Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 10:21:48 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Half OT: laptop reccomendations Message-ID: <20211225102148.2e8b7444@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20211225095918.2d6cc74a@archlinux> References: <d08bda93-222d-26e1-5b4d-eb19b1048fb9@netfence.it> <87a6gsq5o8.fsf@betla.home> <0af3dadb-7b1d-e660-037b-0f3ba58b9ad5@netfence.it> <861r23ti4j.fsf@betla.kvm> <CAFKhKgreD9MkmWp3Oae0=jTi6B521FWDJ9C7dbaaymVNWonAJQ@mail.gmail.com> <3eaef9ee-2e36-fcfe-cc19-d4a23454ac6a@netfence.it> <Mrhvb11--3-2@tutanota.com> <20211225034612.0497b7415dc039ed53e3725a@sohara.org> <20211225092321.359749cf@archlinux> <20211225084157.f2106bda7e9b977a49bd36df@sohara.org> <20211225095918.2d6cc74a@archlinux>
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 09:59:18 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 08:41:57 +0000, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: >>On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 09:23:21 +0100 >>Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> wrote: >> =20 >>> On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 03:46:12 +0000, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: =20 >> =20 >>> >Sidecar - you know you always wanted to carry that rack mounted >>> >server. =20 >>>=20 >>> That's the best recommendation ever. A pity that I didn't >>> recommended it, since I know somebody who owns a >>> https://www.imz-ural.com/ , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMZ-Ural >>> . An older one, that looks like an old faithful German BMW. Since >>> it looks like a BMW, but is from Russia, you might guess it's as >>> reliable as a BMW and an AK-47, but it isn't. It's as reliable as >>> an USA operating system named Windows. =20 >> >> I used to own the Cossack variant of that machine - mine was >> as >>reliable as a BMW or AK-47, it would start first time[1] in the >>pouring rain despite 6 volt electrics, a missing electrics cover >>plate, a loose HT lead and (as I discovered much later) one piston >>that lacked both rings and skirt (I never looked at the other one). It >>would also go *anywhere*, it was a close match for a Landrover as an >>offroad vehicle - railway sidings are scary things to ride up and >>down. >> >>[1] If you had the knack, otherwise you could kick it all day without >>it starting. =20 > >You are right, the owner who knows the trick, is able to reliable start >the machine without major issues, too, but the bike tends to rust >exponential. Keywords "spokes ural stainless steel". PS: I'm from the German Ruhrgebiet and a little bit aged, so I'm aware of the difference between metal perforated by rust and stainless steel patina. In dystopia I hopefully own a real BMW motorcycle and a =D0=9A=D0=B0=D0=BB=D0=B0=D1=88=D0=BD=D0=B8=D0=BA=D0=BE=D0=B2.
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