From: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in article
, Adam wrote:
>Moe Trin wrote:
>> Happy New Year!
>Thanks, and you too! Good thing the Y2013 bug didn't turn out to be
>too serious. :-)
I'm sure you heard that the "end of the Mayan calender" problem last
month turned out to be fake - a number of people in another Usenet
newsgroup have decided it was a copyright trap. In reality, we've
got a few years before the next two biggies - the end of the NTP era
around 06:30 UTC on February 7, 2036, and the rollover of the 'C'
variable 'time_t' around 03:15 UTC on January 19, 2038. ;-) Of
course, the first is already "fixed" in RFC4330, and the second will
only bother people/systems using 32 bit architecture.
[Thinkpad T60]
>After installing the Lenovo updates, the Windows partition was close
>to not having enough room for its swap (1.5xRAM) and hibernate
>(1xRAM) files when RAM will be 3GB, so I shrank the FAT32 data
>partition by 3.5 GB to expand the NTFS by that amount.
Not having to worry about that... ;-)
>The partition for each Linux distro is still 14 GB (so far under half
>used), but then they'll use a separate (shared) swap partition of 4
>GB. (I can see where that could get interesting if I hibernated with
>one distro and then booted the other!)
Exactly - but that's always been a consideration. Mentioned for me,
the cold boot delays aren't that big of a factor, and the only reason
we've got a big swap on our laptops is in the event that we somehow
accidentally make them hibernate.
>Mandriva and Mageia (to play with) are installed, and just
>today both got wired connectivity,
Sounds good - What does '/bin/netstat -antu' show open, and why?
>but not wireless yet. I keep forgetting that each system needs one
>address for a wired connection and another for a wireless connection.
One step at a time.
[hot-spot networking]
>> The individual wireless devices have a relatively short range,
>> maybe up to a thousand feet with no intervening obstacles, but that
>> would likely be with reduced bandwidth.
>Hmm... but in someplace like the college library, where there are no
>major obstacles but lots of other WiFi connections active, does the
>802.11b/g 54 Mbps limit apply to each connection, or to all
>connections summed together?
All - the connections are essentially all going through the single
router receiver/transmitter, and that's the bottleneck (unless the
Ethernet the router is connected to is 10 megabit, or the hose going
out to the world is smaller). That's a reason to have multiple
individual hot-spots, rather than a single one covering a large area.
You _may_ find that some "popular" hot-spots may use traffic shaping
("man tc") to attempt to control bandwidth hogs. I've noticed the
local library is doing so (looking at a file transfer, the rate is
lower, but relatively even - without shaping, the rate may vary widely
moment to moment).
[choosing a laptop case]
>> The differences in the various cases/sleeves usually wind up being
>> quality (materials and construction), the thickness (usually
>> padding material) and how many extra places they include to stash
>> things.
>I think you mentioned that I shouldn't buy any case without examining
>it in person first.
I don't know if I did, but I agree with the suggestion.
>What about cases offered at "computer stores" (here that's Staples,
>Office Depot, and Best Buy) versus those offered as computer cases
>elsewhere (here that would be KMart, Target and WalMart)?
(Haven't been to a KMart in a while - they closed most of them here,
and the nearest one is over 20 miles away.) I'd tend more towards the
"computer store", as I'm a little less impressed with the quality of
stuff at the department stores. The "computer store" should also have
a better selection in stock. That said, I'd still at least look to
see what they've got.
>> Another alternative is a back-pack, but I worry about overloading
>> them such that it produces unwanted bending force on the laptop
>Someone in a laptop NG said, "Putting books and a laptop in the same
>backpack is an invitation to cracking the screen if you set it down
>wrong and quickly."
I know what they mean, but I try to take more care of things that I
know are fragile. The one that I got from Costco has a padded and
somewhat strong divider between the laptop... bay, and the _rest_ of
the large compartment where you'd be stashing books. It has a second
compartment (same cross-section, but with less capacity - perhaps a
nominal 1" three-ring binder), but it's not padded as well.
>I think that means no backpack for my laptop, then.
I can't say that I'd be that concerned - given the choice between
carrying a case much like an attache' case _and_ a book bag, verses a
single (well padded) backpack... Depends
>> One description might be an overnight case with small wheels and a
>> telescoping handle.
>I know what you're talking about. I don't have one, but used one
>like that for the first few classes of B/W Photog. when I was
>bringing both photo supplies and my camera kit to class.
My wife has one - more the size of a "single-suiter" than an overnight
case, and the main advantages are that it's a hard case which gives
more protection from external dings, and that it's easier to... well
you really don't carry it that often, but you get the idea. Coupled
with the lady always carrying a handbag/purse of some kind, the extra
work of trying to carry a computer bag as well is almost a non-starter
(even ignoring that some airlines are trying to charge for each
carry-on bag). She simply puts the laptop into a sleeve to give it
some padding, and puts that into the wheeled bag.
[family collage]
>I was so proud of it that I put up a photo of the completed collage
>at [...] - but intentionally such low quality that no one in it
>should be recognizable.
Well, I think the one in the upper-left is grand-parents... I sorta
remember this was one of the photos you were having problems with,
but that was a while ago and the resolution is pretty ghastly. Top
row, third from left, bottom row, third from right - "why are you
disturbing my sleep?" Bottom row, third from left - almost the same
reaction. Looks good!
>Now as I look at it, I see minor things that should have been fixed --
>one photo taken at an angle, and also a very similar photo right next
>to it -- but not enough to bother fixing, yet.
I'll take your word for it
>> Encore for a birthday/anniversary or Mothers/Fathers day?
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