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Aspire OneにKermicをインストールしてもPower management statusの表示がうまく動作しない場合があります。解決方法は、

Power manager status icon in the Notification Applet does not switch from AC power to Battery when unplugged, although the screen dims. Since it still shows as AC power, it does not show an estimate of battery time left. If it is unplugged at login, it will switch to AC power status when plugged in, but not back if unplugged again. A work around for this is to add the add the following line in /etc/rc.local before the exit 0 line

/etc/init.d/laptop-mode start
service laptop-mode status

ついでに、
Video (.AVI, etc) aspect ratio is way off. Much narrower horizontally than should be. This is because Xorg incorrectly detects the physical display size as 451mm x 113mm. A workaround for this is to force it with xrandr --fbmm 195x113. This can be made persistent by creating a script /etc/gdm/Init/:0 containing:

#!/bin/sh
xrandr --fbm 195x113
Make it executable with chmod 755 /etc/gdm/Init/:0.

を入れておきました。詳しくはこちらに解説があります。一応、覚書きしておきま〜す。

Yahoo financeのビデオに『Tim Geithner Is Mad as Hell and Isn't Going to Take It Anymore』とあり、

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner took some heavy fire on Capitol Hill Thursday. Days after Oregon Democrat Peter DeFazio called for Geithner's resignation, Texas Republican told the Secretary: "The public has lost all confidence in your ability to do the job."
While these comments were notably terse, it's not unusual for politicians to take shots at a Treasury Secretary or Fed Chairman in order to score points with their constituents. It's a key part of the "dog and pony show."
What is unusual is for a sitting Secretary or Chairman to return the favor, as Geithner did yesterday, telling Brady: "What I can't take responsibility is for the legacy of the crises you've bequeathed this country."
There's obviously a "we inherited a disaster" mentality in the Obama administration and maybe this was just partisan politics and another example of how civility is in ever-decreasing supply in Washington. Or maybe Geithner is getting tired of the criticism and thinking about moving to the private sector sooner vs. later, as Henry Blodget writes.

"若気の至り"ではちと済まされないブッキレ振りだったようです。金融崩壊の前や最中にガイトナー氏はニューヨーク連銀でトップをしていた訳で、崩壊劇の主人公の一人であった事実は業界人でなくても素人の方々も知ってま〜す。

追　画像はこちらより拝借。

ふと、GSMArena.comのMotorolaを覗いてみると、Droidが今月末にヨーロッパ対応モデルが登場するようで〜す。


GENERAL− 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network- HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced- 2009, November
Status- Available. Released 2009, November
SIZE- Dimensions 115.8 x 60 x 13.7 mm
Weight- 165 g
DISPLAYType- TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size- 480 x 854 pixels, 3.7 inches
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Full QWERTY keyboard with 5-way navigation key
OS- Android OS, v2 (Eclair)
CPU- ARM Cortex A8 550 MHz processor
3G- HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

CPUパワーがXPERIA X10(Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz processor)より遥かに軟弱ですが、Android 2.0実装となると気になってしまいますね。スペックも中々でフルキーボード付きでも13.7ミリの厚みです。Nokia N900と実力の違いが見たいと... 打倒iPhoneに燃えるAndroid、来年あたり期待大でしょうか。

Macles氏が7月に報じた新ネットブックですが、『Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T』とあり、

It's not an Acer Aspire One, but it's close enough.
You could however easily mistake it for the Aspire One 751, as it's based on the same chassis with a few modifications. It also shares the 11.6 inch screen with 1366x768 resolution. But almost everything else is inherited from the Timeline series.
Like the Intel ULV SU3500 1.4GHz processor, which is at least twice as fast as any current Intel Atom processor. Or the Intel GS45 Express Chipset, with integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics core and hardware accelerated decoding of HD video. Unlike other chipsets commonly used in netbooks it supports up to 4GB of RAM.
Other features and components: HDMI, S/PDIF, Gigabit LAN, Intel 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN, optional 3G and optional Bluetooth 2.1+EDR support. Not to forget 8h battery life. Windows Vista Home Premium is pre-installed, with the option for a free upgrade to Windows 7 once it's released in October.

この機種が家の近くに最近開店したFNAC(フランス系のハイテクショップ)に並んでいました。価格は499ユーロ（税込み)、OSはWindows7で色は白、スクリーンは大きく、ネットブックと言うよりはもう標準ラップトップです。薄くて超軽量、仕上がりやキーボードのタッチ、タッチパッドの具合とかも完璧です。 米国あたりで出回るTimeline 1810TZモデルは4GRAMでCPUもCore2duo-SU7300搭載モデルもあります。netbookの進化も目を見張る勢いかと... 要注目で〜す！

追　Atom搭載でXP/LinuxのAcer Aspire ONE AO751は379ユーロです。確かに外見(外枠)はTimelineと全く同じです。