Bob Schwier on Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:05:30 -0400


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Re: CD ripping (was: Re: [PLUG] un-upgrade in debian)


And the antique laptop I use, a Toshiba, is specifically because it likes
the 12 volts it gets from my car.
bs


On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 08:15:47PM -0400, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> > I'm afraid to have it running - hdd and cd spinning and all -- the way 
> > I drive ------ i.e. when the car is moving.
> 
> Heh. Either you drive more recklessly than I, which I sincerely
> doubt, or you paid way more for your laptop than I did. :^>
> 
> Mine stays nestled at the back of the passenger seat pretty
> reliably. I think it's maybe dumped on the floor once or twice in
> hard braking. Turns out there's not much there for which I lack
> spare parts (IBM ThinkPad 760s being just about as common as sand on
> eBay, and cheap too). But, in any case, maybe more for me than you.
> 
> -- 
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net
> 

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