From HEUSSERM at student.gvsu.edu Sat Mar 1 09:22:00 2003 From: HEUSSERM at student.gvsu.edu (Matthew R. Heusser) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:26 2004 Subject: Speaking of problems ... Message-ID: <1046532120.d6a44840HEUSSERM@student.gvsu.edu> My web-site search problem is bothering me. Long problem statement is below my signature. If you just want something to bang away at, you could try a search on: http://www.csis.gvsu.edu/~heusserm/cgi-bin/search.pl Two or three times a day on a couple of different days in the following week. The search timed out for me yesterday @GR.pm, didn't work last night @8PM, did work @9PM, timed out again @9:15PM, and is now working @10:10AM. I know the server is rebooted periodically, but otherwise, it makes no sense to me. (Given Identical input and getting different results, I'm beginning to think it's a GVSU problem) If you could reply privately with a yes/no date/time count, that would be immensely helpful. Thanks, Matt H. I'm using a Perl script and CGI. In a nutshell: #-------------- #Begin Code #-------------- my $command = "$swish_program -w '$search_words' -f $index_file"; my @results = `$command`; foreach (@results) { #Handle Results } #-------------- #End Code #-------------- ($swish_program is something like "./swish", a test-searhing open source project I built from C code. $search_words is something like "test", and $index_file is something like "mywebsite.index") It works just fine when I run it as my user. When I run over CGI, however, is sometimes hanging when I back-tick $command. I'm guessing that it's not hanging but actually die-ing, and the browser is sitting around, waiting for output until it hits a time-out. A few things: (1) Yes, I regexp the heck out of everything before I create $command (2) Yes, I set $ENV{PATH} = ''; (3) Yes, I've chmodded all executables so they are are world read-executable (4) I'm running on a 24-node beowulf cluster (5) The cluster is re-booted, machine by machine, periodically (not-quite-daily) From brandon at echobox.com Mon Mar 3 22:02:02 2003 From: brandon at echobox.com (Brandon Gohsman) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:26 2004 Subject: FW: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 28 Message-ID: <000001c2e202$d3de2c00$6501a8c0@echobox5sn5l2k> O'Reilly News... Brandon Gohsman EchoBox Interactive O-418 Johnson St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49544 T 616.677.1334 C 616.443.8162 E brandon@echobox.com -----Original Message----- From: Marsee Henon [mailto:marsee@oreilly.com] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 8:37 PM To: Brandon@echobox.com Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 28 O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter February 28, 2003 Please share this information with your members... Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition -MySQL Pocket Reference -Using Samba, 2nd Edition --------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events -------------------------------------------------------------- -Chuck Cavaness ("Programming Jakarta Struts"), Heartland Users Group Java SIG, Kansas City, MO--March 5) --------------------------------------------------------------- Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Watch Rael Dornfest and Cory Doctorow on "The Screen Savers" talk about the upcoming O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference -Put Up A Conference Banner, Get A Free Book-O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference --------------------------------------------------------------- Safari ---------------------------------------------------------------- -User Group Members can "Go On Safari" ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Cory Doctorow's Bitchun' World: P2P Gone Wild -Swarm Intelligence: An Interview with Eric Bonabeau -T-shirt Slogan Contest Deadline for Submissions is March 10 -Creating an Apache Site with Public and Secure Access -Get Your PHP Recipe of the Day -Controlling Your Mac with AppleScript and Java -Giving .NET-based Applications a Fast and Responsive UI with Multiple Threads -A Quick Guide to vi -Running Samba on the Mac OS X Server ================================================ Book News ================================================ Review books are available--email me for a copy. ***Please include the book order number on your requests. Let me know if you need your books by a certain date. Allow at least four weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. http://www.oreilly.com/ ***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** Please let me know if you are interested. Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ ***Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition Order Number: 3234 "Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition" is the most up-to-date reference on today's security and networking issues. In addition to covering the four most popular Unix variants: Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X, the latest edition includes new sections on embedded systems, biometrics, additional Internet protocols, anti-theft technologies, and new authentication systems such as LDAP and PAM. Packed with helpful scripts, tips, and warnings, this book remains the definitive work for Unix administrators and anyone concerned about system and network security. Beta Chapter 11, "TCP/IP Networks," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/puis3/chapter/index.html ***MySQL Pocket Reference Order Number: 446x Easy to take and use anywhere, this handy reference provides instant reminders on how to use important MySQL functions in conjunction with key parts of the LAMP open source infrastructure. The book covers how to install MySQL, and it includes descriptions of SQL commands, data types, operators, and functions. A complete reference to the MySQL version of SQL, this pocket guide also serves as a convenient companion to our large, in-depth volume, "Managing and Using MySQL." http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mysqlpr/ ***Using Samba, 2nd Edition Order Number: 2564 "Using Samba, 2nd Edition" covers all versions of Samba from 2.0 to 2.2, as well as the most important features of 3.0. Updated for Windows 2000, Me, and XP, the book also explores Samba's new role as a secondary domain controller, its support for Windows 2000 security on host Unix systems, and its improved integration with SSL security. This comprehensive guide to Samba administration has been officially adopted by the Samba Team and is under the GNU Free Documentation License. