From simonw at eurowrap.co.uk Mon Sep 3 12:37:00 2007 From: simonw at eurowrap.co.uk (Simon Willett) Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:37:00 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] This post is worth a laugh Message-ID: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/29/vista_networking_degradation/ Thanks Simon Willett IT Manager Eurowrap Ltd. ________________________________ Unit 2, Pikelaw Place, West Pimbo Ind. Est. Skelmersdale, WN8 9PP T +44(0)1695 558511 F +44(0)1695 729334 This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify us immediately by return e-mail to the originator and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any other person: to do so could be a breach of confidence. 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Message-ID: Hi Everyone, I have a spec for what is essentially an php file upload/file management app. Having just had another project completed by an indian company who whose code was so bad it made me cringe (they had no idea how to work out compound interest other than manually year after year) I would have used them again but I have little confidence in them to be able to do this project and trying to make them understand basic things is v hard, so I want our new development back into the uk, but I was wondering if anyone knew of anyone that can do such a project. Budget is small, around £1000 but then again what we want is basically a file upload application with a bit of security. Having been biten by the fast, cheap, good - choose two scenario, im just wondering if anyone knows of any. May even be an ideal student project, as long as they can code well, I am happy to discuss it with everyone. Could even be a good basis to start a file management in a box type system that you can sell for a few thousand a box! Stu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vincent.fleetwood at cheshire.pnn.police.uk Thu Sep 6 12:29:39 2007 From: vincent.fleetwood at cheshire.pnn.police.uk (vincent.fleetwood at cheshire.pnn.police.uk) Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:29:39 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Any independant PHP/MySQL programmers out there ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Stu Call me on 07866 672402 or 01244 538960 if possible after 5pm. Vince Fleetwood. "Stuart Burns" Sent by: chester-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk 06/09/2007 13:09 Please respond to chester at mailman.lug.org.uk To chester cc Subject [Chester LUG] Any independant PHP/MySQL programmers out there ? Hi Everyone, I have a spec for what is essentially an php file upload/file management app. Having just had another project completed by an indian company who whose code was so bad it made me cringe (they had no idea how to work out compound interest other than manually year after year) I would have used them again but I have little confidence in them to be able to do this project and trying to make them understand basic things is v hard, so I want our new development back into the uk, but I was wondering if anyone knew of anyone that can do such a project. Budget is small, around £1000 but then again what we want is basically a file upload application with a bit of security. Having been biten by the fast, cheap, good - choose two scenario, im just wondering if anyone knows of any. May even be an ideal student project, as long as they can code well, I am happy to discuss it with everyone. Could even be a good basis to start a file management in a box type system that you can sell for a few thousand a box! Stu_______________________________________________ Chester mailing list Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. Please notify the sender if received in error. Internet email is not to be treated as a secure means of communication. Cheshire Constabulary monitors all Internet and email activity and requires it is used for official communications only. Thank you for your co-operation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smedley358 at btinternet.com Thu Sep 6 12:50:41 2007 From: smedley358 at btinternet.com (Richard Smedley) Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:50:41 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Any independant PHP/MySQL programmers out there ? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1189083257.4028.54.camel@GNU-Mac-II.bradwall> On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 13:09 +0100, Stuart Burns wrote: > Having been biten by the fast, cheap, good - choose two scenario, im just wondering if anyone knows of any. May even be an ideal student project, as long as they can code well, I am happy to discuss it with everyone. Could even be a good basis to start a file management in a box type system that you can sell for a few thousand a box! You could try the GeekUp mailing list: http://lists.geekup.org/listinfo.cgi/connect-geekup.org Or their job board: http://jobboard.geekup.org/ - Richard -- Richard Smedley, rs at m6-it.org Technical Director, www.M6-IT.org M6-IT CIC +44 (0)779 456 07 14 Sustainable Third Sector IT solutions. PRINCE2[TM] Project Management Web services * Back-ups * Support * Training & Certification * E-Mail M6-IT is a Community Interest Company, limited by guarantee. Registered in England & Wales, Registration No: 6040154 11 St Marks Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY9 7DT Northern Office: 4, Hollins Green, Bradwall, Cheshire, CW10 0LA. Welsh office/Swyddfa Gogledd Cymru: e-mail / e-bost - cymru at m6-it.org Southern Office: Bristol contact matthew at m6-it.org From rcgibson at talktalk.net Thu Sep 6 16:26:45 2007 From: rcgibson at talktalk.net (Roger Gibson) Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:26:45 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] [Fwd: Government response to petition 'iplayer'] Message-ID: <46E02A32.8010205@talktalk.net> Sounds good, but the sting is in the tail. 