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[ILUG] laptops price update

[ILUG] laptops price update

John Allen john.allen at dublinux.net
Thu Aug 28 20:41:20 IST 2008


Paul O'Malley wrote:
> John Allen wrote:
>> Paul O'Malley wrote:
>>> I just got a phone call asking me to inform you those laptops (acer) 
>>> are
>>> down to
>>> 269 until Sunday.
>>> does one of these get you a pint next week?
>>> first laptop I see running GNU/Linux when I walk into the pub gets 
>>> the pint!
>>>   
>> Does that apply to any laptop?, or only these mini ones?
>>> Its owner may hijack the aforementioned pint!
> Hi John,
>
> always with the hard question!
>
> hmmmmm, I was thinking about this after the person who inspired my 
> question earlier asked about what qualified as a laptop.
>
> I am going to change it a bit, because I can (after all I am the judge 
> jury and organiser of this ;-)).
>
> If I can type uname -a on an input device and I can read an output 
> that looks to me like the linux program is running there, then hey 
> that is the pint winner.
>
> However to make the game a little harder.
> The device must be upstairs!
>
Ok, so what time are you arriving at Paul?
> Two classes of entry:
> handheld device
> mini laptop/notebook/ full on laptop
> (one pint in each class)
>
> Regards
> Paul
>
>




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