[Dorset] Printer profiles

2012-10-03 Thread Peter Harris
Hi all, I am using a HP Photosmart 7510 printer with Ubuntu 12.04. It's a bit of a nuisance having to change the profile settings each time I change from documents to photos. Ideally I would like to set up 2 profiles, one for A4 documents with duplex printing and normal quality and the other for p

Re: [Dorset] Best starter programming language

2012-10-03 Thread Adrian Howard
On 16 September 2012 00:03, p.lane wrote: [snip] > The reason I say Perl is because I see so many vacanices for LAMP > developers, so more of an interesting career than 'merely' programming, > leading into some good sys' admin too. more options, more bucks. Much as I love Perl most of the Ps in L

[Dorset] Links from 2012-10-02's Pub Meeting.

2012-10-03 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, Quite a lot this time, so I'll keep them brief... Terry, what was that program Paul was noisily playing with; the signal generator thingy. Is that public or something internal to work? Astro, a file manager for Android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro "Scala

[Dorset] Location of Future Meetings.

2012-10-03 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, Some discussion is needed about the location of future meetings. Alternating monthly would deprive the Bournemouth locals, Tim, Natalie, Victor, ..., of half their meetings. Having both going on the same night would drop the attendence as Terry's merry band of men have car, will travel. Are

Re: [Dorset] Links from 2012-10-02's Pub Meeting.

2012-10-03 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday 03 Oct 2012 13:02:02 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Terry, what was that program Paul was noisily playing with; the signal > generator thingy. Is that public or something internal to work? I think it was called psychosynth and I saw him installing it from a PPA on Lubuntu. However, all I

Re: [Dorset] Links from 2012-10-02's Pub Meeting.

2012-10-03 Thread Victor Churchill
Hi Ralph & all, On 3 October 2012 13:02, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > A quick video introduction to the hexaflexagon. Tim brought a `back of > the envelope' one along last night. > https://plus.google.com/109197758463316568589/posts/1AM3Md56fUS > I recall having fun with these after reading a chapt