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Forum: Community 2010-05-03, 15:27
Replies: 97
Views: 17,838
Posted By smarsh
Re: Support all the great moderators here

Drat, I hate systems which think they know better than me. Just lost my well-informed, thoughtful, supportive piece of hyperbole. Darn it all to heck.

Actually, it could be summarized in a few...
Forum: Brainstorm 2010-01-28, 18:13
Replies: 29
Views: 7,318
Posted By smarsh
Re: [Sandbox] maemo.org Community Outreach Team

Be interesting to know.

As far as academic stuff is concerned, I've already managed to plug it in one paper, with another in the works, and if I can get my little chubby fingers (oh yes, and my...
Forum: Brainstorm 2010-01-27, 13:49
Replies: 29
Views: 7,318
Posted By smarsh
Re: [Sandbox] maemo.org Community Outreach Team

Just a quick query on what kind of events - I don't 'do' trade shows, but there are plenty of academic conferences that would provide interesting breeding ground (e.g. CHI) - this is interesting for...
Forum: General 2010-01-26, 20:28
Replies: 251
Views: 145,326
Posted By smarsh
Re: New User or enquirer start here

Swipe in from the left, click on the arrow that appears, and you can copy the portion by using the stylus (drag over what you want to copy)

There are some good things to see here:...
Forum: Community 2010-01-26, 16:42
Replies: 203
Views: 33,251
Posted By smarsh
Re: The future of this Community - My Take

Oh my, the picture on t.m.o. just got very very weird.

Anyway, whilst shaking my head trying to clear the image...

It should be clear to anyone that there are people here who truly care and are...
Forum: Applications 2010-01-25, 19:40
Replies: 10
Views: 1,954
Posted By smarsh
Re: out of memory :|....

I've also found (as have others throughout this forum) that disabling extras-devel once you're done uninstalling seems to free up quite a lot of space (in my case, several meg)
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-01-25, 16:31
Replies: 29
Views: 6,823
Posted By smarsh
Re: I have one - but what is it?

I'm not saying I don't understand the response. It's legitimate and understandable, and all the rest (I don't really thing the analogy of spitting was apt though, and to be honest, it's this I was...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-01-25, 15:05
Replies: 29
Views: 6,823
Posted By smarsh
Re: I have one - but what is it?

This is off the topic of the thread, but I think it's a point worth making:

I've always seen this kind of thing (the quick harsh answer) as slightly counterproductive, but since having children,...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-01-23, 15:01
Replies: 29
Views: 6,823
Posted By smarsh
Re: I have one - but what is it?

Don't let it get you down, or put you off working toward a better device/system. There are people who lack the patience to explain things properly, but at least you got a warning... Meanwhile we all...
Forum: Community 2010-01-22, 19:28
Replies: 203
Views: 33,251
Posted By smarsh
Re: The future of this Community - My Take

I don't know. I've been hanging out here on and off for some time (when off it was because I had work pressures, when on because they abated somewhat - which is to say my participation has been...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-01-22, 14:33
Replies: 75
Views: 32,346
Posted By smarsh
Re: Is this bit loose on your N900?

mine flexes, but it isn't a problem. I didn't notice it until you mentioned it. I'd say it's just fine.
Forum: Community 2010-01-21, 22:02
Replies: 76
Views: 14,464
Posted By smarsh
Re: Improve forum readability by implementing "smartness system"

Black Country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country

If you ever accuse me of racism, or bring such rubbish into a conversation with me again, I'll take you outside, sir.

The only...
Forum: Community 2010-01-21, 21:49
Replies: 76
Views: 14,464
Posted By smarsh
Re: Improve forum readability by implementing "smartness system"

I second that, and I understand your point regarding content. But it's hard to tell if there is content unless you read it as a human, surely?



Absolutely. In fact, it's what made everything in...
Forum: Community 2010-01-21, 21:02
Replies: 76
Views: 14,464
Posted By smarsh
Re: Improve forum readability by implementing "smartness system"

Pedantic mode on:

That should likely be 'your quick edit' old son.

Watch those possessive things...

Pedantic mode off...

It really isn't so easy is it? The problem with something that...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-01-21, 18:18
Replies: 171
Views: 48,098
Posted By smarsh
Re: Why is N900 so slow?

I dunno. Here's my experience with this stuff...

My n810 was an excellent device (still is, still works, just isn't fast enough, doesn't have some capabilities I now enjoy with the n900). It was...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-01-20, 18:52
Replies: 533
Views: 108,862
Posted By smarsh
Re: Spotted, other N900 users....

This might be a brainstorm idea, but how about an N900 proximity finder...? I dunno, bluetooth perhaps, that listens out for an N900 in the vicinity and pipes up if there is one... Might be an...
Forum: Applications 2010-01-19, 19:56
Replies: 96
Views: 87,100
Posted By smarsh
Re: OpenOffice Spotted on N900

After update to PR1.1 I got a fatal error on starting openoffice ('user interface language cannot be determined' fatal error) - odd, but a quick search turned up...
Forum: General 2009-11-25, 11:25
Replies: 2,070
Views: 699,162
Posted By smarsh
Re: New members say hello !

Indeed, welcome all. I'd suggest not worrying about threads that talk about shipping or problems for a long while and looking at the positive aspects of the community, including its accessibility,...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-24, 20:47
Replies: 120
Views: 21,746
Posted By smarsh
Re: So what did you expect?

Yeah, I love the sexy voice :o

I turn MaemoMapper on and run around with it just to hear it...
Forum: Alternatives 2009-11-20, 03:31
Replies: 214
Views: 99,635
Posted By smarsh
Re: Easy Debian Diablo Beta Testing

I had the same issue, so thanks for the post Thor. apart from that, it's looking fine so far. Thanks again for this qole, it really does make my molbile life workable.

I'll be playing more with...
Forum: Applications 2009-11-20, 01:48
Replies: 9
Views: 8,843
Posted By smarsh
Re: Boingo Mobile on Maemo5/N900

Forgive me if I'm wrong.. But... The problem with a Boingo Unlimited account is that it's a little more than 7.95 per month, no? That's what I pay for the boingo mobile account for unlimited *global*...
Forum: Applications 2009-11-19, 13:37
Replies: 9
Views: 8,843
Posted By smarsh
Boingo Mobile on Maemo5/N900

I use Boingo extensively whilst traveling with my N810, the application (enter password etc once, then connect nicely) is very useful and allows an almost phone-like experience with the non-phone...
Forum: Community 2009-11-13, 15:56
Replies: 13
Views: 3,399
Posted By smarsh
Re: Maemo5 101, Maemo Basics, New Users: what's the difference?

It might be the one I pushed in http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=373874&postcount=5

S

PS Texrat, you're right. Damn, I hate it when other people are right ;) The OS should in fact come...
Forum: Community 2009-11-13, 15:29
Replies: 20
Views: 5,258
Posted By smarsh
Re: Can we add a feature to hide "annoying" threads?

There is a lot of that, I've mentioned it previously that the us and them (or us and anyone without an NIT or an N900 or whatever) mentality can only be damaging if encouraged.

Still, I think the...
Forum: Community 2009-11-13, 15:26
Replies: 20
Views: 5,258
Posted By smarsh
Re: Can we add a feature to hide "annoying" threads?

Well, it sounds to me like there's a question for contextual filtering on the active sidebar based on user prefs. (e.g. block this thread from appearing on *my* active sidebar for 1 week, 1 month,...
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