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Re: [ALUG] ALUG meeting lift?
by Anthony Anson 20 May '10

20 May '10

Srdjan Todorovic wrote: > On 20 May 2010 17:03, Anthony Anson <tony.anson(a)girolle.co.uk> wrote: >> Srdjan Todorovic wrote: >>> Have you managed to find someone that can give you a lift? >> Unfortunately, no. >> >> It's a bit late now, as my bus to Norwich leaves at around 9.50 am. >> >> It'll have to be next time now. >> >> (Besides, I spent a bit more than I ought to have done on homebrew kit and >> ingredients yesterday...) > > Ah. It's just that I will probably be leaving for Norwich soonish > (maybe - possibly having food in a different pub with some other ALUG > people before main pubmeet), and I am based in Wymondham. Next month might be a better bet, I think, if the offer is still open, and if I haven't got the motorcycle on the road by then. (Have to renew my licence too, as I've reached a 'landmark' bidet.) > I usually leave the pub at about 10:45 pm ish... so might have been > able to give you a lift back. Only problem is I have no idea where you > live... The Wymondham end of Bunwell... > If some fuel money was on the table (a fiver?) then I could perhaps > give you a lift if you are not going to stay past sort of 10:50pm ish. > > Otherwise, not sure anyone else is going past your area.... Looking in my wallet, there's a big hole there with about fifteen quid unspoken for, cowering in the corner. This has to last me until Monday. OK, if in Norwich I could raid the hole in the wall, but it is getting a little late in the day for tidying everything away into the workshop, cleaning-up and finding a presentable change of clobber. Been power-sawing logs... -- Tony Anson www.girolle.co.uk/

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Mystery!
by Ted.Harding＠manchester.ac.uk 20 May '10

20 May '10

Sorry to be completely off-topic, but there's quite a few of you who are savvy in rare areas; plus, you're local! Scenario: At times during the last few days I've seen a low-slung white car/van driving around. It has "Anglian WILLHIRE" on the sides. On the roof is mounted a blackish flat plate, about 15in x 9in in size and angled so that it is elevated about 45deg above the horizontal and facing forward. Perpendicular to this plate (therefore pointing upwards at about 45deg to the vertical) is an array of rods, which seem to be about 3in long and about 1/2in (or a bit smaller) in diameter. I couldn't count exactly, but I'd say it looks like a 4x6 array. (All quantities in this description are approximate!) I first saw this vehicle driving over the farmer's field opposite my house last week, some yards in from the edge and driving parallel to the edge. It was actually driving on the earth of the field, not on any track. I've subsequently seen it 3 times, driving along the road (a) between my house and the fields, (b) coming back over the bridge to the NorthEast over the Little Ouse river. See at postcode CB7 4TG on google maps for topographical reference (The "A" pointer you will get is close to the point from which I first observed it). Clearly this is monitoring something, but I cannot imagine what. What would the little rods on the plate be for? Any ideas? With thanks, and apologies once again for going OT! Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 19-May-10 Time: 11:09:34 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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[ALUG Announce] Norwich Meeting Thursday 20th May @ Coachmakers, Thorpe Road.
by Steve Pearce 19 May '10

19 May '10

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- Due to last week's football madness, the second Thursday monthly meeting for Norwich was cancelled. Several regulars have confirmed they will be getting together this Thursday to make up for it. The meeting will be held at the usual venue from 8pm: The Coach and Horses 82 Thorpe Road Norwich Norfolk NR1 1BA Website: http://www.thecoachthorperoad.co.uk/ Hope to see you there! Steve ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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MP3 Plays Only In Command Line
by Simon Royal 18 May '10

18 May '10

Hi I am still battling with sound on my ThinkPad 600 running Xubuntu. I have managed to get some sound and even play MP3 via command line - mpg123 and mplayer. But I cannot get any program to play it. It either doesnt play at all or plays so crackly you cant even hear the music. Is this a hardware limitation or am I doing something wrong? Please help, I am a fairly new Linux user. When using mplayer via command line I noticed that it said 'pulse' is this the audio output engine/settings it is using as under Mixer there is also a mention of Pulse under one of the Output options - along sine OSS and Alsa. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Simon Royal --- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum - Skype: Simon-Royal. --- IBM ThinkPad 600 running Xubuntu 10.04 & Apple iBook G3 running OSX 10.4. _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now

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Re: [ALUG] C beginner question
by Phil Ashby 17 May '10

17 May '10

On 16/05/10 02:04, Ian wrote: > > Incidentally, this is such a common requirement ISTR there are some > library functions that do these tests for you but I cannot for the > life of me remember where they are! getopt is the 'normal' way of parsing command line options in C, although I rarely use it for less than 4 options (too much pain just to avoid a few extra lines, and not posix): http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_1.2.0/gLSB/libutil-getopt-3.html I typically write: #include <string.h> // For strncmp() etc. ... main (int argc, char **argv) { int arg; char *str_arg = "default"; ... for (arg=1; argc; arg++) { if (strncmp(argv[arg], "-h", 2)==0) { // They need help :) return usage(); } else if (strncmp(argv[arg], "-o", 2)==0) { str_arg = argv[++arg]; } else if (strncmp(argv[arg], "-x", 2)==0) { ... } else { return usage(); } } ... } Using strncmp() instead of strcmp() means this supporta shorter options identified by their unique prefix parts (eg: -o[ption] -x[tend] etc.) HTH, Phil.

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[ALUG Announce] 3rd Monday Monthly Ipswich Social Meeting : McGintys, Northgate Street
by samwise 17 May '10

17 May '10

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- The monthly "Third Monday" ALUG Ipswich Social Meeting is back tonight, Monday 17th May, at 20:00: P J McGinty & Sons 15 Northgate Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3BY Tel: 01473 251 515 Map/Directions URI: http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=IP1+3BY WWW: http://www.pjmcgintys.co.uk/ McGintys pub is in the centre of Ipswich. It's directly opposite the town's central library and has a reputation for good Irish beer. We're usually to be found in the lowest section of the bar, near the library entrance to the pub. All are welcome, novices and experienced users. Feel free to ask for further information on the Main ALUG mailing list. Peter. ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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C beginner question
by James Bensley 16 May '10

16 May '10

Hey List, I have what is hopefully a beginners C question which will be easily answered (this following little app is for converting watts, amps and volts); I have the following code: http://pastebin.com/m30x4G17 The problem I have is although the code works, it is because I have used the strncmp function to compare the first pasted argument and a string value such as "-watts", "-volts" or "-amps" because without it I was getting errors about comparing integers and pointers but I am confused as to why C thinks this. Using if(argv[1]=="-watts") produces no errors but the if statements are never hit, as in the if statement is never met and the code is never run. How should I be coding this to make these comparisons? -- Regards, James. http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/

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Web Dev Job
by Sam Tuke 14 May '10

14 May '10

I'm moving to Berlin in July to work for the Free Software Foundation Europe. As a result, my primary client is looking for a new developer to telecommute and work on their website www.donttravelempty.com . Those interested please email me directly at sam(a)donttravelempty.com. The site uses lots of FOSS (see http://www.donttravelempty.co.uk/about-site.php ), and you'll need good PHP, MySQL and communication skills. Number and spread of hours + pay are negotiable. Sam.

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Pub Meet Suggestion
by Steve Engledow 13 May '10

13 May '10

Hi all, Following the recent heads-up about the impending football mob, I'm suggesting we move to the Cider Shed on Sprowston Road. It's too far out of the city to be mobbed, there's good beer and cider (Fat Cat beers!) and there's a car park. So, any takers? Steve

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Norwich Pub meet heads up
by Montmorency 13 May '10

13 May '10

Just letting everybody know... there's some kind of football parade going on in the city this evening, on account of Norwich City winning something or other. I heard a crowd of 30,000 is expected. I imagine parking around the Coach and Horses is going to be non-existent. Furthermore, the C&H is a bit of a football pub, on home-game days. So I imagine it'll be packed out - standing room only. Sixteen stone men with beer guts, wearing replica football shirts intended for 12 stone profession athletes, are definitely not a pretty sight. So I'm going to skip it this evening. katsmeat

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