Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-29 Thread Simon Reap
That's clutching at straws: gei means art or craft, and was only ever mapped to gay after gay changed from happy to homosexual. You've confused causation and coincidence. On 28/12/2011 10:06, john lewis wrote: Perhaps in this case it wasn't a change of usage so much as adoption of a Japanese

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-28 Thread Chris. Aubrey-Smith
On 28 December 2011 10:06, john lewis wrote: > On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:48:59 - > "Mike Austin" wrote: > > > Perhaps this thread should become "What's In A Name?". Words often > > change their usage and, therefore, meaning. 50 years ago the word > > gay had a different meaning than now. > >

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-28 Thread john lewis
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:48:59 - "Mike Austin" wrote: > Perhaps this thread should become "What's In A Name?". Words often > change their usage and, therefore, meaning. 50 years ago the word > gay had a different meaning than now. Perhaps in this case it wasn't a change of usage so much as

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-27 Thread Mike Austin
Perhaps this thread should become "What's In A Name?". Words often change their usage and, therefore, meaning. 50 years ago the word gay had a different meaning than now. Google used to be just the name of a search engine, but now it is also used as a verb. When I started computing PC stood for

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-27 Thread Jacqui Caren
On 27/12/2011 10:55, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: On 26 December 2011 18:24, Jacqui Caren mailto:jacqui.ca...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: Many many decades ago when I studied physics and computer science I had a hard time Can't be THAT many decades, as I recall some of the early discussions

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-27 Thread Chris. Aubrey-Smith
On 26 December 2011 18:24, Jacqui Caren wrote: > > Many many decades ago when I studied physics and computer science I had a > hard time > > Can't be THAT many decades, as I recall some of the early discussions in BCS meetings about establishing a degree course in Computer Science. Many in th

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-26 Thread Jacqui Caren
On 22/12/2011 22:28, hants...@googlemail.com wrote: On Thursday 22 December 2011 21:28:15 Keith Edmunds wrote: Right or wrong, justified or not, that's reality. Speaking personally, that jars considerably less than modern teenager-speak for contact lenses. Many many decades ago when I studie

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-24 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:37:04 +, aecl...@candt.waitrose.com said: Alan, that is the most compelling argument for GNU/Linux I've ever heard: thank you. > The associations of both words Linux and geek > are already not helpful in a public forum when marketing is attempted. > At least that is my

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-24 Thread John Cooper
On 24/12/11 18:37, alan c wrote: On 22/12/11 21:28, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:17:07 +, aecl...@candt.waitrose.com said: real people using GNU/Linux operating systems. Nobody outside geekdom uses GNU/Linux: they use Linux You are pretty well correct in this, the cause

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-24 Thread alan c
On 22/12/11 21:28, Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:17:07 +, aecl...@candt.waitrose.com said: > >> real >> people using GNU/Linux operating systems. > > Nobody outside geekdom uses GNU/Linux: they use Linux You are pretty well correct in this, the cause is probably already lost.

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-24 Thread Gordon Scott
On Fri, 2011-12-23 at 09:55 +, Jack Knight wrote: > Well Jim, you've only got 1 year to go before you can (re)adopt the > practice I have done - i.e. quoting your rapidly increasing age in > Hex; 40 has a nice ring to it don't you think? ;^)= I've long since adopted a mathematical system. T

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-24 Thread Tony Wood
Tony Wood ( hex 47 ) :-) (from Linux PC) On 23/12/11 11:12, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: On 23 December 2011 10:03, john lewis > wrote: but 4F looks odd!! -- John Lewis using Debian sid -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-24 Thread John Cooper
Celsius not centigrade! http://chemistry.about.com/b/2010/09/20/difference-between-celsius-and-centigrade.htm On 24/12/11 13:09, Simon Reap wrote: On 23/12/2011 17:46, hants...@googlemail.com wrote: Many people, I know, use Fahrenheit. But does it make sense to anybody?? Centigrade clearly

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-24 Thread Simon Reap
On 23/12/2011 17:46, hants...@googlemail.com wrote: Many people, I know, use Fahrenheit. But does it make sense to anybody?? Centigrade clearly doesn't to weather forecasters, several of whom have recently said that temperatures of 11 degC are twice the seasonal average - since "twice" implie

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers,

2011-12-23 Thread hantslug
On Friday 23 December 2011 18:58:46 Mike Austin wrote: > Fortunately the several members of this LUG who have already joined > understand my intent. I'm sure that everyone did. Pedantry is just that, but most pedants know perfectly well what other people actually mean. And it is sometimes poss

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread hantslug
On Friday 23 December 2011 19:53:35 Jack Knight wrote: > On 23 December 2011 17:46, wrote: > > On Friday 23 December 2011 11:12:10 Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: > > > On my recent birthday, I rejoiced at being told that I'm only 21 > > > Celsius! > > > > Sorry to be dim, Chris, but are you saying tha

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:46:30 + hants...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello hants...@googlemail.com, > Sorry to be dim, Chris, but are you saying that 21 Celsius is the same > thing as 70 Fahrenheit? Getting that far has taken me a mere 7 > hours! Yes, I suppose you are. But that took arithmetic.