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba2/ Chapter 7, "Name Resolution and Browsing," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba2/chapter/ =============================================== Upcoming Events =============================================== ***Chuck Cavaness at the Heartland Users Group Java SIG-- Kansas City, MO Chuck is the author of "Programming Jakarta Struts" Wednesday, March 5, 2003 6:30-9:00pm Vatterott College 8955 E. 38th Terrace Kansas City, MO For more info: http://www.hugkc.org/ (go to the March newsletter) Programming Jakarta Struts Order Number: 3285 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jakarta/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Watch Rael Dornfest and Cory Doctorow on The Screen Savers talk about the upcoming O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference Tech TV's website: http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/showtell/story/0,24330,3419005,00.htm l Early Bird Discount-- User Group members who register before March 14th, 2003, get a double discount. 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Dr. Bonabeau takes us from his childhood nightmares of carnivorous wasps to applying the theories of swarm intelligence to solving real problems in the business world. http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/02/21/bonabeau.html Eric will be a keynote speaker at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference. To register, or for more information, go to: http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ ***T-shirt Slogan Contest Deadline for submissions is March 10, 2003 Do you think geek? Enter your slogan on our site. We'll sort through the entries and, using our in-house panel of geek writers, editors, programmers, and sys admins, we'll choose a winner, based on our own biased criteria for cleverness, creativity, and general geek appeal. The winner will receive a $50 shopping spree at ThinkGeek--and a T-shirt with the winning slogan. To enter: http://www.oreilly.com/contest/tshirt_0203.html --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Creating an Apache Site with Public and Secure Access Peter Laurie walks through a typical configuration file for an Apache web site that combines public access to a database with a secure back door for maintenance. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2003/02/27/apache.html Peter is a coauthor of "Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition." Order Number: 2033 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/apache3/index.html ***Get Your PHP Recipe of the Day Are you a programmer who's looking for useful PHP code? Look no further, thanks to our daily PHP recipe. 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Order Number: 2564 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba2/ ***A Quick Guide to vi Jaguar ships with a variety of text editors. Of these, many Unix users will prefer vi (Visual Editor), which is a powerful, feature-rich editor that is lean and mean. If you haven't had the vi experience yet, this article will help you get off to a great start. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/02/21/vi_intro.html Until next time-- Marsee From HEUSSERM at student.gvsu.edu Fri Mar 7 07:26:49 2003 From: HEUSSERM at student.gvsu.edu (Matthew R. Heusser) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:26 2004 Subject: Speaking of problems ... Message-ID: <1047043609.d621f900HEUSSERM@student.gvsu.edu> Does anyone have a copy of: "Computer Science & Perl Programming" or "Effective Perl Programming: Writing Better Programs With Perl" That I could borrow? regards, Matt H. From steve.johnson at missionindia.org Wed Mar 12 08:44:59 2003 From: steve.johnson at missionindia.org (Steve Johnson) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:26 2004 Subject: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom Message-ID: ** I apologize if this is duplicated, my email address changed and I hadn't kept up my Majordomo info** Due to my Friday-based consulting work, I've been unable to attend many PMs lately, but I was especially disappointed about missing the most recent "round-table" meeting. So that I can earn back some Whuffie (esteem-points), I'm throwing out these discussion points: Who has read "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom"? Written by Cory Doctorow, this SF tale is set 100+ years into the future where there is unlimited energy, death is defeated, there is no scarcity, and you are wet-wired to the 'net 24/7. Instead of money, you have Whuffie (left and right)--which reflects the esteem that others have for you. Sort of an Amazon-like "other people who bought this book also bought clean underwear" kind of measurement that others can "ping" and see if they will like you before they know you. * Will Cory's idea of using a "creative commons" license that allows free exchange of the digital version while simultaneously trying to sell a deadtree version really work? Will it be repeatable? Does his apparent success change anything? * What did you think of the book? * Is GRPM an ad-hoc, in the sense of the book? If not, could it be? If you want the book, go to http://www.craphound.com/down/ and download a copy in HTML, PDF, Palm/Pocket PC readable form or http://www.amazon.com and buy it. I enjoyed reading it on my Handspring. Regards, sj From sdpoling at attbi.com Wed Mar 12 13:50:55 2003 From: sdpoling at attbi.com (Steve Poling) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:26 2004 Subject: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3E6F8F9F.7020804@attbi.com> I have corresponded with Cory over the course of the last few months and after I read his novel, I had this to say. If you want the book, ask and I'll lend you my dead tree format: ----- I almost tossed Down & Out against the wall. No, it wasn't you. It was me. Couple things you won't like about me: Thing one is that I'm a Fundamentalist Christian. I'm not going to ask for a donation and I won't whine about what you do between the sheets. I believe in the heaven and hell thing. You know, eternal life, fire and brimstone vs pie in the sky by and by. Thing two you won't like I don't like. My Cancer has come back. I'm figuring I've got five years if I'm lucky. ((I was being pessimistic at the time, i'm not that pessimistic now)) So, I pick up Down & Out. Everything in it is plausible if all the things we hope to happen actually do happen: free energy, death cures, whirled peace, post scarcity, Linux world domination, all the cool toys. As Utopian as can be. I've been to Disney World exactly once. I came back telling folks, "Disney World is nice, but it isn't Heaven." But I figure it is as close to Heaven as you can find on this planet. Your novel pushed that idea to the limit. Good show. Here's what made me want to toss the novel. Your guy has everlasting life in a place as close to Heaven as can be. How is he using this wonderful gift? He's renovating an amusement park ride. The sheer banality of life everlasting struck me between the eyes. ... And I was thinking to myself, 'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell' ... I