From smedley358 at btinternet.com  Sun Aug 12 20:11:44 2007
From: smedley358 at btinternet.com (Richard Smedley)
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:11:44 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] [Fwd: [SC.LUG] [Announce] Next Cheshire meeting]
Message-ID: <1186949744.4139.154.camel@GNU-Mac-II.bradwall>



For those within striking distance of Macclesfield...

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To: South Cheshire GNU Users <sc at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: [SC.LUG] [Announce] Next meeting -- was: Re: Getting Together
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:59:46 +0100

On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 10:11 +0100, Eddie Chapman wrote:
> the other advantage of meeting in Macc is people without cars can get
> the train, and Society Rooms is within easy walking distance of the
> station.

Right then, the next meeting seems to have been agreed :-)


Date:
 Monday 20 August, 2007

Time:
 19.00 - Informal Meeting
 20.00 Lightening Talks (tbc) - all welcome to give short talks ;-)

Location:
 The Society Rooms, 
 Park Green
 Macclesfield
 Cheshire
 SK11 7NA
 
 Telephone: 01625 507320

<http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=391852&y=373301&z=0&sv=SK11+7NA&st=2&pc=SK11+7NA>
<http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=SK11+7NA&ie=UTF8&z=16&om=1>
Or MultiMap, etc. I still use an A-Z, myself ;-)

See you there,

 - Richard









From rcgibson at talktalk.net  Wed Aug 22 15:37:43 2007
From: rcgibson at talktalk.net (Roger Gibson)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:37:43 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] SUSe 10.2 problem
Message-ID: <46CC583D.8060409@talktalk.net>

My friend Patrick has been running SUSE 10.2 for a while with no
problems including the built-in automatic SUSE updater.

However this auto-update has stopped working and he gets an error message

Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Public.ZenException: SQL logic error or missing database

Server stack trace:

Exception rethrown at [0]:

at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke
(System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy rp, IMessage msg,
System.Exception& exc, System.Object[]& out_args) [0x00000]

Thw manual updater works OK, it's just the auto-updater which causes
problems.

Has anyone any clues what might be happening?

Many thanks - Roger Gibson




From rcgibson at talktalk.net  Wed Aug 22 21:55:31 2007
From: rcgibson at talktalk.net (Roger Gibson)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:55:31 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] See if I'm now a 'proper' person
Message-ID: <46CCB0D2.2070406@talktalk.net>

Thanks Les for adding me to the list again.  I'll see if this email gets 
through the system without you having to give it a push past the censor 
- Roger



From les.pritchard at gmail.com  Wed Aug 22 22:20:43 2007
From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:20:43 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] See if I'm now a 'proper' person
In-Reply-To: <46CCB0D2.2070406@talktalk.net>
References: <46CCB0D2.2070406@talktalk.net>
Message-ID: <a801c01e0708221520j624ef5d7p339cfbcc084693f0@mail.gmail.com>

Yey!  Well done - we've finally got you on the list!!!

On 8/22/07, Roger Gibson <rcgibson at talktalk.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks Les for adding me to the list again.  I'll see if this email gets
> through the system without you having to give it a push past the censor
> - Roger
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chester mailing list
> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk
> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester
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From stuart.james.burns at gmail.com  Thu Aug 23 21:34:47 2007
From: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com (Stuart Burns)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:34:47 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] Free - Anyone want a HP desktop
Message-ID: <b8b7bbcc0708231434n79eae8b2s52267cd85155e0b5@mail.gmail.com>

Got a HP celeron 466 base unit if anyone wants it, otherwise its Mr HP, meet
Mr Landfill!

Let me know

Regards

Stu
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From les.pritchard at gmail.com  Sat Aug 25 13:03:58 2007
From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard)
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:03:58 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] August Meet and other info
Message-ID: <a801c01e0708250603k4b35c0cbm8fd7d0d47df4a420@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone,

Firstly a reminder that the next Chester LUG meet is being held next
Thursday 30th in the Old King's Head as usual (7pm onward).

