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From: dgk 
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Subject: Re: Ubuntu Linux For Dummies
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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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