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   From: "Mike Easter"    
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   Subject: Re: Ubuntu Linux For Dummies   
   Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 16:35:55 -0800   
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   dgk wrote:   
   > Mike Easter"   
      
   >> do you   
   >> just want something made out of deadtrees [or recycled paper] that   
   >> you can hold in your hands and smells good like a book?   
      
   > Sometimes folks have to kill time on the subway and don't have access   
   > to internet.   
      
   What's a subway? ;-)   
      
   Wait just a minute; we do have trolleys and busses and freeways around   
   here, which also have some trouble connecting, because we also have   
   canyons and other obstructions to wifi connectivity. :-)   
      
   However, with the ubiquitous popularity of laptops; I think we will   
   need to say that there are far more laptops than subway riders. So, if   
   you have a laptop, whether you are on the subway, trolley, or bus -- you   
   can read the ub online information which you downloaded for that   
   purpose. If you are in a car on the freeway traffic, which is what most   
   people do around here, then I guess that you would need something   
   besides a book or a laptop, maybe something to convert text to voice.   
      
   --    
   Mike Easter   
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