[newbie] [Fwd: Patenting of Software Code]

2003-10-03 Thread John Richard Smith
to understand but here at this address , http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/papers/96/9608ftns.html I found a summary of the situation. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---BeginMessage--- Many people on the Internet are expressing concerns about the way that the European Commission

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: Patenting of Software Code]

2003-10-03 Thread John Richard Smith
Margot wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: I forward to this list , for members perusal, a copy of an email I have just sent to all my local East Midlands UK MEP's (Member of the European Parliament) concering the patenting of software code. I will let you know what if any reply I get. John

Re: [newbie] Software Patents

2003-10-02 Thread John Richard Smith
Margot wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: So does this leave us with a satisfactory position ? I'm not at all sure. No, it is not satisfactory - look again at the last 2 paragraphs of Caroline Lucas's message: However, the draft Directive remains ambiguous and contradictory (articles 2 4

Re: [newbie] Software Patents

2003-10-02 Thread John Richard Smith
HaywireMac wrote: On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:04:39 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I guess that this needs a project team from the EU law dept to come down to grass roots level and discuss what needs to be done to strengthen the right of GPL products users rights in law

Re: [newbie] Using K3B making an ISO

2003-10-02 Thread John Richard Smith
to make an ISO for archived storage anyways? stephen kuhn - owner Can you cut that M$ registration crap out as well . John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Software Patents

2003-10-02 Thread John Richard Smith
HaywireMac wrote: On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:46:59 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Well I don't see how I'm going to be able to put the case to my local MEP. I mean I'm no expert, and he/she is no expert and they have to put some sort of a case to the legislators to get them

[newbie] Compacting folders in Mozilla

2003-10-02 Thread John Richard Smith
Every so often mozilla ask me to compact folders which of course I do. Why ? I mean if you have deleted your messages are they not dead there and then, why the need to seemingly finally delete them ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Compacting folders in Mozilla

2003-10-02 Thread John Richard Smith
Paul wrote: On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 18:14, John Richard Smith wrote: Every so often mozilla ask me to compact folders which of course I do. Why ? I mean if you have deleted your messages are they not dead there and then, why the need to seemingly finally delete them ? It is because

Re: [newbie] Software Patents

2003-10-02 Thread John Richard Smith
Aron Smith wrote: On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 09:04, John Richard Smith wrote: HaywireMac wrote: On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:46:59 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Well I don't see how I'm going to be able to put the case to my local MEP. I mean I'm no expert, and he/she

Re: [newbie] Software Patents

2003-10-02 Thread John Richard Smith
Aron Smith wrote: On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 10:05, John Richard Smith wrote: Aron Smith wrote: big snip OK then, so my approach when I tackle the MEP is something allong these lines, Did you know the EU legislators are preposing to allow patenting of copy write ? and as you surely know you

Re: [newbie] List weirdness

2003-10-02 Thread John Richard Smith
around with you. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Compacting folders in Mozilla

2003-10-02 Thread John Richard Smith
to convert mbox to Maildir format whatever that is. Don't know id any of these are what is looked for ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Maxtor Hard Drive Dual-Slave Jumper Setting?

2003-10-01 Thread John Richard Smith
that sometimes is even better, namely, www.alltheweb.com try it sometimes when you cannot get the answer you want from google. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Software Patents

2003-10-01 Thread John Richard Smith
democratic scrutiny. We must all therefore remain alert and continue to campaign on this issue. Best wishes, Caroline -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Software Patents

2003-10-01 Thread John Richard Smith
HaywireMac wrote: On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:20:34 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: So does this leave us with a satisfactory position ? I'm not at all sure. Of course not. It won't be satisfactory until all Political interference in the affairs of software and the internet

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Margot wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: Thanks. I had to use Del to access the setup (tried all your options first, then started working my way through the keyboard until something worked!). Have now enabled OnBoard AC97 Audio. Have checked MCC - now showing two soundcards! The original non

Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files

2003-09-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 8:30 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Have you tried pdf2ps ? Anne Well, I've got a /usr/bin/pdf2ps , but it's not a graphical app, least I don't think so, Guess someone will have to coach me on how to use it on the CL

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-29 Thread John Richard Smith
in some file containing a list of whatever devices is in there. Question is what file or ? and how ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files

2003-09-29 Thread John Richard Smith
as it ought to be, and that which I know it is capable of. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files

2003-09-28 Thread John Richard Smith
this file then, No appropriate filter found for this file format. then, Do you want to print the file using original format ? I tell it to Print, then, error, no valid file was found for printing. So how do I print .pdf files in Mandrake 9.1 John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-28 Thread John Richard Smith
any other references to any other sound chip and try the above. Think you may need to reboot. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files

2003-09-28 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 3:11 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files I click in the file Icon, and , KGhostView displays the file just fine to read, but when I come to print it off, Printing document , filtering print

Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files

2003-09-28 Thread John Richard Smith
Michael Scottaline wrote: On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 14:11:53 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files snippage So how do I print .pdf files in Mandrake 9.1 Try using xpdf. It will convert the .pdf

Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files

2003-09-28 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 6:25 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: The printoff was fair quality,not best, even though I chose my best driver, still it works. I am guessing that xpdf then is a pdf to postscript conversion programme, as well as a pdf viewer, and that the converted file

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you please tell us what HardDrake calls your card, and what driver it is using? Thanks Anne Which sound chip ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft critic loses job over report

2003-09-26 Thread John Richard Smith
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Re: [newbie] CD-writer fails with CD-R but not CD-RW

2003-09-26 Thread John Richard Smith
Douglas Bainbridge wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 11:55, John Richard Smith wrote: snip The test files were assembled with mkisofs along the lines you mention. They write out to the CD-RW OK. then write to disc tmp]$ cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -eject -ignsize /tmp.iso (where dev

Re: [newbie] CD-writer fails with CD-R but not CD-RW

2003-09-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Douglas Bainbridge wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 00:09, John Richard Smith wrote: Douglas Bainbridge wrote: Data. Sizewise: recently, only small amounts up to and around 1MB, just in order to test whether I could get the thing to work at all. DougB OK so you are writing data files

Re: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-25 Thread John Richard Smith
in a GPL format automatically concents to open source as defined in that EU Law . If they don't like open source, then don't let them put it into a GPL licence. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] CD-writer fails with CD-R but not CD-RW

2003-09-24 Thread John Richard Smith
To see what you have got in the way of recognised devices. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] CD-writer fails with CD-R but not CD-RW

2003-09-24 Thread John Richard Smith
Douglas Bainbridge wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 18:26, John Richard Smith wrote: Douglas Bainbridge wrote: snip cdrecord: OPC failed I believe it is saying that the drive has failed. That could mean anything. Maybe the drive isn't set up right for cdrecord to work with it. or maybe

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-23 Thread John Richard Smith
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Re: [newbie] ATRAC CD Walkman

2003-09-22 Thread John Richard Smith
as not ATRAC3plus is just some marketing ploy to sell you mp3 by another name. Who knows. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] xcdroast error

2003-09-21 Thread John Richard Smith
of this. If so the solution is to remove the | X | from do index scan in xcdroast, or remove -pad from cdrecord CL. I have never come across any blank CD's that were data only, they all accept audio. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Cheap color inkjet printer

2003-09-21 Thread John Richard Smith
Dale Huckeby wrote: On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, John Richard Smith wrote: Dale Huckeby wrote: . . . The time each takes to print one of a sample page, from the time I press the Okay button till the copy slides out, is 18 seconds for Economy Grayscale, 23 seconds for Economy, 28 seconds

Re: [newbie] xcdroast error

2003-09-20 Thread John Richard Smith
in a bright light you can actually see where the lazer has been. Don't worry about it at all. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] ATRAC CD Walkman