don't know if the banality of life everlasting came to mind while you were writing this novel. But I thought you might find the insight useful. the banality wasn't merely an outgrowth of the ad-hocracy, it was inherent to the point of conflict: we're talking about an amusement park ride. is amusement what humanity individually and corporately is all about? does the mob, albeit smart, still prefer candy to medicine as Plato argued in Gorges? Shall the confectioner rule? Steve Johnson wrote: > ** I apologize if this is duplicated, my email address changed and I > hadn't kept up my Majordomo info** > > Due to my Friday-based consulting work, I've been unable to attend > many PMs lately, but I was especially disappointed about missing the > most recent "round-table" meeting. So that I can earn back some > Whuffie (esteem-points), I'm throwing out these discussion points: > > Who has read "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom"? Written by Cory > Doctorow, this SF tale is set 100+ years into the future where there > is unlimited energy, death is defeated, there is no scarcity, and you > are wet-wired to the 'net 24/7. Instead of money, you have Whuffie > (left and right)--which reflects the esteem that others have for you. > Sort of an Amazon-like "other people who bought this book also bought > clean underwear" kind of measurement that others can "ping" and see if > they will like you before they know you. > > * Will Cory's idea of using a "creative commons" license that allows > free exchange of the digital version while simultaneously trying to > sell a deadtree version really work? Will it be repeatable? Does his > apparent success change anything? > > * What did you think of the book? > > * Is GRPM an ad-hoc, in the sense of the book? If not, could it be? > > If you want the book, go to http://www.craphound.com/down/ and > download a copy in HTML, PDF, Palm/Pocket PC readable form or > http://www.amazon.com and buy it. I enjoyed reading it on my > Handspring. > > Regards, > sj > > From HEUSSERM at student.gvsu.edu Fri Mar 14 09:04:21 2003 From: HEUSSERM at student.gvsu.edu (Matthew R. Heusser) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:26 2004 Subject: Speaking of problems ... Message-ID: <1047654261.7119c200HEUSSERM@student.gvsu.edu> " How to stay motivated It is a wonderful and surprising fact that programmers are highly motivated by the desire to create artifacts that are beautiful, useful, or nifty. This desire is not unique to programmers nor universal but it is so strong and common among programmers that it separates them from others in other roles. This has practical and important consequences. If programmers are asked to do something that is not beautiful, useful, or nifty, they will have low morale. There's a lot of money to be made doing ugly, stupid, and boring stuff; but in the end, fun will make the most money for the company. Obviously, there are entire industries organized around motivational techniques some of which apply here. The things that are specic to programming that I can identify are: -> Use the best language for the job. -> Look for opportunities to apply new techniques, languages, and technolo-gies. -> Try to either learn or teach something, however small, in each project. " >From How to be a programmer: http://samizdat.mines.edu/howto/HowToBeAProgrammer.pdf I found it an interesting free read. (Free like beer, not free like freedom. :-) Matthew H.(eusser) From steve.johnson at missionindia.org Fri Mar 14 09:46:03 2003 From: steve.johnson at missionindia.org (Steve Johnson) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:26 2004 Subject: Speaking of problems ... In-Reply-To: <1047654261.7119c200HEUSSERM@student.gvsu.edu> Message-ID: > It is a wonderful and surprising fact that programmers are > highly motivated by the desire to create artifacts that are > beautiful, useful, or nifty. This desire is > not unique to programmers nor universal but it is so strong > and common among programmers that it separates them from > others in other roles. I heard a similar topic on NPR's Tech Nation www.technation.com. An author, Paul Glen, was interviewed. He wrote "Leading Geeks", which sounded like an interesting read: Hardcover: 250 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.02 x 9.26 x 6.26 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1st edition (November 1, 2002) ISBN: 0787961485 Amazon.com Sales Rank: 3,511 Anybody read it and have some thoughts? From HEUSSERM at student.gvsu.edu Wed Mar 19 15:03:33 2003 From: HEUSSERM at student.gvsu.edu (Matthew R. Heusser) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:26 2004 Subject: Presentations Message-ID: <1048107813.a3671420HEUSSERM@student.gvsu.edu> Would anyone be interested in a presentation on Test-Driven Programming using Test::Harness? It's like, cool and stuff. I'm thinking April, maybe May? There's a good Test-Driven Development book that just came out, but the examples are in Java. Sigh ... regards, Matt H. From brandon at echobox.com Thu Mar 27 19:44:31 2003 From: brandon at echobox.com (Brandon Gohsman) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:26 2004 Subject: FW: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18 Message-ID: <003601c2f4cb$9745aee0$6501a8c0@echobox5sn5l2k> Book news. Is there a Terrorist Cookbook? Brandon Gohsman EchoBox Interactive O-418 Johnson St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49544 T 616.677.1334 C 616.443.8162 E brandon@echobox.com -----Original Message----- From: Marsee Henon [mailto:marsee@oreilly.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:55 PM To: Brandon@echobox.com Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18 O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter March 18, 2003 Please share this information with your members... Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Java Extreme Programming Cookbook -Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition -Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk: Best of the Perl Journal -Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Derrick Story ("iPhoto:The Missing Manual" and "Digital Photo Pocket Guide") will present to the North Coast Mac Users Group at O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA--March 22 -Jesse Liberty ("Programming ASP.NET") at the Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference, Boston, MA--March 20 -Software Legends Night at Softpro Books, Burlington, MA--March 26 -Colin Moock ("ActionScript for Flash MX") at Flash Forward 2003, San Francisco, CA--March 26 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention -Mac OS X Innovators Contest Winning Entry to be Announced at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference -New--Put Up A O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book --------------------------------------------------------------- Safari ---------------------------------------------------------------- -First "Go On Safari" Winner--Michael J. Ross, San Diego Oracle Users Group ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -The Next Revolution: Smart Mobs -What does Linux have to do with Dickens? -Interview with Rael Dornfest -Official O'Reilly Gear at ThinkGeek -Hackers Meet Soldiers -Egoboo: The Cute Way to Dungeon Role Play -The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer -Making Java Objects Comparable -Detecting Duplicate Code with PMD's CPD -Configuration Handlers in .NET -Build Hyperlinks into Your Client App with the Windows Forms LinkLabel Control -Hands on X11 -Apple Releases Java 1.4.1 for Mac OS X ================================================ Book News ================================================ Review books are available--email me for a copy. ***Please include the book order number on your requests. Let me know if you need your books by a certain date. Allow at least four weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. http://www.oreilly.com/ ***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** Please let me know if you are interested. Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ ***Java Extreme Programming Cookbook Order Number: 3870 Extreme Programming does not mean programming naked while rollerblading down the side of the Grand Canyon. It does mean a new approach to software development that is both radical and common sense. Brimming over with 100 recipes for getting down to business and actually doing XP, "Java Extreme Programming Cookbook" succinctly documents the most important features of popular open source tools for XP in Java, and then digs right in, providing recipes for implementing the tools in real-world environments. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jextprockbk/ Chapter 4, "JUnit," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jextprockbk/chapter/index.html ***Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition Order Number: 4699 "Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition" guides you through the process of installing and running Red Hat Linux on your PC. Written in a friendly, easy-to-understand style, this book contains all you need to get started, including the complete Red Hat 8.0 distribution on CD. With new tutorials covering OpenOffice Tools and the desktop, this book is excellent for first-time Linux users who want to install the operating system on a new PC or convert an existing system to Linux. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/redhat3/ Chapter 10, "Connecting to the Internet," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/redhat3/ ***Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk: Best of the Perl Journal Order Number: 3110 "Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk: Best of the Perl Journal" includes the very best (and still relevant) articles published in "The Perl Journal" over its five years of publication. Written by 23 of the most prominent and prolific members of the closely knit Perl community, including Lincoln Stein, Mark-Jason Dominus, Alligator Descartes, and Dan Brian, the 40 articles included in this volume are simply some of the finest Perl articles ever written on the subjects of graphics, the Web, and Perl/Tk. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tpj2/ Chapter 4, "Cookies," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tpj2/chapter/index.html ***Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual Order Number: 4524 If you've made the switch to Mac, or you're ready to, this book will show you how to: move files, address books, and email collections from a PC to the Mac; find familiar controls in the new system; set up a network to share files with PCs and Macs; and adapt old printers, scanners, and other peripherals. If you've discovered that just buying a new Mac isn't all there is to it, this guide by celebrated author and columnist David Pogue will have you converting from Windows to Mac quickly and easily. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/switchmacmm/ =============================================== Upcoming Events =============================================== ***Derrick Story ("iPhoto:The Missing Manual" and "Digital Photo Pocket Guide") will present to the North Coast Mac Users Group at O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA--March 22 Join Derrick Story as he shows you how to take advantage of the powerful, yet easy to use, features in the latest version of the iLife application suite. Create "Ken Burns like" QuickTime movies, add music from your iTunes library, and publish it all to a CD, DVD, or the Web. Plus, you'll receive a special "behind the scenes" tour of the O'Reilly Campus here in Sebastopol. Derrick will be available to answer questions and sign books. The O'Reilly bookstore is open for this event. O'Reilly Saturday, March 22, 2003 11am--1pm 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA Directions: http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html For more information on NCMUG go to: http://www.ncmug.org/ ***Jesse Liberty ("Programming ASP.NET") at the Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference, Boston, MA--March 20 Author Jesse Liberty ("Programming C#," "Learning C#," "Learning Visual Basic .NET," and "Programming ASP.NET") is the keynote speaker at Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference. Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference & Expo March 18-20, 2003 Hynes Convention Center Boston, MA http://www.sys-con.com/webservicesedge2003east/index.cfm ***Software Legends Night at Softpro, Burlington, MA--March 26 Spend an evening filled with tips, tricks, best practices, and fun with author Chris Sells ("Mastering Visual Studio .NET"). Softpro Books Wednesday, March 26, 2003 6:30 to 8:00 pm 112 Mall Road Burlington, MA 01803-5300 http://www.softpro.com/events.html ***Colin Moock ("ActionScript for Flash MX") at Flash Forward 2003, San Francisco, CA--March 26 Author Colin Moock leads an ActionScript Workshop and a session on "Multiuser Flash with Unity 2." Flash Forward 2003 March 26- 29, 2003 Herbst Theatre San Francisco, CA http://www.flashforward2003.com/ For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention--Portland, OR Programmers, developers, strategists, technical staff, and other open source votaries from around the world congregate for five days of tutorials, conference sessions, and networking of the flesh-and-blood variety. Recognizing that open source tools have moved squarely into the mainstream, this year's convention focuses on "embracing and extending proprietary software." Early Bird Discount-- User Group members who register before May 23, 2003, get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/ord_os03 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR July 7-11, 2003 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ ***Mac OS X Innovators Contest Winning Entry to be Announced at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference Have you created a Mac OS X application, plug-in, or some other type of innovative software that you believe is top in its class? Then enter it in the Mac OS X Innovators contest. First prize is an ADC Premier membership (includes WWDC pass, hardware credits, and tons of other benefits) plus a full pass to the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference plus a one year subscription to the premium online book service, Safari--these awards total nearly $5,000 for the first place winner. Deadline for entries is March 28. Find out how to enter here: http://www.macdevcenter.com/mac/developer/ For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ User Group members get 20% off the conference pricing. Use the code DSUG. