The Register has a
funny article about things that British spy agency MI5 is telling people to be wary of when they travel abroad. Two favorite quotes:
In a blow for the traditional holiday romance business travellers are also reminded: "If you are required to report intimate relationships with the nationals of certain countries to your Security Co-ordinator, make sure you do so promptly and honestly."
And:
Travelers should also look out for lavish hospitality . . . Presumably you will know if you are being recruited by British or American intelligence services because they will tie you to the ceiling and deprive you of sleep rather than seduce you with such luxuries.
I discovered by accident today that the scroll switch on the top of the unit will adjust the screen brightness in X. It doesn't seem to work in the console, and I've done nothing to tell X about it, but it works. Woohoo.
Combined with that and laptop-mode and powernowd, I think I'm going to get 3 to 3.5 hours of battery life on this thing.
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Thu, 21.08.2008 02:22
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