That's always been a concern of mine... they always seem excessive in
terms of price vs. specification and I don't understand this, because
surely building a machine WITHOUT Windows (and its costly licences,
even considering OEM) ought to be CHEAPER?
Out of interest, why do people think
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 17:20:51 +
From: javadayaz javada...@gmail.com
To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Editing .db files
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
For various reasons, I host my blog on wordpress.com rather than running my
own Wordpress installation.
They put an announcement on my admin page, about a holiday wallpaper they
had commissioned.
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/wordpress-wallpaper/
Nothing odd here, just another
The FAQ confused me a bit 'coz from ancient memory, the maximum allowable
charge is something like US$6.
Not at all.
The whole point of the GPL is that, once you've got a copy, you can do
whatever you like with it.
If you want to modify it, you're free to...
If you want to give away a
[5] it reads and writes all Microsoft files and anything from any
Windows or Mac program.
A genuine question here.
A lot of MS Office files include large numbers of embedded macros. Is
there something that will run these reliably?
I realise that in some industries this is a wider issue
Remember that free delivery is not necessarily the best deal.
Sometimes price + delivery from somewhere that charges delivery can be
less than price from somewhere else with free delivery.
Colin
..., and of course, that total price including delivery isn't always the
best deal either.
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:56:46 + (GMT)
From: Tony Scott to...@tonyscott.org.uk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?
To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Message-ID: 726420.10698...@web29514.mail.ird.yahoo.com
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Hi Daniel
I do not actually agree with this, for the record. I think that the
Linux commitment to Free Open Source Software (not sure what the 'L'
stands for in Mark's acronym)
From: Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback? [was: ubuntu-uk
I ought to point out here that I am an author.
My original thing - a non-fiction, non-IT, 4-CD audiobook has NEVER been
available as a printed book, since my publisher only does CDs (50 years ago
tapes, and these days, MP3s as well as CDs, with tapes having finally gone
about 5 years ago.)
My
Hi all,
I'm hoping that someone can check whether a particular OOo extension works
in Ubuntu 10.10?
The reason I ask is twofold:
- I'm writing a HOWTO about making customised invitations that can be
printed at the local supermarket photo printer (by exporting as JPG)
- The extension that you
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:16:20 +
From: Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Does the OOo Enhanced Graphic Options
extension work in Ubuntu 10.10?
To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Message-ID: 4ccf1204.3090...@esdelle.co.uk
Content-Type:
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:47:42 +0100
From: Alan Pope a...@popey.com
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Powerline Recommendations
To: bdr...@crosswire.org, UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
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Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:48:50 +0100
From: Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] OOO Base vs MS Access
To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
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Hi Folks
I was interested to
From: Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com
of corse you can do it in OO, why the f**k would you want to use M$
Couple of things:
1: I've not used MS Office for about 5 years now, however the one time I
needed to was in 2007 for a really complex mailmerge, which is one area
where MSO is still
This is a genuine question to those currently / recently at Schoo/Uni.
When I was choosing my A-levels (1987), there was a strong piece of advice
for those who wanted to study Computing at Uni. That advice was don't
bother with Computing A-Level, do Maths and Further Maths instead.
This was on
outside of school. Yet ICT and Computer Science in school
seem to turn these young people off. We need school curricula to engage them
better if the next generation are to engineer technology and not just
consume it”.
(As far as I know, Matthew Harrison is no relation) :-)
Mark Harrison
Just a quick note to say Goodbye to all those doing good work with Ubuntu.
However, I'm afraid that given that appears acceptable behaviour on this
list to make accusations of exploitation and corruption, and present
that in language of a sexual nature, I no longer wish to be a part of
this
Chris Rowson wrote:
On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 22:38 +, Chris Rowson wrote:
I'm hope you see me as an exploiter of innocent children for posting
this here. To be honest though, I don't have an agenda or petty points
to make.
Despite writing in rant mode, without remembering to
Hi, I'm calling back. Your tech support guy told me to re-install
Windows, but the PC is switching off before it starts the install...
