[dundee] Broadband? Just Flush it down.

Jason Cormie Jason-lug at wormwood666.demon.co.uk
Wed Apr 4 23:23:59 BST 2007


On a similar note, there is currently plans to connect St Andrews and Dundee
Uni with a second fibre link, by running it through the sewer systems, think
this becoming common practise, saves digging up roads.


Lee Hughes wrote:
> http://www.google.com/tisp/
> 
> me thinks it may be the month of april.
> 
> however, this could actually work!!!
> 
> Although you may experinces blockages if you have had a curry the night
> before.
> 
> Laters,
> Lee
> 
> 
> */Lee Hughes <toxicnaan at yahoo.co.uk>/* wrote:
> 
>     Seems that Crysis uses DirectX 10,which is only avaible in Windows
>     Vista.
>     It's an API!!!  there no reason why directX10 can't run on XP..seems
>     that microsoil are using gamers to sell thier new flagship O/S!
> 
>     Shame about that,the only reason I duck back to windows is too play
>     games.
> 
>     I think it may stay that way for sometime to come.
> 
>     :-(
> 
>     Lee
> 
>     */Arron Finnon <arron.finnon at hotmail.co.uk>/* wrote:
> 
>         Hi guys,
> 
>         Cedega, what a topic this can turn out to be. All though I'm not
>         much of a
>         gamer and in fairness i know less about gaming than i do about
>         Linux (which
>         i know isn't saying much), i understand the importance of this
>         subject. I
>         do speak to a lot of people about making the full time switch
>         from Wind0ze
>         to Linux, and most of them are gamers. They want to be able to
>         continue
>         their gaming and just feel that Linux is just too fair behind to
>         do this,
>         now I'm not saying this is the case (cause in fairness i
>         wouldn't know, just
>         what i have heard from people).
> 
>         However gaming commands a large user base of people and in my
>         belief it is
>         the final big hurdle, not just the ability to handle the games
>         them self but
>         rather bad P.R attached. I actually never hear a good word about
>         Cedega,
>         but this could be for a lot of reasons, but I'm left remember an
>         incident
>         when Cedega users where banned from a on-line game (can't
>         remember the name
>         of it, but it was big enough to make the Computering news) for a
>         day,
>         because the games company thought the Cedega users where either
>         cheating or
>         vulnerable to cheating. This kinda issue i think scares new
>         users wanting
>         to make the Linux jump i think. I think that a mass of new and
>         enthusiastic
>         users can't wait to ditch “sir bill of gates, and his dancing
>         monkey boy
>         palls” and stick a tux in their machines.
> 
>         Too often i have been told by people, “i use XP for my games”,
>         “if i could
>         I'd get rid of windows i would” so i do believe that more time
>         needs to be
>         invested into getting games working (be it either via WINE or
>         Cedega). As a
>         university society we have the chance to have a stall at
>         freshers fair,
>         where i imagine we'll get some computing students wanting to
>         know more about
>         Linux, and i too imagine that the issue of gaming will pop-up
>         once again, so
>         as a group of loosely associated Linux people it would be good
>         if we could
>         do a series of talks and presentations on it. I feel that the
>         gaming bunch
>         are being exposed to Linux on such a regular basis, especially
>         with the
>         PlayStation's running Linux and the likes.
> 
>         So i suppose the next step, if all of those interested in doing
>         a Linux
>         Gaming presentation email (and i have googlemail, for all of
>         those that tut
>         at me having a hotmail account) me, i have a few people that i
>         could ask to
>         help on it as well, then maybe we can do a series of
>         presentations and
>         workshops and see if we can gather a head of steam and get more
>         new lambs
>         into the fold.
> 
>         Let me know what you think, oh what am i saying of course you
>         guys will :->
> 
>         Arron M Finnon;
> 
>         in breaking news: Home computers are being called upon to
>         preform many new
>         functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten
>         by the dog
> 
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