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"Whiskers" |
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06 Oct 2004 04:20:22 PM |
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New computer |
I'm starting from scratch with a new computer, so I will have missed lots
of posts - but I'm back, and this is a nice machine :))
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| User: "% surfs@uniserve" |
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| Title: Re: New computer |
06 Oct 2004 04:37:51 PM |
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"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:m54e32-iq5.ln1@ID107770.user.uni-berlin.de...
I'm starting from scratch with a new computer, so I will have missed lots
of posts - but I'm back, and this is a nice machine :))
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well i guess that explains the flooding
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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| Title: Re: New computer |
07 Oct 2004 03:56:35 PM |
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On 2004-10-06, % <surfs@uniserve> wrote:
"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:m54e32-iq5.ln1@ID107770.user.uni-berlin.de...
I'm starting from scratch with a new computer, so I will have missed lots
of posts - but I'm back, and this is a nice machine :))
well i guess that explains the flooding
No, that's the rain.
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| User: "Jernau Gurgeh" |
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| Title: Re: New computer |
06 Oct 2004 06:53:56 PM |
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On 06 Oct 2004, you wrote in alt.support.depression:
I'm starting from scratch with a new computer, so I will have missed lots
of posts - but I'm back, and this is a nice machine :))
Nice one! Would you care to share some specs?
Jernau
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The only failure in life
is the failure to try
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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| Title: Re: New computer |
07 Oct 2004 04:15:00 PM |
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On 2004-10-06, Jernau Gurgeh <jernaugurgeh@*****.this.*****> wrote:
On 06 Oct 2004, you wrote in alt.support.depression:
I'm starting from scratch with a new computer, so I will have missed lots
of posts - but I'm back, and this is a nice machine :))
Nice one! Would you care to share some specs?
If you insist ... HP laptop, model zd7170ea, 17" 'widescreen'. Intel P4 3GHz
multi-threading CPU, 512MB RAM, PC-Card slot, multi-card reader, CD/DVD-RW,
4xUSB2, NIC, wireless, infrared, 'full-size' built-in keyboard with
seperate number pad.
It's a 'reconditioned' item, but looks and feels like new. It came with no
OS installed, just a boot notice that 'this machine is designed for you to
install your preferred OS' or words to that effect, and 3 'HP Mandrake 9.2'
CDs (I installed Mdk 10 'community' though, as that seemed to work better
overall). I still haven't got all the hardware working, but the bits I'm
really interested in right now are very nice :)))
I saw it in a small scruffy computer-shop window, all on its own apart from
lots of shabby cardboard boxes and second-hand Dell bits. Love at first
sight; I just /had/ to rescue it ;))
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| User: "Jernau Gurgeh" |
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| Title: Re: New computer |
07 Oct 2004 06:03:15 PM |
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Whiskers wrote in alt.support.depression:
On 2004-10-06, Jernau Gurgeh <jernaugurgeh@*****.this.*****> wrote:
On 06 Oct 2004, you wrote in alt.support.depression:
I'm starting from scratch with a new computer, so I will have missed
lots of posts - but I'm back, and this is a nice machine :))
Nice one! Would you care to share some specs?
If you insist ... HP laptop, model zd7170ea, 17" 'widescreen'. Intel
P4 3GHz multi-threading CPU, 512MB RAM, PC-Card slot, multi-card
reader, CD/DVD-RW, 4xUSB2, NIC, wireless, infrared, 'full-size'
built-in keyboard with seperate number pad.
It's a 'reconditioned' item, but looks and feels like new. It came
with no OS installed, just a boot notice that 'this machine is
designed for you to install your preferred OS' or words to that
effect, and 3 'HP Mandrake 9.2' CDs (I installed Mdk 10 'community'
though, as that seemed to work better overall). I still haven't got
all the hardware working, but the bits I'm really interested in right
now are very nice :)))
Sounds very very nice! And from what I recall from my HP laptops: HP have
got excellent support for their hardware, even on their linux version. So
if you can't get all the hardware working you could give that a try.
I saw it in a small scruffy computer-shop window, all on its own apart
from lots of shabby cardboard boxes and second-hand Dell bits. Love
at first sight; I just /had/ to rescue it ;))
Oh, I understand. It's just that I wouldn't want a laptop anymore, unless
I turn into a road warrior again (you know, have laptop, will travel...).
But the thrill of something new (as in, new to you or me), that I know
too well.And as laptops go, I think this is a very nice one (I checked
the HP site).
Enjoy!