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/22/register.html ***New--Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book Ready for the next conference banner promotion? Here it is: We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with our O'Reilly Open Source Convention banner, I will send you the O'Reilly book of your choice. OSCON Conference Banners: http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/oscon2003/ ================================================ Safari News ================================================ ***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Michael J. Ross, San Diego Oracle Users Group "One advantage that Safari has over newsgroups is the higher quality of source code. Developers can better rely upon sample code from technical books tested by professional reviewers and countless readers, and supplemented with more extensive explanations and errata--as opposed to code culled from thrice-borrowed scripts, and usually presented with insufficient context." Your group can also participate in this introductory program just for user group members. To "Go on Safari," any of your members who sign up for our Safari 14-day free trial send comments on their experiences, or tips and tricks for how they used Safari (it only needs to be 2 sentences long, but it may be longer) to safari_talk@oreilly.com. Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments submitted to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book bags, or other surprises). If a member of your user group is selected, your group receives free gifts, too. Whatever the individual member receives, your UG will get one, too, to give away at your next meeting, or use however you see fit. Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in the User Group Newsletter. **Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial** http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug For more information on Safari: http://safari.oreilly.com/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***The Next Revolution: Smart Mobs What do you get when you mix together millions of cell phones and P2P-enabled computers with wireless Internet floating in the air and users reviewing products, sellers, and each other? Smart mobs. That's what Howard Rheingold, a keynoter at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference, calls these folks. Read what he has to say about this third computing revolution. http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/03/13/howard.html For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ ***What does Linux have to do with Dickens? Tim O'Reilly's weblog from Sunday, March 16, 2003. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2911 ***Interview with Rael Dornfest Listen to Minnesota Public Radio's "Future Tense" interview with Rael Dornfest and learn about some of Google's lesser-known search techniques. Just click on the link beside "Google Hacks." Rael is a coauthor of O'Reilly's recently released "Google Hacks." http://news.mpr.org/programs/futuretense/ Google Hacks Order Number: 4478 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googlehks/ ***Official O'Reilly Gear at ThinkGeek For years, our customers have asked us to make and sell various items with our animals on them. We are pleased and proud to present our first collection of official OReilly animal swag. For a limited time only, order any O'Reilly t-shirt, babydoll tee, or child's t-shirt/creeper, and get a free O'Reilly 2003 Calendar. For every shirt you buy, ThinkGeek will give you a free calendar. www.thinkgeek.com/oreilly. --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Hackers Meet Soldiers OpenBSD has a well-deserved reputation for fanatical security. Why is the U.S. military funding it? What do you get out of it? Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin investigate. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html ***Egoboo: The Cute Way to Dungeon Role Play Dungeon crawls are as popular among the computer RPG crowd as first person shooters are among the action crowd. In the open source world, Egoboo is perhaps the cutest and most accessible RPG. Howard Wen examines the project, its history, and its future. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/03/13/egoboo.html --------------------- XML --------------------- ***The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer Russell Dyer talks to Eric Meyer, invited expert to the W3C's CSS Working Group, and author of "Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide." http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/12/meyer.html Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide Order Number: 6226 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/css/ --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Making Java Objects Comparable Sometimes how objects relate to each other is as important as the existence of the objects. There's no single way to compare them--a person might be sorted by age, name, or position in a queue. In this article, Budi Kurniawan demonstrates how to make your objects comparable and sortable with java.util.Comparator and java.lang.Comparable. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/03/12/java_comp.html ***Detecting Duplicate Code with PMD's CPD Code reuse has been a grail for years. Why, then, is there still so much copying and pasting going on? Tom Copeland introduces CPD, the Copy/Paste Detector, which can identify large swaths of duplicate Java code. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/03/12/pmd_cpd.html --------------------- ..NET --------------------- ***Configuration Handlers in .NET In the shiny new world of .NET-based applications with xcopy deployment and smart clients, we can no longer use the registry to hold application configuration information. Instead, we're supposed to use XML-based configuration files accessed via the CLR's pluggable configuration framework. In this article by Ben Lowery, he explains how this all works. