Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2009-05-26 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/26/09 06:29, mac wrote: Matthew Wild wrote: Ok, who was on the alert this evening? :) Who's Watching You? on BBC 2 tonight was exploring surveillance in today's society. At one point the reporter rattled through a list of ways in which we

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2009-05-26 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 26/05/09 00:59, Matthew Wild wrote: Ok, who was on the alert this evening? :) Who's Watching You? on BBC 2 tonight was exploring surveillance in today's society. At one point the reporter rattled through a list of ways in which we are monitored. As he mentioned email, it displayed briefly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2009-05-25 Thread mac
Matthew Wild wrote: Ok, who was on the alert this evening? :) Who's Watching You? on BBC 2 tonight was exploring surveillance in today's society. At one point the reporter rattled through a list of ways in which we are monitored. As he mentioned email, it displayed briefly (for about a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting: Stoke Odeon

2009-04-07 Thread Liam Proven
2009/4/4 Kris Douglas webbox...@gmail.com: Hey, I was spotted in Hanley today, one of the staff at the cinema noticed the ubuntu fleece I had one, nice one :) The big Odeon leisure complex, with the snooker club and bowling alley and so on? If so, I wired up the liquor-sales monitoring

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting: Stoke Odeon

2009-04-06 Thread ant burton
Hey Kris, Kewl that one of the Odeon staff noticed you fleece, I'm from stoke and I have'nt seen anyone with any ubuntu merch. On an aside do you know of any LUG's in the staffordshire area ? , the staffs LUG is in-active. Regards Ant On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Kris Douglas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell

2009-04-06 Thread Rowan Berkeley
Talking of mp3 libraries, I might mention that by far the best file-sharing community for non-commercial, experimental, and avant-garde music that I have found is Soulseek: http://www.slsknet.org However, this is a Windows client only. There is a version for Linux users, called Nicotine, which

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting: Stoke Odeon

2009-04-06 Thread Kris Douglas
2009/4/6 ant burton apburto...@googlemail.com: Hey Kris, Kewl that one of the Odeon staff noticed you fleece, I'm from stoke and I have'nt seen anyone with any ubuntu merch. On an aside do you know of any LUG's in the staffordshire area ? , the staffs LUG is in-active. Regards Ant On

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell

2009-04-06 Thread Alan Pope
2009/4/6 Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com: http://nicotine.thegraveyard.org It looks as if it needs a certain amount of compiling savvy to install and run, and I would be very interested to know whether anyone has Nope. Just download the bz2 file, double click it and unpack it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting: Stoke Odeon

2009-04-06 Thread ant burton
Hi Kris, Thats brilliant!!! I had'nt checked for a few months. Regards Ant On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Kris Douglas webbox...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/4/6 ant burton apburto...@googlemail.com: Hey Kris, Kewl that one of the Odeon staff noticed you fleece, I'm from stoke and I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting: Stoke Odeon

2009-04-06 Thread Kris Douglas
2009/4/6 ant burton apburto...@googlemail.com: Hi Kris, Thats brilliant!!! I had'nt checked for a few months. Regards Ant =] There's a meeting on the 13th in Stafford, if anyone around is interested :) -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.co.uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell

2009-04-05 Thread Rowan Berkeley
, 2009-04-05 at 09:54 +0100, ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Message: 1 Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:36:40 +0100 From: alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: 49d7a8b8.2020

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell

2009-04-05 Thread Alan Pope
2009/4/5 Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com: Well, the mp3 player (Rhythmbox Music Player) really is a bit of a pig. It has no re-tagging facility, it catalogues your mp3 files from their existing tags only, and it is case-sensitive, so woe betide you if you have carelessly used

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell

2009-04-05 Thread Farran Lee
On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 14:44 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: 2009/4/5 Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com: Well, the mp3 player (Rhythmbox Music Player) really is a bit of a pig. It has no re-tagging facility, it catalogues your mp3 files from their existing tags only, and it is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell

2009-04-05 Thread Alan Pope
2009/4/5 Farran Lee fazzy.bab...@ntlworld.com: oh, does Banshee tag properly now? I know pre-v1, it only changed its internal database and didn't affect the actual files... It does if you tick the box that says to save meta data to the files in the preferences dialog :) I found this out the

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell

2009-04-04 Thread alan c
http://www.be-heard.co.uk/volunteering.html The charity Be Heard has about three dozen members and most use the internet enabled computers in their club rooms fairly regularly. One of the four desktops has a touch screen, with an accessible-friendly mouse and keyboard. All four PCs run Ubuntu

