On 03/11/2008, Simon Capstick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My experience of old laptops is that the heat sink can collect fluff
> becoming less efficient, requiring the fan more often or permanently.
> Forcing the fan off can then cause stability issues. Better to clear
> the fluff instead (which
Clive Woodfine wrote:
> On 02/11/2008, Philip Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> This is strange. My old Toshiba laptop works much better with Linux.
>> Only under Windows does the fan play up. Normally staying on when not
>> needed.
>> Regards, Philip.
>>
> In my case I only have Linux installed
Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
> A good session!
>
> I was a little disappointed that no-one could tell me why I'm having so
> much trouble getting wireless networking going on my machine (ThinkPad
> X30 with Etch) but I'm grateful to those who offered help.
>
> I learned a few useful things along
A good session!
I was a little disappointed that no-one could tell me why I'm having so much
trouble getting wireless networking going on my machine (ThinkPad X30 with
Etch) but I'm grateful to those who offered help.
I learned a few useful things along the way and have a couple of suggestions
fo
On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 19:13 +, Damian Brasher wrote:
> Andy Random wrote:
>
> > Thanks go to Damian for arranging the room, Adam for his talk and everyone
> > else for turning up.
>
> Thanks also to ECS and University security for making it possible.
>
> http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
>
> --
FYI, with my comments below:
Just to drum home the point - you WILL NEED TO ENSURE YOU (or a member
of your party) HAS A MOBILE PHONE ON THEIR PERSON!
(if you're arriving after 11:30ish)
While there is what appears to be a cross between a mobile phone and a
doorbell outside the door, this doesn'
Tony Whitmore wrote:
...
>
>> [0] http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?1stNovember2008
>
> Are the photos on there really HDR? Or just panoramas?
They're HDR in a small way -- just three auto-bracketed exposures of
frame, not enough to keep detail in the fluorescent lights and the deep
On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:40:09 +, Hants LUG Chairman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to thank everyone who came along to yesterday's meeting and
> contributed[0]. As Damian has already said it went well and again I'd
like
> to
> thank the University for having us - it does mak
