Pleasant surprise

Whiskers

On 2007-11-29, Geoffrey Clements <geoffrey.clementsNO@SPAMbaesystems.com> wrote:
> <mike@emgee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:c1j125-73i.ln1@emgee.demon.co.uk...
>> Geoffrey Clements <geoffrey.clementsNO@spambaesystems.com> wrote:
>>> "Ben Bacarisse" <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:87oddg1okf.fsf@bsb.me.uk...
>>> >I have a nasty WiFi dead spot at home, so to solve the problem of poor
>>> > signal I bought a pair of Devolo 'HomePlug' AC Ethernet devices. To
>>> > give you some degree of security, they must be configured with an
>>> > encryption key and the set of devices that can join your local net.
>>> >
>>> > Imagine my surprise to find a Linux directory on the CD containing
>>> > source and instructions for building and installing a utility to do
>>> > this under Linux!
>>> >
>>> > I just thought it worth posting good news story for once...
>>> >
>>
>>> Darn these manufacturers making things easy for us Linux users, they're
>>> taking all the sport away ...
>>
>>> :-)
>>
>> Bought a new landline phone recently. It came with a printed copy of
>> the GPL think it's the first time I've seen it on paper.
>
> Just out of interest did they supply the source code or tell you how to get
> it?

You dial an answer-phone number and have it read out to you at dictation
speed?

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-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
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mike@emgee.demon.co.uk

Geoffrey Clements <geoffrey.clementsNO@spambaesystems.com> wrote:
> <mike@emgee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:c1j125-73i.ln1@emgee.demon.co.uk...
> > Geoffrey Clements <geoffrey.clementsNO@spambaesystems.com> wrote:
> >> "Ben Bacarisse" <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:87oddg1okf.fsf@bsb.me.uk...
> >> >I have a nasty WiFi dead spot at home, so to solve the problem of poor
> >> > signal I bought a pair of Devolo 'HomePlug' AC Ethernet devices. To
> >> > give you some degree of security, they must be configured with an
> >> > encryption key and the set of devices that can join your local net.
> >> >
> >> > Imagine my surprise to find a Linux directory on the CD containing
> >> > source and instructions for building and installing a utility to do
> >> > this under Linux!
> >> >
> >> > I just thought it worth posting good news story for once...
> >> >
> >
> >> Darn these manufacturers making things easy for us Linux users, they're
> >> taking all the sport away ...
> >
> >> :-)
> >
> > Bought a new landline phone recently. It came with a printed copy of
> > the GPL think it's the first time I've seen it on paper.

> Just out of interest did they supply the source code or tell you how to get
> it?

No and er.. not exactly. They supplied a URL it didn't work. Looked like a case of
rearrangeing the site. Didn't get further than that. Another job for a quiet day
maybe.

mike@emgee.demon.co.uk

Geoffrey Clements <geoffrey.clementsNO@spambaesystems.com> wrote:
> <mike@emgee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:c1j125-73i.ln1@emgee.demon.co.uk...
> > Geoffrey Clements <geoffrey.clementsNO@spambaesystems.com> wrote:
> >> "Ben Bacarisse" <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:87oddg1okf.fsf@bsb.me.uk...
> >> >I have a nasty WiFi dead spot at home, so to solve the problem of poor
> >> > signal I bought a pair of Devolo 'HomePlug' AC Ethernet devices. To
> >> > give you some degree of security, they must be configured with an
> >> > encryption key and the set of devices that can join your local net.
> >> >
> >> > Imagine my surprise to find a Linux directory on the CD containing
> >> > source and instructions for building and installing a utility to do
> >> > this under Linux!
> >> >
> >> > I just thought it worth posting good news story for once...
> >> >
> >
> >> Darn these manufacturers making things easy for us Linux users, they're
> >> taking all the sport away ...
> >
> >> :-)
> >
> > Bought a new landline phone recently. It came with a printed copy of
> > the GPL think it's the first time I've seen it on paper.

> Just out of interest did they supply the source code or tell you how to get
> it?

