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Grex > Health > #89: Sindi Keesan's Lymphoma Journal Part 3 |  |
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keesan
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response 250 of 475:
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Feb 18 17:15 UTC 2004 |
Jim is certfied dylexic, and the last time he went to WCC (electronic repair)
he was given extra time to finish his exams, which he did not ask for this
time so he did not finish. He is doing fine on the programming but he is slow
and spells things wrong. He apparently does not care about his grades enough
to ask for more time now. There is no need to take good notes since it is
all in the book, he says. Last time he used a little microcassette recorder
and he could listen to lectures while biking to and from class.
His main problem has been figuring out how to use his large assortment of
logins and passwords. This weekend I showed him how to ftp to his class ftp
space, and then to the email ftp space (uses the email login and password -
much easier) that Glenda set up for him, which can also be used as webspace.
I used it once to post something I wanted to share (lynx that I compiled).
I fell asleep at 8 pm, kept waking up because I am forcing fluids, and finally
got up this morning at 11:30. I must have been more nervous than I thought
for a few days. My cold is also better today. Hair is still coming out.
No problem, it will soon be spring. I saw the first two signs of it at a
shopping center - sales on winter clothing. And the sun seems higher in the
sky and there was some meltwater.
A friend emailed to ask if we knew anyone with a DVD drive. Yes, us! All
he needs to do is show us how to use it and find the driver(s) for it, after
we put Windows on the computer that it came with. Or is there some easy way
to use it with Linux?
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scott
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response 251 of 475:
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Feb 18 17:46 UTC 2004 |
DVD on Linux is easy or hard, depending on the application. For data DVDs
it's pretty easy, and I've got one. For movies on DVD you need licensed
software to decrypt the DVD, and there isn't much available for Linux (it's
possible, but difficult to obtain and install the decryption).
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cyberpnk
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response 252 of 475:
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Feb 18 17:59 UTC 2004 |
*set sindi hugs = infinite*
I am a Wiccan. May I do a spell for you?
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keesan
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response 253 of 475:
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Feb 18 19:05 UTC 2004 |
Anyone is welcome to pray for me in any religion they prefer. I appreciate
the kind thoughts and support though I am not religious myself.
We have for Win98 Realone DVD movie software but I could not find anything
that looked like the correct DVD driver for the drive.
How does one use linux to read data from a DVD? Do I need support for it in
the kernel? What do I need to burn CDs with linux? (Not that important as
we can do that with DOS or even Win98.)
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twenex
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response 254 of 475:
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Feb 18 19:46 UTC 2004 |
My experience suggests that it should be possible using exactly the same
mechanisms used to read CDs (it=reading DVDs)
To burn CDs with Linux, you need to make sure ythat your kernel can support
scsi emulation of ide cd-r(w)'s, which i believe can be done with a module,
and a program such as cdrecord.
There are others, but i'll need to check.
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keesan
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response 255 of 475:
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Feb 19 00:57 UTC 2004 |
I can use DOS cdrecord, the problem was to read the DVD. So I just put in
a DVD, mount the CD-ROM drive, and read from it? Sounds really simple.
We don't have any DVDs to try this on yet.
Here are my PET scan results, sent by a friend who works at the hospital:
STUDY: FDG PET TUMOR CLINICAL
INDICATION FOR STUDY: LYMPHOMA.
PREVIOUS STUDIES: None.
PROCEDURE:
Sixty minutes following intravenous administration of approximately 300
MBq (8 mCi) of 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG), sequential
non-contrast enhanced CT and PET imaging was performed from the skull
base through the pelvis. Helical CT was performed with 5 mm collimation
followed immediately by positron emission tomography at multiple
overlapping bed positions (5 min per bed position). Registered
non-contrast CT and attenuation corrected FDG PET, and attenuation
corrected FDG PET projection images, were reviewed for interpretation.
FINDINGS:
The visualized portions of the intracranial contents are normal. No
abnormalities visualized within the neck. No abnormal FDG activity in
these regions.
Sub 1 cm left lower lobe nodules without corresponding FDG increased
activity. This corresponds to a nodule previously reported. The
remainder of the lungs are normal. No pleural effusion or pleural
thickening. No enlarged intra-orbital or extra-thoracic lymph nodes.
Normal pericardium. No abnormal FDG activity.
There are several low attenuation lesions throughout the liver,
corresponding with the findings described on the previous CT of several
hemangiomas. Otherwise, the spleen, gallbladder, pancreas, adrenals,
and kidneys, are normal. No enlarged lymph nodes or free fluid. No
abnormal FDG activity.
No abnormal FDG activity in the visualized osseous structures.
IMPRESSION:
1. No abnormal FDG activity.
2. Several low attenuation liver lesions corresponding to previously
described hemangiomas.
3. Sub 1 cm left lower lobe nodule without corresponding FDG activity.
Finding described on previous exam.
ken
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My comments:
No fluid left around my lungs.
No masses left in the spleen.
One very small lung nodule that is not cancerous.
My liver is fine - the ultrasound showed that before.
No heart damage, which sometimes can be caused by doxorubicin.
I can live a normal life for the next three months. Maybe even get strong
enough to bike by warm weather and get myself to the doctor in May.
Jim wonders why he is feeling so worn out from yesterday. He just went to
fall asleep in the tub after fixing the kitchen sink cartridge. Something
that moves was stuck and he freed it up. The rubber thing is okay. The
printer cartridge did not need ink, just a bit of soaking. All's well
with the world.
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scott
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response 256 of 475:
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Feb 19 01:24 UTC 2004 |
Congratulations, then!
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anderyn
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response 257 of 475:
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Feb 19 01:46 UTC 2004 |
This is very good news.
