Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Lunar anomaly

2011-03-18 Thread Hugo Mills
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 03:03:02AM +, Hugo Mills wrote: > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:28:15AM +, Chris Dennis wrote: > > Whom to believe? > > > > The Chicago Sun-Times[1] says that the full moon today will be "14 > > percent larger than normal", whereas The Guardian[2] says "people > > will

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Lunar anomaly

2011-03-18 Thread Hugo Mills
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:28:15AM +, Chris Dennis wrote: > Whom to believe? > > The Chicago Sun-Times[1] says that the full moon today will be "14 > percent larger than normal", whereas The Guardian[2] says "people > will need to look very closely to spot the 0.3% difference". Let's be ge

[Hampshire] [OT] Lunar anomaly

2011-03-18 Thread Chris Dennis
Whom to believe? The Chicago Sun-Times[1] says that the full moon today will be "14 percent larger than normal", whereas The Guardian[2] says "people will need to look very closely to spot the 0.3% difference". It looks fairly normal at the moment. [1] http://www.suntimes.com/news/4387455-4

Re: [Hampshire] Suggestion for low-power file server to run at home

2011-03-18 Thread Damian Brasher
-Original message- From: Tim Brocklehurst Sent: Sat 12-03-2011 22:32 Subject:Re: [Hampshire] Suggestion for low-power file server to run at home > For really low power, how about one of these: > http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/arm-matrix.php > > I got a TS-7550 in January

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Daniel Pope
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 02:20:33PM +, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: > However, I'm told that if you have never used a computer in your > life the ribbon design is actually quite a good idea. Indeed, it allows you to remember the locations of things spatially, and more heavily used items are larger

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Dr A. J. Trickett
On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 at 10:01:12AM -0400, Jim Kissel wrote: > Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: > >However I think Lisi's comments and others suggest it's a bit > >half-hearted yet. Apparently if you sign up for a Linux course I > >can get MS Office at a really good price.. > I fail to understand why anyone

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Jim Kissel
Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: However I think Lisi's comments and others suggest it's a bit half-hearted yet. Apparently if you sign up for a Linux course I can get MS Office at a really good price.. I fail to understand why anyone would want the *latest* version of MS office even at a *good price*.

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Dr A. J. Trickett
Hi, > > It appears that the Open University are now offering a module that > > explores the basics of Linux system administration, and that can provide > > students with LPIC-1 certification as well as counting towards an OU > > degree. I think it's good that the OU have thought about this, but..

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Ally Biggs
Looks pretty good, I'm currently studying for the Linux+ exam in my own time you can now optionally put yourself forward to also obtain the LPCI-1 and the Novell Certified Linux Administrator Certifications, So 3 certs for the price of one is pretty damm good going. Thought I would hammer thro

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Vic
> I wouldn't really have minded, but at the time there was no way to > opt out without just not using LPI. I've had a few organisations do that sort of thing to me. My /etc/mail/access file has quite a lot of swearing in it... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Bob Dunlop
On Fri, Mar 18 at 07:56, Sean Gibbins wrote: ... > It appears that the Open University are now offering a module that > explores the basics of Linux system administration, and that can provide ... OU> This course includes online computer activities - you can access these OU> using a web browser th

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Tim
On Friday 18 March 2011 08:36:03 Lisi wrote: > On Friday 18 March 2011 07:56:38 Sean Gibbins wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm not sure how newsworthy this is, but since the question of basic > > Linux training courses that crops up from time to time I thought I'd > > pass it on. > > > > It appears th

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Lisi
On Friday 18 March 2011 07:56:38 Sean Gibbins wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm not sure how newsworthy this is, but since the question of basic > Linux training courses that crops up from time to time I thought I'd > pass it on. > > It appears that the Open University are now offering a module that > explo

[Hampshire] ref wireless mouse

2011-03-18 Thread Stuart Biggs
Hi all I was a little gutted when using sea monkey and a couple of other web browsers and I noticed that my wireless mouse pointer disappears I am using ubuntu 10.10, and the mouse model is a logitech M305. I would be grateful if anyone could shed some light on this matter and suggest a

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 07:56:38AM +, Sean Gibbins wrote: > The LPIC aspect of it is not straightforward, i.e. completion of the > course doesn't appear to automatically provide you with certification, > it seems it is something you need to optionally request through CompTIA* > who are

[Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Sean Gibbins
Hi All, I'm not sure how newsworthy this is, but since the question of basic Linux training courses that crops up from time to time I thought I'd pass it on. It appears that the Open University are now offering a module that explores the basics of Linux system administration, and that can provide