M.
Alec Wright wrote:
Or so Evesham tech support say...
Here's what happened:
Whenever I switched my computer on, it would switch off within five
seconds
Rob Beard wrote:
Last time I found something like that it was a faulty motherboard
which the temperature sensor was reporting the CPU (a Duron 700) was
running at 199 degrees!
I'd say they're fobbing you off somewhat. Funny, I remember the days
when Evesham stood for quality. Does it
Chris Rowson wrote:
I just read this. Sickening isn't it!
Not to me it isn't.
The Nigerian government aren't complaining. The Nigerian people aren't
complaining.
[Or if they are, someone post a link and tell me about what]
In fact, the person who's complaining in this article is the
John Levin wrote:
LeeGroups wrote:
I seriously don't get why people 'think everything just works' in Windows...
Most people aren't interested in arguments about whether Windows has
similar problems.
Most people aren't interested in upgrading Operating Systems.
Most people encounter
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi Mark,
On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 18:52 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
Do you know if they're available outside the USA?
I couldn't work out how to spec one up on the UK Dell website :-(
I don't know about models, but I just searched for ssd on the uk site
and found
James Grabham wrote:
I'm with them at the moment but am considering a move to TalkTalk,
which appears to be outstanding value and available in my area: any
horror stories with them?
My brother was completely without phone service (let alone ADSL) for
about a week after moving
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi,
On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 15:45 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
Does anyone know where (whether?) it's possible to get solid-state
disks in a format that has an IDE / SATA cable attached?
Dell actually sell laptops with 36GB SSD now.
http://www.notebookreview.com
A few thoughts here:
- The BBC aren't dumb. If people are constantly re-voting for the same
option, they'll notice, and if Linux people are doing that more than the
rest, they'll probably start looking askance at ANY figures that show
Linux adoption.
- While it's not unknown for broadcasters
Dave Morley wrote:
I used to hate using Evolution but since I last used it to the release
in Gutsy things have improved greatly. The whole experience is a
pleasure.
So I just wondered what everyone else uses?
I use Thunderbird, so I have a consistent mail experience whether I'm
on a
Surely a LolCats style caption competition is needed?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcats (for those who have no idea what
I'm talking about).
So, your starter captions:
I is not paying Microsoft Now
We is Shuttleworths kittenz
We is huntin that red rat wot you told us of
M.
-based retailers
such as Dell, or for download, but most people with Windows
pre-installed on a PC haven't seen the need to change.
Mark Harrison, an IT Director based in Sussex, explains.
With a copy of Vista coming in at about £180 from PC World, you can see
why people want to stick with what
Dougie Richardson wrote:
1. How would the cost of travel be covered? I'm all for volunteering
but not if it starts to cost my significantly in expenses.
Well, I have to say, I'd considered that this wasn't really us doing
anything new beyond what we're already doing... More us realising
Skeg Fast wrote:
To Whom It May Concern,
[... Parody of Windows upgrade ...]
ROFL - well done. I was taken in by the subject line and first line.
Excellent spoof.
So, somebody (Popey?) please pass on my thanks to all that you can :D
Amen to that.
I'm, now running Gutsy in a VM
Tony Arnold wrote:
Mark,
On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 11:10 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
Mark Harrison, BA, MA, MBCS
and could get be CITP if I ever got around to filling in the
paperwork and sending off the cheque :-)
Interesting! I'm sure my CITP just arrived in the post one day
Alan Pope wrote:
On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 17:30 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
1: Moet was actually a Belgium (and there should be an umlaut over the
e, but I can't work out how)
2: Freddie Mercury had an evil sense of humour, and the Killer Queen was
MEANT to be a bit trashy :-)
You really
ged wrote:
Link to duplicating machines at scan. The auto loaders start to get a
little expensive.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Products.ASP?CatID=12FilterCategories=416Thumbnails=yes
Regards Ged
Yeah - I've come close to buying one of these a few times, though
probably from
Peter Lewis wrote:
But even withing the yes, pronounce the G camp, there are two schools of
thought:
- Guh-nome (like GNU)
- Gee-nome (like the human Genome project)
LOL.
