On 21/10/09 23:26, Tony Pursell wrote:
On 21 Oct 2009 at 22:29, LeeGroups wrote:
That page got right up my nose
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Firstly, computer program isn't spelt programme, that would be a
television programme.
Not to be picky but spelt is a type of wheat grain used
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Matt Wheeler m...@funkyhat.org wrote:
2009/10/21 Peter Adam Kelly pe...@thatwilldo.com:
Thanks loads for the info,
I am brushing up on my knowledge of network security, I have some Ubuntu
dedicated and VPS servers and of course I want them as strong as
Alan Bell wrote:
Paul Sutton wrote:
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Linux got a mention on the lunch time news, well it showed tux, and the
google and apple logos, as alternatives, but didn't say much about em
well it is Microsoft's big day (well it is tomorrow, they
Alan Lord (News) wrote:
On 21/10/09 23:26, Tony Pursell wrote:
On 21 Oct 2009 at 22:29, LeeGroups wrote:
That page got right up my nose
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Firstly, computer program isn't spelt programme, that would be a
television programme.
Not to be picky but spelt is a
I think you meant users tend to be logged in as a normal user instead
of root, so it's much harder...
Otherwise, being logged in as root all the time does give access to
system files, which Linux is good at protecting by not having a user
logged in as root, compared to Windows, where a user is
That's a good way to describe it -- Software with Secrets. Including a
backdoor so that US govt agencies can spy on you, as well as the WGA
tool to report back any activity on your PC to Microsoft.
David King
alan c wrote:
Not least, Windows is Software with Secrets!
That regime is not
2009/10/22 David King linux...@avoura.com:
That's a good way to describe it -- Software with Secrets. Including a
backdoor so that US govt agencies can spy on you,
[[citation needed]]
as well as the WGA
tool to report back any activity on your PC to Microsoft.
[[citation needed]]
I'd be
On 22/10/09 08:54, Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
Alan Bell wrote:
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Linux got a mention on the lunch time news, well it showed tux, and the
google and apple logos, as alternatives, but didn't say much about em
well it is
On 22/10/09 09:22, Alan Pope wrote:
2009/10/22 David Kinglinux...@avoura.com:
That's a good way to describe it -- Software with Secrets. Including a
backdoor so that US govt agencies can spy on you,
[[citation needed]]
There was a story (poss. last year or earlier) about a FBI(or Police)
2009/10/22 Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com:
There was a story (poss. last year or earlier) about a FBI(or Police)
conference in the US where MS apparently handed out a USB key to all
delegates that had backdoors into Windows. If I get chance I'll try to
search for it.
Interesting, I'd
Yep, and I'm even organising cake again :)
Please bring yourself, your friends and CDs, etc. And tell as many
people as you can!!
2009/10/22 Jon Spriggs j...@spriggs.org.uk:
There is indeed wifi. It's all confirmed, and I'll even be there! :)
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Hi Guys,
Anybody got an idea when the Karmic RC update files will hit the repo's,
I am running the beta and expected a large update today, but as of 14:21
there are no updates yet.
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On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 14:43 +0100, James Westby wrote:
On Thu Oct 22 14:22:39 +0100 2009 Nick wrote:
Anybody got an idea when the Karmic RC update files will hit the repo's,
I am running the beta and expected a large update today, but as of 14:21
there are no updates yet.
I think you
Hi,
Alan Lord (News) wrote:
On 21/10/09 23:26, Tony Pursell wrote:
On 21 Oct 2009 at 22:29, LeeGroups wrote:
That page got right up my nose
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Firstly, computer program isn't spelt programme, that would be a
television programme.
Not to be picky
2009/10/22 Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com:
On 21/10/09 23:26, Tony Pursell wrote:
On 21 Oct 2009 at 22:29, LeeGroups wrote:
That page got right up my nose
--
Firstly, computer program isn't spelt programme, that would be a
television programme.
Not
On 22/10/09 16:28, Christopher Swift wrote:
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Alan, since we've gone onto the topic of both spelling and grammar,
you will find that according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the
past participle of the verb to spell is indeed spelt. We are not
living in America on this thread.
Tony Pursell:
Use of the word 'program' for computer program was in a book
I used to have with a title something like 'British Standard
Terms in Data Processing', published by the BSI back in
the1960s!. And people still get it wrong...
I remember correcting my primary school teacher on this
2009/10/22 Nick n...@jonick.net:
On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 14:43 +0100, James Westby wrote:
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Well, the good news is that the Netbook Remix Beta runs remarkably well
on my obscure Toshiba NB100 notebook :-)
Regards,
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+1. I tried out Ubuntu Netbook Remix and it felt
2009/10/22 Harry Rickards ha...@linux.com:
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The only problem I encountered was FreeCiv not fitting on the tiny 7
screen, but that was fixed by using the SDL client instead (and yes,
there is already a bug filed).
For anyone who's got the same problem package numbers are
freeciv-client-gtk
I'm trying to transfer a list of names and email addresses from Open
Office Calc to Evolution email.
I'm converting to .csv - the file converts back OK to two columns when I
open it in Open Office, but when I import it into Evolution, the names
and emails are all in one field.
My settings are
Ignore me - I didn't have enough spaces so it was trying to import the
email add into a nickname field. I've added some extra blank columns
and now it's happy.
Dianne
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Although I have no hard evidence, it was years ago that I heard about
the US govt/FBI having a backdoor into Windows, and that all antivirus
software by law cannot be allowed to detect what the FBI, etc., put onto
people's computers.
It might be true, it might be partially true. But the fact
I do that too, sometimes. Too eager to get my post sent, I forget to
completely proofread it first and so sometimes mistyped words/phrases
get sent accidentally.
I do try now more often to check and read my emails carefully before
sending, but sometimes I send an email quickly (and live to
Although I have no hard evidence ... the truth is out there.
No offense, but by speculating like they do on government's spying in on us
through our computers whilst offering no hard evidence, they rather run the
risk of coming across a little tin-foil hat.
I don't know the Enquirer -- how
On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 23:43 +0100, David King wrote:
Although I have no hard evidence, it was years ago that I heard about
the US govt/FBI having a backdoor into Windows, and that all antivirus
software by law cannot be allowed to detect what the FBI, etc., put onto
people's computers.
On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 22:44 +0100, Christopher Swift
christopher.sw...@linux.com:
Alan, since we've gone onto the topic of both spelling and grammar,
you will find that according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the
past participle of the verb to spell is indeed spelt. We are not
living in
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