(OT) Battery question

**Antoninus Twink** · Jun 28 '08, 10:15 AM

Re: (OT) Battery question

On 28 Jun 2008 at 9:59, kid joe wrote:

Basically, it's a question about laptop batteries. About ten days ago, I
switched off my laptop with the battery fully charged. I haven't touched
it since then. This morning I turned it on, and the battery was
practically empty.

All batteries will discharge gradually with time. The rate of discharge
you describe sounds pretty fast to me, though - is it a very old
battery? But in any case it wouldn't really surprise me... I don't have
much faith in most laptop suppliers to produce high-quality batteries.

**viza** · Jun 28 '08, 10:55 AM

Re: [OT] Battery question

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:59:47 +0100, kid joe wrote:

Sorry this is a bit off-topic... but I do write a good amount of C code
on my laptop so there is a link...

Basically, it's a question about laptop batteries. About ten days ago, I
switched off my laptop with the battery fully charged. I haven't touched
it since then. This morning I turned it on, and the battery was
practically empty.
>
Is this a fault with the battery, or will a rechargable battery
naturally lose its charge over time even if it's not used? If so, how
many days does it take for the charge to seep away?

About ten days, apparently.

A new battery should not do this. If it is less than a year old take it
back. If it's older, then you have answered your own question.

**pete** · Jun 28 '08, 11:35 AM

Re: (OT) Battery question

kid joe wrote:

Hi all,
>
Sorry this is a bit off-topic... but I do write a good amount of C code on
my laptop so there is a link...

Forget your laptop.
The Lexmark Model M, is the best keyboard for writing C code.

Model M keyboard - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard

I'm using a 59G7980, right now.
I've got also got 1390131 and three 1391401's.

--
pete

**Antoninus Twink** · Jun 28 '08, 11:55 AM

Re: (OT) Battery question

On 28 Jun 2008 at 11:30, pete wrote:

The Lexmark Model M, is the best keyboard for writing C code.

Don't you find the noise annoying?

**pete** · Jun 28 '08, 12:25 PM

Re: (OT) Battery question

Antoninus Twink wrote:

On 28 Jun 2008 at 11:30, pete wrote:

>The Lexmark Model M, is the best keyboard for writing C code.

>
Don't you find the noise annoying?

It's like "the smell of napalm in the morning".
It all depends on what mental association you make with it.
I don't have to bottom out the keys to type,
so I never come anywhere near approaching jamming my knuckles.
Every time I use a keyboard that isn't a Model M, I wish it was.

What kind of shoes do you like best for wearing while C coding?
I prefer something without laces;
that makes it easy to slip them off and on, unobtrusively.

--
pete

**Antoninus Twink** · Jun 28 '08, 01:25 PM

Re: (OT) Battery question

On 28 Jun 2008 at 12:23, pete wrote:

What kind of shoes do you like best for wearing while C coding? I
prefer something without laces; that makes it easy to slip them off
and on, unobtrusively.

I don't have strong feelings about shoes - do you think it makes a
difference? Normally I just wear whwatever's comfortable for going
around town, soft leather lace-ups.

**Richard Tobin** · Jun 28 '08, 02:05 PM

Re: (OT) Battery question

In article <WdedncwgbdRsvf vVnZ2dnUVZ_qjin Z2d@earthlink.c om>,
pete <pfiland@mindsp ring.comwrote:

>The Lexmark Model M, is the best keyboard for writing C code.

Nonsense. The Sun type-2 was clearly the best.

-- Richard
--
Please remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind.

**CBFalconer** · Jun 28 '08, 02:25 PM

Re: (OT) Battery question

kid joe wrote:

>
Sorry this is a bit off-topic... but I do write a good amount of
C code on my laptop so there is a link...
>
Basically, it's a question about laptop batteries. About ten days
ago, I switched off my laptop with the battery fully charged. I
haven't touched it since then. This morning I turned it on, and
the battery was practically empty.

Try alt.comp.hardwa re.

--
[mail]: Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
[page]: <http://cbfalconer.home .att.net>
Try the download section.

**Keith Thompson** · Jun 28 '08, 08:05 PM

Re: (OT) Battery question

kid joe <spamtrap@spamt rap.invalidwrit es:

Sorry this is a bit off-topic... but I do write a good amount of C code on
my laptop so there is a link...
>
Basically, it's a question about laptop batteries.

[...]

Did it even occur to you that there are good reasons to have more than
one newsgroup? Sheesh.

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

**santosh** · Jun 28 '08, 08:15 PM

Re: (OT) Battery question

Keith Thompson wrote:

kid joe <spamtrap@spamt rap.invalidwrit es:

>Sorry this is a bit off-topic... but I do write a good amount of C
>code on my laptop so there is a link...
>>
>Basically, it's a question about laptop batteries.

[...]
>
Did it even occur to you that there are good reasons to have more than
one newsgroup? Sheesh.

He is probably a sockpuppet of Mr. Twink.

**pete** · Jun 28 '08, 09:35 PM

Re: (OT) Battery question

Antoninus Twink wrote:

On 28 Jun 2008 at 12:23, pete wrote:

>What kind of shoes do you like best for wearing while C coding? I
>prefer something without laces; that makes it easy to slip them off
>and on, unobtrusively.

>
I don't have strong feelings about shoes - do you think it makes a
difference? Normally I just wear whwatever's comfortable for going
around town, soft leather lace-ups.

I don't like to attract attention to my unshod feet in the office.
People talk too much
and managers make decisions based on the stupidest gossip.

--
pete

**pete** · Jun 28 '08, 09:45 PM

Re: (OT) Battery question

Richard Tobin wrote:

In article <WdedncwgbdRsvf vVnZ2dnUVZ_qjin Z2d@earthlink.c om>,
pete <pfiland@mindsp ring.comwrote:
>

>The Lexmark Model M, is the best keyboard for writing C code.

>
Nonsense. The Sun type-2 was clearly the best.

What does it have to match the awesomeness of buckling springs?

--
pete

**Antoninus Twink** · Jun 28 '08, 09:55 PM

Re: (OT) Battery question

On 28 Jun 2008 at 21:31, pete wrote:

I don't like to attract attention to my unshod feet in the office.
People talk too much and managers make decisions based on the
stupidest gossip.

Really? I can understand that the smell might be an issue if you're in a
shared office, but otherwise I can't imagine people objecting if you're
more comfortable without the shoes. It would be a different story if you
didn't have socks on - men's bare feet are singularly unpleasant things,
and I personally hate working with men who wear sandals during the
summer.

**Keith Thompson** · Jun 28 '08, 10:05 PM

Re: (OT) Battery question

santosh <santosh.k83@gm ail.comwrites:

Keith Thompson wrote:

kid joe <spamtrap@spamt rap.invalidwrit es:

Sorry this is a bit off-topic... but I do write a good amount of C
code on my laptop so there is a link...
>
Basically, it's a question about laptop batteries.

[...]

Did it even occur to you that there are good reasons to have more than
one newsgroup? Sheesh.

>
He is probably a sockpuppet of Mr. Twink.

Conceivably, but I see no direct evidence of that (I haven't bothered
to check the headers).

I suggest that the tactic of accusing posters of sockpuppetry without
evidence be left to the trolls.

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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