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Microsoft Hypes XP Tablets
Dejohn writes "Just got back from the Microsoft Tablet PC launch event here in Seattle. Aside from a couple of application lock-ups during the demonstration (they claimed internet access was down at the demo center and was causing the difficulties), the new technology looks very cool.
Microsoft Claimed it 'will recognize all your handwriting unless you can't read it yourself.'" They clearly haven't seen my handwriting. I ran into one of the Motion guys at a Starbucks in Boston and I got to see one of these machines in person and it was quite pretty. No reason you can't run Linux on them from what I saw. Additionally, Dan writes "Sure, CNET's editors got a good look at them and even the mainstream (free registration required) likes this stuff, but didn't South Korea supposedly have these last year, and running Linux at that?"
I thought the tablets were something of the medical type... to cure you from XPlitis from using the PC at work!
Imagine my disappointment when it turns out to be quite the opposite. More exposure to XPlitis infested equipment!
Welley Corporation - SLM Scammers
"Microsoft Claimed it 'will recognize all your handwriting unless you can't read it yourself."
Well, then I'm screwed...
Chevy Chase: Emily, they are hyping XP tablets, not ecstasy tabs.
Emily Litella: I stand by my statement.
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When you come to a fork in the road, take it! --Yogi Berra--
You can pay microsoft's legal bills with this one
Well, they did't hype OS/2 a lot, did they.
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Typical Slashdot story:
[Insert Company Here] recently released their much-hyped new [Insert Product Here.]
[Insert Mainstream magazine here] praises the new device, while [Insert newspaper writer here] also had great things to say about it.
[Insert Slashdot editor here] asks "But Can it run Linux?"
Tere's nothing more fun then taking your $2000 Tablet PC with multimedia features and making a cursor blink next to:
bash$
Nevermind it won't do anything more. But don't dismay, it runs Linux after all!
TThhies etss whyat's whrr0ng wWigth tthe thcabblE Pc, eiit's
[dead battery]
does it run OS X?
1. It is faster than handwriting.
Now only if we could get people to use Dvorak layouts, then they could be faster than faster than handwriting.
"Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door." - Emily Dickinson
Why? Because Slashdot is run by a couple of kneejerking retards who'll parrot anything that seems fashionable or "cool". These guys are not clever, technical or creative -- they're a bunch of oblivious media addicts who get by on instant opinion and couldn't think an original thought to save their lives.
Pushin' 'n dealin', shovin' 'n stealin'
After nearly 20 years of hardware and software development, $500 handeld computers almost have the same level of functionality of a $1 notepad.
I swear, same slashdotters looks at some device and automatically they think, maybe we can run Linux on that. Slashdotter's Mom: Would you like a nice cuppa coffee from my new coffeemaker? Slashdotter: Mooo oom, may be we can run Linux on the coffeemaker.
Dawn of the Dead
The Vadem Clio, I really wanted one of those. One of the few things
that went belly up before I managed to buy one.
After Amiga went under, I bought a Dauphin, and a week later
they went bankrupt. A year later I bought a Zeos, and Zeos
went bankrupt 2 days later. Then I installed OS/2 on
the Zeos... And don't get me started on the deal where I got paid in Cisco
stock, My accountant says I'll be able to take $3000 off of my taxes
every year for the next 92 years
I hope my dangerphone escapes the curse of hugh.