What's the deal with Microsoft's "Project Origami"?

[nsps]

It's a miracle of design.

Sorry, I didn't notice the duplicate post. And I can't delete it now as it's become part of the conversation, can I?

[miffy495]

They don't tell you, but the new forth dimension will technically be known as "suck."

[Oath]

The measuring of time as inches was first discovered here. I'm so proud!

Edit: Wow, those two posts before me didn't show up, sorry.

[MrChlorophyll]

They don't tell you, but the new forth dimension will technically be known as "suck."

Buy Microsoft's Project Origami! Now featuring 17 inches of suck!

You know, that may actually help sales, now that I think about it.

[netmonkey]

The measuring of time as inches was first discovered here. I'm so proud!

Edit: Wow, those two posts before me didn't show up, sorry.

Actually, the " and ' marks can also be used to denote minutes and seconds. so it's really 17 seconds.

[MrChlorophyll]

Buy Microsoft's Project Origami! Now featuring 17 seconds battery life!

[Oath]

Actually, the " and ' marks can also be used to denote minutes and seconds. so it's really 17 seconds.

That, I didn't know.

I'll blame it on the fact that inches and feet are a bit foreign around here.

[netmonkey]

How are penises measured in porn movies then?

[miffy495]

well, they start off with the swimsuit competition, the move on to the weightlifting. It's a really complicated process. I think at some point you have to wrestle a badger.

[-MaSQuE-]

How are penises measured in porn movies then?

In Thaums, the thaumaturgical unit size of something.

[Oath]

How are penises measured in porn movies then?

We measure in lux, how much light you radiate. The people above have no idea what they're talking about.

Know those little plastic things that cinematographers and photographers have around their neck? Yup, total penis length in the scene.

[nsps]

well, they start off with the swimsuit competition, the move on to the weightlifting. It's a really complicated process. I think at some point you have to wrestle a badger.

All that using only your penis?

[miffy495]

yeah, they have a massive team of doctors (Edit: heh. typo was coctors, but I decided that that was too much, so I corrected) on hand to fix up either you or the badger afterwards. I hear there are some ancient techniques which can be used to allow the penis to hold a weapon, but I wouldn't place too much faith in that.

Second edit: I would like to make it perfectly clear that by "fix you" I do not mean in the veterinary sense

[netmonkey]

Back to the topic, here's another rumored photo. Maybe not really, but man, could it get any worse?

[OftenK]

It's even uglier than I had expected.

Doesn't look like it's going to be very convenient to handle, either.

[Jayel]

So I guess it doesn't really fold.

And it doesn't have Vista on it? That's disappointing.

But still, I'd get this over a bulky expensive laptop any day.

[nsps]

It looks like it has one of those high-gloss-for-show-equals-high-glare-near-any-light-source screens that are found on PSPs and poorly designed laptops.

[netmonkey]

http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/hands-on-with-asus-and-founder-umpcs/

and

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/umpc/default.mspx

Wow, only Microsoft could fuck it up so badly by letting random manufactures design the look and feel of the thing. Like some of the ones in the video actually looked pretty lighteight and cool compared to these. For other recent microsoft fuck ups, try searching for anything on http://www.live.com/