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  Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Bob J Jones <bobjjones@startMail.com> - 2018-05-27 02:33 +0000
    Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-26 20:00 -0700
      Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today G B <gb@gb.com> - 2018-05-26 23:15 -0400
        Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-26 20:24 -0700
          Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-05-27 03:41 +0000
            Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-26 20:56 -0700
              Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-05-27 04:23 +0000
                Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-27 09:12 -0700
    Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2018-05-27 13:34 +0200
      Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-05-27 13:43 +0200
      Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-27 04:44 -0700
      Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-27 06:56 -0700
        Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Jamson Yang <JamsonYang@invoice.com> - 2018-05-27 16:41 +0000
          Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today G B <gb@gb.com> - 2018-05-27 12:59 -0400
          Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2018-05-27 19:05 +0200
            Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2018-05-28 11:22 +0100
      Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Bob J Jones <bobjjones@startMail.com> - 2018-05-27 16:34 +0000
        Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-27 10:13 -0700
      Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2018-05-27 16:54 +0000
    Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Bob J Jones <bobjjones@startMail.com> - 2018-05-27 23:34 +0000
      Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-27 17:51 -0700
        Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-05-28 09:35 +0000
          Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-28 03:33 -0700
          Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-28 07:13 -0700
          Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-28 09:31 -0700
            Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Fuck You Snit <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-30 18:46 -0700
              Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Fuck You Snit <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-31 06:46 -0700
            Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Fuck You Snit <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-30 21:55 -0700
          Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Bob J Jones <bobjjones@startMail.com> - 2018-05-29 00:25 +0000
            Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Fuck You Snit <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-31 05:28 -0700

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#49282 — Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today

There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts for
VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:
  SUBJ: VPN for connection that randomly drops?
   URL: http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224 <- Google doesn't archive Usenet Win10
  NEWS: news://nntp.aioe.com:119/alt.comp.os.windows-10/ Message-ID: <pe6hci$jdm$1@dont-email.me>

The question is whether Marek's wonderful network-testing scripts to test
for VPN being still established and then to drop the network of the VPN
fails, will work on Windows 10 in the new Bash Shell. 

Anyone know? 
His Github account listed in the scripts doesn't seem to be working.

-- 
This is a cross-platform question about Marek's Linux scripts.

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#49283

On 5/26/18 7:33 PM, Bob J Jones wrote:
> There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts for
> VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:
>    SUBJ: VPN for connection that randomly drops?
>     URL: http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224 <- Google doesn't archive Usenet Win10
>    NEWS: news://nntp.aioe.com:119/alt.comp.os.windows-10/ Message-ID: <pe6hci$jdm$1@dont-email.me>
> 
> The question is whether Marek's wonderful network-testing scripts to test
> for VPN being still established and then to drop the network of the VPN
> fails, will work on Windows 10 in the new Bash Shell.
> 
> Anyone know?
> His Github account listed in the scripts doesn't seem to be working.
> 
He seems to have disappeared from the world. I hope he is OK.

-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They 
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel 
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

<https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308>

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#49284

On 27/05/2018 04:00, Snit wrote:
> On 5/26/18 7:33 PM, Bob J Jones wrote:
>> There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts for
>> VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:
>>    SUBJ: VPN for connection that randomly drops?
>>     URL: http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224 <- Google 
>> doesn't archive Usenet Win10
>>    NEWS: news://nntp.aioe.com:119/alt.comp.os.windows-10/ Message-ID: 
>> <pe6hci$jdm$1@dont-email.me>
>>
>> The question is whether Marek's wonderful network-testing scripts to 
>> test
>> for VPN being still established and then to drop the network of the VPN
>> fails, will work on Windows 10 in the new Bash Shell.
>>
>> Anyone know?
>> His Github account listed in the scripts doesn't seem to be working.
>>
> He seems to have disappeared from the world. I hope he is OK.
>

NumeroUno told us that he is in prison for being an illegal undocumented 
alien.  Can you find this out?

