I'm new to Kansas City. I've moved here from Gallatin, (wast there 1 yr), and before that I was in Utah (going to school). Generally the local LUG is a great place to get info on local IT stuff. (duh).
I have time Warner, has anyone been able to run a webserver using them or is there another company DSL/Cable that is cheaper/better.
On Saturday 20 October 2007 08:51:40 pm Mark Gardner wrote:
I have time Warner, has anyone been able to run a webserver using them or is there another company DSL/Cable that is cheaper/better.
Yes, and yes.
Everest only exists in areas where there is competing coverage, they are cheaper, and their connections have less noise. TW/RR has badly degraded customer service, intermittents will not be fixed.
Both allow you to run a home webserver as long as traffic doesn't disrupt local service.
Comcast sucks, they filter.
Welcome to KC. November 7th is our next meeting. Here's an ical file of the schedule. http://www.kclug.org/KCLUG.ics
I use TW, and frequently of not constantly max out my connection. This includes torrents, http, https, ssh, http proxy, socks proxy, vmware, and ftp and I have never heard a complaint from TW, and downtime in my area hasn't happened in three years. 10mbps down and 1mbps up isn't that bad either.
KCLUG meetings are held on the first Wednesday and third Tuesday of each month. The meetings start at 5:30 pm, and usually run until 8:45. There is no membership or attendance charge.
Currently, we meet at the Kansas City Public Library in downtown Kansas City, MO. The address is:
* Room 312 * 3rd floor * 14 W 10th St * Kansas City, MO 64105-1702
This info is on the website, but I'm emailing it to you because sometimes its IIS server isn't patched up to date or its off line for defragging or something.
On 10/20/07, Mark Gardner markgard@gmail.com wrote:
I'm new to Kansas City. I've moved here from Gallatin, (wast there 1 yr), and before that I was in Utah (going to school). Generally the local LUG is a great place to get info on local IT stuff. (duh).
I have time Warner, has anyone been able to run a webserver using them or is there another company DSL/Cable that is cheaper/better.
-- ~ Mark Gardner ~
I worked for Novell while in Utah so I'm a fan of SUSE (in case anyone was wondering). But I respect all distros for their strengths. _______________________________________________ Kclug mailing list Kclug@kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug
I like the jpeg. Ok, but its bad enough both of the ITEC links right in the middle of the page bomb out to some ASP.net error when clicked. Not our site, but still not impressive.
On 10/21/07, Steven Hildreth sphildreth@gmail.com wrote:
good grief...
This info is on the website, but I'm emailing it to you because
sometimes its IIS server isn't patched up to date or its off line for defragging or something.
I think that was Billy's keen sense of humor. http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.kclug.org
On 10/21/07, Mark Gardner markgard@gmail.com wrote:
This info is on the website, but I'm emailing it to you because sometimes its IIS server isn't patched up to date or its off line for defragging or something.
You mean to tell me that the LUG site is run from a Winders box?
~ Mark Gardner ~ _______________________________________________ Kclug mailing list Kclug@kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug
On 10/21/07, Jason D. Clinton me@jasonclinton.com wrote:
I think that was Billy's keen sense of humor. http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.kclug.org
Good, sarcasm is not easy to convey in email. I was going to be sorely disapointed.
On 10/21/07, Mark Gardner markgard@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/21/07, Jason D. Clinton me@jasonclinton.com wrote:
I think that was Billy's keen sense of humor. http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.kclug.org
Good, sarcasm is not easy to convey in email. I was going to be sorely disapointed.
Not only that, but neither is irony.
Hi, I'm a Language Nazi. Some people think it's an obsession with irrelevance, and some go so far as to say it's rude, but we all know how important it is to use the right language when communicating with a computer. I think it's also important we do so when communicating with one another, and when "communicating" with ourselves, a/k/a "thinking".
