<div dir="ltr">i would just jump in the ocean, it must be better than a swimming pool!<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">people hear complain about the heat and I just laugh and say that<br>
people in Florida have no idea. One of the women I know down here has<br>
a brother that lives in Phoenix and I'm told that he says the same<br>
thing,. It is paradise here! You sweat because of the humidity but it<br>
is not hot here. The weather guys talk about a heat index, or what it<br>
feels like, and I say that is Bologna. 99 degrees with the heat index<br>
making it feel 110 does not feel like 110. it feels like 99 but your<br>
sweat doesn't feel like an evaporative cooler.<br>
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On 7/31/15, Amy Nielsen <<a href="mailto:amyjoan48@gmail.com">amyjoan48@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Well enjoy Florida! Okay, I will do my best. I had my ankle fused in May<br>
> and next week will start physical therapy, and hopefully I will be good to<br>
> drive in a couple weeks. As soon as I am able to drive, I will go to the<br>
> next installfest. Is there anyone else you have been talking about this<br>
> with that I should talk to? Well good luck, Florida has to be better than<br>
> Arizona summertime!<br>
> Amy<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Michael Havens <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Amy, you'll have to take the gauntlet as I am now in Florida.<br>
>><br>
>> On 7/31/15, Amy Nielsen <<a href="mailto:amyjoan48@gmail.com">amyjoan48@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Maybe bring up at an installfest meeting? For the record, I would<br>
>> volunteer<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Michael Havens <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com">bmike1@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> >> If I was still in the Phoenixarea I would be most happy too.<br>
>> >> Unfortunately<br>
>> >> I am moving out of state even in July.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> :-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Keith Smith<br>
>> >> <<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> >> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >>> On 2015-05-21 22:32, Eric Oyen wrote:<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>>> hmmm. thats not a bad idea. It might also be helpful to the disabled<br>
>> >>>> population (of which I am one, being totally blind). Since I use<br>
>> >>>> ubuntu with the orca screen reader here on an old toshiba laptop<br>
>> >>>> that<br>
>> >>>> was graciously donated to me by another member of plug over 7 years<br>
>> >>>> ago, it has been used a lot. Mostly, I use it to control the various<br>
>> >>>> pieces of ham radio gear I have (using the HamLib package) It also<br>
>> >>>> makes radio programming a bit easier when I have to use chirp (Linux<br>
>> >>>> is about the only environment where that program is even minimally<br>
>> >>>> accessible using a screen reader). btw, there is also an<br>
>> >>>> accessibility<br>
>> >>>> list over at Ubuntu where the various screen readers and how to use<br>
>> >>>> them are discussed. There is also the Vinux project which was<br>
>> >>>> specifically designed for blind computer users.<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>> Very interesting.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Combine this with a community outreach program (say for big<br>
>> >>>> brothers/big sisters or the YMCA or the United way) and you might<br>
>> >>>> just<br>
>> >>>> start a whole new generation of Linux users (and programmers) who<br>
>> >>>> won't have to put up with the failing business model that is<br>
>> >>>> Microsoft.<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Several members of the Tucson Free Unix Group converted a school to<br>
>> >>> Linux<br>
>> >>> about 15 years ago using used computers donated by one or more local<br>
>> >>> businesses.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> I worked in a business 17 years ago that had 650 employees. Think<br>
>> about<br>
>> >>> that. Over a 3 or 4 year period they would replace every one of<br>
>> >>> those<br>
>> >>> computers. Those used computers still have many years of life in<br>
>> >>> them<br>
>> >>> and<br>
>> >>> by replacing M$ with Linux the old computer has a new life. My<br>
>> >>> experience<br>
>> >>> is Linux needs less resources and old iron will perform decently<br>
>> >>> especially<br>
>> >>> if it is only 3 - 4 - 5 years old. I have an 8 year old box that<br>
>> >>> would<br>
>> >>> do<br>
>> >>> fine running Mint. And I suspect it could do so for 5 or more years.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> I think the real issue is finding the volunteers to do all this work.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> -eric (the other eric :) ).<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> On May 21, 2015, at 4:31 PM, Michael Havens wrote:<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> You know, thrift stores (other than goodwill) has used computers<br>
>> coming<br>
>> >>>>> out of their ears. I think we need to find a thrift store that<br>
>> >>>>> wants<br>
>> >>>>> to<br>
>> >>>>> unload all of this used hardware for like 25 dollars apiece and put<br>
>> >>>>> Linux<br>
>> >>>>> on it and get these fully functional and modern computers out to<br>
>> >>>>> the<br>
>> >>>>> people<br>
>> >>>>> who need them. If you buy a modern windows computer it isn't even<br>
>> >>>>> fully<br>
>> >>>>> functional unless you pay for a subscription to something. I'm<br>
>> partial<br>
>> >>>>> to<br>
>> >>>>> Linux Mint but that is up for debate.<br>
>> >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
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