Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 13:13:14 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: an ACK, still here... Message-ID: <20100522201314.GA76746@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20100522091753.a2f3b17d.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20100522034707.GA5188@thought.org> <20100522091753.a2f3b17d.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 09:17:53AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010 20:47:10 -0700, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > anyway, this is thanks and an ACK mostly to polyt and roland. i > > will get down and find the usb port, but if i did it now i'd > > never be able to haul myself back up. they would find my > > bleached bones beside my 'puter, crouched and looking for that > > usb slot. > > Oh, I had a similar problem, too: USB slot only on the back > of the PC, hard to reach, and that's why uncomfortable and > furthermore unusable. > > My solution was to get an USB cable USB-A plug to USB-A socket, > quite simple, and have the USB socket (now on wire) directly > on the desk. i run into some problems since i only have one harnd/arm, and that is the sheer weight of the dell. it is heavy++. yeah, the usb ports may be or ARE on the back of the tower case. there may be just-one in front somewhere. > > If you recognize you often need more than one USB slot, you > usually would decide to get an USB hub, also a good tool on > top of the desk. > > One of the most comfortable solutions I've seen (and used) > is to have a USB slot (ot two, usually) on the keyboard. A > good example for this is the Apple keyboard, and of course > the Sun USB type 7 keyboard. This way, you can also attach > an USB mouse directly on the table, or have two slots for > removable media (e. g. for USB sticks, USB hard disks or > USB camera, or webcam, or USB steam engine). > > Allthough most "modern" PCs have USB slots on their front, > it's still inconvenient to put them under the desk, allowing > a chair or your feet to kick (and maybe break) the USB > stick - I've already seen that happening LIVE. On the other > hand... who wants to put ugly designed PC minitowers onto > the desk? It's not that they look like an SGI Octane... :-) > lolololol. no, i'll keep my hardware out of sight and be very-very careful:-) actually, a friend at the u of washington says he will have a week or so next month to help me with some things-computer. i am really waaaaay overdue to get me a dual-core or whatever intel or amd computer. a Second one; i already have one as my ns1.thought.org. my fellow computer geek says he can set things up so that my *new* 2-core will be both a SECOND ns1.thought.org as well as my new tao.thought.org. gary ps: late last night i wrote roland offline with the update that i cannot get my optical drives to be recognized. (((i Am portupgrading, so things are in flux.))) my "theraputic reboot" [shutdown -r now] did little good. > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 44/100% Guaranteed Novel
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