On 1 March 2011 10:30, Natalie Hooper nataliehoo...@virginmedia.com wrote:
I'm going to the London one, anyone else going?
I'd be interested in 'Copyright vs. Community' but don't know whether
time/circumstances will permit.
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On 28 February 2011 20:56, Peter Merchant madsmad...@netscape.net wrote:
What other test can I do?
try using it on a Windoze box??
(takes cover at the cries of heresy ;-))
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2011-03-07 A Free Digital Society
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2011-03-08 Copyright vs. Community
Brighton, UK
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On 23 February 2011 23:03, Tim xendis...@gmx.com wrote:
Any thoughts?
I'd look into setting up a DMZ box (if you've a spare machine),
separating the internal network from the Virgin/BT/whatever supplied
h/ware. extreme, admittedly, but what price peace of mind?
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inexplicable reason), but good to
know that there is a powerful editor available for those unfortunate
enough to need to edit files on a Windows platform.
also, you can save a couple more keystrokes if you want to operate on
all lines in the buffer:
:%s/find/replace/g
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On 18 February 2011 14:09, Andrew Reid Paterson
andy.pater...@ntlworld.com wrote:
So, I will now wait see what haappens.
those settings (probably) won't survive a reboot, you might want to
add a small script to your system start.
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-GB/thunderbird/
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locate the source for a simialr scanner?
probably yes, it covers both character and block devices thoroughly,
and has a chapter on USB.
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596005900
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http://www.edugeek.net/forums/nix/2509-rdp-server-linux.html
haven't needed a server on Linux so I don't know whether xrdp is any
good (for your needs), hth.
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/Outlook
combo (as mentioned earlier, though that's obviously not Linux kernel
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). This includes task management and
now I prefer
this setup to Outlook.
thank you, Si. Thunderbird is quite a nice client, I'll look into this.
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? the (browser i/f) 'TeamViewer'
(http://www.teamviewer.com/) is pretty good too.
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How
on sale, or one type of car).
my $0.02.
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adherence ot
standards (see John Carlyle-Clarke 1427h) by all means, but glitzy,
automated GUIs which hide all of the nitty-gritty (..only
developers/tinkerers should. Make everything available via the GUI..)
are, in the long run, counter-productive.
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thank you for the alternative link.
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(instaed of just having an option to download)?
who runs that operation? whom are they selling the data to?
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, but there will be a
'smb.conf' somewhere, can you compare the one on your machine with
that of your son's? also, you might want to see whether the samba
users are set up correctly (pdbedit(8), smbpasswd(8)).
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On 18 October 2010 15:33, Simon O'Riordan voluntar...@btopenworld.com wrote:
Oh, and the problem definitely lies with the way I was using ALSA in
a .so library.
nothing to do with lack of testing the s/ware before release then?
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in others, which leads me to believe that
there really may be some permission issues with the ALSA/pulse PCM
setup.
what about the ownership of the ALSA files and libraries? (on my
slackware box it's all root:root by default)
also, is the execute problem the same for all users?
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there is
'The Baytree' in Withermoor Road (a friendly neighbourhood cafe).
(and sorry about the belated offer, it wasn't until read about the
'spring cleanout' that I remembered those DIMMs).
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hi Andrew,
Hi Ralph,
thanks for that, convert/composite works fine - but gee! it's
noticeably
slow!
hm, just how frequently do you need to change the background on your
root window?
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knocking around.
if you're interested (and local to Bournemouth), I'd be happy to meet
for a coffee and let you take your pick.
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hi Andrew,
using imagemagick has solved my background problem thanks, my bash function is
now (roughly)
nothing like a bit of magic. :-)
been thinking that this quite a useful bit of code. how about
putting it, documented, onto the Wiki?
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hi Tim,
Can anybody tell me if HP use standard SoDimm memory (Laptop type) or a
propriatory format for there printers??
what model?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_LaserJet#Upgrading_memory_of_older_models
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hi Andrew,
TIA for any assistance/suggestions
don't have 'xloadimage' on my machine, however, if you have the
ImageMagick(1) software installed, 'composite' will combine images.
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On 1 October 2010 16:09, Peter Merchant madsmad...@netscape.net wrote:
- Some time ago I suggested the Grasshopper in (eastern) PArkstone, but
until someone evaluates it, we don't know.
the Grasshopper would be perfect, but, alas, no WiFi.
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Ubuntu upgrades are
actually a negative for me, too many risks of things going wrong too often.
concur, a stable (working) environment is very important.
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and on)
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people accustomed to remote
monitoring of their peers, by their peers. If I can monitor you-or-you, then
the police can do it just fine.
this sort of already happened.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6108496.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance#United_Kingdom
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On 12 September 2010 12:03, Simon O'Riordan voluntar...@btopenworld.com wrote:
Such a society really is toast.
Amen to that.
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at the newgrp thing, Ralph, sounds
intriguing; won't be using PERL though, that syntax makes my eyes
bleed!!
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in already?
ie GID 1000 is your default group, and you can execute 'newgrp ralph'
straight after a login?
doesn't work for me here, I can change to other groups (which I'm a
member of) only.
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planned beta release and will be
followed by a release candidate on the 30th of September.
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-releases-Ubuntu-10-10-Beta-1071945.html
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hi David,
It is installed
maybe running 'ldconfig -v -n /usr/local/lib' will help.
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hi Robert,
A long shot I know ... I am looking for work and know there are
many companies out there who could use someone
but are not currently advertising.
have you thought about advertising yourself on 'gumtree'?
http://bournemouth.gumtree.com/
hth
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hi Simon,
.. I'm out of work..
ouch, sorry, didn't know.
sounds though like you've things in hand, and I hope things will work
out to your satisfaction.
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). these days I get most information from various newsgroups and
newsletters, and I use my local library for book loans.
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hi Peter,
I want to backup selected files/directories from my data disk.
rsync, scheduled via cron.
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of the advantages of using *nix instead of
Windoze is the wide range of tools supplied 'as standard'.
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say that every person wanting to program for *nix
systems ought to study (and work through) those texts, very
educational, very rewarding.
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yo Ralph,
Ah, I'm preaching to the converted! :-)
now looking forward to meeting you in person -- two old guys losing
themselves in reminiscences!!
LOL
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remain after a given
s/ware has been uninstalled (usually because files had been added or
modified), these can then be removed manually.
not sure why you'd find files relating to Mozilla under '/etc'. which
distro do you use?
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hi Ralph,
A twelve-minute video of Rob Pike's OSCon talk is on youtube.
thank you for this link.
Pike is also a very good author, I love the clear and concise style of
'The Practice of Programming' which he co-authored with Brian
Kernighan.
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ssh (putty.exe) into the box and re-install gnome Power Manager?
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hi Terry,
However, whatever I do, I can't see it on the network and I can't see
the network from the netbook.
first things first, is your networking working?
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on local i/f.
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the netmask question already (thanks).
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), and 'future-proof' in that it will be easy to modify
should Clive decide to backup to a NAS or another computer.
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(I hope/think), but worth bearing in mind.
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(version, link to, etc)?
and why do you need to use pam_mount to mount CIFS shares?
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Rats: I cut 'n' pasted the wrong link. Should have been
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/26/windows_boxes_at_sea/
shows the 'Blue Screen Of Death' in a whole new light!
LOL
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