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RE: Micro Mart Editorial On CD?

Cayenne — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:16:34 GMT

Don't hold your breath! This thread has been running for a very long time, and still no sign of a CD! I will have to throw out my older MMs as I'm running out of room!

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baslakes — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:22:07 GMT

yeah,, count me in,,,if it ever happens.;)
bas: :

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Cayenne — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:49:00 GMT

[quote][b]oldphart (17/03/2006)[/b][hr]Hint - winzip:D[/quote]

I think you are suggesting that the archive is compressed - but that would make it less accessible. It would first have to be unzipped and placed on the Hard Drive before you could read it. The beauty of a normal CD/DVD is that it can quickly be popped into the drive and then accessed with an html menu immediately.

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Cayenne — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:42:51 GMT

An MM CD - Brilliant! Bring it on and quickly - I have literally stacks of old MM mags which I could then send for recycling. I don't want to throw them out because I find they contain little gems of info - even though it takes an age to go through them. A CD (or DVD even) of the MM archive would be invaluable!

Do you have any plans to back-date the archive initially? Say for the last 18 months?

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oldphart — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:55:08 GMT

Hint - winzip:D

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TheEditor — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:28:13 GMT

We've - touch wood - made real progress on this, and have a target price of £9.99 per quarterly disc (we're struggling to fit all that on at the moment). More news, hopefully, very shortly.

S

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Mutherbored — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 07:27:07 GMT

Count me in! It's almost essential. I notice that computeractive charge £14.95. A MM cd would be an absolute steal at this price, athough £4.95 (or less) would be even better!

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Mads — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 11:46:18 GMT

Sounds like a cracking idea, count me in.

Mads

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the_capt — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:19:36 GMT

Looks like this will never happen seeing as this topic was started in 2003.

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aidy48 — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:03:51 GMT

I would like an archive on dvd too, how about adding to the cover price for one week only to pay for it? yes the articles are on this site but what if your internet connection is down etc?, how about a readers poll to see wether it would be worth it.

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malc_wright — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:39:06 GMT

Hi Cayenne,

Whoops..!

Looks like you are right, either that or the Website search engine is kernackered...

Hope It's the latter as all that history just gone..

Wonder if they did a back up?

Mad Malc

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Cayenne — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 18:57:34 GMT

I've just logged in (reregistered) to access the article archives - but they've gone! I've always thought an archive CD would be better but now I think it is essential. The effort that goes into your extremely useful MM articles is too precious to just throw away!

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Akkers — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 20:56:58 GMT

This thread is not dead anymore. Simon was this really going to happen?

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footballhead — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:42:46 GMT

Great idea, i was going to buy a scanner so i could scan the articles in the pc but this sounds great. Count me in.

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Mike9fazer — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:01:29 GMT

Wants one for xmas please.

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malc_wright — Sat, 28 Aug 2004 21:51:23 GMT

Hi Friendly Guy just type Linux in the search on the main website.
It has about 2-3 years back catalogue of Martin Curran's missives, you can even download them all read them through in order and try to work out the direction he is taking...
When you find out please let me know.
It looks completely unstructured to me, then again it might be all part of some master plan...?
Who Knows?

Mad Malc

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friendly_guy — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:24:53 GMT

If it has all your Linux content I would be interested

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malc_wright — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:13:29 GMT

Once Again I REPEAT THE BACK CATALOGUE IE WHAT A MICROMART EDITORIAL ON CD WOULD BE, IS ALREADY HERE ON THIS WEBSITE,JUST USE THE SEARCH ENGINE ON THE HOME WEB PAGE.
Who needs a CD it would be weeks out of date before it came out of pressing.
Yes the capitals do denote SHOUTING!

Mad Malc

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Akkers — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:56:37 GMT

Chrisensor, it's been over a year now, so do you think you are going to get one...................I think not.

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chrisensor — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:36:23 GMT

Count me in for one as well please

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ketan2306 — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:51:08 GMT

Sounds great, count me in!

