February 2012 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

Bit coin links and Greg's presentation notes.
by Chris O'Halloran 27 Jan '13

27 Jan '13

Hello All, Here is some more information from Greg's note at last Friday's presentation. I'd also like to thank Greg for volunteering to talk and for such a well presented and technical topic. Seeing the data miner in action was also a bonus. Attached is the email that Greg sent to Bruce and myself earlier this week. It seems as though there is plenty more reading on the topic. I've also loaded Greg's presentation to google docs so that those that weren't at the meeting can appreciate the presentation. <quote> Hi Chris, Bruce, as discussed here's the slideshow and talk-notes from last night I promised I'd send to you to forward on to relevant people, (group-wide bounced me on the email size limit). Also here's a list of relevant links as requested; Project home page http://www.bitcoin.org/ Wiki Main_Page https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page Network status live feed http://www.bitcoinwatch.com/ Forum https://forum.bitcoin.org/ Layman promo video site http://www.weusecoins.com/ Instawallet (web wallet) https://www.instawallet.org API -reference pages https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/API_reference_(JSON-RPC) https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_Calls_list Monetary theory - Austrian economics http://www.libertariannews.org/2011/06/18/the-economics-of-bitcoin-how-bitc… http://austrianeconomists.typepad.com/weblog/2009/05/the-best-of-modern-aus… http://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae9_4_5.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School http://mises.org/ Szabo bitgold post http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2005/12/bit-gold.html Namecoin, distributed DNS Dot-bit project homepage http://dot-bit.org/Main_Page Feel free to email me for further links or information. Cheers, Greg B. Link to Greg's Bit Coin presentation<https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=1ggO7B5SX…> Link to Gregs' presentation notes<https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=1SqdoXYL8…> </quote>

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CentOS for Production (CentOS 6.0 Vs 6.1 Vs 6.2)
by nk oorda 26 Feb '12

26 Feb '12

Hi We are currently using CentOS 5.3 for production systems. The application/software/package we are using mainly: - Apache - Tomcat - SOLR - Mysql We are in process to upgrade the CentOS. What would be the best CentOS candidate for upgrade (CentOS 6.0 Vs 6.1 Vs 6.2) We are using both physical and virtual system. Best Regards NK

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Re: [wlug] ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March 2012
by Sam Lin 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Time really flies! It's almost one year since the last AGM... Too bad I am not in Hamilton... (but good to see the user group is still going). Cheers, Sam On 20 February 2012 10:16, <wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> wrote: > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:57:50 +1300 > From: "Chris O'Halloran" <cmoman(a)gmail.com> > To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Subject: [wlug] ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March 2012 > > ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March > > In accordance with Rule 6 of the charter, I would like to announce to > all members that the Waikato Linux Users Group (Incorporated) will be > holding its Annual General Meeting on Monday, 12 March, 2012, at > 7pm, at the regular meeting location of Room MS4.G.02 > > Several officers and committee members will be stepping down this > year. Society membership has also gone down recently. Present and past > members interested in seeing WLUG continue as an IncorporatedSociety > are encouraged to attend this years AGM to meet quorum requirements > and stand for election. > >

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Pyqt, Matplotlib and Python
by Chris O'Halloran 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Hi all, http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/pg/blog/read/7980/pyqt-matplotlib-and-python I've written a little blog post here. It might be of interest to those that like developing small applications in python. Cheers, Chris

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March 2012
by Chris O'Halloran 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March In accordance with Rule 6 of the charter, I would like to announce to all members that the Waikato Linux Users Group (Incorporated) will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Monday, 12 March, 2012, at 7pm, at the regular meeting location of Room MS4.G.02 Several officers and committee members will be stepping down this year. Society membership has also gone down recently. Present and past members interested in seeing WLUG continue as an IncorporatedSociety are encouraged to attend this years AGM to meet quorum requirements and stand for election. Note: To be eligible to vote at the meeting you must have previously been a financial member (although not necessarily for the 2010 year) and pay your membership for 2012 at or before the AGM. To be eligible to vote or stand for office at the AGM members must have paid a subscription for the 2010 year before the AGM. If you'd like to stand for committee and have not paid for membership this year, please do this prior to the meeting An amendment about who can vote at the meeting was passed in 2008. "That the WLUG charter be amended to allow former paid members of the WLUG of good standing, whose membership has lapsed, to vote at an AGM of the WLUG with the proviso that they rejoin the WLUG and pay a new subscription at or before the AGM."

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Sourcefabric introduces Booktype for writing and publishing books
by Peter Reutemann 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Any writers among you guys and gals (or one of your friends)? This might be of interest to you: "A partnership between Sourcefabric and FLOSS Manuals has resulted in the release of the Booktype book creation, collaboration and publishing platform:" http://h-online.com/-1434771 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Wlug AGM
by Bruce Kingsbury 12 Feb '12

12 Feb '12

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Yubikey
by Chris O'Halloran 12 Feb '12

12 Feb '12

Hello all, Has anyone on the list had experience with the yubikey and linux? http://www.yubico.com/yubikey Just curious to know since it seems like a nifty means of 2 factor authentication. Cheers, Chris

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Shuttle PC free to good home
by Daniel Lawson 12 Feb '12

12 Feb '12

Hi all I have an old shuttle PC here that I no longer need. Celeron 2.6Ghz, 512 MB of ram, PCI graphics and NIC (+ onboard NIC / sound etc). Still goes fine, but I've upgraded to an HP N40L and no longer need this. Will poke a SATA 3.5" disk into it. Pickup from Hillcrest area evenings/weeknights, or from the KPMG Building weekdays. Let me know if you're interested.

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unsuscribe me please
by Blessing Moyo 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

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