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sorry guys
by premstud＠vsnl.com 04 Jul '01

04 Jul '01

Sorry guys . Will take care in the future..

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Compressed files
by Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

Philip wrote: > > I think lossy compression applied to most of the web content (read > > junk, crap, "design") will make the world (wide web) a better place. > >Use lzip for this. It's the best tool around. Can get up to 100% >compression. LOL! For a minute there, I wasn't sure whether you had got the hang of the thread - it took a while to realise you were talking about lzip! :-) SameerDS. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] vpn setup
by nici bhatt 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

Hi if you look at this error it seems there r 2 errors one is of port and second is of dhcp could not assign ip address to client so what you need to do is 1> have you given any ip address pool or you are using DHCP server then look in to configuration of poptop and see where you have to mention ip address pool or dhcp. 2> by default when you enable vpn, ports are open by default if this is the case then your installation is not proper . this is only wild guess i am not sure because you have not given full info. if you need to open ports manuly then edit service file and key in ports number i am not sure about this. i will try to find this if i will get it i will mail you >From: premstud(a)vsnl.com >Reply-To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in >To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in >Subject: [ILUG-BOM] vpn setup >Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 07:28:17 +0530 (IST) > > >hello friends > >I am trying to setup a vpn on linux using poptop >http://poptop.lineo.com/download_pptp.html > >The server installed and started fine, but when i try >to connect a client to it, i get an error message saying that >there are no free ports or ip's to be given to the client >And it justs gives this error and doesnt accept client connections. > >any help would be appreciated. > >Thanking You, >Prem D'Souza. >_______________________________________________ >Richard Stallman's Public Lecture 5pm 17th July, at TIFR. >Linuxers mailing list >Linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Compressed files
by Nikhil Karkera 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

------------- Original Message -------------- Aseem <aseem(a)ports.cmc.net.in> wrote: On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, N. Shrikant wrote: > Are *.gz files really compressed into smaller sizes? try yourself. on linux note the file size before compression. and then then compress it with gzip, bzip2, winzip. and you will find that all these utilities do compress the files. compression you get depends on file format. i found that gzip compresses more for text files while bzip2 was good for binary file compression. i found both gzip and bzip2 better than winzip when it comes to maximum amount of compression. ---------------------- End --------------- Yep, you are right, compression results do depend on the file format. Compression basically reduces redundancies in data. Some file formats are already in compressed form. Like JPEG, MP3 etc. An MP3 file is just a compressed WAV file. So compressing these file formats won't give you very high compression ratio, since most of the redundancies have already been eliminated. Try saving a (fairly large) BMP as a JPEG file. Notice the reduction in size, which is a result of compression. If, interested in compression techniques, you'll find loads of reading material on the Net. If you know someone from the engineering fraternity, try getting hold of books like 'Computer Networks' by Tanenbaum, or 'Principles of Comm. Systems' by Taub & Schilling. Look for Information Theory in the latter. These are the books I came accross. There are many more. Regards, Nikhil. ____________________________________________________ Buy Feng Shui Package for Rs. 151/- only, at http://shopping.rediff.com/shopping/fengshui_mailer.htm

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re : Mayuresh /c help
by Triptpal Singh Lamba 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

Tritpal Paaji, Please do _NOT_ send ..........................etc etc its Triptpal -- ( Tript = satisfaction in many languages ) :) Thanks ..it was an oversight on my part .. i have set my outgoing mail to plain text . Regards, Triptpal Singh There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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re : cvs
by Triptpal Singh Lamba 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

reference : I have a stupid question to ask. What is this CVS thing ? answer : I hope i am right when i refer to cvs as this but this is what seems likely CVS is the Concurrent Versions System, the dominant open-source network-transparent version control system. CVS is useful for everyone from individual developers to large, distributed teams. Its client-server access method lets developers access the latest code from anywhere there's an Internet connection Its unreserved check-out model to version control avoids artificial conflicts common with the exclusive check-out model. Its client tools are available on most platforms anything else is available on http://cvshome.org/ Regards, Triptpal Singh There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] The Simputer
by Mayuresh A Kathe 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

>> >>just that I am really feeling sick about the whole issue of >> >>Simputer. >> > >> > Tell me more! >> >>Sameer, which area would you like to know more about? > > I want to know why you feel that way - I have only heard good things about > the Simputer for a long time, but you seem to have a different view OK... Well, to start with, I liked the efforts put in by the IISc guys, but what most people fail to understand is that it was done while keeping a commercial aspect in mind which is where Encore comes in picture. Now just considering the fact that they have targetted the Simputer at the Rural areas it seems to be a stupid to sell such an expensive device to them, where a more powerfull computing device can be sold at around the same costs. I am still unable to convince myself that a handheld would be more usefull to a person from the rural place than a proper trasport, communication infrastructure, power lines and water supply. So it comes around to the fact that those companies are basically trying to make money (or rather come out of their debts) by beating the drum in a sentimental "Made in India" band. Hope I am clear now... As a project Simputer might be good... But as a product, its pathetic. Warm Regards, ~Mayuresh

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vpn setup
by premstud＠vsnl.com 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

hello friends I am trying to setup a vpn on linux using poptop http://poptop.lineo.com/download_pptp.html The server installed and started fine, but when i try to connect a client to it, i get an error message saying that there are no free ports or ip's to be given to the client And it justs gives this error and doesnt accept client connections. any help would be appreciated. Thanking You, Prem D'Souza.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re : C help
by Mayuresh A Kathe 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

> Triptpal Singh > Before criticising anybody step into their shoes and walk for a mile. Tritpal Paaji, Please do _NOT_ send HTML mails, all of don't have a HTML capable email client Warm Regards, ~Mayuresh

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re : C help
by Mayuresh A Kathe 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

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