Humor has to have some element of truth/reality to be really funny. Think of the GEICO commercial with the caveman and his therapist: "So simple even a therapist could do it.", and the therapist starting to explain why it wouldn't be funny, before the caveman interrupts to show how insulting that is. This meta-joke, however, IS funny, because Political Correctness is obviously very real.
I can't find a way to make this alleged "joke" meta-funny, much less funny in its own right. Especially when it wasn't funny the last time.
I don't get it. What joke are you talking about here?
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From: kclug-bounces@kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces@kclug.org] On Behalf Of Monty J. Harder Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 9:32 PM To: Mark Gardner Cc: kclug@kclug.org Subject: Re: Hello! I'm new... be nice. On 10/21/07, Mark Gardner markgard@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/21/07, Jason D. Clinton me@jasonclinton.com wrote: > I think that was Billy's keen sense of humor. > http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.kclug.org Good, sarcasm is not easy to convey in email. I was going to be sorely disapointed.
Not only that, but neither is irony. Hi, I'm a Language Nazi. Some people think it's an obsession with irrelevance, and some go so far as to say it's rude, but we all know how important it is to use the right language when communicating with a computer. I think it's also important we do so when communicating with one another, and when "communicating" with ourselves, a/k/a "thinking".
Humor has to have some element of truth/reality to be really funny. Think of the GEICO commercial with the caveman and his therapist: "So simple even a therapist could do it.", and the therapist starting to explain why it wouldn't be funny, before the caveman interrupts to show how insulting that is. This meta-joke, however, IS funny, because Political Correctness is obviously very real. I can't find a way to make this alleged "joke" meta-funny, much less funny in its own right. Especially when it wasn't funny the last time.
On 10/23/07, Phil Thayer phil.thayer@vitalsite.com wrote:
I don't get it. What joke are you talking about here?
That rib-splittingly hilarious joke about kclug.org's webserver running IIS (which implies a Windows server OS). It was soooooooo funny the first time that we just had to have a rerun.
</irony>
But, if you don't use IIS then what web server would you use in Windows? I mean isn't that the industry standard for web servers? After all it is, easy to use, robust and reliable, isn't it?
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From: Monty J. Harder [mailto:mjharder@gmail.com] Sent: Tue 10/23/2007 4:15 PM To: Phil Thayer Cc: kclug@kclug.org Subject: Re: Hello! I'm new... be nice.
On 10/23/07, Phil Thayer phil.thayer@vitalsite.com wrote:
I don't get it. What joke are you talking about here?
That rib-splittingly hilarious joke about kclug.org http://kclug.org/ 's webserver running IIS (which implies a Windows server OS). It was soooooooo funny the first time that we just had to have a rerun.
</irony>
On 10/24/07, Phil Thayer phil.thayer@vitalsite.com wrote:
But, if you don't use IIS then what web server would you use in Windows? I mean isn't that the industry standard for web servers? After all it is, easy to use, robust and reliable, isn't it?
Hehe, man this is good stuff.
The part that, I believe anyhow, was meant to be funny by the original 'jokester' was that a "Linux Users Group" website was running on Windows and by that would inherit the known issues of IIS and therefore be unstable - quite the contrary to nearly any Linux + Apache installation.
It could also be a poke towards the LUG regarding the time when the kclug.org DNS got borked and the kclug.org site would not resolve properly and hence would not get served to requesting clients, this made the appearance that the webserver was "down" and immediately, this group being full of smart ass geeks, the root of the failure was attributed to many illogical (presumably humorous) possible culprits.
Either that or he is an idiot, I am not sure.
Regards, Steven
On Sunday 21 October 2007 01:57:28 pm Jason D. Clinton wrote:
I think that was Billy's keen sense of humor. http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.kclug.org
"No uptime is currently available for www.kclug.org."
Um, yeah.
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On Sunday 21 October 2007 01:57:28 pm Jason D. Clinton wrote:
I think that was Billy's keen sense of humor. http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.kclug.org
"No uptime is currently available for www.kclug.org."
Um, yeah.
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