Re: [Dorset] It's been a year in the pipeline.

2010-09-17 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 11/09/10 19:35, Andrew Morgan wrote: Now lets get rid of all this spying technology and start treating each other like humans. A noble thought Andrew, but it is precisely because of human nature that we find ourselves in this state. There are humans out there who put precisely zero value

Re: [Dorset] It's been a year in the pipeline.

2010-09-17 Thread Robert Bronsdon
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:25:00 +0100, Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote: precisely zero value on your peace of mind or your physical safety I'll admit I speed at times. This doesn't mean I put precisely zero value on your safety. As with anything in life I take a calculated risk

Re: [Dorset] It's been a year in the pipeline.

2010-09-17 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 17/09/10 09:35, Robert Bronsdon wrote: On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:25:00 +0100, Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote: precisely zero value on your peace of mind or your physical safety I'll admit I speed at times. This doesn't mean I put precisely zero value on your safety. As with

Re: [Dorset] It's been a year in the pipeline.

2010-09-17 Thread Robert Bronsdon
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:15:15 +0100, Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote: Do we do away entirely with speed limits and leave it to the individual to judge? Not quite - but maybe we should have speed limits based on scientific judgement. Limits should also be variable given

[Dorset] Ring out the bells!

2010-09-17 Thread Simon O'Riordan
My HP2133 now has full soundcard support; some bright guy on the fora published instructions and a script to completely rebuild ALSA on the 2133. Takes about an hour, and obviously you need gcc, but apart from that plain sailing and everything works. I can even use Skype on the 2133. The version

Re: [Dorset] It's been a year in the pipeline.

2010-09-17 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, Can/Should/Will - I was thinking of it as an academic exercise. I am not interested in buying kit. Simono has written the programs. How would one go about measuring velocity of things passing? Take three shots at known time intervals and measure the change in width/height of the

Re: [Dorset] Ring out the bells!

2010-09-17 Thread John Cooper
On 16/09/10 21:45, Simon O'Riordan wrote: My HP2133 now has full soundcard support; some bright guy on the fora published instructions and a script to completely rebuild ALSA on the 2133. How about sharing the instructions? -- --

Re: [Dorset] Ring out the bells!

2010-09-17 Thread Simon O'Riordan
I'll certainly get on it tonight, John. Meantime, if you google HP2133 Upgrade Alsa Ubuntu 10.04, you should not have to go too far. It's linked in the Ubuntu bug status reports, and the Forum entry is absolutely comprehensive, downloads, instructions and all. It really is great having a full

Re: [Dorset] It's been a year in the pipeline.

2010-09-17 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 17/09/10 10:39, Robert Bronsdon wrote: On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:15:15 +0100, Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote: Do we do away entirely with speed limits and leave it to the individual to judge? Not quite - but maybe we should have speed limits based on scientific judgement.

Re: [Dorset] And while we're at it.

2010-09-17 Thread Dan Dart
So they don't work without it even when they're configured in Monitors? On 17 Sep 2010 19:59, Simon Oapos;Riordan voluntar...@btopenworld.com wrote: To make the HP 2133 external VGA port work, create an xorg.conf file(it doesn't come with one in 10.04). Contents: Section Device Identifier

Re: [Dorset] And while we're at it.

2010-09-17 Thread Simon O'Riordan
Not on the HP 2133. On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 20:03 +0100, Dan Dart wrote: So they don't work without it even when they're configured in Monitors? -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs