$100 Laptops for poor kids
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- ********0
I can see fights on planes breaking out for much less para...
kelpie
(Nov 17 05, 09:02)Yeah - hand cranked laptop envy would be unleashing the fury on airplanes worldwide. The crank handles just are just the cream filling...
- kelpie0
shoot. i'd fight you for one, kelpie. or maybe arm wrestle. or we could have a bake-off.
paraselene
(Nov 17 05, 09:04)I can't bake - however I'm sure Chossy would stand in for me like a good pal...
- paraselene0
but when they do, they'll be after all y'all jobs.
logos for a dollar anyone?
inspiration
(Nov 17 05, 09:05)goddamned uppity third-world kids, coming here, taking our jobs...
- ********0
and you can bet your bottom dollar half of those laptops are gonna be stolen, fenced and sold once they hit their destinations
- kelpie0
I can see fights on planes breaking out for much less para...
kelpie
(Nov 17 05, 09:02)Yeah - hand cranked laptop envy would be unleashing the fury on airplanes worldwide. The crank handles just are just the cream filling...
TheTick
(Nov 17 05, 09:05)I was thinking more the unbearable temptation to hit the person next to you after a few hours of cranking laptop up in yo face.
But I'd fight either one of you for it just for fun haha, and I don't even NEED a laptop hahahahaha
- ********0
THEY TUK UR JEOOBS!
- mg330
Reading over that site, mimio, it seems that many of the principles they're moving forward with could and should be applied to other computers:
"Second, we will get the fat out of the systems. Today's laptops have become obese. Two-thirds of their software is used to manage the other third, which mostly does the same functions nine different ways."
Does Windows XP come to mind? Hasn't it been documented that the Home version was actually slower than an equivelent Windows 2000 set up because of all the extra stuff that was running to help people figure it all out, aka make it easier to use?
- ********0
if that handcrank came with an adjustable resistance setting that i could set on max i'd buy one so i could work on my guns.
ooo yeah!
*front double bicep
- Mimio0
I'm seriously excited about this. I will be donating money to the program once it's up and running.
- kelpie0
hahahaha! But would you take it from a starving child in order to do so eh?
anyway - I hope my contribution has been both educational and enjoyable, I'm here all week. Well not now cos I'm out of here. bye...
- ********0
Heck, half the human population come with built in hand cranks...
- ********0
Does Windows XP come to mind? Hasn't it been documented that the Home version was actually slower than an equivelent Windows 2000 set up because of all the extra stuff that was running to help people figure it all out, aka make it easier to use?
mg33
(Nov 17 05, 09:09)i just checked. right now i have 56 process' running.
all i have open are:
yahoo messenger
(kona_anok if any of you bitches want to chat)
outlook
photoshop
dreamweaver
firefoxso what are the other 51 process' doing?!?
- ********0
so what are the other 51 process' doing?!?
kOna
(Nov 17 05, 09:13)
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Sending detailed reports to either Homeland Security, the CIA, or SONY...
- mg330
kona, are you on XP or 2000?
I've been tinkering with shutting off processes and such lately, seeing what speeds it up. I basically just need more memory.
But why as time goes on with a computer, are there just more and more processes in the list? I've researched them, made sure they're not malicious, etc.
I wish windows specified things better. I want to know what's critical to performance, and what isn't so it can be turned off.
- ********0
xp
next to me another dell is running 2000. not sure what that one is.
- dopepope0
laptops for 3rd world?
they come with shoes too...
- mg330
you could fill those shoes with water and really work on your balancing skills!
Forget computer nerdery, turn em all into balerinas!
- cotton0
anyone else find the picture on the screen of the laptop amusing?
whats a poor kid need a laptop for?
- paraselene0
whats a poor kid need a laptop for?
cotton
(Nov 17 05, 09:23)to pwn your classist ass.