'They' will check every six months to see what is happening. How many six months will have to elapse before anything is done? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Government response to petition 'iplayer' Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:23:50 +0000 From: 10 Downing Street To: e-petition signatories You recently signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "prevent the BBC from making its iPlayer on-demand television service available to Windows users only, and instruct the corporation to provide its service for other operating systems also." The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here: http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page13090.asp Prime Minister's Office Petition information - http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/ If you would like to opt out of receiving further mail on this or any other petitions you signed, please email optout at petitions.pm.gov.uk -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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After that you'll have to register on the door. Don't miss PyCon UK! Best wishes, John -- _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk From smedley358 at btinternet.com Fri Sep 7 10:11:00 2007 From: smedley358 at btinternet.com (Richard Smedley) Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:11:00 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Re: [SC.LUG] [Fwd: Government response to petition 'iplayer'] In-Reply-To: <46E02A32.8010205@talktalk.net> References: <46E02A32.8010205@talktalk.net> Message-ID: <1189160091.4028.124.camel@GNU-Mac-II.bradwall> On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 17:26 +0100, Roger Gibson wrote: > Sounds good, but the sting is in the tail. 'They' > will check every six months to see what is happening. > How many six months will have to elapse before anything is done? That's exactly the problem - The Beeb, blaming the content providers, say MS DRM is essential. They also have a number of former-MS staff involved in the decision making process. Still, coincidences happen :-/ - Richard -- Richard Smedley, rs at m6-it.org Technical Director, www.M6-IT.org M6-IT CIC +44 (0)779 456 07 14 Sustainable Third Sector IT solutions. PRINCE2[TM] Project Management Web services * Back-ups * Support * Training & Certification * E-Mail M6-IT is a Community Interest Company, limited by guarantee. Registered in England & Wales, Registration No: 6040154 11 St Marks Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY9 7DT Northern Office: 4, Hollins Green, Bradwall, Cheshire, CW10 0LA. Welsh office/Swyddfa Gogledd Cymru: e-mail / e-bost - cymru at m6-it.org Southern Office: Bristol contact matthew at m6-it.org From dh at iucr.org Fri Sep 7 10:33:08 2007 From: dh at iucr.org (David Holden) Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:33:08 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] [Fwd: Government response to petition 'iplayer'] In-Reply-To: <46E02A32.8010205@talktalk.net> References: <46E02A32.8010205@talktalk.net> Message-ID: <200709071131.56452.dh@iucr.org> On Thursday 06 September 2007, Roger Gibson wrote: > Sounds good, but the sting is in the tail. 'They' will check every six > months to see what is happening. How many six months will have to > elapse before anything is done? I don't think this is anything new to be honest Roger. As I understand it they being saying this regular review from the start. Still it was worth signing as anything that keeps pressure up is good. Dave. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Government response to petition 'iplayer' > Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:23:50 +0000 > From: 10 Downing Street > To: e-petition signatories > > > > You recently signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "prevent the > BBC from making its iPlayer on-demand television service available to > Windows users only, and instruct the corporation to provide its service for > other operating systems also." > > The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view > it here: > > http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page13090.asp > > Prime Minister's Office > > Petition information - http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/ > > If you would like to opt out of receiving further mail on this or any other > petitions you signed, please email optout at petitions.pm.gov.uk -- Dr. David Holden. See: regarding Word or PowerPoint. GPG key available on request. ------------------------------------------------------------- From matthew at matthewtolley.com Fri Sep 7 10:43:19 2007 From: matthew at matthewtolley.com (Matthew Tolley) Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:43:19 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Re: [SC.LUG] [Fwd: Government response to petition 'iplayer'] In-Reply-To: <46E02A32.8010205@talktalk.net> References: <46E02A32.8010205@talktalk.net> Message-ID: <1189161795.5812.11.camel@matthew-ubuntu-desktop> On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 17:26 +0100, Roger Gibson wrote: > Sounds good, but the sting is in the tail. 