I'm looking for a laptop/tablet PC right now.
Really, all I'm going to do on it is watch DVDs or other video files, take notes and do school work. I'm mostly looking for as light as I can get with a linkup to my desktop to transfer files. I was looking at a tablet PC for it's smallness and ability to do handwriting. Anyone have any advice?
Is the handwriting recognition as bad as ZDnet claims?
How can we call ourselves geeks and clearly not read comics. And if you do read comics and you don't know who Alan Moore is then that's even worse. Alan Moore's graphic novels are consistantly the best produced.
Alan Moore seems to be a big thing among scriptwriters. In addition to "From Hell" in the works are many others. The Watchmen and V for Vendetta, are the two I can come up with off the top of my head. Doubtlessly there are many more.
As a diehard comicbook fan I'm hoping they don't mess these up too badly, but these are going to be some hard stories to mess up. Watchmen should be pretty straight forward though they might edit out some of the profanity and sex. I can see them editing that grafitti out of the moive, can't you. (For those of you who've read the comics, yes, THAT grafiti. One of the major driving things) And probably some of the sex/rape that is so gratuitious. Watchmen would be nightmare for casting though, having to have the characters at so many different ages, especially for characters like, The Comedian, who needs to be in so many different eras. The movie will also have dificulty with that ending thing that the comics had in each issue. The newspaper or section of book. As for "V for Vendetta" I don't think that mainstream audiences will understand any of it. It should be easier to turn into a movie though.
I'm still hoping someone makes a movie based on some of Garth Ennis of Frank Miller's work. I think a movie of "Ronin" or "Sin City" would be really damn cool. So would a "Martha Washington" movie. As for Garth Ennis, that would be one hell of a wild ride, get Kevin Smith to direct it as they are good friends. Can't you see it now? "Hitman" with Jay as Tommy and Silent Bob as Natt. Even a "Preacher" movie.
I'm just really happy that some good comicbook-based movies are being made (see: Daredevil, Blade and Spider-Man, because X-Men just wasn't very good)
Hey! I'm 17. That's under 30. I know what that stuff is. Believe me.
If LXG the movie is half as good as the comic, it'll be one of the greatest movies of all time.
Actually, now that I think about it, a "V for Vendetta" movie would be really damn cool, so would a "Watchmen" movie. Hrmm, just about anything done by Alan Moore.
Same with Frank Miller, is anyone else hoping someone makes a "Sin City" movie? Damn that would be sweet.
I'm sorry, but I'm thinking of those FoxTrot comics where Marcus and Jason attach the video camera to the rocket which upsets the balance and it flies straight at them.
Something along those lines happaned to me once.
These are just bad versions of Bit Chargers.
Go look them up, they've been around in hawaii for a long time, and are pretty big in japan.
note: Chargers not Racers, racers are the same size but require a triack.
I know it's kinda late, but I just have to say, as a junior in highschool, I've known this for a long time. Personally I rarely use the abreviations, and when typing a paper, definately not. for my notes I may abbreviate, but then again, I did before IM's. In 8th grade one girl in my class turned in a paper with " u's, boi, ur" etc... The only thought that ran through my head was, "the school system has completely collapsed."
I wouldn't be so sure about that...
There have been many a time when all the spam has made me much more inclined to lash out against people.
Can't you imagine that? A guy who goes bezerk because of all the spam and goes on a killing spree?
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I'm looking for a laptop/tablet PC right now. Really, all I'm going to do on it is watch DVDs or other video files, take notes and do school work. I'm mostly looking for as light as I can get with a linkup to my desktop to transfer files. I was looking at a tablet PC for it's smallness and ability to do handwriting. Anyone have any advice? Is the handwriting recognition as bad as ZDnet claims?
Right? It makes perfect sense that the Black spot is bigger then the red spot. It is black after all.
How can we call ourselves geeks and clearly not read comics. And if you do read comics and you don't know who Alan Moore is then that's even worse. Alan Moore's graphic novels are consistantly the best produced.
Alan Moore seems to be a big thing among scriptwriters. In addition to "From Hell" in the works are many others. The Watchmen and V for Vendetta, are the two I can come up with off the top of my head. Doubtlessly there are many more.
As a diehard comicbook fan I'm hoping they don't mess these up too badly, but these are going to be some hard stories to mess up. Watchmen should be pretty straight forward though they might edit out some of the profanity and sex. I can see them editing that grafitti out of the moive, can't you. (For those of you who've read the comics, yes, THAT grafiti. One of the major driving things) And probably some of the sex/rape that is so gratuitious. Watchmen would be nightmare for casting though, having to have the characters at so many different ages, especially for characters like, The Comedian, who needs to be in so many different eras. The movie will also have dificulty with that ending thing that the comics had in each issue. The newspaper or section of book. As for "V for Vendetta" I don't think that mainstream audiences will understand any of it. It should be easier to turn into a movie though.
I'm still hoping someone makes a movie based on some of Garth Ennis of Frank Miller's work. I think a movie of "Ronin" or "Sin City" would be really damn cool. So would a "Martha Washington" movie. As for Garth Ennis, that would be one hell of a wild ride, get Kevin Smith to direct it as they are good friends. Can't you see it now? "Hitman" with Jay as Tommy and Silent Bob as Natt. Even a "Preacher" movie.
I'm just really happy that some good comicbook-based movies are being made (see: Daredevil, Blade and Spider-Man, because X-Men just wasn't very good)
Hey! I'm 17. That's under 30. I know what that stuff is. Believe me. If LXG the movie is half as good as the comic, it'll be one of the greatest movies of all time. Actually, now that I think about it, a "V for Vendetta" movie would be really damn cool, so would a "Watchmen" movie. Hrmm, just about anything done by Alan Moore. Same with Frank Miller, is anyone else hoping someone makes a "Sin City" movie? Damn that would be sweet.
:) Nice try though.
I'm sorry, but I'm thinking of those FoxTrot comics where Marcus and Jason attach the video camera to the rocket which upsets the balance and it flies straight at them. Something along those lines happaned to me once.
These are just bad versions of Bit Chargers. Go look them up, they've been around in hawaii for a long time, and are pretty big in japan. note: Chargers not Racers, racers are the same size but require a triack.
I know it's kinda late, but I just have to say, as a junior in highschool, I've known this for a long time. Personally I rarely use the abreviations, and when typing a paper, definately not. for my notes I may abbreviate, but then again, I did before IM's. In 8th grade one girl in my class turned in a paper with " u's, boi, ur" etc... The only thought that ran through my head was, "the school system has completely collapsed."
now then, which of those projets got the best grades, because they all seem pretty damn cool to me. wish there was a class like that in my school.
I wouldn't be so sure about that... There have been many a time when all the spam has made me much more inclined to lash out against people. Can't you imagine that? A guy who goes bezerk because of all the spam and goes on a killing spree?