And they produce up to 500% more kids than the smart guys.

EFT eh? Yes I find a strong, steady dose of Electronic Funds Transfer usually fixes a broken heart.

That linux rocks! \m/

My previous notebook was an Acer Travelmate 4403 or something, AMD Turion 1.8ghz, etc; but the HDD would IDLE at 56 degrees C and peak at 62 or so, this thing made my palms sweat - the drive ran cool outside the notebook, putting in a new HDD did the same - there was almost no breathing room. This thing made my palms sweat, Acer refused to fix/replace it on the basis that this was "acceptable" Even a letter I acquired from Seagate explaining the drive was running way out of their thermal guidelines didn't convince Acer that this was a potential risk.

I sold it for cheap and got me a Thinkpad T61 a few years ago - never looked back.

Did a few searches on Bing, searched for various linux topics, including Ubuntu; Windows vs Linux; etc; and the results seem pretty unbiased.

...and have Developers! coming out of my arse?

No thanks. Besides, Ubuntu is already brown and it installs from USB just fine. :D

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That's quite a mouthful.

With jokes like that, you must really be strapped for cash ;)

I don't need text to speech, infact I hate it, I jsut have trouble with small text and blaring white screens with dark text.

If the device is about 1kg (2.2lbs?) then it'd be perfect.

I agree with the input you mentioned, esp with netbooks and tiny keys. One solution would be speech recognition, and maybe an oldschool trackerball for the mouse.

But for me personally, a 12" screen is sweet. Just hope it's not heavy.

I'm legally blind, so this is something I've been waiting for, for ages.

If I can stick Ubuntu, or anything with a customizable UI on, with a browser / pdf reader that lets me put large, white text on a black background.. surf and read ebooks.. I'm sold.

This is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Was this designed by a Concerned Parent (TM) or a dominatrix?

You make a valid point (as well as the others who replied to my comment above). Even though my religious upbringing did a lat of harm to me as a child and teenager, I still tend to feel that things should be discussed objectively.

My parents were a bit pushy with their religious teachings, when I grew up I realised (to me) it was all nonsense, so I guess when people that are religious or ahtiest talk with a fanatical or pushy tone of voice I immediately shy away from listening.

I admire Dawkins contribution to the world, as an atheist I feel what one believes or considers as truth should be logical and provable.

Even though I find the existence of any god completely bunk, I can understand why people believe in . Perhaps I'm too diplomatic, I just feel when debating something, one should strive to win the argument by facts and logic in a calm, rational manner than with force.

And yes, I know what I just said opens up a lot of retorts about religious people not having/using logic/real proof to prove anything. :)

I think a good summary of my feelings is the old forum-ettiquette of "don't attack the poster, attack his point of view", Dawkins sometimes steps over that line.

Perhaps, I just find that when people push their ideas onto me I reject them even more, so I think some of his methods would be ignored by religious folk just because of his method.