When netbooks get too small, they're harder to use. Small screens tend to be hard to read. Small keyboards are a PITA to type on.
OTOH, I have no interest in lugging my laptop around with me. Granted, it's a lot smaller than my desktop, but it's still too big to carry around on a regular basis.
My personal "sweet spot" would be smaller than a laptop, but with a larger screen & keyboard than my netbook.
There was a netbook on display at Sam's Club that had a "is a netbook right for me" app running on it, so I took the test... the first question is if it was going to be your primary computer, and I said "yes," which ended the test with "this isn't powerful enough for your main computer, and the keyboard and display are too small!!!"
I agree that the keyboard & display are too small, both on netbook or laptop. But even a wimpy netbook is powerful enough for most tasks, except of course running Vista.
Its sad but most people don't realize how little doctors can do to treat viral infections.
That's not true. Last time I had a bad cold, my doctor gave me something that cured it in 7 days. Without the treatment, it would have taken a whole week.
As for wind, yes the US does have the potential for excellent wind power generation and in fact already leads the world in total (not per-capita) wind power production.
Not surprising. We do have an unlimited supply of hot air coming from DC.
Heh! I can't even picture someone that size in an Escort. I can't really fit into those at half his size. Though my problem is more leg room than weight.
That reminds me of the plaque I saw on the desk of my tax preparers secretary. "Do you want to talk to the man in charge, or the woman who knows what's going on?".
I was in school in the 70's, and I'm pretty sure boys were ALLOWED to take typing and cooking classes then. Of course boys who took such classes were likely to get hung on a flagpole by their underwear, but it WAS allowed.
And as a follow up - have you gotten rid of your television, radio, and internet as well, because they also have ads everywhere. Forget going to the movie theater too - even forking over $12 won't let you escape the ads.
TV: I FF past the ads.
Radio: I've figured out roughly how long the commercial breaks last, and I turn the radio off when it starts. BTW, if you hear me yelling in pain while driving, either I jammed my finger turning off a commercial, or I missed the button and had to listen to some of it.
Internet: I manage to ignore those.
Theater: I haven't gone to the theaters for years, and though it's not the only reason, the commercials were the straw that broke this camel's back.
Do you play with an ax or chainsaw, or do you go and chop firewood?
Depends on the ax. It would take quite awhile to chop wood with that brightly colored plastic ax. OTOH, it would not be a good idea to hand a 6 y/o that heavy, rusty-handled, sharp metal ax when he wants to play "cowboys & injuns".
I quit Marvel (and DC for that matter) around 2005. They had become total drek at that point. If they DID improve during my absense, that's good, but I bet Disney will ruin them, if they aren't still ruined.
We've finally given up thinking of our own ideas and as soon as existing licensing deals run out we are going to squeeze the Marvel universe for everything we can get out of it, by giving it the "Disney" treatment".
Hah! The last time Disney thought up its own ideas, they came up with a mouse & a duck with a speech problem. Everything else has been "Disneyfying" anything that won't get them sued.
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Stealing trillions is safe enough. You've become too big to fail. It's the small fry who only steal billions that get put away.
If the US budget deficit was falling at $1/year would you say "it's falling, problem solved. No further action should be required"?
If the US budget deficit was RISING at 1 MILLION dollars a year, that would be such a vast improvment over the current situation that I would be dancing in the street and getting stinking drunk!
I ASSume that if Dish had used any other technique for pausing, rewinding, and recording live television on digital video recorders, there would be no problem. The problem is that they DID (allegedly) illegally copy Tivo.
Tivo is STILL cool, IMO. Unfortunately, it's dependent on a very uncool medium. When I first got Tivo, 90% of TV sucked, and Tivo helped me find the 10% that didn't. Now, I'm not even sure that there is 1% of TV that doesn't suck, and even Tivo can't find what doesn't exist.
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When netbooks get too small, they're harder to use. Small screens tend to be hard to read. Small keyboards are a PITA to type on.
OTOH, I have no interest in lugging my laptop around with me. Granted, it's a lot smaller than my desktop, but it's still too big to carry around on a regular basis.
My personal "sweet spot" would be smaller than a laptop, but with a larger screen & keyboard than my netbook.
I agree that the keyboard & display are too small, both on netbook or laptop. But even a wimpy netbook is powerful enough for most tasks, except of course running Vista.
That's not true. Last time I had a bad cold, my doctor gave me something that cured it in 7 days. Without the treatment, it would have taken a whole week.
Not surprising. We do have an unlimited supply of hot air coming from DC.
Heh! I can't even picture someone that size in an Escort. I can't really fit into those at half his size. Though my problem is more leg room than weight.
And look where that's gotten us lately.
So, if you forget your password, you recover it with another password that you can't remember?
That reminds me of the plaque I saw on the desk of my tax preparers secretary. "Do you want to talk to the man in charge, or the woman who knows what's going on?".
I was in school in the 70's, and I'm pretty sure boys were ALLOWED to take typing and cooking classes then. Of course boys who took such classes were likely to get hung on a flagpole by their underwear, but it WAS allowed.
Lately, the money that I DO keep in my home has done better than the money that's "in the market".
So, where are my adamantium claws?
TV: I FF past the ads.
Radio: I've figured out roughly how long the commercial breaks last, and I turn the radio off when it starts. BTW, if you hear me yelling in pain while driving, either I jammed my finger turning off a commercial, or I missed the button and had to listen to some of it.
Internet: I manage to ignore those.
Theater: I haven't gone to the theaters for years, and though it's not the only reason, the commercials were the straw that broke this camel's back.
Fixed your post.
I'm fairly sure ducks have been making those calls for a long time.
It's bad enough when someone I know announces that they're taking a dump. Now, the TOILET can announce it!
Except that in the U.S. "abject poverty" means they had to sell their 4th iPod.
Depends on the ax. It would take quite awhile to chop wood with that brightly colored plastic ax. OTOH, it would not be a good idea to hand a 6 y/o that heavy, rusty-handled, sharp metal ax when he wants to play "cowboys & injuns".
I quit Marvel (and DC for that matter) around 2005. They had become total drek at that point. If they DID improve during my absense, that's good, but I bet Disney will ruin them, if they aren't still ruined.
Hah! The last time Disney thought up its own ideas, they came up with a mouse & a duck with a speech problem. Everything else has been "Disneyfying" anything that won't get them sued.
Stealing trillions is safe enough. You've become too big to fail. It's the small fry who only steal billions that get put away.
If the US budget deficit was RISING at 1 MILLION dollars a year, that would be such a vast improvment over the current situation that I would be dancing in the street and getting stinking drunk!
I ASSume that if Dish had used any other technique for pausing, rewinding, and recording live television on digital video recorders, there would be no problem. The problem is that they DID (allegedly) illegally copy Tivo.
Tivo is STILL cool, IMO. Unfortunately, it's dependent on a very uncool medium. When I first got Tivo, 90% of TV sucked, and Tivo helped me find the 10% that didn't. Now, I'm not even sure that there is 1% of TV that doesn't suck, and even Tivo can't find what doesn't exist.
Only a total idiot would watch (un)reality TV. That doesn't dispute your assesment of its popularity.
Obviously, it was the REAL Joker. He didn't want his reputation damaged by association with BHO.