 17:32.39 | plarsen | IrishW0lf, well, you could - but there's a few more keys on a danish keyboard ;) |
| 17:33.22 | IrishW0lf | you all are real talkers, eh |
| 17:33.42 | IrishW0lf | lol |
| 17:34.51 | IrishW0lf | jsmith: well luckilly, i guess, i have had no problems thus far running suse 10.2 |
| 17:35.28 | IrishW0lf | i even was able to configure the wireless pcmia card with little effort |
| 17:37.29 | IrishW0lf | real test will be when i have to take it out to the field to image hard drives |
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