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Old 25-11-2007, 05:29 AM   #21
Dean DeBruin
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Re: Trying Linux (Ubuntu) - failed miserably

ArameFarpado wrote:
> Em Sábado, 24 de Novembro de 2007 18:17, Old Enough escreveu:
>
>> Well, Kameel and NoStop - I've come to the conclusion that I'm just
>> too old for this stuff (I'm probably three or four times your age)

> Wow... 150 ??


He's got to be at least 170...

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Old 25-11-2007, 06:29 AM   #22
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Re: Trying Linux (Ubuntu) - failed miserably

Dean DeBruin wrote:
> ArameFarpado wrote:
>> Em Sábado, 24 de Novembro de 2007 18:17, Old Enough escreveu:
>>
>>> Well, Kameel and NoStop - I've come to the conclusion that I'm just
>>> too old for this stuff (I'm probably three or four times your age)

>> Wow... 150 ??

>
> He's got to be at least 170...
>
> Dean




I was thinking maybe 210.
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Old 25-11-2007, 06:29 AM   #23
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Re: Trying Linux (Ubuntu) - failed miserably

ArameFarpado wrote:
> Em Sábado, Old Enough escreveu:
>
>> Well, Kameel and NoStop - I've come to the conclusion that I'm
>> just too old for this stuff (I'm probably three or four times
>> your age)

>
> Wow... 150 ??


I make 4 * 0x4c as roughly 0x130, or 304 decimal. Wow.

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Old 25-11-2007, 06:29 AM   #24
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Re: Trying Linux (Ubuntu) - failed miserably

Old Enough wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:30:33 GMT, NoStop <nospam@nspam.com> wrote:
>
>> Where does it display this message? If within the GUI environment, then you
>> can fix the prob by editing xorg.conf and inputting the hsync and vsync
>> values for your monitor. A google will tell you how this needs to be done
>> in xorg.conf.
>>
>> Cheers.

>
>
> Well, Kameel and NoStop - I've come to the conclusion that I'm just
> too old for this stuff (I'm probably three or four times your age) -
> I'll just settle for Windows, even though I'm not fond of Microsoft's
> way of doing things.
>
> Thanks for trying to help, though!
>
> Cheers!
>
> _________________________________
> Old Enough
> to know I don't know a thing ....


I'm over 60 and find Ubuntu not too difficult to learn.

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Old 25-11-2007, 03:28 PM   #25
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Re: Trying Linux (Ubuntu) - failed miserably

On 2007-11-24, Old Enough <ab@cd.ca> wrote:

[..]

> Well, I based that statement on my perception that most people hanging
> around computers and trying the off-the-beaten-path stuff would be
> around 18 - 25 years old (possibly younger).


Not true, as those of us who are almost 50 will attest. Can I have a
quick poll of ages here? You can lie a little but not too much :-)

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Old 25-11-2007, 04:28 PM   #26
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Re: Trying Linux (Ubuntu) - failed miserably

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:55:59 +0000, andrew wrote:

> On 2007-11-24, Old Enough <ab@cd.ca> wrote:
>
> [..]
>
>> Well, I based that statement on my perception that most people hanging
>> around computers and trying the off-the-beaten-path stuff would be
>> around 18 - 25 years old (possibly younger).

>
> Not true, as those of us who are almost 50 will attest. Can I have a
> quick poll of ages here? You can lie a little but not too much :-)
>
> Andrew
>


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Old 25-11-2007, 04:28 PM   #27
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Re: Trying Linux (Ubuntu) - failed miserably

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:55:59 +0000, andrew wrote:

> On 2007-11-24, Old Enough <ab@cd.ca> wrote:
>
> [..]
>
>> Well, I based that statement on my perception that most people hanging
>> around computers and trying the off-the-beaten-path stuff would be
>> around 18 - 25 years old (possibly younger).

>
> Not true, as those of us who are almost 50 will attest. Can I have a
> quick poll of ages here? You can lie a little but not too much :-)


35 Here...



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Old 25-11-2007, 05:28 PM   #28
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Re: Trying Linux (Ubuntu) - failed miserably

On 25 Nov 2007 09:55:59 GMT
andrew <andrew@ilium.invalid> wrote:

> On 2007-11-24, Old Enough <ab@cd.ca> wrote:
>
> [..]
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> > Well, I based that statement on my perception that most people hanging
> > around computers and trying the off-the-beaten-path stuff would be
> > around 18 - 25 years old (possibly younger).

>
> Not true, as those of us who are almost 50 will attest. Can I have a
> quick poll of ages here? You can lie a little but not too much :-)


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Old 25-11-2007, 05:28 PM   #29
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Re: Trying Linux (Ubuntu) - failed miserably

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:08:05 -0500
CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote:

> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U)

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> ArameFarpado wrote:
> > Em Sábado, Old Enough escreveu:
> >
> >> Well, Kameel and NoStop - I've come to the conclusion that I'm
> >> just too old for this stuff (I'm probably three or four times
> >> your age)

> >
> > Wow... 150 ??

>
> I make 4 * 0x4c as roughly 0x130, or 304 decimal. Wow.


yebbut, he's talking people who actually moved away from Windows.

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Old 25-11-2007, 05:28 PM   #30
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Re: Trying Linux (Ubuntu) - failed miserably

andrew wrote:

> On 2007-11-24, Old Enough <ab@cd.ca> wrote:
>
> [..]
>
>> Well, I based that statement on my perception that most people hanging
>> around computers and trying the off-the-beaten-path stuff would be
>> around 18 - 25 years old (possibly younger).

>
> Not true, as those of us who are almost 50 will attest. Can I have a
> quick poll of ages here? You can lie a little but not too much :-)


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