{"id":1221,"date":"2008-12-13T09:17:07","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T14:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2008-12-13T09:17:07","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T14:17:07","slug":"on-power-outlets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/12\/13\/on-power-outlets","title":{"rendered":"On power outlets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starbucks, Coffee Bean, and many other chains, aren&#8217;t afraid to let you use their electricity (and at some places, free WiFi), because they know you&#8217;ll be buying coffee, food, and more. I however, took offence to the <b>Secret Recipe, in Plaza Mont Kiara<\/b> &#8211; the management there find it offensive to allow people to plug their laptops in!<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/3089461088\/\" title=\"07\/12\/2008 by byte, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3068\/3089461088_445f2bc99b_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"07\/12\/2008\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>However, running a Christmas tree from another socket was fine. I think they&#8217;ve just lost my business, and probably every other laptop toting yuppie reading this.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20On%20power%20outlets&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F13%2Fon-power-outlets&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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A little summary: @sniffit suggested that netbooks are underpowered, but might change with Linux being on them.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":624,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/09\/19\/linux-is-not-ready-for-the-laptop","url_meta":{"origin":1221,"position":3},"title":"Linux IS NOT ready for the laptop","date":"19\/9\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"When is Linux ready for the desktop? Or more likely, the laptop? Walt Mossberg recently has echoed that while Linux is easier to use, its still not for everyone (permanently archived at his blog, Linux's Free System Is Now Easier to Use, But Not for Everyone).I have to applaud Dell\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":626,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/09\/21\/followup-linux-is-not-ready-for-the-laptop","url_meta":{"origin":1221,"position":4},"title":"FOLLOWUP: Linux IS NOT ready for the laptop","date":"21\/9\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Just to ensure, because it seems some people don't understand English, but I never said people would sue Dell or IBM for non-functional software (arguably, the crap that comes from Microsoft, isn't functional). But you can sue your hardware provider for non-functional hardware. Big difference there - software usually comes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":681,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/12\/09\/fedora-8-on-the-dell-inspiron-640m","url_meta":{"origin":1221,"position":5},"title":"Fedora 8 on the Dell Inspiron 640m","date":"9\/12\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been harsh when it comes to Linux on laptops. Simply put, the week before going to foss.in (i.e. last week), I got tired with my tried daily usage of Ubuntu (besides, I went through Feisty Fawn and Gutsy Gibbon). So I went with Fedora 8. 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