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Epoc Digest Wed, 25 Jun 2003 Volume 01 : Number 289

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In today's Epoc Digest 11 messages:

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- Epoc News

- Re: Einstein & Light

- MailArc download not working

- more postings from mr antony booth please!

- Revo not closing

- Re: Editing PowerPoint files?# 288 (6)

- Re: GPRS idle # 288 (6)

- Life, the universe and teasing Anthony, Copying to lipboard.

- netPad, Birthdays, USA mains power,

- Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 288 (4) :netBook 12V adapter, Symbian OS onnB

- Re: eMail crashes

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Date: 25 Jun 2003 16:31:08 +0100

From: Michael Degn

Subject: Epoc News

Message to: newton2008

Since Digest #286 your email address returns "mailbox unavailable" and we had no other option but to unsubscribe you for 1 week. We hope you will read this from another source and get your address fixed.

Best regards,

Michael Degn

The Epoc Digest Team

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Date: 24 Jun 2003 09:53:33 +0100

From: Antony

Subject: Re: Einstein & Light

To: Michael Robins who wrote: > Light is not actually a particle or a wave <

Oh dear. That's a whole new thread opening up. I can feel it :-)

To: Stephen Murgan who wrote: > they are not to be taken literally <

I know they are not, but I responded to emphasise the facts that; not only are 'Thoughts for the day' pointless and in this case, incorrect, they are also an oppertunity to present an off-topic opinion or personal thought that others may not share or wish to have inflicted on them. It is easy to say that you simply ignore them except for the fact that once you encounter one, you have read it.

If this is a Psion digest and off-topic items are unwelcome, maybe 'Thoughts for the day' should be included in this category.

If I wanted to read pointless anecdotes I'm sure I could find a website full of them as I am sure Owen did.

I'm not actually stating that anyone should stop appending these to emails, I am merely expressing my opinion as I oppose any moderating or censorship whatsoever.

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Date: 24 Jun 2003 10:56:22 +0100

From: Johan Lindahl

Subject: MailArc download not working

Hi!

The download at http://www.kudata.freeserve.co.uk/MailArc.html is not working.

Do anyone of you have the file locally?

I you have spare time over, please send it to me

Thanks!

Johan Lindahl

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Date: 24 Jun 2003 11:54:31 +0100

From: niC bLaKe

Subject: more postings from mr antony booth please!

> <<<<From: Antony

> Subject: Re: Einstein Theory

> Owen H. Morgan on a piece of painted driftwood wrote: -

>> I said RELATIVELY simple. <

> If you wish to emphasise the point of the word relatively, you should

> state

> what it is relative to.

> and wrote: > And excellently explained by Michael Degn. <

> Unfortunately, Michael Degn did not explain the meaning. He simply

> went on a

> tangent to explain that an increase in kinetic energy results in an

> increase

> in mass. He did not even go on to mention why an increase in Kinetic

> energy

> increases mass. My question was entirely different.

> Similarly with gravity, he explained that mass has gravity and kinetic

> energy on a matter increases mass, but not why.

> Saying a car has wheels does not explain why a car has wheels, or why

> you

> feel the need to add an anecdote to the end of every message you post

> ;-)

> Regards

> Antony Booth

> p.s. The meaning of life is one thing. Haven't you watched City

> Slickers?

> The Universe and everything are one in the same.

> God grant him the senility to forget the people he never liked anyway,

> the

> good fortune to run into the ones he does and the eyesight to tell the

> difference between a wave and a rock and hope his senility doesn't

> make him

> forget how to read a GPS device.

> On a piece of land

&##°hh.mm'N ##°hh.mm'W

> Not in Ireland

> Thought for the day: Just the one? Oh dear, but I can believe it.>>>>

first time this digest has made me laugh! thank you, mr antony booth.

niC.

A A

_ (=^o^)=

((_(m m)

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Date: 24 Jun 2003 13:38:19 +0100

From: Hoffman, Susan

Subject: Revo not closing

Melvin Woody asked: "My Diamon Mako (= Psion Revo) will not close all the way. ..." If one of the little plastic flanges that holds the keyboard under the baseplate has slipped out, the way to get it back is to take a thin metal blade (my letter opener works fine for me) and slip the tip under the baseplate and use the edge to shoehorn the flange back underneath. You want to lift the tip up so that there is a space to slide the flange into, and then angle the edge against the flange as if you are sliding a foot into a tight shoe. You have to gradually close the unit as you are doing this so the flange slides in as it closes. It sort of requires three hands. Good luck.

Susan Katz Hoffman

Pepper Hamilton LLP--------------

3000 Two Logan Square

18th & Arch Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel: 215-981-4990

Fax: 215-827-5909

e-mail: hoffmans

web address: www.pepperlaw.com

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Date: 24 Jun 2003 15:35:50 +0100

From: Mark Deppe

Subject: Re: Editing PowerPoint files?# 288 (6)

Peter Rand<<<Is there anything else out there

now (or in the near future) that will do the trick? >>>

Are you using a colourgraphic VGA card to get your slides onto a big screen. If so then I am not sure of other software. (I have one of these now obsolete cards PCMIA for psion, and have never used it so am considering selling any offers.

