Wouldn't it be interesting to have a race for the "most usable minimalist machine for daily use", instead of the biggest, brightest, prettiest, etc.
I mean, what does it take to browse the internet, receive email, write a letter, do kitchen maths, and some coding ?
It would make a change from hyping the latest graphics card and fastest cpu and prettiest casings....
low grade meat ?
oh, you mean without hormones and other chemical additives ? the stuff that makes americans so fat ?
oh, and BTW, from my experience, americans are some of the laziest full-of-shit people I know of.
Jackass.
I loved greg bear's idea that
quarks have associated "bits" that determine
their location in the universe, and that these can be tweaked to position matter elswhere instantly.
> If someone gave me OOP Basic on KDE, I'd be writing all sorts of KDE apps.
yah, me too. KDE has something missing, like a VB clone.
the thing would explose if we had this.
oh, and BTW the world wide web was invented in Europe..
Wouldn't it be interesting to have a race for the "most usable minimalist machine for daily use", instead of the biggest, brightest, prettiest, etc.
I mean, what does it take to browse the internet, receive email, write a letter, do kitchen maths, and some coding ?
It would make a change from hyping the latest graphics card and fastest cpu and prettiest casings....
with a title like that I almost want to give up science fiction. yechh...
low grade meat ? oh, you mean without hormones and other chemical additives ? the stuff that makes americans so fat ? oh, and BTW, from my experience, americans are some of the laziest full-of-shit people I know of. Jackass.
I loved greg bear's idea that quarks have associated "bits" that determine their location in the universe, and that these can be tweaked to position matter elswhere instantly.
read about the hole in the wall: http://www.niitholeinthewall.com/kiosk.htm http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-W all.htm
and we will all belong to the world wide awareness !
real funny, the French say it too...
not really an argument, the tree just stores, and when it dies....