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Augmenting sound on DVD video-rip
by Ted.Harding＠manchester.ac.uk 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

Greetings all. I have copied an amateur VHS video onto a DVD (using a Tape/DVD machine with cross-copying capability). I have copied the DVD to a ".iso" file (ndf filesystem, I think) using cat /dev/dvd > titlename.iso, and I dare say I can store the various compoment files in a directory using dvdbackup. No problem in duplicating the DVD using growisofs from the ".iso" file. This works well. However, the sound-track is too quiet (it was filmed from the back of a lecture-theatre during a … [View More]

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Over-clever keyboard detection in Gentoo
by Dan Hatton 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

Dear All, I usually operate my Gentoo netbook with one of two USB keyboards plugged in - a Microsoft Comfort Curve keyboard or an Apple Pro Keyboard. Usually, the computer responds to either of these, and its built-in keyboard, as if they were PC-style keyboards, i.e. shift-2 gives ", shift-' gives @. I quite like it this way. Occasionally (usually while the Apple keyboard is plugged in, although I've seen it once while the Microsoft keyboard was plugged in), however, the computer switches … [View More]

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[ALUG Announce] Changed Venue! Alug Norwich 2nd Thurs Pub Meet 10th September 2009
by Adam Bower 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- Dear ALUG, Note that we have a new venue for the pub meet this month! This months second Thursday social meeting of ALUG will take place on 10th September 2009 at The Coach and Horses (82 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1BA http://www.thecoachthorperoad.co.uk/ ). This is a new venue for Alug but has been chosen as it offers food, a good … [View More]

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Re: [ALUG] Bittorrent / Sky / ThePirateBay
by mick 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:44:24 +0100 Alex Scotton <alex.scotton(a)gmail.com> allegedly wrote: > >>and if so does anyone know of a good encrypted proxy?.. > > > > Try Tor, though some operators (myself included I may add) actually > > block torrents in their exit policies. Too bandwidth hungry. > > been checking out the website, looks very good.. however few > questions, I assume you have volunteered to be a "relay" so this just > sets up a few ssh … [View More]

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Partition imaging and restoring
by Mark Rogers 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

Ah, Windows, Windows, Windows, how I love thee. There definitely seems to be a certain type of user who, given a few weeks with a Windows installation (no matter what AV software is installed) will end up with a compromised machine. So I'm looking for a way to roll-back to a clean install. What I'm thinking is to have two partitions on the disk - the Windows one and an EXT2/3 partition containing an image of the clean Windows install. All I need then is: (a) a way to create the image (… [View More]

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Pub meet pub suggestion
by Montmorency 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

>We need to have a bit of discussion over where the 2nd Thursday Norwich >pub meet is going to be held this month. The Coach and Horses on Thorpe Road! http://www.thecoachthorperoad.co.uk/ Points: a) Very good beer that they brew in the premises. b) They do food c) The location is very convenient for the railway station, for getting home. Busses and taxis are to be found there as well as trains. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox- a&ie=UTF8&q=… [View More]

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Bittorrent / Sky / ThePirateBay
by Alex Scotton 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

Hello guys, I've been humming and harring for days now, over what's been going on with The Pirate Bay tracker.... Basically, I download from nowhere else other than thepiratebay, hastening to delete all other trackers from torrents before starting downloads; however over the last few days I've noticed a rapid decline in my download speeds, and noticed differences between the number of seeders published on thepiratebay site and what I actually get in bittorrent... So after about 30 seconds of … [View More]

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Bittorrent / Sky / ThePirateBay
by Alex Scotton 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- (didn't CC the list haha...again) From: Alex Scotton <alex.scotton(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:51 AM Subject: Re: [ALUG] Bittorrent / Sky / ThePirateBay To: Srdjan Todorovic <todorovic.s(a)googlemail.com> > Others on IRC are reporting similar. Can resolve the host but can't get > to it. Wow.. had spaced on the Alug IRC, has been a few years since I've been on there.. and with IRC on my phone aswell no less, what a fool … [View More]

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Thursday pub meet
by Richard 06 Sep '09

06 Sep '09

How about Take 5 in tombland? Equal distance from bus and train station, it's a busier area at night than the reindeer, next to inner-city bus stops, taxi rank, and a cash machine. They do great food, plenty of Ale (YAY!). St. Andrews car park is very nearby. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=take+5,+tombl… Cheers Richard -- Richard Bensley - 07540878285

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Re: [ALUG] Google Phone (T-Mobile/HTC G1)
by Alex Scotton 06 Sep '09

06 Sep '09

Doh! Well trust T-Mobile, aye?.. it's pretty iritating, so there's no flash support in cupcake either?.. hmm I know (what I assume is version 2) the g2 has flash 10 support so it must be coming.. Just going to have either play the waiting game, or flash it with JesusFreke's copy, then begs the question do you trust a guy who calls himself jesusfreke haha On 17 Aug 2009, 1:43 PM, "samwise" <samwise(a)bagshot-row.org> wrote: Hi, Alex. I have a Vodafone HTC Magic Android phone. … [View More]

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