Re: workspace behaviour

2008-07-02 Thread Christopher Lees
On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 12:00 +0100, James Takar wrote: > Hi Guys > > Been noticing something interesting on one of my ubuntu pc's. It's the only > one on 24/7. Basically if left alone for some time it switches workspaces by > itself. It did it this morning as I watched. No intervention from me.

Re: broadband with linux mirror

2008-07-02 Thread Paul Gear
Owen Townend wrote: > On 02/07/2008, Martin Visser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think you might find that Optusnet no longer hosts a Sourceforge mirror - >> the only Aussie one is Internode >> >> > > Hey, > That might explain it... Even when they did, it was dodgy for non-Optus customers. P

Microsoft CDs

2008-07-02 Thread The Wassermans
I came upon this pearle while browsing. Thought it might be appreciated in this forum: "Apparently, if you play Microsoft CDs backwards they play satanic messages. Worse still, if you play them forwards they install Windows." Dave W -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: Microsoft CDs

2008-07-02 Thread Dale
2008/7/3 The Wassermans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I came upon this pearle while browsing. Thought it might be appreciated > in this forum: > > "Apparently, if you play Microsoft CDs backwards they play satanic > messages. Worse still, if you play them forwards they install Windows." > > Dave W >

Re: broadband with linux mirror

2008-07-02 Thread Peter Garrett
On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:48:56 +1000 Paul Gear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Owen Townend wrote: > > On 02/07/2008, Martin Visser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I think you might find that Optusnet no longer hosts a Sourceforge mirror - > >> the only Aussie one is Internode > >> > >> > > > > Hey, >

Re: Microsoft CDs

2008-07-02 Thread Daniel Moore
I can't remember if these came from here but two I like recently: "The box said, "You need Windows XP or better..." so I installed Ubuntu!" and "Microsoft gives you Windows; Ubuntu gives you the whole house!" Dano On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2

[OT]Re: Microsoft CDs

2008-07-02 Thread Morgan Storey
"There is a storm coming called Linux, better shut your windows." http://www.askstudent.com/funny/top-10-list-of-anti-microsoft-quotes-and-phrases/ http://www.msboycott.com/quotes/ On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Daniel Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't remember if these came from here

Re: [OT]Re: Microsoft CDs

2008-07-02 Thread Dave Hall
I thought some of you might appreciate this one from a friend's email signature "In a world without walls or fences, there would be no need for windows or gates..." On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 11:08 +1000, Morgan Storey wrote: > "There is a storm coming called Linux, better shut your windows." > > ht