odeon's ask away-thread

[DirtDawg]

What does "deep-sound-no-echo" mean?

It's a submariner's expression. When they receive no return echo, the protocol is to increase power to the ultrasonic mapping equipment. They call it "sounding." Deep-sounding is extreme use of the power potential of their systems.

No-echo means that you are the ONLY one there.

I have often been the ONLY one there, when I explore limits.

[Parts]

Where you a submariner?  I went to collage near a base and knew quite a few

[Lucifer]

oi!!

seeing as you're reading posts and not avidly checking your email.   

tell me what laptop i should get, if i decide to get one.  i'm thinking Acer, cos i really don't want to spend more than £300 (yes, i know, i'm a cheapskate ).

[odeon]

Acer is a good brand and you won't go wrong with a reasonably modern one.

[Lucifer]

Acer is a good brand and you won't go wrong with a reasonably modern one.

tut.

link on dabs.com, please. 

[odeon]

Acer is a good brand and you won't go wrong with a reasonably modern one.

tut.

link on dabs.com, please. 

Try this one.

I'll see if there are better ones...

[Lucifer]

ooooh, ta!  there was one for just under £300 - any good?

[DirtDawg]

Acer is a good brand and you won't go wrong with a reasonably modern one.

Acer laptops do sell for cheap over here and they seem pretty good. I really like the curved keyboards.
BB sells as many as they can get, but it seems that we never have enough to meet the demand.
Quite often, a customer is there looking to buy their second or third Acer. Can't say that about any of the "leading brands,"  except maybe those shitty HPs. HP DOES advertise a lot and they give big "discounts" if you get a computer bundled with a shitty All-In-One printer.


Just don't buy a Sony. Those twelve hundred dollar paperweights seem to spend a lot of time in the repair shop.

[Lucifer]

thanks, dawg.  i have an HP at the moment, and it's sort of good enough for me, cos i only really use it for the intergeeks and word processing.

bet the O Meister will say otherwise, though. 

[odeon]

ooooh, ta!  there was one for just under £300 - any good?

This one is a lot better. The £50 is well spent, IMO.

[odeon]

Acer is a good brand and you won't go wrong with a reasonably modern one.

Acer laptops do sell for cheap over here and they seem pretty good. I really like the curved keyboards.
BB sells as many as they can get, but it seems that we never have enough to meet the demand.
Quite often, a customer is there looking to buy their second or third Acer. Can't say that about any of the "leading brands,"  except maybe those shitty HPs. HP DOES advertise a lot and they give big "discounts" if you get a computer bundled with a shitty All-In-One printer.


Just don't buy a Sony. Those twelve hundred dollar paperweights seem to spend a lot of time in the repair shop.

Sony is *evil*.

My work laptop is a Lenovo (former IBM) and I have to admit it's pretty good. It could be a fast one, too, with a decent OS.

[odeon]

thanks, dawg.  i have an HP at the moment, and it's sort of good enough for me, cos i only really use it for the intergeeks and word processing.

bet the O Meister will say otherwise, though. 

It's better now that you bought more RAM. But there's something wrong with it and I can't figure out what.

[Lucifer]

thanks, dawg.  i have an HP at the moment, and it's sort of good enough for me, cos i only really use it for the intergeeks and word processing.

bet the O Meister will say otherwise, though. 

It's better now that you bought more RAM. But there's something wrong with it and I can't figure out what.

me, probably. 

but ta for the info. 

 

(and i plussed DD for his, too ).

[DirtDawg]

thanks, dawg.  i have an HP at the moment, and it's sort of good enough for me, cos i only really use it for the intergeeks and word processing.

bet the O Meister will say otherwise, though. 

It's better now that you bought more RAM. But there's something wrong with it and I can't figure out what.

Proprietary BIOS, designed to reject all but their own service codes?


... just a thought.

[odeon]

thanks, dawg.  i have an HP at the moment, and it's sort of good enough for me, cos i only really use it for the intergeeks and word processing.

bet the O Meister will say otherwise, though. 

It's better now that you bought more RAM. But there's something wrong with it and I can't figure out what.

Proprietary BIOS, designed to reject all but their own service codes?


... just a thought.

Could be, and that would explain why some drivers have trouble with it.