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/01/01/configsections.html ***Build Hyperlinks into Your Client App with the Windows Forms LinkLabel Control Writing for MSDN, Dan Hurwitz discusses the flexibility of the LinkLabel control in the .NET Framework, its properties, built-in behaviors, and their use in VB.NET and C#. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/02/LinkLabel/default.aspx Dan is a coauthor of "Programming ASP.NET." Order Number: 1711 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet/index.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Hands on X11 The imprementation of X11 for Mac OS X includes a window server, libraries, and basic utilities such as xterm. In this article, Dan Benjamin shows you how to install and use the latest beta offered by Apple. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/14/install_x11.html ***Apple Releases Java 1.4.1 for Mac OS X Apple takes Java to the next level with the latest release of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, version 1.4.1 for Mac OS X. It includes 60 percent more features than 1.3.1. Daniel Steinberg brings you up to speed. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/10/osx_java.html Until next time-- Marsee From HEUSSERM at student.gvsu.edu Fri Mar 28 06:46:21 2003 From: HEUSSERM at student.gvsu.edu (Matthew R. Heusser) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:27 2004 Subject: Cancelled Meeting Message-ID: <1048855581.6aadb140HEUSSERM@student.gvsu.edu> ... Due to the lack of agenda, today's meeting is cancelled. I understand that our illustrious president tried to send out an email about this earlier in the week, but something was fouled up. In the future, I've got a canned presentation of XTreme Programming (I will work in some stuff on test::harness, I PROMISE!), if anyone is interested, otherwise, we're still calling for presentors ... regards, Matt H. From Tim.Maletic at priority-health.com Fri Mar 28 07:32:27 2003 From: Tim.Maletic at priority-health.com (Tim.Maletic@priority-health.com) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:27 2004 Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18 Message-ID: > From: Brandon Gohsman [mailto:brandon@echobox.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:45 PM > To: grand-rapids-pm-list@happyfunball.pm.org > Subject: FW: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18 > > Book news. Is there a Terrorist Cookbook? Great. So much for our low profile to the feds. Thanks, Brandon. ******************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the Priority Health Information Services Department at (616) 942-0954. ******************************************************************** From williamday at email.com Sat Mar 29 11:31:52 2003 From: williamday at email.com (Bill Day) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:27 2004 Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18 Message-ID: <20030329173152.18149.qmail@email.com> Even though the previous email was sent in jest (I think). I find it very distrurbing because there is at least a grain of truth to it. During the cold war, I was raised in the "land of the free, home of the brave". Now we must practice self-censorship. My 1st instinct was to reply with: The name of the book is "The anarchist cookbook", published by Lyle Stuart, not O'Reilly. My 2nd instinct was to supress that email to keep us off the Fed's radar screen. My 3rd insticnt is anger that I no longer live in a free society. If you attempt to get a copy, the bookstore or library where you get it will be forced to rat you out, and it is violation of federal law for them to let you know they ratted you out. So much for the 1st ammendment. ----- Original Message ----- From: Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:32:27 -0500 To: , Subject: RE: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18 > > From: Brandon Gohsman [mailto:brandon@echobox.com] > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:45 PM > > To: grand-rapids-pm-list@happyfunball.pm.org > > Subject: FW: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18 > > > > Book news. Is there a Terrorist Cookbook? > > > Great. So much for our low profile to the feds. Thanks, Brandon. > > > > ******************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential > and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity > to whom they are addressed. 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I'll skip the inappropriate accompanying brevity. 8-) Brandon Gohsman EchoBox Interactive O-418 Johnson St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49544 T 616.677.1334 C 616.443.8162 E brandon@echobox.com -----Original Message----- From: Marsee Henon [mailto:marsee@oreilly.com] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:34 PM To: Brandon@echobox.com Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 28 O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter March 28, 2003 Please share this information with your members... Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Shared Source CLI Essentials -VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition -LDAP System Administration -Mac OS X Hacks -ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -MySQL Users Conference, San Jose, CA--April 10-12 -Java Freedom Software Symposium, Philadelphia, PA--Apr 11-13 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------- -O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation -New ETech Keynote: Google, Innovation, and the Web -Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention -Put Up A O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book --------------------------------------------------------------- Safari ---------------------------------------------------------------- -"Go On Safari" winner-- Andrew Shuttleworth, Tokyo PC Users Group ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Slideshow of NCMUG's Recent O'Reilly Fieldtrip -What if SETI@home Gets Lucky? -Setting Up an 802.11b Home Wireless Network -Into the Future at San Diego Technical Books -Building an Address Book with OpenLDAP -Five Tips for .NET Programming in Perl -Ten Security Checks for PHP, Part 1 -Space-Based Programming -.NET Framework 1.1 Expands Support -Creating Sherlock Channels -Inside Samba: Windows Sharing for the Mac ================================================ Book News ================================================ Review books are available--email me for a copy. ***Please include the book order number on your requests. Let me know if you need your books by a certain date. Allow at least four weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. http://www.oreilly.com/ ***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** Please let me know if you are interested. Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ ***Shared Source CLI Essentials Order Number: 351X "Shared Source CLI Essentials" provides a road map for navigating the Microsoft Shared Source CLI (Rotor) code. After introducing the CLI, its core concepts, and implementation, the book covers the CLI type system; component packaging and assemblies; JIT compilation; garbage collection; and more. Written by members of the team that designed the ..NET Framework, this book is for anyone who wants to know what goes on under the hood of the .NET runtime and the ECMA CLI. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/ Chapter 1, "Introducing the CLI Component Model," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/chapter/index.html ***VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition Order Number: 4885 "VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition" has been completely updated for VBScript 5.6, WSH 5.6, and ASP 3.0. A comprehensive reference to VBScript's statements, keywords and objects, the new edition also includes updated introductory chapters covering the significant changes since the first edition was published. New chapters introduce the Windows Script Component for creating binary COM components and the Script Encoder. This book offers programmers and system administrators the most complete, up-to-date, and easy-to-use language reference for developing effective scripts. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbscriptian2/ Chapter 7, "Windows Script Host 5.6," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbscriptian2/chapter/index.html ***LDAP System Administration Order Number: 4916 "LDAP System Administration" helps you quickly integrate a directory server into essential network services such as mail, DNS, HTTP, and SMB/CIFS, regardless of which LDAP version you use. After introducing the workings of a directory service and the LDAP protocol, as well as building and installing OpenLDAP (the open source directory server used as the premise for examples), the book walks you through configuration and access control; replication and referral; interoperation with different LDAP servers; and much more. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ldapsa/ Chapter 7, "Email and LDAP," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ldapsa/chapter/index.html *** Mac OS X Hacks Order Number: 4605 "Mac OS X Hacks" pulls together the best tips, tricks, and tools from Mac power users and Unix hackers. From the Unix side comes no-nonsense solutions to Web, Mail, and FTP serving; security services, SSH, Perl, and shell scripting; and more. From Mac users come customizations for System Preferences, and GUI mods and tweaks; AppleScript, AppleTalk, and equivalents; and general Macintosh-style tomfoolery. This book offers a unique collection of real-world know-how that you can apply to the challenges of working with Mac OS X and its Unix underpinnings. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mcosxhks/ Sample Hacks are available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mcosxhks/chapter/index.html ***ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference Order Number: 5148 "ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference" summarizes ActionScript's core objects, classes, properties, and methods. Also covered are ActionScript's global properties, global functions, operators, statements, keywords, and directives, as well as an excellent summary of ActionScript syntax and best practices, covering datatypes, variables, loops, conditionals, identifiers, event handling, and object-oriented programming. This compact reference also addresses common Flash elements and operations, including Movie Clips, graphics, text, data transfers, and XML parsing. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscrptpr/ A sample excerpt on Variables is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscrptpr/chapter/index.html =============================================== Upcoming Events =============================================== ***MySQL Users Conference, San Jose, CA--April 10-12 Ruth Boyer and I will be at the MySQL Conference--be sure to visit our booth (#113) if you're attending. In addition, check out MySQL and Ruby presentations by author Paul DuBois ("MySQL Cookbook" and "Software Portability with imake"). MySQL Users Conference & Expo Doubletree Hotel San Jose, CA http://www.mysql.com/events/uc2003/ ***Java Freedom Software Symposium, Philadelphia, PA--Apr 11-13 Author James Duncan Davidson ("Learning Cocoa with Objective-C") is a featured speaker. Sheraton Suites Philadelphia Airport 4101 B Island Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19153 http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/2003-04-philly/index.jsp For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation System administrators, developers, strategists, and technical staff are invited to submit proposals to lead tutorial and conference sessions at the second annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference. Suggested topics include: Scripting Genius, Amazing Applications, Ingenious Hacks, and SysAdmin Mac Style, to name a few. http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/ The submission deadline for proposals is May 14, 2003 http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2003/create/e_sess ***New ETech Keynote: Google, Innovation, and the Web Craig Silverstein, Google's director of technology, will be giving a keynote at the Emerging Technology Conference on how Google is building a work culture that fosters the creation of new experiments and innovations. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2003/view/e_sess/4325 For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/22/register.html ***Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention --Portland, OR Programmers, developers, strategists, technical staff, and other open source votaries from around the world congregate for five days of tutorials, conference sessions, and networking of the flesh-and-blood variety. Recognizing that open source tools have moved squarely into the mainstream, this year's convention focuses on "embracing and extending proprietary software." Early Bird Discount-- User Group members who register before May 23, 2003, get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/ord_os03 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR July 7-11, 2003 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ ***Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book Ready for the next conference banner promotion? Here it is: We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with our O'Reilly Open Source Convention banner, I will send you the O'Reilly book of your choice. OSCON Conference Banners: http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/oscon2003/ ================================================ Safari News ================================================ ***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Andrew Shuttleworth, Tokyo PC Users Group "Ever since Google has been around, I've thought that I no longer needed reference books. 