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gull
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response 258 of 475:
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Feb 19 03:19 UTC 2004 |
There *are* some free Linux DVD playing programs. "ogle" is one I've
used with good results. It needs a fairly fast CPU, though.
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keesan
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response 259 of 475:
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Feb 19 04:42 UTC 2004 |
Someone at my linux mail group also suggested that. How fast a CPU?
We have no DVDs to play but the library does.
First we need to see if we can simply read a DVD and copy files from it.
I have probably exceeded my daily mail limit in the last hour letting people
know my test results. I started with three other translators who had survived
cancer and been encouraging me and I have heard back from them all already.
Thanks to all of you for encouraging me this whole time and giving me someone
to 'talk' to when I could not sleep. Also for the stories about people
(including yourselves and relatives) who had been through worse and are okay
now.
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gull
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response 260 of 475:
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Feb 19 14:18 UTC 2004 |
I've successfully gotten ogle to work on a 450 MHz Pentium III, but I
think it was pretty close to its limit. You have to make sure DMA is
enabled for your DVD drive, as well, or you'll get skipping. (If you
run into this problem I can tell you how to check this.)
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keesan
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response 261 of 475:
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Feb 19 14:26 UTC 2004 |
How do you enable DMA? Anyway, all we are trying to do is copy files off
of the DVD to a hard drive, which the neighbor will bring along. Do we need
some special driver to do this in DOS or linux?
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gull
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response 262 of 475:
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Feb 19 14:32 UTC 2004 |
If all you want to do is copy files off a data DVD, you don't need a
special driver for Linux. Linux will mount it just like it would a CD.
I don't know about DOS.
If it's a video DVD, you can still copy the files off the DVD, but they
won't do you any good without the copy protection encryption key
embedded on the disc. To get useful video copies you need special "DVD
ripping" or "DVD copying" software.
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keesan
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response 263 of 475:
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Feb 19 14:58 UTC 2004 |
Do you know how many G the latest linux occupies on the DVD so he will bring
the right size hard drive?
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gull
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response 264 of 475:
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Feb 19 15:33 UTC 2004 |
It would depend on the distribution.
A DVD-ROM disc can hold up to 4.7 gigabytes, I believe.
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ryan
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response 265 of 475:
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Feb 19 23:46 UTC 2004 |
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drew
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response 266 of 475:
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Feb 20 00:25 UTC 2004 |
Recommendation for brand of DVD burner that will work with Fedora Linux with
a minimum of hassle, please? Preferably a burner without copy-protection
sabotage built in. What brands should be avoided?
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keesan
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response 267 of 475:
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Feb 20 02:13 UTC 2004 |
How many G is Fedora? My neighbor needs to know how many hard drives to bring
over tomorrow. He is currently going to hunt for the driver for
Samsung/Compaq SD-612.
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gull
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response 268 of 475:
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Feb 20 02:35 UTC 2004 |
Re resp:266: There really isn't much proprietary about DVD burners; they're
all pretty much standard ATAPI devices, I think. I have an NEC DVD+RW drive
that works fine. DVD-RW seems to be slightly more common, though.
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bhoward
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response 269 of 475:
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Feb 20 04:14 UTC 2004 |
There are 6 iso images associated with the yarrow release of Fedora,
ranging from 610-637megs:
yarrow-SRPMS-disc1.iso 04-Nov-2003 11:39 610M
yarrow-SRPMS-disc2.iso 04-Nov-2003 11:39 610M
yarrow-SRPMS-disc3.iso 04-Nov-2003 11:38 610M
yarrow-i386-disc1.iso 04-Nov-2003 11:38 630M
yarrow-i386-disc2.iso 04-Nov-2003 11:38 637M
yarrow-i386-disc3.iso 04-Nov-2003 11:38 616M
You will need the three i386 images to install a working system.
The SRPMS iso images are only needed if your friend wants the sources.
I think the size of a full bells-and-whistles installation expands out
to something in the neighborhood of 3gigs. The lower end can be quite
a bit smaller if you take the time to custom install only a minimal set
of packages.
Bruce
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tpryan
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response 270 of 475:
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Feb 20 13:59 UTC 2004 |
I use F7 to spell.
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ryan
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response 271 of 475:
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Feb 20 14:56 UTC 2004 |
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keesan
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response 272 of 475:
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Feb 20 15:18 UTC 2004 |
I will let our friend know to copy only the last 3 CDs (i386). He reports
that he took my advice and asked if Kiwanis (where he still volunteers) had
a DVD drive, and he was allowed to borrow it for a week, and he plugged it
in where the CD-ROM drive was and Windows recognized the new drive and
immediately read the DVD without needing any special drivers. For some reason
when we plugged our drive into a Windows computer (Win98 - his may be 2000)
and tried to play a movie using the Realone player, it wanted drivers.
He offered to help us get ours to work without Windows. Not that we have much
use for it except to play library movies.
I have received about 40 congratulatory emails in the last day, from everyone
except my brother. I have a date to go walking with the neighbor either in
the am, or after her meals on wheels arrives. She says the volunteers who
deliver it always thank her for keeping her walk cleared. She is able to
clear one shovel's width by herself. Recycle Ann Arbor has agreed to fetch
the bin from her porch since she is not able to lug it to the curb. Some day
when she finds a clear spot we will get one of her computers working.
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gull
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response 273 of 475:
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Feb 20 20:22 UTC 2004 |
Re resp:271: I never got packet-writing to work with my DVD+RW drive
under Linux, but batch writing works fine. I use 'growisofs' to do it.
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ryan
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response 274 of 475:
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Feb 20 20:36 UTC 2004 |
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