Re: [Dorset] The Latest Linux Powered Device

2013-01-24 Thread p.lane
On 14/01/2013 21:30, Sean Gibbins wrote: On 14/01/13 16:33, p.lane wrote: Add some servos to move the rifle and you have the ultimate in safe sniping. Now there's an oxymoron if ever I heard one! On a more serious note, is no one else troubled that arguably one of the most complex

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 469, Issue 1

2013-01-24 Thread p.lane
On 15/01/2013 14:48, Graeme Gemmill wrote: On 15/01/13 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Re: The Latest Linux Powered Device Sorry Sean, but the first electronic computer, ENIAC, 1946, was created to generate ballistic tables for the US artillery Graeme And the internet or

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 469, Issue 1

2013-01-24 Thread p.lane
On 15/01/2013 17:44, Sean Gibbins wrote: On 15/01/13 14:48, Graeme Gemmill wrote: On 15/01/13 12:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Re: The Latest Linux Powered Device Sorry Sean, but the first electronic computer, ENIAC, 1946, was created to generate ballistic tables for the US

[Dorset] Alan Cox is Going!

2013-01-24 Thread Terry Coles
Hi, See https://plus.google.com/u/0/04121194250082892/posts/KW3TdRYwjr9 It's worth reading! -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ...

Re: [Dorset] Alan Cox is Going!

2013-01-24 Thread Peter Merchant
On 24/01/13 18:46, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, See https://plus.google.com/u/0/04121194250082892/posts/KW3TdRYwjr9 It's worth reading! So he does not like Fedora 18. It's taken me 5 tries to download it, and then it needed to be 'blown' to a DVD. The box I wanted to try it on only has a CD

Re: [Dorset] Alan Cox is Going!

2013-01-24 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, So he does not like Fedora 18. It's taken me 5 tries to download it John Carlyle-Clarke was having trouble downloading it too recently, so #dorset was saying. then it needed to be 'blown' to a DVD. The box I wanted to try it on only has a CD drive. I think quite a few ISOs from

Re: [Dorset] Alan Cox is Going!

2013-01-24 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke
On 24/01/13 22:39, Ralph Corderoy wrote: John Carlyle-Clarke was having trouble downloading it too recently, so #dorset was saying. And once I downloaded it, it wouldn't boot in VirtualBox, so I gave up. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC,