Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-07 Thread William Anderson
Norman Silverstone wrote: We are the borg. You will be assimilated. Now, now you are starting to show your age. That's a bit unfair, TNG is on heavy rotation on Bravo, Virgin 1, et al all the time :) My humble apologies, the wonders of 'cable' I presume and the shortage of good SF? Bravo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-06 Thread Norman Silverstone
We are the borg. You will be assimilated. Now, now you are starting to show your age. That's a bit unfair, TNG is on heavy rotation on Bravo, Virgin 1, et al all the time :) My humble apologies, the wonders of 'cable' I presume and the shortage of good SF? Norman --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-06 Thread Jim Kissel
Norman Silverstone wrote: We are the borg. You will be assimilated. Now, now you are starting to show your age. That's a bit unfair, TNG is on heavy rotation on Bravo, Virgin 1, et al all the time :) My humble apologies, the wonders of 'cable' I presume and the shortage of good SF?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-05 Thread James Milligan
On 5 Aug 2009, at 00:15, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: Rowan - this may be the organisation you wish to complain to - was also partly referenced to by Alan Pope earlier: one of the Alans, but not the Popey Alan. I could have sworn it said Pope! Never mind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-05 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 05/08/09 08:15, James Milligan wrote: snip / one of the Alans http://thealans.com, but not the Popey I could have sworn it said Pope! Never mind though - I'll just refer to each one as an Alan from now on :-) James We are the borg. You will be assimilated. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-05 Thread Norman Silverstone
We are the borg. You will be assimilated. Now, now you are starting to show your age. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-05 Thread William Anderson
Norman Silverstone wrote: We are the borg. You will be assimilated. Now, now you are starting to show your age. That's a bit unfair, TNG is on heavy rotation on Bravo, Virgin 1, et al all the time :) -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-04 Thread Rowan Berkeley
Some of you may recall my white elephant 'Linux Certified' machine. I can't call LC its manufacturers, since they aren't: they just bought a batch of Compal JHL90 notebooks and shoved a version of Ubuntu with a non-standard interface driver onto them (because they said, it was more stable than

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-04 Thread Alan Bell
who? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds#Linux_trademark Rowan Berkeley wrote: Some of you may recall my white elephant 'Linux Certified' machine. I can't call LC its manufacturers, since they aren't: they just bought a batch of Compal JHL90

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-04 Thread Robert Longstaff
'Linux Certified,' Mr Pauling, who owns the name 'Linux', might be interested. How do I contact him, or his organisation, whatever it is? You could contact Linus Pauling. However, he has been dead for fifteen years and I suspect couldn't care less. robert_ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-04 Thread James Milligan
Robert Longstaff wrote: 'Linux Certified,' Mr Pauling, who owns the name 'Linux', might be interested. How do I contact him, or his organisation, whatever it is? You could contact Linus Pauling. However, he has been dead for fifteen years and I suspect couldn't care less. robert_

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-04 Thread James Milligan
On 4 Aug 2009, at 22:49, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: On 4 Aug 2009, at 20:43, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: Robert Longstaff wrote: 'Linux Certified,' Mr Pauling, who owns the name 'Linux', might be interested. How do I contact him, or his organisation, whatever it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-04 Thread Alan Bell
Rowan - this may be the organisation you wish to complain to - was also partly referenced to by *Alan Pope* earlier: one of the Alans http://thealans.com, but not the Popey Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-04 Thread Matthew Wild
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Alan Bellalan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: Rowan - this may be the organisation you wish to complain to - was also partly referenced to by Alan Pope earlier: one of the Alans, but not the Popey This thread simply proves to me that people should all