A bit more like it.

[Bob Hemus]

On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 10:13 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 07:09 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >> Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> >>> On Tuesday 30 January 2007 06:57, David Bandel wrote:
> >>>> On 1/29/07, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>>>> David Bandel wrote:
> >>>>>> On 1/29/07, Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 29, 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On Monday 29 January 2007 11:31 am, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> I personally do not like Dell, but for those who do:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/e510_nseries?c=us&c
> >>>>>>>>> s =19&l=en&s=dhs
> >>>>>>>> It strikes me that if they offer no support on the box, that they've
> >>>>>>>> dramatically reduced their overall costs on this thing.  Therefore,
> >>>>>>>> they should be nearly giving the thing away.  This is a no-risk move.
> >>>>>>>> They tell their marketing guys to post the web page.  If they sell
> >>>>>>>> six boxes, they covered their investment to compose the page.  The
> >>>>>>>> rest is gravy.
> >>>>>>> Now if they would provide laptops with eraser button mouse pads :-).
> >>>>>> This is the main reason I buy Dell laptops -- the nice Synaptics
> >>>>>> touchpad.  I hate the erasers -- too hard to use.  (Ugh - me vi, you
> >>>>>> emacs - ugh).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Ciao,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> David A. Bandel
> >>>>> I did not see any laptops on that page  ;-)
> >>>> No, and don't hold your breath on that any time soon.  I can buy
> >>>> systems without an OS.  You can't buy a laptop that way because you
> >>>> can't buy a laptop as a barebones system and put it together yourself.
> >>>>  So expect to pay the "Bill Tax" on them for a very long time yet.
> >>> If the Dell name isn't the issue:
> >>> http://system76.com/
> >> Hmmm. . .  I think I just found my next machine.
> > 
> > God, Tony. You just have it made. You get to sail the big boats when you
> > want, got a bad woman that hasn't murdered you in your sleep and you're
> > getting a new lappy! It just doesn't get any better than that, you are
> > my shining example of a happy geek. 
> > 
> > I aspire to accomplish that within my lifetime. I have had all three
> > attributes, at one point or another, but not at all the same time. Next
> > thing you know, ole Tony will be also given the accolade "International
> > Man of Mystery" and then I'll just go and shoot myself. Thankfully, the
> > Llama isn't going to give up the title any time soon. I'm spared,
> > 4now. :) Ric 
> 
> It is my impression that He-Who-Has-No-Hair-In-Panama fits your 
> description of the International Man Of Mystery (IMOM) more closely than 
> I.  Why would anyone other than a drug runner need to know the height of 
> the tides in the local lagoon?
I think, in the vernacular, a pescador?
Bob