Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just finished counting my house network - 3 desktops and 6 laptops! No netbook as yet, but maybe next week... Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 4:00 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > I just realised I mis-counted! The kids have new school machines they bring > home too, a laptop and a tablet PC. So I'm up to ten! > Anyone want to buy a cheap Vaio netbook that's ever so cute and petite but > runs like molasses with Vista and has a font suitable for micro ants. > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 13 February 2010 23:04, Mark Pope <mark at whitedogs.co.uk> wrote: > >> You just beat me to it Geoff! ?Currently eight in Casa Pope too! ?No games >> consoles though! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Mark Pope, >> Swindon, Wilts >> UK >> >> Homepage ? ? ? ? ? ? ? http://www.monomagic.co.uk >> Blog ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog >> Picture a week (2010) >> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010 >> Picture a week (2009) >> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009 >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008 >> >> >> Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >> >>> ?I can't speak for the Brits but some of us do our best to skew the >>> statistics. Eight computers in this house currently (not counting games >>> consoles)! >>> Cheers >>> Geoff >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> >>> On 13 February 2010 20:18, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> >>> wrote: >>> >>> ? Le 13 f?vr. 10 ? 11:00, Frank Dernie a ?crit : >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I don't know about Cuba, but a lot of British homes do not have a >>>>> computer, maybe even the majority... >>>>> >>>>> Not quite, times are changing in the Kingdom :-) >>>> http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=868 >>>> Best >>>> Ph >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Frank >>>> >>>>> ?On 13 Feb, 2010, at 00:24, Frank Filippone wrote: >>>>> >>>>> HE said...... >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> . If you are staying in "homes" as we hope to be, then you are likely >>>>>> to >>>>>> have your laptop confiscated. >>>>>> >>>>>> I assume the home has a desktop? ?( even in Cuba.....) >>>>>> >>>>>> Frank Filippone >>>>>> red735i at earthlink.net >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org >>>>>> ?[mailto:lug-bounces+red735i >>>>>> <lug-bounces%2Bred735i><lug-bounces%2Bred735i>= >>>>>> earthlink.net@ >>>>>> leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >>>>>> Jayanand Govindaraj >>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:58 AM >>>>>> To: Leica Users Group >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Last minute Cuba problem >>>>>> >>>>>> Frank, >>>>>> Where is the desktop? >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Jayanand >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Frank Filippone < >>>>>> red735i at earthlink.net> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> ?Bring USB memory card readers. ?USB Hard Drive for backup. ?Use >>>>>>> desktop >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> review and copy. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Maybe $150 total. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sounds way too easy..... am I missing something? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Frank Filippone >>>>>>> red735i at earthlink.net >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org >>>>>>> ? [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i >>>>>>> <lug-bounces%2Bred735i><lug-bounces%2Bred735i>= >>>>>>> earthlink.net@ >>>>>>> leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >>>>>>> afirkin at afirkin.com >>>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 12:04 AM >>>>>>> To: Leica Users Group >>>>>>> Subject: [Leica] Last minute Cuba problem >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ok, I finally just about go all "digital" and suddenly I'm thinking >>>>>>> about >>>>>>> film for our trip to Cuba. WHY? Seems the Cuban government is "prone" >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> taking laptops from visitors and only returning them when you leave. >>>>>>> If >>>>>>> you are staying in "homes" as we hope to be, then you are likely to >>>>>>> have >>>>>>> your laptop confiscated. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So how to travel and back up Olympus Hasselblad and Leica digital >>>>>>> cameras >>>>>>> for a month? The best I've come up with is the Epson P7000, but it >>>>>>> does >>>>>>> not support the H'blad files and dng only shows as jpeg previews. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyone used the Epson? Any suggestions? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> TIA >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Alastair >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ?_______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information