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#49285

On 5/26/18 8:15 PM, G B wrote:
> On 27/05/2018 04:00, Snit wrote:
>> On 5/26/18 7:33 PM, Bob J Jones wrote:
>>> There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts for
>>> VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:
>>>    SUBJ: VPN for connection that randomly drops?
>>>     URL: http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224 <- Google 
>>> doesn't archive Usenet Win10
>>>    NEWS: news://nntp.aioe.com:119/alt.comp.os.windows-10/ Message-ID: 
>>> <pe6hci$jdm$1@dont-email.me>
>>>
>>> The question is whether Marek's wonderful network-testing scripts to 
>>> test
>>> for VPN being still established and then to drop the network of the VPN
>>> fails, will work on Windows 10 in the new Bash Shell.
>>>
>>> Anyone know?
>>> His Github account listed in the scripts doesn't seem to be working.
>>>
>> He seems to have disappeared from the world. I hope he is OK.
>>
> 
> NumeroUno told us that he is in prison for being an illegal undocumented 
> alien.  Can you find this out?

Last I heard of him he was threatening to sue Steve Carroll for his 
flooding. Really.

Good luck with that.

-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They 
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel 
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

<https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308>

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#49286

On 2018-05-27, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 5/26/18 8:15 PM, G B wrote:
>> On 27/05/2018 04:00, Snit wrote:
>>> On 5/26/18 7:33 PM, Bob J Jones wrote:
>>>> There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts for
>>>> VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:
>>>>    SUBJ: VPN for connection that randomly drops?
>>>>     URL: http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224 <- Google 
>>>> doesn't archive Usenet Win10
>>>>    NEWS: news://nntp.aioe.com:119/alt.comp.os.windows-10/ Message-ID: 
>>>> <pe6hci$jdm$1@dont-email.me>
>>>>
>>>> The question is whether Marek's wonderful network-testing scripts to 
>>>> test
>>>> for VPN being still established and then to drop the network of the VPN
>>>> fails, will work on Windows 10 in the new Bash Shell.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know?
>>>> His Github account listed in the scripts doesn't seem to be working.
>>>>
>>> He seems to have disappeared from the world. I hope he is OK.
>>>
>> 
>> NumeroUno told us that he is in prison for being an illegal undocumented 
>> alien.  Can you find this out?
>
> Last I heard of him he was threatening to sue Steve Carroll for his 
> flooding. Really.
>
> Good luck with that.

Don't lie.

>


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#49287

On 5/26/18 8:41 PM, Melzzzzz wrote:
> On 2018-05-27, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> On 5/26/18 8:15 PM, G B wrote:
>>> On 27/05/2018 04:00, Snit wrote:
>>>> On 5/26/18 7:33 PM, Bob J Jones wrote:
>>>>> There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts for
>>>>> VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:
>>>>>     SUBJ: VPN for connection that randomly drops?
>>>>>      URL: http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224 <- Google
>>>>> doesn't archive Usenet Win10
>>>>>     NEWS: news://nntp.aioe.com:119/alt.comp.os.windows-10/ Message-ID:
>>>>> <pe6hci$jdm$1@dont-email.me>
>>>>>
>>>>> The question is whether Marek's wonderful network-testing scripts to
>>>>> test
>>>>> for VPN being still established and then to drop the network of the VPN
>>>>> fails, will work on Windows 10 in the new Bash Shell.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone know?
>>>>> His Github account listed in the scripts doesn't seem to be working.
>>>>>
>>>> He seems to have disappeared from the world. I hope he is OK.
>>>>
>>>
>>> NumeroUno told us that he is in prison for being an illegal undocumented
>>> alien.  Can you find this out?
>>
>> Last I heard of him he was threatening to sue Steve Carroll for his
>> flooding. Really.
>>
>> Good luck with that.
> 
> Don't lie.

He repeatedly made that threat... but not interested in whatever game 
you are playing.