Actually, it's worth noting that, until the famous song by Flanders and
Swann, the animal the gnu had a silent g.
On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 20:49 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
When I was looking into this before I figured it was rather expensive,
even when using cheap 9p CD-R discs (when factoring in duplication of
many thousands of discs, printing etc). I was wondering though if
anyone knew of a good
Interesting article at Zdnet about why Windows Users don't switch to Mac.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=847tag=nl.e539
One of the core reasons that the author quotes is: The Linux effect
The “anything but Microsoft” card that Apple is playing is losing
traction
given that Linux
Various wrote:
andylockran - 15 non-free packages, 1.1% of 1381 installed packages.
wulfy - 30 non-free packages, 1.8% of 1681 installed packages.
Mark Harrison - 0 non-free packages installed! (0%) rms would be proud.
M.
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I think it would be good to have an idea of how many ubuntu-uk people
are doing this.
Would it be appropriate to put a page on the wiki where people could add
links to their sites (sites showing this banner only.)
Clearly someone would need to write some weasel words making it clear
that
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've got a laptop with a broken screen as my home server. Got it for
free from a family member but they are dirt cheap and fleabay. Its got
80GB storage, integrated UPS, (very) low power consumption and with
speedstep enabled on the CPU and laptop-mode enabled on the
Mac wrote:
I hope we can just assume this is FUD. Does anyone more familiar with
server security have anything consoling thoughts?
I seriously hope that we DON'T assume this is FUD.
I think that Alan has summed up the key issue nicely.
Anyone who goes around saying Linux is secure,
Matthew Larsen wrote:
YES a Hitchhikers reference!!
Thats the first one i've seen on this list!
OK, see if you can guess what this proves:
Without looking, it's hanging on the second peg from the right on the
door of my en-suite.
:-)
Mark
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The question is quite simply do you want the election to be held
again, yes or no?
I don't recognise the authority of this list as the right place to ask
that question :-)
Note to the hard of thinking - that was sarcasm, OK.
I am AMAZED at how much MORE traffic something relatively
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi Mark,
On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 09:47 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
Matthew Larsen wrote:
YES a Hitchhikers reference!!
Thats the first one i've seen on this list!
OK, see if you can guess what this proves:
Without looking, it's hanging on the second
Dave Walker wrote:
Mark,
I'm disappointed, true geeks do it 'blind' and hope they are typing the
correct commands! :)
Seriously tho, I would consider ebay - ie Item:180163351414
Kind Regards,
Dave Walker
Dave,
Thanks for the link - I've bid, but the pricing is already up close to
Pete Stean wrote:
Mat, your lolcat phrase was slightly off there...
You said: Ubuntu - can I has cheesburger
It should be: Ubuntu - haz cheesburger! *nom nom nom*
:)
Pete
Ubuntu - all your base are NOT belong to us
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Alan Pope wrote:
Some people voted and by a nose I seem to have won the post of Point
of Contact for the Ubuntu-UK LoCo Team.
Hail to the Chief.
Say (Well done Alan);
Case:
Alan carries on in the tradition of democracy
Do
Agree (Alan, 90% of the time);
Case:
Alan turns
Chris Jones wrote:
Hi
Kris Douglas wrote:
No windows in the European union?
No it's just a very misguided suggestion that no PC should ship with an
OS pre-installed.
It just means more pain for users and no gain for anyone else.
Cheers,
Chris,
I'm with you on this.
It is
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 08:26 +0200, Sakjur wrote:
Why don't you use the diffrent advantages of the diffrent editors?
Like mix them...
Is it speciall fileformats for the diffrent editors?
Imagine using 3 different word processors to produce a document. One
Alan Pope wrote:
The conclusion they came up with was that for 99.9% of scenarios hardware
99.9% of scenarios that don't match what 99.9% of people here will
see :)
Indeed.
