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Handtop PC Announced Using Transmeta Processor
Cyberllama writes "Like many people on Slashdot, I've been wondering when all those transmeta-based products we were promised were finally coming out -- then I saw this. It claims to a be a fully functional laptop-like device with a 5.6 inch screen that can fit into the palm of your hand -- smaller than many laptop batteries. The specs are a bit last year (256 megs of ram, 1 gigahertz processor, 30 gig hard drive) -- but the size of the device is still pretty impressive. Unfortunately it looks like they won't be shipping until the end of the year."
Insightful? Mr. Moderator, please for god's sake put down the crack. In what universe could anything like this be $450-600???? I guess the same one that would see someone saying "Gee, I like that, but I can't afford it on my McDonald's wages. How about giving it away?" would be deemed "insightful". yeesh
Where's the immersive VR? Where's the sex robots? Where are they already? Where's the ability to replace my crappy, suckass life on a giant rock infested with morons and religion and boy bands with one that's custom tailored to my every whim?
What I get is underpowered little plastic boxes running another goddamned f****** dysfunctional Microsoft product. I get MSN watches that lull me into a coma with such cutting edge data as stock quotes, sports scores and the temperature. I get the 55,147th first person shooter or the 24,106th driving sim or Madden NFL 40K. I get friggin' Mel Gibson's friggin' fairy tale movie working it's friggin' controversy into every place I turn. There is no escape!
It's those goddamned Victorian era assholes! This is all their fault! Sex used to be PART of religious ceremonies before they came along. Prostitutes used to work in TEMPLES, for Cliff's sake!
All I know is this supersymmetrical string theory better deliver on something, because that will be the last straw, kupo.
--- Ban humanity.