Secondly, I am really happy to note that this meet will be the first
birthday of the LUG!  Yes it was a year ago that the first meet was held at
the Old Harkers pub on August 31st.  I was really pleased with the turnout
at the time and the continued attendance of meets has made me even happier.
Seeing the troubles other LUGs have had, it has been fantastic to have a
good regular turnout to the meets.  Thanks very much for all your
participation so far.

Here's a mini 'State of the LUG address' :-)

So far, as I've said, we have had a successful run on LUG meets that I hope
will continue.  I know that there are quite a few people registered on this
mailing list who do not attend the LUG due to distance or other personal
factors.  Thanks for being on the list anyway - I know that the mailing list
is relatively quiet, but that should hopefully grow (think a lot of members
prefer talking over a pint and not a keyboard!).  We're a friendly bunch, so
feel free to contribute anything to the mailing list; comments, opinions or
questions (we may not have the answer - but we'll never flame you!).

Now onto my ideas / plans for the near future:

1. The idea has come up in meets of organising days out to techie events or
interesting attractions.  I think this would be a great idea, so any
suggestions of where we could go are most welcome.

2. Now that we have a good regular membership base, I'd like to look into
some events like Install Fests, or similar 'bring along technology' events.
Any potential venue suggestions would be great.

3. The website, yes I apologise for the tardy up keep of the website!  It
has been more of a placeholder recently.  I have an alternative site in the
works and with my life getting back on track, should have that up in the
very near future.

4. Leading on from this, as part of the new website I'm planning on adding
Wiki and Blogs sections.  All members will be welcome to post to the blogs
with their experiences, problems and opinions on anything Linux / Open
Source.  If you're interested in having a blog, get in contact with me.

So thanks very much for all your contributions over the past year and I'm
sure that the LUG can only get stronger.

See you on Thursday!

Les
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From les.pritchard at gmail.com  Thu Aug 30 12:23:31 2007
From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:23:31 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] Reminder: Birthday Meet tonight!
Message-ID: <a801c01e0708300523n6bfe6930gd3f1514e90b38412@mail.gmail.com>

The Old King's Head from 7pm tonight.

Hopefully see you there

Les
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From stuart.james.burns at gmail.com  Fri Aug 31 08:26:12 2007
From: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com (Stuart Burns)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:26:12 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] A theoretical question
Message-ID: <b8b7bbcc0708310126k3bbc40bcydbb63e7f4ad6c223@mail.gmail.com>

Ok, Its friday morning and we all know we are not in the mood for work, so I
thought of an interesting question to debate:

Suppose you were a researcher and you found a way to speed up all computer
operations by 300%, irrespective of OS.
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From stuart.james.burns at gmail.com  Fri Aug 31 08:27:04 2007
From: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com (Stuart Burns)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:27:04 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] Try that again
Message-ID: <b8b7bbcc0708310127w6d8a15aci47297379aa41e5db@mail.gmail.com>

Ok, Its friday morning and we all know we are not in the mood for work, so I
thought of an interesting question to debate:

Suppose you were a researcher and you found a way to speed up all computer
operations by 300%, irrespective of OS.

Now we all realise the value of this. Old computers would become super fast
again, and their life prolonged, and new ones would be insanely fast.

However would you let MS use the technology, lock it into their systems and
become a very rich person indeed or would you just GPL it and make linux
become light years ahead of Windows, but be a poor person ?
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From fgaughan at gmail.com  Fri Aug 31 10:32:14 2007
From: fgaughan at gmail.com (Fintan Gaughan)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:32:14 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] Reminder: Birthday Meet tonight!
In-Reply-To: <a801c01e0708300523n6bfe6930gd3f1514e90b38412@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a801c01e0708300523n6bfe6930gd3f1514e90b38412@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <b346f5340708310332t233efadbr445e001eb177de85@mail.gmail.com>

How did it go last night?

