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Re: laptop recommendation

heiowge — Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:44 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:44 pm

M-Saunders wrote:

Heiowge, that picture is also useful for performing an internet high-five!

M

Hang on...

I know my hand is red. It was hard scrubbing off the other words!

(released under the freeist licence you can think of)

Re: laptop recommendation

bobthebob1234 — Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:21 pm

Author: bobthebob1234

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:21 pm

Oh how I love how topics here quickly run into randomness

This one didn't even get to page 2 before it turned!

The hand could also be used for an internet slap.

Re: laptop recommendation

M-Saunders — Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:28 pm

Author: M-Saunders

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:28 pm

Heiowge, that picture is also useful for performing an internet high-five!

M

Re: laptop recommendation

nelz — Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:22 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:22 pm

bobthebob1234 wrote:

What sort of free electrons?

Free as in liberated, or free as in cost?

Free as in liberated. They wander around as they please, which is why my copy sometimes arrives late.

Re: laptop recommendation

bobthebob1234 — Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:29 pm

Author: bobthebob1234

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:29 pm

nelz wrote:

free electrons.

What sort of free electrons?

Free as in liberated, or free as in cost? I suppose you didn't pay to create them, but someone paid for them to be moved around and to be liberated in the first place

Re: laptop recommendation

heiowge — Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:20 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:20 pm

I don't mind paying for my non-free mag. If it's real freedom you want, please talk to this picture of my hand free of charge:

Re: laptop recommendation

nelz — Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:51 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:51 am

ScannerDarkly wrote:

Mike, I'd already figured you didn't respect user freedom, as I've noticed your articles in "Linux Format" -- or what I've recently taken to calling "GNU/Linux Format" -- are released under a non-free font.

It's worse than that, the non-free fonts are printed on non-free paper using non-free ink.

On the other hand, all my contributions are sent in using free electrons.

Re: laptop recommendation

M-Saunders — Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:28 am

Author: M-Saunders

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:28 am

Reasonable trolling effort -- I'd give it 6/10 as I took you slightly seriously in the first post. But the second post let it down I'm afraid!

M

Re: laptop recommendation

ScannerDarkly — Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:04 am

Author: ScannerDarkly

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:04 am

M-Saunders wrote:

ScannerDarkly wrote:

Anything but a Leemote Yoolong with a free BIOS is an enemy of your freedom.

Yeah, because I find I really can't get anything done without reading my BIOS source code. If only my BIOS was open -- then I'd have the freedom to program, browse the web, watch videos, listen to music, play games, talk to friends, and have an awesome time.

Oh wait, I already have those freedoms. Because my definition of "freedom" is much more sensible than yours

M

Re: laptop recommendation

M-Saunders — Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:36 am

Author: M-Saunders

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:36 am

ScannerDarkly wrote:

Anything but a Leemote Yoolong with a free BIOS is an enemy of your freedom.

Re: laptop recommendation

ScannerDarkly — Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:46 pm

Author: ScannerDarkly

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:46 pm

Anything but a Leemote Yoolong with a free BIOS is an enemy of your freedom.

Re: laptop recommendation

heiowge — Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:46 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:46 pm

I quite like Asus. I have an eeepc and my old eeepc went my daughter when she turned 8.

Re: laptop recommendation

M-Saunders — Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:02 am

Author: M-Saunders

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:02 am

heiowge wrote:

We managed to get one of these ex-display (there were none available within 30 miles or for delivery that weren't ex display):

http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy-ASUS-X53E-SX393V-PNK-Laptop/733725

Cool. I got an ASUS A52F at the weekend -- seems good!

M

Re: laptop recommendation

ScannerDarkly — Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:43 am

Author: ScannerDarkly

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:43 am

Get a Lenovo Thinkpad and duckduckgo laptop paint jobs!

Re: laptop recommendation

heiowge — Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:30 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:30 am

We managed to get one of these ex-display (there were none available within 30 miles or for delivery that weren't ex display):

http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy-ASUS-X53E-SX393V-PNK-Laptop/733725

Paid �299.99.

And the real bonus? I get her old one to experiment with Arch for a while before we ebay it.