Re: [ubuntu-uk] Freeview[Scanned]
I used to be in the same situation as you and I can more of less guarantee that an indoor aerial will not work with poor reception I tried about a 4 or 5 different types and was lucky to get even a single frame display every few minutes. When I did use a roof aerial I got some of the channels all of the time and others came and went. My channel 5 was a very weird one; I'd have to wait for the sun to go down for it to work (I'm guessing must have been something to do with the temperature of the aerial). If you are in that situation I would recommend investing in free satellite as there is nothing worse the losing signal just as a program gets to a key part. Paul Jai Harrison wrote: Hey guys (and girls), I've been looking into FreeView today and the switch for my area isn't until 2011 (a LONG, unbearable way away). Freeview.co.uk reports my area is without any FreeView whatsoever while DigitalUK says that I can receive some channels now. It also says I'll suffer from a poor reception, that an aerial upgrade may be required and that I will have 47 TV channels/radio stations in orange status (variable reception). These are as follows: * BBC ONE * BBC TWO * BBC THREE * CBBC * BBC NEWS 24 * BBCi * BBC FOUR * Cbeebies * BBC Parliament * The Community Channel * BBC Radio 1 (radio) * 1 Xtra BBC (radio) * BBC Radio 2 (radio) * BBC Radio 3 (radio) * BBC Radio 4 (radio) * BBC Radio 5 Live (radio) * BBC Five Live Sports Extra (radio) * BBC 6 Music (radio) * BBC 7 (radio) * BBC Asian Network (radio) * Five * QVC * UK Gold (subscription only) * bid tv * price-drop.tv * UKTV Style (subscription only) * Eurosport (subscription only) * SETANTA Sports (subscription only) * Five US * Five Life * TopUp Anytime1 (subscription only) * TopUp Anytime2 (subscription only) * TopUp Anytime3 (subscription only) * Teachers' TV * Television X (subscription only) * Teletext Holidays * Teletext Games * Heat (radio) * Mojo (radio) * UKTV History * The HITS * Dave TV * Virgin 1 * TMF * Ideal World * Film 4 * ITV 2+1 * BBC World Service (radio) * The Hits Radio (radio) * Smash Hits! (radio) * KISS (radio) * Magic (radio) * Q (radio) * oneword (radio) * SMOOTH RADIO (radio) * Kerrang! (radio) * 4TV Interactive What I would like to know is what my chances are of receiving these channels at a watch-able quality. What exactly variable reception means in terms of quality. How come there's no ITV or C4. I'm not easily able to attach an aerial to the roof but a friend suggested this: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=115127doy=2m11C=SOU=strat15 I have absolutely no clue what I'm doing. I figured that some people on the mailing list would have a better idea than I do. Thanks for any help any of you can provide me with :) Jai -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?[Scanned]
Matthew Daubney wrote: Alan Pope wrote: Hi Jai. On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 21:55 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state whether it is ADSL or cable. For ADSL I'd use UKFSN. For Cable, Virgin Media. I have used both, and they're both great in my opinion. Cheers, Al. Bah, I'm stuck with Virgin media and desperately want to get rid of it. Stupid protected trees. Mind you, apparently there is a chance I might get billed correctly this month. -Matt Daubney You'll be lucky I called every month for over 6 months and still the bill was wrong every month in the end I just gave up and I'm rid of them at the end of this month. Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] EU-topia? No Windows in EU ? Should we contribute?[Scanned]
Sakjur wrote: 2007/9/27, Eddie Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Having read the submission by the Global Institute (PDF) http://www.globalisation.eu/publications/unbundlingmicrosoftwindows.pdf and this scary bit of nonsense Linux to finally kill Windows' http://diary.bluemango.in/?p=110(who wrote this - anybody know?), I'm wondering if Ubuntu-UK should add it's weight to this argument and submit an 'informed' opinion to the debate. What do we think about this proposal? My personal, unbiased opinion (to be qualified later): Is Yes! Yes! Yes! Go for it, Yerp but then I've always been the quiet type :-) Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ Hey... EU is evil! They're just like USA! I don't like an United States of Europe... And they also force a lot stupid things... they force our armies in war to defence the inhabitants... The only good thing they ever done is the debate against Microsoft... Have you read that the second leader of EU would like EU to censor some sentances... like: howto build bomb and so on.. That's only my opinion... // Emil I would have said comparing the EU to the USA is a bit of a stretch, at least we have a say in the EU. I believe they have also shielded us in the UK from a lot of new draconian laws. When it's a choice between daft and draconian I know which I would pick ;-) But anyway that's a little off subject. My personal opinion is it would be great to septate the OS from the machine and give Ubuntu a chance; but, then I think how would I feel if I went out, brought a toaster and it wouldn't make my toast until I had toasted a dozen pop-tarts :-) Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] regarding for solution[Scanned]
