Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-26 Thread Bruno Girin
On 22 August 2013 21:04, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote: > you? > > Colin > > >>> High Wycombe, South Bucks. There are meetings in Reading, Oxford, > Milton > >>> Keynes but nothing I would consider local. > >> > >> OK, no good me applying to join from 150 miles away then :) > >> > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-25 Thread Alan Pope
On 25 August 2013 08:18, Gareth France wrote: > So > far there is one person in Wycombe who says the distance puts them off and a > few who go to Reading who say don't count on us but we might possibly stop > by sometimes. > I wouldn't take too much notice of how many people reply on the mailing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-25 Thread Gareth France
On 25/08/13 07:52, MARTIN DIXON wrote: For what it's worth! I used to live in Reading and would not have considered Wycombe too far toshare (contributeand benefit) Of course there will always be the possibility of crossover and I'd like to do something that compliments the Reading group, rathe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-24 Thread MARTIN DIXON
artin From: Gareth France To: UK Ubuntu Talk Sent: Saturday, 24 August 2013, 22:10 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert! On 24/08/13 21:48, Alan Pope wrote: > On 24 August 2013 21:06, Gareth France wrote: >> I often do when I can afford th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-24 Thread Gareth France
On 24/08/13 21:48, Alan Pope wrote: On 24 August 2013 21:06, Gareth France wrote: I often do when I can afford the fuel and I'm already a member of the list where my suggestions were vaguely acknowledged and dismissed as pointless. The problem is anyone who is target audience for a Wycombe gro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-24 Thread Alan Pope
On 24 August 2013 21:06, Gareth France wrote: > I often do when I can afford the fuel and I'm already a member of the list > where my suggestions were vaguely acknowledged and dismissed as pointless. > > The problem is anyone who is target audience for a Wycombe group isn't a > member there becaus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-24 Thread Gareth France
On 24/08/13 19:33, Stuart Ward wrote: Gareth Come along to the sclug meeting in Reading, discuss your plans, make friends, recruit fellow LUGers, Join the mail list for sclug, that would be a good place to announce and discuss your plans. http://www.sclug.org.uk/ Stuart I often do when I ca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-24 Thread Stuart Ward
Gareth Come along to the sclug meeting in Reading, discuss your plans, make friends, recruit fellow LUGers, Join the mail list for sclug, that would be a good place to announce and discuss your plans. http://www.sclug.org.uk/ Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 23 August 2013 21:16, Ga

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-23 Thread Gareth France
On 23/08/13 20:19, pete smout wrote: Hi, Where are you? If we are close then I will help out! always happy to meet like minded people;) High Wycombe, South Bucks. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-23 Thread pete smout
On 22/08/13 15:59, Gareth France wrote: > >>> It's not just here. I have seen this in other online forums. It seems >>> that when you require the help the most is when certain individuals >>> have the least patience. I shall continue to lurk but I'm afraid that >>> my enthusiasm for engaging in co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-22 Thread Gareth France
On 22/08/13 22:57, Paul Sutton wrote: I am beginning to think promoting it as a Linux meeting may put people off, comparing how many goto the exeter pi jams to exeter lug meets (far more at the former), so it may be worth looking in to how you name it, computer group meeting, covers Windows, M

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-22 Thread Paul Sutton
On 22/08/13 15:59, Gareth France wrote: > >>> It's not just here. I have seen this in other online forums. It seems >>> that when you require the help the most is when certain individuals >>> have the least patience. I shall continue to lurk but I'm afraid that >>> my enthusiasm for engaging in con

