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| From | "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.laptops.thinkpad |
| Subject | Re: OT: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) |
| Date | 2013-02-09 14:56 +1300 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <kf4aav$ig6$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (15 earlier) <ke75t7$ha$1@dont-email.me> <ke7e03$v96$1@dont-email.me> <kea03i$jho$1@dont-email.me> <kede22$89m$1@dont-email.me> <kenghu$9it$1@dont-email.me> |
Somewhere on teh intarwebs Adam wrote: > ~misfit~ wrote: >> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Adam wrote: >> [snip] >>> What did we ever do before there was online shopping? :-) >> >> I know. It's crazy when you think back huh? > > Looking back, I remember numerous mail orders, occasional phone > orders, and trips toward or into New York City (about 100 km away) to > get to a store that carried whatever-it-was. In fact, in NYC there > was a store that specialized in just that kind of thing, whatever it > was. :-) Heh! >> LOL, rather OT but you asked the question. ;) > > I go OT (and tend to be verbose) a lot too. In the Mandriva Linux > newsgroup, I've been in a thread literally called "Off-Topic" for > several years, although much of it is actually appropriate for that > newsgroup. Right now, most of it is actually about how to get my > Thinkpad T60 networked securely under Linux, and how to get it secure > enough to bring it out to public hotspots. Also a little about a > homemade "laptop desk" (to be made out of pieces I already have) that > I can rest on uneven surfaces, and making sure there's plenty of room > under the computer for good air flow, especially under the CPU. That > certainly isn't specific to Linux or that distribution, but might be a > good topic for this or even a general laptop group. Actually, when I first got into laptops I joined up at http://forum.thinkpads.com/ and it turned out to be the best thing I ever did. As I have a bit of a collection of ThinkPads (starting from when the Pentium M was first used - so they're still useful), some of which I got as non-running and, when I have time I work on fixing them up - or making up 'FrankenPads', the best of two (or more) models. Also, for linux on TPads there's http://www.thinkwiki.org a good resource even for non-penguins like me. :) -- /Shaun. "Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a cozy little classification in the DSM." David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
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New to laptops Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-17 17:20 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) parv <parv000@yahooWhereElse.com> - 2012-12-18 10:50 +0000
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Christoph Schmees <cjws@nurfuerspam.de> - 2012-12-18 19:31 +0100
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-18 19:24 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Christoph Schmees <cjws@nurfuerspam.de> - 2012-12-19 11:36 +0100
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-20 16:43 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> - 2012-12-23 10:28 +0000
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-25 22:30 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> - 2012-12-26 09:51 +0000
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-26 21:52 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> - 2012-12-28 11:38 +0000
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-31 14:54 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) parv <parv000@yahooWhereElse.com> - 2013-01-04 06:29 +0000
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2013-01-04 17:22 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-01-12 13:15 +1300
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2013-01-14 19:46 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-01-26 10:56 +1300
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2013-01-28 19:42 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-01-29 16:00 +1300
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2013-01-29 21:21 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-01-31 22:38 +1300
Re: OT: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2013-02-04 00:22 -0500
Re: OT: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 14:56 +1300
Re: OT: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2013-02-10 00:57 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-18 19:24 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "Tom Rutherford" <tom@nospam.invalid> - 2012-12-19 20:28 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-20 16:43 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) News <News@Groups.Post> - 2012-12-20 17:00 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-20 17:19 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) News <News@Groups.Post> - 2012-12-20 17:24 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Ardent <iam@here.com.invalid> - 2012-12-23 08:16 +0530
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "Tom Rutherford" <tom@nospam.invalid> - 2012-12-23 15:20 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) parv <parv000@yahooWhereElse.com> - 2012-12-20 07:35 +0000
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-20 16:43 -0500
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Joe <joecool1029@gmail.com> - 2013-01-04 15:18 +0000
Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <newsgroup@invalid.invalid> - 2013-01-04 17:22 -0500
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