MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MEETING ON 15th June
TWe installed a second video card in an attempt to view the same picture on the momitor and the screen. The hardawre side went well, and the second card was recognised, but we were unable to use the twin displays as anything other than a single extended desktop. I have looked into the problem, but have yet to come up with an answer. In any case, the problem will probably be irrelevant with the computer I hope to use in the autumn, which will have a composite video output as well as a VGA one.
Then we looked at the revised Costablancaexpats.net website, the URL for which is:
Finally, we had another look at Becky, including the use of the address book. Attempts to demonstrate blind carbon copying failed spectaculaly. I shall send some mails to our Oasis address which I hope will demonstrate the facility better.
Finally, may I remind you that on June 29th, our final meeting, we will be having a sale of surplus books, etc, to raise finds for equipment, so please come, and bring all your friends!
FOR NEXT WEEK. READ AND REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING:
The basics of formatting replies.
(1) When posting, put your name and e-mail address at the end of the
post. It makes it easier for somebody to reply to you off the
group.
(2) When posting, limit your line length to 72 characters, or at most
76. This means your post can be read by any e-mail client
without reformatting.
(3) When replying, put your reply AFTER the portion of the original
message to which you are replying, and ONLY include as much of
the original as is necessary to make your context clear. When
replying to a long message, it is best to interlace quote and
reply. Make it clear who is saying
what by a line such as "On 3rd June, Josephine Bloggs said",
and by using an accepted citation prefix at the beginning of
each quoted line. A greater than sign (>) is by far the most
commonly used. Putting your reply before the original message,
and quoting the whole of the original, is known as top posting
"upside down posting" or posting "OE style" and makes it very
difficult to work out who said what and when in long threads.
TOP POSTING IS VERY MUCH FROWNED UPON
(4) When replying, only quote as much of the original message(s) as is
necessary to make sense of your own comments. Except when an
original is very short, make your reply a series of quote -
reply sections.
(5) On the other hand, snipping others' posts to change the meaning is
VERY much frowned upon.
(6) There is no need to make a post just to say "thank you" (do that by
private e-mail) or "I agree" (try to add something to the
thread rather than just agreeing).
Links for Becky can be found here
Finally, a reminder of my e-mail addresses:
billnot@billnot.com for general mail
questions@billnot.com for questions to be answered in the Grapevine or at a session.