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Recording Terrestrial Radio with bash scipts and cron jobs | Hosted by Jon Kulp on 2013-05-14
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Hi Jon,
I\'ve pulled in live streams in the past using mplayer with the -dumpstream option (mplayer http://yoururl/stream.mp3 -dumpstream) and started and stopped the operation with atd (I never fully gotten my head around cron).
I\'ll take a look at streamripper. I like the sound of the option to specify the duration of the rip as an argument of the utility.
Cheers
Marshall
Frank Bell Achieves Enlightenment Adventures with E17 Pt One | Hosted by Frank Bell on 2013-05-15
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Nice, thank you. I look forward to part 2.
Community News for April 2013 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2013-05-06
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In addition to checking for security screwups that I may have overlooked, I\'d be interested in any general commentary or suggestions. I\'m pretty much self-taught on PHP so if I\'ve developed any bad habits I\'ll never know until someone else looks at it...
(I should also clarify that my \"If *I* were Emperor of $whatever\" schtick is just shorthand for \"if there were no practical impediments and I could just declare something done and it would be done that way with no further effort on my part\", not a reflection of an assumption that there IS an Emperor of $whatever...)
Talk Cyberpunk To Me | Hosted by sigflup on 2013-04-26
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Hi Sigflup!
nice project! welcome future.
Updating a Garmin GPS for free | Hosted by riddlebox on 2012-02-13
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Howdy,
I have thought about getting a used Garmin to use with OpenStreetMaps. But, all the garmin units I have tried display a legal agreement when they are turned on. I won\'t agree to it, so I never get very far. Are there hacks for some units to remove the license nonsense? Pointers to that info would be appreciated. I have searched google every way I can think of and not found anything.
Thanks.
Talk Cyberpunk To Me | Hosted by sigflup on 2013-04-26
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A lot of useful information in this episode for me, since I just got a RaspberryPi to play with myself.
Playing Ingress | Hosted by Epicanis on 2013-04-24
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Now there\'s an interesting coincidence - another Level 7 Enlightened with a Nexus 7.
(I just got one as a birthday present from the Minister of Domestic Affairs here at the Asylum for the Sufficiently Nerdy). Tethering it to play Ingress is a huge improvement over the Samsung Mesmerize that I was cursing in this episode.
(Not too long after the episode was recorded, I was able to get the phone warranty-replaced - the replacement Mesmerize so far doesn\'t seem to have the irritating radio problem and runs pretty well since I rooted it and purged it of the bloatware, but it\'s still not nearly as nice as the tablet.)
I\'m working on putting together episode 2 on this topic - anything you\'re particularly interested in hearing about?
HPR Saturday Sessions: What is hacking? | Hosted by Nido Media on 2013-05-02
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I think curiousity is a necessary component of any good hacker (or rather, I don\'t think someone could become a good hacker without having a decent amount of curiousity), but to me it\'s the USES of the aquired knowledge that make the difference between mere learning and \"hacking\".
Community News for April 2013 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2013-05-06
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I didn\'t want to encroach anyone\'s style :-) thanks for the nice comments
HPR Saturday Sessions: What is hacking? | Hosted by Nido Media on 2013-05-02
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I disagree with the gentleman who kept saying that the search for knowledge is all that\'s needed. A hacker needs to apply the knowledge.
Lament For httpd | Hosted by deepgeek on 2013-04-29
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Seeing the link to the Hiawatha web server, I was kind of hoping the episode would talk a little about it...
(It\'s nice in general to hear about not-Apache webservers for a change. We\'ve long since moved on past the idea that email necessarily means \"Sendmail\", but the internet in general seems to have trouble moving beyond \"www means Apache\").
Cherokee is a good alternative as well, though they\'ve been way too slack about making real releases out of their updates over the last year or so.
Still a good episode, and although I\'ve never used thttpd myself, I agree with the general sentiment expressed wholeheartedly!
Playing Ingress | Hosted by Epicanis on 2013-04-24
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Great intro, script, vocals and audio quality. A quality episode.
L7 Enlightened, Green Bay, WI
Been playing for a few months now as well, and I\'ve been lucky to have a pretty active area with well grouped portals, so level hasn\'t been an issue. I\'ve enjoyed the experience so far, thanks for bringing it to HPR.
I usually tether my Nexus 7 to my phone since the phone processor and screen are really too old to run the game well. I must look a bit silly driving & walking around town staring at my screen. Most of my time has been spent over winter so I\'ve put quite a few extra miles on my car, but I did get out for a few walks as well. Looking forward to getting out farther afield this summer.
Playing Ingress | Hosted by Epicanis on 2013-04-24
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Hopefully you weren\'t the only one!
I like the idea of doing some collaboration on mapping-related pastimes - the field is broad enough it\'s probably worth several episodes!
Lament For httpd | Hosted by deepgeek on 2013-04-29
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Yeah somewhere the title of this ep must have gotten mangled; he\'s speaking of course about thttpd.
Anyway, IMHO, hiawatha and nginx are great servers and thttpd, however simple and lightweight, never did get my UTF8 encoding right. (either that, or it was user error....which....is a definite possibility)
Lament For httpd | Hosted by deepgeek on 2013-04-29
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Like Bill The Cat said it, instead of spelling it out.
Long live thttpd!
Salvaging old Coleman lanterns and stoves | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-02-21
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So I finally got around to trying out me Coleman suitcase stove. I was inspired by your HPR to hunt one down. I found one at a yard sale for $2, but I had no cash on me and couldn\'t find an ATM, so that one got away. A week later I spotted one lying in the grass at the dump. It was almost perfectly camouflaged, so don\'t ask me how I ever saw it. Anyway, I\'ve had it for almost a year now, and only just lit it. I was looking forward to working on the thing and tuning it up, so I was almost disappointed when it fired right up and put out perfect blue flames. I had only lit it to test it out, but my (12/yo) daughter was so excited, she ran in the house to get a pan and some eggs, which she fried up for us.
On a related topic, a good friend of mine was \"gifted\" with a half a dozen chicks late last fall (Surprise, here\'s chickens!). Thanks to your HPR efforts, I was able to help him build a temporary coop, and plan the larger permanent coop. It was a good time spent with a good friend (which is rarer and rarer these days), and I thought you should know.
Anyway thanks again for the inspiration and education.
The Care and Feeding of the Flintlock Muzzleloading Rifle | Hosted by Russ Wenner on 2013-04-04
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Thank you for all of the great tips in this show. It was very entertaining as well as informative. My muzzle loader is a Thompson Center Omega, but I haven\'t even fired it yet, so I learned a whole lot of very important and relevant things from you in this ep.
I heard this episode right before Tracy\'s excellent episode on fish-food. ;) You can consider me a new Techie Geek listener. I don\'t know why The TechieGeek never pinged my radar before, but I\'m definitely a fan now, and I haven\'t even heard the show yet.
Great show, and thank you.
How I got into linux | Hosted by Jezra on 2013-04-10
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I liked this one a lot. I love the \"how I got into Linux\" shows, and this one has got to be in the top 3 of that category.
Podio Book Report on Jake Bible's "Dead Mech" | Hosted by FiftyOneFifty on 2013-04-11
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This was a fair review of an audiobook that I liked. Nice work. I thought the ditch digging added a lot to the show, btw. Well done, buddy.
Modern Survivalism Part 2 | Hosted by Tracy Holz_Holzster on 2013-04-12
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This was awesome. It was so much fun to listen to. My wife has a degree in fresh water fish-ology, so I should make her listen to it, but I can\'t promise that that will happen. I asked her if she\'d ever heard of aquaponics, and she was like \"Of course,\" and walked away. I think she thought I was too excited about it, and was going to ask if I could make one. It was a good show, and it did get my gears turning.
Utilizing Maximum Space on a Cloned BTRFS Partition | Hosted by FiftyOneFifty on 2013-04-17
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Thanks for keeping the network alive, 5150, and for doing it with style. :)
Google How Could You | Hosted by Neodragon on 2013-04-19
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Thanks for doing a show on this topic. I don\'t have much to say about it, because you are the first to bring it to my attention, but it gives me a lot to think about. I guess the only conclusion that I can come to is to repeat the oft repeated caution about not letting your code project depend on proprietary markets, IDEs, etc... I know it\'s not a helpful thought at this point, but it\'s all I can come up with. It was a good show. Thanks for putting in the work.
LiTS 028: extended attributes | Hosted by Dann on 2013-04-23
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This one was really good, Dann. They\'re all good, but I was able to follow this one better for some reason. I really enjoyed it. Thanks, Dann.
Playing Ingress | Hosted by Epicanis on 2013-04-24
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This was a great listen. I got my Ingress invite from Epicanis, and have been playing for a few weeks now. I have a slightly different take on the game, and I\'d love to do some sort of community colab on the topic of mapping games/activities.
Google How Could You | Hosted by Neodragon on 2013-04-19
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https://plus.google.com/u/0/117425941598597496552/posts/Y7fcdcFxmi3
Chromebook Acer C7 Review | Hosted by Helvetin on 2013-04-18
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I listened to your show today during my commute and I wanted to thank you for sharing your experience. Now I am listening again.... just because.
Modern Survivalism Part 2 | Hosted by Tracy Holz_Holzster on 2013-04-12
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I started listening to it on my way to work this morning and finished it on the way home .. really informative and interesting. I appreciated the technical details and I\'m curious to know more about the aztec and chinese versions you mentioned at the start. I look forward to hearing the next ep. Thanks!
Podio Book Report on Jake Bible's "Dead Mech" | Hosted by FiftyOneFifty on 2013-04-11
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I recently found out from a post by Knightwise http://knightwise.com/zombies-mechs-and-plenty-of-gore-this-must-be-jake-bibles-doing/ , Dead Mech is part of a trilogy by Jake Bible, but the other two books are only available in print form http://jakebible.com/buy-signed-copies/ I meant to edit my show notes before my review aired, but I procrastinated too long.
Pair Programming | Hosted by Christopher M. Hobbs on 2013-03-29
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I\'d heard about pair programming but didn\'t know how it worked in the real world. I appreciate the show.
The Care and Feeding of the Flintlock Muzzleloading Rifle | Hosted by Russ Wenner on 2013-04-04
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I\'ve been sniffing around the black powder idea for a while and this helped me understand some of the concepts. Thanks for doing the show.
LiTS 026: units | Hosted by Dann on 2013-03-27
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After listening I cranked up apt-get and installed units.
It\'s come in handy a couple of times since then.
An argument against emulators when retrocomputing | Hosted by Trixter on 2011-02-11
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Your stance is of course absolutely sound and I enjoyed listening to this podcast but as someone who loves emulators as much as original hardware it would be great to hear from the other side of the coin. You did go into it briefly but I think you would be very capable of being as equally verbose on the plus points of emulation and software preservation. It wouldn\'t be news to my ears but I\'m sure there are many out there who would value such information in podcast form.
Cinnarch 64 bit, Installation Review | Hosted by FiftyOneFifty on 2013-04-05
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Hello FiftyOneFifty,
I really liked this episode! Also, the greater subject of Arch and Arch based distro is very interesting to me right now.
You may have notice that Cinnarch just got a new version out (2013.04.05) in which the graphical installer is available. So, it may be worth a second look.
On another hand, Manjaro is a great distribution. I highly encourage you to take a look at it. It is more mature than Cinnarch and look just as gorgeous. The XFCE spin seems to be a bit more polish than the Cinnamon spin, but they are both really nice.
Finally, I can\'t wait to hear your episode entitled \"I have install Arch, now what?\". I have lots of interrogations regarding the use of Arch, particularly on the subject of how I should manage the AUR... Should I use a AUR helper or do everything by hand? If I want to use an helper which one should I use? If I want to do everything by hand, how do I search the AUR from the command line? Is there a better way than elinks?
Regards,
Arold
The Care and Feeding of the Flintlock Muzzleloading Rifle | Hosted by Russ Wenner on 2013-04-04
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I just bought my first muzzle loader (in-line). I\'m WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY behind on my podcasts, but this one is getting bumped to the top of my personal queue. Thanks.
Digtal Data Transfer | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2013-04-01
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Fix the "Sticky Keys" Bug in Minecraft | Hosted by Windigo on 2012-06-12
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Thanks bro it really helped me. Now I can record Youtube videos in peace. Subscribe and/or like to Brodus8899. ;)
Resolving Issues (The Vhost Config File) | Hosted by NYbill and Windigo on 2013-03-18
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I really enjoyed this episode. It was actually nice to hear the troubles and resolutions and how it all worked. Should do a few more episodes like this. The format was great IMHO!
What I do with bash scripts | Hosted by Jon Kulp on 2013-03-05
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Jon, thanks for the great script ideas. Between your scripts and ones that were linked in links and links, etc, I may be able to tweak a few of my own.
What I do with bash scripts | Hosted by Jon Kulp on 2013-03-05
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Ken beat me to it, but you can alias SSH hosts, specify keys, usernames, ports, almost any command line parameters using the ~/.ssh/config file. See man ssh_config for details.
I use it with some password-less ssh keys to allow me to move about my ssh hosts seamlessly. Not too safe I know..
I\'ve also found it useful to add port forwarding to make an ssh proxy to my home network. All to evade my company\'s decency filters when necessary.. I mean to proxy from an insecure location.
Thanks for the interesting podcast.
Resolving Issues (The Vhost Config File) | Hosted by NYbill and Windigo on 2013-03-18
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Just a follow up tip. While making changes to MediaGoblin\'s theme, I would check the site in a browser. But, the changes didn\'t seem to work.
It didn\'t dawn on me until I had apache shut down, and was still able to see my site, that I was being shown the page from Firefox\'s cache.
So, when making changes, remember to clear your browser cache.
THEATER OF THE IMAGINATION: 05 | Hosted by lostnbronx on 2013-03-06
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The Witch Hunter Chronicles: Great!!!!!
templer: a static html generator | Hosted by Chess Griffin on 2013-03-13
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I told you all that Chess would be back. NOW do you believe me??
Old Time Radio on the web | Hosted by Frank Bell on 2013-03-07
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There has to be some kind of synergy in my recording having been posted right after Lostnbronx\'s, in which he talked of OTR.
Yeah, I know, commenting on my own stuff etc.
What I do with bash scripts | Hosted by Jon Kulp on 2013-03-05
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I want to learn more about bash, and just doing stuff because it\'s in a tutorial doesn\'t excite me. I have been looking for some ideas for scripts to write for myself to help motivate me to learn, and you gave me some good ones.
By the way, you are not the only person who grapples with selecting a topic for a podcast. Don\'t feel alone in that.
What I do with bash scripts | Hosted by Jon Kulp on 2013-03-05
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Hi Jon,
Great episode and great topic. I could listen to shows on scripts all day !.
One thing though is that the stick script could also be done using youe ~/.ssh/config file. See http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0386
Ken.
What I do with bash scripts | Hosted by Jon Kulp on 2013-03-05
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Wow, that\'s some amazing stuff. I like the markdown2latex a lot! I\'d love to hear more from you on HPR about how/if Linux plays into your \"day job\" and what you use as a music hist professor
Airtime Radio Automation | Hosted by AukonDK on 2013-01-21
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Thanks for the info. I run an Internet radio station for a college and have been looking for free, functional, easy-to-use automation software.
03 LibreOffice Writer Introduction to Styles | Hosted by Ahuka on 2013-02-22
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I\'m enjoying your series on LibreOffice. Last semester I spent about 90 minutes talking to my graduate students about styles in word processing, and once they understood what it was all about they were completely blown away by the power of it. They kept asking me, \"why has no one ever told us about this before?\" I have a couple of screencasts about using regular expressions in LibreOffice in case you are interested. Go to YouTube and search for \"jonkulp\" and \"libreoffice\" and you will find them. One of them has what I feel is a pretty magical transformation of a multiple-choice test from one layout style to another using some regex. Anyway I am looking forward to your future episodes.
Rmail in Emacs | Hosted by klaatu on 2013-02-20
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Two emacs shows in a row. Somebody up there must like Emacs.
I live in GNU/Emacs | Hosted by garjola on 2013-02-19
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Just one thing. I like running emacs as a daemon, but it may not always be convenient, since emacs is not multi-threaded. Therefore, you will have several frames using the same emacs process, and this is not what you want if one of you emacs applications (org-mode, gnus, etc.) are going to do CPU intensive stuff!
I live in GNU/Emacs | Hosted by garjola on 2013-02-19
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Oh my gosh, that is brilliant. I am going to start doing that right now! Thank you so much for the tip!
Installing Linux without a monitor | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2013-02-14
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While listening I couldn\'t help but think it would be much easier for blind people to use a command prompt and lynx-like applications. Perhaps money would be better spend building text based apps for whatever it is that blind folks would like. A text based twitter client specialized for the disabled, stuff like that?
Tabbing through 2d laid out forms - is that really the best way to be doing this?
I\'m not blind, but back in the day, I was able to use Windows 95 without a screen to do a few simple things, such as change screen resolution. And it\'s cool that people who do this a lot get really good at it, but most people shouldn\'t have to install so many times that they\'d get really good at using a GUI without being able to see it.
Also on indiegogo the figure of 1 billion people with disabilities is mentioned. Are there really that many people disabled to the point where they need a special operating system? I admire the project and its goals, but is that not overstating the problem unnecessarily?
I apologize if this sounds harsh. I plan on donating and wish the project luck.
Boise Lug meeting Feb 7 2013 | Hosted by Quvmoh on 2013-02-13
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http://www.boiselug.org/node/199
Installing Linux without a monitor | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2013-02-14
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You should be able to get around having a monitor at boot time maybe with one of these.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?200444-DVI-to-VGA-Dummy.....56K!
http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=11
Shooting the Breeze | Hosted by Jezra and NYbill on 2013-02-15
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Maybe I\'m just biased, because I\'m a big fan of Jezra, NYBill and Shooting the Breeze, but I don\'t think so. This was a lot of fun to listen to. I nominate Jezra and NYBill to be our annual prediction show guys, and if they decide to shoot the breeze, then so be it.
Installing Linux without a monitor | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2013-02-14
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We are now down to needing 592 more pledges to meet the 1000 pledges at $5!
Installing Linux without a monitor | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2013-02-14
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I just wanted to let everyone know that we are down to only needing 851 more pledges!
Installing Linux without a monitor | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2013-02-14
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Hey Guys thanks for the kind right up. Thanks to all that have pledged and made this possible so far. HPR ROCKS!
Boise Lug meeting Feb 7 2013 | Hosted by Quvmoh on 2013-02-13
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Looks like the Boise Lug notes have not caught up with this episode.
steam games http://store.steampowered.com/browse/linux/
Boise Lug meeting Feb 7 2013 | Hosted by Quvmoh on 2013-02-13
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Fix the "Sticky Keys" Bug in Minecraft | Hosted by Windigo on 2012-06-12
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Worked great here on Ubuntu 12.10! I walked myself accidentally in a deep hole a bit too much.
r0xy interviews Cap'n Crunch on cacti radio | Hosted by Brad Carter on 2011-04-07
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This interview was insightful, yet antiquated reminiscence. No fault to roxy, she was great but cpt. Crunch was so full of himself, (like al bundy reminiscing of the old high school football days), mixed with nerdy social awkwardness which apparently he never outgrew.
To cpt crunch:
In short talking non-stop of yourself, bloating your own inner ego of days gone by, answering your cell phone in the middle of an interview makes for one huge asshole of an interviewee.
For google search results \"captain crunch is an asshole hacker\"
Keep that in your back pocket for future interviews...although i doubt there will be one.
P.s. you sound like the father of skunkworks
how to start irssi in screen after reboot | Hosted by Lord Drachenblut on 2013-02-01
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Thanks Lord D, been wanting to know something like this for ages
Airtime Radio Automation | Hosted by AukonDK on 2013-01-21
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I\'m a huge fan and can\'t wait to use it in a future project.
Airtime Radio Automation | Hosted by AukonDK on 2013-01-21
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I /just/ set up an internet radio station! I\'ve been custom-rolling some scripts to semi-automate it and have also been looking into MPD which my friend Delwin told me can now pipe to icecast. This episode is great and couldn\'t have happened at a better time! thanks!
About git | Hosted by johanv on 2013-01-17
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This is a great episode. You did a fantastic job of explaining the basic idea of git, and why someone would want to use it instead of being ugly and stupid. Well done, JohanV.
MOARRRRR!!!!
PAM Two Factor Auth SSH | Hosted by Beto on 2013-01-13
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Hi Beto,
Great show by the way. I had been looking into it myself but wasn\'t clear about something. Wouldn\'t it be possible for someone in Google to access your server as they maintain the key ? Not saying they would or anything but could you go into the privacy and security implications of this.
Ken.
About git | Hosted by johanv on 2013-01-17
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Hoi Johan,
What an excellent first episode. I found myself drawing the A and B branches until I twigged that your show notes has it all drawn out.
Well done.
Ken.
Food - Health - Nutrially Densce food | Hosted by Dude-man on 2013-01-10
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Although I love and respect the concept of the scientific principle, however the current lack of REAL indpendant scientific study, validation and reporting due to lack of funding without some kind of alteria motive, if you don\'t beleive or see this yourself then you have been truly living under a stone and should open your eyes just a wee bit.
Here are some links, but I don\'t think anything would actually be scientific enough for you as I see it.
http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/
Great article...
http://www.westonaprice.org/fat-soluble-activators/x-factor-is-vitamin-k2?qh=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
Weston A Price, as far as I see financed himself for this study, was independant, unlike the more recent science that you or others are perhaps waiting to validate what as a lay person we can view and see the common sense. At the end of the day believe what you want, pretend to be scientific if you want, yours and that of your families will be clear to see to yourself and for me that is what counts.
Do your own search, or believe the naysayers who are often grabbing at straws and drawing strange conclusions after it would seem not having read or studied any of the material available, really just trying to proof the new science of low fat, low colesteral etc and sell us things.
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Is this the scientific method ? Which I make no claim to understand or follow. I\'m just applying my common sense and reading as much and as many different opinions as possible. Seeing all the time which financial interests may be invested towards any particular opinions presented.
If you not going to discuss anything unless its been validated by an apparent offical scientific study, I do ask you to show me how the information in the video link I posted above is actually wrong and those studies which are the basis for the low fat/colestoral premise are all in correct, and we should be eating vegatble oil, lots of fruit and vegatables if we want to be healthy, as we are advised by offical scientific studies ? Please show me how the information in the video is a lie and I\'m wrong and religious as you say ?
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Really ? are you serious about this Ken ? take a look at the books follow the references there, you don\'t need me or anyone else to provide you what is already available. Your picking a pointless argument pretending to be all scientific about it, really ?
If you had one ounce the humility that many of the people involved in these researches had you\'d at least study openly what they\'ve provided, before asking for counter evidence. Have you studied the actual suplied evendence ? do you know what counter evidence your even asking for ?
Unless you actually answer my ? in the replies above, read or watch the available information you just wasting your\'s, mine and everyones time, just study the information I\'ve shared and find counter arguments if you care to disprove something or have points to make.
I repeat...
Lets have a talk about it more, if your still interested, when you\'ve at least had chance to follow up the links, references, books, videos I mentioned. If they still interest you or anyone else ? I have nothing to proove, or to say which isn\'t said and stated clearly by more clever and respected people than me and after all the proof is in the pudding, which I and many people are already greatfull to around the world. And I\'m sure you know the origins of pudding has nothing to do with what we have come to think it means.
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Hi Dude-man,
I am not discussing the findings as yet because I have yet to get an independent verification of the work. I appreciate that is difficult but we should be at least able to determine what the selection criteria was for the sample groups studied by Dr. Price. Can you share with us what definition he assigned to determine that the \"isolated peoples\" were isolated enough.
Would you accept that Ireland in the period of 400-800AD would meet the definition you give of \"The isolated peoples had plenty, generally had little need to trade or aquire[sic] more expensive things at the cost of their valuable and priced foods\". Ireland at the time was outside the sphere of Roman influence and had abundant resources. There is also a wealth of documents describing the diets and lives of it\'s people at the time.
Would you agree that this is a suitable basis for comparison ?
Ken.
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I\'d still suggest that you or anyone interested first look into the souces of information and the actual research that W A Price did do and present in lay persons language for the general good of normal people in his main book. If you consider this or anything I\'ve said religious in some way I\'m sorry for you about that, and you still seem to miss the point. Did you watch the 2 hour video I shared ?
The foods we eat are not only effected by the degree of visible industrialization in its production or pressesing, although that does later effect our foods in a very big way, but more importantly our foods and that which our ansesters ate, even back to roman times or perhaps later ? was effected by your position or status in life what you could afford or what you couldn\'t and perhaps actually choise to sell the best in order to by a larger quantity of something of less value or other things that might be anti foods in fact. Industrialization has just made these foods and the effects much more obvious. A choice to eat predomantly low nutrient foods, grain, potatoes, rices, just a few examples and reduce the nutrient dense foods in diets, has happened throughout the ages, for perhaps simular reasons, but I\'m not a historian.
So which that I hope you understand the pointless ness in entering into some discussion, along your line of reasoning, as your missing the point through your current lack of knowlege of what actual food is good to eat, which foods would be preferable sold to markets and therefore depriving a family of the best nutrition no mater which time in history you care to look at. The isolated peoples had plenty, generally had little need to trade or aquire more expensive things at the cost of their valuable and priced foods, and that is the point.
Lets have a talk about it more, if your still interested, when you\'ve at least had chance to follow up the links, references, books, videos I mentioned. If they still interest you or anyone else ? I have nothing to proove, or to say which isn\'t said and stated clearly by more clever and respected people than me and after all the proof is in the pudding, which I and many people are already greatfull to around the world. And I\'m sure you know the origins of pudding has nothing to do with what we have come to think it means.
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Hi Dude-man,
As we said on the New Year Show, HPR is about challenging and expanding the discussion and with that in mind what I would like to establish is an alternate source of information to either corroborate or refute the evidence Dr. Price presents. I accept that you are greatly affected by his works but not to challenge the theories would simply be unscientific and would elevate his book to that of a religious work that must be accepted on faith alone. Therefore I want to find a literate people who were isolated in a manner described by Dr. Price and who documented their own lives. By comparing both works we get a fuller picture of the truth.
I am genuinely surprised that you would say that people in the 1600\'s were already affected by industrialization of the food chain. At the time the only industrialization would have be localized to water mills which were isolated and not available everywhere. The industrialization that you speak of is generally accepted to have started after 1760 a full hundred years after the time period in discussion in the show.
Do you have a specific time period in mind where the type of life studied by Dr. Price would have been practiced on the Islands of Ireland or England ? The reason I focus on those is because those regions are the places where I am most familiar with and it would greatly assist in my ability to be able to call information to hand. I would appreciate it if you could keep your reply civil and avoiding drawing conclusions about other peoples live choices.
Regards,
Ken.
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Yes I\'d come accross opensource technology a few months ago, had a good look but was disapointed. While I love tech, all tech, what I love best is tech that serves us and is practical, I know its possible to get so into building something that we loose site of the forest for the trees, and actually spend all our time re-inventing something that already exists and can be bought cheaply second hand (a tractor, look at his plans for an ultra modern tractor), or not actually being balanced enough to realize that in many areas trying to solve everything with new technology actually negates the human, relationship, family participation and strengh of community gained by doing somethin conciously in a none-modern tech way.
The peace of mind, strengh of charictor, bond and depth of relation within family and society at large through picking conciously how we do thing based upon the effect they actually have on us. Which was my whole motivation and reason for developing my podcast, which to be honest I loose interest in a little, nothing personal against you or anyone else.
A good example for who most of the weston world percieve and practice tech is the USA\'s space pen, millions, perhaps more money to develop a pen that can write upside down etc etc. The Rusians solution, less than a $, a pencil. Sometimes our heads can be so far up our own A?????\'s that we don\'t see the simple solution.
And that is what I took away from that site, no offence meant.
