From: spamtrap42@jacob21819.net   
      
   On 2013-06-02, Jim Beard  wrote:   
   > On 06/01/2013 07:29 PM, Moe Trin wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 31 May 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   article   
   >> <1sKdnZjHbvclWDXMnZ2dnUVZ_qqdnZ2d@posted.lerostechnologies>, Jim Beard   
   wrote:   
   >   
   >>> I do have at least one strong bias on names and labeling, in that   
   >>> certain types of labels trigger an immediate rejection.  E.g. in   
   >>> foods and beverages, Low Fat, Reduced Calorie, and the like in   
   >>> themselves constitute reason for me to reject the stuff.   
   >>   
   >> What have you got against "Reduced Taste" and "No Flavor"?   
   >   
   > If that were all there were to it, I might tolerate such things.   
   >   But they are usually accompanied by chemical-feast ingredients   
   > to compensate for the stuff taken out, and that can   
   > turn foods into low-grade toxins, or possibly worse.   
   >   
   >>> I took a look at the HDMI port, but the connector required for   
   >>> that does not match the HDMI connector on my Samsung 23" monitor.   
   >>   
   >> Hmmm - not the standard HDMI?   My wife's ASUS and my HP have the   
   >> standard connector, though I think we've only tried to use it once   
   >> to check it out for a presentation my wife had to make.   
   >   
   > What is a "standard" HDMI?  The connector at the end of my   
   > Samsung monitor's HDMI cable has two sets of 9 pins plus a single   
   > small flat ribbon thing, that goes into a fitting about 1 inch   
   > wide and a little over 1/4-inch high.  On the laptop, the HDMI   
   > port fitting is about the same size and general shape as a USB   
   > port fitting, with corners angled and different internals of   
   > course.  The laptop HDMI notably does not accommodate pins, but   
   > has a flat plate that apparently has the contacts.   
      
   Are you sure that isn't a DisplayPort connector?  My work laptop   
   has a DisplayPort output instead of HDMI.  The adapter to go from   
   the laptop to an Asus HDMI monitor was pretty cheap (at the right   
   retailer).   
      
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