Re: [Scottish] Failed RPM dependencies - what to do about 'em?

2004-06-16 Thread John Hallam
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, TC wrote: > Actually, I overstate my han'lessness. I know more about this stuff > than your average Joe in the street. And the fact that *I* can't do > something as simple as this surely proves that Linux is still *miles* > away from Windows in usability for the common man.

Re: [Scottish] [Fwd: [edlug] "Is Open Source a viable business proposition?" Round Two in Aberdeen.]

2004-05-27 Thread John Hallam
On Thu, 27 May 2004, William Anderson wrote: > I suggested one from all the LUGs, one from a Business/Businesses and one from > Schools or the like? Maybe someone like Bob Kerr? > > Thoughts? You could do worse than ask Craig Robertson, who runs craigspla.net and makes Beowulfs for peo

Re: [Scottish] Anybody know a good text editor which can run in a browser

2004-05-19 Thread John Hallam
On Mon, 17 May 2004, Colin McKinnon wrote: > Thanks, but: > > > I did find netedit which is little more than a textarea with buttons on > > Problem is that a lot of things are quite difficult to do with a textarea > field using (portable) javascript - like moving the caret. There also seems >

Re: [Scottish] [Fwd: Demon ADSL]

2004-04-20 Thread John Hallam
On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Ian Robertson wrote: > Am hopeful of running router(netgear) to give access once connected in > the next few days. How easy to configure/test? I have a netgear RT311, which is a NAT/firewall router. If you get a similar one ask me, and I'll give you a rather vicious

Re: [Scottish] The Future of the LUG

2003-12-13 Thread John Hallam
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, ptb wrote: > Well we have MEPs also, is there no country in Europe (failing > that look in the UN for a linux-using state) using linux for > financial reasons and having the figures to back up their > decision? Your MEP has the resources to find out for you. I though

Re: [Scottish] allowing a large newborn sea-mammal to collide witha rocky plane toid object devoid of atmosphere somewhere in another galaxy

2003-03-21 Thread John Hallam
On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Huard, Elise - D C&W Consultant wrote: > Or to phrase it differently : i need a random number generator that won't > give the same sequence of numbers every time that the seed is reinitialised > in the same second (by 2 different users) > srand(time(NULL)) > and then rand()

Re: [Scottish] Hardware recommendations?

2003-01-16 Thread John Hallam
On 16 Jan 2003, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: > > machine with linux installed---Doesn't have to be the RedHat distribution, > > It's very hard to buy a machine with Linux already installed, unless > you're buying a server. ... Try Craig's Planet (craigspla.net) -- I know the owner and he's