Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules of engagement or etiquette?

2012-03-02 Thread Liam Proven
On 1 March 2012 21:04, Andres Muniz wrote: > Liam. You are great, I almost feel bad that I'm going to get most of the > credit. Thank you for the kind words - they are much appreciated! :¬) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules of engagement or etiquette?

2012-03-02 Thread Andres
On 29/02/12 21:21, alan c wrote: On 29/02/12 18:30, Andres Muniz wrote: Liam said: Not yet, no. It's not yet in beta. It's too soon. i mean unity 11.10. This person is using 10.04 (LTS) I'd plug the offending machine into the network with a cable and do a full update. If that still does not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules of engagement or etiquette?

2012-03-01 Thread Andres Muniz
Liam. You are great, I almost feel bad that I'm going to get most of the credit. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules of engagement or etiquette?

2012-03-01 Thread Liam Proven
On 29 February 2012 18:30, Andres Muniz wrote: > Liam said: >> >> Not yet, no. It's not yet in beta. It's too soon. >> > i mean unity 11.10. Oh, right! > This person is using 10.04 (LTS) Might as well wait a couple of months. This means they will avoid upgrading twice in quick succession, I wou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules of engagement or etiquette?

2012-02-29 Thread alan c
On 29/02/12 18:30, Andres Muniz wrote: > Liam said: >> >> Not yet, no. It's not yet in beta. It's too soon. >> > i mean unity 11.10. This person is using 10.04 (LTS) > >> I'd plug the offending machine into the network with a cable and do a >> full update. If that still does not resolve the prob

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules of engagement or etiquette?

2012-02-29 Thread Andres Muniz
Liam said: > > Not yet, no. It's not yet in beta. It's too soon. > i mean unity 11.10. This person is using 10.04 (LTS) > I'd plug the offending machine into the network with a cable and do a > full update. If that still does not resolve the problem, try one of > the newer kernels. > > how do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules of engagement or etiquette?

2012-02-29 Thread Liam Proven
On 29 February 2012 15:08, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: > Hi, got following message today. > >> you kindly put the Ubuntu operating system on ...'s laptop. ... told >> me that about 3 weeks ago it was no longer able to pick up the wireless >> internet connection in our house, whereas as there is n

[ubuntu-uk] Rules of engagement or etiquette?

2012-02-29 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
Hi, got following message today. > you kindly put the Ubuntu operating system on ...'s laptop. ... told > me that about 3 weeks ago it was no longer able to pick up the wireless > internet connection in our house, whereas as there is no problem for > other devices picking up this connection. > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-20 Thread Joshua Scotton
On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 22:54 +, James Dalley wrote: > > Hiya, > > > I know there was talk about a monthly info email of how to post, so > here is my bug bear: > > Top Posting, I know it's sad about arguing how to argue or the like, > but when people top post it's like saying hear me first >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-20 Thread Alistair Crust
On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 10:17 +0100, Tester wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Stephen O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "British Ubuntu Talk" > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:11 AM > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules > > James Dalle

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-20 Thread Tester
- Original Message - From: "Stephen O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:11 AM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > James Dalley wrote: >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-20 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Dalley wrote: | PSS. Just thought of a way to end this, "Hitler!" :) Excellent. I, for one, welcome the end to this thread. - -- Stephen O'Neill w: http://www.thefloatingfrog.co.uk/ e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-19 Thread James Dalley
> > > John Atkinson wrote: > > > > > > > > Look guys > > > > > > > > The only thing I want to see in my inbox is constructive debates > > > > > > > > I don’t want to see whinging I didn’t subscribe to this!!! > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > You did subscibe to this or you wouldn't have know

