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cheap dual-core systems
by Russell Coker 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

http://www.graysonline.com/sale/410789/computers-it-equipment/ex-lease-leno… small-form-factor-desktops?spr=true The above URL has an auction of Lenovo E2160 desktop systems with 2G of RAM which are offered at $9. So far no-one has bid! The actual payment would be $9 + $1.50 auction fee + something like $30 delivery. But you are still looking at less than $50 for a quite decent dual- core 64bit system. A couple of my relatives have such Lenovo systems, they are nice. If you want to build a test network then a few of those would be a nice setup. The postage per system is often cheaper if you buy several systems. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Re: [luv-talk] Urgent / Important: Is "Computer Science" Science?
by Jason White 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Donna Benjamin <donna(a)cc.com.au> wrote: > Hang on - Where's computer science? Oh that's right it doesn't exist in > the brave new world of the new Australian Curriculum. It's a general > capability (ICT) or a "Technology" along with design, woodworking, > cooking and agriculture - in a strand called "Digital Technologies" It was more than this when I was in secondary school. Then, at least, everybody did a little programming (in BASIC or Logo). Some of us learned Pascal too. I don't know what the computing subjects in years 11-12 would have entailed, as I didn't choose them. As to whether computer science is science strictly so-called, I think it's a similar question to whether mathematics is. At university, mathematics tends to have an interesting relationship with both the science faculty and the arts faculty; at some universities it used to be (and perhaps still is) open to arts students and science students, though it was formally part of the science faculty. Computer science tends to be regarded as an engineering discipline. Irrespective of where it best fits, it belongs in the school curriculum. It lies at the base of much of the technological change that is affecting twenty-first century societies in most of the world. To use the technology effectively and to shape its future requires understanding, and this begins at school.

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wireless mouse
by Keith Bainbridge 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

G'day All. Anybody using a wireless (USB type) mouse? Those I have seen only talk about windows & MacOSX. Thanks Keith Bainbridge PO Box 324 BELMONT Vic 3216 Australia +61 (0)408 522 706 keith.bainbridge.3216(a)gmail.com

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Re: [luv-talk] wireless mouse
by Tim Hamilton 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

> From: Michael Scott <luv(a)inoz.net> > To: Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau(a)gmail.com> > Cc: luv-talk(a)lists.luv.asn.au > Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:23:48 +1000 > Subject: Re: [luv-talk] wireless mouse > I've been using all sorts of wireless mice for the time I've been using Linux (2005). > > I went into Harvey Norman one day looking for a wireless mouse. Looked on the Logitech boxes and they basically all said they were compatible with Windows and Mac. A sales assistant happened to be sitting at a desk nearby so I asked him if that meant they wouldn't work with Linux. He replied "probably". I just picked one up and bought it knowing that every mouse I've used has been compatible with Linux. > > Michael > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:42:02 +0800 Tim Lyth <tcl(a)tcl.homedns.org> wrote: >> > I'm using the Logitech M305 cordless mouse - it has a >> > "micro-receiver" unit which plugs in to a USB port. >> > Debian picked it up just fine in the USB 2.0 port on my Medion brand >> > laptop. >> >> Thanks Tim. >> >> That is logical, but some times logic doesn't count. >> >> >> Keith Bainbridge >> PO Box 324 >> BELMONT Vic 3216 Australia >> +61 (0)408 522 706 >> >> keith.bainbridge.3216(a)gmail.com >> _______________________________________________ Just to echo what Michael et al have said. I use a Logitech MX-something (I don't have it with me). It is a 6 button mouse that has a search button in addition to the regular 3 + forward/back. Everything, even the search (which under Gnome is desktop search) works out of the box. I'm also sure I could configure the search to do a Google search like you can with the Mac/Windows drivers pretty easily if that's what I wanted. Cheers Tim -- Vote NO in referenda.

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The Apple design from 2004
by Peter Ross 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

.. which is used to ban Samsung's tablets in Europe: http://esearch.oami.europa.eu/copla/design/data/000181607-0001 Unfortunately I threw my scribbing on the napkin away, in the late 80ies after half a dozen beers, as I remember clearly;-) Chiers Peter

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Re: [luv-talk] Urgent / Important: Is "Computer Science" Science?
by Trent W. Buck 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

> Re: Urgent / Important: Is "Computer Science" Science? I saw that and my immediate thought was "well Jerry Sussman said it wasn't". http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00… (first video, opening remarks.)

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RDP to a Windows 7 PC on remote subnet (VPN)
by Peter Ross 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Hi all, I have some trouble to connect to a remote Windows 7 computer. We are connected via VPN, I can ping the other side, the port 3389 is open, as telnet shows. The McAfee firewall accepts connections from our subnet. However, if I try to connect using rdesktop on Linux, it is hanging for some seconds, and then the Windows resets the connection. The same if I use a Windows 7 RDP client. Local RDP seems to be fine - I can connect to a local Windows here, and local RDP connections are working in the remote network too. Any ideas? Thanks for answers Peter

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Commodore OS Vision
by luber＠alphalink.com.au 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

I've seen this running and it's sufficiently interesting to look at further. I believe it's based on Ubuntu. .iso's are downloadable but I haven't been able to get, say, virtual box to recognise it/them as bootable. Any suggestions? regards, Lu

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Finding specs on"ati-102-a59401-00(B)" 2x 2 x DVI-I video card
by Rohan McLeod 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Assembled Illuminati; I picked up a :"ati-102-a59401-00(B)";video card at the Box Hill swap-meet today. This is a PCI (not PCI-e ) 2 x 2 x DVI-I . It seems to work with a dual DVI-I output cable on one of 2 outputs, and a DVI-I to VGA converter.on one of those cable ends. Trying to find the specs on it; has thus far been unsuccessful, after extensive googling. It seems likely it is some kind of proprietary OEM card; but the interesting possibility of 4 monitors motivates me to try to find out what sort of resolution it is capable of and, whether it has some more widely available relative whose driver could be used; any suggestions gratefully received, thanks Rohan McLeod .

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Re: [luv-talk] Any USB 3G broadband usable under Linux?
by Jason White 14 Jul '12

14 Jul '12

Lindsay Sprinter <zlinw(a)mcmedia.com.au> wrote: > Like all (most?) people I am limited with what I can do by personal > choices. I do not have any kind of plastic money and I do NOT do direct > debit. This is because I have had the unfortunate luck to have two of > these go astray. The second being the killer as it involved alarge sum of > money ($6000) and both financial institutions refused to believe a > problem existed and it took over 4 months to correct a problem that was > the fault of one of the said institutions. I solve this to my satisfaction by maintaining a debit card rather than a credit card, and by transferring funds to the card regularly, in amounts that don't exceed what I plan to spend. The effect is to limit the damage that can be caused by erroneous transactions. I also prefer to spend my own money rather than to borrow and then pay it back with interest added.

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