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-22 Thread Muñiz Piniella , Andrés
you? Colin >>> High Wycombe, South Bucks. There are meetings in Reading, Oxford, Milton >>> Keynes but nothing I would consider local. >> >> OK, no good me applying to join from 150 miles away then :) >> >> Colin >> > I think you made my point very nicely. The initial steps should be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-22 Thread Gareth France
On 22/08/13 20:13, Colin Law wrote: On 22 August 2013 18:33, Gareth France wrote: On 22/08/13 17:21, Colin Law wrote: On 22 August 2013 16:31, Gareth France wrote: Gareth, There is nothing to stop you organising it, sending a link out to date / time of the meet up here if you so chose, it'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 August 2013 18:33, Gareth France wrote: > On 22/08/13 17:21, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 22 August 2013 16:31, Gareth France wrote: Gareth, There is nothing to stop you organising it, sending a link out to date / time of the meet up here if you so chose, it's an Ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-22 Thread Gareth France
On 22/08/13 17:21, Colin Law wrote: On 22 August 2013 16:31, Gareth France wrote: Gareth, There is nothing to stop you organising it, sending a link out to date / time of the meet up here if you so chose, it's an Ubuntu mailing list so I assume the meet up would be Ubuntu related of some kind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 August 2013 16:31, Gareth France wrote: > >> Gareth, >> >> There is nothing to stop you organising it, sending a link out to date / >> time of the meet up here if you so chose, it's an Ubuntu mailing list so I >> assume the meet up would be Ubuntu related of some kind, perhaps you could >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-22 Thread Gareth France
Gareth, There is nothing to stop you organising it, sending a link out to date / time of the meet up here if you so chose, it's an Ubuntu mailing list so I assume the meet up would be Ubuntu related of some kind, perhaps you could add the event to the loco team portal. Laura Yes thank yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-22 Thread Laura Czajkowski
On 22/08/13 15:59, Gareth France wrote: I am in a dead area for user groups and would like to start one up. I feel it would be a great help to have something physical where people can go for help, support and encouragement. However whenever I mention this and try to push for it I just get h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-22 Thread Gareth France
It's not just here. I have seen this in other online forums. It seems that when you require the help the most is when certain individuals have the least patience. I shall continue to lurk but I'm afraid that my enthusiasm for engaging in conversation is not what it once was. I second this, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-22 Thread Paul Sutton
On 21/08/13 22:02, Gareth France wrote: > On 21/08/13 21:59, Dave Walker wrote: >> Gareth, I'm sorry to hear you've had a bad experience. I haven't >> looked back at the thread, but please be assured that isn't the spirit >> of this mailing list. Please do stay around :) >> >> On 21 August 2013 2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-22 Thread Colin Law
On 21 August 2013 22:02, Gareth France wrote: > On 21/08/13 21:59, Dave Walker wrote: >> >> Gareth, I'm sorry to hear you've had a bad experience. I haven't >> looked back at the thread, but please be assured that isn't the spirit >> of this mailing list. Please do stay around :) >> >> On 21 Aug

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-21 Thread pete smout
On 21/08/13 22:02, Gareth France wrote: > On 21/08/13 21:59, Dave Walker wrote: >> Gareth, I'm sorry to hear you've had a bad experience. I haven't >> looked back at the thread, but please be assured that isn't the spirit >> of this mailing list. Please do stay around :) >> >> On 21 August 2013 2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-21 Thread Gareth France
On 21/08/13 21:59, Dave Walker wrote: Gareth, I'm sorry to hear you've had a bad experience. I haven't looked back at the thread, but please be assured that isn't the spirit of this mailing list. Please do stay around :) On 21 August 2013 21:16, Gareth France wrote: On 21/08/13 17:45, Paul W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-21 Thread Dave Walker
Gareth, I'm sorry to hear you've had a bad experience. I haven't looked back at the thread, but please be assured that isn't the spirit of this mailing list. Please do stay around :) On 21 August 2013 21:16, Gareth France wrote: > On 21/08/13 17:45, Paul White wrote: > Very true. much in the s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
slide rules? I recall when sitting my maths 'O' level having to write out the proof of the quadratic equation [1] as I could never remember it, but knew how to 'make' it. I'm one of those who when I understand 'how' and 'why' something works, I can carry it to other areas instead of just "Does not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-21 Thread Gareth France
On 21/08/13 17:45, Paul White wrote: On 21/08/13 16:59, Gareth France wrote: On the whole I have stopped posting to this group since there are a number of people who are obviously on pedestals above us lowly minions. Not so long back after starting a thread I was shot down in an unforgivably

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-21 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 21/08/13 17:45, Paul White wrote: > > When it comes to IT related matters, whether Windows or Linux based, I > have always considered myself to be an enthusiastic amateur. Ditto! > In fact I'm quite proud of that bearing in mind that even pocket > calculators didn't exist when I was at schoo

[ubuntu-uk] Not everyone is an expert!

2013-08-21 Thread Paul White
On 21/08/13 16:59, Gareth France wrote: On the whole I have stopped posting to this group since there are a number of people who are obviously on pedestals above us lowly minions. Not so long back after starting a thread I was shot down in an unforgivably harsh manner by people who made ass