Re: [Hampshire] Packaging help needed

2010-01-16 Thread Bob Dunlop
On Fri, Jan 15 at 11:40, Jacqui Caren-home wrote: John Cooper wrote: * I know Gentoo isn't packaged, but it has its own install procedures like a package. I really like /etc/portage/package.use as I often find I need an oddity such as a threaded perl and unlike most other systems gentoo

Re: [Hampshire] Python multiplicaton

2010-01-16 Thread Owain Clarke
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:51:35AM +, Owain Clarke wrote: Could anyone explain to me why 3*7.6 gives me 22.797? I have Python 2.5.2 OK, now I understand. Thanks all - will continue to seek a workaround, and I'm guessing that, as the amounts are to do with pounds and

Re: [Hampshire] Python multiplicaton

2010-01-16 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:11:31 +, simb...@cooptel.net said: as the amounts are to do with pounds and pence, I should convert everything pence before multiplying so that the calculation is with integers. Or use Binary Coded Decimal (BCD), which is designed for exactly this purpose. See

[Hampshire] OT [tech] result of overloading memory slots?

2010-01-16 Thread Lisi
I have googled, but can't seem to frame the question in a machine-comprehensible form. At least, I am not getting usable answers. :-( If a motherboard has, say, 3 memory slots, with an overall maximum of one GB, and there is 512 MB RAM in each of two of the slots, i.e. the overall limit has

Re: [Hampshire] OT [tech] result of overloading memory slots?

2010-01-16 Thread Russell Morris
It's more likely that the BIOS will have a fit when you boot the machine. Regardless it certainly won't damage your machine. 2010/1/16 Lisi hants...@googlemail.com I have googled, but can't seem to frame the question in a machine-comprehensible form. At least, I am not getting usable answers.

Re: [Hampshire] Python multiplicaton

2010-01-16 Thread Hugo Mills
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 10:11:31AM +, Owain Clarke wrote: On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:51:35AM +, Owain Clarke wrote: Could anyone explain to me why 3*7.6 gives me 22.797? I have Python 2.5.2 OK, now I understand. Thanks all - will continue to seek a workaround,

Re: [Hampshire] OT [tech] result of overloading memory slots?

2010-01-16 Thread Simon Reap
Lisi wrote: Put otherwise, could too much RAM fry the mobo, and could it not do so until the second boot up after installation? I've done this a couple of times with no ill effects (usually when I don't know the motherboard limit, but do have spare sticks or RAM of the same spec as the

Re: [Hampshire] OT [tech] result of overloading memory slots?

2010-01-16 Thread Sean Gibbins
Simon Reap wrote: Lisi wrote: Put otherwise, could too much RAM fry the mobo, and could it not do so until the second boot up after installation? I've done this a couple of times with no ill effects (usually when I don't know the motherboard limit, but do have spare sticks or

Re: [Hampshire] OT [tech] result of overloading memory slots?

2010-01-16 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 13:15:17 + (+), Simon Reap wrote: Lisi wrote: Put otherwise, could too much RAM fry the mobo, and could it not do so until the second boot up after installation? Have a look on crucial.com. There are various issues here - including electrical - e.g. you

Re: [Hampshire] Packaging help needed

2010-01-16 Thread Stephen Pelc
This is an aggregated response. If the lack of attribution upsets you, I apologise. A majority of the software for the Linux platform is distributed in source code form. That's the open source business model. It's a service model. You pay for service, not for acquisition. That's fine for