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Mod me down as off topic, but I must make a point. You hear of things being sold and marketed every day using any name under the sun.
Tke the ford Taurus for example, Taurus is related to many of the great bulls of mythology. The symbolism of the bull is synonymous with strength, vitality and male impulsiveness. Is this saying that we choose a product because of it's religious connotations, or because of the thoughts they conjure up in our heads. Should we, by your admission, not name any product, or put any product in a class because it has a religious meaning _also_?
Words are more than their literal meanings, and in todays day and age religion is very quickly being eclipsed by a new brand of worship, a yearning for information.
Anyway, god is only an imaginary friend for grown ups.
Would it be possible to make modules, say, the size of a sony memory stick? maybe a bit bigger?
I love the idea though, hot-swappable, modules already built into the kernel.
standardise a modular size, and you could have anything from a second HDD to a Wi-Fi card, to a death-ray installed.
similiar to the OQO, but heres the wishlist.
1.Open source OS
2.Dirty big hard drive
3.T.V.Tuner
4.Sound
5.CF card slot
6.TiVo style recording software.
Leave the thing plugged in at home/work/wherever to record all your favourite shows, or rip DVD's etc onto it. (Base station?)
pick the thing up, transport it around, use it as a PDA, but you also have video and sound out ports on it (RCA) just plug it into any TV/projector/plasma screen, ad it has all your shows on it too.
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The only thing you have to unlearn is your propensity for being an M$ Corporate whore.
Mod me down as off topic, but I must make a point. You hear of things being sold and marketed every day using any name under the sun. Tke the ford Taurus for example, Taurus is related to many of the great bulls of mythology. The symbolism of the bull is synonymous with strength, vitality and male impulsiveness. Is this saying that we choose a product because of it's religious connotations, or because of the thoughts they conjure up in our heads. Should we, by your admission, not name any product, or put any product in a class because it has a religious meaning _also_? Words are more than their literal meanings, and in todays day and age religion is very quickly being eclipsed by a new brand of worship, a yearning for information. Anyway, god is only an imaginary friend for grown ups.
How about one of these stuck in the end? http://www.science.uva.nl/~sprik/masterlaser/holoe xp/holo.html/
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The new Palm 2 D-2.
Would it be possible to make modules, say, the size of a sony memory stick? maybe a bit bigger? I love the idea though, hot-swappable, modules already built into the kernel. standardise a modular size, and you could have anything from a second HDD to a Wi-Fi card, to a death-ray installed.
What the hell has this got to do with PDA's?
similiar to the OQO, but heres the wishlist. 1.Open source OS 2.Dirty big hard drive 3.T.V.Tuner 4.Sound 5.CF card slot 6.TiVo style recording software. Leave the thing plugged in at home/work/wherever to record all your favourite shows, or rip DVD's etc onto it. (Base station?) pick the thing up, transport it around, use it as a PDA, but you also have video and sound out ports on it (RCA) just plug it into any TV/projector/plasma screen, ad it has all your shows on it too.