-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They 
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel 
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

<https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308>

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#49288

On 2018-05-27, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 5/26/18 8:41 PM, Melzzzzz wrote:
>> On 2018-05-27, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>> On 5/26/18 8:15 PM, G B wrote:
>>>> On 27/05/2018 04:00, Snit wrote:
>>>>> On 5/26/18 7:33 PM, Bob J Jones wrote:
>>>>>> There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts for
>>>>>> VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:
>>>>>>     SUBJ: VPN for connection that randomly drops?
>>>>>>      URL: http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224 <- Google
>>>>>> doesn't archive Usenet Win10
>>>>>>     NEWS: news://nntp.aioe.com:119/alt.comp.os.windows-10/ Message-ID:
>>>>>> <pe6hci$jdm$1@dont-email.me>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The question is whether Marek's wonderful network-testing scripts to
>>>>>> test
>>>>>> for VPN being still established and then to drop the network of the VPN
>>>>>> fails, will work on Windows 10 in the new Bash Shell.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone know?
>>>>>> His Github account listed in the scripts doesn't seem to be working.
>>>>>>
>>>>> He seems to have disappeared from the world. I hope he is OK.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> NumeroUno told us that he is in prison for being an illegal undocumented
>>>> alien.  Can you find this out?
>>>
>>> Last I heard of him he was threatening to sue Steve Carroll for his
>>> flooding. Really.
>>>
>>> Good luck with that.
>> 
>> Don't lie.
>
> He repeatedly made that threat... but not interested in whatever game 
> you are playing.

You are liar.

>
>


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#49299

On 5/26/18 9:23 PM, Melzzzzz wrote:
> On 2018-05-27, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> On 5/26/18 8:41 PM, Melzzzzz wrote:
>>> On 2018-05-27, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>> On 5/26/18 8:15 PM, G B wrote:
>>>>> On 27/05/2018 04:00, Snit wrote:
>>>>>> On 5/26/18 7:33 PM, Bob J Jones wrote:
>>>>>>> There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts for
>>>>>>> VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:
>>>>>>>      SUBJ: VPN for connection that randomly drops?
>>>>>>>       URL: http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224 <- Google
>>>>>>> doesn't archive Usenet Win10
>>>>>>>      NEWS: news://nntp.aioe.com:119/alt.comp.os.windows-10/ Message-ID:
>>>>>>> <pe6hci$jdm$1@dont-email.me>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The question is whether Marek's wonderful network-testing scripts to
>>>>>>> test
>>>>>>> for VPN being still established and then to drop the network of the VPN
>>>>>>> fails, will work on Windows 10 in the new Bash Shell.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone know?
>>>>>>> His Github account listed in the scripts doesn't seem to be working.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> He seems to have disappeared from the world. I hope he is OK.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> NumeroUno told us that he is in prison for being an illegal undocumented
>>>>> alien.  Can you find this out?
>>>>
>>>> Last I heard of him he was threatening to sue Steve Carroll for his
>>>> flooding. Really.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck with that.
>>>
>>> Don't lie.
>>
>> He repeatedly made that threat... but not interested in whatever game
>> you are playing.
> 
> You are liar.

Still not interested in your game.


-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They 
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel 
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

<https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308>

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#49293

On Sunday 27 May 2018 04:33, Bob J Jones conveyed the following to 
alt.os.linux...

> There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts
> for VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:
>   SUBJ: VPN for connection that randomly drops?
>    URL: http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224 <- Google
>    doesn't archive Usenet Win10
>   NEWS: news://nntp.aioe.com:119/alt.comp.os.windows-10/ Message-ID:
>   <pe6hci$jdm$1@dont-email.me>
> 
> The question is whether Marek's wonderful network-testing scripts to
> test for VPN being still established and then to drop the network of
> the VPN fails, will work on Windows 10 in the new Bash Shell.

Marek's scripts were all specifically written for GNU/Linux and the GNU 
Bash shell.  The scripts will most likely run on Windows with Bash 
installed, _but_ Windows with Bash is still not a UNIX system, let alone 
GNU/Linux, so the chance is big that the scripts would bail out at some 
point due to a certain file not being where it is expected to be, or 
perhaps because of the difference in nomenclature between certain 
aspects of Windows and UNIX.  

