At 05:27 PM 1/17/2002 -0600, you wrote: >I was also thinking of my experience in HAL-PC in Houston, >which had a teaching network, set up by another symbiotic >relationship, with SeniorNet. SeniorNet could get some freebies >not available to HAL-PC which had the space and other stuff >needed. When SeniorNet wasn't holding classes, the lab was >free for HAL-PC to use. SeniorNet tended to have classes in >the middle of the day weekdays, so didn't compete much with >HAL-PC.
Now I think this is a good idea. I would welcome a similar arrangement with the Clickers. Regards, Dustin >BTW, I've ordered a couple of kits to make hard drives removable. >Envision something similar if we progress in relationship with >Clickers. We could swap hard drives and keep ours in a >locked cabinet and Clickers could put whatever it wanted on >its drives. Kits cost $7.50 each and contain both part that >stays in 5.25" bay (including fan) and removable holder for >3.5" hard drive. > > I like the idea of not having a hassle parking and having a few >eateries handy. It looks like they may end up with plenty of >space and I'd be glad to contribute to the cost of a used >lockable cabinet to hold our equipment. They have a nice >projector and such stuff. Their present quarters, in the Dean >Tower, present problems for Saturday meetings, when the >bulk of the Clickers classes meet. > >However, hardware is hardware, and many of us are both Linux >fans and involuntary users of other operating systems, but all >use hardware, and Clickers is interested in that, too. The >sooner we expand the Linux user base so that we won't need >to use another os, the sooner software developers will put out >a Linux version along with others, like Opera does now. Noticed >also that Opera can be registered at half price by students and >seniors. Installed version 6 today. > > >================================================ >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change >your subscription information. >================================================ --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Information Systems Consultant http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