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louisturfrey — Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:52:10 GMT

Yep, it is really there, and its a good way of keeping track of what I've written.

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malc_wright — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:45:54 GMT

Hi Sniborp
The info is already there, honest just try it.

Mad Malc

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sniborp — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:18:49 GMT

that would take time and money which MM is looking to receive not give.. if you catch my drift..

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malc_wright — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:07:33 GMT

Hi you can view most if not all the back issue articles, through the website, just type in a keyword like network in the Websearch and 'voila', there is a whole gamut of information, reviews, features, products, classifieds etc.
You can then browse the back catalogue to your hearts content.
CD who needs it?

Mad Malc

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sniborp — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 20:05:21 GMT

depends how far back the issue was, also do people really want to buy a cd that just contains 'instructions'. you could probably fit that information on a floppy....

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Allen — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:52:26 GMT

Bundles of mags is really not a problem, just box them up or something, I do. And you can get back issues if you miss something you want (god forbid you miss an issue).

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sniborp — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:40:43 GMT

still doesnt solve the problem of bundles of mags around the place and if someone has missed an issue they wont get the article

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Allen — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:21:44 GMT

OK, had an idea. Instead of having a disc with all the articles on, how about releasing a spreadsheet or database once a month or so (downloadable or bought on CD) that has a complete index of what's in the articles, but not the articles themselves. That way, those of us who collect them, can keep them intact and know whats what, and those who are missing an article can buy the back issue.

That'll solve any issues of people not buying the mag but getting the CD with all the articles on.

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sniborp — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:01:29 GMT

Quote: Big_Al said on 2 July 2004 at 11:08:13
Actually, I just thought of something. What's to stop people buying the mag and only getting it when the CD's are released? I know you'd not get all the news and stuff, but if people only want the articles then they could do this which would decrease MM's revenue...

But the cds would take time to be put together, thus released after the magazine is released so MM sales shouldnt be harmed that much. The cd is just for easy archiving etc..

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Akkers — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:24:58 GMT

Quote: Big_Al said on 8 July 2004 at 9:14:04
Quote:

They say they'll be providing avatars soon...

Yeah i saw that, let me know when they do and i will have i look.

AFC

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Allen — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 09:14:03 GMT

Quote: AFC said on 7 July 2004 at 15:44:46
Hey Big_Al, what kind of website is http://www.danasoft.com is it anygood?

AFC

It just supplies those signatures, telling you what your IP Address is and what version of windows you're using. Nothing special.

They say they'll be providing avatars soon...

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Akkers — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 21:35:55 GMT

No, No, No, The Thread was created on the 23 July 2003 at 13:47:22, so wait then and do it.

AFC

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malc_wright — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 21:27:12 GMT

Happy Birthday too you
Happy Birthday too you
Happy Birthday Editorial on CD idea
Happy birthday too you

I always send birthday greetings a fortnight early, I like to remind people how old they are getting...

Mad Malc

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Akkers — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:44:46 GMT

Hey Big_Al, what kind of website is http://www.danasoft.com is it anygood?

AFC

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Allen — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 09:33:47 GMT

Quote: louisturfrey said on 6 July 2004 at 21:44:34
Oh, and then I discovered Girls...

Nice one!

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louisturfrey — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:44:34 GMT

Nah, Alan Sugar bought Sinclair. After that it just wasn't the same.

Oh, and then I discovered Girls...

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Akkers — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:27:49 GMT

Used to support Spurs!!What happened? Did you get board watching paint dry then

AFC

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louisturfrey — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:24:19 GMT

Used to support Spurs myself....

Now I just watch snowboarding and wwe...

:-)

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Akkers — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:20:08 GMT

Quote: louisturfrey said on 6 July 2004 at 20:58:27
Hey AFC (what does that stand for?),

Louis

AFC: Arsenal Football Club.
Feel free to look at my profile

AFC