An example could for instance be that Windows does not use the 
traditional UNIX /dev filesystem, even though I believe it has something 
equivalent for that.  But insofar as I know Marek's scripts were never 
adapted to keep the Windows filesystem hierarchy into account.

The point is therefore that the only way to make sure whether the 
scripts would be fully functional on Microsoft Windows would be to 
download them and execute them.

> Anyone know?
> His Github account listed in the scripts doesn't seem to be working.

I was friends with Marek and we talked quite a bit about personal stuff.  
Among other things, he told me that he was having severe health issues ─ 
concretely, he had a blood clot in one of his lungs, and his doctors 
were quite worried about that, not to mention that the blood thinners he 
had to take brought about their own problems.  He had been rushed to 
hospital several times already.

My last communication with Marek dates back to early October 2017.  
After that he suddenly went quiet.  There were no new posts from him on 
Usenet, there were no more emails, his GitHub account was terminated, 
and the two email addresses I had for him bounced.

Even though there has been some discussion in another newsgroup about it 
─ in which a couple of idiots, badmouths and bullies came up with an 
explanation which was totally unfitting Marek ─ the general consensus 
among those who've interacted with him and who were in regular contact 
with him via the internet is that there is no other explanation than 
that Marek has passed away.  He was only 49 years old.

I'm afraid that's all the information I can give you, both on account of 
Marek as a person and the scripts he wrote.

-- 
With respect,
= Aragorn =

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#49294

On 2018-05-27 13:34, Aragorn wrote:
> On Sunday 27 May 2018 04:33, Bob J Jones conveyed the following to 
> alt.os.linux...
> 
>> There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts
>> for VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:
>>   SUBJ: VPN for connection that randomly drops?
>>    URL: http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224 <- Google
>>    doesn't archive Usenet Win10
>>   NEWS: news://nntp.aioe.com:119/alt.comp.os.windows-10/ Message-ID:
>>   <pe6hci$jdm$1@dont-email.me>
>>
>> The question is whether Marek's wonderful network-testing scripts to
>> test for VPN being still established and then to drop the network of
>> the VPN fails, will work on Windows 10 in the new Bash Shell.
> 
> Marek's scripts were all specifically written for GNU/Linux and the GNU 
> Bash shell.  The scripts will most likely run on Windows with Bash 
> installed, _but_ Windows with Bash is still not a UNIX system, let alone 
> GNU/Linux, so the chance is big that the scripts would bail out at some 
> point due to a certain file not being where it is expected to be, or 
> perhaps because of the difference in nomenclature between certain 
> aspects of Windows and UNIX.  
> 
> An example could for instance be that Windows does not use the 
> traditional UNIX /dev filesystem, even though I believe it has something 
> equivalent for that.  But insofar as I know Marek's scripts were never 
> adapted to keep the Windows filesystem hierarchy into account.
> 
> The point is therefore that the only way to make sure whether the 
> scripts would be fully functional on Microsoft Windows would be to 
> download them and execute them.
> 
>> Anyone know?
>> His Github account listed in the scripts doesn't seem to be working.
> 
> I was friends with Marek and we talked quite a bit about personal stuff.  
> Among other things, he told me that he was having severe health issues ─ 
> concretely, he had a blood clot in one of his lungs, and his doctors 
> were quite worried about that, not to mention that the blood thinners he 
> had to take brought about their own problems.  He had been rushed to 
> hospital several times already.
> 
> My last communication with Marek dates back to early October 2017.  
> After that he suddenly went quiet.  There were no new posts from him on 
> Usenet, there were no more emails, his GitHub account was terminated, 
> and the two email addresses I had for him bounced.
> 
> Even though there has been some discussion in another newsgroup about it 
> ─ in which a couple of idiots, badmouths and bullies came up with an 
> explanation which was totally unfitting Marek ─ the general consensus 
> among those who've interacted with him and who were in regular contact 
> with him via the internet is that there is no other explanation than 
> that Marek has passed away.  He was only 49 years old.
> 
> I'm afraid that's all the information I can give you, both on account of 
> Marek as a person and the scripts he wrote.

