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Terapin Mine Review

Posted by timothy on from the does-the-mine-get-the-shaft dept.

Ian Bell writes: "Designtechnica has just posted a review of the Terapin Mine. This handheld device has a 10gb hard drive, ethernet port, PCMCIA port, USB 2.0 and a front display. On top of all this it has a Linux OS installed complete with scandisk and defrag. You can hook this unit up to your television to view pictures as well. I know that the stats on this unit sound great, but you would be surprised by just how usable it is. Click Here for the full review." Whether it's 10 or 20 gigs (the review mentions both figures) doesn't really affect the reviewer's conclusion.

11 of 174 comments (clear)

  1. Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    I know that the stats on this unit sound great, but you would be surprised by just how usable it is.
    Uhm... huh?

    "Wow... this thing has great features, and I'm suprised by its usuability."

    This makes sense... how exactly?

  2. Poor Seller In Third World Countries by Ozymandias_KoK · · Score: 2, Funny

    After all, they already have so many mines that whole organizations dedicate themselves solely to their removal.

  3. Re:what? by scott1853 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they've added some incredibly new features in Wine ;)

  4. Only Windows Boxes should be called Mines .. by SirSlud · · Score: 2, Funny

    .. because the slightest level of interaction tends to cause them to blow up!

    sorry, you have to admit, it was a pretty obligatory offtopic/troll/bait post. and its getting boring always having 50 karma. :(

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    1. Re:Only Windows Boxes should be called Mines .. by SirSlud · · Score: 2, Funny

      sounds like a good idea, but how would I remove it from your ass in the first place?

      oh man, I'm turning into the /. luser I swore I never would be, the irony, the tragedy

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  5. Motherload of turtles? by rufusdufus · · Score: 2, Funny

    What a very strange name this thing has. A terapin is a turtle, and a mine is a place where you dig up riches.
    So if you get one of these you will become rich with turtles?

    1. Re:Motherload of turtles? by EverDense · · Score: 2, Funny

      I can almost hear the music for the adverts:
      "Hard drive in a half-shell"

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  6. Ummm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why didn't they just put a Linux Journaling filesystem on it instead of FAT32 ? Weird huh.

  7. Oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    From article: Maybe students aren't out of the closet and don't want people to know they're going to the Gay & Lesbian Resource Center

    Student 1: Why didn't you take a free PDA? Student 2: Ummm.... I.... I'M NOT GAY!!! Student 1: Sure thing.

  8. hook it up to TV to view pictures... by edrugtrader · · Score: 3, Funny

    its great how pornography industry has finally gotten its hooks into linux portables.

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  9. Complete Linux ? by Etyenne · · Score: 5, Funny

    On top of all this it has a Linux OS installed complete with scandisk and defrag.



    [root@cerberus root]# scandisk

    bash: scandisk: command not found

    [root@cerberus root]# defrag

    bash: defrag: command not found



    Sh*t, my Linux is not complete ...


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