Roger Munford wrote:
> I have a PC (6 months old) which dual boots windows XP with Ubuntu which
> is used by the family. My son switched off the power before Windows shut
> down and it doesn't boot anymore. Ubuntu is unaffected and so I don't
> believe that any hardware has failed.
>
> My main g
I have a PC (6 months old) which dual boots windows XP with Ubuntu which
is used by the family. My son switched off the power before Windows shut
down and it doesn't boot anymore. Ubuntu is unaffected and so I don't
believe that any hardware has failed.
My main gripe is with the so called "rec
> When I diagnose a fault at the CLI I scan the text as if they are single
> images then rapidly process these as a whole and try to match against
> previous experiences. That scanning is okay for debugging, there is a name
> for that and we all do it under various pressured circumstances.
I reca
Jacqui Caren wrote:
> Damian Brasher wrote:
>> Do modern psychologists ever contrast computer data management to human
>> data
>> (memory) management?
>
> Very very simplistic :-) - how people respresent text differs from person to
> person.
Indeed, every scale devised misses something. I suppose
The Holy ettlz wrote:
> leads me to wonder: Why are you soaking novels?
> (Sorry, the joke seemed relevant, and I couldn't resist...)
Not a joke - I have ruined some very good (and OOP) books :-(
After a day staring at CRT/LCD's I started listening to audio books
and although a lot slower I do en
On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 15:36 +0100, Jacqui Caren wrote:
> Damian Brasher wrote:
> > Do modern psychologists ever contrast computer data management to human data
> > (memory) management?
>
> Very very simplistic :-) - how people respresent text differs from person to
> person.
For instance,
> For
Damian Brasher wrote:
> Do modern psychologists ever contrast computer data management to human data
> (memory) management?
Very very simplistic :-) - how people respresent text differs from person to
person.
For example I read words as a form of mnemonic image - hence I take 4 novels
into the b
2009/6/14 Stephen Nelson-Smith :
>
> My definition of crap: Software that costs me a lot of money because
> it is slow and it crashes.
That definition fits my experience with Microsoft Office.
At the end of the day, what works for you may not work for me. I now
use Gnuplot to generate graphs fro
Jon Wilks wrote:
> 2009/6/14 Damian Brasher
>
>> Jon Wilks wrote:
>>
>> > I think you should get out more.
> I do hope no offence was taken from my comment. I must admit to a moments
> regret after clicking the send button.
>
Non taken, it was Friday after all, entirely appropriate.
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