You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.

Glory ,'The Killer In Me'


Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


tommyrot - Jun 18, 2007 2:12:27 pm PDT #3678 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

God, that's hot.

And the thing! With the peripherals! And the no cables!

::swoon::

Wow. I can totally forgive Science and Technology for not bringing us the promised flying cars. I think I'm in geek heaven....

Oh, Microsoft has a huge R&D budget - nice to see something actually cool come from that....


tommyrot - Jun 18, 2007 2:14:08 pm PDT #3679 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

That latimes batmobile link needs you to be registered to view.

A shorter version from the Huffington Post (has a picture too):

[link]

Can you get to the LA Times article from the above link?


§ ita § - Jun 18, 2007 2:15:31 pm PDT #3680 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Seth Green, mini dork. Oddly enough, the site where I found that link also had a link to the same Batsuit--which I didn't see until just after posting the LJ link here.


tommyrot - Jun 18, 2007 2:16:39 pm PDT #3681 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oh - also, I had heard about that Microsoft table screen thing, but I didn't really grok what all the fuss was about until I saw the video....


Connie Neil - Jun 18, 2007 2:29:16 pm PDT #3682 of 10001
brillig

But how do you type on the thing?


tommyrot - Jun 18, 2007 2:32:09 pm PDT #3683 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

But how do you type on the thing?

Well, it sounds like it's mostly to be used for media (picture) manipulation. Otherwise, I'm sure you could use a bluetooth keyboard....


tommyrot - Jun 18, 2007 2:33:07 pm PDT #3684 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

How to superchill room temperature soda, beer, etc. in two minutes: [link]


§ ita § - Jun 18, 2007 2:35:51 pm PDT #3685 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

it sounds like it's mostly to be used for media (picture) manipulation

That's what I figured. I don't have audio here, so I have no idea of anything but the visuals, but it's more of a mouse/monitor replacement (plus addition of neato stuff!) than a keyboard replacement.

If you're going to make much more inroads into replacing paper, content manipulation is going to have to be more analogue than it is now.


tommyrot - Jun 18, 2007 2:40:34 pm PDT #3686 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

A whole bunch of awesome furniture: [link]

Really. Many of these deserve their own posts. Like the bedroom TV that automatically slides out from under your bed, unfolds itself and positions itself for you to watch.


Connie Neil - Jun 18, 2007 2:42:58 pm PDT #3687 of 10001
brillig

A whole bunch of awesome furniture:

OK, I've seen all the versions of Little Shop of Horror, and I know damned well that most of those sit-upons intend to eat someone. If not just stroll off somewhere.