Thanks for sharing.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#49295

On Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 4:34:45 AM UTC-7, Aragorn wrote:
> On Sunday 27 May 2018 04:33, Bob J Jones conveyed the following to 
> alt.os.linux...
> 
> > There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts
> > for VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:
> >   SUBJ: VPN for connection that randomly drops?
> >    URL: http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224 <- Google
> >    doesn't archive Usenet Win10
> >   NEWS: news://nntp.aioe.com:119/alt.comp.os.windows-10/ Message-ID:
> >   <pe6hci$jdm$1@dont-email.me>
> > 
> > The question is whether Marek's wonderful network-testing scripts to
> > test for VPN being still established and then to drop the network of
> > the VPN fails, will work on Windows 10 in the new Bash Shell.
> 
> Marek's scripts were all specifically written for GNU/Linux and the GNU 
> Bash shell.  The scripts will most likely run on Windows with Bash 
> installed, _but_ Windows with Bash is still not a UNIX system, let alone 
> GNU/Linux, so the chance is big that the scripts would bail out at some 
> point due to a certain file not being where it is expected to be, or 
> perhaps because of the difference in nomenclature between certain 
> aspects of Windows and UNIX.  
> 
> An example could for instance be that Windows does not use the 
> traditional UNIX /dev filesystem, even though I believe it has something 
> equivalent for that.  But insofar as I know Marek's scripts were never 
> adapted to keep the Windows filesystem hierarchy into account.
> 
> The point is therefore that the only way to make sure whether the 
> scripts would be fully functional on Microsoft Windows would be to 
> download them and execute them.
> 
> > Anyone know?
> > His Github account listed in the scripts doesn't seem to be working.
> 
> I was friends with Marek and we talked quite a bit about personal stuff.  
> Among other things, he told me that he was having severe health issues ─ 
> concretely, he had a blood clot in one of his lungs, and his doctors 
> were quite worried about that, not to mention that the blood thinners he 
> had to take brought about their own problems.  He had been rushed to 
> hospital several times already.
> 
> My last communication with Marek dates back to early October 2017.  
> After that he suddenly went quiet.  There were no new posts from him on 
> Usenet, there were no more emails, his GitHub account was terminated, 
> and the two email addresses I had for him bounced.
> 
> Even though there has been some discussion in another newsgroup about it 
> ─ in which a couple of idiots, badmouths and bullies came up with an 
> explanation which was totally unfitting Marek ─ the general consensus 
> among those who've interacted with him and who were in regular contact 
> with him via the internet is that there is no other explanation than 
> that Marek has passed away.  He was only 49 years old.
> 
> I'm afraid that's all the information I can give you, both on account of 
> Marek as a person and the scripts he wrote.
> 
> -- 
> With respect,
> = Aragorn =



Many advocates persist in replying to Snit. I can not denounce Steve Petruzzellis for being annoyed but, really, I don't grasp why he posts here now that he gets what this place is. Steve Petruzzellis is more interested in conversations as done in a moderated venue and free environments make him want to puke. This is something you know nothing about. Who does NOT know that this kind of hokum is Snit's modus operandi, not the MO of Steve Petruzzellis? It's all just nonsense... the flooding, the sock puppets, the writing of word-twisted nonsense, the tantrums... the puffy red eyes and willingness to show how butthurt he is over being kicked from the playground for shitting in it again... just what Snit does ;) 

Who are you even speaking to? How is GIMP on Linux doing anything above the lowest common denominator? 