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting: Stoke Odeon

2009-04-04 Thread Kris Douglas
Hey, I was spotted in Hanley today, one of the staff at the cinema noticed the ubuntu fleece I had one, nice one :) -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.co.uk Mail: k...@softdel.co.uk Company No. 6135915 Registered in England and Wales --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell

2009-04-04 Thread Robin Cardrick
I had no idea this kind of thing went on in Bracknell. Living in Bracknell myself I had always thought of the area as pretty technologically inept! Am glad there are people here showing others that there is another choice, and one doesn't have to use windows!.. Bobbin alan c wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell

2009-04-04 Thread alan c
Robin Cardrick wrote: I had no idea this kind of thing went on in Bracknell. Living in Bracknell myself I had always thought of the area as pretty technologically inept! Am glad there are people here showing others that there is another choice, and one doesn't have to use windows!. yey!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell

2009-04-04 Thread Robin Cardrick
alan c wrote: Robin Cardrick wrote: I had no idea this kind of thing went on in Bracknell. Living in Bracknell myself I had always thought of the area as pretty technologically inept! Am glad there are people here showing others that there is another choice, and one doesn't have to use

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell

2009-04-04 Thread azmodie
2009/4/4 Robin Cardrick bobb...@gmail.com alan c wrote: I heard about the French Gendarmerie saying they saved 50 million Euros by using Ubuntu, so I contacted my local councilors suggesting they consider similar. I received a reply: 'Thank you for your e-mail, and this interesting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting / spotted

2009-03-25 Thread Philip Stubbs
A couple of times when riding home from work on a Friday afternoon, I have spotted an Ubuntu backpack being carried by a cyclist going from Fareham college to Titchfield. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting / spotted

2009-03-25 Thread Tom Vetterlein
I drove past a guy walking round in Southampton the other day with a Ubuntu logo on his hoodie. I'll say hi if I ever walk past him. 2009/3/25 Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk A couple of times when riding home from work on a Friday afternoon, I have spotted an Ubuntu backpack being carried

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting / spotted

2009-03-24 Thread Alan Pope
Somewhat round the other way this time. I'm currently sat in the waiting room at Redhill train station waiting for my train home. I have Ubuntu stickers on my laptop. Some guy just opened the door to the waiting room and leaned in.. Hey! Good to see someone else running a proper operating

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting / spotted

2009-03-24 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Pope wrote: Somewhat round the other way this time. I'm currently sat in the waiting room at Redhill train station waiting for my train home. I have Ubuntu stickers on my laptop. Some guy just opened the door to the waiting room and leaned

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-10-21 Thread Rob Beard
Dianne Reuby wrote: Last night at a performance of Return to the Forbidden Planet I saw three spaceship monitors running Ubuntu. Nice to know it will be here for our great-great-grandchildren. :) Does this count for Ubuntu spotting? (second picture down)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-10-18 Thread Dianne Reuby
Last night at a performance of Return to the Forbidden Planet I saw three spaceship monitors running Ubuntu. Nice to know it will be here for our great-great-grandchildren. :) Note: For those on this list who are too young to remember it, The Tempest = play by Shakespeare Forbidden Planet = 50's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-16 Thread Adam Bagnall
I also went to see Genius, I will definitely be visible and I'm fairly sure I was wearing my Hardy t-shirt that day but can't be certain. I will be wearing my hardy t-shirt to the IT crowd though, even though it wont be seen. Adam. Alan Pope wrote: 2008/10/15 Matt Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
2008/10/16 Adam Bagnall [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I also went to see Genius, I will definitely be visible and I'm fairly sure I was wearing my Hardy t-shirt that day but can't be certain. I will be wearing my hardy t-shirt to the IT crowd though, even though it wont be seen. Adam. Last Friday, on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-16 Thread Dianne Reuby
My local bus company gives names to all its buses - one is called Intrepid. Does that count? Wonder if they'd like to change the colour scheme and logo on that vehicle Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-16 Thread Chris Rowson
My local bus company gives names to all its buses - one is called Intrepid. Does that count? Wonder if they'd like to change the colour scheme and logo on that vehicle I work in a IT, so to promote Ubuntu to my workmates I installed Hardy onto a PC, fired up the 3d desktop, pointed the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-16 Thread christopherrowson
How did you do it? Sean Just enable the 3d desktop in the appearance menu, then install compizconfig-settings-manager from universe. You can enable/disable all this kind of stuff in there, it'll also tell you the key combinations to do this kinda stuff for each option. Chris --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-16 Thread Sean Miller
How did you do it? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-16 Thread Darren Mansell
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:51:02 +0100, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My local bus company gives names to all its buses - one is called Intrepid. Does that count? Wonder if they'd like to change the colour scheme and logo on that vehicle I work in a IT, so to promote Ubuntu to my

