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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.
"suspicious sales of Ubuntu laptops"
So, ANY sales of Ubuntu laptops?
In other news tonight, Microsoft kingpin Steve Ballmer was arrested in connection with the theft of several thousand dollars worth of laptop PCs configured to run the competing Linux operating system. As he was led away by police, witnesses reported Ballmer saying, "It has to stop somewhere! Won't someone *please* think of the children!" Ballmer then reportedly munbled over and over, "Damned pinguins, damned pinguins," until police took him away.
Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.
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.
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...
this is almost enough to make one lose faith in the noble enterprise of burglary.
how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
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.
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