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#49298

On 5/27/18 4:34 AM, Aragorn wrote:
> On Sunday 27 May 2018 04:33, Bob J Jones conveyed the following to
> alt.os.linux...
> 
>> There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts
>> for VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:
>>    SUBJ: VPN for connection that randomly drops?
>>     URL: http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224 <- Google
>>     doesn't archive Usenet Win10
>>    NEWS: news://nntp.aioe.com:119/alt.comp.os.windows-10/ Message-ID:
>>    <pe6hci$jdm$1@dont-email.me>
>>
>> The question is whether Marek's wonderful network-testing scripts to
>> test for VPN being still established and then to drop the network of
>> the VPN fails, will work on Windows 10 in the new Bash Shell.
> 
> Marek's scripts were all specifically written for GNU/Linux and the GNU
> Bash shell.  The scripts will most likely run on Windows with Bash
> installed, _but_ Windows with Bash is still not a UNIX system, let alone
> GNU/Linux, so the chance is big that the scripts would bail out at some
> point due to a certain file not being where it is expected to be, or
> perhaps because of the difference in nomenclature between certain
> aspects of Windows and UNIX.
> 
> An example could for instance be that Windows does not use the
> traditional UNIX /dev filesystem, even though I believe it has something
> equivalent for that.  But insofar as I know Marek's scripts were never
> adapted to keep the Windows filesystem hierarchy into account.
> 
> The point is therefore that the only way to make sure whether the
> scripts would be fully functional on Microsoft Windows would be to
> download them and execute them.
> 
>> Anyone know?
>> His Github account listed in the scripts doesn't seem to be working.
> 
> I was friends with Marek and we talked quite a bit about personal stuff.
> Among other things, he told me that he was having severe health issues ─
> concretely, he had a blood clot in one of his lungs, and his doctors
> were quite worried about that, not to mention that the blood thinners he
> had to take brought about their own problems.  He had been rushed to
> hospital several times already.
> 
> My last communication with Marek dates back to early October 2017.
> After that he suddenly went quiet.  There were no new posts from him on
> Usenet, there were no more emails, his GitHub account was terminated,
> and the two email addresses I had for him bounced.
> 
> Even though there has been some discussion in another newsgroup about it
> ─ in which a couple of idiots, badmouths and bullies came up with an
> explanation which was totally unfitting Marek ─ the general consensus
> among those who've interacted with him and who were in regular contact
> with him via the internet is that there is no other explanation than
> that Marek has passed away.  He was only 49 years old.
> 
> I'm afraid that's all the information I can give you, both on account of
> Marek as a person and the scripts he wrote.
> 
If he has passed I am truly sorry to hear it. He and I had some 
significant disagreements but I always thought he was (and if he is 
still alive, is) a good person. I am disabled myself and have little 
money... and when he heard my wife was in need of a computer he sent, 
for free and even with shipping at his own expense, an older computer of 
his. My wife still uses it pretty much daily, and she and I speak of and 
are thankful for his kindness to a stranger often.

There are not many who would have reached out to a stranger as he did, 
no less one he had some contentious discussions with. I wish he and his 
family the best.

-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They 
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel 
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

<https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308>

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#49301

On Sun, 27 May 2018 06:56:17 -0700, Snit wrote:

> There are not many who would have reached out to a stranger as he did, 
> no less one he had some contentious discussions with. I wish he and his 
> family the best.

Why would anyone disable github for a person who isn't around?
Or email?

Wouldn't they just leave it as it was?

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#49302

On 27/05/2018 17:41, Jamson Yang wrote:
> Wouldn't they just leave it as it was? 

I would have thought so.  YouTube leaves your videos untouched for years 
even if your google account is no longer alive.

How would github and others know that someone has passed away to remove 
him or her?  Somebody must have contacted them.  His family perhaps?

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#49304

On Sunday 27 May 2018 18:41, Jamson Yang conveyed the following to 
alt.os.linux...

> On Sun, 27 May 2018 06:56:17 -0700, Snit wrote:
> 
>> There are not many who would have reached out to a stranger as he
>> did, no less one he had some contentious discussions with. I wish he
>> and his family the best.
> 
> Why would anyone disable github for a person who isn't around?
> Or email?
> 
> Wouldn't they just leave it as it was?

A few posters in another newsgroup have postulated the notion that Marek 
would probably have had someone tidying things up for in the evetn that 
he were to suddenly pass away ─ a will of some sorts.  