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Josh Holland
This Monday the Metro (that fine journalistic endeavour) ran a feature on how the first British-born space tourist (who is a US citizen) took the Metro, making it the first newspaper in space. It also mentioned some other space tourists including our very own Mark Shuttleworth! -- Josh Holland

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Alan Pope
2008/10/13 Josh Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This Monday the Metro (that fine journalistic endeavour) ran a feature on how the first British-born space tourist (who is a US citizen) took the Metro, making it the first newspaper in space. It also mentioned some other space tourists including our

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Josh Holland
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 19:00 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: 2008/10/13 Josh Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This Monday the Metro (that fine journalistic endeavour) ran a feature on how the first British-born space tourist (who is a US citizen) took the Metro, making it the first newspaper in space. It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Josh Blacker
On 15 Oct 2008, at 19:00, Alan Pope wrote: Also last Friday Clare and I went to the BBC Television Centre to see the filming of episode 6 of a TV programme called 'Genius' with Dave Gorman. There was one segment in it where I was behind the presenter with my big Ubuntu logo jumper on. Dunno

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Matt Jones
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Josh Blacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15 Oct 2008, at 19:00, Alan Pope wrote: Also last Friday Clare and I went to the BBC Television Centre to see the filming of episode 6 of a TV programme called 'Genius' with Dave Gorman. There was one segment in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Alan Pope
2008/10/15 Matt Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't think that Alan can win on his own podcast :P You honestly wouldn't believe the lengths to which we go to ensure the competition winner is a) not one of us (not actually that hard to do), b) random. Buy me a pint at the Intrepid release party

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7594249.stm (sorry if this has already been posted) - -- Stephen O'Neill w: http://www.thefloatingfrog.co.uk/ e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephen O'Neill wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7594249.stm (sorry if this has already been posted) I should have included contentious excerpts for those with things to do. Ubuntu's own website isn't much help either. It suggests

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephen O'Neill wrote: I should have included contentious excerpts for those with things to do. Sorry for the spam, I should contemplate before clicking 'send'. A point that I agree with the author on is: But I'm completely stumped by the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Philip Wyett
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 07:23 +0100, Stephen O'Neill wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7594249.stm (sorry if this has already been posted) - -- Stephen O'Neill Yeah, this one has been done over a bit in #ubuntu-uk on IRC. :-) A

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Philip Wyett
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 08:21 +0100, Philip Newborough wrote: On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Stephen O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry for the spam, I should contemplate before clicking 'send'. What spam? Not everyone logs into IRC so I wouldn't worry. Personally, I found the article

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sean Miller wrote: It actually annoys me when people misrepresent the situation so - installing from a terminal only happens in exceptional circumstances these days. The BBC shouldn't be advocates, but should sit on the fence. Examples like this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephen O'Neill wrote: I did empathise with his line about knowledge being a barrier to entry, hopefully that will be addressed naturally over time as the product matures. Obviously, before I'm jumped on, I forgot the whole argument about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Philip Wyett
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 09:00 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: It actually annoys me when people misrepresent the situation so - installing from a terminal only happens in exceptional circumstances these days. The BBC seem to like doing this - if you recall on Click a few months ago they had a piece

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Jai Harrison
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Philip Wyett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This article also does similar misrepresentation. Paragraph 5 of the 'Text based' section. It's probably worth mentioning one other important point about Linux here. It's a text-based operating system, which means that a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Philip Newborough
Disregarding any debatable elements of the article, I think it was a _fairly_ positive review from an obvious Linux novice. Do not get me wrong, I am all for supporting Ubuntu and Linux, however; let's face it, it isn't perfect, and articles such as this go a long way to providing insight into

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Bruce Beardall
You're right, Philip, the real issues were actually few in number but my real objection is the way Linux is portrayed in articles such as this by the BBC. It seems to me the BBC are more concerned with looking cool in presenting it's insightful articles investigating such official entities as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Philip Newborough
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Bruce Beardall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're right, Philip, the real issues were actually few in number but my real objection is the way Linux is portrayed in articles such as this by the BBC. It seems to me the BBC are more concerned with looking cool in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting - BBC

2008-09-04 Thread Bruce Beardall
I will not surrender! Yeah, OK, I will. Just wanted to wave my flag from my soapbox. I'm still smiling. On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Philip Newborough [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Bruce Beardall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're right, Philip, the real issues

