Re: [ubuntu-uk] Init Script fun

2010-06-29 Thread Rob Beard
On 29/06/10 20:20, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 29/06/10 20:08, Rob Beard wrote: >> Now running one of these streams is fine, it starts fine and goes into >> the background. If I run a second stream (basically start the next >> init.d script) it will start to run the script but then come up with a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Speech Recognition

2010-06-29 Thread Roy Jamison
@Alan: Exactly my thought! It's a shame that if there are any, that they weren't released (or at least not without public knowledge). I suppose contacting Universities would be a futile attempt ;) (saying that if I thought it would bring results I would do it!) If anything can be found I would be w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Optional headless server...

2010-06-29 Thread Timothy Rittman
Message: 7 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:19:24 +0100 From: John Stevenson Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Optional headless server... To: UK Ubuntu Talk Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On 28 June 2010 22:12, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > > As long as the card is on the bus, it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Speech Recognition

2010-06-29 Thread Roy Jamison
Actually in its defense, I have found Dragon NS to be quite surprisingly accurate after 10-15 minutes of training, so I don't think the perfect model is too far away, at least for closed-source payware. Open-source I'm not too sure but there's always a negative spin every time this subject pops up.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Speech Recognition

2010-06-29 Thread Alan Bell
Roy Jamison wrote: > Hi all. Have been looking at the Ubuntu wiki and googled around for > quite a while trying to find an answer but there doesn't appear to be > anything concrete for linux regarding speech recognition programs. > I mean, there are developer-only orientated things like sphinx and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Speech Recognition

2010-06-29 Thread Steve
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:08:45 +0100, Roy Jamison wrote: > Hi all. Have been looking at the Ubuntu wiki and googled around for > quite a while trying to find an answer but there doesn't appear to be > anything concrete for linux regarding speech recognition programs. > I mean, there are developer

[ubuntu-uk] Speech Recognition

2010-06-29 Thread Roy Jamison
Hi all. Have been looking at the Ubuntu wiki and googled around for quite a while trying to find an answer but there doesn't appear to be anything concrete for linux regarding speech recognition programs. I mean, there are developer-only orientated things like sphinx and julius in our repos, but is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Init Script fun

2010-06-29 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 29/06/10 20:08, Rob Beard wrote: > Now running one of these streams is fine, it starts fine and goes into > the background. If I run a second stream (basically start the next > init.d script) it will start to run the script but then come up with an > error about it already running. PIDs. The

[ubuntu-uk] Init Script fun

2010-06-29 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, Further to my post a couple of days ago about Shoutcast and streaming radio, I've decided to bite the bullet and go for Icecast, mainly because it appears to be better supported on Ubuntu 64-bit. Now I've got Icecast running, I can run multiple Icecast sessions (there's about 6 in to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04 Wireless Toshiba Portege PP041E

2010-06-29 Thread daveg
> Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:49:09 +0100 > From: da...@boavon.plus.com > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04 Wireless Toshiba Portege PP041E > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: > <1eb6b7d3bbe753c5f550abd7e9a619c8.squir...@webmail.plus.net> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread Chris Rowson
>> > Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy >> > The IT >> > Crowd. Bit silly but when was a Brit sitcom not silly? >> I have a female friend who doesn't appreciate BBT having only one >> female lead character who is portrayed as ditzy and clueles

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 14:41 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > Matt, > > On 29/06/10 12:53, Matthew Daubney wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 11:53 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > >> > >> On 29/06/10 11:35, Jon Spriggs wrote: > >>> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Alan Pope wrote: > On 29 June 2010 11:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread Tony Arnold
Matt, On 29/06/10 12:53, Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 11:53 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: >> >> On 29/06/10 11:35, Jon Spriggs wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Alan Pope wrote: On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazz wrote: > Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread Lucy
On 29 June 2010 11:29, Alan Pope wrote: > On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazz wrote: >> Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy The IT >> Crowd. Bit silly but when was a Brit sitcom not silly? >> > > I have a female friend who doesn't appreciate BBT having only one > female

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread pmgazz
Me too! On 29/06/10 12:53, Matthew Daubney wrote: On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 11:53 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: On 29/06/10 11:35, Jon Spriggs wrote: On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Alan Pope wrote: On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazz wrote: Well, it's not nearly as good as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 11:53 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > > On 29/06/10 11:35, Jon Spriggs wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Alan Pope wrote: > >> On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazz wrote: > >>> Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy The IT > >>> Crowd. Bit silly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread Tony Arnold
On 29/06/10 11:35, Jon Spriggs wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Alan Pope wrote: >> On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazz wrote: >>> Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy The IT >>> Crowd. Bit silly but when was a Brit sitcom not silly? >> I have a female friend

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread pmgazz
I thought Leslie Winklier was great. There's also Raj's childhood friend who prefers Sheldon. Not to mention Leonard's mother who has me in stitches. Penny sort of represents Middle America rather than any idiocy specifically of womankind, I thought. She had to be a woman, the geeks obviously

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread Alan Pope
On 29 June 2010 11:32, Steve Garton wrote: > I would argue that Jen (in ITC) was portrayed as ditzy & clueless too > (remember the episode where she won Employee of the Month?) > I don't think she likes the IT Crowd either, for much the same reason. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com ht

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread Alan Pope
On 29 June 2010 11:35, Jon Spriggs wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Alan Pope wrote: >> On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazz wrote: >>> Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy The IT >>> Crowd. Bit silly but when was a Brit sitcom not silly? >> I have a female frie

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread Jon Spriggs
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Alan Pope wrote: > On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazz wrote: >> Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy The IT >> Crowd. Bit silly but when was a Brit sitcom not silly? > I have a female friend who doesn't appreciate BBT having only one > f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread pmgazz
An excellent point - which I probably should've noticed ;) Paula On 29/06/10 11:32, Steve Garton wrote: On 29/06/10 11:29, Alan Pope wrote: On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazz wrote: Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy The IT Crowd. Bit silly but when was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread Steve Garton
On 29/06/10 11:29, Alan Pope wrote: > On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazz wrote: >> Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy The IT >> Crowd. Bit silly but when was a Brit sitcom not silly? >> > > I have a female friend who doesn't appreciate BBT having only one > female lead

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread Alan Pope
On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazz wrote: > Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy The IT > Crowd. Bit silly but when was a Brit sitcom not silly? > I have a female friend who doesn't appreciate BBT having only one female lead character who is portrayed as ditzy and cluele

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread pmgazz
Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy The IT Crowd. Bit silly but when was a Brit sitcom not silly? Paula On 28/06/10 23:48, Steve Flynn wrote: On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:26 PM, javadayaz wrote: I agree. The it crowd is really quite good Like I said,