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2010-10-04 Thread javadayaz
the lady got a bit defensive when i asked her if she was a man in africa trying to steal my monies!!! I guess HRH prince mabubu was busy! On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Vince Marsters vi...@marsters.co.uk wrote: Just to add it looks like the website was only registered early in September

Re: [ubuntu-uk] warning: Non ubuntu thread! Fwd: Transcript of 4 Oct 2010 7:25:17. Visitor: javad. Operator: Jessica Waynick.

2010-10-04 Thread javadayaz
i thought their prices were too good to be true!! On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Vince Marsters vi...@marsters.co.uk wrote: As soon as I read no credit cards but only Western Union then the alarm bells started ringing for me. I wouldn't just walk away but would be running as fast as I

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2010-10-04 Thread Roy Jamison
If you look at the registered address it is 57th Park Avenue New York, NY 10022... that's a road intersection lol http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Digital.Switch.800-305-9203 If it looks too good to true, it usually is. On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:28 PM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread Jacob Mansfield
must be a drivers problem On 4 October 2010 11:04, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: On 04/10/10 10:23, javadayaz wrote: Well it was working fine before...and i havent disabled anything! i will have to check if its somehow manage to disable itself!!! On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:20 AM,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] warning: Non ubuntu thread! Fwd: Transcript of 4 Oct 2010 7:25:17. Visitor: javad. Operator: Jessica Waynick.

2010-10-04 Thread Roy Jamison
lol! Fonejacker springs to mind with a guy sitting in a box asking for monies Sir...I wouldn't touch this with a barge pole! For the sake of a few extra quid, you'd be better off sticking with a known brand/seller. Western Union do not give back money for buyer/seller mistakes like Paypal do -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] warning: Non ubuntu thread! Fwd: Transcript of 4 Oct 2010 7:25:17. Visitor: javad. Operator: Jessica Waynick.

2010-10-04 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 4 October 2010 13:35, Roy Jamison xtee...@googlemail.com wrote: If you look at the registered address it is 57th Park Avenue New York, NY 10022... that's a road intersection lol http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Digital.Switch.800-305-9203 That's fairly normal for US addresses in an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread John Matthews
On 04/10/10 10:23, javadayaz wrote: Well it was working fine before...and i havent disabled anything! i will have to check if its somehow manage to disable itself!!! On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk mailto:phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: On 4 October 2010

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread javadayaz
Well it was working fine before...and i havent disabled anything! i will have to check if its somehow manage to disable itself!!! On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: On 4 October 2010 09:13, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: still awaiting an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread JON TAYLOR
. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Regards Javad -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/attachments/20101004/5375f9e4

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2010-10-04 Thread Jacob Mansfield
so more woman in russia stealing your monies On 4 October 2010 13:35, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: the lady got a bit defensive when i asked her if she was a man in africa trying to steal my monies!!! I guess HRH prince mabubu was busy! On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Vince

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2010-10-04 Thread javadayaz
Hilarious! The chat has now been taken offline. On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Neil Greenwood neil.greenwood@gmail.com wrote: On 4 October 2010 13:35, Roy Jamison xtee...@googlemail.com wrote: If you look at the registered address it is 57th Park Avenue New York, NY 10022... that's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] warning: Non ubuntu thread! Fwd: Transcript of 4 Oct 2010 7:25:17. Visitor: javad. Operator: Jessica Waynick.

2010-10-04 Thread javadayaz
and lastly: javad: awesomebtw take a guess which websites im posting your messages to? they will see what a professional website you are! Jessica Waynick: don't know, enlighten me. javad: Wonga javad: oh righ! Jessica Waynick: lol, we own kiva Jessica Waynick: wonga is kind o ours too

[ubuntu-uk] Sound effects ....

2010-10-04 Thread Barry Drake
Just spent a long time searching through fora with no result. I want to play mp3's of stage sound effects and music tracks. The problem is that they have to be on cue. Like: imagine a gunshot with a two second delay (that happened last year when the sound man used audio CD's)! At least it was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread javadayaz
btw can i start using the pc as soon as i apply the thermal..do i need to wait for it to dry ...? sorry ignorant fool/ noob here! On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Neil Greenwood neil.greenwood@gmail.com wrote: On 4 October 2010 13:55, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: would the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] warning: Non ubuntu thread! Fwd: Transcript of 4 Oct 2010 7:25:17. Visitor: javad. Operator: Jessica Waynick.