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-08-14 Thread Craig
Hi all, Went away for a week in Yorkshire and was surprised to see this: http://www.ubuntu-trading.com/ . I think it's a quite appropriate name for fair trade coke! I obviously brought my bottle, but it wasn't free as I expected... Craig. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-08-14 Thread Mac
Craig wrote: Went away for a week in Yorkshire and was surprised to see this: http://www.ubuntu-trading.com/ . I think it's a quite appropriate name for fair trade coke! I obviously brought my bottle, but it wasn't free as I expected... I've got six cans in my fridge. (My son - a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-08-14 Thread Craig
I've got six cans in my fridge. (My son - a professional TV editor and exclusively a Mac user - buys it in London and sends it to me ironically!) (BTW, don't you just hate web sites that are *entirely* flash?!) Mac Is it common? Maybe they just don't sell them around where I am. Is it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-08-14 Thread Matt Jones
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got six cans in my fridge. (My son - a professional TV editor and exclusively a Mac user - buys it in London and sends it to me ironically!) (BTW, don't you just hate web sites that are *entirely* flash?!) Mac Is

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting!

2008-07-20 Thread James Hooker
Just some useless info that you may find interesting/cool - Watching Dexter tv series on FX channel - (Programme about a cop serial killer that kills serial killers... buffer overflow?) Anyway - he was checking some forensic magic on his macbook pro - and low and behold, it was running ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting!

2008-07-20 Thread Kris Douglas
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:39 PM, James Hooker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just some useless info that you may find interesting/cool - Watching Dexter tv series on FX channel - (Programme about a cop serial killer that kills serial killers... buffer overflow?) Anyway - he was checking some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting!

2008-07-20 Thread James Hooker
Whatever episode is on sky 165 right now! :) On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 22:45 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:39 PM, James Hooker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just some useless info that you may find interesting/cool - Watching Dexter tv series on FX channel - (Programme about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting!

2008-07-20 Thread Kris Douglas
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:50 PM, James Hooker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whatever episode is on sky 165 right now! :) On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 22:45 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:39 PM, James Hooker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just some useless info that you may find

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-08 Thread London School of Puppetry
2008/6/7 Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 12:24 +0100, Chris Bannister wrote: On 07/06/08 12:11, London School of Puppetry wrote: Where do you get this Ubuntu merchandise - I would love a Hardy Heron Sweatshirt - Caroline A good place to start is the Canonical

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-08 Thread London School of Puppetry
2008/6/7 Ged [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 21:06 +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: I saw someone walking through Victoria tube station wearing an Ubuntu polo shirt this morning... does that count? :) Heh. I went to BQ wearing my Ubuntu Hoodie

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-08 Thread Alan Pope
On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 08:17 +0100, London School of Puppetry wrote: -Have looked at the shop- HUH so why is it that lovely Heron image is on the ugly man's shirt? I'd recommend contacting Kat Kinnie [EMAIL PROTECTED] about any questions/suggestions you have about store

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-08 Thread Kris Douglas
On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 08:17 +0100, London School of Puppetry wrote: -Have looked at the shop- HUH so why is it that lovely Heron image is on the ugly man's shirt? I'd recommend contacting Kat Kinnie [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread London School of Puppetry
2008/6/7 Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 21:06 +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: I saw someone walking through Victoria tube station wearing an Ubuntu polo shirt this morning... does that count? :) Heh. I went to BQ wearing my Ubuntu Hoodie

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On 07/06/08 12:11, London School of Puppetry wrote: Where do you get this Ubuntu merchandise - I would love a Hardy Heron Sweatshirt - Caroline A good place to start is the Canonical shop, https://shop.canonical.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 12:24 +0100, Chris Bannister wrote: On 07/06/08 12:11, London School of Puppetry wrote: Where do you get this Ubuntu merchandise - I would love a Hardy Heron Sweatshirt - Caroline A good place to start is the Canonical shop, https://shop.canonical.com/ ..and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Colin McCarthy
I have also seen Ubuntu on computers inside maps of the game UrbanTerror. (Best game ever) Does virtually spotting Ubuntu still count? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On 07/06/08 18:27, Alan Pope wrote: ..and if you listen to the next podcast episode we'll have another competition which (if you win) will save you 20 quid in the canonical shop :) Oh great. You say this *after* I've bought what I wanted :-p -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Ged
Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 21:06 +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: I saw someone walking through Victoria tube station wearing an Ubuntu polo shirt this morning... does that count? :) Heh. I went to BQ wearing my Ubuntu Hoodie