2003-09-20 Thread John Richard Smith
Aron Smith wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 08:05, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 20 Sep 2003 3:54 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Here's a new one on me. Sony ATRAC CD Walkman D-NESII High quality sound Codec ATRAC3plus/MP3 playback capability. Up to 20 CD Albums can be burnt to a Disc

Re: [newbie] ATRAC CD Walkman

2003-09-20 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 20 Sep 2003 3:54 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Here's a new one on me. Sony ATRAC CD Walkman D-NESII High quality sound Codec ATRAC3plus/MP3 playback capability. Up to 20 CD Albums can be burnt to a Disc with ATRAC3plus,using software supplied Needless to say

Re: [newbie] Cheap color inkjet printer

2003-09-20 Thread John Richard Smith
Dale Huckeby wrote: On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, John Richard Smith wrote: that I wrote: Epson is very Linux friendly. They support Linux probably better than any other printer. I've got a Stylus C82 that I'm very happy with. In product reviews a few people complained about the noise the paperfeed

Re: [newbie] Cheap color inkjet printer

2003-09-19 Thread John Richard Smith
scanner, and with testermonials like yours one is encouraged. You don't mention print speeds ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Cheap color inkjet printer

2003-09-19 Thread John Richard Smith
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Friday 19 September 2003 10:22 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 18 September 2003 10:48 pm, Eric Huff wrote: On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 20:11:28 -0400 Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I used checkinstall to build

Re: [newbie] formatting a floppy

2003-09-19 Thread John Richard Smith
stat' mean? What am I doing wrong? try, mkfs -t vfat /dev/fd0 if you want fat32, or, mkfs /dev/fd0 if you want ext2 as it's default. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Cheap color inkjet printer

2003-09-18 Thread John Richard Smith
have had one or more experience with one way or another. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] hints on mp3 CD!

2003-09-18 Thread John Richard Smith
to be working with grip at the moment.Not sure why. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Cheap color inkjet printer

2003-09-18 Thread John Richard Smith
Marc wrote: On Thursday 18 September 2003 06:29 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Lee Wiggers wrote: On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:10:08 -0700 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 20:06, Lee Wiggers wrote: Hi all Need recommendations for a cheap inkjet

Re: [newbie] DVD-Rom not detected

2003-09-17 Thread John Richard Smith
Rafael Torres wrote: - Original Message - From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] DVD-Rom not detected Rafael Torres wrote: Hi there. I have a problem with my Mandrake installation. I

Re: [newbie] Printing from Gimp 1.3

2003-09-17 Thread John Richard Smith
, etc etc . Set your printer up in there too. resolution,feed, paper. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Printing from Gimp 1.3

2003-09-17 Thread John Richard Smith
Looks like it must be, I'm with 1.2.5 myself. John Terry Sheltra wrote: I right-click on the image, but there is no print option anywhere to be found. The option to print is there in GIMP 1.2.5, so I'm wondering if maybe the GIMP folks haven't set it up yet in 1.3. Terry John Richard Smith

Re: [newbie] USB mass-storage: HELP!

2003-09-16 Thread John Richard Smith
that I receive is fs not specify. When I specify a lot of fs type, there is nothing match. I'm confuse. Somebody, please help me. Thx+. What kind ot entry have you got in /etc/fstab for your camera/reader ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] DVD-Rom not detected

2003-09-16 Thread John Richard Smith
need to post your /etc/fstab entry for the dvd to check what's happening. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] KSCD problem

2003-09-15 Thread John Richard Smith
Frans Ketelaars wrote: On Sunday 14 September 2003 17:54, John Richard Smith wrote: I cann't figure out what's running in the background and preventing me running kscd , [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# kscd kscd is already running! [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# It makes no difference if I have a music

Re: [newbie] KSCD problem

2003-09-15 Thread John Richard Smith
0 10:33 ?00:00:00 kscd -session 117f0100010559513760029470012_1063574678_920994 root 6150 6102 0 13:13 pts/100:00:00 grep kscd Now what do I do to kill it ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] KSCD problem

