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$10 Laptop Downgraded By Reality; Now Fancy Storage Device

Posted by timothy on from the not-that-there's-anything-wrong-with-that dept.

Ian Lamont writes "The news last week that the Indian government was working on a $10 laptop was too good to be true. It turns out that the project is actually a wireless-enabled storage device, not a laptop." Update: 02/04 21:36 GMT by T : Always-illuminating Liliputing has a short article with a picture of the device.

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  1. a wireless enabled storage made ... by porky_pig_jr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    with cow dung.

    Imagine RAID of those!

  2. Keep looking, but you are getting warmer... by rts008 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The word you're looking for is "voila"

    Voila: I don't think that word means what you think it does.

    ROFLCOPTER!1!!

    Maybe you are looking for a viola, perhaps?
    *hint: it is a string instrument*

    Damn, I love it when a pedantic twit has one blow up in his/her face!!!
    Thanks for making my day more amusing than it already was!

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  3. Re:oblig. "Get Smart" paraphrase by Clandestine_Blaze · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Child: Mammy, why is daddy complaining about a broken dongle?

    Mother: I'll tell you when you're older, dear.

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    Best "String" Ever!