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by DaveyB
April 20th, 2014, 8:49 am
Forum: Website & Forum Comments
Topic: Site suggestion ...
Replies: 1
Views: 12754

Site suggestion ...

OK, this would mean a complete change around on the site, but it might be just what's needed to bring traffic back to the site! Turn the site into a wiki, taking your existing articles and turn those into wiki articles. That way, as new suggestions and ideas come in, they can be edited directly into...
by DaveyB
April 20th, 2014, 8:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The "introduce yourself" thread
Replies: 117
Views: 2875677

Re: The "introduce yourself" thread

I work in a data center, and have worked in much larger ones in the past. They are so noisy, you almost need hearing protection! Most desktop computers have variable speed fans, and the thermostats to control their speed, which keeps the noise at an acceptable level. Servers are not designed to sit ...
by DaveyB
April 19th, 2014, 10:43 am
Forum: Tips 'n' Tricks
Topic: External IP script
Replies: 4
Views: 20069

Re: External IP script

This is an old post, but I thought it better to update it rather than post a new topic. You can use the API (Application Programming Interface) described at http://whatismyipaddress.com/api to get your external IP address for a script. The address to use is http://bot.whatismyipaddress.com/ and this...
by DaveyB
April 19th, 2014, 10:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Broken Server with CPUTempShutdown.sh
Replies: 7
Views: 4555

Re: Broken Server with CPUTempShutdown.sh

I'm assuming that the OP has fixed the problem by now, but for anyone else with a similar problem, simply boot from a Ubuntu Live CD and edit the script from the CD based OS. Don't delete the script, since you want to figure out where you went wrong, but you could comment out the entire script and r...
by DaveyB
April 19th, 2014, 10:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The "introduce yourself" thread
Replies: 117
Views: 2875677

Re: The "introduce yourself" thread

Hi Ian, and thanks ! The clients for streaming will be the two Sony Bravia TVs (front room and bedroom) and my desktop and laptop. Both of the computers are running Ubuntu, so VLC will work splendidly for them, and the Bravia's have their own native clients built in, so no real worries there! I saw ...
by DaveyB
April 17th, 2014, 9:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The "introduce yourself" thread
Replies: 117
Views: 2875677

Re: The "introduce yourself" thread

Hey all, and salutations from Phoenix, Arizona! First off, thanks to Ian for taking the time and effort to post all the step by step guides! I wasn't aware of the media capabilities until I found this site, so now I have alot of new toys to play with! Like some of the others here, I'm an old DOS-joc...