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Yes, to the best of my knowledge about a year ago, when I first came accross the whole BBC historical episodes, I watch the whole thing. Which is one of the problems with youtube, you can spend many hours watching everything in one go, loved it. And don\'t get me wrong I enjoyed it very much, have first hand learnt or at least tried many of the skills to varying degrees of success over the last 10 years, really about my whole journey is to actually comprehending technology, and I mean in its real definition of the word, hence why I started my own podcast on T E C H N O L O G Y and not just how techknology is being presented by computer/gadget tech journalism and sellers etc (Nothing against them, I love a bit of computer tech as much as the next man).
The reason I replied to you reference to these programs is that I didn\'t see exactly how it was related to the dietary information and the shapes and builds of children/adjults when different foods were eaten. The evidences I based the whole episode where in the notes, which you or anyone else is free to follow up and research into the actual information given. The food\'s and habits and hense health was already modified during those periods historically reconstructed in the BBC\'s series, and many of the practices were actually the start of what we now have and consider normal today. Also many of the practices shown are actually part of the reason why many people could be fooled into leaving the country side, where they should be healthy and happy, to the city from the false promise of an easy and more afluent life without the drudgery and ill health they HAD come to experience in the country side by actual BAD practices in order to sell often what was the best of their produce, cheaply to the city merchants so the country people could buy cheap low nutrient dense and stomach filling foods.
It seems to me that this is something more personal with you as your childhood background on an actual farm has convinsed you that its a bad way to live, and perhaps how you were doing it it was ? I don\'t know ? However when the clever people actually return to the country side, relearn the skills, judge in a balanced way how the old and new can be used together, and more importantly, which was the point of my presentation, actually understand what healthy food is, and educate and share the information to consumers can therefore actually sell direct (no merchants) and get a fair price which would mean they don\'t have to go down the path of continually cutting corners and chepening the food they may sell.
Before you quote me yet more things that you think I\'ve not read or don\'t understand, why don\'t you follow up on the information I\'ve shared and look more deeply at what is presented, these things I\'ve mentioned are beyound being merly my own opinion.
I repeat, the journey towards industrializtion happened gradually, the cheapening of our foods, even in the coutry also was gradual, and in the societies you mention where documention was made these were subject to those slow changes. This is why the book by Weston A Price is such a treasure as he found and studied 14 groups who were isolated, to you understand the significance of that ? they were actually through necessaty following what they had done for many generations and hadn\'t been exposed by the gradual pressuers of external trade and merchants expoloytation which if you had the connections to the larger world would have effected all other peoples.
As for not having enough foods during winter time, you are talking nonsense, what you say may be true in that it actually happened. However understanding food technology, how hight quality foods can be harvested and stored for long periods, if you don\'t try and buy suger/coffee and other crap from merchants from presure of wifes or apparent perseption of luxsury, then people would/could of had more than enough food for themselves. Of course assuming the crazy burdon of taxes to cripple people and steal from them wasn\'t also in effect, forcing them to give up their wealth of good foood made from their own labour.
I ask you kindly to actually study the two books or website I mention so you can avoid just sounding plain stupid, as your trying to defend you current life position, which I\'m not intentionally trying to undermine. This episode was to upset anyone, just allow anyone make a concious decision based on actual good science. If you look at the foods suggested to eat during religious fasting, for apparent clensing and the times of year these were eaten I can help us think a bit why these rules may have been made, when we understand what those foods actually do to us.
Have you seen yet the 2 hour video I posted in the comments to these videos ?
If you feel so strongly about this, I\'d be happy to talk with you or record another episode with your help, or your wifes, you mention she\'d heard of the books. Otherwise I think it would be better to actually study what I mentioned and comment in relation to those things, not trying to proof that its somehow a burdemsom and toiling life with no meaning and something we can\'t go back to (I think we\'d never want to go back to those historyical times presented in the bbc serious) however there is something to learn and change in our current lifes.
/END Rant
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Have you watched the entire series or did you dismiss it just because they were not allowed to sleep in a building that had been derelict for years ? Having watched the entire series your comments seem to contradict everything I got from the show. Even if you seem to think it\'s a crude historical re-enactment, I am very disappointed that you could not see past that and notice as I did that as the series progresses they each hone their particular skills. Case in point the Oxen and the men develop their muscles and take pleasure and satisfaction from the hard labour so that by the end the humans and animals had formed genuine bonds.
However we are all entitled to our opinions so to make it clear, what I was trying to point out is that there is a wealth of information available to you on living with nature and having healthy food from the writings of peoples who lived prior to the onset of Industrialization. While you may mock the historians who like yourself were attempting to recreate the skills lost to time, the information they were basing their actions on was written by people who will have used those skills all their lives. Those peoples left detailed records of their traditions, practices, diets, technology describing how life was lived for centuries. If you can see past the reality show aspects, you might want to chase down the books that they mention in the show which should be out of copyright by now. There is probably an equivalent stock of literature available to you from the Czech Republic.
In your show you mentioned that the families were inaccessible in the winter, so I understand Weston A Price would have only seen the societies during a time of plenty. He may have seen them as healthy people and attributed it to their diet, which given he was only there for the summer would have been full of rich fatty foods. This would seem to agree with what the historians say the diet of a homesteader would have been in the summer. This would seem to back up your point of giving our children rich fatty foods as the evidence as presented would suggest that this would lead to health.
However as the historians point out, during the winter their diet changed radically to the point of starvation. I don\'t know if Dr. Price took this into account or not but if you assume that he did then the advice to eat fatty foods should be given with the caveat that it should be for a short period of time and that you should also starve yourself for a significant portion of the year. If you wish to eat a pre-industrialised diet, then research that diet and present it in it\'s entirety with evidence from multiple sources. Sources which this television series proves are available to you.
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Dude-Man I was wondering if you\'ve heard of Open Source Ecology--it\'s a project that is pretty much built out of hacking and permaculture.
http://opensourceecology.org/
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Just watched again these episodes on youtube... here are some thoughts.
\"modern health and safty means they can\'t actually live here\"
:)
Nice get a bunch of experts to try and recreate something, and prove its not possible.
An expert who\'s never actually plowed before :) oxen that are overweight and out of condition, I\'m talking about the tv people, not neccessarily the ox owners., just guessing as it is for TV after all.
its really an interesting demonstation that even apparent experts can\'t quickly learn skills even though they are very exicited to try, and perhaps well meaning to at least recreate history., and create some TV at the same time
watching idiots chasing pigs was very funny :)
but still there is no mention of anything relating to my episode that I can see ?
Are you trying to say that this serious shows that people can\'t go back to those times, as show and apparently demonstated in these self proclaimed experts playing at recreating somthing.? That wasn\'t what I thought I was saying in the episode, at least no my intention.
Althought the serious is interesting, I don\'t fully see how its related to my episde, or modern homesteading, other than to demonstate that modern people are pretty inept and out of touch about what is food, where it comes from, and what is good for them, and of course how to live in nature and produce their own food.
I know Ken, as you explained to me you grew up on a small dairy farm in Irland and have experience, as I do, in mowing grass/milking etc and it didn\'t sound like you\'d ever want to go back, and the way you explained it I\'d have to agree with you, however I concioulsly chose to do it at the age of 30, relearn all the skills required using modern technology where appropriate and avantagous. Basicly bringing the knowledge about food and change in the shape of our children it effects to allow me or anyone else to make concious descitions as to how they want to live, not just seeing a crude historical re-inactment with no relation as to why they might want to return to any of the values of living with nature and having healthy food.
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NOM NOM NOM NEED MORE GIT! Kudos bud.
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Just taking a look Ken, was wondering how exactly it was related to the episode, does the video support or appose/question any facts I mentioned, you wern\'t very specific ?
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This is what Hacker Public Radio is all about. Well done, Beto, and thank you.
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Stacy: Sorry about that. I didn\'t want to kick anyone. I just don\'t have it in me to hurt people\'s feelings, and I guess I was afraid that I would have done that.
No one\'s really in charge, but I was a moderator on the server at the time so it would have been up to me if it had needed to be done. There\'s a fine line between moderating and being the \"fun police\" and I really didn\'t want to be the latter. Most of us who were on the show know (or at least know of) one another, so that makes it even harder to be harsh.
There are a couple of us who have had one or two too many on an open mic recently (myself included), and you\'re right that it isn\'t any fun to listen to (especially when it\'s yourself, trust me...) even if it seems fun at the time. I don\'t personally mind if someone wants to drink on a podcast, but I\'ve decided not to do anymore, because I was rude, annoying and repetitive when I did it. Maybe that should be the cutoff for future community shows: If you sound as bad as pokey did that one time, you\'re out.
I appreciate your feedback, and I do take it to heart. We\'ll try to do better next year.
If you want to suggest a more formal guideline, feel free to run it past the mailing list hpr@hackerpublicradio.org and we will certainly discuss it. Even better would be if you subscribed to the mailing list and discussed it with us also.
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Hi fiftyonefifty, I was wondering whatever happened to the podbrewers podcast. Now that you introduced me to it, there haven\'t been any new ones! Am I the only female who listens to that podcast?
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really enjoyed this podcast, been following slackware since about 9.1 (2004~), while i dont actively use the distribution, ive always enjoyed reading patricks thoughts on software release cycles, and being as stable as possible. when this podcast strayed from the technical, it took us in a great new unexpected direction (who thought patrick was into mckenna?). really enjoyed, would love to hear more podcasts in the same vein.
thanks
-DR
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Hi All,
I would recommend that everyone interested in this topic, take the time to watch the excellent \"Tales from the Green Valley\" which describes life on a British farm in the 17th century prior to industrialization. In the series has historians live the life, eat the diet and farm using the husbandry practices that were in use at the time.
Interestingly everything described in the entire series is based on an account written in books and letters of people who actually lived at the time and who themselves documented their own lives. They make a point of giving the reference to the person who documented it and in what book or letter it was published. Unfortunately I didn\'t make note of each of the references but it would be fascinating resource to get the first hand accounts from people who lived the life and see how that compares to someone viewing it as a complete outsider.
The link to the series is here:
http://www.petersommer.com/about-peter-sommer-travels/tales-from-the-green-valley
Ken.
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Heres a video, 2 hours and I\'d really sugest, encourage following along and following the leads for yourself.
http://youtu.be/fvKdYUCUca8
And another thing is learning dificulties and different degrees of Autisum which is growing now a days, there is a transitional diet, with much information of success in helping these children, and again not yet know in the mainstream http://www.westonaprice.org/childrens-health/gaps
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Well just listening back to myself and others about food etc and the FDA and fake,. bad and dishonest science in nutirition which effects our children. Heres a video, 2 hours and I\'d really sugest, encourage following along and following the leads for yourself.
http://youtu.be/fvKdYUCUca8
And of course
http://westonaprice.com
http://realmilk.com
And another thing is learning dificulties and different degrees of Autisum which is growing now a days, there is a transitional diet, with much information of success in helping these children, and again not yet know in the mainstream http://www.westonaprice.org/childrens-health/gaps
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It sounds like we now have another new conversational direction for HPR. I thought you did a great job of setting the table for what could be a series on the topic of food.
Your show, coming as it does in the early part of the year, gives me an opportunity to do my own homework and check your statements.
If I find any new information that would shed light on this topic, I would now feel comfortable using HPR to make that available.
Most of all, thanks for posting this as a first word in what could be a very interesting conversation. It sounds like you\'ve done a lot of work and thinking about this fundamental topic.
Cheers!
Charles in NJ
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The food talk deserves its own pod-cast, with the same guys. It almost got a tad argumentative, but in a good natural way. I actually learned something. Hope they consider it in the future. I would defiantly listen.
Not sure if it was an inside joke amongst the regulars, but the drunk guy \'web\' got really tiresome in part 5 and almost unbearable in part 6. I guess he\'s the boss, because it seems nobody wanted cut him off. Not all bad, thanks to the drunk guy I learned about crunchbang. What a cool distro! Other than that it was a great set of shows.
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I should have added these two links, related to nutionaly dense food we chatted about.
http://westonaprice.org
http://realmilk.com
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Really enjoying listening to the talk about food :) I love good food, my weekness or perhaps strength.
Would love to get together with a few people and chat more in an HPR episode if anyone is interested.
Just a few comments - :)
Salt is inportant - but needs to be mineral rich not just processed sodium etc
Vegtables/fruits are not healthy per say, and shouldn\'t be emphasised. But like all food it needs to be processed appropriatly, most vegtables could be beter fermented, or/and consumed with lots of butter, whats more they taste so much better that way.
Grass fed is started to be used like all the other terms to sell and make something sound better. But it does make a difference the percentage of grass/hay fed to cattle, 100 % being best IMHO, which we do with our cows. So ask awkward questions to know what grass fed actually means when you pay more money for it.
Nice conversations
Heres the link to what I think is a great source of info for anyone interested in scientific studies done in the 1920/30\'s with actual people who lived on the foods for many generations. And documents what happened to them when they changed to modernized foods a few years later. Something I think most thoughfull geeks would appriciate instead of many of the crazy nutrunists go on about.
http://westonaprice.org
http://realmilk.com
02 LibreOffice Writer Default Template | Hosted by Ahuka on 2012-12-27
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You probably already went over this, but my pet peeve is word processors that default to a page view that only utilizes a third of the width of the screen, making text tiny, and people whose job it is to type up correspondence every day leave it that way because they don\'t know better. I prefer \'optimal\' over \'page width\'; why would I want to see the white sace in the margins?
Who Owns Your Files | Hosted by Ahuka on 2012-12-20
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enjoyed the cast.
but no mention of librivox.org hmm!
LiTS 020: pgrep and pkill | Hosted by Dann on 2012-12-18
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loved the show, listened to it on my ipod before i sell iPod to Gadgets but now ive bought an excellant radio so will never miss a show
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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Looks like a couple of commenters ended up here instead of on whatever episode they were commenting on?
Thanks for testing, Dann - does the Clip Zip+ show album art for anything (mp3 or otherwise)?
(I know my v1 Clip doesn\'t, and I don\'t think the other tiny Sansa device I have does either).
How I got in to Linux | Hosted by Dick Thomas on 2012-12-05
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Yup. Truncate silence is good, but if you\'re doing multi-track, then you want to truncate the silence in your source tracks before they are combined into the same project, or as the very last thing that you do before exporting, but certainly after \"mix and render.\"
It was a good episode regardless. I\'m looking forward to the next one.
01 Introduction to Office software | Hosted by Ahuka on 2012-12-10
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I\'m looking forward to this series. I took a MS Word class back in college... Oh, how wrong it all was!
Open Street Maps | Hosted by NewAgeTechnoHippie on 2012-12-11
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OpenStreetMap is a fantastic project, it\'s very easy to get involved. Contrary to popular belief, you don\'t need any special hardware. The online editor overlays the editable, map over satellite imagery so you can basically just trace and label what you see.
For people who need a goal in order get started on a project, here are two easy ones which will improve the map tremendously:
1.) Learn how to label a street as one-way, and correct all the one-ways in your neighborhood.
2.) Learn how to label a section of road as a bridge, and how to specify that the bridge is higher than what it is intersecting, then label all of the bridges in your town.
The first one is easier, and should take you about 5-20 minutes to learn, and maybe an evening to complete. The second one is a little trickier, and may take you an evening to learn (if you don\'t do the first one first), and another evening to complete. Currently, both of these things seem to be a real problem for navigation apps that use OSM data. So correcting either will make a huge difference to someone trying to navigate in your area.
Programming languages 2 - Python | Hosted by garjola on 2012-12-12
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You just taught me more about python in 10 minutes than I was able to learn in a week when I tried it on my own. I may have to give it another go.
Programming languages 2 - Python | Hosted by garjola on 2012-12-12
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What an awesome show. Thanks for the show notes and going in depth like that. I love it. Keep it up man.
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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the ogg file worked just fine. I did not see any album art, but it did display the information and play without a hiccup.
01 Introduction to Office software | Hosted by Ahuka on 2012-12-10
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Nice show, and your voice sounds very clear even when sped up to 1.75X (which I listen to your podcast at)
Recovery of an (en)crypted home directory in a buntu based system | Hosted by FiftyOneFifty on 2012-10-22
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on the topic of full disk recovery this has been covered on HPR before http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0447
cheers
Scannerdrome Ep. 1 - Lola Lariscy | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2012-12-06
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Space Janitors is awesome!
How I got in to Linux | Hosted by Dick Thomas on 2012-12-05
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yeah, used truncate silence. tbh it was my 1st ever time installing and using audactiy so I was stumbling around lot but I will try harder next time
How I got in to Linux | Hosted by Dick Thomas on 2012-12-05
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I loved the tea break with the HPR promo in the middle. It was a great idea. It reminds me of one of Klaatu\'s coffee breaks on Gnu World Order. I\'m really sorry that it didn\'t execute as well as it was planned.
I\'m guessing that you did that in audacity, and I\'d bet that either one of two things happened. Just guesses, but:
1.) you didn\'t unlink the tracks before pasting it in, or
2.) you used \"truncate silence\" before \"mix and render\"
The first thing would be pretty obvious, so it probably wasn\'t that. The second would have removed the silence somewhere off screen if you had been zoomed in enough. If it was neither of those two things, I\'d be really interested to find out what you think caused it.
For anyone using audacity, one suggestion is to use the high speed playback and listen to the whole track before your final save and export. If it\'s a track that you edited, then listening to it at 2X is fairly easy to do, even if you aren\'t used to listening to audio at that speed, because you\'re used to listening to that track.
DudmanoviPodcast Episode 7 - A geeks Journey to nature | Hosted by Various Creative Commons Works on 2012-11-08
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Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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Always good to meet freed software!
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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Near-inaudible conversation invaded by full-volume horns results in hostile reaction. Sorry.
I mute some ads on television for the same behavior.
Jerome Leclanche from the razor-qt project | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2012-11-16
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deepgeek:
1) mutt in a qt-based terminal technically qualifies, right ;-)
2) arora has been forked to flam. you should check it out. I am not sure about the whitelisting stuff, but it\'s a good qt-based browser.
How I Found Linux | Hosted by dodddummy on 2011-02-28
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I personally found the show very interesting and would like to thank you for the comment as I got to enjoy it again.
If you would like to go into more detail as to where you think improvements could be made then feel free to submit a show yourself.
How I Found Linux | Hosted by dodddummy on 2011-02-28
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Jerome Leclanche from the razor-qt project | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2012-11-16
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I do like the idea of an all-qt system, but IMHO, there are two things holding it back.
1) email - no lightweight alternative to kmail. There is a heave mysql based client listed at qt-apps.org, and the one listed on the razor-qt site is an imap-only client.
2) webrowser - needs a lightweight one that can have cookie & javascript whtielisting. A choice between gecko and webkit would be nice, but not imperative.
Personally, I can\'t get away from having a \"mixed system.\" Most annoying thing for me is having a different \"file chooser\" dialog box for everything.
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DeepGeek
Jerome Leclanche from the razor-qt project | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2012-11-16
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Tried out Razor-QT earlier in the year but ended up getting some more memory and running KDE. Was going to move to XFCE to make things snappier but certainly gonna check out Razor again.
Klaatu continues his Networking Basics series with a SAMBA howto. | Hosted by klaatu on 2012-11-19
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I continue my Networking Basics series with a SAMBA howto.
Just thought you should know.
Interview with Richard Stallman | Hosted by pokey on 2012-11-12
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Hey Pokey, that was an impressive work you did there. You were tactful, kind yet you asked very interesting questions on controversial matters.
At the end of the interview you said very important and true things that I agree completely on: he is a hero for us and we wouldn\'t be here if he had not initiated the Free Software movement.
Thank you, very, very much for this interview.
Interview with Richard Stallman | Hosted by pokey on 2012-11-12
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I had to mute my mic so quickly once he started singing. I was *howling* with laughter.
Thanks for the present, pokey.
DudmanoviPodcast Episode 7 - A geeks Journey to nature | Hosted by Various Creative Commons Works on 2012-11-08
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Enjoyed this a lot, great to hear the story of a fellow ex-pat living in Europe. Will have to find time to listen to the back catalog.
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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I meant \"such a thing\" not \"suck a thing\"! My dyslexia is getting bad lately. I\'m really sorry I didn\'t catch that while proof reading.
DudmanoviPodcast Episode 7 - A geeks Journey to nature | Hosted by Various Creative Commons Works on 2012-11-08
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I was torn up that you left it at such a cliff hangar (well done and good on ya\'). Now I\'ll have to go subscribe to hear the end of your story. Great episode.
Interview with Richard Stallman | Hosted by pokey on 2012-11-12
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I love HPR, and I\'m thrilled when you guys enjoy one of my episodes. It means a lot to me that you guys liked it.
Of course I welcome criticism as well, so if you have any I\'ll try to use it to make my future efforts better.
Interview with Richard Stallman | Hosted by pokey on 2012-11-12
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I always suffer for the interviewer when it comes to mr Stallman but you did an awesome job!
Interview with Richard Stallman | Hosted by pokey on 2012-11-12
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That was a great interview. I have a better understanding of what Mr. Stallman stands for.... Many thanks!
Interview with Richard Stallman | Hosted by pokey on 2012-11-12
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I do enjoy RMS interviews.
DudmanoviPodcast Episode 7 - A geeks Journey to nature | Hosted by Various Creative Commons Works on 2012-11-08
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Hi dude-man
What a fantastic story. I love hearing about this type of stuff and am inclined to agree with you about the farming. Although as a child growing up on a farm, I couldn\'t wait to get away from it. Now my wife has convinced me that slow food is the way to go.
Please consider doing some HPR shows on this topic.
Ken.
Why hasn\'t the admin put a link to your website and the podcast rss feed.
@admin -at- hpr
http://dudmanovi.cz/
http://feeds.feedburner.com/DudmanoviBlogAboutEverything
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DudmanoviBlogAboutEverything/~5/RaYoYa6UWx8/Dudmanovi.cz-007-20121007.mp3
TermDuckEn aptshFiftyOneFifty on 2012-11-07
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A terminal within a terminal within a terminal... now I get it. Nice one.
For all of our sane listeners, I\'ll try to explain it. A TurDuckEn is a revolting exercise in excess where a small hen is stuffed into a duck, and that is stuffed into a turkey for roasting.
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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I\'m seriously annoyed to find so few players actually bother to decode album art in Ogg Vorbis files, but I finally DID find one...
Nightingale (fork from \"Songbird\" which dropped Linux) actually decodes and displays album art from hpr1103 corrrectly. Hooray!
ZVUE 250 (hardware mp3/ogg/\"divx\" player from 2006) - plays hpr1103 fine but shows no metadata.
pokey: I\'m not sure if the exchange would be all that interesting to listen to - right now we have several hours to a day or more to consider between replies! I should, however, be including some background on metadata in general in the next episode I do (which should be about geotagging) and in audio files specifically when I get around to doing the followup episode to HPR1103 (probably shortly after the geotagging episode and a shorter/low-priority btrfs one).
(Also even more about metadata, probably, if I ever get around to doing the topic I\'m currently thinking about after those...)
Recovery of an (en)crypted home directory in a buntu based system | Hosted by FiftyOneFifty on 2012-10-22
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FiftyOneFifty, It was a good episode regardless. I didn\'t mean to imply that it made the episode hard to listen to, or hard to understand, just unnatural. The content was very good.
My Journey to Geekdom | Hosted by bobobex on 2012-10-17
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\"You have all left such nice comments that I may be tempted to record another podcast for your listening pleasure.\"
That\'s what we\'re hoping.
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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Epicanis, and John The Nice Guy: I think listening to the two of you bounce ideas back and forth would make for some great listening! Now, if only there were a place on the internet that the two of you could submit a recording of suck a thing...
HPR Community News October 2012 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-11-05
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I enjoy these so much, wehether I\'m on them or not. I did really want to be on this one, but a flu kept me in bed all that day. I\'m really missing being on these.
Fiftyonefifty kicked himself a whole bunch, and I don\'t think he deserved most of his self inflicted punishment. However I owe him one kick: He incorrectly attributed the me with the idea for the New Year\'s Show. It was in fact Ken Fallon\'s idea (and it was a great idea), and it was the HPR community, all together, that pulled it off. From setting up the servers, to providing the audio content, the HPR community did it all. We pulled together and produced an event so good that I don\'t even have enough words to describe what happened here. All I did was volunteer to record it. I would be a fraud if I took any more credit for it than that.
I am forever thankful to the people of this community for letting me be a part of it.
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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Regarding checking to see if the files play okay with the metadata I put in them, and how much of the metadata displays in the player that is used, here are my own results so far:
VLC 2.0.4 (Linux, x86_64), Ogg: Plays fine, shows Artist, Title (no album art)
VLC 2.0.4, mp3: Shows Artist, Title, Album Art
Firefox 16 (Linux, x86_64) Ogg: Plays fine. No metadata. (No album art)
JuK, Ogg: plays fine, shows Artist, Title, Album (no Album art)
Amarok, Ogg: plays fine, shows Artist, Title, Album (no album art)
Dragon Player, Ogg: plays fine, shows Artist, Title, Album (no album art).
(kid3 shows the album art, so it\'s in there...)
Will be testing more and reporting later. Thanks!
The Doctor Who Restoration Team | Hosted by AukonDK on 2012-11-02
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Wow this was so informative, so cool, and to top it off had music created with Zynaddsubfx. Where did this episode come from? what did we do to deserve such greatness? Thank you!
The Doctor Who Restoration Team | Hosted by AukonDK on 2012-11-02
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This was really neat. I\'m not a Dr. Who fan (in fact the theramin show opening music form the \'80s used to scare the hell out of me), but when I hear stuff like this, how cool the fans are, I sort of want to be.
What's In my Bag? | Hosted by Mike Hingley on 2012-10-31
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Nice little ep. I\'m a Rockbox fan myself and it served me well before I got an android phone.
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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Quvmoh: Thanks for the encouragement!
AukonDK: Bear in mind that it took me over a year of labor to make it seem \"effortless\", and in that time you put out *three* episodes, so I don\'t think you\'re doing too bad at all!
JonTheNiceGuy: Thanks, I\'ll shoot you and email. I\'ve slowed down a bit on the project just because I got it to the \"barely minimally functional\" stage (I can now upload a .wav file, fill in the metadata, and have it fire off the process to successfully generate a .opus file from it, including [I think] \"album art\"). Still a lot to tackle, though.
I\'m also working on a proposed upload form for HPR submissions that I need to get done, but I\'ll probably post the three topic ideas I have going for my next HPR submissions over at http://hpr.dogphilosophy.net for discussion soon. (I wasn\'t kidding about inviting people to pester me so I don\'t slack off...)
Thanks, all!
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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Hi Jon/anyone else that wants to help
Please join the dev mail list at http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/dev_hackerpublicradio.org
Ken.
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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Hi Epicanis,
Just wanted to thank you for producing such an excellent show, which explains this subject so very well.
I\'d love to discuss this subject with you (and, well, frankly anyone - email addresses are above), but in particular, the media converter project you mention.
I already have a large chunk of this in my CCHits.net show generator code: http://gitorious.org/cchits-net/website-rewrite/blobs/master/CLI/library.php
I\'d love to help out, or at the very least, talk about it further!
All the best,
Jon \"The Nice Guy\" Spriggs
Speech Impediments | Hosted by DoorToDoorGeek on 2012-10-23
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Thank you for sharing this with the world Door. Hearing your story only makes me appreciate your work more.
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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Great episode! Feeling pretty inadequate comparing my own efforts to this wonderfully and effortlessly funny performance. However, the message behind it is very encouraging and inspires me to step up my game.
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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entertaining and informative, thank you!
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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\"Hi, Epicanus\"
Dagnabbit - I\'ve had this pseudonym for about two DECADES now, and suddenly in the last year this starts happening.
I want to once again assure everyone that the exit of my digestive system is entirely unremarkable. There is nothing \"epic\" about it at all!
Thanks for the encouragement - I\'ll put together something on my btrfs experiment and a couple of other topics on my list!
My Journey to Geekdom | Hosted by bobobex on 2012-10-17
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You have all left such nice comments that I may be tempted to record another podcast for your listening pleasure.
