[Cialug] Summer Picnic?

[Dan Sloan]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
Behalf Of Daniel A. Ramaley
>Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:17 AM
>To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Cialug] Summer Picnic?

>On Tuesday 22 April 2008 10:51, James Shoemaker wrote:
>> how can you get any use out of a boat if you have to haul it to
>>the lake every time you want to use it?  That's like having to take
>> your computer to an internet hookup every time you want to use it.

>Some people do that, but they usually have laptops. Which i suppose is 
>the boat equivalent of carrying a 1-person inflatable raft. Unless it's 
>a large "desktop replacement" laptop, which is probably more like an 
>aluminum canoe--still portable, but best not carried further than 
>necessary. Can this analogy be stretched any further?

Sure you can... you've got your generic stamped aluminum canoe running a
cookie cutter OS...say Windows.  Your commercial built sleek and pretty
kayaks..call them Macs,  and the beautiful, stable cedar strippers: light
weight, custom designed for their application, usually built by individuals
or small groups.  Truly magnificent machines... ummm... boats.

-- Dan Sloan