[ltp] Linux Thinkpad List Acquires Thinkpad business from IBM
for non-profit, high quality, Linux Laptop business.
D. Sen
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 04 Dec 2004 08:23:39 +1100
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:-)
Peter Stuge wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 08:15:19PM +0100, Winsley von Spee wrote:
>
>
>>Sorry for "costiveness is horny" ;). In German it's "Geiz is Geil" you
>>can translate ist with cheap is good but it sound much more kitchy
>>(excuse again when kitchy is wrong at this place again).
>>
>>
>
>"The cheaper the better" perhaps?
>
>
>On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 08:56:52PM +0100, Meike Reichle wrote:
>
>
>>dissapoint me). My only comfort is, that for me there's still a long
>>time until I'll run out of thinkpad models (considering that, as a
>>student, you can usually not afford them until they are at least ~5
>>years old. So there's still years to come until models like the X30 or
>>even X40 reach "my world" ;)
>>
>>
>
>Here in Sweden university students (at least with one of the major
>technical universities) get a really good deal on the X40, 10000 SEK
>which is like 1200 EUR, possibly a little more.
>
>
>On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 03:05:39PM -0500, Matt Graham wrote:
>
>
>>>>You can even turn the tp light on and off from the console thats a
>>>>very cool feature ;).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>You can? How's that work?
>>>
>>>
>>Hardware: Fn-PgUp, at least on an A22p.
>>Software: dunno.
>>
>>
>
>Software: ibm-acpi
>cat /proc/acpi/ibm/light
>echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
>echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
>
> ..heh, just stumbled on a bug in ibm-acpi I guess. Both echo and cat
>are hanging the shell. Oh well, I "almost-suspended" earlier, that's
>probably why. But it works on a clean boot.
>
>
>//Peter
>
>
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Dr. D. Sen
School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
University of New South Wales
Sydney
NSW 2052
Australia
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Peter Stuge wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid20041203203220.GA16714@foo.birdnet.se" type="cite">
<pre wrap="">On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 08:15:19PM +0100, Winsley von Spee wrote:
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Sorry for "costiveness is horny" ;). In German it's "Geiz is Geil" you
can translate ist with cheap is good but it sound much more kitchy
(excuse again when kitchy is wrong at this place again).
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->
"The cheaper the better" perhaps?
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 08:56:52PM +0100, Meike Reichle wrote:
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">dissapoint me). My only comfort is, that for me there's still a long
time until I'll run out of thinkpad models (considering that, as a
student, you can usually not afford them until they are at least ~5
years old. So there's still years to come until models like the X30 or
even X40 reach "my world" ;)
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->
Here in Sweden university students (at least with one of the major
technical universities) get a really good deal on the X40, 10000 SEK
which is like 1200 EUR, possibly a little more.
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 03:05:39PM -0500, Matt Graham wrote:
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<blockquote type="cite">
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">You can even turn the tp light on and off from the console thats a
very cool feature ;).
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap="">You can? How's that work?
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap="">Hardware: Fn-PgUp, at least on an A22p.
Software: dunno.
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->
Software: ibm-acpi
cat /proc/acpi/ibm/light
echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
..heh, just stumbled on a bug in ibm-acpi I guess. Both echo and cat
are hanging the shell. Oh well, I "almost-suspended" earlier, that's
probably why. But it works on a clean boot.
//Peter
</pre>
</blockquote>
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Dr. D. Sen
School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
University of New South Wales
Sydney
NSW 2052
Australia
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