Btw, your laptop is faster than my main computer, and it will probably
remain that way for a couple of years...
Jernau
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is the failure to try
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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| Title: Re: New computer |
08 Oct 2004 08:26:08 AM |
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On 2004-10-07, Jernau Gurgeh <jernaugurgeh@*****.this.*****> wrote:
Whiskers wrote in alt.support.depression:
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I saw it in a small scruffy computer-shop window, all on its own apart
from lots of shabby cardboard boxes and second-hand Dell bits. Love
at first sight; I just /had/ to rescue it ;))
Oh, I understand. It's just that I wouldn't want a laptop anymore, unless
I turn into a road warrior again (you know, have laptop, will travel...).
But the thrill of something new (as in, new to you or me), that I know
too well.And as laptops go, I think this is a very nice one (I checked
the HP site).
Enjoy!
I intend to :))
Btw, your laptop is faster than my main computer, and it will probably
remain that way for a couple of years...
My main PC is an AMD K6/2 500, so this laptop seems to move like lightning
:)) I think I might turn the desktop machine into a 'gateway' and set up a
little LAN - even though I live alone in a small flat <g>.
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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| Title: Re: New computer |
08 Oct 2004 11:46:25 AM |
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On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 14:26:08 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
My main PC is an AMD K6/2 500, so this laptop seems to move like lightning
:)) I think I might turn the desktop machine into a 'gateway' and set up a
little LAN - even though I live alone in a small flat <g>.
If you go wireless, be sure to read the manual - especially the security
concepts - and use all the security features.
In my building I have found three wireless systems that I can logon to
without even leaving my apartment. There are two more that I can get into
by taking the notebook out onto the balcony. And that's just with the
default antenna. With an add-on antennae, even a home-made Pringles can
antenna, I could likely draw in a dozen more.
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MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage and
asked Incredulity to dinner.
- Ambrose Bierce
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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| Title: Re: New computer |
08 Oct 2004 01:18:13 PM |
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On 2004-10-08, CyberDroog <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 14:26:08 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
My main PC is an AMD K6/2 500, so this laptop seems to move like lightning
:)) I think I might turn the desktop machine into a 'gateway' and set up a
little LAN - even though I live alone in a small flat <g>.
If you go wireless, be sure to read the manual - especially the security
concepts - and use all the security features.
In my building I have found three wireless systems that I can logon to
without even leaving my apartment. There are two more that I can get into
by taking the notebook out onto the balcony. And that's just with the
default antenna. With an add-on antennae, even a home-made Pringles can
antenna, I could likely draw in a dozen more.
I'd probably stick with wires. It's a local sport here in London, finding
wide-open wireless networks with broadband access. Apparently, some of the
stores in Oxford St even have networks with names identifying the store, and
the dept or floor ... all un-encrypted and accessible from a considerable
distance. One of these days someone is going to have a lot of fun.
Some businesses deliberately provide wireless access for their patrons, of
course, but they usually know what they're doing.
A recent BBC techy-geeky programme demonstrated how vulnerable many
wireless-enabled laptops are; their expert set up his machine in a cafe, and
was able to extract all sorts of stuff from other customers' machines
without them noticing.
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| User: "dennis" |
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| Title: Re: New computer |
06 Oct 2004 06:00:33 PM |
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On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:20:22 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
I'm starting from scratch with a new computer, so I will have missed lots
of posts - but I'm back, and this is a nice machine :))
i am getting a new computer at work with office 2003
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| User: "% surfs@uniserve" |
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| Title: Re: New computer |
06 Oct 2004 10:02:20 PM |
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"dennis" <later@notnow.net> wrote in message
news:p7u8m0ph4pqdfigataj1876s2r20jior4h@4ax.com...
On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:20:22 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
I'm starting from scratch with a new computer, so I will have missed lots
of posts - but I'm back, and this is a nice machine :))
i am getting a new computer at work with office 2003
i wish i had a computer
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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| Title: Re: New computer |
07 Oct 2004 03:57:47 PM |
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On 2004-10-06, dennis <later@notnow.net> wrote:
On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:20:22 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
I'm starting from scratch with a new computer, so I will have missed lots
of posts - but I'm back, and this is a nice machine :))
i am getting a new computer at work with office 2003
My condolences.
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| User: "Kirby Cook" |
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| Title: Re: New computer |
07 Oct 2004 10:07:12 AM |
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Whiskers wrote:
I'm starting from scratch with a new computer, so I will have missed lots
of posts - but I'm back, and this is a nice machine :))
Congratulations! I'm delighted for you.
Kirby
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