Hi,
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 01:14 +, Pete Stean wrote:
Flippin heck Jai u been living under a stone? No, no card is required
for freeview, it's 'free'
Btw if you can get it I almost guarantee you will spend most of your
time watching channels 'Dave' and 'Virgin1' - both recent additions
Just a quick note to say Goodbye to all those doing good work with Ubuntu.
However, I'm afraid that given that appears acceptable behaviour on this
list to make accusations of exploitation and corruption, and present
that in language of a sexual nature, I no longer wish to be a part of
this
snip
until 2011 (a LONG, unbearable way away). Freeview.co.uk reports my
area is without any FreeView whatsoever while DigitalUK says that I
can receive some channels now.
snip
Yeah, we had that problem too.
One way around it is to get the cheapest Sky package, and cancel your
contract after
Quoting Gaurav Patel [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Yep, Locustworld are the source of our mesh boxes (which are damn
unstable right now, random reboots anyone?)
We have a few problems where there are poor signal areas in the estate
so we used to provide those nifty ethernet over powerline jobbys, but
Jai Harrison wrote:
I forgot to ask in the previous e-mail. Is a card required for
Freeview like with Sky?
Nope, you don't need a card for Freeview, only a Freeview box. You can
get a box with a card slot for things like Topup TV which offer a couple
of subscription channels for about £7
Jai Harrison wrote:
Hey guys,
Will all FreeView boxes work in the same way? If so then all I need to
do is borrow one from a friend and see if it works, right? Either way
I'll need the aerial because I don't have one on my roof.
Is the aerial I linked to a good one? Will one of those be
Ironic, isnt it, that the linux community is helping Bills one computer on
every desk thing, whilest hes trying to sue us at the same time.
On 10/30/07, Gaurav Patel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm a member of a team of an organisation where I volunteer every
Wednesday to offer free wireless
I use the forums and the wiki a lot when hunting for answers to problems or
howtos - such as my current issue of trying to get a zboard merc working
correctly. Like Philip though i've got a very unimpressive post count
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Hi Dan,
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 09:54 +, Dan Attwood wrote:
I use the forums and the wiki a lot when hunting for answers to
problems or howtos - such as my current issue of trying to get a
zboard merc working correctly. Like Philip though i've got a very
unimpressive post count
Post count
Dougie Richardson wrote:
Hi,
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 09:39 +, Rob Beard wrote:
If all else fails, Lidl often do digital satellite kits which can pick
up the Free to Air channels off the same satellites as what Sky Digital
use.
I bought one of these, meant for caravans but it is
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 10:07 +, Dougie Richardson wrote:
Hi Dan,
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 09:54 +, Dan Attwood wrote:
I use the forums and the wiki a lot when hunting for answers to
problems or howtos - such as my current issue of trying to get a
zboard merc working correctly. Like
Hi Chris,
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 11:54 +, Chris Rowson wrote:
Hi folks,
[snip]
Has anyone else used Linux Mint, or have any thoughts?
Chris
I have used it and it is very polished but I have concerns at the way
the distro comes with pre-configured codecs and basically completely
ignores
So my best bet is to borrow the best non-roof aerial I can find off of
someone and the same for a Freeview box and hope I have some luck. If
I do then I buy the equipment myself.
No one seems to have mentioned it so I will. Make sure that you have
digital quality cable from your aerial to the
SNIP
In this country we don't recognise software patents do we ?
SNIP
*IANAL*
No, but we do recognise patients based upon a developed technology.
I struggle to see the divide tbh.
Kind Regards,
Dave Walker
See, I told you this confused me :-p
I still don't get it!
Chris
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Hi Chris,
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 12:12 +, Chris Rowson wrote:
I did think about that and it's a valid point, and this software is
only of any use to people who don't care about the philosophical and
moral sides of free software.
I do think that it's a pretty good drop in replacement for
norman wrote:
So my best bet is to borrow the best non-roof aerial I can find off of
someone and the same for a Freeview box and hope I have some luck. If
I do then I buy the equipment myself.
No one seems to have mentioned it so I will. Make sure that you have
digital quality cable from
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 12:11 +, norman wrote:
No one seems to have mentioned it so I will. Make sure that you have
digital quality cable from your aerial to the box.
Norman
Normal cable worked fine for me, and I'm in a no signal area, using an
analogue aerial.
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On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 12:11 +, norman wrote:
No one seems to have mentioned it so I will. Make sure that you have
digital quality cable from your aerial to the box.
Norman
Normal cable worked fine for me, and I'm in a no signal area, using an
analogue aerial.
Fortunate man
Have to admit I've never played with it though it does seem to get good
press.
Would there be any gain to following Alan C's example and createing your own
spin including the codexs you want to install - or would that give you Linux
Mint anyway?
E
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Hi Norman,
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 14:41 +, norman wrote:
Fortunate man although perhaps I should explain what I meant by suitable
cable. It seems that over the last year or so digital cable has been
used for analogue connections and, of course, connections to dishes is
always in digital
Hi,
I have a bunch of Ubuntu case badges which I am selling for 25p each.
They are robust aluminium ones which can replace the Windows/Intel
stickers you often find on laptops. They are bright shiny and very
sticky.
This is what they look like:-
http://linkpot.net/stonewall/
If anyone is
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi,
I have a bunch of Ubuntu case badges which I am selling for 25p each.
They are robust aluminium ones which can replace the Windows/Intel
stickers you often find on laptops. They are bright shiny and very
sticky.
This is what they look like:-
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As an electronic engineer, I am genuinely interested - what exactly is
digital compliant cable?
I've seen this said before and am quite interested if anyone has any
links as to what the difference is. Given the distances involved in
using this cable and the fact it has a great big
Hi Jim,
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 20:26 +, Jim Kissel wrote:
I'll take 20. There might be someone interested on the Surrey LUG this
coming weekend.
I should be there.
Cheers,
Al.
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Hi Norman,
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 20:49 +, norman wrote:
Perhaps the terms I used are not technically correct. My experience is
as follows:- I bought a length of 10 metres of what I call ordinary TV
cable, from my local hardware shop and used it run an extension to my
computer so as to
Hi
On 02/11/2007, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If so could you please vote in this poll?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=599844
It might help if you refer to the development wiki. From a lot of
the answers it sounds like people have assumed you are referring to
the help wiki,
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 16:02 -0400, Alan Pope wrote:
I have a bunch of Ubuntu case badges which I am selling for 25p each.
They are robust aluminium ones which can replace the Windows/Intel
stickers you often find on laptops. They are bright shiny and very
sticky.
I have one of these -
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 17:09 +, Ian Pascoe wrote:
Why not look at a cross platform compiler like Mono for instance? It'd mean
that when you've written your app, it'd work on your Linux box as well as M$
etc
disclaimer
I've not actively used Mono or .NET actively for development in 12+
On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 21:02 +, Dougie Richardson wrote:
I'll probably get castigated for this but I use both and found Python
and GTK much less hassle and easier to get up to speed with quickly.
I seriously doubt you will. Python is widely recognised as one of the
best languages to learn
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