I believe the original Mad Max film had a line that summed it up perfectly.
Sadly, I can't find the original
Daniel,
I have a 32 Loewe CRT TV... and the picture quality is likewise amazing.
What are prices on the LCDs? If they're anything like the £300
specified, then I'd be very tempted... but I fear not :-(
M.
Daniel Lamb wrote:
I'm using a 32 Loewe LCD TV, just using the vga input from my
.
Regards,
Daniel
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Harrison
Sent: 26 September 2007 10:52
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV
Daniel,
I have a 32 Loewe CRT TV... and the picture
I need to install another package on an
otherwise-working-fine-and-stable breezy server.
I notice that they've gone from gb.archive.ubuntu.com
are they still out there somewhere?
M.
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As far as I'm concerned there has.
I was concerned after the first few days, that NO-ONE had thrown their
hat into the ring, so I added my own name and a brief bio.
There are now two other people forward... and I consider that either of
them would do the job better than I.
Accordingly, I've
Backups are not archives in my world :-)
So, relating to the home network, not the work one:
- I have a home network with a few machines
- All data gets stored on a server
- I have an external USB hard disk
- Once an HOUR, the server copies everything over to the USB drive
(rsync is your
Pete Stean wrote:
Can I also add that a few of the NAS devices will also run linux - if
memory serves there's a NAS-specific Debian build you can use on a
couple of devices... have a google - that thing could be routing your
email, acting as a music server, a firewall and store your files
Alan Pope wrote:
The protocol is explained in the page I linked to:-
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpecSpec
and further from there to:-
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpecTemplate
What I would do is create a new page:-
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuNetworkApplicanceEdition
and paste into it the
potential
customer-base [3] on a forum that is easily readable by Google holds
though :-)
Regards,
PS - under the circumstances, I'll write it out some letters so you know
my biases :-)
Mark Harrison, BA, MA, MBCS
NOTES:
[1] - it isn't particularly, BTW, but that's another subject
In the light of my car crash last week (and the fact that I've been out
of a sling for about 24 hours), I've NOT done anything about arranging a
venue for the Gatwick Breakfast.
If anyone wants to jump in, say so quickly, otherwise we might be better
letting that idea die, and concentrating on
attracted
developers anyway :-)
M.
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi Mark,
On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 18:23 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
When it comes to network infrastructure - I find it notable that there's
an Ubuntu Desktop (well, more than 1 - Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc.) and an
Ubuntu Server edition
Alan Pope wrote:
A very interesting idea. You could write a specification [0] for one and
submit it as a blueprint [1]
Done... (at least, entry into the specifications database.)
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntu-network-appliance-edition
I have no idea on the protocol
Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Harrison
Sent: 10 September 2007 21:57
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Redundency was Going back to the Dell deal...
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi Mark,
On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 21:28 +0100, Mark
Matthew Wild wrote:
On 9/8/07, *Josh Blacker* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Winning by quite a long way at the moment, leading over Debian by
about 600 votes :)
lol, now leading by 4000 votes :P
35 minutes after your post, I've just voted, and the lead is now
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi Mark,
On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 11:00 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
Hardware load balancer tend to give the twin
benefits of resilience and performance.
..and another single point of failure. :)
Cheers,
Al.
Al,
Yeah - that's why I've (in the past) used
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi Mark,
On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 21:28 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
Others may have a different opinion, and if they're prepared to
underwrite (with funds lodged in an escrow account) my company's loss of
income were we to have any downtime because of an Ubuntu failure
Matthew Larsen wrote:
However, realise that programming skill is only PART of what a typical
employer is looking for - ability to work as part of a team, rather than
adopt a primadona attitude. If everyone else in the organisation wears
suits, don't expect to show up in jeans a T-shirt... on
Michael Holloway wrote:
2. How many Linux users would buy a one? I'm not sure i can answer this, but
i imagine not too many. Most linux users like to customise their machines,
and put all the latest and greatest (or cheapest and oldest) compenents into
it.
