Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Dan Dart
> apparently, the beta's out now. Yeah, I tried it, it's very pretty... and kinda works. I might move fulltime to it. But it doesn't really excite me, as I can't see any new features. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread jr
> "The next release will be 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, to be released on > October 10, 2010 (10/10/10). apparently, the beta's out now. "Canonical and the Ubuntu developers have issued a beta version 10.10 of Ubuntu, code-named "Maverick Meerkat". This development milestone is the first and only p

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Dan Dart
> Lol. Maybe they'll do some artwork like with Hardy? Hope so. This current one looks like a mutated vegetable. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Simon O'Riordan
On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 12:11 +0100, Dan Dart wrote: > > Er, yeah. I'm really looking forward to Meerkat. > It would be a sin if their slogan wasn't "Simples!" > > -- > Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > How

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Dan Dart
> Er, yeah. I'm really looking forward to Meerkat. It would be a sin if their slogan wasn't "Simples!" -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Simon O'Riordan
Er, yeah. I'm really looking forward to Meerkat. On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 12:03 +0100, Dan Dart wrote: > > I don't get it. > > Ok, I do get it. But it's completely arbitrary, and wrong too. > But here's something else interesting (in base 10 this time): > > How do you make eight eights equal a thous

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Dan, > > You've fallen for their propaganda! It's a well-known secret that > > Canonical work in senary internally. 10/10/10 is not what it seems! > > I don't get it. You're not the only one based on the off-list emails I'm getting. :-) Senary is base 6, just like binary is base 2. The

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Simon O'Riordan
On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 12:00 +0100, Dan Dart wrote: > > You've fallen for their propaganda! It's a well-known secret that > > Canonical work in senary internally. 10/10/10 is not what it seems! > > I don't get it. > > -- > Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 > Meets, Mailing

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Dan Dart
> I don't get it. Ok, I do get it. But it's completely arbitrary, and wrong too. But here's something else interesting (in base 10 this time): How do you make eight eights equal a thousand? 8+8+8+88+888=1000 -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, L

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday 04 Sep 2010, Dan Dart wrote: > > You've fallen for their propaganda! It's a well-known secret that > > Canonical work in senary internally. 10/10/10 is not what it seems! > > I don't get it. Try this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senary. -- Terry Coles

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Dan Dart
> You've fallen for their propaganda! It's a well-known secret that > Canonical work in senary internally. 10/10/10 is not what it seems! I don't get it. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 04/09/10 11:40, Peter Merchant wrote: On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 08:31 +0100, Terry Coles wrote: On Friday 03 Sep 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote: "The next release will be 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, to be released on October 10, 2010 (10/10/10). This is a departure from the traditional schedul

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Peter Merchant
On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 08:31 +0100, Terry Coles wrote: > On Friday 03 Sep 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > > "The next release will be 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, to be released on > > > October 10, 2010 (10/10/10). This is a departure from the traditional > > > schedule releasing at the end of October t

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-04 Thread Terry Coles
On Friday 03 Sep 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > "The next release will be 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, to be released on > > October 10, 2010 (10/10/10). This is a departure from the traditional > > schedule releasing at the end of October to get "the perfect 10" > > You've fallen for their propaganda

Re: [Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-03 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Simon, > "The next release will be 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, to be released on > October 10, 2010 (10/10/10). This is a departure from the traditional > schedule releasing at the end of October to get "the perfect 10" You've fallen for their propaganda! It's a well-known secret that Canonical

[Dorset] From Wikipedia:(and I can hardly wait)

2010-09-03 Thread Simon O'Riordan
"The next release will be 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, to be released on October 10, 2010 (10/10/10). This is a departure from the traditional schedule releasing at the end of October to get "the perfect 10",[57] and a playful reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, since, in binary, 101010 i