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread Jack Knight
On 23 December 2011 17:46, wrote: > On Friday 23 December 2011 11:12:10 Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: > > On my recent birthday, I rejoiced at being told that I'm only 21 Celsius! > > Sorry to be dim, Chris, but are you saying that 21 Celsius is the same > thing > as 70 Fahrenheit? Getting that far

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread Michael Pavling
On 23 December 2011 17:46, wrote: > On Friday 23 December 2011 11:12:10 Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: >> On my recent birthday, I rejoiced at being told that I'm only 21 Celsius! > > Sorry to be dim, Chris, but are you saying that 21 Celsius is the same thing > as 70 Fahrenheit?  Getting that far ha

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers,

2011-12-23 Thread Mike Austin
I am staggered that the choice of the name of my group should cause so much comment. Perhaps I should ask the editors of Linux Format magazine to be more specific about their content. Perhaps I should also contact Amadeus, one of the major players in the travel industry, to ask what they mean by

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread hantslug
On Friday 23 December 2011 11:12:10 Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: > On my recent birthday, I rejoiced at being told that I'm only 21 Celsius! Sorry to be dim, Chris, but are you saying that 21 Celsius is the same thing as 70 Fahrenheit? Getting that far has taken me a mere 7 hours! Yes, I suppose

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread Tony Wood
Well I for one am glad that's been clarified, Keith. TYVM :-) Tony Wood from Linux Netbook Ubuntu 11.10 On 22/12/11 21:28, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:17:07 +, aecl...@candt.waitrose.com said: real people using GNU/Linux operating systems. Nobody outside geekdom us

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread Jim Kissel
hants...@googlemail.com wrote: On Thursday 22 December 2011 23:11:04 Jim Kissel wrote: hants...@googlemail.com wrote: On Thursday 22 December 2011 21:28:15 Keith Edmunds wrote: Right or wrong, justified or not, that's reality. Speaking personally, that jars considerabl

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 23 December 2011 09:55, Jack Knight wrote: > Well Jim, you've only got 1 year to go before you can (re)adopt the practice > I have done - i.e. quoting your rapidly increasing age in Hex; 40 has a nice > ring to it don't you think? ;^)= Cool. I am now 27 again! Yay. -- Philip Stubbs -- Pleas

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread Chris. Aubrey-Smith
On 23 December 2011 10:03, john lewis wrote: > > but 4F looks odd!! > > -- > John Lewis > using Debian sid > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread john lewis
On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:55:18 + Jack Knight wrote: > On 22 December 2011 23:11, Jim Kissel wrote: > > > I've worn contacts since the late 70's. Maybe I'm younger in > > heart than > >> my 63 years would indicate. ;-) > > > > > > Well Jim, you've only got 1 year to go before you can (re)ad

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread Jack Knight
On 22 December 2011 23:11, Jim Kissel wrote: > I've worn contacts since the late 70's. Maybe I'm younger in heart than >> my 63 years would indicate. ;-) > > > Well Jim, you've only got 1 year to go before you can (re)adopt the practice I have done - i.e. quoting your rapidly increasing age in

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-23 Thread hantslug
On Thursday 22 December 2011 23:11:04 Jim Kissel wrote: > hants...@googlemail.com wrote: > > On Thursday 22 December 2011 21:28:15 Keith Edmunds wrote: > >> Right or > >> wrong, justified or not, that's reality. > > > > Speaking personally, that jars considerably less than modern > > teenager-speak

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-22 Thread Jim Kissel
hants...@googlemail.com wrote: On Thursday 22 December 2011 21:28:15 Keith Edmunds wrote: Right or wrong, justified or not, that's reality. Speaking personally, that jars considerably less than modern teenager-speak for contact lenses. To me, a "contact" is either a person with who

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-22 Thread Victor Churchill
I for one think it is quite appropriate for Mike to choose 'linux-answers' as the name for the group he is setting up considering the expected audiences. My wife who has put up with me for 35+ years, 15 or so of them with Linux in the frame, knows what 'Linux' means (she adamantly refulses to allow

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-22 Thread hantslug
On Thursday 22 December 2011 21:28:15 Keith Edmunds wrote: > Right or > wrong, justified or not, that's reality. Speaking personally, that jars considerably less than modern teenager-speak for contact lenses. To me, a "contact" is either a person with whom I in contact, or a person with whom

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-22 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:17:07 +, aecl...@candt.waitrose.com said: > real > people using GNU/Linux operating systems. Nobody outside geekdom uses GNU/Linux: they use Linux. I've been using Linux since 1993, and working with it on a daily basis for more than ten years. The only people I have eve

Re: [Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-22 Thread alan c
On 22/12/11 19:09, Mike Austin wrote: > Should anyone be interested, you can apply to join at > http://groups.google.com/group/linux-answers Hi Mike and well done for the new group. I guess you intend the group to be for the linux based operating systems rather than the kernel only. Unfortunately

[Hampshire] Linux Answers

2011-12-22 Thread Mike Austin
I have to apologise for not being very active in the group, but I have had a very busy year after I recovered from a very nasty illness. I intend to attend some meetings next year, as I am not that far away in Port Solent. You may recall my mentioning, in previous posts, that I run an online grou