Re: [Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread John Cooper
On 29/08/11 20:27, e-mail phillip.chandler wrote: I'd add paranoid as well. Everytime you go on the internet your activity is logged, every email you send is stored, your mobile phone logs your location and CCTV cameras capture your image. This is the world we live in and is not

Re: [Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread Chris Dennis
On 08/29/2011 07:25 PM, e-mail phillip.chandler wrote: One *massive* bonus of Android was getting the replacement, and all my contacts and appointments (via google) were resynced with the greatest of ease. Im more concerned about security on cloud computing. you have no idea who i

Re: [Hampshire] FW: More basic commands - was RE: ls -l

2011-08-29 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 20:25, Anton Piatek wrote: > Isn't the filesysyem in hackers the big GUI towers? yes; sidenote: the director decided that computer graphics weren't suitable to portray a computer interface so those "towers" were created in meat-space. -- Regards,     The Honeymonster aka

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread Andy Ransom
Hi, This is both a valid and interesting discussion, but it is also one which can generate strong feelings. Please remember to be civil when responding, the fact that you disagree with someone else's opinion is not a reason to be rude and I don't want to have to moderate this thread because

Re: [Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread e-mail phillip.chandler
On 29 August 2011 19:13, John Cooper wrote: > On 29/08/11 19:57, Keith Edmunds wrote: > >> On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:25:21 +, phillip.chand...@ntlworld.com said: >> >> Call me old fashioned, but Id rather keep all my personal stuff backed >>> up on a usb stick. >>> >> >> I'd probably call you n

Re: [Hampshire] FW: More basic commands - was RE: ls -l

2011-08-29 Thread Anton Piatek
Isn't the filesysyem in hackers the big GUI towers? Anton - Anton Piatek (sent from my phone, please excuse any typos) email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http:// www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message

Re: [Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread Anton Piatek
There is a big difference between publically posting private details and movements to that of allowing someone else to host your contacts, calendar or email. I assume you encrypt every email you send, only accept encrypted mail and only use websites with ssl. Otherwise you are probably sharing just

Re: [Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread John Cooper
On 29/08/11 19:57, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:25:21 +, phillip.chand...@ntlworld.com said: Call me old fashioned, but Id rather keep all my personal stuff backed up on a usb stick. I'd probably call you naive rather than old fashioned. I'd add paranoid as well. Everytim

Re: [Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread e-mail phillip.chandler
On 29 August 2011 18:57, Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:25:21 +, phillip.chand...@ntlworld.com said: > > > Call me old fashioned, but Id rather keep all my personal stuff backed > > up on a usb stick. > > I'd probably call you naive rather than old fashioned. > Unfortunately I

Re: [Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:25:21 +, phillip.chand...@ntlworld.com said: > Call me old fashioned, but Id rather keep all my personal stuff backed > up on a usb stick. I'd probably call you naive rather than old fashioned. -- "You can have everything in life you want if you help enough other peopl

Re: [Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread e-mail phillip.chandler
> > One *massive* bonus of Android was getting the replacement, and all my > contacts and appointments (via google) were resynced with the greatest of > ease. > > Im more concerned about security on cloud computing. you have no idea who is managing the computers with your information. You have no i

Re: [Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread Jack Knight
On 29 August 2011 18:33, Anton Piatek wrote: > One of the draws of android, for me, was that I wouldn't need to connect it > to a computer. I prefer it syncing to some form of cloud,(or multiple other > online systems) > > Anton > Oh yes, I couldn't agree more. Last month I had my HTC Desire stol

Re: [Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread Anton Piatek
One of the draws of android, for me, was that I wouldn't need to connect it to a computer. I prefer it syncing to some form of cloud,(or multiple other online systems) Anton - Anton Piatek (sent from my phone, please excuse any typos) email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.

Re: [Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread Chris Dennis
On 08/29/2011 04:56 PM, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:49:32 +0100, cgden...@btinternet.com said: Can anyone suggest a way of doing this? Would have thought any DAViCal server would be fine. That looks promising -- thanks. Which client side calendar program (sorry, "app") are

Re: [Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:49:32 +0100, cgden...@btinternet.com said: > Can anyone suggest a way of doing this? Would have thought any DAViCal server would be fine. Which client side calendar program (sorry, "app") are you using? -- "You can have everything in life you want if you help enough other

[Hampshire] Syncing Android with Linux

2011-08-29 Thread Chris Dennis
Hello Folks I'm finally getting around to buying one of those new-fangled Android phones, in the expectation that it will replace my bog-standard Nokia phone and my ageing Sony Clie PDA. Looking around in the app stores and associated discussions, there doesn't seem to be any obvious way of