Does it have one of these screens? Last I read it had a more conventional LCD.
I must be hallucinating. But it's far from conventional. Here's what the website says:
with a dual-mode display--both a full-color, transmissive DVD mode, and a second display option that is black and white reflective and sunlight-readable at 3X the resolution
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The first-generation machine will have a novel, dual-mode display that represents improvements to the LCD displays commonly found in inexpensive DVD players. These displays can be used in high-resolution black and white in bright sunlight--all at a cost of approximately $35.
Still sounds pretty cutting edge. And $35? Surely there are other applications for this amazing, cheap technology. Of course none exist yet, maybe therein lies the rub.
Oh, come on. Let Sony blaze the way, throwing all their money behind it and bringing the cost of the materials down. They'll screw it up in a dozen ways for sure, but that'll just help out the company who eventually sends the better version down the line.
Say, why does the 1 laptop per child $100 laptop only cost $100 and it's got one of these cool, cutting edge screens? Didn't MIT "invent" this e-ink? Is there expensive licensing involved? Is Sony maybe helping to bankroll the 1LPC program with this device? I could probably search and find my answers, but one of you already knows.
Just don't put this kind of thing in any kind of mission-critical function...
No kidding. This great "productivity saver" is going to cost a fortune before it saves a dime. Everyone in the office will be neglecting their work to queue up to play with the secretary. I've worked at offices like that, but she was a flirty, hot 19 -year old instead of a box with a Frankenstein face. At least Tank won't need maternity leave.
While it does piss me off that I'm relatively efficient at a system designed to cap efficincy rather than maximize it, a) I'm not sure that I could retrain my fingers easily enough to warrant the switch to a different device, and more importantly b) I'm not sure it would make me much faster, as my fingers already tend to get ahead of my brain.
What's really improved my efficiency is the backspace (delete) key that saves me from having to pull the paper out, hit it with an eraser or liquid paper, then line it back up, sort of, everytime my brain falls behind.
I would be willing to retrain myself to use a keyboard layout that let me type with relative efficiency with one hand....eventually.
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Does it have one of these screens? Last I read it had a more conventional LCD.
I must be hallucinating. But it's far from conventional. Here's what the website says:
snip Still sounds pretty cutting edge. And $35? Surely there are other applications for this amazing, cheap technology. Of course none exist yet, maybe therein lies the rub.Sorry if I've drifted off topic
Oh, come on. Let Sony blaze the way, throwing all their money behind it and bringing the cost of the materials down. They'll screw it up in a dozen ways for sure, but that'll just help out the company who eventually sends the better version down the line.
Say, why does the 1 laptop per child $100 laptop only cost $100 and it's got one of these cool, cutting edge screens? Didn't MIT "invent" this e-ink? Is there expensive licensing involved? Is Sony maybe helping to bankroll the 1LPC program with this device? I could probably search and find my answers, but one of you already knows.
I thought Video Blogs would suck because at some point we'd have to go back to looking at Adam Curry.
Just don't put this kind of thing in any kind of mission-critical function... No kidding. This great "productivity saver" is going to cost a fortune before it saves a dime. Everyone in the office will be neglecting their work to queue up to play with the secretary. I've worked at offices like that, but she was a flirty, hot 19 -year old instead of a box with a Frankenstein face. At least Tank won't need maternity leave.
While it does piss me off that I'm relatively efficient at a system designed to cap efficincy rather than maximize it, a) I'm not sure that I could retrain my fingers easily enough to warrant the switch to a different device, and more importantly b) I'm not sure it would make me much faster, as my fingers already tend to get ahead of my brain. What's really improved my efficiency is the backspace (delete) key that saves me from having to pull the paper out, hit it with an eraser or liquid paper, then line it back up, sort of, everytime my brain falls behind. I would be willing to retrain myself to use a keyboard layout that let me type with relative efficiency with one hand....eventually.