[sf-lug] summary of Sunday's meeting discussion

[jim stockford]

Here's a quick summary of the sf-lug meeting
discussion this last Sunday, March 5.

Who was there:
John, Andrew, Chris, Vince, LX, jim
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dns quick introductory tutorial by Chris
for those willing to crowd around his laptop
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Flocks of unmanned aircraft form Bluetooth Linux clusters
search for linux PC104 cluster bluetooth
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS2142584362.html
mini itx and nano itx form factor X86.
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gtranslate
"gTranslate is not affiliated with Google Inc. in any way."
a mozilla/firefox extension that uses Google's translation services
Chris claims this does a good job with Japanese
http://www.aditel.org/~ptomas/extensions/
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tlearn
neural network simulation
learn your computer before it learns you--it's a race
http://www.ling.udel.edu/colin/courses/psycho_f98/lab1a.html
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g4u
ghost for unix--more flexible than dd for copying
partition-at-a-time
http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
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udev is better than devfs:
daemon-based, D-BUS messaging for kernels 2.6+
improved /dev/* management
persistent device naming for user-defined device names
dynamic major/minor numbers
http://www.kernel.org/udev
http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html#why
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev_vs_devfs
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sidekick--a device and service for mobile internet access
Chris brought his for us to see
http://www.cellularchoices.net
http://www.danger.com
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good for internet cafe users--set up a vpn on your
home machine and avoid snoopers at the next table
http://openvpn.net
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the diamond lane--recommended for colo and web hosting
http://www.tdl.com
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fiberoptic to the home, either with verizon or AT&T,
is this real? we can start paying for it now?