BoatBanter.com - This is a pain in the butt

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 07:34:12 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 7/13/17 1:20 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:27:43 -0700 (PDT), John H
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On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 2:47:40 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:15:51 -0400, John H
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:45:09 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:59:24 -0400, John H
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:18:38 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:05:43 -0400, John H
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:25:31 -0400, wrote:

Nothing more than simply copying the directory over and then copying
it back when I get home. I use my file sync software that only copies
the files that changed. but the only big file is the data file so it
really doesn't make that much difference.
I assume newer versions still work the same way (not "installed")

I may try that. Thanks.

It is easy enough to try. Just copy the directory to a thumb and plug
it in somewhere. The only place you might have trouble if you are
launching or storing a file in a directory that is not present on the
other machine. That is not really an issue if you are only using text
groups.

Will give it a shot with the laptop. Too many good books and music out there to use only text
groups.

If you are using a binary group, just be sure the target for launching
and saving is present on your host machine. C:/downloads is always a
safe bet although I don't normally advise storing data on the C:
drive. Usually in a laptop you do not have a choice because most only
have one drive bay.

External drive is always possible.

At a certain point you defeat the purpose of a lap top if you have too
many doodads hanging off of it. ;-)
If you really need to do binaries on vacation use a big enough thumb
drive to handle it and set the output drive to E:\downloads or
whatever it maps to.
I have a little box of thumb drives I take on vacation with lots of
movies, music and whatever. It helps if you are in a place with no
decent broadband and you catch a rainy day. It is seldom that we go to
a place with fast enough broadband to stream anything.
We decided last month that N.C. stands for "Not Connected".

I bring an external hard drive anyway. That and a mouse receiver get plugged into the laptop at a campsite, if I use the laptop at all.

They make some tiny little "thumb drives" these days that barely stick
out of the port. My mouse is blue tooth that talks directly to the
laptop with a 30' range. (same as the 2.4 gz RF devices)

Gosharoonie, you have a bluetooth mouse? Whatever will they think of
next? But wait, isn't that a bit too *modern* for a tiki-bar dwelling
troglodyte like you? :)

I just load up a mem card with a bunch of movies and stick it in my
laptop. Nothing sticks out to catch on the computer bag, and less drain
on the laptop battery. We've found that you can't really tell how fast a
hotel's wi-fi availability might be by the price of the hotel, so having
some flicks on the laptop is a good deal when you just want to flop around.

You mean like when you're not racing or sailing around Cape Horn?