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### Where can you get a Lemote desktop computer?...

don warner saklad [don.saklad at gmail.com]

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:08:40 -0400

Where can you get a Lemote desktop computer?...

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Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:14:19 +0100

2009/7/1 don warner saklad <don.saklad@gmail.com>:

    > Where can you get a Lemote desktop computer?...

I don't know -- where can you get a Lemote desktop computer from?

(This is like playing knock-knock jokes...)

-- Thomas Adam

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Rick Moen [rick at linuxmafia.com]

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:54:31 -0700

Quoting don warner saklad (don.saklad@gmail.com):

    > Where can you get a Lemote desktop computer?...

And why is a raven like a writing desk (other than both having been written on by Poe)?

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Sam Bisbee [sbisbee at computervip.com]

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:56:13 -0400

On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 09:54:31AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:

    > Quoting don warner saklad (don.saklad@gmail.com):
    >
    > > Where can you get a Lemote desktop computer?...
    >
    > And why is a raven like a writing desk (other than both having been
    > written on by Poe)?
    >

There is no answer to your riddle, even though I really want to know the answer. What do you think the answer is? Hmmm, we had better put our thinking hats on. More tea? Maybe that's the answer!

Alice in Wonderland references aside, I've also heard these answers:

- Because they both produce notes, but neither are known for their musical notes.

- Because there is a B in both and a N in neither. (probably my favorite)

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    Sam Bisbee

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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:11:32 -0500

On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 01:56:13PM -0400, Samuel Bisbee-vonKaufmann wrote:

    > On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 09:54:31AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
    > >
    > > And why is a raven like a writing desk (other than both having been
    > > written on by Poe)?
    > >
    >
    > There is no answer to your riddle, even though I really want to know the
    > answer. What do you think the answer is? Hmmm, we had better put our thinking
    > hats on. More tea? Maybe that's the answer!

I don't think that "more tea" qualifies as an answer to Rick's question in any sense.

    > Alice in Wonderland references aside, I've also heard these answers:
    >  - Because they both produce notes, but neither are known for their musical
    > notes.
    >  - Because there is a B in both and a N in neither. (probably my favorite)

Neither one of them is an air conditioner? Both are solid objects and are subject to the laws of physics? Both begin and end with consonants?

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    * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *

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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:50:25 -0500

On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 09:54:31AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:

    > Quoting don warner saklad (don.saklad@gmail.com):
    >
    > > Where can you get a Lemote desktop computer?...
    >
    > And why is a raven like a writing desk (other than both having been
    > written on by Poe)?

Given the length of Poe's average story and the size of the average raven, he must have been using tiny little letters...

As to Don's original question: why not ask the Lemote-Loongson people themselves? They're at 'http://lemote.com', and they have a forum. There's also a Dutch website called Tekmote (http://www.tekmote.nl) that supposedly ships worldwide, but I know nothing else about them. Google for more info, as always.

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    * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *

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