Re: [ubuntu-uk] Past Life Regression. How to cripple XP. Our dream come true.

2008-04-07 Thread Alex Barrett
Christopher Chatfield wrote: > > How do I permanantly disable networking in windows XP so that > my savy teenage children will not be able to enable it. > > If you have savvy teenagers Christopher then you are probably wasting your time! It was having tech savvy parents in my teenage years tha

[ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?

2008-04-13 Thread Alex Barrett
Hi guys, I'm starting a career as a long distance lorry driver and am looking for some way to get a route planning solution, such as Autoroute onto my Xubuntu laptop - which I carry with me as I go. I can't always guarantee I'll have internet access so web only solutions such as Google maps ar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?

2008-04-14 Thread Alex Barrett
e would kill it. So thank you for your suggestions but I REALLY need an offline, desktop, mapping solution as nothing else fits my needs. Thank you. Alex Ged wrote: > Alex Barrett wrote: > >> My SatNav is good but only up to a certain point when you start >> searchin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?

2008-04-14 Thread Alex Barrett
These are pretty useless to me as they don't contain width/height/weight restrictions where something like Autoroute does. Alex Sean Miller wrote: > Surely http://theaa.co.uk route planner would be better? > > Far less bandwidth... > > Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?

2008-04-14 Thread Alex Barrett
Open Source solution is always preferred, especially if its something I can contribute to. Alex Stephen Drake wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 13:30 +0100, Philip Stubbs wrote: > >> On 14/04/2008, Alex Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> These are pret