On Mon, March 2, 2009 20:40, Hadley Rich wrote:
On Monday 02 March 2009 20:30:54 Andrew Errington wrote:
Dell's new mini Inspiron is available in NZ, with Linux, but can only
be ordered online.
It is? That's great news, last I heard it was only available with Windows
here. I can't seem to
What: the Canterbury Linux Users' Group's monthly meeting (for March)
When: 7:30 pm Tuesday March 10th 2009
Where: St Albans Community Resource Centre, 1047 Colombo Street.
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Canterbury Linux Users' Group monthly meeting
Questions, comments and comparisons are
First: thanks for the quick responses.
I'm begining to think that a netbook would be better than a full blown
laptop (intended usage == intended usage of netbook). I've been reading the
threads on this list about netbooks; I'm uncertain as to whether it really
matters which one, when it's
Hmm.
I think if you want a netbook you should buy one. Seriously, there's no
better answer. You can have a quick play with them at Dickie's or Noel
Leeming, and some of them are available with Linux pre-installed (but not
from there). Having said that, the Linux on the Aspire One is Linpus,
Hi,
I have received significant interest off list about the proposal I made
for a BI solution implementation using FOSS - both technical and
non-technical questions - so I could do a short talk, 30 to 45 minutes
top, about elements of BI and the role of Linux and FOSS in this space.
Cheers,
I have been thinking of getting the Asus eeepc for my wife, who's only
use for a computer is email from her large number of siblings, and the
very occasional photo of assorted siblings offspring.
As I am not a geek but an end user the Asus makes sense.
Strong simple, they make good motherboards
Should have been done a long time ago. Would need to get a bunch of
people together and a decent lawyer who would be prepared to bring a
class action.
If you can manage that let me know and I add my 10 cents worth!
Cheers Chris Thomas
On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 00:10 +1300, Wesley Parish wrote:
On Monday 02 March 2009 23:15:46 Adrian Mageanu wrote:
Hi,
I have received significant interest off list about the proposal I made
for a BI solution implementation using FOSS - both technical and
non-technical questions - so I could do a short talk, 30 to 45 minutes
top, about elements of BI
Yes, business intelligence.
On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 06:07 +1300, Robert Fisher wrote:
On Monday 02 March 2009 23:15:46 Adrian Mageanu wrote:
Hi,
I have received significant interest off list about the proposal I
made
for a BI solution implementation using FOSS - both technical and
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Wesley Parish
wes.par...@paradise.net.nz wrote:
Seriously, it's getting worse - and I expect the impact of that
guilty-without-proof legislation will be the demolition of the
infrastructure.
Seriously - I'm now on an Internet connection where the inevitable
John Carter wrote, On 02/03/09 17:19:
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Craig Falconer wrote:
time dd if=/dev/zero of=/file.dd bs=16k count=16k
onto sda (4GB) that took 11.34 seconds (27.9 MB/sec)
However onto sdb it took 55.93 seconds (4.8 MB/sec)
time dd if=/dev/zero of=/file.dd bs=8k count=64k
sda
On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:19:22 +1300 (NZDT)
John Carter john.car...@tait.co.nz wrote:
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Craig Falconer wrote:
Well this is bizarre
time dd if=/dev/zero of=/file.dd bs=16k count=16k
produces a 256 MB file.
onto sda (4GB) that took 11.34 seconds (27.9 MB/sec)
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Steve Holdoway wrote:
Noo... you should always sync twice: disk then network (:
( and anyone who says 3 times is even older than me! )
So it's my age eh? So is why I always unmount my usb pens like...
sync;sync;sync;umount /dev/sdc
I just said sync instead of sync;sync
On 03/02/2009 05:51 PM, John Carter wrote:
But its content is now hot, and it's ads make me drool.
It's ... Circuit Cellar!
Yip, that old chestnut. Still around, but in this age of cheapy
embedded and wireless tiny tiny micros... it has a new lease of life.
I'm also a fan.
It is also worth
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Craig Falconer wrote:
John Carter wrote, On 02/03/09 17:19:
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Craig Falconer wrote:
time dd if=/dev/zero of=/file.dd bs=16k count=16k
onto sda (4GB) that took 11.34 seconds (27.9 MB/sec)
However onto sdb it took 55.93 seconds (4.8 MB/sec)
time dd
John Carter wrote, On 03/03/09 11:02:
Sigh! Since I can think of several places where a gut feel for these
numbers will help me in the work context, eg. I'm in the process of
spec'ing a server for a build system... it will help me to get a grip
on the current realitys of shifting data around.
On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:02:08 +1300 (NZDT)
John Carter john.car...@tait.co.nz wrote:
[loads of interesting real data]
Can you confirm that mb, Mb, and MB are all interchangeable, and are MegaBytes?
My brain hurts!
Steve
--
Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz
http://www.greengecko.co.nz
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Steve Holdoway wrote:
Can you confirm that mb, Mb, and MB are all interchangeable, and are
MegaBytes? My brain hurts!
Your brain hurts? What? Did you have a Nice Visit from the Migraine
Fairy...
http://www.aperfectworld.org/0106.html
Now I think about it, I should have
On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:41:52 +1300 (NZDT)
John Carter john.car...@tait.co.nz wrote:
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Steve Holdoway wrote:
Can you confirm that mb, Mb, and MB are all interchangeable, and are
MegaBytes? My brain hurts!
Your brain hurts? What? Did you have a Nice Visit from the
I am sold on my EEE701, bought off Trademe for about $300 too long ago
to find exact amount without really looking. It had a 8 gig photo card
in it and indigenous Linux.
I do my email, trademe sales. Open Office stuff, play and store heaps of
music, can plug into the TV and watch videos off the
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