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Re: [Alug] MySQL Installation
by Alexis Lee 01 Sep '02

01 Sep '02

On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 09:26:33AM +0100, David Crease wrote: > Memories of Religious Instruction lessons many decades ago seem to indicate > that some people were trouble with plagues of daemons. I do not recall > anyone being bothered by the absence of daemons. Perhaps this is a rich > vein for theological research. With suitable funding from the Vatican, > Canterbury, etc there might be a career opportunity for someone. Actually, given the derivation of UNIX daemons, were they not dependable creatures many people would have been bothered by their absence. The demon of gravity, for example, provides us with much needed traction, while the demon of oxidation keeps our tootsies warm in the winter. Then again, I can't think of anyone who would miss Maxwell's Daemon - the daemon of perversity. Alexis -- I am available for work! http://www.tenfingers.co.uk "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" - Derek Bok "Life is too important to take seriously" - Corky Siegel

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RE: [Alug] Mandrake giveaway
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

>(any Goon Show fans will recognize the above!) as in "I'm not a shepherd, I'm a spy" "That's what I said, a shepherd-spy" or <imaginary thread 2> >>>>Would anyone like a mandrake cd? >>No thanks, I'm trying to give them up. Jen

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Scrounging around for Knoppix
by Syd Hancock 15 Aug '02

15 Aug '02

Does anyone have a copy of this they could loan to me for a couple of days to copy - or burn a copy for me? Alternatively is anyone willing to download and burn a CD for me. I will of course provide a CD, postage and packing, any reasonable consideration etc :) <http://www.knoppix.org/> Debian based, runs from CD, gets good reports as an intro to gnu/linux and debian or as a rescue CD. Syd

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Re: [Alug] Debian CDs
by Alexis Lee 12 Aug '02

12 Aug '02

On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 10:51:40PM +0100, Adam Bower wrote: > I have all 4 Hurd CDs but there is one slight problem and that is my > CD-Burning machine just died..... but when it is working i will be > able to start doing CDs again and things..... I know! Why don't you just email them to me, then I can burn them for you! Please note, this is an undirected joke. I just wanted to make you guys wince. Alexis -- A billion people CAN be wrong. The more you know, the more you know you don't know. Corollary: Those who know nothing think they know everything.

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Re: [alug social] Re: [Alug] Debian CDs
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 12 Aug '02

12 Aug '02

Alexis Lee wrote: >I know! >Why don't you just email them to me, then I can burn them for you! > >Please note, this is an undirected joke. I just wanted to make you guys wince. Groooooan. Wince. Sigh. /me rolls eyes. How's that? Jen.

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Re: [alug social] Vaxes, fridges etc...
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

Jo wrote: >I seem to remember Ducttape a while back taking delivery of a Vax/Fridge. > >It wasn't this one, was it?: >http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~vance/www/vaxbar.html What a great idea! We've just moved into a new unit here at work and have need of a fridge. What a pity we didn't discover this whilst I still had the duct-vax in my garage. Jen.

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Re: [alug social] RE: [Alug] Poloshirts & Sweatshirts
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

MJ Ray wrote >I still want to add GNU to our name. Why not keep the anacronym the same (ALUG) but have the full description beneath (Anglian Gnu-Linux User Group)....people will still see where ALUG comes from. I mean, if PHP stands for Pre-processing Hyper-terminal (or whatever it does actually stand for).... Then we are all happy. Keith - do we all have to agree on the same colour for the shirt? Jen.

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RE: [Alug] Poloshirts & Sweatshirts
by Keith Watson 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

I have some answers to some of the questions raised by various people. Sizes: can go up to 52 inch chest as standard (i.e. in stock) but have supplied bigger!! (I don't know if this affects the price, they didn't say). Colours: White, Navy blue, Sunflower yellow, Black, Bottle green, Red, Burgundy, Royal blue, Natural, Ash, Heather Styles: we can have any mix of colours, sizes, and polo or sweatshirts as long as the order is for a minimum of 10 garments (oh, and they need to know if they are men's or women's) Price: they quoted £14 for poloshirts and £15 for sweatshirts Logo: my suggestion is for Tux with ALUG beneath and Anglian Linux User Group beneath that. This would be about 10 cms square over the left breast. If we had the text in something like light blue then it would show up on both light and dark colours, except light blue of course :o) (the suppliers say they are happy to take the graphics from the web site - I would want to see a sample 1st before agreeing to the order). Please let me know if you're interested and what your requirements are and we'll see if we have enough interest to proceed; e.g. I'm interested in two garments; one Navy Blue man's sweatshirt for a 38" chest and one White man's polo shirt for a 38" chest. Keith ____________ ACCIDENT, n. An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws. Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary

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GBBF Hike - Lonix
by James - listmail 07 Aug '02

07 Aug '02

Tushar at Lonix sent me a notice a while back about the monthly London meet on Thursday. They have chosen the Great British Beer Festival ;-) I'll be there. The game plan is to meet at the glass washing stand at 1700. I have emailed the Lonix guy to suggest the usual trick of moving back to the glass washing area at half hourly / hourly intervals to pick up stragglers. This is located by the Biere son Frontiere area, so I'm told. Here is a copy of the 2nd August Lonix list announcement: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Lonix - London Linux User Group Great British Beer Festival Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 13:45:49 GMT From: Tushar Joshi <tjoshi(a)lonix.org.uk> Date: Thur 8 Aug 2002 Time: 5.00pm onwards Place: London, Olympia Map: Tube: Kensington Olympia Phone: 020 8992 7008 This month our meeting will be at the Camra Festival, the great British beer festival held annually at London, Olympia. The festival hosts a wide variety of real ale, trappist beers, cider and perry. There is also plenty of food available, from Chinese food to German sausages. Entrance is £6.00 and more information is available at: http://www.camra.org.uk/SHWebClass.asp?WCI=ShowCat&CatId=235 We will meet at the glass washing area which is also by the Biere son Frontiere area. (Foreign beers for those that don't speak French). We will be here for the duration of the evening. How to get there: Kensington Olympia is on the District Line and other nearby underground stations include Barons Court, Earls Court, High Street Kensington and Hammersmith. Buses to Olympia include numbers 9, 10, 27, 28, 49 and 391. -- James To reply by private email DONT delete the "nospam" in Reply To or From header addresses!

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Vaxes, fridges etc...
by jo＠yee-ha.demon.co.uk 06 Aug '02

06 Aug '02

I seem to remember Ducttape a while back taking delivery of a Vax/Fridge. It wasn't this one, was it?: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~vance/www/vaxbar.html ;) -- <>-- jo mitchell --------icq#104771112 ----------<> jo(a)yee-ha.demon.co.uk | http://futurshox.net Linux-powered! | mobile: +44 7974 219809 <>-----------------------------------------------<>

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