Presumably, the executive of that will would then have contacted GitHub 
with the request of terminating the account.  One of the email addresses 
I had for Marek ─ his main address ─ was also linked to a domain that he 
himself had a lease on.  The services for that domain would then 
likewise have been terminated with Marek's passing.

Mind you, this is just speculation.  We're not really sure on the 
details of how all of this has gone down. :-/

-- 
With respect,
= Aragorn =

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#49316

On 27/5/2018 18:05 in alt.os.linux, Aragorn posted:

> On Sunday 27 May 2018 18:41, Jamson Yang conveyed the following to 
> alt.os.linux...
>
>> On Sun, 27 May 2018 06:56:17 -0700, Snit wrote:
>> 
>>> There are not many who would have reached out to a stranger as he
>>> did, no less one he had some contentious discussions with. I wish he
>>> and his family the best.
>> 
>> Why would anyone disable github for a person who isn't around?
>> Or email?
>> 
>> Wouldn't they just leave it as it was?
>
> A few posters in another newsgroup have postulated the notion that Marek 
> would probably have had someone tidying things up for in the evetn that 
> he were to suddenly pass away ─ a will of some sorts.  
>
> Presumably, the executive of that will would then have contacted GitHub 
> with the request of terminating the account.  One of the email addresses 
> I had for Marek ─ his main address ─ was also linked to a domain that he 
> himself had a lease on.  The services for that domain would then 
> likewise have been terminated with Marek's passing.
>
> Mind you, this is just speculation.  We're not really sure on the 
> details of how all of this has gone down. :-/

His YouTube videos seem to have been terminated too. :-(

-- 
"Threatening an atheist with hellfire, 
is no more effective than a hippie 
threatening to punch him in his aura."

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#49300

In <news:pee54j$pir$1@dont-email.me>, Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> wrote:

> I'm afraid that's all the information I can give you, both on account of 
> Marek as a person and the scripts he wrote.

Thank you. 
Much appreciated.

We will all miss Marek's kind and helfpul script-writing generosity.

I've been on Usenet for as long as anyone here, where only a few years ago
did I embrace Linux, where Marek kindly helped me MANY times, as I am the
"vpn user" who first asked for scripts, where, he voluntarily wrote the
first set, which we *all* tested together, for years, even as he did have
his first unexpected health episode during that testing time period.

His many "vpnget" and "vpnctest" and network-killing scripts are "still
working" so to speak on a Ubuntu laptop of mine whose fan died, so I "can"
resurrect them, but, as is my habit, I had always summarized the final
scripts after editing them in the a.o.l archives (for exactly this purpose
of reuse).

Marek helped me even when not writing scripts, as I'm the user who asked
about Opera privacy enforcement, where Marek was the only one on this
newsgroup who, at first resentful of what he considered a troll, then went
on to be the only one who figured out the valuable secret to wiping out
your previous "identity" on Opera in both Linux & Windows.

Marek was a quick, resourceful, and always helpful person, who will be
remembered, in so much as these archives are preserved in our history, as
one of the best Usenet citizens - always giving back - to the team - for
the common good of the tribal wisdom overall.

RIP Marek. I salute you.

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#49305

On Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 9:34:05 AM UTC-7, Bob J Jones wrote:
> In <news:pee54j$pir$1@dont-email.me>, Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> wrote:
> 
> > I'm afraid that's all the information I can give you, both on account of 
> > Marek as a person and the scripts he wrote.
> 
> Thank you. 
> Much appreciated.
> 
> We will all miss Marek's kind and helfpul script-writing generosity.
> 
> I've been on Usenet for as long as anyone here, where only a few years ago
> did I embrace Linux, where Marek kindly helped me MANY times, as I am the
> "vpn user" who first asked for scripts, where, he voluntarily wrote the
> first set, which we *all* tested together, for years, even as he did have
> his first unexpected health episode during that testing time period.
> 
> His many "vpnget" and "vpnctest" and network-killing scripts are "still
> working" so to speak on a Ubuntu laptop of mine whose fan died, so I "can"
> resurrect them, but, as is my habit, I had always summarized the final
> scripts after editing them in the a.o.l archives (for exactly this purpose
> of reuse).
> 
> Marek helped me even when not writing scripts, as I'm the user who asked
> about Opera privacy enforcement, where Marek was the only one on this
> newsgroup who, at first resentful of what he considered a troll, then went
> on to be the only one who figured out the valuable secret to wiping out
> your previous "identity" on Opera in both Linux & Windows.
> 
> Marek was a quick, resourceful, and always helpful person, who will be
> remembered, in so much as these archives are preserved in our history, as
> one of the best Usenet citizens - always giving back - to the team - for
> the common good of the tribal wisdom overall.
> 
> RIP Marek. I salute you.