2003-09-15 Thread John Richard Smith
Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 15 Sep 2003 11:28 am, Frans Ketelaars wrote: On Sunday 14 September 2003 17:54, John Richard Smith wrote: I cann't figure out what's running in the background and preventing me running kscd , [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# kscd kscd is already running! [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] KSCD problem

2003-09-15 Thread John Richard Smith
Tony S. Sykes wrote: kill -9 2712 Tony. Got it , thanks, John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] How do I read .wav files on CD on the CL

2003-09-15 Thread John Richard Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /mnt/cdrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom]# ls [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom]# So how may I find out what tracks are on the CD on the CL ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] KSCD problem

2003-09-15 Thread John Richard Smith
that I know, got me fooled for a while. John Tony S. Sykes wrote: Did it clear it this time with no errors? -Original Message- From: John Richard Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] KSCD problem Tony S. Sykes

Re: [newbie] How do I read .wav files on CD on the CL

2003-09-15 Thread John Richard Smith
have a filesystem, so you can't mount and ls them. As far as I know, the only way to get track listings is to open it in a CD player that has CDDB lookups enabled. Miark On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:12:03 +, John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /mnt/cdrom [EMAIL

[newbie] KSCD problem

2003-09-14 Thread John Richard Smith
, but I cannot use kscd. How can I find out what is occupying the device, because I don't believe the above message Or rather if it is occupying the device it is in a background way. At the moment I cannot launch kscd to play a disc. Any ideas ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Scanning Images

2003-09-14 Thread John Richard Smith
messagee complained about the quality of the result. I wanted to make sure sane is installed( behind the programme he is using is almost certainly sane backends) properly and set up for his make model of scanner. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Scanning Images

2003-09-14 Thread John Richard Smith
ed tharp wrote: On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 12:04, John Richard Smith wrote: ed tharp wrote: you know you 'can' scan from within gimp... if you have all the packages installed if you have the xsane-gimp and xsane installed it should anyway. That is quite true, you can scan withing

Re: [newbie] Weird Web pages..Rant

2003-09-14 Thread John Richard Smith
. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Scanning Images

2003-09-14 Thread John Richard Smith
Marco Verheul wrote: On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 13:58, John Richard Smith wrote: I got all the right sane packages installed. I got both Gnome and KDE installed and i'm runing Gnome right know. My problem is this: when i used to scan an image on a Windows machine I had real crappy scanning

Re: [newbie] Weird Web pages..Rant

2003-09-13 Thread John Richard Smith
agree, and the worst is black lettering on a dark blue background. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Using LAME for ripping audio from CD's

2003-09-12 Thread John Richard Smith
they tell me. I only play CD's myself and don't store any music on my hard drive. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] === WAV2MP3 COMMANDS

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-11 Thread John Richard Smith
to be an expert. This is with M9.1 John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mounting USB mass storage devices

2003-09-11 Thread John Richard Smith
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 11 September 2003 09:36 am, John Richard Smith wrote: I have this in my fstab, /dev/sda1 /mnt/reader vfat iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 but like you it will not unmount in GUI I get umount: /mnt/reader: device is busy and , umount /mnt/reader

Re: [newbie] preparing a hdd for a linux install

2003-09-09 Thread John Richard Smith
insert the 9.2 cd, get to the resizing of the partition ... then suddenly reboot when that's about done ... and then insert the 9.1 cds. What do u do? greetz, The gentoo boot disc can do all of that for you and more. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] DVD encryption

2003-09-09 Thread John Richard Smith
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Re: [newbie] No matching freedb entry found ??

2003-09-09 Thread John Richard Smith
your collection kscd can display details of the tracks and artists etc. I don't know why repeat doesn't work. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] A Serious Question - Do You Ever Stop?

2003-09-08 Thread John Richard Smith
still don't precisely know what caused the one particular problem , and precisely how I solved it, or rather what I did to solve it , that made the difference. So by now you will of gathered there isn't and end as such. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Virus - let's go over this again, shall we?

