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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Greenstone Digital Library David Bainbrige is a lecturer at the University of Waikato where he leads the research group on Digital Libraries. Will present on Greenstone, an open-source digital library system used at places such as the BBC, the UN and many libraries around the world. More Info http://www.greenstone.org/ 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map/data/uow/2/3_1_2.png

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Re: [wlug] Abandonware..Noctropolis
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Thanks Dean , I will try this on the w/e Regards John > Hi John, > > First you should convert the ccd/img files into an ISO > image using ccd2iso, my next course of action would be to > then mount it as a loop file: > > sudo mkdir /media/iso > sudo mount ~/noct.iso -o loop /media/iso > > Or you could burn it as a CD. > > -- > Dean > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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STLab M-320 AV Grabber Video Capture adapter DVD Xpress Dongle and linux
by stephen pearce 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Re this device STLab M-320 AV Grabber Video Capture adapter DVD Xpress Dongle I think it uses conextant hardware codecs ... has anyone any experience with using it with linux? Thanks -- Stephen Pearce Critical Care Whangarei ph 021 390 997

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Re: [wlug] Abandonware..Noctropolis
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

There are lots of different files in each directory; I took some time to recap and I think I may have caused the problem. I downloaded something called: Noctropolis_English_Uncensored. The download contained: Noctropolis_English_Uncensored.ccd 2.7kb Noctropolis_English_Uncensored.img 602.2mb Noctropolis_English_Uncensored.sub 24.5mb Noctropolis-Manual.pdf unreadable with document viewer "unknown mime type" I copied them to a c/d found they were unreadable so saved them as an iso on my hard drive. I think this may have caused all the files to be appended... Does anyone have some suggestions as to what course of action I should follow? Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > This is untested, but should do what you want. > > find . -type d -exec rename s/;1$// {}/*;1 \; > > Explanation; 'find' all directories, and in each exec the > rename command > rename substituting the regular expression /;1$/ for // > (empty string) all the files in "directory_name/*;1" > > Did you also need to rename the directories? > > 2009/8/17 <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> > > > sorry Liz, > > I meant to reply all. There are a thousand different > > files in eight directories > > Regards John > > > > > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > Hi All, > > > I recently downloaded an iso of "noctropolis" an EA > > > game from way back. I was having problems with trying > > > to install under both wine and windows. Dialogue box > > > opened then closed immediately. I then noticed that > > > ALL the file extensions have the suffix ;1. > > > eg install.exe;1 if I need to rename them all it will > > > take forever. Can anyone suggest a sensible course of > > > action please. > > > Regards John > > _______________________________________________ > > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > -- > Disclaimer: > By sending an email to any of my addresses you are > agreeing that: > 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient" > 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I > see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, > or good joke as it lends itself to. > 3. I may take the contents as representing the views of > your company. > 4. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of > confidentiality that may be included on your message. >

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Fwd: Re: Abandonware..Noctropolis
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

Sorry I did it again! ----- Message Forwarded on Tue 18/8/2009 ----- From: "" <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> To: Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz>,Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Subject: Re: [wlug] Abandonware..Noctropolis Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:03:39 +1200 There are lots of different files in each directory; I took some time to recap and I think I may have caused the problem. I downloaded something called: Noctropolis_English_Uncensored. The download contained: Noctropolis_English_Uncensored.ccd 2.7kb Noctropolis_English_Uncensored.img 602.2mb Noctropolis_English_Uncensored.sub 24.5mb Noctropolis-Manual.pdf unreadable with document viewer "unknown mime type" I copied them to a c/d found they were unreadable so saved them as an iso on my hard drive. I think this may have caused all the files to be appended... Does anyone have some suggestions as to what course of action I should follow? Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > This is untested, but should do what you want. > > find . -type d -exec rename s/;1$// {}/*;1 \; > > Explanation; 'find' all directories, and in each exec the > rename command > rename substituting the regular expression /;1$/ for // > (empty string) all the files in "directory_name/*;1" > > Did you also need to rename the directories? > > 2009/8/17 <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> > > > sorry Liz, > > I meant to reply all. There are a thousand different > > files in eight directories > > Regards John > > > > > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > Hi All, > > > I recently downloaded an iso of "noctropolis" an EA > > > game from way back. I was having problems with trying > > > to install under both wine and windows. Dialogue box > > > opened then closed immediately. I then noticed that > > > ALL the file extensions have the suffix ;1. > > > eg install.exe;1 if I need to rename them all it will > > > take forever. Can anyone suggest a sensible course of > > > action please. > > > Regards John > > _______________________________________________ > > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > -- > Disclaimer: > By sending an email to any of my addresses you are > agreeing that: > 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient" > 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I > see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, > or good joke as it lends itself to. > 3. I may take the contents as representing the views of > your company. > 4. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of > confidentiality that may be included on your message. >

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How sneaky is this?
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

Hi Folks, I guess most of you, being into it, were aware of this: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/you-deleted-your-cookies-think-again/ Regards John

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Greenstone Digital Library David Bainbrige, a lecturor at the University of Waikato, where he leads the research group on Digital Librarys. Will present on Greenstone, an open-source digital library system used, at places such as the BBC, the UN and many librarys around the world. More Info http://www.greenstone.org/

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Re: [wlug] Abandonware.................Noctropolis
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

sorry Liz, I meant to reply all. There are a thousand different files in eight directories Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > Hi All, > I recently downloaded an iso of "noctropolis" an EA game > from way back. I was having problems with trying to > install under both wine and windows. Dialogue box opened > then closed immediately. I then noticed that ALL the file > extensions have the suffix ;1. > eg install.exe;1 if I need to rename them all it will take > forever. Can anyone suggest a sensible course of action > please. > Regards John

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Abandonware.................Noctropolis
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 15 Aug '09

15 Aug '09

Hi All, I recently downloaded an iso of "noctropolis" an EA game from way back. I was having problems with trying to install under both wine and windows. Dialogue box opened then closed immediately. I then noticed that ALL the file extensions have the suffix ;1. eg install.exe;1 if I need to rename them all it will take forever. Can anyone suggest a sensible course of action please. Regards John

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Bootkit Bypasses TrueCrypt Encryption
by Peter Reutemann 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

Just came across this article on slashdot, about how a bootkit is used to bypass TrueCrypt's encryption in a rather elegant way: http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/08/01/2247225/Bootkit-Bypasses-TrueCrypt-En… At least, there is some form of protection possible, since anti-virus software fails completely at detecting the bootkit: "However, administrator privileges or physical access to a system are required for an infection. At present, only machines running the traditional BIOS are vulnerable. The attack is unsuccessful when the BIOS successor the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is at work on the motherboard. The most effective protection appears to be encrypting the entire hard disk with software that is based on the Trusted Platform Module (TPM)." 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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