Recovery of an (en)crypted home directory in a buntu based system | Hosted by FiftyOneFifty on 2012-10-22
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BTW, this one and I believe TermDucken sound odd be cause on my Um hunt and silence removal, I was was too aggressive removing the spaces between words. I didn\'t hear it playing clips back in Audacity, but it was pronounced when I listened to the whole ep on a mobile player before uploading it. Unfortunately, by that time, I needed to focus on other tasks and let the editing I\'d already done stand.
Soldering Part 2: An audio demonstration of soldering | Hosted by MrX on 2012-08-07
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I was about to shout \"DON\'T FORGET YOUR SHRINK TUBING!\" when you remembered your shrink tubing. Well done.
compilers part1 | Hosted by sigflup on 2012-09-26
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The music is loud enough to be distracting, but not completely so. It\'s a good episode. I\'m not a programmer, so I had to listen twice to follow along. Thanks for a good episode on an interesting topic, sigflup.
KeepassX | Hosted by Frank Bell on 2012-10-15
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Good job on the show, and good job describing this software. I really should give this one a try. Thank you, Frank.
My Journey to Geekdom | Hosted by bobobex on 2012-10-17
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We\'ve been waiting on pins and needles for your first show. We all knew you could do it. I\'m thrilled that you know it now too. It was a very good show too - really a lot of fun to listen to. It was one of those shows that had people giving me funny looks, because I was listening to it (and smiling and laughing about it) out in a semi-public place while I worked. Keep \'em coming!
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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Wow, what a good job! Without any exaggeration whatsoever, I can say that this episode is well thought out, well executed, thorough, serious, important, technical, political and funny all at the same time. Of our 1103 episodes so far, this one is solidly in the top 20 (perhaps top 10) imo. I wish I could put out an episode this good. Bravo.
Speech Impediments | Hosted by DoorToDoorGeek on 2012-10-23
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I don\'t think I could call this a \"fun\" episode, but it was certainly an important one. You did a good job of covering a difficult and personal topic, and you expressed some ideas in a way that I can only describe as \"beautiful.\" Well done, Door.
Useful Vim Plugins | Hosted by Dave Morriss on 2012-10-07
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Hey, thank you so much for this episode. I have long wanted to beef up my vim installs. It seems, somehow, that emacs so famously does that, and yet no one in the vim world seems to talk about it all that much, so i was really struggling to find the good plugins for vim.
This episode was exactly what i needed! thanks!
Thoughtkindness: In Defense of Media Freetardation | Hosted by Epicanis on 2012-10-24
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Hi, Epicanus,
I, for one, want to hear about your RAID/btrfs experiments!
Speech Impediments | Hosted by DoorToDoorGeek on 2012-10-23
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Love your honesty. It\'s hard dealing with people who don\'t understand stuttering.
Speech Impediments | Hosted by DoorToDoorGeek on 2012-10-23
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Thank you.
I think your telling this story will undoubtedly encourage others to try to come out of the withdrawal that perceived inadequacies can impose.
I knew a guy who could barely read and write, through no fault of his own; I know the energy and effort it took for him to admit it, then to do something about it.
Any testimony that such can be confronted is valuable.
You did good.
Speech Impediments | Hosted by DoorToDoorGeek on 2012-10-23
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My friend is an avid listener to your podcast told me about this episode. I stutter, too. In fact, I produce a podcast called Stuttering is Cool over at stutteringiscool.com and co-founded Stutter Social using G+ hangouts.
Would love to have you come on my show some time.
Another thing I hate about the misconceptions about stuttering is people who are compelled to finish my sentences. But nothing beats \"Did you forget your name?\"
Speech Impediments | Hosted by DoorToDoorGeek on 2012-10-23
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Recovery of an (en)crypted home directory in a buntu based system | Hosted by FiftyOneFifty on 2012-10-22
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Nice little episode 5150. I always avoided the encrypted home option for fear of exactly something like this happen. Good to know it is fixable.
Recovery of an (en)crypted home directory in a buntu based system | Hosted by FiftyOneFifty on 2012-10-22
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aparanoidshell tells me I likely could have avoided the necessity of taking ownership of volumes by using rsync rather than cp. Good tip.
My Journey to Geekdom | Hosted by bobobex on 2012-10-17
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Well done Becky, this was a very entertaining show. It\'s nice to hear a little back story about people in the Linux community.
Congratulations on your first solo podcast.
KeepassX | Hosted by Frank Bell on 2012-10-15
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Hi Frank, very nice episode about keepassX. I just started using this about 3 months ago as well. One killer feature you didn\'t mention is autocompletion, doing Ctrl+Shift+N from inside a login field (or Ctrl+V from inside KeepassX) & having keepassx fill in both fields for you & press enter. It\'s awesome. :)
My Journey to Geekdom | Hosted by bobobex on 2012-10-17
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I did just that. Do that now and it\'s copyright infringement.
My Journey to Geekdom | Hosted by bobobex on 2012-10-17
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This started my day with a smile.
My Journey to Geekdom | Hosted by bobobex on 2012-10-17
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Very Entertaining.
I had a Spectrum 48k as a child and remember playing Jet Set Willy. My parents tell me a story of how they found me as a toddler, eating cheese from the fridge because they had been too distracted by JSW to feed me.
KeepassX | Hosted by Frank Bell on 2012-10-15
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Keepass is also available as a Portable App at portableapps.com. Just put it in a thumb drive and you can have your passwords with you at all times.
The Cyberunions Podcast | Hosted by Various Creative Commons Works on 2012-10-16
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It\'s a unique idea, but I like that we\'re trying it. It shows that we aren\'t afraid to take chances.
Fix the "Sticky Keys" Bug in Minecraft | Hosted by Windigo on 2012-06-12
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You saved (at least for me) a lot of (virtual) lifes! Working like a charm for hours now...
Thank you
HPR Community News September 2012 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-09-30
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pegwole! Shame on you sir! /dev/random has had an Atom feed since episode 1:
http://devrandomshow.org/feed.php?f=atom.xml
And yes, there\'s a link on the main page :P
Ham Radio: The Original Tech Geek Passion | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2012-10-08
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May be worth also linking Linux in the Ham Shack podcast:
http://lhspodcast.info/
Fix the "Sticky Keys" Bug in Minecraft | Hosted by Windigo on 2012-06-12
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Fixed on ubuntu 12.04
I love you.
compilers part1 | Hosted by sigflup on 2012-09-26
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The music is too loud, it\'s in the way. It should probably just go away completely.
HPR Community News September 2012 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-09-30
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That was so much fun to listen to. I wish I could have been there. Klaatu is one of my favorite people on Earth, and it was the highlight of my day to hear him get smacked down about the hover fly. :p Bravo!
Preparing Pictures for Posting with the GIMP | Hosted by Frank Bell on 2012-09-24
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Interesting episode which will make me learn to use the GIMP properly.
By the way, I think the insect in your picture is a Hoverfly, not a wasp. These guys are wasp/bee mimics. See http://beespotter.mste.illinois.edu/topics/mimics/
Freedom and Licensing | Hosted by Ahuka on 2012-08-29
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Episode 0: "Acknowledgement Courtesan" | Hosted by Epicanis on 2011-06-28
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Sorry, Jared - I\'ll actually address your question in the over-a-year-overdue Episode 01, which I HOPE will actually finally get recorded and out very soon now.
Eric S. Raymond speaks at the Central Phila. LUG | Hosted by Various Creative Commons Works on 2012-09-06
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Very good content. Nice job Russ
Wireless tip | Hosted by cleavey on 2012-08-30
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We brought two WireLess Less laptops on line at OggCamp using this trick.
Wireless tip | Hosted by cleavey on 2012-08-30
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Awesome tip! :) I knew about using an Android phone as a wireless hotspot (which requires 3G as the uplink), but using USB tethering means the wireless can be used to connect to a wireless hotspot. Posting this while connected via USB tethering, after my attempts to fix my wireless didn\'t work and I lost wireless completely.
Soldering Part 2: An audio demonstration of soldering | Hosted by MrX on 2012-08-07
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Can\'t believe how informative I found this one, Great stuff
Fix the "Sticky Keys" Bug in Minecraft | Hosted by Windigo on 2012-06-12
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I\'ve also heard it\'s a keylogger or keystroke recorder that\'s been doing it, although I haven\'t tried it.
Freedom and Licensing | Hosted by Ahuka on 2012-08-29
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The one really interesting thing in my mind as to rms view of things is that proprietary software should not exist even if it supports free software.
Hence Android, Red Hat Enterprise etc should not be allowed to exist since they mix proprietary software and money made from that with free software.
Hence, if you use a Google licensed Android device or a Linux distro such as for example Ubuntu or Fedora that is partially funded by proprietary software sales you are \"worse than a sucker\" and that is against the views of rms.
It also seems like you don\'t really know much BSD-licensed projects that are being used by various companies (even including big scary Apple) actually see contribitions back from those companies as it is still better for them if the community can also work on the features they added.
The problem for companies is generally not contributing back, the problem is usually having to open up linked products completely. This is why LGPL seems to be gaining popularity.
I do think more software should be open, but I don\'t think it\'s likely to happen anytime soon as very few people are willing to pay money to support software that is free as in freedom since they can just get it also free as in beer. As long as proprietary software pays far better per hour for the developers it will still be there, and as long as it is the case I can\'t really blame developers.
So donate as much as you can to your favourite projects. If you can get people to donate $20 per hour total to these people it actually means they may be able to live on it.
OggCamp12 Hardware Hackers | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2012-08-22
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the best show sofar from oggcamp.
OggCamp12 Hardware Hackers | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2012-08-22
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Ken,
The Oggcamp HPR booth looked great! Thanks for the effort and the pictures.
dw
Zoke with a question | Hosted by Xoke on 2012-08-15
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Hi Zoke -
I thought there was already a \'charity\' as such which existed to collect funds for open source and community projects : LinuxFund.org
I don\'t know how / if we* would be able to use such an organisation, rather than reinventing the wheel (so to say), but even if we can\'t there is at least a template under which it could be established
*by we I don\'t just mean HPR but all of the podcasts out there...
OggCamp 12 Day 1 Part 1 | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2012-08-20
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Hi Ken,
Thanks for getting the interview up,
Glad the SD card survived this time :)
Tris
Jonathan Kulp and NYbill: Goodwill Hunting | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2012-07-11
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Listening now, and NYBill is asking \"Who\'s dropping this tech stuff off?\"
Well, when I was clearing out stuff after marriage/moving, I gave a LOT of tech stuff to Goodwill. Computers, cards, and even a full installation kit for SCO Unix, floppies, manuals, everything.
I wish I could find out just who ended up with some of that stuff.
I think I know who the waterbed went to; the employees were eying that up hard. :)
Intro to the music | Hosted by ccmusique on 2012-08-13
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Good show. I liked it. I\'d like to offer up a couple of suggestions, if I may.
First is that your mic is good enough that you need a pop filter. When you say words that cause air to puff out of you, that air hits the mic element harder than the rest of your speech, and you get a \"pop\" sound. Do a search for \"DIY pop filter\" or \"how to pop filter\" and you\'ll find cheap or free solutions that work well.
Second is that the name Sean is pronounced like Shawn. It\'s just an alternate spelling. I\'m a Sean Fournier fan too, so I knew who you were talking about.
I think you did a good job of leveling the audio between the talking parts and the music parts. That\'s hard to do properly, so well done... or \"Good on ya\'!\" as Peter64 might say.
Fix the "Sticky Keys" Bug in Minecraft | Hosted by Windigo on 2012-06-12
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Great fix. Just started playing and have ~12 friends and friends of friends playing on my server. Looking forward to your next Minecraft episode.
Home from H.O.P.E. | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2012-07-30
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In case anyone is interested in audio for the talks at HOPE9, they just went up:
http://www.hopenumbernine.net/schedule/
Go RTFM | Hosted by aparanoidshell on 2012-07-18
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My counter argument to the central point made by your podcast is this :
I feel almost intrisictly opposed to the stock RTFM answer - here are my reasons why :
1. Elitism
This may not be intentional - but when someone says \"RTFM\" the subtle message it puts out is \"I know the answer, but I\'m not going to tell you because I do not believe you are worthy of my time and energy because you have not displayed sufficient schooling in this area\". To me - this represents a knowledge elite, where those that can and do,laugh down their noses at those that can\'t. One thing I can\'t stand is elitism especially in the open source community, where access to information and resources is the ultimate leveller.
2. Puts people off
It may be that the user asking that question has no background in the computer science aspects of computing, but approaches the use of computers like any other consumer device. For example : I recently fitted some smoke alarms into my house. the manual said that the light should flash every 45 seconds - but in reality it flashed every 10 seconds. I phoned the help line and spoke to a technician who answered the question. His response was much more useful to me as it answered my question directly. I now feel much more confident in my ability to work with electronics not only from this company, but from others, as I know there is an element of support.
3. Adds nothing
In reality all information relating to Linux is either gathered by reading the manual or source, or through experience with the product. Therefore the stock answer to any query from anybody could be RTFM, and the chances are that there is a manual page or documentation out there that covers that subject.
4. Makes assumptions about the users
RTFM assumes that the user that has made contact is indeed able to read a manual. To make such an assumption based on no information does us a disservice
5. In some instances - inappropriate for the communication paradigm
If I contact a IRC help chat channel and all I am told is RTFM, then the channel could be hosted by bots which just respond RTFM. If the help chat channel offers no help, then it ceases to be a useful tool.
6. Aggressive
The use of offensive language in this term makes it inappropriate for use. I always pride myself that the communications I have made within the open Source community are free from swears - I would have no problem with my parents, or grand parents, or little nieces and nephews reading what I have written.
7. Competition
The point is that Microsoft, Oracle etc already have this type of facility - where questions can be asked and answered. We\'re competing with these companies, and therefore we need to raise the bar. Making someone slog through a reference book to find out why their network isn\'t working isn\'t competing so well.
8. Obtuse
Responding to a technical query from a user with a technical acronym only compounds the issue.
I want to table something : I\'d like to suggest that we censor ourselves from responding with RTFM - I\'d like to ban the term, and instead suggest that we start to write things in plain english.
For example :
Oh - I\'m sorry you\'ve experienced an issue with the FOO widget under Distrix. Let\'s see if we can\'t offer some advice. It looks like the issue is , which means
There are a number of things we can try :
1. instruction 1
2. instruction 2
3. instruction 3
4. instruction 4
If you want to learn more about FOO widget, then you can find the man page by going to terminal and typing man FOO.
---
Once we have done this a few times we can start to formulate strategies to solving the issue, which we can document.
The important things I wanted to raise with my suggestion are :
1. Empathy - we are empathising with the user. This helps to establish a bond, and the user may feel happier that at least someone understood the issue.
2. Information - we are presenting the user with some basic information about the issue they are having.
3. Tasks - we are presenting some ideas that the user can try
4. Further information - we are instructing the user how to get more information about the issue.
Setting up Your First Ham Radio Station | Hosted by Joel on 2012-07-23
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Great stuff, Joel! Really enjoyed this episode. Can\'t wait to hear more.
Soldering Part 1 | Hosted by MrX on 2012-07-24
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This was definitely a very informative episode and looks to be a very informative series. I used to solder a bit when I needed to repair some gadgets (Apple Airport Basestation is one example), but haven\'t done it in a very long time. Great amount of information on soldering irons and what to look for. Can\'t wait to hear more. :-)
Interview with George Vlahavas and Andreas born of the SalixOS project | Hosted by pokey on 2012-07-25
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Thoroughly enjoyed this interview. Kudos to pokey for this one. Seems like there should be more of these, maybe to provide something similar to what a particularly well-known FLOSS podcast on a particularly well-known \"netcast\" network does while actually providing it on FLOSS formats. ;-)
Nix: The Functional Package Manager | Hosted by goibhniu on 2012-06-24
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Woops ... Eelco Visser != Eelco Dolstra
See here for some more papers and videos:
http://nixos.org/~eelco/talks/index.html
Soldering Part 1 | Hosted by MrX on 2012-07-24
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I am looking forward to part 2, this must be one of the best episodes on HPR I have heard lately!
Nicely done!
Setting up Your First Ham Radio Station | Hosted by Joel on 2012-07-23
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Good timing; my first Kenwood rig (2m) arrives tomorrow on the Brown Truck of Joy.
Currently have a Baofeng UV-5R which is an incredible value for the money. Really like it.
Backing up your dvd collection using mencoder | Hosted by BrocktonBob on 2012-07-16
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Great info BrocktonBob
Another thing that may need to be changed is the -vf crop=640:480:0:0,scale=640:405 option
Some movies will have different crop boundaries. I use mplayer dvd//:1 -vf cropdetect to to get this info before ripping.
Another tip is for the scale option. Here is your original code -vf crop=640:480:0:0,scale=640:405
Here mencoder can preserve the aspect ratio whether the movie is full screen or wide screen by using a -2 like so
crop=640:480:0:0,scale=640:-2
Hop these tips help
Jonathan Kulp and NYbill: Goodwill Hunting | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2012-07-11
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Just finished listening to this episode and I have to say that I am jealous. We have what Goodwill calls a \"Computer Works\" here in Charlotte NC and they are not as cheep as you guys are saying, probably because they try to refurbish everything they get in but even the junk systems they have from \'05 they want about $100 for. I have found some stuff I thought was really cool. Such as a original working Xbox for $25 with all the cables and a controller. What I undersand of how goodwill does it 99% of the computer equipment in my region ends up in this storefront which does not sell clothes.
Migrating away from Google Reader | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2012-07-10
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Episode 1024 | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2012-07-05
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Now if we can just win the Ubuntu UK podcast competition to win a raspberry pi for you...
Episode 1024 | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2012-07-05
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HPR Community News June 2012 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-07-02
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don\'t believe the lies. i didn\'t read the community news, i made it up.
Fix the "Sticky Keys" Bug in Minecraft | Hosted by Windigo on 2012-06-12
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Good luck, Pokey - hope it helps! :)
My Linux Adventure, Pt. 2 | Hosted by Bob Wooden on 2012-06-11
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A fascination story of versatility and adaptability!
Fix the "Sticky Keys" Bug in Minecraft | Hosted by Windigo on 2012-06-12
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Hey, Windigo, I just copied these files to my laptop, and I\'m looking forward to seeing how it works. I get this bug all the time, but not ever in a way that it is reproducible, so I\'ll just have to wait and see how well it works. For me, the only way out of the bug was to open and close my inventory or the game\'s menu. I\'ve gotten pretty good at opening and closing my inventory very quickly, but I like your solution better. Thanks a lot.
More Experiences Out of a Mental Hostpital | Hosted by sigflup on 2012-06-10
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That was gsm heard through the microphone from the phone in my pocket. No audio was made, just the interference picked up directly by the mic
More Experiences Out of a Mental Hostpital | Hosted by sigflup on 2012-06-10
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Was that cell phone interference I heard at 4:28? I\'m curious if you know if that was interference being heard over a speaker through the microphone or directly into the microphone? Interesting episode Sigflup.
More Experiences Out of a Mental Hostpital | Hosted by sigflup on 2012-06-10
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Calling it a \"good\" episode feels a little trite, but it\'s an \"important\" episode. Very enlightening. Thank you so much for sharing, Sigflup! I just know you, of all people, _can_ deal with schizophrenia. And maybe more importantly, this community can deal with it, because you\'re one of us, so we\'re in it together. Don\'t hesitate to reach out to any one of us if you ever need anything, and keep fighting the good fight.
Episode 1000 | Hosted by FiftyOneFifty on 2012-05-31
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Well that was a hoot! I\'m glad that Philip and I could be a part of your 1000th episode celebration. We\'ll try the less serious version of our greeting next time :P
Broadband for Rural North | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2012-05-03
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Well done, Ken. You\'re the best.
LFNW: Dawn McKenna of McKenna Interpreting Services | Hosted by David Whitman on 2012-05-15
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Absolutely fascinating. Thanks.
Experiences in a mental hospital | Hosted by sigflup on 2012-04-09
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What they said.
I commend your courage is posting this.
Broadband for Rural North | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2012-05-03
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I really enjoyed listening to this, one of the best! It is one of the great obstacles in modern life-how to obtain high speed internet in rural areas, and it\'s the rural areas that need it the most! It is only because I am good friends with our local computer guy/isp that I was able to finally receive high speed wifi at my home in rural New Mexico.
Going Linux: Introduction to Podcasting with Linux | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-05-09
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Excellent recursive (as they say in the show) choice for syndicated Thursday.
Freedom is not Free 5 - Get Involved | Hosted by Ahuka on 2012-05-08
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Congratulations on completing your series. Like you said, all good things must come to an end. And while I\'m a little sad that it\'s over, I\'m thrilled for you that it\'s complete. So many podcast series just fade away incomplete.
It\'s a great series that you put together here, and I\'ll be directing people to it in the future. It turned out really well in content and in quality. Thanks so much for being part of HPR. I look forward to hearing more shows from you if you get the time.
Dead_Hunt | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2012-05-01
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Thanks for the feedback on our feedback, Kenn, but most especially thanks for your book! I really enjoyed it and while I don\'t remember what the blazes I said about it, any criticism I had was only because I liked the book enough to feel safe with little nit-picks. All in all, I loved the story and the writing, and you had me all the way til the end. And in the end, that\'s all that matters.
Looking forward to the sequel!
Broadband for Rural North | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2012-05-03
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Dead_Hunt | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2012-05-01
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I\'m not especially a zombie and/or gore kind of person, but I enjoyed this your latest book review (ep0978). Here are a couple other audio books I\'ve listened to and highly recommend, and I\'d really enjoy hearing your review of them too at some point.
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/search.php?keyword=trader+tales
This is a series of audiobooks following the life and career of the main character from his first unprepared steps into the spacefaring cargo fleet as a newly orphaned late-teen through owning his own ship. No aliens, no space battles, etc., but in my opinion nevertheless thoroughly engaging.
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/search.php?keyword=heavenfield
Another, shorter series, very different but equally excellent. Set in the near future on Earth where several rival factions have found a way into a kind of alternate dimension intersecting ours, the eponymous Heavenfield, and discover that we are not alone, and that our actions shape our reality for good or ill.
http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-leviathan-chronicles
A race of superhumans lives secretly in our midst, and in a deep underwater base, seeking to direct mankind into a better future. But now there\'s a civil war among them, spilling into our world. The main character learns that she is not just one of these immortals, but a key to their very survival and torn between the factions.
Dead_Hunt | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2012-05-01
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Hi guys,
Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for taking the time to listen to Dead Hunt and for the great review! I appreciate your comments and learn a lot when people like you give an honest assessment. Your in-depth review was well thought out and I enjoyed hearing your praises and criticisms. That type of feedback is invaluable, so thank you for your honesty.
When I was asked in an interview if I would change anything my answer was, without hesitation, \"the writing.\" There’s a lot of things I would change… especially in the prologue. The original story was teens but they were supposed to be college kids in the final draft so I don’t know what happened there. Major oversight! I also agree with your assessment of the diner scene: I should have included more description on how he found her and got her out. Good catch. Ditto for the bear… and A.I… and the chip… You gave me a lot to think about.
I’m glad you would be interested in hearing the sequel, which I hope to finish writing within the next few months, and I do hope you guys are willing to review that one on your podcast as well. I really enjoyed your show!
Once again, thank you for your comments and honesty. It means a lot to me.
Sincerely,
Kenn
Setting Up a WordPress Blog 2 | Hosted by Frank Bell on 2012-04-30
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Hi Frank,
What was the name of the other plugin that you used before. The one where you needed to do a math question.
Ken.
Sunday Morning Linux Review Episode 026 | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2012-04-11
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Deltaray, Thanks we have be working hard on making the best quality.
Sunday Morning Linux Review Episode 026 | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2012-04-11
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we are using mic filters now which helps Tony with the sound levels. He doesn\'t have to adjust them as much...as long as we remember to talk into the mic.
Raspberry Pi spec review | Hosted by Klaas-Jan Koopman on 2012-04-16
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Both models come with 256mb ram now.
TGTM Newscast for 2012/4/4 | Hosted by Tgtm News Team on 2012-04-13
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This is rapidly becoming one of my favorite segments hands down. Keep up the good work DG!
Sunday Morning Linux Review Episode 026 | Hosted by Various Hosts on 2012-04-11
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I just wanted to say that the sound levels are much improved. Thanks for fixing that.
The wisdom of our elders | Hosted by DoorToDoorGeek on 2012-04-16
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Great insight and it needed to be said. I had some great conversations with people at ILF this past weekend, some of whom I would consider elders from my point of view. The conversations with other people made for a great conference.
LITS: Episode 004 - paste | Hosted by Dann on 2012-04-10
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Applying what Dann has taught so far. http://www.instructables.com/id/Mixing-the-command-line-and-the-gui/
Experiences in a mental hospital | Hosted by sigflup on 2012-04-09
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Thank for sharing this experience on HPR. I have to say that it takes a lot of courage to open oneself in this manner. I hope and pray that everything improves for you soon.
Experiences in a mental hospital | Hosted by sigflup on 2012-04-09
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I really appreciate your openness and willingness to share.
Experiences in a mental hospital | Hosted by sigflup on 2012-04-09
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Hello,
Thank you a lot for sharing this. Listening to you describing your state and surrounding was a fascinating experience.
It reminded me of in-computer-game audio logs, like the ones in \"System Shock 2\" and \"Amnesia\" for example. (Warning: both these titles or screenshots, videos and descriptions of their content might act as triggers)
Best wishes for feeling better and glad for you to not having to stay in there longer. I hope that talking openly about the events, as you did in this post, leads to more relief.
Experiences in a mental hospital | Hosted by sigflup on 2012-04-09
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sigflup,
Thanks for your openness and sharing your story - having family members that have had similar experiences I understand that it is a different world in there. I wish you all the best in the recovery process.
Kryx
Pat Volkerding of Slackware Linux chats with Klaatu | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-11-08
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So if you have a newer one you know where to send it (also to us :) )
Pat Volkerding of Slackware Linux chats with Klaatu | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-11-08
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Just a note that the picture is from 2000. Also, freaking hilarious interview. After 5 minutes of back story about the incense he\'s about to light: \"Oh wait this may be the wrong stick\". LOL
Zentyal Linux Small Business Server | Hosted by riddlebox on 2012-03-13
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Oddly enough I listened to this ep last week and this week our Windows 2008 server died. I swear they are unrelated!
Anyway we now have a Zentyal server up and running, although I\'m still fine tuning a few things.
Thank you :)
How I cut The Cable Cord Part 2 | Hosted by BrocktonBob on 2012-03-27
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If you like home antennas, try these: http://www.instructables.com/id/Antennas-TV-Wifi-and-etc/
How I cut The Cable Cord Part1 | Hosted by BrocktonBob on 2012-01-30
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While it\'s important to consider non-technical users, don\'t talk about the listener\'s wife/girlfriend. It\'s bad form to assume the gender of the listener. You can talk about your wife/girlfriend, but don\'t assume we all have those.
Good episode. I will probably do a follow-up in terms of other ways to cut the cord.
TGTM Tech News for 2012-03-14 | Hosted by Tgtm News Team on 2012-03-16
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Deepgeek, your shows are amazing. They are informative and often uplifting. I can\'t imagine how much work it must be to gather and summarize all of these stories that are so important to our community. Thank you for all of the hard work that you do, and for fighting the good fight.
HPR Interview David Whitman with Carl Symons and John Blanford | Hosted by David Whitman on 2012-03-19
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This was a lot of fun to listen to. I\'m seriously jealous of of the fun you guys will be having. I just attended NELF, and I\'d like to make you guys an offer. I\'m willing to send you our HPR booth kit in exchange for your Linux beer brewers. Think about it.
Presentation by Jared Smith at the Columbia Area Linux Users Group | Hosted by Neodragon on 2012-03-20
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This was fantastic! I really enjoyed it. Jared seems like maybe the nicest guy in the world. If I ever see him at a conference, I\'m making it a point to shake his hand.
Freedom is not Free 2 - Bugs | Hosted by Ahuka on 2012-03-14
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Thanks for this guide, as part of ArchWomen, I\'m trying to streamline the \"get involved\" page of the Arch Linux wiki and bug reporting of course plays an important role.