'They' will check every > six months to see what is happening. How many six months will have to > elapse before anything is done? > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: > Government response to petition > 'iplayer' > Date: > Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:23:50 +0000 > From: > 10 Downing Street > > To: > e-petition signatories > > > > You recently signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "prevent the > BBC from making its iPlayer on-demand television service available to > Windows users only, and instruct the corporation to provide its service for > other operating systems also." > > The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view > it here: > > http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page13090.asp As a co-signer I got the email from Number 10 and interpreted the answer as good news - i.e. the BBC will maintain cross-platform availability of its online content. If they're reviewing it every 6 months I guess that means we just have to make sure as many people as possible access BBC content online using linux so that it's taken more seriously. Matthew From rcgibson at talktalk.net Sun Sep 9 19:27:44 2007 From: rcgibson at talktalk.net (Roger Gibson) Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:27:44 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Re: [SC.LUG] BBC get Boll****d by Government. In-Reply-To: <8d424b9e0709091037y1455634p8031114642389cac@mail.gmail.com> References: <8d424b9e0709091037y1455634p8031114642389cac@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <46E44929.6080302@talktalk.net> I am still not convinced. All it says about Linux is The BBC Trust has committed to making sure the BBC would meet calls for non-Windows versions of the iPlayer "as soon as possible" said the government statement. It added: "[The BBC Trust] will measure the BBC's progress on this every six months and publish the findings." So every six months we will be told whether it yet works on Linux. Nothing on when it will work on Linux. Kris Douglas said the following on 09/09/2007 18:37: > The petition Linux and mac users alike created for the BBC to release > an iPlayer that functions on other platforms prevailed today, as the > BBC make it a condition to release a compatible system for other systems. > > See BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6983196.stm > -- > Kris Douglas > Softdel Limited Hosting Services > > Web: www.softdel.net > Mail: kris at softdel.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > SC mailing list > SC at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sc > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.10/995 - Release Date: 08/09/2007 13:24 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From george at goatadsl.co.uk Sun Sep 9 20:10:45 2007 From: george at goatadsl.co.uk (George) Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:10:45 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Re: [SC.LUG] BBC get Boll****d by Government. In-Reply-To: <46E44929.6080302@talktalk.net> References: <8d424b9e0709091037y1455634p8031114642389cac@mail.gmail.com> <46E44929.6080302@talktalk.net> Message-ID: <46E452F6.5010807@goatadsl.co.uk> Roger Gibson wrote: > I am still not convinced. All it says about Linux is > > The BBC Trust has committed to making sure the BBC would meet calls for > non-Windows versions of the iPlayer "as soon as possible" said the > government statement. Indeed. I think the problem is that they have been asking for the wrong thing. The petition asks for a solution that doesn't require a Microsoft operating system when had they asked for open formats and non-DRM then the players would have rapidly taken care of themselves. If the DRM requirement is maintained then there might be a Mac version but I think they'll announce at one of the 6 monthly reviews that Linux is technically impossible to provide a solution for. I can't see them ever managing to go for a non-DRM solution though, all the commercial channels would complain to the government that the BBC was using it's public funded resources to stifle competition in the sector. George From smedley358 at btinternet.com Thu Sep 13 06:45:07 2007 From: smedley358 at btinternet.com (Richard Smedley) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:45:07 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] [Fwd: [GeekUp] Announcing the Python North West mailing list] Message-ID: <1189666124.4028.402.camel@GNU-Mac-II.bradwall> -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Giacomo Lacava Reply-To: connect at geekup.org To: connect at geekup.org Subject: [GeekUp] Announcing the Python North West mailing list Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:15:53 +0100 On the wave of the great time we had at Pycon, it was decided we should have a proper mailing list dedicated to North-West-based Python users... so here it comes! The list is open to everyone in the area who loves coding/playing/enjoying Python. To join, you don't need to know your django from your pylons or your pyqt from your wxwindows... and certainly you don't need to pronounce WSGI. Don't worry, it's going to be uber-informal and very low-traffic, and I promise we won't use lolcats (not much anyway). The group homepage, from where you can subscribe, is: >> http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west and the email address to use for posting: >> python-north-west at googlegroups.com (ideas on how to link this to other social software (facebook etc) are welcome) Best regards, and happy coding! From jim.snyder at linuxmail.org Sun Sep 16 13:46:58 2007 From: jim.snyder at linuxmail.org (jim snyder) Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:46:58 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Chester Message-ID: <20070916134257.B91B97B7AB@ws5-10.us4.outblaze.com> Hi there, I'm a Certified Linux System Administrator & I've just joined. If you have ever used linuxgym.com or done LPI exams could you please email me your opinions of linuxgym & LPI exams to jim.snyder at linuxmail.org Cheers :) Tel.: +447914011154 = -- Powered by Outblaze From les.pritchard at gmail.com Sun Sep 16 18:25:12 2007 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:25:12 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Calendar Message-ID: Hi all, I've set up a Google calendar for the LUG to list our meets and any future events that we might hold. If you use Google Calendar then you can simply search for the Chester LUG calendar and subscribe. If you use other (or no) calendar software, here are some links for you to use. HTML: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=md5fva58e2b141jdnafhomloig%40group.calendar.google.com XML: http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/md5fva58e2b141jdnafhomloig%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic ICAL: http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/md5fva58e2b141jdnafhomloig%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics All LUG meets are listed on the calendar for the next year or so - giving you plenty of time to plan ahead!! Les -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From les.pritchard at gmail.com Tue Sep 25 09:27:47 2007 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:27:47 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] September Meet Message-ID: Hi all, Yes it's that time again! The September Chester LUG meet is this Thursday at 7 in the Old King's Head. See you there Les -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The September Chester LUG meet is this > Thursday at 7 in the Old King's Head. > > See you there > > Les > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1029 - Release Date: 24/09/2007 19:09 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dh at iucr.org Tue Sep 25 12:22:50 2007 From: dh at iucr.org (David Holden) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:22:50 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] September Meet In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200709251320.58321.dh@iucr.org> On Tuesday 25 September 2007, Les Pritchard wrote: > Hi all, > > Yes it's that time again! The September Chester LUG meet is this Thursday > at 7 in the Old King's Head. > > See you there > > Les Interesting talk on OLPC http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4285568518538296189&q=user%3A%22Google+engEDU%22&total=538&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=6 Dave. -- Dr. David Holden. See: regarding Word or PowerPoint. GPG key available on request. ------------------------------------------------------------- From stuart.james.burns at gmail.com Tue Sep 25 13:20:50 2007 From: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com (Stuart Burns) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:20:50 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] September Meet In-Reply-To: <200709251320.58321.dh@iucr.org> References: <200709251320.58321.dh@iucr.org> Message-ID: Looks interesting, as do the other videos. I think that is one thing that maybe google has that yahoo doesnt. Yahoo aint got the "geek factor and proud of it, and talk to anyone about it". Just a though. Some interesting viewing for later. On 25/09/2007, David Holden wrote: > > On Tuesday 25 September 2007, Les Pritchard wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Yes it's that time again! The September Chester LUG meet is this > Thursday > > at 7 in the Old King's Head. > > > > See you there > > > > Les > > Interesting talk on OLPC > > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4285568518538296189&q=user%3A%22Google+engEDU%22&total=538&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=6 > > Dave. > > > -- > Dr. David Holden. > > See: > regarding Word or PowerPoint. GPG key available on request. > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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