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Free Geek Robbed
Ellen Wilson writes, "Portland, Oregon, non-profit Free Geek, which turns old PCs into Linux boxen, has been robbed of about $4500 worth of hardware. Portlanders are asked to keep an eye out for suspicious sales of Ubuntu laptops." This blog post has some details of labeling that could help to spot the stolen laptops. BoingBoing picked up the story and added that another local outfit, the Independent Publishing Resource Center, which supports Portland's zine scene, had been hit on the previous night.
If this doesn't make it on CNN, I am so firing off an email.
Yes, but make sure the book runs Linux first.
Tubby or not tubby. Fat is the question
"suspicious sales of Ubuntu laptops"
So, ANY sales of Ubuntu laptops?
boxen boxen boxen boxen
Personally, I think it's an imminently useable colloquialism.
The Spoon
Updated 6/28/2011
These guys must have been so eager to use Ubuntu that they couldn't wait long enough to download and burn their own copy or order one in the mail. While I admire their enthusiasm over Linux, I can't condone stealing stealing a copy.
"It's not whether you win or lose, it's how drunk you get." -- H. J. Simpson
Sony batteries, after all.
Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
Hans Reiser
It's sort of like a paper blog.....
Where were you when the voynix came?
Allowing new words to the language embiggens us all. Besides that, it's a perfectly cromulent word.
walked slowly with our hands in the air
Did you then wave them around like you just didn't care?
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
Oh, dear! It's a good thing that you're probably too young to remember the vaxen. They might have driven you to violence.
"Here's what's happening. You're starting to drive like your Dad..." - Red Green
Nine out of ten thieves agree, Linux is not ready for prime time.
Loose lips lose spit.
What good does it do to aim four times?
Just fire away, geez.
If you can read this, I forgot to post anonymously.
Quit complaining or I'll infect you with some virii I got from an ATM machine when I entered you're PIN number wrong.
"But this one goes to 11!"
You mean like: Give a man a Linux box and he'll be confused for a day; Teach a man Linux and he'll be confused for the rest of his life?
I kid, of course... ;)
...following the principles of Heisenburger's Uncertain Cat...
"I can't stand thieves in the first place, but from FreeGeek? That's low."
I know, I mean I can't stand a thief without a Code of Ethics.
"But this one goes to 11!"
this is almost enough to make one lose faith in the noble enterprise of burglary.
how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
Cute. You think it's an impending or threateningly useable neologism?
Now I can't decide whether you had a good point or not.
Try 'eminently'.
Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
I love Kaypros, you insensitive clod! Why, I just ran across someone selling one for $20 on craigslist last night.
I was seriously considering buying it. That was one fine luggable CPM Computer !
kaypro for sale
I still insist that a Kaypro and an Epson MX-80 is enough computer for any person.
I even had a text only version of Lode Runner on that baby.
music lover since 1969
Yo geeky ladies around the world
Got a wired box to show you
To telnet the boys and girls
Shell your brother, your sister and your momma too
Windows is going down
And you know what just to do
Wave your RAM in the air like you don't care
Run Glide with your games as hackers stop and stare
DVD and DVD and DVD then boot
Come on Linux tell me what's the word
Word op! Everybody say
When you hear the system call your drive will be getting underway.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
the open source guideline for laptop chucking
aim early, aim often...
It begs the question: Is this worth loosing you're temper over this?
Fnord.
... a warehouse in Portland was found to be storing a large Beowulf cluster pieced together from old hardware for the purpose of sending out advertisements for "V1agra/C1alis".
I often wonder whether the person who coined the term "neologism" did so with a twinge of guilty pleasure.
But then that's probably just me.
Post may contain irony: discontinue use if experiencing mood swings, nausea or elevated blood pressure.
Shouldn't that be:
"Gaim early, Gaim often..."
I'll get my coat...
The MAFIAA is a bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes
on a plane.
sent from my slashdot browser.
Why do all the stupid puns get modded funny?
That was like, the gaimest joke ever.
If you can read this, I forgot to post anonymously.
sarcasm:
-noun
1. harsh or bitter derision or irony.
I'm in Portland, and when I'm not at work I could easily be mistaken for a criminal (I look like a skater).
:-)
I think everything after your third word was redundant... "I'm in Portland" pretty much implies the rest
But yeah, it's pretty low stealing from FreeGeek.