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Subject: [Leica] Last minute Cuba problem
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:42:02 +0530
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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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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