2010-10-04 Thread Alan Pope
On 4 October 2010 15:53, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: and lastly: Thankfully. That's a triple-whammy of annoyance you got there with offtopic rubbish, top posted and non-trimmed. Please think about mail before you send it to this list. Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread Shaun ONeil
On 4 Oct 2010, at 15:58, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: btw can i start using the pc as soon as i apply the thermal..do i need to wait for it to dry ...? sorry ignorant fool/ noob here! Thermal paste shouldn't dry. It stays a paste. It really is just a lick-um stick-um job.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 16:23 +0100, Shaun ONeil wrote: Thermal paste shouldn't dry. It stays a paste. It really is just a lick-um stick-um job. No need to watch paint dry :) Don't, of course, lick thermal paste. It contains some unpleasant heavy metals that you should not ingest. :) Tyler --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread pmgazz
On 04/10/10 13:55, javadayaz wrote: would the thermal gel really be exhausted after a few years...wasnt long ago when i applied it, it seems. One of mine's making a noise like an idling black cab - I've reseated the heat sink and messed around with it - only way to get it to stop for a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread javadayaz
So the changing the usb settings did the trick. The keyboard is now operational. The cpu thermal seems to have been a waste though..and in vain...its still showing at the 53c...although I suppose its better than before. On 04/10/10 13:55, javadayaz wrote: would the thermal gel really be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread Rob Beard
On 04/10/10 16:23, Shaun ONeil wrote: On 4 Oct 2010, at 15:58, javadayazjavada...@gmail.com wrote: btw can i start using the pc as soon as i apply the thermal..do i need to wait for it to dry ...? sorry ignorant fool/ noob here! Thermal paste shouldn't dry. It stays a paste. It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread Rob Beard
On 04/10/10 18:36, javadayaz wrote: So the changing the usb settings did the trick. The keyboard is now operational. The cpu thermal seems to have been a waste though..and in vain...its still showing at the 53c...although I suppose its better than before. Yep that's definitely an improvement

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread javadayaz
Ok so everything seems fine but I can't seem to boot up..I'm getting a screen with some options as follows; Linux mint 8 helena, linux 2.6.31-22-generic , linux(recovery mode) Memory test (memtest86+) Memory test (memtest 86+ serial console 115200)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 4 October 2010 19:34, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: Ok so everything seems fine but I can't seem to boot up..I'm getting a screen with some options as follows; Linux mint 8 helena, linux 2.6.31-22-generic       , linux (recovery mode) Memory

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread John Matthews
On 04/10/10 18:36, javadayaz wrote: So the changing the usb settings did the trick. The keyboard is now operational. The cpu thermal seems to have been a waste though..and in vain...its still showing at the 53c...although I suppose its better than before. Ok, so how did you change the usb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread Barry Titterton
On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 16:32 +0100, pmgazz wrote: One of mine's making a noise like an idling black cab This is definitely the fan motor bearings. I had one go just like that last year. The motor gets stuck in a resonance mode before it gets up to full speed, hence the noise and poor cooling

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread javadayaz
Ok booted upwhat next please? On 4 October 2010 19:34, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: Ok so everything seems fine but I can't seem to boot up..I'm getting a screen with some options as follows; Linux mint 8 helena, linux 2.6.31-22-generic , linux

[ubuntu-uk] Symlinking to USB hard drives

2010-10-04 Thread Neil Greenwood
Hi all, I have a couple of matched USB hard drives that I use as part of my backup strategy. At the moment they both have the same label, so they end up mounted at /media/backup. But this means I can't easily tell which drive is which, and when I plug the second in, it gets mounted at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread Alan Pope
On 4 October 2010 19:34, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: Linux mint 8 helena, linux 2.6.31-22-generic You do realise you're not running Ubuntu there? Linux Mint, whilst based on Ubuntu, isn't Ubuntu. Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Musick Manager

2010-10-04 Thread Jacob Mansfield
could anybody recommend a good music player/manager, I've just spent 4 hours clearing up after banshee, amorak and rhythmbox and I'm not happy. it has to be able to consolidate my music library using move, NOT COPY. use 'smart play-lists' get album art. manage the content on my mp3 player based on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Musick Manager

2010-10-04 Thread Grant Sewell
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 21:03:43 +0100 Jacob Mansfield wrote: could anybody recommend a good music player/manager, I've just spent 4 hours clearing up after banshee, amorak and rhythmbox and I'm not happy. it has to be able to consolidate my music library using move, NOT COPY. use 'smart

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Musick Manager

2010-10-04 Thread Jacob Mansfield
can't re-rip them, I never had the CDs in the first place. my boss sent me most of this stuff On 4 October 2010 21:12, Grant Sewell dcg...@thymox.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 21:03:43 +0100 Jacob Mansfield wrote: could anybody recommend a good music player/manager, I've just spent 4

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Musick Manager

2010-10-04 Thread Anton Piatek
It might help if you said why the others failed you. I love amazon, and it should do most of your list (though I prefer to manage my library as files than let a tool do it for me) Anton - Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http:// www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Musick Manager

2010-10-04 Thread Jacob Mansfield
can't find that in synaptic. AmorK can only import individual files, banshee duplicated everything and crashes every ten seconds and rhythmbox lacks the MP3 player features as well as crashing every few seconds On 4 October 2010 21:21, Anton Piatek an...@piatek.co.uk wrote: It might help if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread javadayaz
Yes I know but I'm sure there are similarities then there are differnces... :) On 4 October 2010 19:34, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: Linux mint 8 helena, linux 2.6.31-22-generic You do realise you're not running Ubuntu there? Linux Mint, whilst based on Ubuntu, isn't Ubuntu. Al.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread javadayaz
I'm using 1,97 of grub...I only know this coz its displayed on the screen I'm stuck on... Can't get passed this screen to get to synaptic or terminal... On 4 Oct 2010 21:03, Neil Greenwood neil.greenwood@gmail.com wrote: On 4 October 2010 20:16, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: Ok