I\'m glad to hear that Ohio LinuxFest wants diversity. Can you be more specific about the steps the organization takes to promote this? Is there a diversity statement?
(might be releavant: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Women-friendly_events )
Heresies in the year of the apocalypse ep 1 - computer languages | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2012-02-20
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Python -> C -> Assembly.
In short yes you can. But no-one would.
When you compile it drops any comments you have and change variable names and can do other things, so you would then have this mass of code that is VERY unreadable. If you are good enough to read that and make any tweaks you simple would code in that language as lower languages gives you much more control.
Freedom is not Free 1 Introduction | Hosted by Ahuka on 2012-02-28
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LITS: Entry 001 – qrencode | Hosted by Dann on 2012-02-29
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Enjoyed the shell-centric show. I even installed qrencode to dork around with it.
Keep up the good work.
Programming languages 1 - Introduction | Hosted by garjola on 2012-02-27
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Nice job, man. I\'m going to have to listen a second time to soak that all in.
Heresies in the year of the apocalypse ep 1 - computer languages | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2012-02-20
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I stopped listening at about 15 mintues due to the cans and bottles. Calling in a show is ok, but trying to make it somehow sound \"cool\" by doing it while making a bunch of noise IMHO is not so good.
Heresies in the year of the apocalypse ep 1 - computer languages | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2012-02-20
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For all the flack that Perl gets, it does precompile down to simpler language and then that is run on the fly. Sounds just like what you were recommending
Heresies in the year of the apocalypse ep 1 - computer languages | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2012-02-20
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I, too, went through a “C” phase and have ended up using Python. I looked at Perl and said “yuck!” And I looked at Genie and concluded that the lack of libraries and documentation ruled it out. I think I know the answer to your “heretical” question, “why are we not all using a language that is as efficient to run as C and as efficient to write as Python?”: It is a lot harder than it looks. Python (specifically CPython) looks terrible in benchmarks, but for many real applications it is slower than C, but not enough slower to matter. Also, lots of smart people have tackled the problem from lots of different directions (C++, OCaml, Java, Unladen Sparrow, etc.) with limited success so far. And change is slow just because being an early adopter of a language is expensive, and being a late abandoner is even more expensive. But take a look at the PyPy project and the “RPython” language.
Uber Leet Hacker Force Radio 6 | Hosted by sigflup on 2012-02-06
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yeah uber leet hacker force is one of my favourites too. i think it\'d be cool to see concr implemented in config files for fetchmail and stuff like that.
Heresies in the year of the apocalypse ep 1 - computer languages | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2012-02-20
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I have the same kind of attitude toward Perl. I appreciate its power and ubiquity, but for me as a *learner* the whole \"there\'s more than one way to do it\" approach is a big turn-off. Hence I too have steered more toward Python as a preferred scripting language.
Episode 000 redirection | Hosted by Dann on 2012-02-15
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Great show Dann. You spoke very clearly and were obviously prepared. Well done. Since shell stuff can be quite thick at times, maybe after every few minutes you should just take a breather to allow people to catch up. Maybe a joke or story or something. I liked all the philosophical stuff you started out with. Its good for beginners to hear all that.
Updating a Garmin GPS for free | Hosted by riddlebox on 2012-02-13
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Onlookers might consider leveraging the open/free OpenStreetMap data
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin
Uber Leet Hacker Force Radio 6 | Hosted by sigflup on 2012-02-06
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It was great to hear a new episode of Uber leet hacker force. This is one of my favorite hpr series.
How I Started with Linux Part 2 | Hosted by Frank Bell on 2012-02-07
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Frank, I find your series interesting.
How I cut The Cable Cord Part1 | Hosted by BrocktonBob on 2012-01-30
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Short and to the point. I liked the \"wife considerations\" part.
Desktop Transparency | Hosted by Deltaray on 2011-11-24
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@JonathanRRogers: I was kinda generalizing that Phil Katz is a code thief. While ZIP may be a different format and algorithm, he got into the whole thing by dishonorable means and I don\'t think he should be given as much credit as he does and more credit should go to Thom, whose efforts where effectively derailed by Phil. The point is, there is a lot more to the story than what is mentioned on Wikipedia. My source material is episode 8 of the BBS: The documentary, by Jason Scott:
http://www.archive.org/details/BBS.The.Documentary
Hobbies | Hosted by MrX on 2012-01-29
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Oh MrX, you\'re my hero for mentioning The Secret Life of Machines. That show was excellent and is a great example of how different documentaries where before Discovery channel sold out in the mid 90s to the \"Least Common Denominator\" model of documentaries. I think the episode called \"The Radio Set\" is one of the best, and should be especially interesting for hackers.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/SLOM/0206-The_Radio-big.html
You\'ll find yourself in good company with Tim and Rex.
Learning | Hosted by mordancy on 2012-01-23
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Hello,
Great info for people who want to learn to code.The only problem was it was hard to understand.Maybe use a mic for second podcast.
Bob
Introduction to Pagekite. | Hosted by Kevin Granade on 2012-01-26
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Sorry to be a wet blanket, but you can also do this in 3 easy steps using an SSH tunnel:
1. Turn on GatewayPorts and PermitRootLogin in sshd_config on remote.server.hostname where you want the website to appear on the net.
2. Open up port 80 in firewall on remote.server.hostname
3. from your home machine, run ssh -R *:80:localhost:80 root@remote.server.hostname
Then people can go to http://remote.server.hostname/ and it will go to the webserver on your local computer. Remember though, either way, you\'re still allowing access to your computer on the public internet and if that gets compromised, your local network. May not be what you expected.
Episode 000 - Introduction | Hosted by garjola on 2012-01-13
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Hey, very nice podcast to listen too! I my self is very excited to hear about the advices and thoughts you have on servers at home :)
Hacker Public Radio New Year's Eve Part 4/8 (Mrs Cornominal brings the naughty) | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-01-05
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Becky, It was a real pleasure having both you and Philip on. You are lovely people, and I\'m very glad to have met you. Either of you are forever welcome on any show that I record. You really brought a lot to the conversation, and everyone loved talking with you both. Thank you for coming on, and helping us out.
Hacker Public Radio New Year's Eve Part 2/8 (A Bit About Fedora) | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-01-02
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Robert, thanks for listening. I\'m glad that people are enjoying listening to our big recording, and it was great that these guys brought such great and helpful content. It\'s great fun for me knowing that other people are listening to, and enjoying what we did.
SOPA Protest | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-01-17
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This is the can response sent out but, I will put out an wpisode post back here if there is an open oline forum on the subject.
Combating Online Piracy while Protecting an Open and Innovative Internet
By Victoria Espinel, Aneesh Chopra, and Howard Schmidt
Thanks for taking the time to sign this petition. Both your words and actions illustrate the importance of maintaining an open and democratic Internet.
Right now, Congress is debating a few pieces of legislation concerning the very real issue of online piracy, including the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and the Online Protection and Digital ENforcement Act (OPEN). We want to take this opportunity to tell you what the Administration will support—and what we will not support. Any effective legislation should reflect a wide range of stakeholders, including everyone from content creators to the engineers that build and maintain the infrastructure of the Internet.
While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.
Any effort to combat online piracy must guard against the risk of online censorship of lawful activity and must not inhibit innovation by our dynamic businesses large and small. Across the globe, the openness of the Internet is increasingly central to innovation in business, government, and society and it must be protected. To minimize this risk, new legislation must be narrowly targeted only at sites beyond the reach of current U.S. law, cover activity clearly prohibited under existing U.S. laws, and be effectively tailored, with strong due process and focused on criminal activity. Any provision covering Internet intermediaries such as online advertising networks, payment processors, or search engines must be transparent and designed to prevent overly broad private rights of action that could encourage unjustified litigation that could discourage startup businesses and innovative firms from growing.
We must avoid creating new cybersecurity risks or disrupting the underlying architecture of the Internet. Proposed laws must not tamper with the technical architecture of the Internet through manipulation of the Domain Name System (DNS), a foundation of Internet security. Our analysis of the DNS filtering provisions in some proposed legislation suggests that they pose a real risk to cybersecurity and yet leave contraband goods and services accessible online. We must avoid legislation that drives users to dangerous, unreliable DNS servers and puts next-generation security policies, such as the deployment of DNSSEC, at risk.
Let us be clear—online piracy is a real problem that harms the American economy, threatens jobs for significant numbers of middle class workers and hurts some of our nation\'s most creative and innovative companies and entrepreneurs. It harms everyone from struggling artists to production crews, and from startup social media companies to large movie studios. While we are strongly committed to the vigorous enforcement of intellectual property rights, existing tools are not strong enough to root out the worst online pirates beyond our borders. That is why the Administration calls on all sides to work together to pass sound legislation this year that provides prosecutors and rights holders new legal tools to combat online piracy originating beyond U.S. borders while staying true to the principles outlined above in this response. We should never let criminals hide behind a hollow embrace of legitimate American values.
This is not just a matter for legislation. We expect and encourage all private parties, including both content creators and Internet platform providers working together, to adopt voluntary measures and best practices to reduce online piracy.
So, rather than just look at how legislation can be stopped, ask yourself: Where do we go from here? Don’t limit your opinion to what’s the wrong thing to do, ask yourself what’s right. Already, many of members of Congress are asking for public input around the issue. We are paying close attention to those opportunities, as well as to public input to the Administration. The organizer of this petition and a random sample of the signers will be invited to a conference call to discuss this issue further with Administration officials and soon after that, we will host an online event to get more input and answer your questions. Details on that will follow in the coming days.
Washington needs to hear your best ideas about how to clamp down on rogue websites and other criminals who make money off the creative efforts of American artists and rights holders. We should all be committed to working with all interested constituencies to develop new legal tools to protect global intellectual property rights without jeopardizing the openness of the Internet. Our hope is that you will bring enthusiasm and know-how to this important challenge.
Moving forward, we will continue to work with Congress on a bipartisan basis on legislation that provides new tools needed in the global fight against piracy and counterfeiting, while vigorously defending an open Internet based on the values of free expression, privacy, security and innovation. Again, thank you for taking the time to participate in this important process. We hope you’ll continue to be part of it.
Victoria Espinel is Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator at Office of Management and Budget
Aneesh Chopra is the U.S. Chief Technology Officer and Assistant to the President and Associate Director for Technology at the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Howard Schmidt is Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator for National Security Staff
Check out this response on We the People.
Sunday Morning Linux Review - New Year Show | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-01-11
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content is very good, ty. first time I listened to this podcast (Sunday Morning Linux Review), so I don\'t know if other times the volume is similar to this one, but the guy with the laugh (Tony?) blows out my ears. too close to the mic?
looking forward to further episodes, if the volume gets dialed down a bit.
Sunday Morning Linux Review - New Year Show | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-01-11
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Its not the mail servers that are blocking port 25, its your ISP. Many large ISPs are blocking outbound port 25 connections from your home connection that aren\'t to your ISP\'s mail server. You can try connecting to a mail server on its SSL port (465) which usually requires authentication, if it allows it or the mail submission port (587), which is more recent thing.
They do this because so many people are infected with viruses and where being used as gateways to send spam. So they were trying to reduce the spam in everybody\'s inbox.
Hacker Public Radio New Year's Eve Part 7/8 (The Grand Finale) | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-01-10
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I was recording as well and got a better recording of PipemanMusic\'s cover of Before You Accuse Me. Enjoy:
http://www.climagic.org/music/pipemanmusic-beforeyouaccuseme.mp3
Computer Memories | Hosted by Deltaray on 2011-12-02
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Haven\'t listened yet, will make a point of it today. The pic of the TRS-80 Model 3 brings back memories, I have one just like on my desk under a bunch of papers and 3 more (plus a printer) stored. I really need to make time to get back to my classic comps and emulators.
Hacker Public Radio New Year's Eve Part 4/8 (Mrs Cornominal brings the naughty) | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-01-05
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Just wanted to add that episode #169 on steganography was my own counter show to episode #69. After being rebuked for my participation in the infamous #69, I thought it fitting to \"make things up\" by telling how to keep such things under wraps.
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DeepGeek
Hacker Public Radio New Year's Eve Part 4/8 (Mrs Cornominal brings the naughty) | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-01-05
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Both Philip and I enjoyed ourselves immensely - thank you for inviting us along.
Hacker Public Radio New Year's Eve Part 1/8 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-01-02
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Thanks for the show
I think emacs and org-mode is just what I\'ve been looking for I will let you know!
Hacker Public Radio New Year's Eve Part 2/8 (A Bit About Fedora) | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2012-01-02
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I have begun listening to the HPR podcasts while at work.
I\'ve been using Linux for ten years or so and as a result of everyones podcasts I am considering making a recording and sending it in. More on that later.
This message is to comment on this podcast. As usual, I found all the podcast very interesting. Of great interest was the conversation regarding org-mode and it\'s use by someone doing AutoCAD work and the manner in which he kept notes and tables relating to his daily job. This caught my attention because I use (not right now, anyway) to work in a related design field. Everyday I used an expensive proprietary cad design program designing kitchen and bathrooms, very similar to AutoCAD. So it was very easy for me to relate to his work use descriptions.
Thanks for another GREAT podcast.
My Computer History | Hosted by Bob Evans on 2011-04-13
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Ed Felberbaum has reestablished his Digiac 3080 Tribute page at Wordpress...
http://digiac3080.wordpress.com/
Ed has avid interest in any surviving Digiac 3080 artifacts.
Handbook for the Criminally Insane | Hosted by HPR_AudioBookClub on 2011-12-15
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I did an introduction to audiobooks a little while back:
http://writtenandread.net/audiobooks-sampler/
If you would accept a recommendation, I would like to suggest listening to Dead Mech or Number One With A Bullet.
Thank you for an interesting discussion.
All the best,
Morten
init() | Hosted by NYbill and Windigo on 2011-12-27
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Yes, that\'s the one. Had anyone in the room still had a 3 1/2 drive we could have popped it in and see if it still worked.
init() | Hosted by NYbill and Windigo on 2011-12-27
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Good show and quality.
Just so you know, Yggdrasil was pretty significant as it was the first Linux distro with a CD-ROM based installation. There is actually a sizable Wikipedia article on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil_Linux/GNU/X
init() | Hosted by NYbill and Windigo on 2011-12-27
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Hi Chattr,
I forgot to post the audio files. 100% my fault. Sorry about that - it should be updated now.
Ken.
init() | Hosted by NYbill and Windigo on 2011-12-27
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Got the notice of ep0887 when I just polled the feed, but trying to download the file ( http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0887.mp3 ) returns 404 not found.
RPM format | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-12-19
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for slackers, new slackbuilds for concr (the encryption library) and yesplz have been submitted. until they hit the sb.o servers, you can get \'em here..
http://gnuworldorder.info/slackware/concr.tar.gz
and
http://gnuworldorder.info/slackware/yesplz.tar.gz
RPM format | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-12-19
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yes people are packaging yesplz :D
It should be noted that there is a NEW version of yesplz since this ep was recorded. You can get it here --> https://devio.us/~sigflup/yesplz_dec_19_2011.tgz
RPM format | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-12-19
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Wow, I had no idea that people were packaging yesplz! that\'s awesome!
Breaking Down TFTP | Hosted by Kevin Granade on 2011-11-21
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Very, very nice episode. More like this please kevin!
Inspired by steve gibson, but outperforming him in terms of content on this occasion.
Welcome Frank Bell | Hosted by Frank Bell on 2011-12-12
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What am I running now? Why Slackware, of course (plus a few others along the way).
Welcome Frank Bell | Hosted by Frank Bell on 2011-12-12
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What a great show. You hit this one out of the park. I loved hearing about the stuff that came before \"my time\", but I loved this episode from start to finish anyway. Thank you sincerely for pitching in, we really need it.
I had a pretty crappy day yesterday, and you helped to make a crappy day better. Thank you.
Pat Volkerding of Slackware Linux chats with Klaatu | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-11-08
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Hello
I am a long time linux user who started with Red Hat 5.1 and has worked consistently with Red Hat and Debian-based distros ever since. I have never really given Slackware much thought.
I noticed in the photo above that the URL for slackware is given as http://www.cdrom.com. When entered in my browser, I get a site offering windows applications for download.
Just thought I should warn people that the correct URL for slackware is slackware.com .
Is this an old photo perhaps?
Welcome Frank Bell | Hosted by Frank Bell on 2011-12-12
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My first experience with Linux was the same. Installed now what ?
That ending was nasty !!! ;-)
Hurry up with part 2.
Welcome Frank Bell | Hosted by Frank Bell on 2011-12-12
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I found this very interesting.
Desktop Transparency | Hosted by Deltaray on 2011-11-24
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While the events related to transparency match what I remember, I think Deltaray confused the ZIP and ARC file formats. What I\'ve been able to find indicates that Phil Katz created the ZIP format specifically to be different from the ARC format after he lost a lawsuit brought by SEA. If all the Wikipedia articles and sources they cite are wrong about this, there must be a deep conspiracy indeed.
Philip and Rebecca Newborough of CrunchBang | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-12-06
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Hi new-clinux,
Free software versions of the mp3 encoder and decoder have been available for years so there is no software freedom issue with the format. Many of our listeners come from parts of the world where software patents are not recognised, for the rest there are ogg and spx feeds http://hackerpublicradio.org/syndication.php
Ken.
Philip and Rebecca Newborough of CrunchBang | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-12-06
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I\'m by no means a zealot about these things -- far from it! -- but the fact that this is .mp3 only seems laughably beyond the pale :)
cheers, keep the faith.
Thread_Repair | Hosted by pokey on 2010-11-29
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I appreciate the compliment. Thanks also for teaching me some of those tricks. The toothpick one at least was yours. Maybe more, but now I forget what\'s in that show.
Breaking Down TFTP | Hosted by Kevin Granade on 2011-11-21
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I really liked the show. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.
The Count of Monte Cristo | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-11-30
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Awesome change of pace! You should do more of this.
Computer Memories | Hosted by Deltaray on 2011-12-02
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Thanks. Brought back similar memories in Australia.
I kind of started off with Video consoles, but first computers were TRS-80, Apple2 (at school and cousin owned Redstone clone), Sinclair Spectrum 48k, Atari 512/1040,IBM XT,Apple LCII... +various computers used at workplaces.
The Count of Monte Cristo | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-11-30
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Thread_Repair | Hosted by pokey on 2010-11-29
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As an ol\' \"out-to-pasture\" shop teacher, I approve of the preceding message.
Gift Guide for Electronics Engineers of the Future | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-11-28
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Hi Mr. Gadgets,
Apologies for not adding the shownotes on time. I promise to do better if you don\'t tell Santa.
Ken
Publican, the user-friendly Perl frontend to Docbook XML | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-11-28
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Great podcast (as usual, Klaatu). Within the first few minutes I got excited about pimping this to my non-techie writer friends on Twitter. For that reason it would have been good to skip over \'scary\' things emacs & vim & just concentrate on how it can help writers used to other tools, but hey, I can always remix & put out a cut-down version if I cared that much.
Many thanks for helping spread the good word!
Gift Guide for Electronics Engineers of the Future | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-11-28
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You can\'t tell \'em anything, what with their facebooks and twitters and such.
Desktop Transparency | Hosted by Deltaray on 2011-11-24
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I totally did not know it was Cmdr Taco\'s idea! What a great episode! thanks!
Publican, the user-friendly Perl frontend to Docbook XML | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-11-28
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Nice, Klaatu.
Most of my contributions now are documentation related so I found this most interesting to listen to. I stumbled on Publican not too long ago (less than a year I\'m pretty sure. I honestly don\'t remember) and I really like the output. I think it\'s definitely a good thing for OSS and am glad you had an episode on it. docs.fedora.com (and rh) are on my short list of nice looking documentation sites
Keep up the good work!
Breaking Down TFTP | Hosted by Kevin Granade on 2011-11-21
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Glad to hear it. I\'ll see what I can do, though to tell you the truth, I\'ve never recorded audio before, and this took a lot more time than I had anticipated. I want to do more, but I have some programming to catch up on now.
Emacs Part 3: The Reckoning. | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-11-20
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Hey, thanks Scott! Had to go back a listen to the episode to get your dinner joke :-P
Emacs is pretty great and there seems to be no end to what it can do. I\'ve been doing a lot of org-mode usage lately, and have been messing around with abbreviation-completion lately. Heck, SO many potential features. There probably could be an emacs-cast out there, although admittedly it would be a bit dry.
Happy hacking. and all that.
Breaking Down TFTP | Hosted by Kevin Granade on 2011-11-21
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Alright! Breaking down protocols series, I hope there are lots and lots of episodes of this, I like the idea.
Emacs Part 3: The Reckoning. | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-11-20
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The rule of \"emacs dinners\" is you don\'t talk about \"emacs dinners\".
Great series Klaatu, I\'ve been using emacs for a few years and I still learned some stuff.
Thanks
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Cross posting :)
It\'s not often that I comment on HPR episodes - other than to beg for you to send them in -but I want to make an exception for today\'s show. Episode 0853 :: Pat Volkerding of Slackware Linux chats with Klaatu
I\'m not making this exception because it was \"better\", I would find it impossible to make such a call. The HPR community produces a massive amount of content and I have listened to every single one at least once. There has not been a single HPR show that I have not enjoyed and learned from.
Nor is it that it was submitted by Klaatu as given that he has submitted 12 1/2% of all shows, I would have written this long before now. Sure today\'s \'topic\' was special - a interview with Patrick Volkerding the man behind SlackWare, the longest continually developed Linux distribution - but we\'ve had other interviews with people of note before.
The reason for this deviation is simply because it embodies the qualities that I feel define Hacker Public Radio.
It\'s about taking a topic and exploring it, looking at all sides, exposing otherwise hidden and unknown facts, it\'s about events, it\'s about community, it\'s about people, it\'s about technology, it\'s about music, it\'s about history, it\'a about life, it\'s about questioning - everything - our very existence - space time - ancient cultures. In short it\'s about \"Any topic that is of interest to Hackers\"
If you have never listened to a HPR then this is surely the best sample of what you are likely to find. Sure it arrived just in time to fill an otherwise empty slot, the audio isn\'t perfect, it might not follow a script, random people wander in and out, there may be tangents from the topic at hand but if you can open your ears to listen you\'ll hear the passion of the community, our community. Then maybe, just maybe, you too will be inspired to share your unique point of view with us.
http://hackerpublicradio.org/contribute.php
Pat Volkerding of Slackware Linux chats with Klaatu | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-11-08
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Everything Pat says is good as far as all good Slackers are concerned... Praise Bob. LOL
Pat Volkerding of Slackware Linux chats with Klaatu | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-11-08
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I personally really enjoyed the inteview. I knew Pat was a guy with a
variety of interests, but had no idea a Linux guru would also be so
into new age spirituality e.g. McKenna, incense, etc.
Pat Volkerding of Slackware Linux chats with Klaatu | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-11-08
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GNU Emacs 2 | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-11-13
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I admit to being quite ignorant of emacs having always preferred the speed and simplicity of vim. But these emacs intro podcasts are making me take a second look. Thanks and I\'m really looking forward to the final installment.
Another Tech Giant Passes - Household Tech in the Pre-Micro Era | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-11-03
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nice work, inspector! this is mostly all new to me, i enjoyed hearing about these pioneers. thanks and keep \'casting.
GNU Emacs 1 | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-11-07
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HPR Community News for Oct 2011 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-11-06
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welcome aboard seetee. where\'s all the other new hosts? and repeat offenders?! HPR is hungry.
Alan Cocks, the info point project | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-11-01
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I\'ve never heard Alan\'s voice before. He sounds remarkably like Eric Idle.
Open Source Radio Software | Hosted by AukonDK on 2011-10-27
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very informative episode. all this fancy streaming stuff is still a mystery to me, something i\'ve really been meaning to mess around with. thanks for the very cool info, ideas, and leads on what i should be looking into!
Sansa Clip Plus for podcasting | Hosted by pokey on 2011-09-20
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Those are all great suggestions. I may need to use the velcro one, as i broke the clip off of my clip.
The lock screen function is a new one to me. I\'ll have to try it.
Yes you can charge the Clip without it booting into the stock firmware if it\'s powered on in Rockbox. That\'s how I charge it.
Martin Peres @ XDC | Hosted by marcoz on 2011-10-19
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Hey,
Just wanted to give you some pointers to the things I talked about:
- Arduide: http://mupuf.org/project/arduide/
- Arduino music-player frontend: http://mupuf.org/blog/article/51/
Juergen Schinker open wireless network | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-10-18
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Thanks - missed that one :)
Juergen Schinker open wireless network | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-10-18
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\"Debford\" = Deptford, thx.
The Festival Speech Synthesis System | Hosted by Dave Yates on 2008-01-28
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After months of trawling through old episodes of lottalinuxlinks.com for Daves howto on festival. I found it here in our own back yard
Peter Hutterer Interview at X.Org Developer Conference (XDC) 2011 | Hosted by marcoz on 2011-10-06
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for the kind words and I completely agree that it\'s only because people have rolled up their sleeves and gotten dirty that we are this far.
If you ever get a chance to attend XDS or XDC I highly recommend it. Lots of really smart people.
Peter Hutterer Interview at X.Org Developer Conference (XDC) 2011 | Hosted by marcoz on 2011-10-06
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Enjoyed the Jamie Sharp interview, too. I posted the links on Google Buzz and emailed to interested folks. It\'s only through the hard work of folks like Hutterer and the Canonical contributors (despite their problematic cooperation) that we have device support for the latest hardware in Linux. Thanks, marcoz, for this good news!
Sansa Clip Plus for podcasting | Hosted by pokey on 2011-09-20
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Pokey, a few years ago, I glued two paint-stirrers together to make a handle; cut the handle to size, sanded it down, and painted it. Then I put Velcro on one end and Velcro on the acrylic case that I have my Fuze in, and stuck it on. I hold the earbud cable to the handle with an elastic. The Fuze has has never fallen off by accident.
This is perfect for recording, and even general use, and the Velcro/handle combo helps to cut down on handling noise. The only change I\'d make now is that I should have stained the handle instead of painting it, as the paint began to wear badly almost immediately.
Interview with Prof Jocelyn Bell-Burnell | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-10-06
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Yeah, this one was really cool. Way over my head (so to speak) but really interesting. Plus that robot voice at the beginning is REALLY cool.
Interview with Prof Jocelyn Bell-Burnell | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-10-06
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That was really enjoyable to listen to. Science-y, a bit technical.
I liked this one a lot. I\'ve now added jodcast.org to my collection.
Setting up a web server and a mySQL server | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-09-22
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Being a Red Hat guy, I hadn\'t heard of Debian\'s sites-enabled, sites-available convention, but I found some more about it here: http://www.control-escape.com/web/configuring-apache2-debian.html
On Red Hat systems, you could keep your VirtualHost config in /etc/httpd/conf.d/com_mysite_www.conf and disable it by changing the name to /etc/httpd/conf.d/com_mysite_www.conf.disabled. *.conf files in /etc/httpd/conf.d are included by default, as described here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-disable-apache-modules-under-linux-unix/
Setting up a web server and a mySQL server | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-09-22
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It was brought to my attention that I say something like \"it\'s better to have your server doing things like DHCP than to let your router handle it\"
What I meant to say was...
\"it\'s better FOR ME to have my server to DHCP and stuff than to let some little under-powered router do it\" -- but of course your network will be different from mine, with different needs and different loads and all that...so for you, it might make sense for you to just let your router handle DHCP.
If you have questions of course you can always email me and I\'ll answer whatever I can. klaatu-at-goListenToGnuWorldOrderOggcastForMyEmailAddress.com
Sansa Clip Plus for podcasting | Hosted by pokey on 2011-09-20
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Fragilematter, thanks for the reply and I\'ll try the current release to see what I think of that too.. I see the rockbox stable builds are released quarterly and the current one was just last month, so months to go before next release.
Sansa Clip Plus for podcasting | Hosted by pokey on 2011-09-20
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Hey guys/Pokey! Sorry for joining the party so late, but I\'ve been behind on my podcasts lately.
I\'ll get down to the subject, and that can be resumed in one acronim: R(F)TM. Rockbox is a complex piece of software and a lot of its functionality isn\'t obvious.