Kind regards

Mark

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Date: 24 Jun 2003 15:43:58 +0100

From: Mark Deppe

Subject: Re: GPRS idle # 288 (6)

Darryl Kempster

<<<Unless thngs have changed recently Nokias always had an automatic

time out on the IR port - about 2 minutes on idle if I remember correctly>>>

I do all my surfing and emial with mobile to. I find the nokia stays connected on IR on idle fine using GSM but used to disconnect after a few minutes using GPRS.

As previously posted it now stays connected on GPRS idling for about 8-10 minutes. Not sure why Itamara had a time out of 2 minutes, maybe it is area dependeent or time of day, and busyness of networked. Mystery.

Kind regards

Mark

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Date: 24 Jun 2003 17:29:20 +0100

From: Trygve Henriksen

Subject: Life, the universe and teasing Anthony, Copying to lipboard.

Greetings!

Antony wrote:

> p.s. The meaning of life is one thing. Haven't you watched City Slickers?

>The Universe and everything are one in the same.

No! It's a fun movie, but doesn't really contain the answer...

Besides, we know the answer; it's 42, it's the QUESTION that's difficult to find...

(Or so you would have known if you ever read Douglas Adam's books)

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Keith Giles wrote:

> Thought For The Day: There is always one more imbecile than you

> counted on.

I know of one on this list, are there more?

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Rolf Vonau wrote:

> today I stated, that the line feed on some machines will be copied

> in the clipboard not as 06 but as 07 !!!

Sounds weird...

In my books 06 is listed as 'ACK'(Acknowledge) and 07 as BELL (just that, a bell.Printers would sound a bell if this character showed up)

Of course, these characters may have other uses on a Psion, and particularly if we work with formatted data.

Which programs are you working with, and on which machines?

:-)

Trygve

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Date: 24 Jun 2003 18:37:28 +0100

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: netPad, Birthdays, USA mains power,

Answer to: Stephan Block

Re.: netPad - And how to netPad users write emails and other texts ? Is there any keyboard one can attach ?

Answer to: Keith Giles

Re. Birthdays - Happy birthday Keith. I am impressed that at your young age you still cycle around the USA and the World, just hope I'll be as fit and well as you are when I reach your age.

Questio to ALL

Re. USA mains power - When traveling in the USA what is the best way to charge a mobile phone and my S7 ? Where does one buy a transformer in the UK for this purpose ?

Best regards,

Itamar Engelsman

London, UK

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Date: 25 Jun 2003 09:27:22 +0100

From: Arent Kits van Heijningen

Subject: Re: EPOC DIGEST V1 # 288 (4) :netBook 12V adapter, Symbian OS onnB

On 23 Jun 2003 22:17:23 +0100

Trygve Henriksen wrote about

netBook 12V adapter

>>Now, if I could only get hold of an Osaris...<< I have a non-working one (died from irrecoverable hardware crash last December ,replaced it on Jun 24th with a dutch 5mx for EUR 299 )Contact me off-list for details ) >>In other news, I received a Vanson 'Auto DC Power Regulated Adaptor' last week.This is a power adaptor with a 12V input that can deliver 15/16/18/19/20/22/24V output. (Max 70W)One of the exchangeable plugs fits the netBook perfectly, too.The Vanson model nr. is SDR-70WI got it through Clas Ohlson(Order no. 32.5502, NOK400 + shipping), so it should be available in Sweden and Denmark, also. (Not certain if they serve other countries)Maybe Maplin or other stores sell it, too.<<It is available in Holland through Hape and similar products are now available through other vendors as well Now there are even available PSU's that come in both AC and vehicle-power flavors ,all other specs being the same

On: 24 Jun 2003 00:36:21 +0100 Itamar Engelsman wrote about : Symbian OS on nB

>>Answer to: Gianluca GallinoRe.: Symbian OS on nB - Well, I wish the petition and yourself lot's of success and - although sceptical indeed - do hope you will be succesfull.<<

Unfortunately , chances are slim , Symbian is now passing through its zenith as a non-embedded operating environment and from next year it will be MicroSoft and Intel wich will call the shots in the smartphone business Both Ericsson and Nokia will bring-together with the incumbent telcos- MicroSoft/Intel-based smartphones starting early next year in Asia-Pacific and gradually roll out in other markets as the year progresses Motorola is going for Linux in its next-generation of smartphones *.CE-based phones will be primarily aimed at business accounts rather than the consumer market (Windows for work , Symbian for play ?)

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Date: 25 Jun 2003 10:21:40 +0100

From: Korbinian

Subject: Re: eMail crashes

Hi Owen

"... you REALLY need the excellent SaveMail application so you can archive your e-mails to Psion Data format...."

mmh! I think I have to rethink my opinion :)

Another advance would be that the eMail-App would be much faster ...

I delete (nearly) all my eMails at a point of 'running out of memory' some times a year. But it would be nice to have all (at least the private ones) saved....

The eMail-App is very functional (like all Apps) but I'm really missing several features! Archiving, automatic filter, at least one Inbox for each account, full text search, etc.

I already tried out the japanese mailer but this is still a little bit in its infancy.

Another point:

I have found a website where many file structures were cracked (including IR-protocol). I will visit it again, perhaps ...

...ok I did this. URL is: 'http://huizen.dds.nl/~frodol/psiconv/html/Index.html'

But nothing about eMail files.

btw: You can compress the index-file manually with OPL. But I was never successfull opening it as a database.