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, Linked

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 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 dr

[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, ... http://dorset.lu

[Dorset] Code Club and Volunteers.

2013-01-24 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, Thought http://www.codeclub.org.uk/ may be of interest to some; aimed at getting primary school kids doing a bit of programming, e.g. with Scratch. The map shows schools looking for a volunteer. There's one in Bournemouth; Moordown St. John's, near the Uni I think. Cheers, Ralph. -- Ne

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 arti

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 Da

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 artefacts