For instance, to lock the keys on the clip you need to press both the middle button (select) and home at the same time, while you are playing a song (rockbox devs name that the WPS - while playing screen). Also, if you are somewhere in the menus and you want to return to the wps you use the same key combo - home + select.
Also, at least on my Sansa e200, you can have it charge from a computer without accessing the disk by holding select while you plug in the usb cable. I don\'t know if it\'s the same for the Clip Plus.
As a closing note, if I recall correctly, the Clip Plus is still under development, especially the usb side of things, so you can expect improvements with each new release (unless you\'re using the current build, like I do).
Here\'s hoping you have a nice day,
Fragilematter
Why Android tablets suck ! | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-09-25
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i get were you are coming from mr. g. IMHO: Tablets are just the new gadget with which to lure the money out of your wallet. I was fortunate in getting a $99 dollar hp touchpad. (I\'m a geek, i want a new gadget). It\'s a fun toy. WebOS is quiet good imo. The homebrew community has compiled new kernels, cli etc. I\'ve got it overclocked. Good stuff. Still they are just shiny toys. Even when i can install a proper linux distro, it will still be just a convienient coffee table device for quickly surfing to get tv listings or watching youtube vids. Oh lest i forget it is a great ereader, though a bit heavy. I\'m glad i have one, but i have better things to drop $500 on. One other thing. All these type devices are driven by the apps that consumers will buy. No apps no gadget goodness. Remember BeOS or OS2? Had them both at one time. Both stable and much better than Win3/95, but as a user there just wasnt much stuff beyond the os itself to do.
I would like someone to make an argument that these tablets are more than consumer trinkets mostly (latest status/ego boost hotness), i\'d listen but i don\'t think it\'s going to happen.
Sansa Clip Plus for podcasting | Hosted by pokey on 2011-09-20
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I bought a clip+ based on this podcast that I picked up on ebay for about $35 for a refurbished 8GB model, but unfortunately I didn\'t like rockbox on it. I found the rockbox navigation to be a bit flakey and the fm radio popped unless you exited the play screen. I do find the stock firmware fine for recording even though you can\'t monitor the sidetone.
Why Android tablets suck ! | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-09-25
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This is a copy of a post I made a while back about Android stuff...
John Zimm - Aug 22, 2011 - Limited
\"This is my response to Bryan on LAS and his ideas on HP and Linux ect.. I am a newbie to Linux. I have completely switched over to it. So, here I am enjoying my old HP desktop with Pentium 4. Then I learn about the bearded dude, and I loved what he is saying about GNU. So I started to feel like this whole Linux thing isn’t fake and is not lying to me. That is important. For example, I got made when I heard new ideas were formulated and High schools did not teach me these new things because they were not what we had been taught in the past… no flexibility, no courage and no respect for us to change the school books to reflect how history really looked or what led up to it. Or how we are animals ect. ect. You get the picture. So, now, after watching LAS and listening to other shows, I am interested in paying the data plan (for the first time) and getting a smart phone. So, I was really confused when I heard everyone talk about Android this and Android that. I don’t give a shit about a cheap knock-off of Linux, or something that runs Linux in the background, or how ever you say it. I wanted to stick with what I just learned… LINUX. Everyone was talking about how flexible and scalable Linux is, but I can’t have it on my phone? So, I moved on. I started to get interested in tablets… HOLLY SHIT, THOSE RUN THAT STUPID ANDROID, FAKE LINUX TOO. Remember, I am a newbie, so I don’t have a sense of where things in Linux came from or started, or how great Android is. Sorry if I don’t appreciate Android. But let\'s get real, The big company Google, didn\'t fit into my new found ideals. But, I want my Mint 11 on a tablet. Is that to much to ask for. I hate that I am not smart. I am just a geek-wanna-be. I hate that I can’t pick one device at a time, (phone or tablet) and make Mint 11 run on it, then upload an iso for everyone to use. So, when I heard Bryan say that about how we should not be relying on other OSs that can be pulled after 46 days… I am totally , totally totally, on board. I do have other skills, and maybe I can help in some way. Let’s get this BITCH rolling. When I used to daydream about this, I came up with naming the device that I was going to invent… wait for it… “L”. And after watching the LAS show, I came up with calling the distro, “GLD”, for GNU Linux Debian. PS,as I am about to hit share, I see a post below my,that says, \"Touchdroid, Android for HP Touchpad Project Started\". Why not Linux, for HP Touchpad project??????????????????????????\"
Why Android tablets suck ! | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-09-25
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I\'m excited to say that Amazon has their \'Android\' Kindle Fire tablet available for pre-order. I found out about it while listening to your tablet rant, and thought it would make a good update.
Thanks for all the content Mr. Gadget, keep up the good work!
Modern Survivalism part 1 | Hosted by Tracy Holz_Holzster on 2011-09-18
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Thanks Tracy for the useful information, I appreciated the re thinking of the survivalism term to include a whole lot more than stockpiling guns and ammo for the \"coming armageddon\"
regards
Why Android tablets suck ! | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-09-25
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This has to be one of the worst reviews I have ever heard. I am typing this on my Acre a500 tablet. I spent a lot of time researching the tablet I wanted before I purchased one which the reviewer clearly didn\'t do. My first choice is this one
Are they a patent trool | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-09-12
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They\'re all patent trolls.
If corporate america justifies itself by saying that competition breeds excellence, then patents quell that.
If you just think that technology should keep advancing and getting better, then patents hinder that as well.
The only thing patents seem to be good for is to ensure that someone makes a lot of dough off something that probably wasn\'t even invented or developed in a vacuum.
Great show, Mr. Gadgets. I sometimes wish you had a video cast, where you dressed up in wacky pseudo-scientist outfits and did fun experiments that we could all try at home. But until you get that television deal, I\'ll settle for your very fine HPR audio shows.
Modern Survivalism part 1 | Hosted by Tracy Holz_Holzster on 2011-09-18
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Great episode! Recipes sound delicious, although not having a kitchen I probably won\'t be trying them anytime soon.
But yeah budget living, or living minimally, is great. It\'s amazing how few bills you can have it you just simplify...and the fewer bills, the less work you have to do, which in the end leaves more time for haxooring.
Sansa Clip Plus for podcasting | Hosted by pokey on 2011-09-20
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I agree, the sansa devices make great little recording devices. I don\'t have a Clip, but I do have the fuze, and I used it at OLF to do interviews. The storage capicity, as long as you plan ahead and leave space for the recording, is great, the battery lasted the entire day and for days thereafter, and the mic and sound quality was fine. As much as I love my tablet (nokia n800), nothing but the storage is really anywhere near the quality that the fuze provided me.
On the other hand, the Fuze as a media player (even with Rockbox) leaves a little to be desired...
Setting up a web server and a mySQL server | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-09-22
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well let\'s wait for AOL to prove themselves before we go jumping to adopt their server. I\'ve personally not heard of them but I\'ll keep an eye out.
THEATER OF THE IMAGINATION -- PART 03 | Hosted by lostnbronx on 2011-05-08
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Thanks for the great HPR show. I have enjoyed listening to OTR for some time. Now you have given us some great new information on new dramas as well as OTR links.
Setting up a web server and a mySQL server | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-09-22
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Hi, Klaatu,
Loved the podcast. Your idea of urging listeners to try different servers was great, but your choices of nginx, apache, and lighttpd seemed to indicate an interest in \"big name\" webservers.
I thought you might want to consider something else \"big name.\" Did you know that the webserver that powers AOL, aolserver4, is an open-source project? Check out aolserver.com. They boast not of some obscure benchmark, but rather of extreme scalability and a huge number of languages embedded and multiple API\'s, and multiple database platform support.
I haven\'t tired it myself, but I thought you\'d like to know...
---
DeepGeek
Hello HPR! | Hosted by Joe Wakumara on 2011-09-08
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Will be great to hear an Arch install show, Thanks!
Interview with Yancy Smith | Hosted by Broam on 2011-09-06
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The LUG mentioned is incorrectly listed in the transcription notes. It should be \"UCLUG\" - the Upstate Carolina Linux user group.
Their website is www.uclug.org.
The IBM Model M Keyboard | Hosted by Germ on 2011-08-23
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What John Lydon record is that in the background?
WebOS | Hosted by Sunzofman1 on 2011-08-25
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Hi AG,
Don\'t worry about it, we were able to hear your content. You already know why there was so much road noise, so now all you need to do is figure out how to improve it. I suggest going back and listening to D.S. Yates Lotta Linux Links podcasts to hear how he got around it.
Ken.
WebOS | Hosted by Sunzofman1 on 2011-08-25
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My apologies for the poor audio. Road noise caused by old vehicle and very sensitive bluetooth headset ;-) Nonetheless, I enjoyed the opportunity and welcome any feedback.
Grep for tab | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-08-08
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Another way you can do this would be use the special $\'string\' expansion which is treated specially and expands string with backslash-escaped characters replaced as specified by the ANSI C standard (see under QUOTING of the bash(1) man page for more info).
You could therefore do something like this:
grep \"first\"$\'\\t\'\"second\" file.txt
This is also REALLY useful for weird characters (it supports \\nnn, \\U (unicode)) etc and the like.
The IBM Model M Keyboard | Hosted by Germ on 2011-08-23
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The guys at my lug scrounged me up one and I cant imagine going back..
The IBM Model M Keyboard | Hosted by Germ on 2011-08-23
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Germ,
You\'re absolutely right. The IBM Model-M keyboard was amazing. I was glad when Northgate picked up the design and continued to sell their version of it (late \'80s). While listening to your episode, my fingers experienced a wave of nostalgia. I wonder -- does anyone make an ergonomic keyboard using the same key mechanism?
Curbuntu
Software Review: K e e P a s s | Hosted by StankDawg on 2008-01-31
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To add the new PPA open the Ubuntu Program Middle, go to the Edit Menu, and select Program Sources. Access the Other Program Tab in the Program Sources Window and add the first of the PPAs shown below (outlined in red). The second PPA will be automatically added to your technique.
Have you been wanting an simple way to set KeePass Password Safe two up on your Linux systems? Then get prepared to rejoice. Now you can get that KeePass goodness on your Ubuntu or Debian-Based Linux technique using a PPA, the Command Line, or manual installation files.
The IBM Model M Keyboard | Hosted by Germ on 2011-08-23
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i Love IDM download manager this is too fast
The IBM Model M Keyboard | Hosted by Germ on 2011-08-23
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I found one of these keyboards at a goodwill store and used it gleefully for a couple of years.
Its ruggedness was a stark contrast to the throw away keyboards made nowadays. It felt like an IBM Selectric, (if you every used one)
It was a flashback to High School and College...
I was heart broken when my wife allowed my toddler to remove the keycaps and put them in his huge lego pile! She hated the clickity click of the keyboard.
To this day, I think it was a passive aggressive act of sabotage.
I\'m divorced now, and my kids are beyond legos.
I haven\'t listened to the podcast , but already I\'m shopping for another one.
Full Cirle Podcast Part Two Recording Editing the Podcast | Hosted by Robin Catling on 2011-07-20
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A very logical and methodical set of instructions. I listen to alot of podcast, and resent the type were people just sit and talk.
For people that have no order in their work like me, thanks.
Libertarianism + IT, a match made in heaven? | Hosted by Dismal Science on 2011-08-02
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Would you care to talk a bit about why you think Somalia or Iraq are exemplars of personal liberty and the non-initiation of force?
Minus the _ad hominem_, of course.
binaural recording | Hosted by Quvmoh on 2011-08-04
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I had it sped up as well as having it converted to mono but I went back and listened to it properly and it was excellent. I had never heard Biaural Recording before and I must say was very impressed.
Biaural Recording | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-08-16
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Shucks here I had a real audio dude listen to my recordings and he did it at double speed, any chance you could give it a listen and tell me how it sounded? My friends and family usually just humor me :-) Love your spots! Quvmoh.
guake a drop-down terminal emulator | Hosted by diablomarcus on 2011-08-11
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wow.. why had I never heard of this? it\'s awesome. guake is going to improve my productivity no end.
many thanks.
Libertarianism + IT, a match made in heaven? | Hosted by Dismal Science on 2011-08-02
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When you want to talk about living in Somalia or Iraq, the current Libertarian countries it will be informative. Hope you get the capital for the electric infrastructure to work IT.
Bitcoin | Hosted by JWP on 2011-08-09
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Enjoyed episode 788 on further research into Bitcoin. Nice and calmly presented. Would have been even better with the research all prepared beforehand rather than having spots where it\'s clearly going on during the recording :-), but still there was some good info presented beyond what we\'ve already heard. I was particularly interested in the part early on about U.S. legal aspects of money transmittal (which I think shouldn\'t properly apply to Bitcoin, but which I expect the gov\'t to try to use anyhow to assert control over it).
Binary Evolutions | Hosted by Lord Drachenblut and Downer on 2011-06-19
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I second the comments about \"talking over each other,\" but I did want to say that I found the subject matter really interesting, and I look forward to hearing more!
The Language Frontier Episode 6 | Hosted by Skirlet on 2011-06-22
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I\'ve really enjoyed this series, thanks for taking the time to put these episodes together! I\'m sorry to see it come to an end, but you wrapped it up really well. I hope to hear from you again!
Worst movie ever | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-07-05
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I am sorry to say that you are in error.
The worst movie ever made was Killdozer, starring Clink Walker and a bulldozer possessed by an alien rock. Neither the bulldozer nor Clint Walker was capable of acting.
Second is Terror Is a Man, sort of based on the Island of Dr. Moreau, but without direction, action, writing, cinematography, or creativity or any sort.
What is Cloud? | Hosted by Josh Knapp, Voeltz, StankDawg on 2011-07-25
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I listened to the entire episode and I thought the general idea was that cloud makes a lot of things easier and safer. I didn\'t get any vibe of a single system being impossible to secure. I agree that a single machine is the solution for most users (like myself) with a single site, but I don\'t think you got the point of the show. They overall theme, as I heard it, was to think of the good but also the bad of going to a cloud option.
LPI study group | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-06-29
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Bash is most definitively NOT built into the kernel. Case in point, by default in every distro I\'ve used, the root user\'s shell is set to sh not bash.
What is Cloud? | Hosted by Josh Knapp, Voeltz, StankDawg on 2011-07-25
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Maybe I should explain myself. There was a time when \"systems analysis\" was used. You evaluate the needs to solve a problem. If you have a web application where you only have a limited number of users and storage size is not a priority, why set up a high availability zillion multi-node servers for such a project. I.e. student testing lab at a college. Everything is in degrees. Secondly. the notion that a single server especially a linux box could not be secure is ludicrous. Sounds like someone who is inept at linux and wants to make excuses. Reminds me of some MSWindows administrators I used to know. Be that is at it may, considering how the highly touted Amazon services have had so many security issues, I definitely would not consider it a stellar example of a robust system at any level. Do not get me wrong I was a Novell, Linux, and MSWindows administrator for over ten years, so I feel I might have a clue about all this. If you pay me enough, I will use any OS.
By the way, you actually can go from a single server to a multi node set up without taking anything down. The best way is to set up the original server ahead of time with the capabilities, so it is a matter of plug and play. Guess that is all part of the systems analysis to tie it all together.
Gabriel Weinberg of DuckDuckGo | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-07-19
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I loved this interview, every minute of it. I\'d been contemplating switching to Duck Duck Go for a while now, but this episode convinced me to go for it. I\'ve been loving DDG since this interview posted. Thank you both for doing this show.
Open Shorts ep 3 | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-07-24
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Bravo! Bravo! By the way RS has promised to be more tinkerer friendly. I know they expanded the parts section of the RS near me. I like to build a robot from scratch with an an old pc. Long live the \"Robot builder\'s Bonanza\" book!
What is Cloud? | Hosted by Josh Knapp, Voeltz, StankDawg on 2011-07-25
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After listening to a couple of minutes of the first expert, I got tired of listening to that crock of crap.
Sex, Race and Open Source | Hosted by Dismal Science and Sunzofman1 on 2011-05-17
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Best episode of HPR I\'ve heard in a while despite often inscrutable audio quality. I will have to go back and find the \"Spics in Tech\" or whatever that episode was called now. Your little mini-debate about whether social media APIs or cheap hardware will be more important for attracting a new audience for FLOSS was particularly insightful.
MrGadgets finds Linux | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-07-10
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Hi Brother Mouse,
We are just the administrators of the site not the censors of it. We don\'t apply any restrictions on the show content nor should we on the comments.
Needless to say 0x0\'s comments do not necessaries those of hpr ... That said, it gave me greater pleasure pressing approve on your comments than that of 0x0.
Ken.
MrGadgets finds Linux | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-07-10
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...the 0x0 comment got approved. Basic civility nourishes and supports any community, folks.
Maddog and "super dumb terminals" | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-07-11
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That set up sounds like something that came right out of Larry Ellison\'s mouth talking about super terminals for home and biz. As for the plan, someone is looking through rose colored glasses. Sounds good in theory till you get into the real world. They will have to pry away my free standing computer from my dying arms before I would let someone take over all my information.
MrGadgets finds Linux | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-07-10
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Hi 0x0,
Please see The GNU World Order, July 8, 2011: Episode 6x14 (http://www.thebadapples.info/audiophile/gnuWorldOrder_6x14.ogg) as to why that unfortunately won\'t be happening as much as we all would like.
Fortunately there is an easy way to resolve the issue of too many podcasts on a particular topic and that is to contribute to HPR and to get more people to contribute to HPR. If you click on the link Contribute, you can find a list of the many ways you yourself can help. If you don\'t want to record a show your self, you can send us ideas on what you do want to hear about. Had you put that in your comments we might have been able to convince klaatu to do a show about it.
http://hackerpublicradio.org/contribute.php
MrGadgets finds Linux | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-07-10
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I am getting sick of these Linux cherry popping podcasts... who the fuck cares how you first encountered Linux.We need more Klaatu!!!!!!!!!!
Basics of RF | Hosted by Joel on 2011-06-26
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I didn\'t mind the audio quality at all. It felt like I was walking with you. For me, it was a sound-scape. I enjoyed the show and the sound effects just made it more interesting.
(I do issue with the audio quality, but it\'s ONLY about the levels of the Intro and Outro\'s matching the podcast itself. Our ears are precious and especially if you\'re wearing earpieces. It\'s more a matter of safety for me, not quality.)
THEATER OF THE IMAGINATION: 04 | Hosted by lostnbronx on 2011-07-04
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Just had to say I do enjoy listening to this season. I do love a good audio book or radio play.
Keep \'em coming.
Marshall.
Episode 0: "Acknowledgement Courtesan" | Hosted by Epicanis on 2011-06-28
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how is your experience with battery life on the new linux laptop?
great episode, btw
--Jared
Basics of RF | Hosted by Joel on 2011-06-26
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Hey Joel, ThanVROOMks for contributingVROOM to Hacker Public Radio.VROOM One note though. A lot ofVROOM people listen while driving. I happened toVROOM listen to yours whileVROOM bicycling. More than a few times. I nearlyVROOM swerved into a ditch because I heard a semi-truckVROOM coming up from behindVROOM to hit me. Then I realized it wasVROOM on the recording, and IVROOM tuned it out, and almost DIDVROOM get hit because some silly driverVROOM had the gall to make the samVROOMe noise that wasVROOM perforating your episode.VROOM
LINUX JAZZ BALLIN' THE JACK | Hosted by Bariman on 2011-06-23
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Great series! Keep \'em coming!
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Hi Joel,
Thanks for doing this show (for me). I had never considered that radio was just another form of light but it seems so obvious.
You\'ve joined my special club of \"recording while out of breath\" trail-blazed by myself in hpr0078 but at least you were trying to prove a point. As droops said to me back then when people complained, HPR is about quality of content and not (necessarily) about quality of audio. You covered a very difficult topic very well. I would love to hear a HPR episode carried out over the radio. That would give us a real sense of what the audio quality would be like.
I got a lot out of the episode an I hope you continue to produce more episodes in this series.
Ken.
Episode 0: "Acknowledgement Courtesan" | Hosted by Epicanis on 2011-06-28
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I honestly had no idea how this would be received, so it\'s good to know somebody likes it.
And I\'ll something to say about \"consumers\" in the next episode...
Episode 0: "Acknowledgement Courtesan" | Hosted by Epicanis on 2011-06-28
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\"Dell you suck!\" thanks, that made my day :)
Episode 0: "Acknowledgement Courtesan" | Hosted by Epicanis on 2011-06-28
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Thanks for taking the time and effort.
You have a good sense of humor, and your product review was helpful.
I look forward to your next production.
Consumer oriented content is always interesting; trying to dissect why companies do the things they do, and why consumers do the things they do.
I will probably publish a show on a similar topic.
Episode 0: "Acknowledgement Courtesan" | Hosted by Epicanis on 2011-06-28
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This is awesome. You had me loling all the way to work. The drivers next to me at the stop lights were quite concerned.
I\'m not finished with the episode yet, but I just had to post a comment while I\'m near a computer today.
Please keep this up. A monthly show like this would be great.
btw; I have about a half a dozen HPR stickers left. I couldn\'t live with myself if you didn\'t get one of them after this episode. Please shoot me an email so I can send one out to you.
LINUX JAZZ BALLIN' THE JACK | Hosted by Bariman on 2011-06-23
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now this is someone i could listen to! :)
really interesting stuff, and i could listen to you all day; feels like i\'m smarter already! :)
Basics of RF | Hosted by Joel on 2011-06-26
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dude, what the hell, why do you sound so nervous?
this one sounded really ill-prepared, your stammering and breathing were really annoying to listen to, no offense, but you should probably plan your podcasts in future, and speak with more conviction.
thanks for the effort though.
My Favorite Audiocasts | Hosted by Dismal Science on 2011-06-14
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... and I totally agree about Babbage.
The Language Frontier Episode 6 | Hosted by Skirlet on 2011-06-22
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English. Esperanto is a dream, a failure and could never realistically succeed. If there\'s any language that has a chance to actually work, it will only be a real language, not some airy fairy hotch potch conglomerate of words.
Binary Evolutions | Hosted by Lord Drachenblut and Downer on 2011-06-19
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Besides talking over each other.. I thought the sound quality and content was great. I\'m looking forward to future episodes.
Wingz | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-06-09
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Apparently the application was Informix Wingz? I had a hard time when googling for it since the show title says \"Wings\". Interesting topic. Thanks for sharing!
My path to Linux | Hosted by NewAgeTechnoHippie on 2011-06-16
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Looking forward to your next ep.
Binary Evolutions | Hosted by Lord Drachenblut and Downer on 2011-06-19
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We apologize for this. This was a first attempt at recording this way. Hopefully the next one will be much better
Binary Evolutions | Hosted by Lord Drachenblut and Downer on 2011-06-19
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Aaaugh! Talking over each other so much! (But the still listenable content was good.)
My path to Linux | Hosted by NewAgeTechnoHippie on 2011-06-16
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I have only been using Linux as my main OS for about half a year now, but I have also ended up with Arch. :)
I have tried Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Linux Mint, but they didn\'t really feel like OSes that fitted me.
Wingz | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-06-09
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Gosh that brings back a few memories. I used to work in a computer software store back in the middle 1980\'s.
Sex, Race and Open Source | Hosted by Dismal Science and Sunzofman1 on 2011-05-17
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Dismal Science & Sunzofman1, First I wanted to say that I enjoyed the show. It was good to hear about FLOSS from an ethnic perspective. I always felt like I was the only black person in FLOSS also, which was nieve of me. Now I know that there are 3 of us. ;-)
Short History of Ham Radio and How I got Involved | Hosted by Joel on 2011-05-31
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Great show, Joel. I don\'t know much about HAM radio, but your show made me want to look into it. I\'m looking forward to the other episodes.
How I Got Into Linux | Hosted by Dave on 2011-06-06
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Hi Z,
Sorry about the audio quality which I\'ll accept responsibility for. This was our first time using mumble and there were a few teething issues. Immediately after recording this show we recorded HPR0741 where we had (some) of the issues resolved.
Going forward we hope to introduce some guidelines for getting good audio quality from a mumble recording but that was no reason not to use the interview. So apologies for the poor audio quality but our focus is on content and if the show is audible we\'ll put it out.
On a related note we have only 8 shows in the queue so if you would like to record an audio segment give me a shout.
Ken.
How I Got Into Linux | Hosted by Dave on 2011-06-06
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Sorry, but this one make such bad cracking sounds that its a pain to listen to.
Stop the Ubuntu 11.04 whining | Hosted by JWP on 2011-05-29
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Ubuntu\'s direction scares me... Not because of Unity but because of Wayland. I respect people\'s right to run Unity if they want to, or Gnome or KDE or FVWM if that\'s their choice. But run it under X!
The wayland developers have been very clear about not being interested in supporting network transparency. I would say to the point of arrogance. They are very dismissive over people\'s concerns about that feature. That particular feature of X is one of my favorite things about the current typical Linux environment.
I don\'t use Ubuntu. I haven\'t cared for Gnome since all the preferences started moving into the registry. That\'s one of my least favorite features of Windows, I surely don\'t want it in Linux. I care about the direction Ubuntu takes because they are the leader right now. There seems to be way more hype around Ubuntu then the other distros combined. I fear that where they go the others will follow. I don\'t want to see a day when the new applications are all written for Wayland.
So what bills do Canonical pay? Do they subsidize Gnome development? Not every Linux user uses Gnome. Gnome existed a long time before Canonical did anyway. Actually, pretty much all of GNU/Linux existed before Canonical. It can exist without Canonical.
Open source proved it can exist and thrive without corporate sponsorship a long time ago. Could Canonical exist without open source? I don\'t think so.
sikilpaake and badbit - spics on tech - episode 02 | Hosted by sikilpaake and badbit on 2011-05-23
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It\'s obvious that this along with the previous episode had some good content and I was eager to listen to them. However, it was very difficult for me to listen to the last 2 episodes because of the extreme panning done on the voices. This doesn\'t work very well with voice recordings because we don\'t naturally hear conversations split that way in real life. Unfortunately, this meant that I had to skip these two episodes.
IIRC, Skype Call Recorder does end up doing this to the recording (I remember going through this with Linux Basement). The solution for me was to import the audio to Audacity (you can use any audio editor, of course), split the channels, and then pan them accordingly so they were only slightly panned from one another. I kindly ask that you please consider this in your future episodes. The quality of the audio isn\'t much of an issue as it\'s obvious the content is good, but the extreme panning becomes a distraction from the good content.
Thanks!
Linux Packaging Systems (too many) | Hosted by marcoz on 2011-05-24
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Cillian,
I think I missed a bunch. :)
Only so many hours in the day.
You\'re right, I didn\'t talk about firefox, perl, python, ... having their own way of installing stuff. I rambled enough as it is, I\'d hate to imagine how much more I would have had I brought those up. yaourt (pacman alternative for arch linux) has that ability and ebuild also can do that with perl. It\'d be really cool if that was a more standard thing. Thanks for listening and the comment!
Kyashii,
There\'s nothing fashionable about it from my perspective. I\'ve heard almost noone complain of package system proliferation, in any of the forums, chatrooms, mailing lists or news aggretators that I visit regularly. In fact, I hear exactly the opposite on a fairly regular basis. Someone excited about their project, a new package manager that either fixes a certain problem in another one or a fun project they have been \'kicking around and have been working on for the last 6 months\' Possibly we hang out in different areas though.
I don\'t see packaging as similar to the \'everyone runs GNOME, KDE, .... argument. Those are about choice. Please refer to my comments about \'things able to run on the same system\'
I don\'t believe the file system heirarchy or dynamic vs static libs or system init scripts as unscalable walls. Are there differences to be figured out? Of course, but a file that lies on libcups.so.1.2 or libcups.a relies on that library regardless of where it lives. (use /etc/ld.so.conf) THings like how the daemon gets started, obviously depends on the particular system, but to say that things like this make it impossible to have one packaging system but still allow multiple distros is something that I don\'t believe. Thanks for listening and commenting.
Linux Packaging Systems (too many) | Hosted by marcoz on 2011-05-24
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My comment seems to have been chopped off. I mentioned NixOS which has a very radical approach to package and configuration management and (Nix) can comfortably co-exist on systems which use other package managers.