'A quick search is all I need to get the answers I want,' I've thought. But having wasted some good time searching for a crucial Excel formula or a 'how to' in MS Project, I've realized there is very little freely available reference content on the Web that comes close to the quality of material published by O'Reilly. Subscribing to Safari Bookshelf means that I no longer have to rely on search engines to get what I want from my software, as high quality material on almost any computer topic I can think of is just a click away. Thanks O'Reilly." Your group can also participate in this introductory program just for user group members. To "Go on Safari," any of your members who sign up for our Safari 14-day free trial send comments on their experiences, or tips and tricks for how they used Safari (it only needs to be 2 sentences long, but it may be longer) to safari_talk@oreilly.com. Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments submitted to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book bags, or other surprises). If a member of your user group is selected, your group receives free gifts, too. Whatever the individual member receives, your UG will get one, too, to give away at your next meeting, or use however you see fit. Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in the User Group Newsletter. **Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial** http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug For more information on Safari: http://safari.oreilly.com/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Slideshow of NCMUG's Recent O'Reilly Fieldtrip Thanks to Lorene Romero for putting together this great presentation. The event was successful--Derrick Story had standing-room-only available for his presentation on iLife. http://homepage.mac.com/ncmug/iMovieTheater17.html And you can read about it here (Thanks Chuck Joiner!): http://www.mugcenter.com/ ***What if SETI@home Gets Lucky? Brian McConnell looks at the latest developments in SETI@home and describes what will happen if a meaningful signal is found. Brian is the author of "Beyond Contact." http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/03/19/seti.html Beyond Contact Order Number: 0375 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/alien/ ***Setting Up an 802.11b Home Wireless Network There's lots of new WiFi equipment available for home or the small office environment. Wei Meng Lee shows you how to set up, secure, and enjoy today's 802.11b hardware for tangle-free networking. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/03/21/home_wifi.html ***Into the Future at San Diego Technical Books Imagine a technical bookstore where the bookcases are packed with the latest computer, biotechnology, and engineering titles; a place where customers have free Wi-Fi over a T1 line. You can experience it now at San Diego Technical Books in San Diego, California. Check out this Team O'Reilly Bookstore profile of one of America's most innovative technical bookstores. http://www.oreilly.com/news/sandiegotech.html San Diego Technical Books: http://www.booksmatter.com/ --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Building an Address Book with OpenLDAP LDAP's most sensible example is, perhaps, managing contacts throughout a company. There aren't many good examples of this, however. Dustin Puryear (coordinator for the Baton Rouge Linux User Group) wants to change that. In this article, he demonstrates how to build and populate a company-wide LDAP address book. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/03/27/ldap_ab.html ***Five Tips for .NET Programming in Perl Don't get tripped up making your Perl SOAP applications work with .NET services. Here are some of the most common traps for Perl developers, enumerated by Randy J. Ray, coauthor of "Programming Web Services with Perl." http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2003/03/26/perlanddotnet.html Programming Web Services with Perl Order Number: 2068 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pwebserperl/ ***Ten Security Checks for PHP, Part 1 The same global access that makes web apps useful means that you have to keep on top of security. Though it's easy to create sites in PHP, it's not immune to sloppy coding. Clancy Malcolm explains how to recognize and fix five potential security holes with PHP in the first of two articles. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2003/03/20/php_security.html For more information on PHP see: http://scripting.oreilly.com/ --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Space-Based Programming Distributed applications promise better scalability and reliability, but the standard models of building them on Remote Procedure Calls are often difficult and slow. Sun and IBM are taking steps to adopt a different approach: space-based programming. Bernhard Angerer explores this idea and what it could mean for J2EE. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/03/19/java_spaces.html --------------------- ..NET --------------------- ***.NET Framework 1.1 Expands Support Chris Sells discusses how the .NET Framework version 1.1 provides expanded namespace, security, and languages support for your .NET projects, all in the March edition of MSDN magazine. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/03/WindowsForms/default.aspx Chris is a coauthor of the upcoming "Mastering Visual Studio .NET." Order Number: 3609 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/ --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Creating Sherlock Channels In this first of a two-part series, Harold Martin provides you with a hands-on overview of Sherlock channel programming. Today's focus is on setup and interface wiring. In part two you'll learn how to work the code. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/developer/2003/03/25/sherlock_one.html **Inside Samba: Windows Sharing for the Mac Samba is one of the most successful open source projects around, and has been ported to Linux, various BSDs, and Darwin/Mac OS X. Currently it provides disk and print shares, acts as a WINS server, and performs NT4 primary domain controller duties. Jason Deraleau takes you inside Samba and shows you how to configure it on your Jaguar Macintosh. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/18/samba.html Until next time-- Marsee -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 10928 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.pm.org/archives/grand-rapids-pm-list/attachments/20030329/ab5cf76a/winmail.bin