Comments for Ian J Cottee http://cottee.org Ian J Cottee's personal blog Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on >Cygwin / Emacs / Problems by JamesZ http://cottee.org/2008/05/cygwin-emacs-problems/#comment-242 JamesZ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:39:28 +0000 http://new.cottee.org/2008/05/cygwin-emacs-problems/#comment-242 Followed the steps which worked like a charm for me on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit on March 14, 2012 except that I searched for 'curses' and reinstalled everything that was already installed containing the sub-string 'curses'. Thank you very much for the help. Followed the steps which worked like a charm for me on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit on March 14, 2012 except that I searched for ‘curses’ and reinstalled everything that was already installed containing the sub-string ‘curses’.

Thank you very much for the help.

]]> Comment on Real cause for spooky phenomenon by Vlad http://cottee.org/2012/03/real-cause-for-spooky-phenomenon/#comment-225 Vlad Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:10:58 +0000 http://cottee.org/?p=536#comment-225 Lot of fun or a million dollars from the Randi Foundation! Lot of fun or a million dollars from the Randi Foundation!

]]> Comment on Real cause for spooky phenomenon by ian http://cottee.org/2012/03/real-cause-for-spooky-phenomenon/#comment-224 ian Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:06:15 +0000 http://cottee.org/?p=536#comment-224 Hehe - thanks for that. No, no Scrumpy Jack or similar was involved. :) If I could replicate it at will I could have a lot of fun with this. ;) Hehe – thanks for that. No, no Scrumpy Jack or similar was involved. :)

If I could replicate it at will I could have a lot of fun with this. ;)

]]> Comment on Real cause for spooky phenomenon by Vlad http://cottee.org/2012/03/real-cause-for-spooky-phenomenon/#comment-223 Vlad Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:03:53 +0000 http://cottee.org/?p=536#comment-223 Interesting. Should it come form someone else, I would blame it on human error. I think that the expansion of air at the bottom of the bowl is a most likely explanation. Especially if the table was a bit wet and capillary forces filled the space between the table and the bowl with water creating a 'seal'. Perceived tendency for keeping the same direction may be due to a small dent on the bottom of the bowl causing that place to be slightly more likely to 'give in'. I have seen that happening often when I prepare tea although it was never strong enough to move the cup. Just bubble coming out... I assume that "Scrumpy Jack" was not involved ;-) Interesting. Should it come form someone else, I would blame it on human error.

I think that the expansion of air at the bottom of the bowl is a most likely explanation. Especially if the table was a bit wet and capillary forces filled the space between the table and the bowl with water creating a ‘seal’. Perceived tendency for keeping the same direction may be due to a small dent on the bottom of the bowl causing that place to be slightly more likely to ‘give in’. I have seen that happening often when I prepare tea although it was never strong enough to move the cup. Just bubble coming out…

I assume that “Scrumpy Jack” was not involved ;-)

]]> Comment on About me by Allan http://cottee.org/about-me/#comment-219 Allan Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:36:24 +0000 http://cottee.org/?page_id=473#comment-219 Hi Ian I have corrected my Conkyrc file according to your instructions for the Calender and it works fine. Your photos reminded me of when I lived in Kent England 40 years ago. I too was born in the East End of London and support West Ham United who had a great player Tony Cottee. I now live in a rural town in New Zealand. Thank you Allan Barnes Hi Ian
I have corrected my Conkyrc file according to your instructions for the Calender and it works fine. Your photos reminded me of when I lived in Kent England 40 years ago. I too was born in the East End of London and support West Ham United who had a great player Tony Cottee. I now live in a rural town in New Zealand.

Thank you

Allan Barnes

]]> Comment on >Cygwin / Emacs / Problems by Jay Dugger http://cottee.org/2008/05/cygwin-emacs-problems/#comment-218 Jay Dugger Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:57:46 +0000 http://new.cottee.org/2008/05/cygwin-emacs-problems/#comment-218 Under Windows Vista x64, I had to make certain to hunt down and kill every Cygwin process, rebase all, and then reinstall every libncurses-related library. This worked for me. Thank you for the help. Under Windows Vista x64, I had to make certain to hunt down and kill every Cygwin process, rebase all, and then reinstall every libncurses-related library. This worked for me.

Thank you for the help.

]]> Comment on >Cygwin / Emacs / Problems by Douglas Lewan http://cottee.org/2008/05/cygwin-emacs-problems/#comment-214 Douglas Lewan Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:09:09 +0000 http://new.cottee.org/2008/05/cygwin-emacs-problems/#comment-214 Well, I tried this but deviated slightly: Since libncurses*7* was not already installed, I didn't install. Instead, I just reinstalled the curses libraries that <em>were</em> installed. THIS DID NOT WORK. Libncurses7 is apparently magic here. Anyway, life is good now. Thanks for the help. Well, I tried this but deviated slightly: Since libncurses*7* was not already installed, I didn’t install. Instead, I just reinstalled the curses libraries that were installed.

THIS DID NOT WORK.
Libncurses7 is apparently magic here.

Anyway, life is good now. Thanks for the help.

]]> Comment on >Cygwin / Emacs / Problems by johnvk http://cottee.org/2008/05/cygwin-emacs-problems/#comment-209 johnvk Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:12:41 +0000 http://new.cottee.org/2008/05/cygwin-emacs-problems/#comment-209 worked for me windows 7 extreme rtm eer1 32bit dell 14r laptop. it's better, but the problem is still there. And 'run' means start menu->run not run from other cygwin shell worked for me windows 7 extreme rtm eer1 32bit dell 14r laptop. it’s better, but the problem is still there.

And ‘run’ means start menu->run not run from other cygwin shell

]]> Comment on About me by Christian Hofer http://cottee.org/about-me/#comment-205 Christian Hofer Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:30:09 +0000 http://cottee.org/?page_id=473#comment-205 I face the same problem running emacs/cygwin under Windows 7. The problem is, that the link that fixed this problem for you is not available any more apply: Doing vfork: resource temporarily unavailable Try reading http://pseudocode.cc/2008/03/17/fixing-emacs-m-x-shell-or-m-x-compile-for-cygwin-on-vista/ Could you help me? I'm really bound to emacs and cannot miss it....;-( I face the same problem running emacs/cygwin under Windows 7. The problem is, that the link that fixed this problem for you is not available any more

apply: Doing vfork: resource temporarily unavailable

Try reading http://pseudocode.cc/2008/03/17/fixing-emacs-m-x-shell-or-m-x-compile-for-cygwin-on-vista/

Could you help me? I’m really bound to emacs and cannot miss it….;-(

]]> Comment on Configuring WordPress 3.1.x on Ubuntu Server by Chris Gould http://cottee.org/2011/05/configuring-wordpress-3-1-x-on-ubuntu-server/#comment-201 Chris Gould Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:14:45 +0000 http://new.cottee.org/?p=4#comment-201 I am a bit stupid......we need to establish that first! I followed the steps for wordpress (for my laptop - you specified servers) but buggered if I can currently get it to work on my Wubi laptop. I assume this is down to my ignorance of Linux. Please help!! I am a bit stupid……we need to establish that first! I followed the steps for wordpress (for my laptop – you specified servers) but buggered if I can currently get it to work on my Wubi laptop. I assume this is down to my ignorance of Linux. Please help!!

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