Re: [silk] Internet access for senior citizen in special care facility

2008-02-15 Thread rene
Hi Ashok, (yeah, I'm now on the list, a personal introduction will follow) ashok _ wrote: but most of the instructions seems to talk about homebrew antennas : http://www.instructables.com/id/WiFi-Directional-antenna-fix--from-Aluminium-can./ actually if you are able to work precise, (which is

Re: [silk] Internet access for senior citizen in special care facility

2008-02-15 Thread va
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 9:11 AM, rene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ashok, (yeah, I'm now on the list, a personal introduction will follow) Hi Rene, wassup with the wi-fi group ? -- || vid ||

Re: [silk] wi-fi group Bangalore

2008-02-15 Thread rene
(no idea what this is about? check http://b-w-m.absorb.it ) Hi, va wrote: Hi Rene, wassup with the wi-fi group ? good question? Formally existing, practically in wintermute? okok, long version: There was only little response on the mailinglist. Last announcement, that the map is online and

Re: [silk] Do you think Ubuntu is dead?

2008-02-15 Thread ss
Well - just writing to say that the last 48 hours have been the most satisfying and successful of all my years as a non techie dumb user using Linux. Ubuntu again this time. I suddenly developed some hardware problems with my old computer (running dual boot Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog and

Re: [silk] wi-fi group Bangalore

2008-02-15 Thread va
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 2:01 PM, rene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: good question? Formally existing, practically in wintermute? Überwinterung ? ja, sehr lang :) okok, long version: There was only little response on the mailinglist. Last announcement, that the map is online and everybody who

Re: [silk] wi-fi group Bangalore

2008-02-15 Thread rene
Hi, va wrote: Überwinterung ? ja, sehr lang :) Winterschlaf. wow, impressed to read german here :) i thought there was going to be a meeting (jan19or20) after you returned from Germany but there was no noise on the list about it. right. Missed this weekend, was to short after my come-back to

Re: [silk] Do you think Ubuntu is dead?

2008-02-15 Thread Deepa Mohan
I normally and wisely refrain from ever commenting on the technical stuff that often fills silkmaillbut... Let me quote: I suddenly developed some hardware problems with my old computer (running dual boot Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog and Windows) and did a quick and dirty inexpensive upgrade

Re: [silk] wi-fi group Bangalore

2008-02-15 Thread va
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 5:18 PM, rene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Winterschlaf. wow, impressed to read german here :) danke :) right. Missed this weekend, was to short after my come-back to India. You should have created some noise on the list... i didnt want to disturb anyone's sleep ;-)

Re: [silk] All Greek to me

2008-02-15 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can somebody who reads (presumably) Greek tell me what this site is? testnews.di.uoa.gr When I clicked on the link Udhay, thinking I could cut and paste the stuff on to some translation site,it opened up with serried

Re: [silk] All Greek to me

2008-02-15 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Udhay Shankar N wrote: Can somebody who reads (presumably) Greek tell me what this site is? testnews.di.uoa.gr Something on the lines of an nntp-email gateway like gmane.

Re: [silk] All Greek to me

2008-02-15 Thread Binand Sethumadhavan
On 16/02/2008, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can somebody who reads (presumably) Greek tell me what this site is? testnews.di.uoa.gr Google Translate figured it out as (copy/pasting): Welcome to the support pages of testnews.di.uoa.gr, news server of the Informatics And

Re: [silk] Do you think Ubuntu is dead?

2008-02-15 Thread ss
On Friday 15 Feb 2008 11:01:13 pm Deepa Mohan wrote: Anyone who writes all that may be a non-techie but NOT a dumb usertoo much self-deprecation not allowed!! Thanks for the compliment Deepa, but I have a rant in connection with the original article that started this thread. The writer of

Re: [silk] All Greek to me

2008-02-15 Thread Binand Sethumadhavan
On 16/02/2008, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I clicked on the link Udhay, thinking I could cut and paste the stuff on to some translation site,it opened up with serried ranks of question marks, so it was *still* Greek to meis there some way I could see the site properly? In

Re: [silk] Do you think Ubuntu is dead?

2008-02-15 Thread Bharath Chari
Deepa Mohan wrote: Feisty Fawn (any more alliterative animals that Ubuntu has spawned?) Gutsy Gibbon is the latest. Bharath

Re: [silk] Do you think Ubuntu is dead?

2008-02-15 Thread va
On Feb 15, 2008 5:31 PM, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now...THAT sounds more like meme, for example, I have no clue what these words even MEAN: Hoary Hedgehog its the Ubuntu (animal friendly) naming system for an unstable (under development guaranteed to break your machine) new

Re: [silk] Do you think Ubuntu is dead?

2008-02-15 Thread ss
On Friday 15 Feb 2008 11:01:13 pm Deepa Mohan wrote: dongle (no, that can't be what I think.) Just saw this. No. A dong is what you must be thinking about :) A dongle is not one of those. shiv