Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-11 Thread B STEVENS
thank you for clarifying that, lisi :-) regards bryan --- On Wed, 11/3/09, Lisi wrote: From: Lisi Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd) To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" Date: Wednesday, 11 March, 2009, 9:33 AM On Wednesday 11 Mar

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-11 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 09:02:58 B STEVENS wrote: > the point i was attempting to convey was that if *G*CSEs are the equivalent > to CSEs, then a top grade *G*CSE is equivalent to a mid range O level. GCSEs are not the equivalent of CSEs. GCSE was set up to combine GCE "O" Level and CSE. Hen

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-11 Thread B STEVENS
--- On Wed, 11/3/09, Vic wrote: > From: Vic > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format > magazine] (fwd) > To: "B STEVENS" > Date: Wednesday, 11 March, 2009, 8:26 AM > > i think a grade 1 CSE was equivalent to a mid-grade O

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Vic
> We used to have 'S Levels' in my day, for those who were pushing > beyond A Levels. Yes, I did a couple of those. Marvelous, they were - same syllabus as the 'A' level, but harder questions. So you get extra qualis for no extra work :-) Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk W

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Peter Salisbury
2009/3/5 Jacqui Caren : > Victor Churchill wrote: >> Oh. I had thought "GCE" was now out of use. I did recently do a GCSE > >  From BBC news site. >  - some private schools are dropping GCSE and using iGCSE. > The GCSE is mostly (class,home)work based - the iGCSE being mostly exam based. > > The th

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Jacqui Caren
Victor Churchill wrote: > Oh. I had thought "GCE" was now out of use. I did recently do a GCSE From BBC news site. - some private schools are dropping GCSE and using iGCSE. The GCSE is mostly (class,home)work based - the iGCSE being mostly exam based. The thinking is that dilligent students ca

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Andy Random
On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Vic wrote: >> GCSEs are equivalent to your O Levels > > Oh no they're not. ROFL! -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk ---

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Vic
> GCSEs are equivalent to your O Levels Oh no they're not. Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Hugo Mills
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:06:38PM +, Victor Churchill wrote: > 2009/3/5 James Ashburner : > > Victor Churchill wrote: > >> > >> Back in them days there was no poncey GCSEs - we 'ad to make do with > >> GCEs. No extra 'S'es for us. These young whipper-snappers... > >> > >> > > GCSEs are equival

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Victor Churchill
2009/3/5 James Ashburner : > Victor Churchill wrote: >> >> Back in them days there was no poncey GCSEs - we 'ad to make do with >> GCEs. No extra 'S'es for us. These young whipper-snappers... >> >> > GCSEs are equivalent to your O Levels, GCEs still exist and are also > known as A Levels :) > > Jam

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Lisi
On Thursday 05 March 2009 11:45:06 James Ashburner wrote: > GCSEs are equivalent to your O Levels Not so. They were, therefore are, an amalgamation of CSE and GCE O levels because CSE was perceived by the politicians, possibly erroneously, as labelling children as inferior. All children were t

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread James Ashburner
Victor Churchill wrote: > 2009/3/4 Keith Edmunds : > >> On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:45:11 +, hants...@googlemail.com said: >> >> >>> and any literate GCSE level student >>> >> Halcyon days. Warm summers, honest politicians, policemen who would let >> you take photos of them, Routemaste

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Victor Churchill
2009/3/4 Keith Edmunds : > On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:45:11 +, hants...@googlemail.com said: > >> and any literate GCSE level student > > Halcyon days. Warm summers, honest politicians, policemen who would let > you take photos of them, Routemaster buses, literate GCSE students. Was > it all a dream

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-04 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:45:11 +, hants...@googlemail.com said: > and any literate GCSE level student Halcyon days. Warm summers, honest politicians, policemen who would let you take photos of them, Routemaster buses, literate GCSE students. Was it all a dream? -- Please post to: Hampshire@mai

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-04 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 04 March 2009 12:28:53 Victor Churchill wrote: > 2009/3/4 Sean Gibbins : > > Sean Gibbins wrote: > >> I used to read LF but found it was always little behind Slashdot and the > >> various other news sites, and that the articles could lag a little too > >> in terms of references to the

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-04 Thread Victor Churchill
2009/3/4 Sean Gibbins : > Sean Gibbins wrote: >> I used to read LF but found it was always little behind Slashdot and the >> various other news sites, and that the articles could lag a little too >> in terms of references to the latest versions of software, etc., under >> discussion, for obvious re

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-04 Thread Sean Gibbins
Sean Gibbins wrote: > I used to read LF but found it was always little behind Slashdot and the > various other news sites, and that the articles could lag a little too > in terms of references to the latest versions of software, etc., under > discussion, for obvious reasons I guess. Gah! That was

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-04 Thread Sean Gibbins
Victor Churchill wrote: > 2009/3/4 Alan Pope > >> 2009/3/4 Victor Churchill : >> >>> In case it matters to anybody: it is a torrent download, not a directly >>> save-able pdf link. >>> >>> >> http://popey.com/~alan/linuxformat/linux_format_116.zip >> >> Help yourself. It's 125MB. >>

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-04 Thread Victor Churchill
2009/3/4 Alan Pope > > 2009/3/4 Victor Churchill : > > In case it matters to anybody: it is a torrent download, not a directly > > save-able pdf link. > > > > http://popey.com/~alan/linuxformat/linux_format_116.zip > > Help yourself. It's 125MB. > > Cheers, > Al. Public-spirited of you Popey. Not

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-04 Thread Alan Pope
2009/3/4 Victor Churchill : > In case it matters to anybody: it is a torrent download, not a directly > save-able pdf link. > http://popey.com/~alan/linuxformat/linux_format_116.zip Help yourself. It's 125MB. Cheers, Al. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://ma

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-04 Thread Victor Churchill
In case it matters to anybody: it is a torrent download, not a directly save-able pdf link. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -

[Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-03 Thread Andy Random
Forwarded from the lugmaster list... FYI: Posted to the PLUG list. The date this is available is 4th March. Mark Rogers Original Message Subject:[Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:05:21 + From: stuart lonnen Hi a