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Why Laptops are an Endangered Species
Benzinga ^ | 12/06/2011 | Louis Bedigian

Posted on 12/06/2011 7:02:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: bcsco

OK, great. Good to know this. Thanks again.


61 posted on 12/06/2011 9:43:14 AM PST by miele man
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To: dfwgator
Celluon Magic Cube Laser Projection Keyboard and Touchpad

From Amazon, $169.99.

-PJ

62 posted on 12/06/2011 9:44:38 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you can vote for President, then your children can run for President.)
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To: need_auto_help

In terms of freeware comparable (actually, I think better) than photoshop, look at GIMP. The windows download is available here: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html look to http://www.gimp.org/ for other OS’s

I’ts free, it has plenty of bells and whistles to confuse yourself with (just like PS!), a wealth of documentation and an active user community.


63 posted on 12/06/2011 9:53:48 AM PST by Mycroft Holmes (Returned for regrooving...)
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To: Vaduz

Connect to a printer via a WiFi network.


64 posted on 12/06/2011 9:57:27 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (Don't stop. Keep moving!)
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To: Future Snake Eater

And hope someone else isn’t copying it.


65 posted on 12/06/2011 10:51:28 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: bcsco

What I like about my laptop is that I don’t have to close one eye to see the screen.


66 posted on 12/06/2011 10:53:08 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: dfwgator

You program for a living and you use Apple over Linux?


67 posted on 12/06/2011 11:00:36 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Actually in my office I use Linux Ubuntu, and an XP box. But at home, when I connect remotely, I use my Mac to connect to those boxes.


69 posted on 12/06/2011 12:45:47 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: nickcarraway

Well, when I can use XCode on Linux, let me know.


70 posted on 12/06/2011 12:47:18 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: roaddog727

You want to rethink the CAD on iPad grip.

From Autodesk’s website:

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I have a friend who uses it for on-site visits.


71 posted on 12/06/2011 1:13:24 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: SeekAndFind

Mainframes rule!


72 posted on 12/06/2011 1:18:35 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: SeekAndFind

NO keyboard puter is the dumbest ideer I ever hoid! It’s like the no disk puters. You end up carrying it and an external disk, and an external keyboard and a power supply, which all together take up more space and weight than a laptop. But hey, you got yourself a lightweight pocket size tablet. It’s all marketing, folks!


73 posted on 12/06/2011 1:23:34 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: dfwgator
I have a holgram-enabled droid that comes complete with "blue chick."


74 posted on 12/06/2011 1:29:29 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
"blue chick" is way cool. All I have is the "blue screen of death".


75 posted on 12/06/2011 2:28:49 PM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-Free zones are playgrounds for felons)
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To: Vaduz

Copying what? The data packets? The IP address? The MAC address?

What encryption are you using? WPA2-PSK? Is the SSID being broadcast by the WAP? Is MAC filtering enabled?

While none of those are foolproof, they make for a pretty secure environment. I’d be more worried about someone yanking my supposedly sensitive printout right off the network printer before I got there.


76 posted on 12/06/2011 2:56:38 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (Don't stop. Keep moving!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh, yeah. By the time I add a real keyboard, etc., to the thing, I have......Oh, yeah, a laptop, only more awkward, and less powerful and convenient. Sounds like a plan.


77 posted on 12/06/2011 3:52:04 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Should have known this guy was a dillweed poser when his link to “beautiful laptops” is about a Mac! Macs do have some things to recommend them, but beauty isn’t it.


78 posted on 12/06/2011 3:53:42 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I am posting from a toshiba thrive tablet. It has full size ports. I hook it up to my tv and watch youtube. I did not type this message, I dictated it on my tablet.

Life is good.


79 posted on 12/06/2011 4:19:39 PM PST by Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage (Not a lemming.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I am posting from a toshiba thrive tablet. It has full size ports. I hook it up to my tv and watch youtube. I did not type this message, I dictated it on my tablet.

Life is good.


80 posted on 12/06/2011 4:19:57 PM PST by Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage (Not a lemming.)
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