Stop the Ubuntu 11.04 whining | Hosted by JWP on 2011-05-29
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People have been giving deserved criticism to Ubuntu and Shuttleworth for the design choices made, and for you to characterize this as \"whining\" is the height of cuntitude. People are invested in Ubuntu both in install base and possibly support contracts, and they have every right to criticize the distro, should they choose to, without you belittling their opinions as \"whining\".
I find it hilarious that you seem to think that Canonical is doing what they do out of the goodness of their hearts, while they continue to leech on open source projects, trying to turn them proprietary at every turn.
sikilpaake and badbit - spics on tech - episode 02 | Hosted by sikilpaake and badbit on 2011-05-23
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You\'re a laugh a minute. I like it. You\'re the two funniest people in Linux podcasting.
Klaatu the ubiquity and potential danger of the rm command | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-05-22
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Since you like bash:
alias rm=\"rm -i\"
How to be a safe computerist | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-05-10
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2 additions to JBu92\'s comment: 1.) The type of proxy running on this dynamic port should be SOCKS5. 2.) You should also make sure your browser is tunelling all DNS requests through this connection. In Firefox\'s about:config page, \"network.proxy.socks_remote_dns\" should be true.
Linux Packaging Systems (too many) | Hosted by marcoz on 2011-05-24
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This is kind of the \"fashionable\" thing to complain about today. Much like people believing that everyone runs either Gnome, (Unity,) KDE, XFCE or LXDE and that no other desktops matter.
First of all I would say that GUI frontends aren\'t really a part of the package manager, hence I think those don\'t really matter in this discussion, and I think it is a bit unfair to count those alongside package managers.
The problem with saying that there are too many package managers is that it is like saying there are too many Linux distros.
Because of file system layout differences, differences in init scripts, differences in how current the distros want to stay, differences in if the want to do source or binary packages, differences in if they think it is the role of the package manager to handle dependencies, differences in if they want to do rolling release or separate release versions... and so on every distro would still need to have it\'s own set of repositories which would negate a lot of the benefits of having a single package manager since packages would still not be cross-compatible.
This means that as long as there is distro choice it seems impossible to ever make packages fully cross-compatible to the point where a user could install a package on any distro. A lot of packages would work if you put in a lot of user-interaction for where things are on your computer and you do packaging like sta.li where everything is statically linked so there are no dependencies... but it wouldn\'t work anyway if the package relies on a certain version of the kernel, X11 or a driver etc as statically linking those wouldn\'t really make sense.
Since there is no one way to structure a Linux filesystem, a Linux init system or a Linux release schedule you will never really fix that issue if you do not want to cut Linux down to one single distro.
Linux Packaging Systems (too many) | Hosted by marcoz on 2011-05-24
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Nice podcast! I do agree and (although you alluded to it) I think you didn\'t explicitly mention how really *every application* and programming language also has it\'s very own package manager (Firefox, LibreOffice, Perl, Ruby etc.).
I\'ve run a fair variety of distros in my time too and this is a problem that also bugged me. That, and the fact that packaging systems often make life difficult. You may need to wait months for the next release until you can install the latest version of an application, or be forced to run an entirely unstable version of your distro even though you only care about one of two applications. Also, if something goes wrong, you can\'t easily jump back to a working system.
While I agree that there are already too many packaging systems out there which do roughly the same thing I\'ve found a system which truly fixes a lot of problems for me and it uses a very different and radical package manager. Amazingly, you didn\'t mention it in your comprehensive listing, but it\'s not surprising really. I think people are feeling the same fatigue you present and just aren\'t interested in yet another system.
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Journey to Linux | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-05-15
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SCSI is Small Computer System Interface.
How I Upgraded My PC - CPU | Hosted by Claudio Miranda on 2011-03-01
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Seeing as my current laptop just blew up, I\'m going to be building a gaming computer. Going back to relisten to these :) Thanks!
LFNW: Some Facts and 2 Interviews | Hosted by code.cruncher on 2011-05-19
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Just wanted to say that I really enjoy your podcasts code.cruncher. Very relaxed and informative. Thanks!
The Language Frontier Episode 4 | Hosted by Skirlet on 2011-05-05
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I had to stop the episode a short way into it due to the music being so loud and the voice at a level that was almost silent. I use in ear headphones and it was painful, please adjust. I want to listen to this podcast if you put another one out.
HOWTO root and mod an Andr0id phone. | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-05-16
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Thanks for the info, thegreatgazoo. I figured I did it the hard way but amazingly that was kind of the only way I figured out how to do it. Sounds like z4root is the way to go. I just *knew* there had to be an easier way by now...
What to do when confronted with a blind person | Hosted by Jonathan Nadeau on 2011-04-18
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What Pokey said!
thanks-
Pete
50th anniversary of human space flight | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-04-11
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Hearing Gagarin\'s voice during that flight is...amazing. Truly, he was speaking from the frontier. Everyone who\'s ever gone into space since, whether into orbit, to the ISS, or even to the moon, has in some way been following Yuri. But that day, he was truly going where no man had gone before.
Great show, Ken.
HOWTO root and mod an Andr0id phone. | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-05-16
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More info on rooting
z4root will root many phones running android 2.1 and below. it is the easiest way to root because no computer is needed. just install the app and run. Just as klatuu mentioned, this will just sit there looking like its doing nothing. just wait and it will reboot when its done rooting.
get it here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
For just about all other phones (with a few exemptions) superoneclick will root your phone. They tell you to download the development kit but you do not have to. Klatuu did not have to either.
All you really need is the \"ADB\" program, and phone device driver.
On Linux, your golden, it will recognize your phone. On Windows, just search around for your phones driver. You can sometimes get the drivers from the manufacturers website, or from google. you can download the driver pack from google without downloading the SDK. just search around.
There is no need to download 300MB worth of software just to get a small program and driver.
3rd party drivers:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/oem-usb.html
Google driver pack:http://www.fileserve.com/file/5bgRBX5
There are some newer phones that have something called \"s lock\". these are harder but not impossible.
These have to be rooted kinda like klatuu did it. manually pushing files over, then some terminal kung-fu on the phone. after that, its clockwork mod to the rescue.
all these programs have detailed forums/faq/comments on what devices do and dont work. please read and make sure you are performing the correct procedure for your specific phone.
HOWTO root and mod an Andr0id phone. | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-05-16
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Some info for flashing the Moto cliq in particular.
rooting: find and download z4root.
install it on your phone like any other app
open program, press the root button
u r now rooted
recovery: go to the market and install RomManager (this is clockworkmod)
open rommanager, press the install recovery button.
done.
Download rom: find a compatible rom for your phone. The cliq is old and not very well supported so rommanager did not find a rom for me. I found this port of cyanogen for the cliq. http://www.simply-android.com/discussion/1150/rom-cm4morrison-2.3-rev.-2-cyanogenmod-7-220411
copy it to the root of your sd card
Install rom: open rommanager, select \"install rom from sd card\"
pick the rom
check all the boxes
rommanager will do the reboot into recovery and install the rom for you. Ten it will reboot for you into the new OS.
Klatuu kinda did it the hard way.
on most phones, rooting is the hard part
after that rommmanager does most of the work for you, including finding and downloading the new rom, and installing it for you.
Behind the Scenes at HPR. A community update for the month 2011-04 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-05-02
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Thanks Badcam,
It turns out that Skype Call Recorder can handle both sides. On the popup it showed that only one of the conference participants was been recorded but when we listened to the recording both were on one track.
Ken.
Behind the Scenes at HPR. A community update for the month 2011-04 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-05-02
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Hey Guys. Love the shows. In this episode there was mention that Skype Call Recorder only recorded one side of the conversation. It actually can record both. You just have to move the slider in the Preferences under File Format. Make sure Save to Stereo is ticked and adjust the slider. If it\'s in the middle, you\'ll get both conversations. Better yet, you should be able to start two instances of Skype Call Recorder and have one slider set to the left to record only on channel and the other instances slider moved all the way to the right, so you can record the other channel separately. Even better, get both parties to run an instance of SCR and save only your own side of the conversation and mix them together later on for a really good quality MP3. Better listening for us :)
Keep it up guys. Loving it.
How to be a safe computerist | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-05-10
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to pipe your data through SSH, it\'d be much better to do a real tunnel (ssh -d 8080 server) and pipe your browser\'s traffic through localhost:8080 (or whatever port you want to use). it\'s much less bandwidth-intensive than using remote apps, and it\'s easier to do from windows (just need putty, not putty and xming)
spics on tech | Hosted by sikilpaake and badbit on 2011-04-22
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I mix down all my podcasts with sox to
mono using the \"remix -\" option. The tempo option speeds them up keeping the pitch.
sox \"${FILE}\" \"${FILE}-faster-${SPEED}.ogg\" -V9 tempo ${SPEED} remix -
My Switch from Windows to Linux | Hosted by Slurry on 2011-05-02
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I was looking at your response to lostnbronx\'s show # 721. If you write an AD, and you really do want HPR folks to read... I\'m in if you want me.
spics on tech | Hosted by sikilpaake and badbit on 2011-04-22
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The same thing happened to me, but I wear my earbud in my left ear. So between the two of us, we got the whole show. ;)
Luckily, I have rockbox on my clip+, and I was able to adjust it to output in mono, because this was a great episode.
How I Upgraded My PC - Motherboard | Hosted by Claudio Miranda on 2011-05-09
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Hahaha, yeah I\'ll beta test it for you, but it has to be FINE Corinthian leather, otherwise I\'m out. :-p
Glad you\'re enjoying the series. I have to stress, however, that it\'s the methodology that\'s important in this series, not so much the hardware I chose. I\'ll recap why this is in the next episode.
My Computer History | Hosted by Bob Evans on 2011-04-13
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The http://home.att.net/~efelberbaum/digiac.htm web page dedicated to the digiac 3080 seems to be gone (except perhaps from the internet archive wayback machine.)
Viewing the picture in the show notes, the 3080 is completely contained within the desk in the foreground. The Selectric I/O writer and the switch/light panel atop the desk were two of the ways to load programs. There also was a paper tape reader and punch on the front side of the desk to the right of the man in the dark jacket. The 3080 I used also had a card reader but I do not see one in the picture.
The 3080 had 4096 words of memory, and each word contained 25 bits. There was no stack and program execution ran slowly, at about 1000 instructions per second. These machines were used for education; numerous hackers of my generation first got the thrill of a machine following our instructions on a digiac 3080.
PS:
I try to pronounce gnu with a silent G.
How I Upgraded My PC - Motherboard | Hosted by Claudio Miranda on 2011-05-09
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Pretty cool stuff. I\'d never think to do so much research on a mobo, but it\'s good to know that it\'s out there. I listened to this one at work, and it helped me ignore some pretty annoying customers. Thanks Claudio.
P.S. I\'m thinking of making my own PC case out of fine Corinthian leather. Interested in Beta testing it for me? It\'s almost flame retardant.
My Switch from Windows to Linux | Hosted by Slurry on 2011-05-02
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I am really proud of how the fast the Linux community is growing. I have a friend with a similar story as yours. The only difference is I suggested Linux as an alternative for her and she uses it primarily. I love this episode and your willingness to try Linux. I\'m going to play this episode again for others.
THEATER OF THE IMAGINATION -- PART 03 | Hosted by lostnbronx on 2011-05-08
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Thanks for the kind words. I\'m telling you, if I can record this stuff, absolutely anyone can. And your idea just might sit around forever, gathering mental dust, if you don\'t take a stab. AD (audio drama) is an unbelievably versatile art form, which can be molded to, essentially, any vision you have in your head. And you\'ll like it. Trust me: I have an honest face.
THEATER OF THE IMAGINATION -- PART 03 | Hosted by lostnbronx on 2011-05-08
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This was really good. Great encouragement to strike out deeper into the waters of audio drama ...etc. I\'v had a book idea floating around in my head for years, but never considered doing it as audio. Hmmm... Might be able to cast some HPR regulars for parts. Definitely got me thinking. Thanks!
spics on tech | Hosted by sikilpaake and badbit on 2011-04-22
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This was a great show and I really enjoyed it.
One suggestion though:
Could you mix the voices onto either Mono or to share the two voices on stereo (audacity can do either one)?
I usually listen to podcasts on only my right earphone so for the first part of the episode I was only able to hear one half of the conversation.
Thanks!
Network Cabeling at Resno's House | Hosted by pokey on 2010-12-24
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First one was really interesting, the second should be awesome too.
Thanks!
The Language Frontier Episode 4 | Hosted by Skirlet on 2011-05-05
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wait... W. as the current president? how long ago was this recorded?
Behind the Scenes at HPR. A community update for the month 2011-04 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-05-02
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Hi Ponyboy,
Just email admin at hpr with your mailing address and we\'ll send you some stickers.
Ken.
Behind the Scenes at HPR. A community update for the month 2011-04 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-05-02
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Are there still stickers available? I\'d love to show my support for HPR.
My Switch from Windows to Linux | Hosted by Slurry on 2011-05-02
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Blushing a bit from pokey\'s comments. This was done in one take with some minor editing. Thanks for the episode suggestion on editing. I\'m an amateur at it, but I\'d be glad to share what seemed to work for me.
Thanks for the kind words pokey.
My Switch from Windows to Linux | Hosted by Slurry on 2011-05-02
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Thank you, Slurry. This episode was awesome. I found myself smiling throughout the whole thing. Your delivery was first rate. Either you nailed this in one take, or you are a pro at editing, and you have to do an episode to tell us how to edit as well as you did.
It\'s great to hear another \"geek\" helping out at church, too.
I couldn\'t agree more about how Linux makes me feel when using it, especially compared to windows. I also love knowing that I can share that feeling with anyone who\'s interested. You said that you were amazed by your first live CD. How about the first time you saw gparted do a non-destructive partition edit, or heard that ext3 didn\'t need to be defragmented?
I LOVE that you popped the CD drive open with a pen to avoid ever booting windows. If I ever buy a new laptop, I\'m doing exactly that.
If you decide to do more shows, I\'d love to hear how you taught yourself python. Learning python is on my long list.
Thanks for a fantastic show.
--
pokey
Interview with StankDawg | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-04-28
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I was unaware of the BinRev Forums until I listened to this episode. I have registered and would hope more HPR contributors do so.
Thanks to StankDawg for his support and contributions.
Interview with StankDawg | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-04-28
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Which will happen, I am sure I am forgetting people too.
The first is Dosman, he and I were on the phone and decided to record our conversation and put it up as the first TwaTech episode. We really thought it would be 10 episodes.
The second is J-Hood, he was the first guy to submit a community episode (#4), how cool is that?
The third, in no order, is p0trill0, he was the first real admin of this idea, he was in high school and we had no idea who he really was, but he is the first hard core guy that convinced us to make it daily for real.
Thanks guys and gals for all the help, this is the coolest show on the internets.
Ubuntu on trial | Hosted by Dismal Science on 2011-04-19
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Yep, you\'re definitely right most people (the great unwashed masses) will be content in the future with simply fancier smartphones, and while I\'ll have one too of course (yeah, I\'m an Android guy) I will always also have a laptop too. But you know maybe that\'s not so bad... perhaps (true) computers will once again be the domain of the geeks. Now if we could just do something about Star Trek. :-)
(loved the song that followed your talk, I was thinking cool that girl has a sound a lot like the chemical brothers... then I looked up the lyrics and sure enough, somehow this is the one chemical brothers song I\'ve missed)
Seriously though, that was an interesting and thought proving talk... keep it up.
Can\'t say that I disagree with your astute observations, but I still think plain Debian is a little vanilla for me.
Ubuntu on trial | Hosted by Dismal Science on 2011-04-19
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Can\'t say that I disagree with your astute observations, but I still think plain Debian is a little vanilla for me.
... on a side note; does anyone know who the girl is singing the song at the end of this segment? I love that song but have no idea who it is.
What to do when confronted with a blind person | Hosted by Jonathan Nadeau on 2011-04-18
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Idea for another episode:
* Please describe your hardware/software setup for everyday use
* Hints for software developers to have in mind in order to develop accessible software \"by default\"
* The same as above, but in context of mobile phone, smartphone
Ubuntu on trial | Hosted by Dismal Science on 2011-04-19
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excellent webcast! I agree with most of your points and think you need to put more webcasts out. thanks for all you do.
Linux Jazz - Recording my Audio | Hosted by Bariman on 2011-04-25
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Another great episode! I thoroughly enjoyed this one just as I did the last one. I\'ll definitely consider the microphones you\'ve used as well as klaatu\'s Audacity config file. I also agree with klaatu on the jazz segues you\'ve used. Was that you playing on them? Either way, it was fantastic. Oh, and thanks for the shout-out. I\'m also glad to hear that you\'re enjoying LinBasement. Cheers!
Linux Jazz - Recording my Audio | Hosted by Bariman on 2011-04-25
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Glad you\'re enjoying the config file helpful, and that it speeds up the work. I find the same to be true, obviously :-)
I love the jazz segue music between segments. Super cool. You should record some loops and post on freesound.org so I can steal them.
Also, that Zoom h4n is AMAZING!!! I sometimes get a chance to use one when recording voice-over talent, and I am always floored by the sound quality.
-- klaatu
50th anniversary of human space flight | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-04-11
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I am very real, and you can\'t stop me. You\'re traveling through space right now, and you\'re not even trying.
Klaatu, on the other hand, does not exist. He is a recursive figment of his own imagination.
spics on tech | Hosted by sikilpaake and badbit on 2011-04-22
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cant wait to hear about the hacker space, scared me to death when one of you cleared your throat in my left ear while the music was playing :-)
50th anniversary of human space flight | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-04-11
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space travel is a hoax and doesn\'t exist. i saw it on tv.
spics on tech | Hosted by sikilpaake and badbit on 2011-04-22
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Great episode. I had no idea what to expect but I\'m hooked. BASIC books in espanol in Pick n\' Save ... FTW.
spics on tech | Hosted by sikilpaake and badbit on 2011-04-22
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Thanks for contributing such an interesting show. I liked hearing it, and I hope you guys do keep up a by-weekly schedule, because I\'m looking forward to it. You said you don\'t think anyone would listen, but it was good.
You\'d be surprised how many people actually listen to HPR, and I suspect most listeners won\'t skip your show. It\'s something we haven\'t heard here before. Mexico\'s culture is something lots of us (especially in the Northern US) know nothing at all about. Mexico\'s hacking culture is even more interesting. I can\'t wait for your next show.
Please get in touch with me on IRC, or on the HPR mailing list so I can send you guys some HPR stickers (If you want some). badbit, I\'ll send you a few extra for your hacker space if you want. I haven\'t sent any to Mexico yet, so it would be a real treat for me too.
sikilpaake, the word you were looking for is \"doorway.\" You have doorways with no doors in them. That\'s pretty rough, man.
pre-IBM PC computer history 2 | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-03-28
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Another great episode! (I\'m way behind on my HPR episodes, I just heard this one last night.) I enjoy your phone-in shows from the car!
What to do when confronted with a blind person | Hosted by Jonathan Nadeau on 2011-04-18
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This was great. Everybody should listen to this episode before being allowed to graduate high school. What a long way this would go to bridging the awkward gap that so many sighted people are afraid to cross on their own. Thank you.
Ubuntu on trial | Hosted by Dismal Science on 2011-04-19
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I do not think that Linux is dead on the desktop. If the desktop itself is dead, than that makes Linux all that much more viable as a desktop OS. Assuming that you are correct about people abandoning desktop and laptop computers; Which OS are they abandoning? I propose that most Linux users are Linux fans, and that Linux fans are not likely to abandon desktop computing. Therefor, assuming you\'re right about desktops; Windows\' market share should steadily decrease while Linux\'s market share steadily increases, and overall computer usage steadily decreases.
I also will say that Ubuntu was my first Linux distro, and that I left Windows to use Ubuntu. I know another guy of whom that is also true. I owned computers running windows for 11 years before I ever tried Linux. I have two other friends for whom I have built or bought computers, and installed (exclusively) Linux on. One is running Ubuntu, and one is running Mint Debian (a distro which was founded upon Ubuntu, but has switched it\'s core out for Debian). Thus my argument here is that Ubuntu has done a good deal in my personal experience to switch people away from windows.
As far as your reasoning to migrate (and migrate our friends, etc...) from Ubuntu to Debian, I fully agree. Debian is very easy to use, modify and live with. It\'s only slightly harder than Ubuntu to install, though it\'s a good deal more complicated to (full) upgrade. I have been slowly migrating my own computers, and others\' computers that I\'m responsible for to Debian, or Debian based systems (like Mint and CrunchBang) for the past two years. I have been happier overall With Debian, and so have the people I administer computers for. I think that Debian as a desktop system is nearly perfect. Tools exclusive to Debian based systems like deborphan, localepurge and module-assistant only help to strengthen that opinion for me.
I don\'t think that I would agree that we should be helping to migrate people to smartphones. At lease not to what are currently defined as smartphones. I think we should encourage people to use Free software applications, and to save and store their data in Free and \"open\" formats. I think the core of the system is less important in that regard than the user level applications. I\'d rather see a loved one using free software applications like Firefox, and Libre Office on a Windows machine than Closed source and proprietary software on Android. At least that way they could retain their own data. Having a Free kernel does not offer as many tangible benefits to the lay-user as Free applications do. (Having both Free is obviously superior to either option)
If there were a Free smartphone OS that was as ready for the average user as Gnome, KDE, LXDE or XFCE (and perhaps others) are on the desktop, I\'d probably concur if not agree with you on that point. As it stands I can not.
Thank you for contributing such an accessible and thought provoking show. While I disagree with several of your supporting points, I enjoyed hearing your whole show, and I agree with your overall point of questioning, if not abandoning Ubuntu. It was a good, and fun episode. I hope you decide to do more in the future.
Sorry to write a book in response, but like I said, it was thought provoking. :)
-pokey
r0xy interviews Cap'n Crunch on cacti radio | Hosted by Brad Carter on 2011-04-07
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I\'m with pokey on this one. I thoroughly enjoyed the interview, save for the idiots that were wasting his time and the host\'s time. But thankfully there were some mature callers who asked some interesting questions. Also was cool hearing SigFLUP calling in. :-) Great episode overall.
My first linux box | Hosted by imahuph on 2011-04-15
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I wish you the best of luck at LFNW. Remember that you\'re there to have fun, and try not to stress over any of it. There will be tons of cool people there, and I wish I could be one of them.
Thank you for helping to get HPR seen, heard and noticed. Thank you for posting your first episode.
You should be getting a box full of stuff for the fest in the mail any day now. You guys are great for doing this.
-pokey
Network Cabeling at Resno's House | Hosted by pokey on 2010-12-24
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Sigg3: I mostly work in commercial and industrial spaces. I don\'t do a lot of residential wiring other than my own, and friends. I\'d love to hear what options and factors you considered before starting.
Star topology is the only one that actually makes any sense for Ethernet cabling. I\'ve never seen or heard of anyone doing it any differently.
I love to have a ton of extra Ethernet, and RG-6 cabling. Remember with RG-6 to disconnect all of the spares from your feed, and cap all of your unused feeds at your multipliers (or use smaller multipliers with fewer outputs). Otherwise you you\'ll get signal degradation. Only leave connected the ones you\'re actually using.
I\'m looking forward to hearing your episode.
Network Cabeling at Resno's House | Hosted by pokey on 2010-12-24
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I\'m considering to record an addendum to this, as I wired my own home during a major reconstruction; e.g. things to think about when you\'re cabling from the beginning.
I laid Cat 6A and RG-6 in star formation.
Hacking Your Suburban Backyard with Chickens | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-01-18
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..me and the missus have been talking about chickents in the garden. Can\'t wait to hear what\'s needed to do so! Thanks!
50th anniversary of human space flight | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-04-11
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I never knew any of this. I know it was just a computer reading Wikipedia, but I could feel my heart rate increase just a bit during this \"reading.\" Excellent selection. Thanks Ken.
audacity to mess with satan | Hosted by Quvmoh on 2011-03-29
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I ran several takes of him saying that through audacity myself back then to verify it. Funny.
MrGadgets Path toward Linux | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-04-04
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Some of the best, and most fun HPR episodes that we have. You always keep us wanting more, so keep them coming!
How I Found Linux | Hosted by code.cruncher on 2011-04-06
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It was great to finally hear your voice on HPR after all the hard work you\'ve done for the site.
The Morse code keyboard LED was brilliant and fun.
r0xy interviews Cap'n Crunch on cacti radio | Hosted by Brad Carter on 2011-04-07
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Awesome show from start to finish. The callers were mostly jerks. But what can you do? Capt\'n Crunch is a fascenating man, and the interviewer\'s questions were great. Thanks to our own SigFlUP for representing us the right way.
My Computer History | Hosted by Bob Evans on 2011-04-13
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Best pronunciation of GNU I\'ve ever heard.
My first computer | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-03-14
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All the episodes are working fine now. A special thanks again to Mr. Gadget for a wonderful series.
Great job, Ken and team, in setting up this phone-in lines.
How I Found Linux | Hosted by code.cruncher on 2011-04-06
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I like hearing about technical problems other folks encounter, their approaches to figuring them out, and the resolution.
Keep up the good work.
MrGadgets Path toward Linux | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-04-04
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I\'ve spoken to the man himself and it is not the end ....
MrGadgets Path toward Linux | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-04-04
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I have been thoroughly enjoying MrGadgets\' submissions, and this one also does not disappoint. After hearing this episode, I feel like we\'re kindred spirits. I also studied Sound Engineering and have always had a love for computers and music, and eventually that also led to synthesizers. Hearing MrGadgets sprinkle some talk of synths in his history of computers (and journey to Linux) really made my day. I have Mark Vail\'s Vintage Synths book and spent hours reading the history of synths from the analog Moogs and ARPs to the digital DX\'s and Mirages, and evreything in between. MrGadgets, if you\'re reading this, I definitely look forward to your segments on vintage synths. Kudos on all of your segments thus far. :-)
MrGadgets Path toward Linux | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-04-04
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This does not seam to be the last part, and Mr Gadgets also states that the next part will be \"the path towards linux\". Still a nice episode.
My first computer | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-03-14
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Hi Ken,
Sorry for delay in responding. I just wanted to say it is not an exclusive iTunes issue as I was on Ubuntu with gPodder. Having said that I have not heard the next two episodes by Mr. Gadget. I will check it out today and update you on how the encoding it is.
audacity to mess with satan | Hosted by Quvmoh on 2011-03-29
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Makes me think of this: http://www.porcupine.org/satan/ (Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks)
pre-IBM PC computer history 2 | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-03-28
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Gosh that brings back memories.
Yes, the c64 used the same plug in modems as the vic 20. Talking about modems, I remember getting into ascii codes so I could use the c=64 to access the credit bureau via dial-up like I did with the printing terminal at work. (legally of course). There was one company that made a modem that was proprietary non-standard in a patent sort of way. it was faster than most of the 300 buad modems at the time. You had to use their software or not use the modem. We figured out how the software worked and applied the changes to the modem software everyone used. The Geohotz hack of the time. Never got sued though. Their software was crappy anyway with no up to date file transfer methods. I will never mention the modem company name. I remember writing my own modem software so you could do xmodem file transfers instead of ascii dumps. Eventually wrote my own bbs software.
No system could read another computer systems disks back then, so moving data was a pain. Not only was the disk formatting different in those days but the way data was represented in a file was also different. The letter \"a\" might be stored as a 65 on one system and another number on some other system. Once rs232 interfaces came out so computers could talk directly to each other without having to use a modem, we used ascii translators to send files between computers for when people were changing systems so the old files could still be used. In fact, I did quite a bit of that for people to move and use the old eight bit (Apple II, TRS-80, C=64, and etc) data files on the pc.
Floppy trivia: There was a special gadget that cut slots out of the sides of soft floppies to make them flippies so you could get twice the storage.
