From jrosenth at mines.edu Sun Apr 1 05:43:49 2018 From: jrosenth at mines.edu (Jack Rosenthal) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2018 05:43:49 -0600 Subject: LUG: Linux Users Group gets facelift Message-ID: <20180401114348.GA12247@mines.edu> LUGgers, So many startups are using new technologies that we talk about in our meetings to make much moneys. For example, we have recently had a talk about JavaScript, and plenty of startups are able to use this technology in their money making. And I look at all of this and see... what the heck are we doing not making money? If we know some of the technologies, who says we can't learn them all??? Our new meetings will cover topics like:
  • Programming in HTML * Machine Learning * Neural Networks * Deep Neural Networks * Deep Deep Neural Networks
  • Deep Learning Cryptocurrencies * Deep Deep Learning * Deep Deep Deep Neural Machine Network GANs
  • Ruby on Rails

    So I propose that we take initiative to change how our club works and look towards this new vision. On our meeting on Thursday (when we do officer elections) we make a bylaw change to our club's name. After Thursday, we will be known as BUBBLES: Bitcoin Users Building Big Linux machinE-learning Systems.

    Happy April Fools! Jack    lug logo -- Jack M. Rosenthal ( http://inside.mines.edu/~jrosenth Graduate Student, Computer Science ) http://jack.rosenth.al Bubbleware (n.): Software designed for hipsters designing software. Typically delivered "as a service" since hipsters would not know how to use it otherwise. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 833 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jrosenth at mines.edu Mon Apr 2 20:01:23 2018 From: jrosenth at mines.edu (Jack Rosenthal) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 20:01:23 -0600 Subject: LUG: Talk needed for this week Message-ID: <20180403020123.GA22631@mines.edu> LUGgers, We need a semi-short talk for this Thursday, as officer elections will be before the talk. LMK if you have a little bit of time and want to throw one together, otherwise I can just do an old talk! And if you want to sign up for running for an officer position: https://lug.mines.edu/info/elections-lug.html (ACM has them too! https://acm.mines.edu/info/elections-acm.html) Jack -- Jack M. Rosenthal ( http://inside.mines.edu/~jrosenth Graduate Student, Computer Science ) http://jack.rosenth.al Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding. -- Dijkstra (EWD1036-29) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 833 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jrosenth at mines.edu Wed Apr 4 12:33:52 2018 From: jrosenth at mines.edu (Jack Rosenthal) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 12:33:52 -0600 Subject: LUG: Meeting Tomorrow: Elections, Babbage's Difference Engine, Emacs Org-mode Message-ID: <20180404183351.GA5885@mines.edu> LUGgers, Here's who is up on the elections plate for tomorrow: President: Jack Rosenthal Vice President: Sam Warfield, Jordan Newport, Jackson Garner Treasurer: Adam Frick, Sam Warfield* Secretary: Robby Zampino, Adam Frick*, Sam Warfield*, Jordan Newport*, Jackson Garner* Help Guru: Sumner Evans, Adam Frick* An asterisk next to a name indicates that the position is an "if not then" selection: they will only be an option if they do not win a previous position. It's also not too late to run for any position. To sign up, send me an Email before tomorrow with the position you would like to run for. More info here: https://lug.mines.edu/info/elections-lug.html After elections, we will have 2 semi-short talks: * Jordan Newport will talk on Charles Babbage's Difference Engine * David Florness will talk on Org-mode in Emacs All of this will be going on at 6 PM in ALAMODE (BB 136), this Thursday, 2018-04-05. As per usual, the Linux Help Session will be right before at 5 PM in the same room, and we'll have food at our meeting. Finally, put the LAN party for this weekend in your calendar: Date: 2018-04-06 Time: 6 PM Location: CT B60 (and someone tell Sam Sartor that the LAN party will be on Friday!) Jack -- Jack M. Rosenthal ( http://inside.mines.edu/~jrosenth Graduate Student, Computer Science ) http://jack.rosenth.al I don't boycott companies because they internally use Windows. I'm just sorry for them. -- RMS -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Rosenthal ( http://inside.mines.edu/~jrosenth Graduate Student, Computer Science ) http://jack.rosenth.al One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that -- lacking zero -- they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs. -- Robert Firth -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 833 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jrosenth at mines.edu Fri Apr 6 18:26:07 2018 From: jrosenth at mines.edu (Jack Rosenthal) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 18:26:07 -0600 Subject: LUG: Moving to ALAMODE Message-ID: <20180407002536.GA30940@mines.edu> Doors locked... can't find anyone to let us in... LAN party is moving to ALAMODE -- Jack M. 