$10 Laptop Downgraded By Reality; Now Fancy Storage Device 143
Ian Lamont writes "The news last week that the Indian government was working on a $10 laptop was too good to be true. It turns out that the project is actually a wireless-enabled storage device, not a laptop." Update: 02/04 21:36 GMT by T : Always-illuminating Liliputing has a short article with a picture of the device.
But (Score:5, Funny)
And by wireless-enabled (Score:5, Funny)
They mean it has no wires. It's actually an Etch-a-Sketch.
Re:But (Score:1, Funny)
I can use it in my lap, right?
Yes, but not on top.
oblig. "Get Smart" paraphrase (Score:5, Funny)
would you believe, a a storage device that plugs into your wireless router for $10? how about, would you believe, a usb dongle that plugs into a laptop that could have wireless, for $10?
Re:it's okay (Score:5, Funny)
Wives also make good laptops, i hear.
Re:it's okay (Score:4, Funny)
Plug the vents and they overheat?
Miscommunication on the part of The India Times (Score:5, Funny)
Did the India Times succumb to economic pressures and outsource their reporting jobs to the US?
bail & switch (Score:5, Funny)
Wait a second. What started off as a laptop has devolved into a flash drive with a bluetooth chip & a battery! Another week and it'll be described as a "spiral-bound notebook and a pencil with a string tied to it."
Re:oblig. "Get Smart" paraphrase (Score:1, Funny)
Re:it's okay (Score:5, Funny)
Wives also make good laptops, i hear.
how the hell we are suppose to know, asshole
bonus software (Score:5, Funny)
Turns out.... (Score:2, Funny)
The project was not a laptop but actually a cob of corn.
Re:Why so expensive? (Score:5, Funny)
Why so expensive? Have you priced violas recently?
Re:it's okay (Score:5, Funny)
Wives also make good laptops, i hear.
If they are Japanese made maybe. My North American made model barely fits on the desktop. Also it's loud and doesn't do well in the closet (needs plenty of ventilation.. but that's a whole other issue). Buy american my ass.
I'd upgrade if possible, but with the poor economy that's just not financially feasible at this time. Heck, I can't afford the disposal fee for the current one let alone how much it is to procure a better slimmer model.
Re:But (Score:5, Funny)
So...Slashdot is your holy text? God is a moderator? Getting "modded down" is like being sent to hell?
That's a pretty fucked up escatalogy, man. So...CmdrTaco is the Father, Timothy is Jesus, and Rob Malda is the Holy Spirit?
Re:bail & switch (Score:4, Funny)
Oh, come on, dude!
Ignore the string...it has bluetooth! Bluetooth man!
Failing at funny for 50 years
Re:it's okay (Score:5, Funny)
...doesn't do well in the closet...
Well THERE is your problem. Your wife needs to come out of the closet.
Anyone see the parallel? (Score:5, Funny)
You know when your company is considering outsourcing something, and the team that's bidding for it all have twenty years experience (in something that's only existed for two and a half weeks, but hey, they're keen! I like a can-do attitude) and actually speak reasonable English?
And then, reality dawns...
Shocked. (Score:5, Funny)
I am so going to hell (Score:5, Funny)
Re:it's okay (Score:5, Funny)
chloroform
Other stories that should have made /. (Score:4, Funny)
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* $100 Car Downgraded By Reality; Now Used Bicycle
* $75 House Now Tent
* $1 GPS System Now Toy Compass from Box of Cracker Jack
Re:bail & switch (Score:3, Funny)
Another week and it'll be described as a "spiral-bound notebook and a pencil with a string tied to it."
No, you're confusing it with a Russian $1 "ultraportable low-power wireless netbook", originally designed for their space program.