One machine that is not talked about very much that was way ahead of it\'s time was Datapoint. Datapoint was an octal not a hex based machine, which made things fun. It was networkable via arcnet. in fact the network addresses had to be configured with jumpers on the cards. That would never work today. The os was multi-user though jobs had to be submitted in batch order. In fact, my first real computer job was a maintenance programmer using databus and rpgII on those systems. They had these bulky 5 and 10 gig removable hard disks that took 10 to 20 minutes to come up to speed in the morning before you could do any work.
Terminally Stupid Episode 2 | Hosted by MrsXoke on 2011-03-21
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MrsXoke,
Your injections of humor into our intravenous drip of podcasts are appreciated. Equally appreciated is exposing us to the Heftone Banjo Orchestra, starting with your previous episode. My wife\'s musicals tastes, while they lean heavily towards classical, encompass some of the more eclectic and offbeat instruments, like balaiakas, mandolins, harpsicords (specifically Scott Joplin played on harpsicord!), accordians, and the glass armonica (yes, that\'s spelled correctly). Judging by her initial reaction to an HBO piece (your first podcast sent me to the HBO website), I can envision a Heftone Banjo Orchestra CD under this year\'s Christmas tree. Thanks!
Eben Moglen Freedom In the Cloud | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-03-17
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Ken,
I had not heard of Eben Moglen until this episode, but I thank you for introducing him to us. I\'m not normally a fan of overly long podcasts, but I was disappointed when this episode came to a close -- because it seemed too short.
Badge Of Infamy | Hosted by HPR_AudioBookClub on 2011-03-23
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Eben Moglen Freedom In the Cloud | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-03-17
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Thanks for posting that episode. That was an awesome talk. I do have one gripe however, and that\'s the volume levels. I can understand there being great differences between Podcasts, but please not within an episode.
My first computer | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-03-14
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Hi All,
This appears to be a iTunes only issue (correct me if I\'m wrong). The file was processed by iTunes and I have re-triggered it to fetch the latest file. However this is not automatically done for people that already have the file. So please download the file again.
This is our first dial-in episode so the workflow is still a bit in flux. So please if you notice any problems with the audio please post here or email admin at hpr.
Ken.
My first computer | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-03-14
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There seems to be a issue with the way I encoded this one. I\'m working on the issue.
Thanks.
Ken.
My first computer | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-03-14
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For some reason I got this episode in double speed. Currently am working on it in Audacity. I had to lower the speed by 80% for me to be able to hear the episode. The funny thing is that this only affected the actual episode and not the HPR intro at the beginning. In other words the first 40 seconds are fine. The feed I use is http://www.hackerpublicradio.org/hpr_rss.php if that helps.
Cheers for a good episode.
NELF & Taxes | Hosted by pokey on 2011-03-15
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I didn\'t know that turbotax had an online service. I appreciate you adding that to the comments, and adding to the general knowledge base here.
I heard of one more that seemed to be well liked after I posted the show, but I can\'t seem to remember now what that was. If anyone else has more suggestions for getting taxes done with Linux, this is as good a place as any to post a link.
Eben Moglen Freedom In the Cloud | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-03-17
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Ken Thanks for the lovely intro to this show. It was a very nice St. Patrick\'s day gift. I have no idea what you said, but I can guess, and I enjoyed it almost as much as if I did.
Eben Moglen is a brilliant speaker. I\'m not always as interested in his talks, but this one really grabbed me. It is one of the best talks I\'ve ever heard form any speaker. It was informative, moving and understandable. Eben is one of the more level headed and reasonable evangelists in the Free software community. I feel like I can even share this talk with some of my more academic, and less computer savvy friends.
Great choice for a syndicated show!
Eben Moglen Freedom In the Cloud | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-03-17
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This is of course a nice approach to the downside of facebook. I agree that someone else tracking by log is not ideal. How many of us only log onto the \"trusted\" networks with status.net service such as the old tllts status.net cloud? The techs there are far superior to many of us normal users and there were numerous problems getting access to the service even outside of many total outages. I would certainly rather have my posts scattered across many hosts rather than something central like facebook. That does obfuscate the logs and make it harder to gather all the users data easily. Even then, though, the isps would still have logs of the interconnected traffic. My point is this sytem would make more difficult what is very easy for google and facebook and twitter, but it still does not make coallating user usage impossible. This idea reminds me of TOR. TOR does not completely anonymize anyone, it just makes it really difficult to connect one endpoint to another for the purposes of prosecution or otherwise. A lot of people think they are fully anonymized with TOR, but I\'ve not heard any TOR engineer claim that.
Also, let\'s say that anyone running their own social network peer wants to have advertising on their freedom box. To advertise the owner would need to share the log info with the ad company. Then we\'re back to spying included for free, or at least spying for free to the owner of the box. Nothing is free for the advertiser of course. Yes it would take a while to build the database, but that just translates to more cost to the advertiser. I\'m not arguing against doing this. I just want to point out that this just commutes the problem, it doesn\'t really solve the problem. I\'ll be the first to buy a freedom box, but I won\'t delude myself into thinking \"gee when everyone does this, we\'ll be truly free at last\". Look into it. It\'s cool. It\'s free software. It\'s fun. It\'s awesome. In the voice of Jim Carey \"I like it a lot\".
Eben Moglen Freedom In the Cloud | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2011-03-17
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Maith thú a Ken! Nár laige Dia thú! Chuala mé an léacht seo cheana féin agus tá sé tau!
Le meas,
goibhniu
NELF & Taxes | Hosted by pokey on 2011-03-15
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As pokey mentioned, there is http://www.taxact.com for online tax filling. But what he didn\'t mention is that http://www.turbotax.com also has an online tax filing product. From my experience Linux with Firefox is supported by TurboTax.
Overall, use what works best for you.
Python Response to Bad Apples Podcast 5x18 | Hosted by Doug Farrell on 2011-03-04
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Pokey,
Yeah, I was concerned about doing a programming podcast in audio only, I\'m glad it made sense!
Thanks for the nice comment!
Doug
My first computer | Hosted by MrGadgets on 2011-03-14
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I enjoyed your episode twice today. It was definitely worth a re-listen. It was very cool to hear about the first multimedia computer. I know how exciting it is to upgrade my computer I can only imagine how cool it would have been to be one of the only guys to have ever done so on a home computer. That must have been pretty scary too. I\'d have been nervous to screw something up anyway.
Congratulations on being the first HPR call in show! It sounded good, It was fun to listen to, and I hope some others are encouraged to follow your lead. I see you\'ve got a few more shows in the queue. I can\'t wait hear them all. It\'s so tempting to go grab stuff ahead of time, but that just wouldn\'t be fair.
Behind the Scenes at Hacker Public Radio. A community update for the month 2011-02. | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-03-07
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Ken, great job on the promo. People should know that it was your idea, and that I screwed up in writing the script with my mom in forgetting to also credit Finux for the UK call in number.
brother mouse, I think MrGadgets was encouraged to do episode 681, so you got your wish. Nice one!
Behind the Scenes at Hacker Public Radio. A community update for the month 2011-02. | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-03-07
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That was neat. I hope it encourages fence-sitters to jump right in.
For shy onlookers: I have made _many_ mistakes so far and Ken has been helpful, gentle, and encouraging. No f33r!
How I Found Linux | Hosted by dodddummy on 2011-02-28
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I like them, too. For the same reason.
Terminally Stupid Episode 1 | Hosted by MrsXoke on 2011-03-09
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I always love the darwin award type stories.
Cross Stitching with Morgellon | Hosted by Morgellon on 2008-12-11
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They were some of my favorites. Can I send you an HPR window sticker to thank you for them?
https://picasaweb.google.com/hackerpublicradio/HPRStickersInTheWild#
How I Upgraded My PC - CPU | Hosted by Claudio Miranda on 2011-03-01
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Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed it. I hope that someone would be willing to take up the Intel side in a series like this as it would be an equally helpful series IMO. My next one will include some other sites I referred to for a motherboard. Hopefully that will come soon.
THEATER OF THE IMAGINATION: PART 2 | Hosted by lostnbronx on 2011-03-08
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Glad you enjoyed it! Perhaps you could consider making your own production: maybe a dramtized version of \"The Adventures Of Captain Dramatic\"? Man, I would listen!
Linux - A Jazz Musician's Viewpoint | Hosted by Bariman on 2011-02-24
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Awesome show. I\'m not usually a fan of Jazz, but I liked yours. Maybe I should check out more of it while I wait (and hope) for your next show. Please keep them coming.
How I Found Linux | Hosted by dodddummy on 2011-02-28
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Good show, thank you. I love the \"how I found Linux shows.\" It\'s almost like getting to know someone. I found Linux because I didn\'t like Vista. If there were more to it than that, I would do a show too. Obviously your story is more interesting than mine. Thanks for telling it.
How I Upgraded My PC - CPU | Hosted by Claudio Miranda on 2011-03-01
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Good show, and good idea for a series. I\'ve just been looking at computer components on newegg too, so this was nice and timely for me. I wasn\'t really considering AMD, but I guess probably should.
Python Response to Bad Apples Podcast 5x18 | Hosted by Doug Farrell on 2011-03-04
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Wow. This was really well presented. I usually gloss over at code. I just have a hard time following, but not so much this time. Your show was really good, and I really enjoyed it.
Terminally Stupid Episode 1 | Hosted by MrsXoke on 2011-03-09
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Great show. Lots of fun. I can\'t wait for the next one.
THEATER OF THE IMAGINATION: PART 2 | Hosted by lostnbronx on 2011-03-08
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I really enjoyed this! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and encounters, and delivering them in a way that was easy to understand and pleasant to listen to. As a side note, I am going to be listening to Blue Heaven tonight once Xoke gets home, so he can hear it too. I am looking forward to it.
Behind the Scenes at Hacker Public Radio. A community update for the month 2011-02. | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-03-07
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... so you are trying to decide whether to keep this CMS or replace it with another one?
You mentioned wordpress. I know wordpress a little bit and here is what I like about it:
- It is extendable. You can add anything you want. It\'s php, mysql and css.
- It gets updated. Good for security!
- User management is taken care of. People could sign up to become part of the community (less spam in comments).
- It can send email when someone posts a comment to your post or responds to your comment etc.
- It is simpler than most other CMS (eg, Drupal, Joomla, Typo3) to install, set up, get plugins, create themes, ...
- I think it can do what you listed. It does pretty names for posts; doing pretty names for hosts may require some programming.
my 5 cts ... looking forward to other input and opinions ... cc.
What is on your mp3 player | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-02-16
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Thanks for the animal and science podcast recommendations.
Much of The Cato Institute and libertarian dogma fall apart when discussed by Thom Hartmann.
The Big Picture Thom Hartmann (Video):
http://files.thomhartmann.com/tpadmin/podcasts.xml
Thom Hartmann Show (Audio) 7 day delay:
http://feedity.com/rss.aspx/whiterosesociety-org/UlFUU1NR
Harry Shearer Le Show(Audio)
http://feeds.kcrw.com/kcrw/ls
Linux - A Jazz Musician's Viewpoint | Hosted by Bariman on 2011-02-24
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I have to say that this was one of my favorite HPR episodes by far. Kudos to Tony Denton for putting it out there. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to it and I look forward to more from Tony. Plus, the jazz transitions were a nice touch. ;-)
How I Found Linux | Hosted by dodddummy on 2011-02-28
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Looks like I\'m off to a good start with the errors. If I do more shows, there will surely be many more to follow.
\'The Unix Programming Environment\' is by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike, not Ritchie. One of my other favorite books, \'The C Programming Language\', is by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.
The Plop Boot Loader and UNetbootin- A Great Team | Hosted by N50 on 2011-01-20
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Great tip and well timed! I\'m rehabilitating an aging machine today and remembered hearing this episode of HPR a few weeks back, so I listened to it again just now and am now ready to install Arch Linux on the machine. Thanks a lot!
-Buffalo Pete
Salvaging old Coleman lanterns and stoves | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-02-21
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My Dad had a little Coleman stove that came in a metal cube storage case. The lid of the cube case was a pan for cooking, and the base was a pot for boiling water or soup. Very compact, practical and reliable. I wish I had one! Thanks for the episode!
Your Local Library | Hosted by Johninsc on 2011-02-22
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One of my favorite things at the library is historical photographs and aerial photographs of the local area. Many of these resources will not make it online, or it may take some time due to cost of conversion.
The library is also a good place to \"check out\" programming books before you decide to buy them.
War walking with smart phone | Hosted by Quvmoh on 2011-02-14
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For people like me who have a smart phone and don\'t have a service provider. VoIP is my mode of communication. By mapping out the open AP\'s in my area, I know were I can walk around and still retain something similar to cell service. I also am able to spot the AP\'s with weak protection (WEP, which can be broken in about a min).
It\'s also just another intresting way to get out of the house and walk around. It gives you a real reason to go down that dead-end street that you would not walk down if you were just going from point A to point B.
The Dinosaur's Dilemma | Hosted by Curbuntu on 2011-01-21
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I really enjoyed this one. As someone who is sort of in the \"tech education\" field, I am always interested to hear about laypeople\'s experiences entering the world of technology. Looking forward to the next installment!
Best wishes,
Pete
Salvaging old Coleman lanterns and stoves | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-02-21
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great to see more folks addicted to this stuff :-)
Hacking the Craps Table | Hosted by KFive on 2011-02-18
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I\'m not a gambler, but I enjoyed the content. Thanks for posting.
War walking with smart phone | Hosted by Quvmoh on 2011-02-14
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I\'ve always been pretty fascinated with war driving. It seems like a really fun thing to do, though I\'ve never understood the point of it. That\'s not to say I wouldn\'t or haven\'t done it, I just don\'t know what use it is. I also like to read the clever names that people give their wireless networks.
Will the software you\'re using find hidden networks? I remember back around the time I started using Linux (2007ish), Ubuntu would find hidden networks, but that later stopped happening for some reason.
For the record and your amusement; my SSID is freddy-n-eddy, even though I don\'t know anyone by either of those names.
Thanks for the show.
A Little Bit of Python: Episode 13 | Hosted by Michael Foord on 2011-02-17
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Hi Hutch,
This is a syndicated show so the content is older than normal.
Ken.
Hacking the Craps Table | Hosted by KFive on 2011-02-18
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Thanks KFive, that was very informative and I enjoyed it a lot!
Craps has been around for a while, right? I wonder why more people don\'t play like this. Can anyone who\'s played craps tables confirm that people indeed play the incorrect way?
A Little Bit of Python: Episode 13 | Hosted by Michael Foord on 2011-02-17
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Isn\'t this really old? how could you be JUST talking about 2.7 beta 1 two days ago? i\'ve been using a release version for a while.
Hacking the Craps Table | Hosted by KFive on 2011-02-18
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I really enjoyed this episode. I always avoid the craps table because it looks so confusing. I think I\'m going to give it a try.
Could you talk a bit about Baccarat? How the game works and why it\'s so popular in James Bond and other films. Thanks!
An argument against emulators when retrocomputing | Hosted by Trixter on 2011-02-11
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Thanks very much for the kind words. I have toyed with the idea of doing a regular podcast, definitely on retrocomputing, but it would be centered around the subject I know the most about, which would be old PC/DOS machines. There are some video podcasts that cover this, but not a regular audio one dedicated to the broad hobby itself (the video ones are game-centric), so I think I might actually give it more thought and pursue it. Thanks again.
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droops Podcast Feeds
Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:33:10 GMT
Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:33:10 GMT
What is on your mp3 player | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-02-16
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It was nice hearing from another OTR fan.
I\'m a mystery buff, and this has become one of my favorite OTR sites:
http://www.mysteryshows.com/
Whats on my MP3 Player | Hosted by droops on 2011-01-19
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Hi Droops,
Can you upload your OPML please,
Ken.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPML
What is on your mp3 player | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-02-16
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Hi BM,
Can you upload your OPML feed please
Ken.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPML
What is on your mp3 player | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-02-16
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WOOT! Another brother mouse episode. Sweet.
Thanks, brother mouse.
Offline Filesharing | Hosted by JBu92 on 2011-02-03
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Well you know me as M61 and I know you as Teh Jimbo, but I liked the show for sure. I am currently putting little holes around my house for flash drives. Not kidding. Especially because my mom just up and bought a macbook pro the other day, without telling anyone of the $1000 that she possibly spent. I\'m pretty sure that I can make her pay with a few annoying flash drive traps.
Kid3-qt | Hosted by pokey on 2011-01-10
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Thanks for this rundown of kid3! I\'ve been a KDE user for almost four years now, but I\'ve still been using Easytag as my id3 tag editor, so it was nice to hear an introduction to this piece of software. Thanks!
HPR Video Proposal | Hosted by droops on 2011-02-08
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Please don\'t put any video casts in with the Audio RSS feed. Separate RSS feeds please.
Doing your own auto repairs | Hosted by Quvmoh on 2011-01-27
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Idaho and were both in our 40\'s so not so much.
HPR Video Proposal | Hosted by droops on 2011-02-08
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Thanks for the clarification about the vids being referred to rather than actually downloaded in the feed. That was worrying me.
Music Management Consoles | Hosted by Mark Katerberg and Courtney Schauer on 2011-02-09
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Thanks for your show. You two are great together. I hope you\'ll be back for more. I\'ve always heard that Amarok was very good, but I\'ve never been able to quite wrap my head around just what it wants me to do. You\'ve given me a good reason to try again, and a good place to start. But I\'m even more excited to try out Guayadeque. It sounds like the almost perfect music player. I\'ve never even heard of it before. I installed it right after hearing your show. I can\'t wait to get a bit of time to try it out. Thanks again for the great episode.
HPR Video Proposal | Hosted by droops on 2011-02-08
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I have no objections. Go for it.
Music Management Consoles | Hosted by Mark Katerberg and Courtney Schauer on 2011-02-09
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...that\'s all Linux needs really and if you disagree then you don\'t know anything about life :-)
An argument against emulators when retrocomputing | Hosted by Trixter on 2011-02-11
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That was a lot of fun to listen to. There was some real cool stuff about old hardware that I never would have known otherwise. Like the Zaxxon thing... I loved that game! When you talked about people timing their moves in Mortal Combat to the frame, it made me think that I\'m sure I\'ve played against some of them. Would you consider doing a series on retro computing, and maybe highlighting one machine or program each episode? That would be epic. Just think how much fun you would have doing prep for each show.
An argument against emulators when retrocomputing | Hosted by Trixter on 2011-02-11
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awesome episode tixter!!!
The Plop Boot Loader and UNetbootin- A Great Team | Hosted by N50 on 2011-01-20
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II have been booting distros from thumbdrives for years. I use multboot for some of it.
But for installing, your suggestions are great. So much faster. Many times it will fail to install from a CD on older equipment. Where it will be successful from a thumbdrive. This is the type of podcast I like. USEFUL!
Read 'n Code - 2 Camus's The Plague and Reddit.com | Hosted by Flaviu Simihaian on 2011-02-04
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The first episode was super interesting, and it was nice to hear the series of interesting quotations from a familiar book. The reddit connection is also great :)
HPR Video Proposal | Hosted by droops on 2011-02-08
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Maybe I did not hit all the points I wanted to make.
Go listen to real NPR, sometimes they say \"go see the video on our website\" that is what we are going to do.
There will be no downloading video in the RSS feed, so no need to split files, worry about encoding, bandwidth, storage issues, Vimeo can take care of all that.
Archive.org can have all of the videos, if people want to actually download the episodes.
HPR Video Proposal | Hosted by droops on 2011-02-08
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That would be GREAT. I just hope the files are not very large, or large ones can be broken into smaller ones.
The Dinosaur's Dilemma | Hosted by Curbuntu on 2011-01-21
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hey, you were right. that wasn\'t hard to figure out. I got it on the first try. :D
The Dinosaur's Dilemma | Hosted by Curbuntu on 2011-01-21
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I keep meaning to decrypt your email address puzzle and contact you to chat for a bit. I keep forgetting.
This was a very fun show to listen to. I\'m eagerly awaiting the sequel.
Dumpster Diving | Hosted by Broam on 2011-01-28
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I\'ll only dive in computer recycle bins. It\'s much cleaner that way. I still consider it unsanitary, and treat it that for safety\'s sake, but its definitely cleaner.
I record all my HPRs on a mic that I salvaged, plugged into a sound card that I salvaged, in a computer that I salvaged, full of salvaged parts. So I can really relate to this episode. Good one, and thanks.
HPR Community News 0x03 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-01-30
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Haha. When I told her I swear I could hear her blushing over the phone. I think she\'s gonna\' do one too. It should be fun.
HPR Video Proposal | Hosted by droops on 2011-02-08
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Now I want to hear one about model rockets.
My first steps in recovering pictures | Hosted by Sven on 2011-02-07
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Great show, thank you. The sound quality was very good, and content was top shelf also. I hope I never need to know all this, but I\'m glad I can if I have to. Thanks for joining \"the club.\"
I think we spoke in irc before. I\'m glad you joined in, and I hope it was fun enough to do another.
HPR Video Proposal | Hosted by droops on 2011-02-08
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I definitely agree that screencasts or just straightup video podcasts would make some topics much easier to cover (for instance I\'m working right now on an intro to WireShark, and that\'s the sort of thing that would be much easier to do via a video). Possible limitations would be server costs (videos take up space), format/encoding/size consistency (all of which would be nice), and the fact that this is Hacker Public *Radio* ( SISTERSITE )
Intro to Black Box Testing | Hosted by Heisenbug on 2011-02-02
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I thought that was a nice podcast. It was light and I could do other work while listening.
HPR Community News 0x03 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-01-30
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Heard the Linux Outlaws plug; it was a good one! They spent a good deal of time talking about HPR.
Notebook Method for ADHD | Hosted by droops on 2011-01-04
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Thanks for sharing your strategies for with HPR. I prescribe ADHD meds to kids, but I am always interested in ways that people with ADHD are able to deal with school. Your strategies are actually good for students without ADHD; it\'s just good basic organizing skills. I especially like your use of a fountain pen. I use fountain pens too and it does cut down on my pen spinning. Refilling the ink makes me more organized too.
Nameless Infosec Podcast Ep 1 | Hosted by sp0rus and biosshadow on 2011-02-01
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In regards to my earlier comment, I made the crappy cms.
Great show guys, I hope to hear many more from yall.
Nameless Infosec Podcast Ep 1 | Hosted by sp0rus and biosshadow on 2011-02-01
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In regards to my earlier comment, I made the crappy cms and I did not want that comment
Offline Filesharing | Hosted by JBu92 on 2011-02-03
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Good show.
Comments are all approved now so the spammers have gone away.
Nameless Infosec Podcast Ep 1 | Hosted by sp0rus and biosshadow on 2011-02-01
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Thank you. Security is a topic that is usually overlooked until too late. I look forward to hearing more from you all.
Vulgar Esperantist part 1 | Hosted by klaatu on 2008-09-16
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Thanks for sharing the idea.
Offline Filesharing | Hosted by JBu92 on 2011-02-03
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Good show! I like the sound of this and will probably look into building something myself :)
Dumpster Diving | Hosted by Broam on 2011-01-28
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I found a PC one time; I gave it the hostname \"catpee\" and it was obvious why they threw it out. :-P I let it sit in the garage for about 6mos and the smell faded enough so I could stand to get near and clean it.
My favorite diving gear, in order of importance:
1. a willingness to leave the dumpster area as clean or cleaner than I found it.
2. One of those \"handy grabber\" things. I use a 48\" Nifty Nabber (froogle search --http://goo.gl/Jlg4i ). I also have a 36\" that I prefer for walking picks. The 48\" is a little long but perfect for those picks wa-a-a-a-y in the dumpster.
3. A rubbermaid bin in my car stocked with: leather gloves for sharps, latex gloves for stickies. Messy stuff sits in the tub until I can get home and clean it out.
4. air compressor with blower attachment, as you point out. Blow all that dust and crud out.
Do you need a carrier plan with Android
| Hosted by Dismal Science on 2011-01-24
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===podcasts
I agree that podcasts are better for information than the normal media. I like the topic-centric nature of most \'casts.
===call patterns
Calls from home/work: I shift \"elective\" calls so I can use a landline. Time-sensitive calls get made on the cell. I was originally on Sprint, but was annoyed that I couldn\'t swap phones when I wanted (GSM FTW!) and the smallest package I could get was 300mins/month for $30. Way, way more than I need.
===Google voice
what is the rationale for using a separate google account? Not arguing, I just don\'t understand the benefit.
===salesdroids and no data plan
Yes, salescritters will go into apoplexy if you talk about a smartphone w/out dataplan. It\'s like that movie _Scanners_.
===unlocked phones
eBay ftw! Some of my favorite phones:
Windoze: unlocked HTC dash $50, BB formfactor with great kb and hardkeys. Unlocked HTC Wizard (MDA) $50 PPC. Unlocked HTC Typhoon? SDA candybar, dedicated music buttons.
Android: an old G1 would be fine, $100. LG Optimus-series, $150.
===gps
I wonder if we\'re conflating \"gps\" and \"navigation\" in this episode. The GPS gets a lock just fine. Would be faster with the aGPS data-enabled tower lookup, but the GPS proper will work fine with no data.
I use maydroyd offline maps (no nav) and geobeagle for waypoint navigation. I\'m looking at the Copilot site now, but haven\'t figured it all out yet. I have a newer/better \'droid phone on the way, and may install copilot then.
===Links
http://www.mapdroyd.com/
http://code.google.com/p/geobeagle/
Nameless Infosec Podcast Ep 1 | Hosted by sp0rus and biosshadow on 2011-02-01
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Hi Guys... I listen to the entire gamut of security podcasts, from Security Now to Exotic Liability and I found yours highly enjoyable and informative. I hope you\'re intending on continuing.
Nice one!!
Gerry
Nameless Infosec Podcast Ep 1 | Hosted by sp0rus and biosshadow on 2011-02-01
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Someone should have learned how to use a drop down box.
Ken
How I Got Into Linux | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-01-25
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I super like these episodes, very interesting story and well told.
Also Debian is awseome.
Nameless Infosec Podcast Ep 1 | Hosted by sp0rus and biosshadow on 2011-02-01
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please delete this comment
you clicked slick0 instead of sp0roius
someone should have built your cms better
Urban Camping ep 5 | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-01-06
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Believe it or not, food actually DOES grow on trees! I don\'t remember hearing anything about actually going out and picking fruit from trees to supplement ones diet. You may be able to do this legally by asking an old person to pick their fruit for them in exchange for a little fruit for yourself. Maybe if you\'re lucky and pick apples, you can return for some apple pie later.
There are also many edible plant leaves and flowers, such as Viola petals, Nasturtium leaves and flowers, mint, ornamental kale, etc.
Some listed: http://whatscookingamerica.net/EdibleFlowers/EdibleFlowersMain.htm
In the woods you may find blackberries, wild strawberries, gooseberries, etc.
Just be sure you know what you are picking before you try and eat something.
HPR Community News 0x03 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-01-30
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- Enough time to have them ready for oggcamp
- admin at hpr
- jpg and svg and then other formats
Ken.
HPR Community News 0x03 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-01-30
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Ken,
3 questions regarding the competition:
- What\'s the deadline?
- Where do we send designs?
- What format(s)? (probably .ai and some pict eg. jpg)
HPR Community News 0x03 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-01-30
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HPR Community News 0x03 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-01-30
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Ken,
You have a great idea in setting up the call-in option for episode submissions. But there\'s another idea that can ride dial-in\'s coattails -- audio responses to episodes. Yes, most comments will come via text; but it would be nice to *hear* a few responses in your first-of-month admin episodes. (Thanks for doing these, BTW.)
sp0rus: My Linux Experience | Hosted by sp0rus on 2010-12-01
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I love hearing these shows of how someone found the Linux light. My main desktop has not had a hardware upgrade since 2002, and it is still running Debian as well as did back when I built the box.
Did I mention how great Debian is?
Whats on my MP3 Player | Hosted by droops on 2011-01-19
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Did you know that NPR allows you to build queries of their content and get a podcast feed of shows that your feed finds. It is a great way to find new shows from them.
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php
Podcasts are not Radio | Hosted by droops on 2011-01-13
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Thanks for the replies guys. I am super guilty of doing this, but hopefully I learn from my mistakes.
