Re: If you were stuck on a desert island and had only ten fonts...

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:50:03 +0100, thewildrover@xxxxxx (Andy Hewitt)
wrote:


Indeed, I dabble with Linux now and again (oh, and that reminds me,
Dad's Mac can't get on the net. It's not their BB connection as Mums
PC is still ok)

Could still be the router - the Belkin I gave my sister would do that,
be fine with one or the other of the computers (one PC, one Mac), and
the other wouldn't work. Rebooting the router often worked.

Good thought. I did relay some instructions to Mum to "see if your PC
works on the net, if it does it isn't the router and if it doesn't,
turn the router off for a while and back on again". I saw her come up
on MSN and got an email from her shortly after so was down to popping
in when I can to look at the Mac. Dad's iMac uses one of those Belkin
bridge / gaming RJ45 adapters (you know, non std Apple and it's WiFi
//// Aerodrome / whatever cards <g>) so it may be that that's gone
belly up. Luckily Mum's PC should talk to it if it needs
re-configuring as I think I remember the Mac wouldn't.

Blimey, how old is the iMac then? They can nearly all take an Airport
card - right back to the Indigo G3 DV400 model back in 2000. You can get
these on eBay for under £30 now, and they just plug in and work IME.

If that is now the case (the 30 quid bit) I might look out for one and
take back my Belkin thingy. I believe it slots in under the CD tray
(at least it's got a proper tray drive!). Do they support WPA etc do
you know please Andy (on OS9)?

Oh, true, when it works it works 'ok' (as in the eeePC) but when it
doesn't work (or maybe, I can't make it work) then it inevitably goes
no further.

I have installed Ubuntu onto about half a dozen different machines, most
of which I have rebuold from stripped down parts, and they all installed
and configured without any intervention from me.

Hmm, I've generally installed it on whatever PC I'm running at the
time (removable drive trays) and it never worked completely. Maybe I'm
not destined to live with Nix.


Understood, and they are often a lot lighter and more flickable (with
decent tyres etc). Sue's Kawasaki KH125 was faster than my REB 350 at
the time! But as with your H100S, that's 2/'s for ya. ;-)

Exactly. As a commuting bike the H100 was a great machine, it did 100mpg
most of the time. The 400 (and every bike I owned since) only ever
managed around 45mpg.

Yeah, my RT does 50+ even when towing, but then I'm not a Rowland! ;-)

The 100 was
only about 15MPH slower, and twice as economical.

But quite a lot less green (and being banned in many places, like 2/
outboards).

Huh? Banned?

Yep, small ones especially.

http://www.edyc.co.uk/two-stroke.htm

MZ's not made in 2/ any more, loads of sooters going 4/, even yer more
basic 4/'s are being restricted (like Enfields and Hartford etc).

Well exactly. May sure you tie yourself onto summat that doesn't weigh
1/2 tonne and isn't keen to plummet towards the ground!

Aye, the bell I'm fixing is about 6cwt.

You wouldn't want to go overboard with it tied to yer leg then. ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

ps. BTW, Jenny failed her test today. 3 'minors' (2 x hesitation and 1
x 'wobble', the examiner was known to be strict) and 'nearly' turning
up a road the wrong side of the bollard.

We went back there this evening to check out the junction and it's a
really awkward bit of road design. Imagine a 60' long side road that
is 40' wide with a 20' wide central reservation with 5 oak trees
growing along it.

Both ends of it join other roads as T junctions, the ends of this
particular 'road' being the central leg of each.

She was instructed to "take the next right" into this particular road
and as she approached it she didn't see the keep left bollard (because
she was looking at it from the side) and 'started' to slowly head
towards the wrong lane (feeling something was wrong but not knowing
what in that instance). By the time she had reaslised and corrected
herself it was too late.

Apparently 'loads of learners fail there' .... ? :-(

When we went back tonight there was a van stopped across the end of
this central reservation and so obscuring the keep left bollard. I
feel anyone not knowing the area and especially at night or in poor
weather / traffic conditions could easily make a similar mistake (so
not just 'learners').

Even though it may not technically require 'No Entry' signs on the
exit lanes at each end, there are instances like this where I believe
they are necessary. If they can put them on motorway off ramps (where
you would have to make a really sharp turn back on yourself to enter
them) then why not when it's not always obvious what is intended?
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