Hi, I'm not 100% sure but this would make sense as the first answer to me: the machine with 990 ticks should be experiencing time at (990/1000) of real time the machine with 1015 ticks should be experiencing time at (1015/1000) of real time The length of time it would take the two systems to go out of sync be 5 seconds would be: (1015/1000)a - (990/1000)a = 5 where a is the time needed between syncs so answer is 200 seconds Sorry, but the I've not really got time to work out the second one right now. I'll try and get back to it at some point if someone hasn't beaten me to it ;-) Thanks Paul fatma oymak wrote: Dear all, I have one problemI couldnt find right answer...do you have any idea? please please let me know many thanks fatma Consider the behaviour of two machines in a distributed system. Both have clocks that are supposed to tick 1000 times per millisecond. One of them ticks 990 times per millisecond. The other ticks 1015 times per millisecond. If the system designer want to guarantee that clocks of these two machines never differ by more than 5 seconds, how often must be clocks be re-synchronized? Supposing that all machines in this distributed systems come from same manufacturer and the maximum drift rate is specified as 1.0%, how often must the clocks of this system must be re-synchonized if the system designers want to guarantee that clocks of these two machines never differ by more than 5 seconds? Describe in steps how you get your result... _ Txt a lot? Get Messenger FREE on your mobile. https://livemessenger.mobile.uk.msn.com/ -- Paul Brunt Web Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] DDI +44 (0) 1279 719584 Stortford Hall Industrial Park Dunmow Road, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5GZ United Kingdom www.armourhe.co.uk Tel +44 (0) 1279 50 Fax +44 (0) 1279 501080 This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please e-mail the sender immediately by replying to this message and delete the material from any computer. Armour Home Electronics Ltd shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt or damage to your system. Armour Home Electronics Ltd does not guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that this communication is free of viruses, interceptions or interference. This message is attributed to the sender and may not necessarily reflect the view of Armour Home Electronics Ltd. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB (PCI) expansion card?[Scanned]
ditto, have not had any hint of problems with mine either. Colin McCarthy wrote: I bought a 'no name cheaper than dirt budget' USB2 PCI card from Dabs.com http://Dabs.com and it works perfectly on my system running Ubuntu. Colin On 3/12/07, *alan c* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any problems to be anticipated if I try to use an expansion card (PCI) to add some USB2 ports to a PC which has normally only USB1 ports? PC is Dell Dimension 4100. tia -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Consultation[Scanned]
Filled it in but after reading a bit more it looks like the trust is saying that the BBC have to provide something for Linux and mac. But they're also saying that the content can be kept for no more then 30 days(not the 13weeks that the BBC proposed)..that means the BBC will have to come up with some sort of DRM for Linux if we want to use the service. Scrase, Eddie wrote: The BBC are running a consultation about introducing on-demand services (for example, replaying shows over the internet). Question 5 of the consultation asks How important is it that the proposed seven-day catch-up service over the internet is available to consumers who are not using Microsoft software? I have filled in the questionnaire (obviously stating my opinion that the BBC should support Linux), and would like to suggest that others do the same: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/consult/open-consultations/ondemand_services.html -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