I was listening to a photography podcast with my wife the other day and it just went on and on with silly banter and no actual content. It was a bit on the extreme side, but I am not the only one.
Doing your own auto repairs | Hosted by Quvmoh on 2011-01-27
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you pay how much for insurance!? $150 for 6 months!?
sweet jesus man.. where do you guys live?
im in New Jersey (highest cost of insurance in the country). i pay at least $200 a MONTH for a 98 Wrangler. and thats minimum coverage. full coverage is pushing $300/month.
Dann and CafeNinja Book Review: Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged | Hosted by Dann on 2010-12-20
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I think that \"Atlas Shrugged\" is one of the most important books ever written, and is well worth reading.
I read \"Atlas Shrugged\" in the very early 1990s.
I am a 46 year old philosophy major, and the anti-Rand sentiment is rampant in academic philosophers, graduate philosophy majors, and undergraduate philosophy majors.
Thank you for giving a positive review of this wonderful book.
How I Got Into Linux | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-01-25
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Interesting. The source .wav was 44.1k; I can confirm the .ogg output from a vanilla \"eggenc source.wav\" style command was indeed 11.025:
file brother-mouse_How-I-Got-Into-Linux.ogg
brother-mouse_How-I-Got-Into-Linux.ogg: Ogg data, Vorbis audio, stereo, 11025 Hz, ~44600 bps, created by: Xiph.Org libVorbis I
Looks like the default is to get aggressive with filesize based on aural content. Maybe I\'ll pass flags to oggenc to force 22.05 or 44.1, or use mp3 in the future.
How I Got Into Linux | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-01-25
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Hi ClaudioM,
I check each file that I post before and after I post it using mplayer.
$ mplayer http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0647.mp3
MPlayer 1.0rc4-4.4.5 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
...
Playing http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0647.mp3.
...
Starting playback...
A: 4.1 (04.0) of 1628.2 (27:08.2) 0.1% 6%
I\'ve just downloaded all three versions and they play in mplayer but not in VLC.
I opened it in audacity and I see that the sample rate is set to 11025. I\'ve fixed it and will have a think about how to prevent this going forward. I\'m fixing them now.
Thanks for the feedback but for issues as urgent as this please email admin over at hpr.
Thanks
Ken.
How I Got Into Linux | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-01-25
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Pulled the episode down from gPodder and tried listening in VLC but no audio. This OS from the ogg feed. Might want to check the ogg file to make sure it plays fine next time.
Whats on my MP3 Player | Hosted by droops on 2011-01-19
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With all the driving I do at work I\'m always looking for more podcasts to listen to. I didn\'t know about half of these (I knew NPR stuff, Radiolab, and HPR. But, none of the others.) I pulled in all the Anonymous Audio last night and I\'m listening to them today. Good stuff. That one is a keeper. I\'ll look into the others as well. Thanks Droops!
The Plop Boot Loader and UNetbootin- A Great Team | Hosted by N50 on 2011-01-20
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Hello Xoke,
Thank you for the support and feedback! I am so glad to see someone got something out of the episode.
As mentioned in the episode, there are probably dozens of ways out there to go about doing this, but I have found that this combination works well for me, and it has always \"just worked.\"
Thanks!
The Plop Boot Loader and UNetbootin- A Great Team | Hosted by N50 on 2011-01-20
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I\'ve used unetbootin before but had not heard about plop. Added it to my list of cool utils and will have to play around with it.
Very nice first episode! Keep it up.
Podcasts are not Radio | Hosted by droops on 2011-01-13
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Enjoyed the talk, Droops. I haven\'t seen too many people doing filler lately, but granted, I did trim down my podcast listening quite a bit.
I notice it more from the more professionally done shows, where the people have a background in radio, such as the TWiT network and such.
I do agree that a lot of the simply informative podcasts do need to cut the chitchat. If the purpose is to get a message across or teach something, do it and end it. I\'ll be thinking about this from now on when I\'m recording something.
I think the most powerful statement you made was when you talked about every minute you waste is possibly 1000 minutes wasted around the world due to all the people\'s minutes you just wasted. You said this very well, and I thank you for making the point.
Do you need a carrier plan with Android
| Hosted by Dismal Science on 2011-01-24
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This show hasn\'t come up in my podcast rotation yet, but wanted to throw in my 2c.
I run a TMO prepaid SIM in my G1 (Cyanogenmod 6.1), but use something like 15mins of phone a month.
Everything else is wifi, automated with Tasker. The TMO sim has an advantage that you can get a 24hr data daypass for $1.50 if you find yourself somewhere with no wifi and a desperate need for connectivity. Happens to me about once every two months or so.
Kid3-qt | Hosted by pokey on 2011-01-10
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Hi Pokey
I too have a Sansa Clip+, but I also have a Clip V2, which to be ho, I prefer over the Clip+, purely because of the location of the volume control, earphone connector and that it has a physical Power switch. For me, it\'s just more ergonomically comfortable.
I am a Podcast and Audiobook addict. In my quest for the perfect method of getting my Podcasts onto my Clip, I have settled upon gPodder as podcatcher and a recent newcomer for MP3 tagging, PuddleTag. I\'ve tried Kid3-Qt, but it just never took my fancy. So , I settled upon EasyTag, but that never had a good method for easily sorting files into my daily listening order. None of these Linux MP3 Taggers did. Until now. PuddleTag has been a revelation. It does everything the others do, plus allows me to rearrange my Podcast listening order, very easily any time I want.
I don\'t always get a chance to listen to all my downloaded Podcasts throughout the day, and some days there are always a few new ones, that I\'d like to listen to now and just give later track numbers to the existing ones. Reordering tracks in PuddleTag is simplicity in itself. Select the track(s) and press Ctrl-+ or Ctrl-- (You might have to go onto preferences shortcuts to get this set up, depending upon your keyboard).
Anyway, something worth looking at:
http://puddletag.sourceforge.net/
gPodder\'s great too as I can sync gPodder between different PC\'s and if you have a network storage device, you can set a link on each PC to a gPodder folder on the storage device and your Podcasts won\'t be duplicated, but you can connect your MP3 player to any machine to get your latest podcasts.
Kind regards
BadCam
Hacking Your Suburban Backyard with Chickens | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-01-18
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Thanks for another great and informative show. Keep up the good work. ps My wife is telling me i can\'t have chickens :-(
Hacking Your Suburban Backyard with Chickens | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-01-18
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great, now I have to talk the wife into letting me build a chicken tractor!
Urban Camping ep 6 | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-01-12
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Thanks for the comment, Brother Mouse. I agree with what you\'re saying all around. I really don\'t care for straight up panhandling, although I have to say, it does work in a pinch for a lot of people.
As for dumpster diving, I don\'t think it\'s a good idea to literally Dive into Dumpsters for anything. If it\'s food one is after, it\'s a much better idea to make friends with the employees of the place and just intercept the food before it gets to the dumpster, and also have that layer of \"Trust me dude, you don\'t want this stuff\" protection.
Oh yeah, and I\'m really enjoying your episodes too, Brother Mouse!
Urban Camping ep 6 | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-01-12
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thanks for the show :D
i really like how you break it down like all the things one can do to \"market\" one\'s skill set. awesome awesome mini-series !!! right on. jus really good thinkin out of the box ideas. LOVE IT
Hacking Your Suburban Backyard with Chickens | Hosted by brother mouse on 2011-01-18
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Whats on my MP3 Player | Hosted by droops on 2011-01-19
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I sync all my \'casts to an android phone rather than an mp3 player proper, but many of these are on my list as well:
Common Sense with Dan Carlin
Dan Carlins Hardcore History Freakonomics Hacker Public Radio
NPR - Planet Money
NPR - Fresh Air Radiolab
If I could only have one podcast (gasp!) I think it would have to be Planet Money. Astoundingly good.
Urban Camping ep 6 | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-01-12
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First off, thanks for putting together this string of shows. I am not in immediate danger of having to go camping but this is great preparedness info. I practice my camping skills (cooking, shelter building, fire for warmth, washing clothes) in my back yard. Wife thinks I\'m crazy, but if it ever hits the fan I want to better my chances. She lost her job so the inspiration is a little clearer in my head these days.
I agree with you about how living a \"normal\" life really inflates the amount of $$$ one needs. I have daydreams about living on much less and with much less. One of those old Chinook microRVs would be neat. Or an old breadtruck...
I wouldn\'t feel comfortable begging or misrepresenting my affllliation (ie, greenpeace). My workaround, perhaps feeble, would be to provide some service (picking up trash in that area? playing an instrument as you describe?) and putting out a hat for that.
I will share that I really DETEST panhandling. Around my area panhandling is an excuse to get up close and size one up for robbery. I don\'t mind trashpicking, though. I have retrieved many useful items from bins. I always try to leave the area neater, not messed up.
I once read a tip about diving for food; said to make sure you could tell /why/ it was thrown out: expired, damaged, etc. If there was no clue to why it was thrown out that experienced camper said pass it by.
Tasker - Automation for Android Devices | Hosted by brother mouse on 2010-12-29
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I had a backchannel email about the process used to record this show. I\'ll paste my response below.
===begin, paste=====
recording:
I use the \"rec\" invocation of sox. From memory, something like:
rec -r 44100 ${show}-raw.flac
ctrl-c to quit recording.
editing:
audacity
save edited file as ${show}-edited.flac
encoding:
oggenc, no flags. Just \"oggenc ${show}-edited.flac\"
final preparation for upload:
ogginfo for comment tagging in the ogg container
rename files and .txt as recommended in the README: http://goo.gl/WEvQO
===end, paste=====
Podcasts are not Radio | Hosted by droops on 2011-01-13
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I listen to a lot of Podcasts, but I can\'t say I know a single Podcast that set\'s an exact time the show has to run. All of them tend to talk till they are done and rather tend to cut stuff/let stuff out when they feel it goes to long, but I\'ve never seen the opposite.
Are there really that many podcastmakers around that are so \"detemined\" to do that?
Greetings,
Tarnus
Urban Camping ep 5 | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-01-06
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Food and goods are still scarce goods and stealing is a violation of others property rights even corporations. Therefore is it just and right for me to steal other goods such as a car if my neighbor has two and I have one? Respect for each other and property is something that holds society together and doesn\'t tear it apart. checkout Murray rothbard, F A Hayek, and L von Mises.
I Blame Tom Merritt | Hosted by Curbuntu on 2010-12-02
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Hey, enjoyed this podcast. And the reasons for not using Windows still stand true today. - With about 3+ er, 4 years of playing with Linux and variations of Ubuntu, I too, don\'t see a reason to use something else. There are only a few programs out there that I might wish to use from time to time, but that\'s due to wanting to connect to others on a Windows Platform...
I.E. Silverlight and Netfiks, and Webinar\'s that use Go To Meeting...
Randy
Urban Camping ep 5 | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-01-06
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Ep 6 cannot be on squatting because I\'ve never really been a squatter, at least not in the common meaning of the word goes. That is to say, I\'ve never been a part of the squatting scene; I\'ve never spent an extended amount of time squatting. i know the benefits and some of the things you have to look out for whilst squatting -- but only by way of little things I\'ve heard, here and there. Not from experience, and I don\'t like doing eps on things I have not actually had experience with -- it seems like such a mass media type of thing to do. So, no squatting eps from me until I\'ve lived it.
But, thanks for your comments and thanks for the links. The Squat doc sounds really cool, i\'ll check it out. And no i\'ve not seen \"feed the world\" but that sounds good too. I\'ll have to look at it.
ps- anyone out there who HAS been a squatter...feel free to do an ep about it!!
Cloudy Predictions | Hosted by Dismal Science on 2011-01-07
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Google IS making money from users of gmail, google reader and the other \"free\" services... microsoft IS making money from hotmail users.
Just because you don\'t pay them directly doesn\'t mean that they are not making money because you use the service.
The whole Web 2.0 business model seems to be to find a way to make money without charging users... and that is how and why the \"free\" services are likely to be around for a very long time.
HPR Community News 0x02 | Hosted by HPR Admins on 2011-01-03
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you should ask the Bastard sons of dialup TV (BSODTV) guy if he wants to make some episodes.
Urban Camping ep 5 | Hosted by klaatu on 2011-01-06
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controversional opinions! It brings much needed politicization to the geek thinking!
Could part 6 discuss Squatting ?!
Space Invaders - Squat Documentary Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1LXe4BccGA
Klaatu have you seen - \"we feed the world\"
http://www.we-feed-the-world.at/en/film.htm
or
\"The Gleaners and I\"
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2002/feature-articles/gleaners/
From OS X to OS Whoredom to Linux | Hosted by Ruji on 2010-12-28
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Hey, It was really interesting to hear this journey from the other perspective. It\'s pretty easy to assume that people have come moved from Windows to free software, but for some reason I don\'t imagine many people going from Apple to free software. Thanks for the insight! Oh, and I have an interest in virtualisation too so it was good to hear about that too.
:)
Read 'n Code - 1 Seneca and Python | Hosted by Flaviu Simihaian on 2010-11-12
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You really zero\'s down on the Python value proposition. There are alot of people who love python, but I am not sure I have ever heard a more convincing argument.
Urban Camping ep 4 | Hosted by klaatu on 2010-12-27
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I have a \"bug out bag\" pack for me and one for my wife. I find that bagging up gear (particularly tech gear) helps keep them clean and undamaged.
I have an old impulse/heat sealer. I use it with those airfilled cushion things that companies use as packing peanuts. I cut the bag open on the end, drop the radio/batts/wires/whatever in the bag and reseal it. Tough, translucent, and free.
Network Cabeling at Resno's House | Hosted by pokey on 2010-12-24
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brother mouse: Thanks. Your show was very good. I liked it too.
klaatu: I release it at whatever bitrate the song is in when I get it. So that I don\'t degrade the audio too much. But the large file size is really just needed to contain all the AWESOME! that is resno.
From OS X to OS Whoredom to Linux | Hosted by Ruji on 2010-12-28
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Interesting ep. I find I prefer to hear the opinions of people who, in the normal course of conversation, point out the distinction between the l-i-n-k-s and l-y-n-x clients. :-)
I am currently exploring my own OS virtualization trollop dark side. I am unrepentant so far even though there are virtual HD files waist-deep across my actual HD...
Network Cabeling at Resno's House | Hosted by pokey on 2010-12-24
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Very informative episode. Also, perhaps the largest file size for even an hour-long mp3 I\'ve EVER seen. Good goin\' guys!
Dann and CafeNinja Book Review: Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged | Hosted by Dann on 2010-12-20
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Man, I\'ve /tried/ to read A.S. a few times but it\'s such an interminable deathmarch. I\'ve had people recommend that I just jump to the (60pp?) Galt speech and do that if nothing else. Maybe I will.
Objectivist / Libertarian types might also enjoy Stephan Molineaux\'s FDR:
http://www.freedomainradio.com/
He\'s not in either of those camps but I think there\'s plenty of \"paint transfer\" from bumping up against them...
Network Cabeling at Resno's House | Hosted by pokey on 2010-12-24
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I hope to not ever have to run eth in my house :-) but really enjoyed the format of this show. The combination of master/student made for good balance.
From OS X to OS Whoredom to Linux | Hosted by Ruji on 2010-12-28
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Nice episode! I also went from OS X to Linux, and I very much agree with the \"i don\'t want steal your software because i don\'t believe it\'s worth as much as you think it\'s worth\" thing. Cool stuff.
Dann and CafeNinja Book Review: Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged | Hosted by Dann on 2010-12-20
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... to hear you red Zen & the art of Motorcycle Maintenance after Atlas Shrugged. For me it was the other way around - I read Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance after Atlas Shrugged. It was a heavy combo and surely influenced a lot of my thinking.
Dann and CafeNinja Book Review: Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged | Hosted by Dann on 2010-12-20
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Talking of movies a B&W movie was made on the Fountainhead. The screenplay was by Ayn Rand herself. While not a bad movie it was a pale reflection of the book \"The Fountainhead\" Considering that even Ayn Rand herself could not make it more powerful I am very concerned about the movie. I agree with you guys that the movie should be in parts. Maybe a better idea would be an HBO original series.
Urban Camping ep 3 | Hosted by klaatu on 2010-12-23
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Why is it I can\'t get enough of this series.
Good Stuff.
Urban Camping ep 3 | Hosted by klaatu on 2010-12-23
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The urban camping series is great. Thanks for sharing!
I hope the economy doesn\'t get so bad that we all need the info you provide...
nano editor | Hosted by JWP on 2010-12-22
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I\'ve been using nano more frequently lately and appreciated the insight into its history.
nano editor | Hosted by JWP on 2010-12-22
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Thanks for the background to nano.
I Blame Tom Merritt | Hosted by Curbuntu on 2010-12-02
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This was a great one, thank you for sharing! And thank you for integrating your passion for technology into your ministry and your social work. Although I\'m not a Christian, I have a great deal of respect for the work that clergy of all faiths do. Also, as someone who tries to be socially active and a force for good in my own communities, it heartens me to hear another person\'s story of how their passion for free software helps them do that, as it certainly does me.
One final note: All the great HPR episodes lately, and especially since the public call for contributions, has really started the wheels turning for me about putting something together to contribute, so thank you also for that.
Great show, well done!
-pete
Influenza | Hosted by janedoc on 2010-12-21
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you don\'t need drugs to be healthy. on the contrary, the drugs make you less healthy, so that you need more and more drugs to struggle with consequences of that, because the drugs undermine your stamina and replace your immune system. you become dependent on them and caught in a vicious circle. that\'s exactly what those pharmaceutical corporations want. that\'s how they make their billions.
the best way to be healthy is to take preventative measures. our weak immune system is the root cause. now, recall we\'re all children of the mother earth. she gives us everything we really need. she has no incentive to make profit on us. Nature provides us with cold water to deal with that problem. throw a bucket of cold water over yourself twice a day. yes, including your head. it\'s that simple. the colder the water, the better.
don\'t rely upon explanations or opinions. just do it and see for yourself.
some people might experience flare-ups. this is because your organism starts to fight against your diseases, both observed and hidden. don\'t take any \"medications\".
i judge from my experience. i have never had the flu or something since my first bucket of cold water.
give yourself a chance, because it\'s free and it works. you have nothing to lose but your proneness to illnesses.
take care
What Is Free Software | Hosted by finux on 2010-01-08
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Just wanted to let you know that your discussion in this episode really hit home for me and so far remains my favorite HPR episode of all time. Keep up the great, great work.
Surfraw | Hosted by Dave Yates on 2010-12-13
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You have a point and given that the captcha don\'t work anyway I got rid of them. Let\'s see how the spammers react.
Surfraw | Hosted by Dave Yates on 2010-12-13
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Reminded me how much I used to love lynx. I cranked up surfraw and played with it a bit. Set it to invoke lynx rather than chrome and it works great.
Also inspired me to compare lynx, elinks, and links. Went back to my first love, lynx.
BTW, the captcha below is ludicrously illegible. I hate those things.
Klaatu holds an interview with Tek Systems | Hosted by klaatu on 2010-12-17
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We need something like Tek Systems in the UK! :)
So You Wanna Start A Band? | Hosted by Thistleweb on 2010-12-14
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i agree with arfab\'s comment; cc music would absolutely increase attendance. I\'d LOVE to hear some of my favourite bands covering songs by other bands. Heck there are songs that I really like and just can\'t listen to because I hate the way its author performs them. So, yeah, sharing would be great. But alas, until CC dominates, this will not happen.
Intro To Audio and Pod/Oggcasting | Hosted by PipeManMusic on 2010-12-09
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Hey, thanks for this.
Maybe next time I make a podcast I\'ll take more notice of what you\'ve said here to save everyone the 20Mb download!
If you have any more tips, specifically about using Ardour, then that would be fantastic.
Cheers!
So You Wanna Start A Band? | Hosted by Thistleweb on 2010-12-14
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You made some really important points here.
I would just like to add that IMHO, in an ideal world where music is all creative commons to some degree or another, the likelihood is that there would be an increase in attendance at live gigs because there you could see an artist give a unique performance of their work. More importantly it would mean that in order to obtain popularity and artist would actually need to be good at what they do, so the quality of popular music in general would go up, maybe at the cost of the typical manufactured group that are marketed for their looks rather than their talent as musicians.
On a side note, if there was greater demand for live musicians with high quality backing bands then I\'d be making a mint!! :)
Intro To Audio and Pod/Oggcasting | Hosted by PipeManMusic on 2010-12-09
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I have the Audacity basics down, but your podcast finally shed some light on terminology I hear sound guys throwing around all the time. I have it queued up for a re-listen tomorrow, and will probably hit it one more time. I look forward to the coming installments.
Thread_Repair | Hosted by pokey on 2010-11-29
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This was a great podcast. I\'m currently building a home bar and your tips have helped greatly.
I also agree that hackers become makers, as I\'m getting more and more into hardware hacking.
Looking forward to your next submission.
I Blame Tom Merritt | Hosted by Curbuntu on 2010-12-02
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klaatu,
Coming from someone with your podcasting experience, your words bolster my confidence. And your recent interviews have given me an idea for doing a multi-part interview of a geekette wannabe friend of mine, someone who, in her early 50s, is trying to make a complete career switch. Her struggles and successes might be of interest to others.
I Blame Tom Merritt | Hosted by Curbuntu on 2010-12-02
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Hey, pokey! Thanks for the feedback. I understand what you mean about fixing your pastor\'s Windows machine. A few years ago I was helping out (computer-wise) at a local church. According to Spybot S&R, the secretary\'s PC had over 24,000 (yes, 5 digits!) hits -- malware, tracking cookies, and various heaps of digital detritus, to say nothing of every system-tray doodad under the sun. That was well before my Linux days.
By and large, it seems that folks (pastors or otherwise) are reticent to trust techies (even well-intentioned ones) with changes that take the organization too far outside of comfortable parameters. There\'s some wisdom in that. How many times I\'ve encountered a custom-made, one-off program (say, a database) written for a church; the creator has long since left (for whatever reason) and the organization is stuck with something they can\'t fix, alter, or use. After an experience or two like that, you can guess what the response will be to \"Hey, change to Linux!\"
That said, probably the safest course of action is gradualism. Linux may be the ultimate goal, but start off with introducing a FOSS alternative that runs in Windows. MS Office may be another sacred cow (strange that Christians would have \"sacred cows\"!), but the hardiness of Firefox running NoScript might be the first step in the long path to the changeover. Build on each success by introducing another FOSS alternative. I can point to a recent success I discovered. This summer I had the privilege of visiting a Bible college out in the \"hoots and hollers\" of Kentucky. I was blown away by the server room that two of the graduates-now-staff had put together -- CentOS servers, FOSS phone system, Ubuntu servers. Wireless for the whole spawling campus, too. The college board went along with just about everything, because of the tremendous cost savings -- except the board just insisted on Windows 7 and MS Office 2007 in the student computer lab. Still, it amounted to tremendous inroads made by some really sophisticated, heads-up techies.
I\'d like to communicate more at length. Admin/Ken Fallon has the e-mail address of my alter ego. Or you can combine what you learn in Psalm 81:16 and 147:14 and make a good Google guess about the name of our website and, from there, how to contact me directly.
Regards,
Curbuntu
I Blame Tom Merritt | Hosted by Curbuntu on 2010-12-02
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Nice episode! You sound like one of them professional voice actors or news anchors.
And yeah ,spreading Linux is a good thing!
DownThemAll SongFight and a Song | Hosted by pokey on 2010-11-04
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After listening to TLLT\'s interview with Nathan Lowell, I set about downloading http://www.podiobooks.com/title/captains-share individually. The I remembered this episode and installed the DownThemAll plugin. It does what it says on the tin. Thanks
Note to self this is not spam
Read 'n Code - 1 Seneca and Python | Hosted by Flaviu Simihaian on 2010-11-12
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This is fantastic! What an original idea, and very well laid out in this first episode! I can\'t wait for the next one!
I Blame Tom Merritt | Hosted by Curbuntu on 2010-12-02
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I had similar reasons for coming to linux. Tom Merit is high on my list of influences as well. Also, I always love to meet other Christians in the Linux/technology sphere. I\'m not a very good Christian, but I\'m trying, and it really helps me to know I\'m not alone. Maybe you could help me convince my pastor to try Ubuntu some day, so I can stop fixing his Windows machines. ;) I use Linux at our church to display Hymn lyrics and DVDs on a projector screen. I\'m also planning to migrate some of the CD audio to the Computer as well.
Thank you for the great episode. I hope it\'s only the first of many.
pokey
Thread_Repair | Hosted by pokey on 2010-11-29
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Creative topic choice. I congratulate your creativity.
I\'ve built stuff with wood since I was a kid and read books about being Harry Homerepairman and I learned new stuff.
Thanks.
QSK Episode 4: AM vs. FM | Hosted by KFive on 2010-11-24
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You got me interested in radio communication. :)
Urban Camping ep 1 | Hosted by klaatu on 2010-11-23
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klaatu thanks for this epiosde and I hope you do alot more on the subject. Cheers to you and the Hpr crew!
Interview with Rudi van Drunen on IPv6 | Hosted by KFive on 2010-11-18
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I was completely riveted. It inspired me to call my ISP and ask to be a guinea pig, I mean early tester, for their ipv6 roll out. They seemed pretty enthusiastic to have a volunteer, and took my contact info. Tech support guy is also part-time sys admin guy, and he liked talking shop more than helping windows users find their WiFi. I got some pretty good info out of him. He mentioned docsis 3.0 as part of the roll out. He also implied that it was coming sooner, rather than later. Apparently, they just bought what they were told is their last allotment of ipv4 addresses, but they have only just begun to considering their ipv6 strategy. Timing is everything.
DownThemAll SongFight and a Song | Hosted by pokey on 2010-11-04
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Thank you, very much, Fightmaster. That\'s quite an endorsement. And the absolution is much appreciated well. I haven\'t come close to listening to them all yet, but I\'ve been through all the artists with names beginning with a, b and numbers or special characters. I\'ve got 69 (no joke) songs on the thumbs up list so far, and that\'s more than I\'ll probably ever be able to spend here. I\'ve emailed my list to whoever asks for it. I\'m not afraid of not finding any more. Thanks again.
Read 'n Code - 1 Seneca and Python | Hosted by Flaviu Simihaian on 2010-11-12
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Great show! As a lover of literature, philosophy, and programming, I thought you did a great job and await your next installment. Keep it up!
DownThemAll SongFight and a Song | Hosted by pokey on 2010-11-04
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We are very happy to have you listening to Song Fight, and appreciate the effort you took to listen to all those terrible terrible songs (and the good ones).
Additionally, thanks so much for sharing the songs you like with others. That\'s why we do Song Fight.
We hereby absolve you of guilt for spending 8GB of our bandwidth in downloading the entire archive. :)
I\'ll enjoy listening for Song Fight songs at the end of your podcasts.
Linux in a Ham Shack | Hosted by K5TUX on 2010-09-24
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Wow! Never thought my spot on Linux In The Ham Shack would have attracted so many spammers! Now I know who my groupies are. :-p
robomofo | Hosted by thewtex on 2010-08-14
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I somehow missed this ep. Just listened to it though, very cool! Thanks!!
Sorry I left all my spam links at home.
Hack Radio Live 9 | Hosted by Drake Anubis on 2010-09-15
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Hack Radio Live iz 4 life!!!!
New google privacy policy | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2010-09-11
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Actually you can file it under Dan E. Speak :)
Vulgar Esperantist part 1 | Hosted by klaatu on 2008-09-16
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I read on the forums about klaatu and \"Vulgar Esperantist\"
Miscellaneous Radio Theater 4096 2, | Hosted by sigflup on 2010-09-02
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Yeah i know technically cray started in minnesota and ended in wisconsin.
Introduction to bash scripting | Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2010-08-11
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Superb episode. good topic, length, and content. I look forward to the rest of this series.
BTW - looks like the spammers have beaten the capchtas :(
Old soldiers | Hosted by lostnbronx on 2010-08-02
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unlike all the spambots above... I listened to this episode.
Fantastic insight.
lostnbronx is my favourite podcaster of all time. I do hope he never quits.
