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   From: dgk    
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   Subject: Re: Ubuntu Linux For Dummies   
   Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:06:28 -0500   
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   On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 16:35:55 -0800, "Mike Easter"    
   wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   I have a pda (Dell Axim x51v) that I do use to read books. It is a   
   very sharp screen and I have no problem reading it on the subway.   
   Normally I commute by bike though and opinions vary on whether bikers   
   should listen to music, but everyone agrees that reading is a bad   
   idea.   
      
   I saw a thread about synching a Windows Mobile pda with Ubuntu but I'm   
   nowhere near ready to try that.   
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