2003-09-08 Thread John Richard Smith
virus, and he's the kind of guy that has Guido's of his own. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Intel |Unveils

2003-09-08 Thread John Richard Smith
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 20:10, John Richard Smith wrote: Intel Unveils low-cost Itanium 2 , 64 bit microprocessor == Is linux/Mandrake into 64 bit architecture , do you know ? , and if so which chips are currently best supported

Re: [newbie] Virus - let's go over this again, shall we?

2003-09-08 Thread John Richard Smith
John's got a real good buddy called zippio who's got connections, and he told me he's gonna make him an offer he cannt' refuse. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Virus - let's go over this again, shall we?

2003-09-08 Thread John Richard Smith
*** Don't worry about it, good for a laugh ! John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Virus

2003-09-08 Thread John Richard Smith
it stretching out too far to the right sometimes, then inadvertently my finger slips and I return prematurely,which does not make for good layout. I'm beginning to thing I need something even less than 68, what do other folk use ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Requiem Motherload and C3PO sluggestions

2003-09-08 Thread John Richard Smith
Hempstead,and inhabited with greasy bergers. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] urpmi from texstar? Netscape / Mozilla - spell checker

2003-09-06 Thread John Richard Smith
Margot wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: Margot wrote: Charles A Edwards wrote: On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 21:02:40 +0100 Margot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although it is mentioned in Help, I don't have this option! OK, I'm running cooker and mozilla-1.4 and that option is present. Check my 9.1

Re: [newbie] urpmi from texstar? Netscape / Mozilla - spell checker

2003-09-06 Thread John Richard Smith
Margot wrote: Aron Smith wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 01:46, Margot wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: Margot wrote: Charles A Edwards wrote: On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 21:02:40 +0100 Margot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although it is mentioned in Help, I don't have this option! OK, I'm running

Re: [newbie] PING John Richard Smith

2003-09-05 Thread John Richard Smith
that the above might be hol040903-image number But I cannot quite understand how you do it your way, with the flag -d do I add it something like renamer.sh -n hol -d 08042003 John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] PING John Richard Smith

2003-09-05 Thread John Richard Smith
Todd Slater wrote: On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 11:36:10AM +, John Richard Smith wrote: Todd Slater wrote: As it currently stands, calling the script with -n yourname names pictures yourname-001.jpg, yourname-002.jpg etc. Calling it with -d names pictures -MM-DD-001.jpg etc. Calling

Re: [newbie] PING John Richard Smith

2003-09-05 Thread John Richard Smith
Todd Slater wrote: On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 11:36:10AM +, John Richard Smith wrote: You do not have to add anything after the -d as it calls exif to read the date imprint left by the camera (exif header). IOW, when you take a picture the camera includes metadata about it (date and time

Re: [newbie] PING John Richard Smith

2003-09-05 Thread John Richard Smith
Todd Slater wrote: On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 07:02:19PM +, John Richard Smith wrote: I guess my camera doesn't give the correct info to achieve the end result, ah well, never mind , at least now I can change the prefix at will without having to manually do it all. thanks. You don't

Re: [newbie] Netscape / Mozilla - spell checker

2003-09-05 Thread John Richard Smith
, but on Mandrake 9.0 - maybe I need to upgrade to 9.1? Thanks for trying, Charles. Margot The texstar mozilla 1.4 on M9.1 includes a spellchecker option to install. Which is what I have. I don't know about the tar ball mozilla 1.4 version though. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want

Re: [newbie] Software patent petition

2003-09-04 Thread John Richard Smith
-09-03 at 04:27, John Richard Smith wrote: Jesüs Arocho wrote Jesüs Arocho, That was very interesting. I did not know that was the case. I did not know it was nearly a non runner. I thoght I read somewhere that it was originally a gift