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#49303

On Sun, 27 May 2018 13:34:43 +0200, Aragorn wrote:

> My last communication with Marek dates back to early October 2017.
> After that he suddenly went quiet.  There were no new posts from him on
> Usenet, there were no more emails, his GitHub account was terminated,
> and the two email addresses I had for him bounced.
> 
> Even though there has been some discussion in another newsgroup about it
> ─
> in which a couple of idiots, badmouths and bullies came up with an
> explanation which was totally unfitting Marek ─ the general consensus
> among those who've interacted with him and who were in regular contact
> with him via the internet is that there is no other explanation than
> that Marek has passed away.  He was only 49 years old.

The problem with this "theory" is that if he *HAD* passed away suddenly, 
his GitHub account and email addresses would not have automatically 
terminated.  They would still be working, unless a family member had the 
access (and cared) to disable/close them.  That doesn't seem likely to me.

If he had gotten news that he didn't have much time left, he could have 
closed those accounts himself, in preparation, but....... it would seem 
likely that he would have communicated his prognosis to some people so 
they would know why he was dropping out.

Especially to such a "close friend" as Aragorn.  Eh?

I believe he got tired of the rat race, and "went off the grid" or "pulled 
the plug" on the electronic world.  Perhaps he's living quietly and 
peacefully in a log cabin, deep in a nice cool forest somewhere.


-- 
"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
"Bother!" said Pooh, as the warp core breached.
Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
Thanks, Obama: http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/politica/thanks.jpg

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#49310

In <news:ped5e9$oke$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Bob J Jones
<bobjjones@startMail.com> wrote:

> There is a search going on today for the Marek Novotny Linux scripts for
> VPN drop protection on the Windows 10 newsgroup today:

SOLVED!
I ended up spending a few hours today solving the original problem.

I, like Marek, always give back to the team, so I posted the solution here:
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/56KgMK6n090/xdRDoSKFAQAJ>

There were more than a half-dozen solutions in the original thread:
<http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1104224> 
the first two of which failed miserably, but the third solution worked
fine, which was a DOS (not Bash!) batch script, which basically disables
the gateway (default being 192.168.1.1) when you're on VPN.

That way, if the VPN drops, there's no network until you re-enable the
gateway. 

a. You run the vpnkill.bat script and press 1 to disable the gateway
b. If the VPN drops, nothing happens since the gateway is disabled
c. When you want to get back on the gateway, you press 2

The DOS script worked as well as Marek's Bash script did on Ubuntu.
I tested it on three different public VPN services to be sure.

What that means, in summary, that Marek Novotny's Bash shell scripts work
fine for Ubuntu to kill the network when the vpn drops, and this
vpnkill.bat DOS shell script does the same thing for Windows (in a
completely different way). 

Marek's method was to constantly and quickly (he spent a LOT of time
improving the speed!) test the network and then quickly kill a given list
of processes by name if the VPN dropped.

This new DOS batch method seems simpler, where it simply disables the
normal gateway (192.168.1.1) while VPN is running. 

The source DOS batch file is located here for reference purposes.
<https://www.liquidvpn.com/billing/dl.php?type=d&id=49>
-- 
Note this has nothing to do with DNS leaks - which is a different topic.

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