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Daniel Lamb
I saw an old friend of my parents this week and he was telling me about this brilliant alternative operating system something called Ubuntu, I then pointed out that is what my parents have been using for years lol, not really spotting but still came up in random conversation. regards, Daniel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-06 Thread Matt Daubney
Today I saw someone walking out of the Uni with a Hardy Heron shirt. Does that count? -Matt Daubney signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-06 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
Matt Daubney wrote: Today I saw someone walking out of the Uni with a Hardy Heron shirt. Does that count? I saw someone walking through Victoria tube station wearing an Ubuntu polo shirt this morning... does that count? :) Johnathon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-06 Thread Alan Pope
On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 21:06 +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: I saw someone walking through Victoria tube station wearing an Ubuntu polo shirt this morning... does that count? :) Heh. I went to BQ wearing my Ubuntu Hoodie https://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=145 (which is

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-05 Thread Chris Rowson
Slashdot has a story on the Webrap machine, it makes stuff in 3d out of plastic, and can now make itself. Just noticed, it's running on Ubuntu. http://www.reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-05 Thread gav
On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 02:22:55PM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: Slashdot has a story on the Webrap machine, it makes stuff in 3d out of plastic, and can now make itself. Just noticed, it's running on Ubuntu. So it is, a Java app running on the Sun JRE under Ubuntu. :) -- Gav Ford [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-04-20 Thread Steve Cook
On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 18:31 +, Farran wrote: On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 18:53 +, Alan Pope wrote: I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points are awarded for spotting:- *

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-03-01 Thread Farran
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 18:53 +, Alan Pope wrote: I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points are awarded for spotting:- * Machines running Ubuntu * Articles about Ubuntu in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-29 Thread David
On 26/02/2008, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points are awarded for spotting:- * Machines running Ubuntu * Articles about Ubuntu in mainstream

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-29 Thread James Grabham
Haha, I generally do cracking on my lappy which runs Arch... (But I dont generally crack banks... a bit out of my league... Im justa little script kiddie... Ill still pwn noobs cos Im 1337 tho) On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Andrew Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 27 Feb 2008, at 12:08,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-29 Thread leroy whyte
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points are awarded for spotting:- *

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-27 Thread Kris Marsh
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points are awarded for spotting:- * Machines running Ubuntu * Articles about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-27 Thread Andrew Barber
On 27 Feb 2008, at 12:08, Kris Marsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points are

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-26 Thread Alan Pope
I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points are awarded for spotting:- * Machines running Ubuntu * Articles about Ubuntu in mainstream press * Official Ubuntu shipit CDs * Overhearing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-26 Thread gord
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 18:53 +, Alan Pope wrote: I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points are awarded for spotting:- * Machines running Ubuntu * Articles about Ubuntu in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-26 Thread Rob Beard
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 19:14 +, Rob Beard wrote: On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 18:53 +, Alan Pope wrote: I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points are awarded for spotting:- *

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-26 Thread Rob Beard
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 18:53 +, Alan Pope wrote: I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points are awarded for spotting:- * Machines running Ubuntu * Articles about Ubuntu in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-26 Thread Josh Blacker
Alan Pope wrote: I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points are awarded for spotting:- * Machines running Ubuntu * Articles about Ubuntu in mainstream press * Official Ubuntu shipit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-26 Thread Colin McCarthy
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If anyone is a 24 fan and has the Season 3 box set, check out Episode 1 about 2 minutes 43 seconds in and see what is on the laptop screen. Looks to me like the K from KDE, possibly KDE3. Rob I noticed Linux being used

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-26 Thread Rob Beard
Colin McCarthy wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If anyone is a 24 fan and has the Season 3 box set, check out Episode 1 about 2 minutes 43 seconds in and see what is on the laptop screen. Looks to me like the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-26 Thread Ian Pascoe
21:08 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If anyone is a 24 fan and has the Season 3 box set, check out Episode 1 about 2 minutes 43 seconds in and see what is on the laptop screen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-26 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
While wandering down one of the corridors near my lab the other day, one of the lab doors was open, revealing a monitor with the Ubuntu login screen peering out into the world. It made me smile at least. Quite a while ago we were giving our end of 1st year presentations and one guy plugged his

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-26 Thread whoredom
I have had a few spottings, of which I have photographic evidence (though not to hand). The first was a internet cafe in Palmers Green (North London) which had all but one computer running Debian with KDE in some sort of custom distribution. They were using some KDE app to manage the ID numbers