Re: [newbie] Software patent petition

2003-09-03 Thread John Richard Smith
Jesüs Arocho wrote: On Tuesday 02 September 2003 05:43, John Richard Smith wrote: Eric Huff wrote: |h, can't sign it unless I live in EU I guess... | |only C choices were Cyprus and Czech Rep., no Canada... Wouldn't you qualify as North America? Is Canada in northamerica

Re: [newbie] Software patent petition

2003-09-02 Thread John Richard Smith
of liberty... Why not, isn't the original is in Paris. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] DVD and Sound

2003-09-02 Thread John Richard Smith
crak600 wrote: On Monday 01 September 2003 05:49 am, John Richard Smith wrote: If you have both Aumix and Kmix turned right up full and have set them as such as default settings, maybe you need to look at gmplayer itself, there are a number of audio driver settings in preferences, if that does

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down? [OT] Rant against EuropeanParliment

2003-09-02 Thread John Richard Smith
HaywireMac wrote: On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 09:56:46 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: cabal appropos, I think, for politicians. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views

Re: [newbie] DVD and Sound

2003-09-02 Thread John Richard Smith
crak600 wrote: On Tuesday 02 September 2003 06:23 am, John Richard Smith wrote: KDE CC - sound - Sound system - | X | the option to enable aRts. found it, aRTs was enabled. i'll turn it off the next time i try to watch a DVD. don't have time to do it now. i'll let you know what

Re: [newbie] DVD and Sound

2003-09-01 Thread John Richard Smith
-20030216cvs-1mdk.i586.rpm from his website. One last thought maybe you have aRts enabled ? in MCC John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] DVD and Sound

2003-09-01 Thread John Richard Smith
-20030216cvs-1mdk.i586.rpm from his website. One last thought maybe you have aRts enabled ? in MCC John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Lost New Mozilla

2003-09-01 Thread John Richard Smith
Margot wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: Margot wrote: I finally took the plunge this morning and upgraded from the Mozilla 1.1 that came with my Mandrake 9.0 to the Mozilla 1.4. I downloaded it, unzipped it, untarred it and installed it following the instructions it came with - and now I

Re: [newbie] PING John Richard Smith

2003-09-01 Thread John Richard Smith
Todd Slater wrote: Hi John, On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 10:20:26AM +, John Richard Smith wrote: Todd Slater wrote: The last script I sent was garbage. This is much cleaner and more efficient. As it currently stands, calling the script with -n yourname names pictures yourname-001.jpg

Re: [newbie] MCC and 9.2 RC1

2003-08-31 Thread John Richard Smith
the command line. Thanks as always Mark A Put up a terminal and type MCC enter John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] MCC and 9.2 RC1

2003-08-31 Thread John Richard Smith
Mark Annandale wrote: On Sunday 31 Aug 2003 10:30 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Put up a terminal and type MCC enter Hi John Tried that before asking the list. Any idea where the mcc executable should live - perhaps its not installed... Regards Mark A mcc in a terminal works on my

Re: [newbie] SCO reversal

2003-08-30 Thread John Richard Smith
non-commercial users, ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mplayer homepage

2003-08-30 Thread John Richard Smith
since we didn't here in the USA. No vote no nothing, just got patents on software shoved down our throats by big business. So do I , this is a hasty piece of badly worked out legislation that will only have to be repealed. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] SCO reversal

2003-08-30 Thread John Richard Smith
Michael Adams wrote: On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 07:53:56 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sharrea Day wrote: So they've changed their minds then... surprise, surprise... http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/29/1062050642514.html Sharrea operative words being

Re: [newbie] SCO reversal

2003-08-30 Thread John Richard Smith
ed tharp wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:53, John Richard Smith wrote: Sharrea Day wrote: So they've changed their minds then... surprise, surprise... http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/29/1062050642514.html Sharrea operative words being, Today SCO also said it had

[newbie] DVD/ROM drive Regional settings

2003-08-30 Thread John Richard Smith
Is it possible to get around DVD/ROM drive regional setting to play any ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

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