ATM machine
by Ian Stewart
For those who remember the Bitkoin presentation at wlug a couple of years ago...
It seems to be a currency that continues to develop. If you are in Vancouver you can now use the worlds first Bitkoin ATM.
According to an article in today's The Guardian newspaper...
"With the Bitkoin ATM, users scan their hand to confirm identity, then funds move to or from a virtual wallet on their smartphone."
"The system limits transfers to $1,000 a day, in an effort to curb money laundering and other fraud."
"Bitkoin is not a recognised currency in Canada, so Ottawa's anti-money laundering watchdog, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre, does not monitor its trade."
... I don't know if Bitkoins are recognised as a currency in NZ, but I do know that the Waikato Uni's mail system that we are using currently blocks e-mails in which the word "Bitkoin" is spelt correctly!
cheers, Ian.
6 years, 7 months
xen 4.2 on ubuntu 13.04
by Jonathan Wood
Hi all
I am trying to get my xen machine to pass through the usb devices to a
windows vm and now I keep getting
pt_pci_read_config: [00:05:0] Error: Failed to read register with invalid
access size alignment. [Offset:0eh][Length:4]
in my vm log can anyone please help
6 years, 7 months
Te Whare o Te Ata Monthly Linux Workshop
by Bruce Kingsbury
Just a reminder to all; I'm running my own independent Saturday Workshops.
October 26, 2013 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
*Te Whare O Te Ata*
60a Sare Cres
Hamilton, 3214
07 8557804
A Linux-focused workshop where people can bring their PCs for
trouble-shooting and to learn or try out new skills.
All visitors welcome, light lunch provided, gold coin donation appreciated
6 years, 7 months
Torvalds: Free OS X Is No Threat To Linux
by Peter Reutemann
"Apple is now offering upgrades to the latest version of OS X for
free. When Linux inventor Linus Torvalds was asked whether this
threatened Linux (presumably by someone who had only a passing
knowledge of all the things 'free' can mean when applied to software)
it gave him an opportunity for a passionate defense of open source.
Torvalds also says that he'll keep programming until it gets 'not
interesting,' which hasn't happened yet."
-- source: http://apple.slashdot.org/story/13/10/24/1324234
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
6 years, 7 months
PHP.net Compromised
by Peter Reutemann
"The open source PHP project site was compromised earlier today. The
site appears to have been compromised and had some of its Javascript
altered to exploit vulnerable systems visiting the website. Google's
stop-badware system caught this as well and flagged php.net as
distributing malware, warning users whose browsers support it not to
visit the site. The comment by a Google employee over the hacker news
thread (official Google webmaster forum thread) seems to suggest that
php.net wasn't incorrectly flagged."
-- source: http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/10/24/1858200
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
6 years, 7 months
Torvalds: SteamOS Will 'Really Help' Linux On the Desktop
by Peter Reutemann
"Linus Torvalds has welcomed the arrival of Valve's Linux-based
platform, SteamOS, and said it could boost Linux on desktops. The
Linux creator praised Valve's 'vision' and suggested its momentum
would force other manufacturers to take Linux seriously — especially
if game developers start to ditch Windows. Should SteamOS gain
traction among gamers and developers, that could force more hardware
manufacturers to extend driver support beyond Windows. That's a sore
point for Torvalds, who slammed Nvidia last year for failing to
support open-source driver development for its graphics chips. Now
that SteamOS is on the way, Nvidia has opened up to the Linux
community, something Torvalds predicts is a sign of things to come.
'I'm not just saying it'll help us get traction with the graphics
guys,' he said. 'It'll also force different distributors to realize if
this is how Steam is going, they need to do the same thing because
they can't afford to be different in this respect. They want people to
play games on their platform too.'"
-- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/10/23/184236
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
6 years, 7 months
