For YOU, haraldo...

[res6jya6]

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/07/google_announce.html

In reference to a discussion we had quite a while back.

Sorry I haven't been on lately... SUPER busy at work!!!

Hope everyone is alright!

 

[haraldo]

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/07/google_announce.html

In reference to a discussion we had quite a while back.

Sorry I haven't been on lately... SUPER busy at work!!!

Hope everyone is alright!

Wow !

This is interesting....
I already have two Asus Eee netbooks (Eee 701 and Eee 900), happy with them, although the first one is getting tired now and having h/w issues with keyboard, but then first one is a very early production model ordered three month before first release of Eee pc's. I believe this is the first Eee Pc shipped to Norway.

These PC's are absolutely to be recommended, I always use my Eee as music player with portable Audioengine 2 speakers on holidays, and it works beatifully.

With an even better OS, it will be
I run a stripped down version of Ubuntu (Linux) on the Eee 701 and OpenSUSE 11.1 on the 900. OpenSUSE runs outn of the box on the Eee 900 with some simor tweaking to be done with Graphics driver and some other things, but everything works right out of the box.

These netbooks are really good

 

[rnatalli]

These netbooks are really good

I'm a fan as well. My wife's EEE has Linux Mint 7 and it works perfectly. Was able to install it off a USB stick.

 

[haraldo]

I'm a fan as well. My wife's EEE has Linux Mint 7 and it works perfectly. Was able to install it off a USB stick.

Looked at what's stated with Chrome OS, which is a new windowsing system on top of a Linux kernel, looks very promising

 

[haraldo]

I will probably be very interested to see what Google Chrome OS can do for these netbook PC's, and whenever there's a beta release.... we should try this out guys

 

[vizionut]

hey harold check out my dads old sailboat....lol not as big as the one you was on but still a sailboat.

 

[Davemcc]

I've never been on a sailboad...or a sailboat for that matter.

 

[vizionut]

I've never been on a sailboad...or a sailboat for that matter.

I know, fixed it thanks dave

 

[haraldo]

I've never been on a sailboad...or a sailboat for that matter.

You really need to try this Dave, had a nice long sailing day yesterday, I really love this stuff

 

[haraldo]

hey harold check out my dads old sailboat....lol not as big as the one you was on but still a sailboat.

Thx mate
Often, there's more pleasure in a smaller sailboat than a bigger one... small sailboats are really great, really !!!! This is not a joke

 

[Davemcc]

You really need to try this Dave, had a nice long sailing day yesterday, I really love this stuff

Although I live near to Lake Erie and Lake St. Claire, I don't have the money for a sailboat nor do I run with a crowd of friends that can afford it, either. There's lots of sailboats around here but I don't personally know anybody that owns one. I've always thought of boats as giant holes in the water that you shovel money into.

 

[haraldo]

I've always thought of boats as giant holes in the water that you shovel money into.

Yeah, there's a saying like this..... and it's kind'o true .... unless....
With smaller boats this is a quite different story, and that's also one of the reasons why I really like very small sailboats.... everything is, of course, smaller; and then also much cheaper to keep, and you get much closer to elements in a small boat.

I don't have a boat at the moment, but I will get one again; just holding on now because I'm doing some changes to my life....

A good way of see how sailing is would be to get in touch with a yacht club and get to sail with somebody that do have a boat, to learn, and to see if this is sth for you....

I would really recommend to try this out because it's so good for the soul and so nice and really.... fenomenal....

 

[Davemcc]

We have one local yacht club and I did consider joining at one time until I saw the fees and ongoing membership costs. I think it's primarily a social club for the wealthy elite. When I do have time to do things I enjoy, I spend that time with my wife...that's also very good for my soul.

 

[haraldo]

We have one local yacht club and I did consider joining at one time until I saw the fees and ongoing membership costs. I think it's primarily a social club for the wealthy elite. When I do have time to do things I enjoy, I spend that time with my wife...that's also very good for my soul.

I see.. here it's very different with low cost fees to join the sailing clubs and those who wish are free to join sailing, it's more like crew are in demand for the boatowners, so for me I can pick whoever I would like to sail with, right now there are three different boats that I can pick to sail regattas with.... so I believe it's very different.

From what you write it seems like these guys are more to have these boats for "showoff" than to have fun sailing. I don't like this "wealthy elite sailing guys"... What you state there is not what sailing is about, it's a fun thing to do for everybody and not for those wealthy guys with blue jackets and white trousers and funny hats

 

[Davemcc]

I'm sure sailing is quite different here. Shoreline property is limited and expensive. Public boat docks and/or launching ramps are few. Private marinas are usually quite pricey. Other issues also limit boat ownership and use, like having to take the boat out and store it on shore every winter, the expense of owning a boat that can only be used 7-8 months per year and over-enforcement of law patrols (i.e. US Dept of Homeland Security, Can. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard, RCMP, OPP and local police can all stop you for inspection and quite often every one stops you in a single voyage, often multiple times in a single voyage. Some boaters can be stopped for inspection 8-9 times in a single trip). The requirement to take the boats out and store them for the winter generally limits people here to power boats for simplicity. Actual sailing boats here are rare.

 

[haraldo]

I'm sure sailing is quite different here. Shoreline property is limited and expensive. Public boat docks and/or launching ramps are few. Private marinas are usually quite pricey. Other issues also limit boat ownership and use, like having to take the boat out and store it on shore every winter, the expense of owning a boat that can only be used 7-8 months per year and over-enforcement of law patrols (i.e. US Dept of Homeland Security, Can. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard, RCMP, OPP and local police can all stop you for inspection and quite often every one stops you in a single voyage, often multiple times in a single voyage. Some boaters can be stopped for inspection 8-9 times in a single trip). The requirement to take the boats out and store them for the winter generally limits people here to power boats for simplicity. Actual sailing boats here are rare.

Actually, this sounds horrible to me.....
Here it's just to buy a boat and have fun, to find a marina is not so difficult and normally not so expensive, and they also offer inexpensive locations to keep boat at winter.... this should be about having fun and not all those problems

 

[Davemcc]

this should be about having fun and not all those problems

That describes life in general, not just boating.

 

[haraldo]

That describes life in general, not just boating.

I agree wholeheartedly, this should go with all we do, AV hobbies and anything else, yes......