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-19 Thread James Dalley
> James Dalley wrote: > > > > > John Atkinson wrote: > > > > > > > > Look guys > > > > > > > > The only thing I want to see in my inbox is constructive debates > > > > > > > > I don’t want to see whinging I didn’t subscribe to this!!! > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > You did subscibe to this or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-19 Thread James Dalley
> > James Dalley wrote: > > > > > John Atkinson wrote: > > > > > > > > Look guys > > > > > > > > The only thing I want to see in my inbox is constructive debates > > > > > > > > I don’t want to see whinging I didn’t subscribe to this!!! > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > You did subscibe to thi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-19 Thread Matt Jones
James Dalley wrote: > > > John Atkinson wrote: > > > > > > Look guys > > > > > > The only thing I want to see in my inbox is constructive debates > > > > > > I don’t want to see whinging I didn’t subscribe to this!!! > > > > > > John > > > > > You did subscibe to this or you wouldn't have known wha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-19 Thread James Dalley
> John Atkinson wrote: > > > > Look guys > > > > The only thing I want to see in my inbox is constructive debates > > > > I don’t want to see whinging I didn’t subscribe to this!!! > > > > John > > You did subscibe to this or you wouldn't have known what your responding to!! Plus, your response _

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-19 Thread Mark Allison
John Atkinson wrote: > > Look guys > > The only thing I want to see in my inbox is constructive debates > > I don’t want to see whinging I didn’t subscribe to this!!! > > John > LOL! Good one. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-18 Thread alan c
James Dalley wrote: > Hiya, > > I know there was talk about a monthly info email of how to post, so here is > my bug bear: > Top Posting, I know it's sad about arguing how to argue or the like, but when > people top post it's like saying hear me first > then see whats gone on before. May be sad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-18 Thread John Atkinson
ubject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules James Dalley wrote: Hiya, I know there was talk about a monthly info email of how to post, so here is my bug bear: Top Posting, I know it's sad about arguing how to argue or the like, but when people top post it's like saying hear me first then see whats

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-18 Thread Colin Wylie
James Dalley wrote: Hiya, I know there was talk about a monthly info email of how to post, so here is my bug bear: Top Posting, I know it's sad about arguing how to argue or the like, but when people top post it's like saying hear me first   then see whats gone on before. May

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-18 Thread Alan Pope
On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 15:08 +0200, Wolf Canis wrote: > leads, is, I think, known. Ignorance starts always in small steps and > after a while you have a really worse situation. The worst example is > surely WW2. Epic fail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law Cheers, Al. signature.asc Desc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-18 Thread Wolf Canis
Alan Pope wrote: > On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 00:44 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: >> I have to agree with you on that one. Maybe it's because new members >> who come from the world of Windows/Outlook and it's top posting that >> they just reply with their comments on the top. I've never understood >> why

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-18 Thread Tony Travis
Sean Miller wrote: > [...] > I have always tried to quote only the bare minimum that's required to > put my comments in context and I have great difficulty understanding why > others do not appear to feel it's sensible to do the same. Hello, Sean. I agree with you, but I also think it's importa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-18 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Pope wrote: | http://blog.dave.org.uk/2008/05/pointless-battles-for-geeks.html I saw that from a LUG planet blog the other day... have to say that sadly I'm very much inclined to agree. - -- Stephen O'Neill w: http://www.thefloatingfrog.co.uk/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-18 Thread Sean Miller
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > as if in English at least that you read from the bottom up, more top to > bottom so it's good to read the original message at the top and then > read down to the reply :-) Whilst top posting has to be the most irritating qu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-17 Thread Jim Kissel
James Dalley wrote: > Hiya, > > I know there was talk about a monthly info email of how to post, so here is > my bug bear: > > Top Posting, I know it's sad about arguing how to argue or the like, but when > people top post it's like saying hear me first > > then see whats gone on before. Ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-17 Thread Alan Pope
On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 00:44 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > I have to agree with you on that one. Maybe it's because new members > who come from the world of Windows/Outlook and it's top posting that > they just reply with their comments on the top. I've never understood > why Outlook and lots of ot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-17 Thread Rob Beard
James Dalley wrote: > > Hiya, > > I know there was talk about a monthly info email of how to post, so here > is my bug bear: > > Top Posting, I know it's sad about arguing how to argue or the like, but > when people top post it's like saying hear me first > then see whats gone on before. May

[ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-17 Thread James Dalley
Hiya, I know there was talk about a monthly info email of how to post, so here is my bug bear: Top Posting, I know it's sad about arguing how to argue or the like, but when people top post it's like saying hear me first then see whats gone on before. May be sad to some people but I like to f