February 2012 Archives
February 29, 2012
Another Fake "Your mailbox" Spam/Phishing Message
A message with the subject "Fake "Your mailbox" Spam/Phishing Message" has made it past the spam filter for a number of @math.mcmaster.ca accounts.
The message and the link should be ignored.
Neither I nor other RHPCS staff members will ever ...
- ask you for your password
- send a message without signing off with the name of a specific RHPCS staff member
- commit more than two outrageous grammatical solecisms per message
February 24, 2012
Fake "Your mailbox" Spam/Phishing Message
Another phishing message is hitting a number of mailboxes on the Math & Stats mail server - it's just an attempt to get your password from you.
Neither I nor other RHPCS staff members will ever ...
- ask you for your password
- send a message without signing off with the name of a specific RHPCS staff member
- commit more than two outrageous solecisms per message
Continue reading Fake "Your mailbox" Spam/Phishing Message.
February 18, 2012
Bayes Back Up
Bayes is back up and new fans have been ordered. For the time being, bayes will throttle itself down to about 1/4 CPU speed if it gets too hot, but it can still be used.
February 3, 2012
Problem with 2-Sided Printing on HH-403 Printer
Duplex printing is not working on the recently-repaired laser printer in HH-403. I'm not yet sure what the problem is - but it's the printer, not your computer or anything you are or aren't doing. I'll be spending some time trying to isolate the problem (hardware? firmware? configuration?) next week.
Freehand Equations to LaTeX
Web Equation is fairly awesome: you write/draw equations with your trackpad or mouse and it renders the equation in LaTeX and MathML for copy-paste use in articles or web pages.
Here's an example:
New Printer Cabinet for HH-303
The HH-303 printer cabinet gave up the ghost last month - it was from Ikea and was sharp and cheap and lasted eight years, which isn't so bad.The new cabinet is similarly from Ikea and sharp and cheap - but also shorter, which will make scanning easier.
The cupboard on the right (under the printer) will be used for storing reams of paper. The drawers on the left will be for printouts left from previous weeks and scrap paper (i.e. blank or blankish pages which you may leave for general use).
The rack on the wall (to the left of the printer) will now be just for the current week's printouts.
Limited Power Failure Friday Morning
We lost power in parts of Hamilton Hall for two minutes at about 8:00 am. The server room was not affected. Most affected workstations will have come back up on their own; workstations on desktop UPS units will have stayed up.
A decent little desktop battery-backup unit can be had for about $40 these days and will let your computer sail unaffected through most power interruptions. Let me know if you're interested in buying one.