10 years ago, that would have
Good call.
I've entered details for a proposed BREAKFAST (near) Gatwick party.
In my life, morning meetings match a freer diary than evening ones :-)
Even if only 5-10 people come, it strikes me as a good PR stunt to be
able to say that there are launch parties around the UK throughout the
Andy Loughran wrote:
We're having a wonderful conversation on IRC about the potential location.
Currently the solution is to do a google map, and find a location with the
minimum average distance for participants. It seems to be a fair way of
doing things.
Would I be willing to come
Hi all,
I've only ever installed Ubuntu as the only O/S on PCs before, but I do
need the laptop to be able to run Windows Media Centre from time to
time, so dual-boot is the way to go.
I have an 80Gb HDD, with 40+Gb free at the moment... so in principle
could re-partition down, to give, say,
Colin Watson wrote:
(Obviously make backups of anything valuable first, as you would for any
major invasive exercise like installing an OS.)
I don't have any data on the laptop other than backups / local cached
copies, if you see what I mean.
The question is where did I put the Dell
I've had a look at the Customer Reviews on eBuyer (the UK distributor
for eSys).
Sadly, several of them talk about putting XP on it.
I am tempted to post follow-up questions asking where they bought the XP
licences from, in order to make that PC a cost-effective solution for them.
I'm
There is a bit of software whose name I can't remember, hence Google is
not my friend :-)
You run this software on multiple machines, and stick their monitors
next to each other across your desktop. One of the machines has a
keyboard and mouse attached.)
When you run the mouse off the
Paul Tansom wrote:
hat's why.
** end quote [Mark Harrison]
At a guess you are talking about something like Synergy [1] which
classes itself as a virtual KVM (or at least that's how I found it with
Google). I started off thinking there was a solution based on VNC, but
I've not found
Hi all,
For the last few years, I've been using a Tascam Portastudio to do live
recordings, then exporting the files down to the PC for editing.
It strikes me that technology's probably moved on sufficiently, that I
should just be carrying around a laptop.
I'd much prefer this to be an Ubuntu
I'm going to PodCamp UK in B'ham on the 1st September. I'm only going
for the day on Saturday.
I'll be driving there from near Gatwick, aiming to get there about 10am,
and probably leaving about 5-6pm.
If anyone would like a lift, there, back, or both, and isn't too far out
of my route, then
Pete Stean wrote:
Ah, the Dell Inspiron 6400 which they are selling retails for £359+
depending on features such as memory etc.
The irony of course is that this machine is *no cheaper* than the
Vista-loaded equivalent... why are they not prepared to pass on the
licence cost saving to
Tony Arnold wrote:
I've never understood how or why this works! Why should the vendor of
the bloatware pay Dell to install it? Surelly, Dell should buy a license
for the bloatware from its vendor and pass this on to the customer. It
just seems counter intutitive to me, but then I work in a
Nik,
Thanks for making this offer. I'm not in the slightest opposed to you
making a percentage if it means that I (we?) get a cheaper price than I
could have gotten by going direct.
One of the things I found irritating about the US Dell offer was that
the PCs were the same price, whether they
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1279tag=nl.e539
Interesting point he makes - that for RedHat, Desktop Linux is a
loss-leader, but where Ubuntu really shines is on the desktop...
Personally, I run Ubuntu Server edition, but I'm odd like that :-)
M.
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Andrew Jenkins wrote:
For now though I consider playing around
as 'root' while being 'under the influence' as bad as driving so I'll
leave well alone.
Mathematicians don't drink and derive.
Mark
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Dave Murphy wrote:
On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 16:50 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
I've created a Facebook group with the following description:
Although I'm a Facebook user myself, I'm not comfortable with making
Facebook membership a requirement for contribution to groups and I my
Guys,
Just for the record, since I suspect it's my Blog that has specifically
kicked off this issue:
If the community as a whole would rather I simply syndicated
OSS-related posts, then I am happy to do so.
