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Hardware > Music >

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Back when it was a thing, I had a CD player which could play MP3s.

This unit is entirely out of date now, but the assurance of quality which would be created with this one may well carry forward to their newer models. Be assured that my opinion of both the brand and the reseller is still poor.

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Disambiguation: “cell phones” (Mobile phones)

This project was started for the HP 200LX (see HP 200LX and Power), as I wanted to learn more about battery life and such.

These notes are old and I still haven’t wrapped my head around all the misinformation out there. On top of that, technologies have changed a lot since this stuff was noted.

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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252781/


The Queen of Swords is a sensuous and beautiful masked avenger who battles greed and corruption in 19th Century California. Her dagger and rapier aimed at the heart of injustice, casting a long and defiant shadow over all those who terrorize the oppressed. She not only gives the vanquished hope, she makes them laugh at those who would destroy them. To do this, she must remain anonymous, hiding behind her public guise as the ‘Queen of Swords’. Adventure is in the cards…

  • aka Reina de espadas (Spain)
  • aka Tessa, à la pointe de l’épée (France)



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Money >

(on Wikipedia)

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  • Propaganda [ 1 ] It’s Wikipedia, so it’s stupid.

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^ 1 It’s Wikipedia, so it’s stupid.

PCLinuxOS 2007 pclos banner

Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on PCLinuxOS

(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=PCLinuxOS
http://www.pclinuxos.com/

What was, and probably still is, an extremely beautiful and easy to use distribution. Where Slackware had long-held the title “it just works”, PCLinuxOS does that for users who are completely new to Linux.

From its earliest days its hardware detection was renown, its suite of software astounding, and its remastering capability extraordinary.

It was my daily driver for a long time.

  • Was nicknamed “pclos” for years.



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