[kj] OTa q..4 antoni ;)

[pssyche23]

Well, I know a bit about IBM mainframes but sadly my PC and laptop skills are as basic as anyone else's ... hence I have lost data and emails over the years after PC crashes. In my humble opinion, laptop wise you couldn't do much better than getting one of the high spec top brands at PC World for about 500 quid ... my own Toshiba cost 999 GBP about 4 or 5 years ago ... 2.8Ghz 512Mb RAM with a 30Gb hard drive ... the new builds would have a lot more memory and much larger hard drive ... then I'd say don't bother with the Norton stuff ... it just slows everything down ... I use free AVG for anti-virus & have Windows Defender running for other "threats" ... but I'm sure there is an army of PC whizzos on this list who could give much better advice than me ... Regards, Antoni    
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: melinda grant 
  To: gathering at misera.net 
  Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 8:26 PM
  Subject: Re: [kj] OTa q..4 antoni ;)


  hi antoni, i herd you are really good with computers?
   
  i was going to buy a brand new one,but a friend you know suggested that i buy secondhand one from ebay or such like and you might set it up for me,at a price,what do you say,as that was the erason i was originally going to buy brand new,so as that dealer would set it up properly and if i got into tech trouble,they would be able to sort it out,either over the the phone or call in person,plus new one would be under guarantee ;) so what do you think?
   
  milinda ps i did not mention person who suggested you,as they may be embarresed but they are a gatherer ;D
  pps some one also told me about the deal that carephonewarehouse are doing with--dell lap tops-there giving them away free,but theres a catch,you have to have b.t.line and under contract 4 a year ;/ you herd about this?



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    From: antoni at clara.net
    To: gathering at misera.net
    Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 20:16:18 +0000
    Subject: [kj] OT : ISS & Shuttle Atlantis


    * http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/region.cgi?country=United_Kingdom&region=England *

    Doh, doh, doh ... managed to check the above link for Stevenage (the info would have related to any place in the London or South East region) and get the 9th & 10th Feb mixed up, hence stuck my head up out there just after 18:30 GMT hoping to see a 2 minutes duration pass at 18:36 from west to east (max elevation 85 degrees) of the International Space Station with Shuttle Atlantis attached ... indeed it occurred earlier at 18:15 & I've seen emails from folks who've seen it !!!

    In the UK it is a crystal clear night tonight so it's a bit of a shame I managed to cock it all up, I was putting the shopping away !!! Anyway,  there are further opportunities but tonight's was the best by far ... if anyone's able to view tomorrow, approx 18:36 is the time then 17:52 on Tuesday, other days the elevation is probably too low ... at least the URL will come in handy for any future attempts at viewing ... from your resident scribe with his head always looking upwards ... 

    Regards, Antoni


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