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Come learn about a cool alternative to bash with > plenty of configurability! > > Date: Thursday, 2018-04-19 > Time: 6 PM > Location: ALAMODE (BB 136) > Dinner provided! Jack -- Jack M. Rosenthal ( http://inside.mines.edu/~jrosenth Graduate Student, Computer Science ) http://jack.rosenth.al The effort of using machines to mimic the human mind has always struck me as rather silly: I'd rather use them to mimic something better. -- Dijkstra (EWD1036-13) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Ideally, I want to use the 14.04 > mini.iso but the tutorials I found for netbooting all revolves around > using netboot.tar.gz. > > The two main configuration differences I can find are: > > 1) The config files (pxelinux.cfg vs isolinux.cfg) > 2) The .bin files (pxelinux.0 vs isolinux.bin) > > Is there a way I could replace the pxe files' contents with the iso > files' contents? Or just in general, can I netboot using iso.mini > instead of the specific netboot image? First, are you trying to netboot on the school's network, or your own? I think part of the typical PXE setup requires you to run your own DHCP server, which might get you an Email from Phil Romig if you tried on the school's network... If on your own network, you would need to either setup PXELINUX and configure it for the mini image (don't know if the config would be compatible with the one from the tar.gz), or you could try and do something like this: https://wellsie.net/p/286/ (which I haven't tried, so no idea if it actually works...) If it's not on your own network, you would need to figure out an alternative boot solution such as a small USB drive or floppy disk... so I guess if that's the case, let me/us know and we can figure something out. -- Jack M. Rosenthal ( http://inside.mines.edu/~jrosenth Graduate Student, Computer Science ) http://jack.rosenth.al #if _FP_W_TYPE_SIZE < 32 #error "Here's a nickel kid. Go buy yourself a real computer." #endif -- linux/arch/sparc64/double.h -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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LUGgers, feel free to pipe in with w/e. > > > I need to install 14.04 on a clean system over the network and want it > > to be as minimal as possible. Ideally, I want to use the 14.04 > > mini.iso but the tutorials I found for netbooting all revolves around > > using netboot.tar.gz. > > > > The two main configuration differences I can find are: > > > > 1) The config files (pxelinux.cfg vs isolinux.cfg) > > 2) The .bin files (pxelinux.0 vs isolinux.bin) > > > > Is there a way I could replace the pxe files' contents with the iso > > files' contents? Or just in general, can I netboot using iso.mini > > instead of the specific netboot image? > > First, are you trying to netboot on the school's network, or your own? I > think part of the typical PXE setup requires you to run your own DHCP > server, which might get you an Email from Phil Romig if you tried on the > school's network... > > If on your own network, you would need to either setup PXELINUX and > configure it for the mini image (don't know if the config would be > compatible with the one from the tar.gz), or you could try and do > something like this: https://wellsie.net/p/286/ > (which I haven't tried, so no idea if it actually works...) > > If it's not on your own network, you would need to figure out an > alternative boot solution such as a small USB drive or floppy disk... so > I guess if that's the case, let me/us know and we can figure something > out. > > -- > Jack M. Rosenthal ( http://inside.mines.edu/~jrosenth > Graduate Student, Computer Science ) http://jack.rosenth.al > > #if _FP_W_TYPE_SIZE < 32 > #error "Here's a nickel kid. 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