Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
I did not read the whole of the page at http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/index.php/Log_host but it does seem to say that there are Tardises out there that run on Linux. David King John Levin wrote: Tim Dobson wrote: From http://dalek.microsoft.com/en-us/ultimate/FX101674081033.aspx : Getting a 404 Server not found. Does this mean the Doctor has finally and definitively defeated them? John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
David King wrote: I did not read the whole of the page at http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/index.php/Log_host but it does seem to say that there are Tardises out there that run on Linux. Oh tardis, how i miss thee ... I had a tardis.ed.ac.uk account way back in the day, until they cracked down on usage, and only permitted ed.ac.uk students, staff and alumni to have accounts (I went to gla.ac.uk). -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
Tim Dobson wrote: From http://dalek.microsoft.com/en-us/ultimate/FX101674081033.aspx : Getting a 404 Server not found. Does this mean the Doctor has finally and definitively defeated them? John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
David King wrote: I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like? Well for starters, there'd be none of these legacy proprietary limitations regarding stairs (unless there were outstanding patent issues with this technology). All Daleks would be a tasteful shade of chocolate brown with the exception of the cult of K Daleks which would be instantly recognisable by by the blue colour, lots of unnecessary flashes and the way they prepend a K to the names of their komrades. Several companies would also start to commercialise the Dalek race for their own purposes, adding builtin integration with a large starcloud services providor to allow the modified Daleks to access their services to send messages and search for the most efficient way to exterminate their targets. Some Dalek experts would criticise this approach and suggest that latency in deep space could become an issue whilst communicating through busy wormholes whilst purists would suggest that googleks could become totally reliant on these third party services, compromising their ability to exterminate impartially. Currently, however, all existing Daleks run a optimised version of the Microsoft Windows 7 Dalek Ultimate Edition operating system. From http://dalek.microsoft.com/en-us/ultimate/FX101674081033.aspx : Windows 7 Dalek Ultimate Edition contains a number of game changing features and patented extermination methods to deliver an award winning experience all round. The exclusive ability to Reboot at Random (RaR) has been at the core of all Windows 7 Dalek editions since the initial release and has not left them since. Indeed it continues to keep thousands employed as engineers wormhole across space and time to restart Dalek Terminal Services from the console, helping to stimulate the economy. -- feel free to expand elaborate I'm too tired to continue :) Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
Thanks for the reply. I recognise some of the podcast titles as Doctor Who episodes, I guess some of the others are from very old episodes I have long forgotten. David King Alan Pope wrote: Hi David, Thanks for the mail. 2009/7/8 David King linux...@avoura.com: Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual. Thanks for that, it certainly motivates us to have positive feedback! However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of the Doctor or the Daleks... :) As you may have noticed, every episode this season is named after a Doctor Who episode :) We try to allude to episode content in the title, the laptop theft section this week led to Stolen Earth. I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like? It would of course exterminate all other operating systems! Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
David King wrote: Thanks for the reply. I recognise some of the podcast titles as Doctor Who episodes, I guess some of the others are from very old episodes I have long forgotten. David King Alan Pope wrote: Hi David, Thanks for the mail. 2009/7/8 David King linux...@avoura.com: Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual. Thanks for that, it certainly motivates us to have positive feedback! However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of the Doctor or the Daleks... :) As you may have noticed, every episode this season is named after a Doctor Who episode :) We try to allude to episode content in the title, the laptop theft section this week led to Stolen Earth. I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like? It would of course exterminate all other operating systems! Cheers, Al. Can I have the URL.I dont have it. Is this something to do with Ubuntu? John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
2009/7/9 John Matthews jake...@sky.com: Can I have the URL.I dont have it. Is this something to do with Ubuntu? http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/ :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
David King wrote: Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual. However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of the Doctor or the Daleks... I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like? APT GET UPDATE! APT GET UPDATE! -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 William Anderson wrote: David King wrote: Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual. However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of the Doctor or the Daleks... I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like? APT GET UPDATE! APT GET UPDATE! -n The Doctor: Do it the Debian way! Use aptitude! - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D G e* h! !r y? - --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iJwEAQECAAYFAkpWFDEACgkQ+9DWHFhEn28aTwQAne0hEJQW2EcOFtKD1NWGrV59 vM1Tjo71RV96ZlVr+v69WQUva6Sm/DAN4vU1OIo9YfMPa12Deo+nlyQRJtvbnOA3 LV/R3Kgnc2SBSLzAftvhak56ReAUqiTy7ZHC4kvvHkDHwfC28lhsQp/7ACWz5uuU hWDCsJHhyCE+Xm5pzyY= =KpOl -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
William Anderson wrote: David King wrote: Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual. However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of the Doctor or the Daleks... I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like? APT GET UPDATE! APT GET UPDATE! More like: xterm -n 8 xterm -n 8 (no it's not quite valid!) Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
Harry Rickards wrote: William Anderson wrote: David King wrote: Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual. However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of the Doctor or the Daleks... I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like? APT GET UPDATE! APT GET UPDATE! -n The Doctor: Do it the Debian way! Use aptitude! If only I had the time, money, and knowledge, it would be so cool to build a Darlek actually running Ubuntu. Fit-pc[1], plug pc, or something like that... That and my 9 year old cousin would love it if he could make it do stuff, and record it's voice ;-) [1] http://www.fit-pc.co.uk/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Johnathon Tinsley kir...@kirrus.co.ukwrote: If only I had the time, money, and knowledge, it would be so cool to build a Darlek actually running Ubuntu. Fit-pc[1], plug pc, or something like that... That and my 9 year old cousin would love it if he could make it do stuff, and record it's voice ;-) Why not - there's already a dalek webcam on the market! http://www.slipperybrick.com/2007/10/dalek-webcam/ :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
If I was a millionaire, this would be near the top of my to-do list -- build a real dalek, controlled by a PC inside, running Ubuntu or something similar, programmed to do dalek things and question any visitors to my home. Anyone interested in building a dalek should probably go to http://www.projectdalek.co.uk/files/index.html If you join the forum you get a free manual to build your own dalek. Or visit http://www.dalekcity.co.uk/ I have also seen old daleks from either Doctor Who films or the old TV series for sale on ebay. Someone has built a PC shaped like a dalek at http://www.asqi21.dsl.pipex.com/ and one like a Tardis http://www.asqi21.dsl.pipex.com/tardis.htm - I love the DVD tray on this and a car shaped PC running Linux http://www.asqi21.dsl.pipex.com/ David King Johnathon Tinsley wrote: If only I had the time, money, and knowledge, it would be so cool to build a Darlek actually running Ubuntu. Fit-pc[1], plug pc, or something like that... That and my 9 year old cousin would love it if he could make it do stuff, and record it's voice ;-) [1] http://www.fit-pc.co.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
Hi David, Thanks for the mail. 2009/7/8 David King linux...@avoura.com: Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual. Thanks for that, it certainly motivates us to have positive feedback! However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of the Doctor or the Daleks... :) As you may have noticed, every episode this season is named after a Doctor Who episode :) We try to allude to episode content in the title, the laptop theft section this week led to Stolen Earth. I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like? It would of course exterminate all other operating systems! Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
On 08/07/09 23:39, Alan Pope wrote: snip / I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like? It would of course exterminate all other operating systems! Except the for new kid on the block... ;-) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