No and er.. not exactly. They supplied a URL it didn't work. Looked like a case of
rearrangeing the site. Didn't get further than that. Another job for a quiet day
maybe.

mike@emgee.demon.co.uk

Geoffrey Clements <geoffrey.clementsNO@spambaesystems.com> wrote:
> <mike@emgee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:c1j125-73i.ln1@emgee.demon.co.uk...
> > Geoffrey Clements <geoffrey.clementsNO@spambaesystems.com> wrote:
> >> "Ben Bacarisse" <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:87oddg1okf.fsf@bsb.me.uk...
> >> >I have a nasty WiFi dead spot at home, so to solve the problem of poor
> >> > signal I bought a pair of Devolo 'HomePlug' AC Ethernet devices. To
> >> > give you some degree of security, they must be configured with an
> >> > encryption key and the set of devices that can join your local net.
> >> >
> >> > Imagine my surprise to find a Linux directory on the CD containing
> >> > source and instructions for building and installing a utility to do
> >> > this under Linux!
> >> >
> >> > I just thought it worth posting good news story for once...
> >> >
> >
> >> Darn these manufacturers making things easy for us Linux users, they're
> >> taking all the sport away ...
> >
> >> :-)
> >
> > Bought a new landline phone recently. It came with a printed copy of
> > the GPL think it's the first time I've seen it on paper.

> Just out of interest did they supply the source code or tell you how to get
> it?

No and er.. not exactly. They supplied a URL it didn't work. Looked like a case of
rearrangeing the site. Didn't get further than that. Another job for a quiet day
maybe.

mike@emgee.demon.co.uk

Geoffrey Clements <geoffrey.clementsNO@spambaesystems.com> wrote:
> <mike@emgee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:c1j125-73i.ln1@emgee.demon.co.uk...
> > Geoffrey Clements <geoffrey.clementsNO@spambaesystems.com> wrote:
> >> "Ben Bacarisse" <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:87oddg1okf.fsf@bsb.me.uk...
> >> >I have a nasty WiFi dead spot at home, so to solve the problem of poor
> >> > signal I bought a pair of Devolo 'HomePlug' AC Ethernet devices. To
> >> > give you some degree of security, they must be configured with an
> >> > encryption key and the set of devices that can join your local net.
> >> >
> >> > Imagine my surprise to find a Linux directory on the CD containing
> >> > source and instructions for building and installing a utility to do
> >> > this under Linux!
> >> >
> >> > I just thought it worth posting good news story for once...
> >> >
> >
> >> Darn these manufacturers making things easy for us Linux users, they're
> >> taking all the sport away ...
> >
> >> :-)
> >
> > Bought a new landline phone recently. It came with a printed copy of
> > the GPL think it's the first time I've seen it on paper.

> Just out of interest did they supply the source code or tell you how to get
> it?

No and er.. not exactly. They supplied a URL it didn't work. Looked like a case of
rearrangeing the site. Didn't get further than that. Another job for a quiet day
maybe.

mike@emgee.demon.co.uk

Geoffrey Clements <geoffrey.clementsNO@spambaesystems.com> wrote:
> <mike@emgee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:c1j125-73i.ln1@emgee.demon.co.uk...
> > Geoffrey Clements <geoffrey.clementsNO@spambaesystems.com> wrote:
> >> "Ben Bacarisse" <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:87oddg1okf.fsf@bsb.me.uk...
> >> >I have a nasty WiFi dead spot at home, so to solve the problem of poor
> >> > signal I bought a pair of Devolo 'HomePlug' AC Ethernet devices. To
> >> > give you some degree of security, they must be configured with an
> >> > encryption key and the set of devices that can join your local net.
> >> >
> >> > Imagine my surprise to find a Linux directory on the CD containing
> >> > source and instructions for building and installing a utility to do
> >> > this under Linux!
> >> >
> >> > I just thought it worth posting good news story for once...
> >> >
> >
> >> Darn these manufacturers making things easy for us Linux users, they're
> >> taking all the sport away ...
> >
> >> :-)
> >
> > Bought a new landline phone recently. It came with a printed copy of
> > the GPL think it's the first time I've seen it on paper.

> Just out of interest did they supply the source code or tell you how to get
> it?

No and er.. not exactly. They supplied a URL it didn't work. Looked like a case of
rearrangeing the site. Didn't get further than that. Another job for a quiet day
maybe.