I have deliberately syndicated my entire personal blog, because I had
believed,
I've created a Facebook group with the following description:
If you're interested in doing the following:
- Saying yes to the odd PC components that always come up on Freecycle
- Collecting them, putting them together, installing Ubuntu
- Offering a working machine back to your local Freecycle
Robert McWilliam wrote:
When buying online you have a period of time (I can never remember how
long it is) to return products for any reason. If I can't get good info
on whether or not hardware will work I tend to go for the approach of
buying something and if it doesn't work sending it back
I wouldn't describe my (property) site as popular, but it's a very
specific, not-IT niche, and over 70% of my visitors are from the UK -
actually, given the nature of my content, this is too low :-)
If I look at the 956 discrete visitors I got in July (as reported by
Google analytics).
- 93%
Hi all,
The following just came in on our local Freecycle. (www.freecycle.org to
find your local group.)
===
OFFER: Complete working PC
Made almost entirely out of Freecycled parts:
Midi-tower Pentium III 600Mhz with 192Mb RAM and a small but
, on a bookmark trying to be witty:
Never try to replace windows on your computer
I bought it for a laugh; picture here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=502966
On 7/25/07, Mark Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Power corrupts. Powerpoint corrupts absolutely
Well, I liked it :-)
M
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fair enough. It's a difficult balance between factually correct and
marketing.
I left it as viruses because I thought virii may be too confusing for
the uninitiated? I'm impressed by the leaflet by the way.
Wikipedia and the Oxford English Dictionary both say
Power corrupts. Powerpoint corrupts absolutely
Well, I liked it :-)
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Hi,
A couple of weeks ago, I asked for advice on rendering graphics in PHP
for display in a web client.
I had a go at a few of the things suggested, before stumbling across an
alternative solution.
The application was an Extranet where I can make a bunch of assumptions
about the desktop - so
Chris Rowson wrote:
Just checked the info, and this parish encompasses 17,200 people!
(2001 census)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingham%2C_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire
Not bad eh!
Although I don't know about the magazine circulation, I think that
concentrating on smaller areas individually
Mac wrote:
One of the bloggers pointed out that in the USA, breach of copyright can
be a criminal offence as well as a civil one
There was a proposal to make such a thing criminal in Europe, but AIUI,
it got rejected by the European Parliament earlier this year!
Do you (or Matthew) know
Hi all,
This question is particularly aimed at server admin, but
desktop-specifics would be good.
If you're running an Ubuntu box, what routine admin do you perform
- how often do you run apt*
- do you rely on the file system itself to manage disk fragmentation, or
are there specific
Thanks to all who've replied.
The apticron package that Alan recommends looks just the ticket!
Regards,
Mark
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi Mark,
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:27:40AM +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
- how often do you run apt*
On servers I install apticron which emails me
Mac wrote:
You do have to hand it to Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen and their
colleagues - the genius evident in GPLv3 just takes your breath away:
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/microsoft_the_copyright_infringer
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070709101318827
Mac
Mac wrote:
As I understand it, GPLv3 is not a contract; it's a waiver of copyright
that passes to those who also waive copyright. This is what's so clever
about it - it just doesn't work like a contract or licence. I think
this is why patent/copyright lawyers have such trouble with it:
Mac wrote:
That seems to me not contract, but a beautiful and unexpected
inversion of copyright law.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand this line of argument... Let me
explain my understanding first, then someone can tell me what I'm missing...
- A contract is a legally binding agreement
Lee Tambiah wrote:
Without disscussion I think the GPL 3 is a very good license which
protects Free Software and overall should strengthen it.
I agree.
I agree that you, and any programmer, should have the right to choose
the GPLv3 in new products you create. However, I also believe that
Gord,
Ubuntu has been well featured in UK media, even if the UK project hasn't.
Because Canonical are based (at least in part) in the UK, I've fired
media enquiries at them rather than the UK team...
M.
gord wrote:
Taken from the latest ubuntu weekly news.
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