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On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:28:34 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

Me, I use whatever works.

ALWAYS but the system that runs the SOFTWARE, not the other way around.

I think you have that backward. You select the application (software)
and then install the system that runs it.

Remember the old days when all the graphics guys used only Apple?
Because Apple really did have the best of the early graphics software.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

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On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:52:59 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Bruce In Bangkok" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:50:53 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Bruce In Bangkok" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:51:07 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
om:

One of the reasons that I do not read or write to the Linux sites is
that they are full of zealots that interpret any post except a paean
of phrase to Linux as derogatory and they attack feverishly.

They sound like Apple fanbois. iPhone fanbois are a rabid group,
too....great fun to pick on, though...(c;]

The last Apple I had was an Apple ][ so I am not up to speed on the
subject but I know that the Apple users can be a loyal bunch - a
friend is a Civil Engineering consultant on a project in Taiwan. He
gets all the drawings in Auto-Cad format and has to use some sort of
translator so that he can view them on his Apple lap-top. I asked him
why not get a Windows machine for the project and got a 30 minute
lecture about Apples...

Me, I use whatever works.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Just got an iPhone. It's a damn nice piece of equipment. Surf the web,
answer email, get directions. Hard to beat.

A nice bit of kit. I had a Sony-Eriksson that would do that and
replaced it with a Nokia but I find that surfing the web is a bit
tedious with the small screen and keying in an e-mail letter by letter
also gets old after a while.

I was in the hospital for five days a few months ago and did stay in
contact with friends during the stay but other then that I don't think
I ever used the capability. What I do like is the ability to save
information so you always have for example, your Passport details, or
the part number for the printer on the boat's ink cartridges, or,
"what was that my wife wanted me to get?"

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

I don't use it much for typing. I have my entire calendar and contact list
on it - syncs with the program on my main system. I can get at google
docs/calendar/etc. I haven't used it for directions yet, but it seems
super-slick for that. There are a bunch of free apps. One that's cool is
Shazam. You hold the phone up to a song that's playing on the radio and it
identifies the tune.

I've got a GPS on the Nokia. works great and even has Thai maps on it
(well, I bought it in Thailand :-) but other then a conversation piece
it really isn't much use as the screen is so small that by the time
you see your turnoff on the phone you are just passing it on the road.

I suspect that it really depends on how one uses it but to my mind
many of the FEATURES are just added cuteness that really doesn't
contribute much to real usefulness.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

OT but very useful...

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:17:05 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok wrote:

This thing downloaded something like 26K and doesn't have a dictionary
database, Just the application. Tried to use it and it sneers "No
dictionary".

OK, I'm not familiar with OpenDict, but if you downloaded dictd and dict-
gcide we'll have a winner. In Bassi's Dictionary, the one you had been
trying to use, click on Edit-Preferences. It should pop-up to source.
Make sure localhost is selected. If, localhost isn't there, click on
add. Description should be localhost, transport should be dictionary
server, and hostname should be localhost. Leave the port alone.

The other possibility, the server isn't running. In a terminal, type ps
ax |grep dictd If dictd doesn't show up, type as root, /etc/init.d/dictd
start That really should do it. Let me know how you make out.

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On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:45:08 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:17:05 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok wrote:

This thing downloaded something like 26K and doesn't have a dictionary
database, Just the application. Tried to use it and it sneers "No
dictionary".

OK, I'm not familiar with OpenDict, but if you downloaded dictd and dict-
gcide we'll have a winner. In Bassi's Dictionary, the one you had been
trying to use, click on Edit-Preferences. It should pop-up to source.
Make sure localhost is selected. If, localhost isn't there, click on
add. Description should be localhost, transport should be dictionary
server, and hostname should be localhost. Leave the port alone.

ps -ax = server running
Click on edit.preference = default dictionary server
click on +add - added localhost (as above)

Eureka! works

Thanks much.

The other possibility, the server isn't running. In a terminal, type ps
ax |grep dictd If dictd doesn't show up, type as root, /etc/init.d/dictd
start That really should do it. Let me know how you make out.

amazing the amount of information one can get in this group, isn't it?
:-)

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

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Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

I think you have that backward. You select the application (software)
and then install the system that runs it.

Sorry. That's what I meant. You don't buy the computer that doesn't run
what you want. But, alas, millions of Apple owners do.....

OT but very useful...

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:40:18 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok wrote:

Eureka! works

Great! Now find yourself an English-Thai dictionary, and have at it. I
don't use Fedora, but it has a similar program to apt-get. It's called
yum. The process will be quite similar, but I don't have the specifics
on that.

Good luck!

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"Bruce In Bangkok" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:52:59 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Bruce In Bangkok" wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:50:53 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Bruce In Bangkok" wrote in message
m...
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:51:07 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
news:6g33s4ttpkpv0omrovrt0pe98laed7phik@4ax. com:

One of the reasons that I do not read or write to the Linux sites is
that they are full of zealots that interpret any post except a paean
of phrase to Linux as derogatory and they attack feverishly.

They sound like Apple fanbois. iPhone fanbois are a rabid group,
too....great fun to pick on, though...(c;]

The last Apple I had was an Apple ][ so I am not up to speed on the
subject but I know that the Apple users can be a loyal bunch - a
friend is a Civil Engineering consultant on a project in Taiwan. He
gets all the drawings in Auto-Cad format and has to use some sort of
translator so that he can view them on his Apple lap-top. I asked him
why not get a Windows machine for the project and got a 30 minute
lecture about Apples...

Me, I use whatever works.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Just got an iPhone. It's a damn nice piece of equipment. Surf the web,
answer email, get directions. Hard to beat.

A nice bit of kit. I had a Sony-Eriksson that would do that and
replaced it with a Nokia but I find that surfing the web is a bit
tedious with the small screen and keying in an e-mail letter by letter
also gets old after a while.

I was in the hospital for five days a few months ago and did stay in
contact with friends during the stay but other then that I don't think
I ever used the capability. What I do like is the ability to save
information so you always have for example, your Passport details, or
the part number for the printer on the boat's ink cartridges, or,
"what was that my wife wanted me to get?"

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

I don't use it much for typing. I have my entire calendar and contact list
on it - syncs with the program on my main system. I can get at google
docs/calendar/etc. I haven't used it for directions yet, but it seems
super-slick for that. There are a bunch of free apps. One that's cool is
Shazam. You hold the phone up to a song that's playing on the radio and it
identifies the tune.

I've got a GPS on the Nokia. works great and even has Thai maps on it
(well, I bought it in Thailand :-) but other then a conversation piece
it really isn't much use as the screen is so small that by the time
you see your turnoff on the phone you are just passing it on the road.

I suspect that it really depends on how one uses it but to my mind
many of the FEATURES are just added cuteness that really doesn't
contribute much to real usefulness.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

I just downloaded a free app that works like a level. I get the NY Times
pushed to the phone every hour. I can also use it like a touch screen for my
computer instead of the mouse. Sure... lots of "cuteness" but some of it is
very cool tool.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

OT but very useful...

"Larry" wrote in message
...
Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

I think you have that backward. You select the application (software)
and then install the system that runs it.

Sorry. That's what I meant. You don't buy the computer that doesn't run
what you want. But, alas, millions of Apple owners do.....

Name a program that doesn't work on an Apple.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

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In article , Larry wrote:
You don't buy the computer that doesn't run
what you want. But, alas, millions of Apple owners do.....

We do? What software do I want to run that I can't? I'm sure if there
was something I wanted I'd know about it!

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

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