Re: XP-Replacement for Parents

2014-03-27 Thread Mike Woods
k Mum uses web-based stuff, WordPerfect, and scanning. I'm guessing that the laptop hardware is of a similar vintage to XP itself. Have a look at zorin it's pretty much designed to replace windows with windows users in mind, a number of my friends have made the jump form XP to this. Mike Woods

Re: XP-Replacement for Parents

2014-03-27 Thread Mike Woods
On 27/03/14 12:20, Raphael Mankin wrote: But throw away Ubuntu's Unity and install xfce4 or gnome-core instead. I find that full gnome installs too much stuff that I do not want. Mint, all day long :D Mike Woods

Re: Solid state drives

2010-04-21 Thread Mike Woods
nstalled into one of the machines 5.25" drive bays. ---- Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: Solid state drives

2010-04-21 Thread Mike Woods
k when you need 'em most :-) Even more important if you happen to use disk based backup! Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: Beards

2010-02-25 Thread Mike Woods
And for the record, a chilly cheeks does in fact not involve chilly cheeks :D ---- Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: My code is a mess, please help!

2010-02-09 Thread Mike Woods
;ve yet to have a chance to play with it but this might be of use. http://unique.sourceforge.net/ ---- Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: No more IP for you

2010-01-20 Thread Mike Woods
Abigail wrote: Roll over won't occur before December 2012 (before Christmas). The London Olympic will be from July 27 till August 12. It's details like that which ruin a perfectly good joke :) ---- Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: No more IP for you

2010-01-20 Thread Mike Woods
Richard Foley wrote: That's 2012, right? Well that's the olympics fecked then :p There's a movie in the story, I'm sure of it ;-) IPV4 runs out, world ends, actors get paid to much. Doomsday I tells ye. ---- Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: Dear Lazyweb: tiny mod_perl media server

2009-12-03 Thread Mike Woods
uot;. Which cheered me up, anyway. I get "National Association of Muslim Police" and then "North American Meat Processors" :) Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: Help me become a Londoner!

2009-11-24 Thread Mike Woods
mpany called bulldog who sold "odd salvage" etc, at one point their catalog included cheiftan tank targeting lasers and some disarmed missiles, ah those where the days! ---- Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: Help me become a Londoner!

2009-11-24 Thread Mike Woods
ost of the trip, you'll eventually see the chap with a tank in his front garden, which is frankly awesome :D ---- Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: Help me become a Londoner!

2009-11-24 Thread Mike Woods
Richard Huxton wrote: Oh, and don't automatically assume a cab is quicker than either of the above. (*) Bloody hackers are all pedants. But do find a decent cab company and stick with it, some of them are just a little bit worrying! Mike Woods Full of sq

Re: Help me become a Londoner!

2009-11-24 Thread Mike Woods
ces can be reached within an hour, and while people will whinge about works etc (because it's so much better broken ?) most of the time a quick look at the tube map will provide an alternate route. ---- Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: Help me become a Londoner!

2009-11-20 Thread Mike Woods
much a problem reall since it doesn't cost anything, but it would be nice to be asked! Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: Help me become a Londoner!

2009-11-20 Thread Mike Woods
you go the barclays route, there have been a few horror stories in recent years about employee's tacking on premium services to new accounts without your prior consent. ---- Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: Production databases on SSDs?

2009-11-10 Thread Mike Woods
? This might prove useful to you http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3631 Relevance: I like beer. Beer is good. Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: git vs mercurial

2009-11-10 Thread Mike Woods
Nicholas Clark wrote: Until such time as the version control tools evolve the ability to wield cricket bats? Surley that's against health and saftey ?:) Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?

2009-09-22 Thread Mike Woods
Quoting "Peter Corlett" : Dutch food? It's like school dinners, but only if you boil it for another few hours first. Can't be worse than Belgian festival food. Well, not without considerable effort.

Re: Skype

2009-09-17 Thread Mike Woods
probably right about when everyone's using it! Mike Woods