Re: [Hampshire] OT Please tell me how this is not a scam.

2011-10-19 Thread Bob Dunlop
On Tue, Oct 18 at 06:58, Ian Grody wrote: On Monday 17 October 2011 15:06:37 Philip Stubbs wrote: Can anybody tell me how this works:- http://www.bluecarbon.com/how-it-works.html Nah, it's for real.. Ask RedSquare Services... They seemed to have gotten very embarrassed when I asked

Re: [Hampshire] OT Please tell me how this is not a scam.

2011-10-19 Thread robert.beattie
Hi Ian, Why would they become embarrassed ? I asked Marshalls to comment on the device fitted at their premises, but have not heard anything as yet. -- Bob Beattie Senior Technical Support Engineer Camera Development Systems, MP RD, Nokia Southwood, UK Tel : +44

Re: [Hampshire] OT Please tell me how this is not a scam.

2011-10-19 Thread Jacqui Caren-home
On 17/10/2011 15:06, Philip Stubbs wrote: Can anybody tell me how this works:- http://www.bluecarbon.com/how-it-works.html When I was studying for an OND (cough decades ago!) I sort of remember *some* of the calcs used to balance 3ph systems. One trick was to add capacitive loads to inductive

Re: [Hampshire] OT Please tell me how this is not a scam.

2011-10-19 Thread Jacqui Caren-home
On 18/10/2011 11:48, Lisi wrote: On Tuesday 18 October 2011 11:01:47 Victor Churchill wrote: if I bought snake oil I would feel sheepish about letting the rest of the world know , unless of course I really believed it did keep the snakes away. You bought snake oil. There are no adders in

Re: [Hampshire] OT Please tell me how this is not a scam.

2011-10-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 17 October 2011 15:06, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: Can anybody tell me how this works:- http://www.bluecarbon.com/how-it-works.html Well I guess I need to admit that my boss did get one of these fitted. I was asked for my opinion and I may have mentioned that it probably worked

Re: [Hampshire] Gnome 3

2011-10-19 Thread john lewis
On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:10:42 +0100 Damian L Brasher l...@interlinux.org.uk wrote: Hi John I started using Fedora 15 in June, with Gnome 3. The visual appeal is immediate. Very clean looks and clear views. I think the adage less is more motivates the design. I too, found it hard to use,

Re: [Hampshire] Gnome 3

2011-10-19 Thread Jonathan Hudson
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:56:32 +0100, john lewis wrote: The work-around suggested in various forums etc using gconf-editor to allow changes then opening up nautilus etc simply doesn't work for me. I want my DEL key working as it always has done in the past and if that means moving to XFCE to get

Re: [Hampshire] Gnome 3

2011-10-19 Thread john lewis
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:38:52 +0100 Jonathan Hudson jh+h...@daria.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:56:32 +0100, john lewis wrote: The work-around suggested in various forums etc using gconf-editor to allow changes then opening up nautilus etc simply doesn't work for me. I want my DEL

Re: [Hampshire] Gnome 3

2011-10-19 Thread john lewis
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:38:52 +0100 Jonathan Hudson jh+h...@daria.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:56:32 +0100, john lewis wrote: The work-around suggested in various forums etc using gconf-editor to allow changes then opening up nautilus etc simply doesn't work for me. I want my DEL

Re: [Hampshire] Gnome 3

2011-10-19 Thread Stuart Sears
On 19/10/11 15:51, john lewis wrote: [...] Ooops! I thought it was working but it aint! It works with file manager but not in any text editing I've tried, for example I still need to use Ctrl-Del in this mail app and in a terminal window. to delete text in a terminal? I certainly don't need

[Hampshire] [OT] Any LEGO robot fans?

2011-10-19 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
What you can do with a smart phone and a few lego robots. http://singularityhub.com/2011/10/19/lego-robot-beats-human-world-record-for-solving-the-rubiks-cube/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL:

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Any LEGO robot fans?

2011-10-19 Thread Victor Churchill
As they say on the page, Why waste time on solving trivial puzzles when you can build a robot to waste time solving trivial puzzles for you instead? ;-) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL:

Re: [Hampshire] Gnome 3

2011-10-19 Thread Martin Elliott
Agreed, I'm not at my machine at the moment but I'm sure I would've noticed if my DEL key wasn't working (although I have noticed it doesn't work in Nautilus now). On 19 October 2011 11:02, Stuart Sears stu...@sjsears.com wrote: On 19/10/11 15:51, john lewis wrote: [...] Ooops! I thought it

Re: [Hampshire] Gnome 3

2011-10-19 Thread john lewis
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:02:35 +0100 Stuart Sears stu...@sjsears.com wrote: On 19/10/11 15:51, john lewis wrote: [...] Ooops! I thought it was working but it aint! It works with file manager but not in any text editing I've tried, for example I still need to use Ctrl-Del in this mail app

Re: [Hampshire] Gnome 3

2011-10-19 Thread john lewis
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:02:35 +0100 Stuart Sears stu...@sjsears.com wrote: Methinks something more fundamental than GNOME3 is getting in the way here. It is clearly gnome at fault, I have Debian Sid running on another system but with XFCE4 rather than Gnome 3. I can enter text in a terminal

Re: [Hampshire] Gnome 3

2011-10-19 Thread Jonathan Hudson
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:16:50 +0100, john lewis wrote: On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:02:35 +0100 Stuart Sears stu...@sjsears.com wrote: Methinks something more fundamental than GNOME3 is getting in the way here. It is clearly gnome at fault, I have Debian Sid running on another system but with XFCE4