And guess what I am in Chester tonight for the weekend.
I could be your furthest member? anyone further than North Yorkshire
please wave :-)

Fintan

-- 

My Blog http://www.finllfixit.co.uk/


On 30/08/2007, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Old King's Head from 7pm tonight.
>
> Hopefully see you there
>
> Les
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chester mailing list
> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk
> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester
>
>



From dh at iucr.org  Fri Aug 31 10:41:02 2007
From: dh at iucr.org (David Holden)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:41:02 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] Try that again
In-Reply-To: <b8b7bbcc0708310127w6d8a15aci47297379aa41e5db@mail.gmail.com>
References: <b8b7bbcc0708310127w6d8a15aci47297379aa41e5db@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <200708311140.11332.dh@iucr.org>

On Friday 31 August 2007, Stuart Burns wrote:
> Ok, Its friday morning and we all know we are not in the mood for work, so
> I thought of an interesting question to debate:
>
> Suppose you were a researcher and you found a way to speed up all computer
> operations by 300%, irrespective of OS.
>
> Now we all realise the value of this. Old computers would become super fast
> again, and their life prolonged, and new ones would be insanely fast.
>
> However would you let MS use the technology, lock it into their systems and
> become a very rich person indeed or would you just GPL it and make linux
> become light years ahead of Windows, but be a poor person ?

One approach.

Get patent rights in all regions. Give open source OS's free unlimited 
lifetime licenses. At the same time license the technology to non free OS's 
for large amounts of cash.

Best of both worlds..

 Dave.


-- 
Dr. David Holden.

See: <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html>
regarding Word or PowerPoint. GPG key available on request.
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From george at goatadsl.co.uk  Fri Aug 31 19:52:43 2007
From: george at goatadsl.co.uk (George)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:52:43 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] Try that again
In-Reply-To: <b8b7bbcc0708310127w6d8a15aci47297379aa41e5db@mail.gmail.com>
References: <b8b7bbcc0708310127w6d8a15aci47297379aa41e5db@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <46D87143.3050508@goatadsl.co.uk>

Stuart Burns wrote:
> Now we all realise the value of this. Old computers would become super 
> fast again, and their life prolonged, and new ones would be insanely fast.

You couldn't really use this to prolong the life of existing computers, 
it would almost certainly need an OS update and most people only do this 
when replacing the hardware. But I'm just being picky...

> However would you let MS use the technology, lock it into their systems 
> and become a very rich person indeed or would you just GPL it and make 
> linux become light years ahead of Windows, but be a poor person ?

I would give it to MS because in the UK at least there is no concept of 
software patents. This would mean I got the cash in the bank and someone 
else would be free to reverse engineer it for the benefit of OS 
software. Of course the poor people of the United States would be out of 
  luck but I think I could live with that...

Of course this is all academic, a hit man from Intel would kill you 
before you had chance to make use of the idea :)

George



From simonw at gbitsystems.co.uk  Fri Aug 31 08:38:27 2007
From: simonw at gbitsystems.co.uk (Simon Willett)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:38:27 -0000
Subject: [Chester LUG] Try that again
In-Reply-To: <b8b7bbcc0708310127w6d8a15aci47297379aa41e5db@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20070831083803.DC583236B8@gbitsystems.co.uk>

Isn't that how it is already?

 

  _____  

From: chester-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:chester-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Stuart Burns
Sent: 31 August 2007 09:27
To: chester at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: [Chester LUG] Try that again

 

Ok, Its friday morning and we all know we are not in the mood for work, so I
thought of an interesting question to debate:

Suppose you were a researcher and you found a way to speed up all computer
operations by 300%, irrespective of OS. 

Now we all realise the value of this. Old computers would become super fast
again, and their life prolonged, and new ones would be insanely fast.

However would you let MS use the technology, lock it into their systems and
become a very rich person indeed or would you just GPL it and make linux
become light years ahead of Windows, but be a poor person ? 

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