21 Jan
2010
21 Jan
'10
8:44 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010, Alexey Toptygin wrote:
Oh right. Point me to one instance where you were lead to believe that the
XO would be useful for anyone other than a child. I mean c'mon man, the
damn thing was *designed* for children! The case, the OS, EVERYTHING was
aimed at being friendly and usable to a little kid! It looks like a
bright green and white sour-puss candy fer chrissakes!
The sad thing is, me getting all wound up about this makes me nearly as
pathetic as your are for complaining about it the first place.
I think I found the perfect SSH console for you!
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2647157
See how nice and big that keyboard is? It's even got a little mousie!
Weee!
What's that? Not appropriate for the task you want it for? Well no shit,
sherlock. Have a little gold sticker. Put it on your XO to remind you
not to bitch at the designer because you want to use it for a purpose that
was never intended.
I really wanted to use my F-15 as a submarine, but it's all MADAC's fault
because it's not water tight! The bastards! *facepalm*
g.
--
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
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A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
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On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, Gene Buckle wrote:
Oh right. Just how long do you think that fancy EEE keyboard would last
in a hostile environment like Mongolia or the jungles of Peru? Are you
seriously suggesting that such a keyboard would be appropriate for a child
in an under or un-developed area? Seriously? The keyboard on a Spectrum
woudln't last any longer than the EEE keyboard would. A keyboard like the
one the EEE sports just begs to be packed with dirt and other detrius as
time goes on.
The keyboard used in the XO met three pretty important criteria:
1. It was durable and pretty much impervious to foreign material
2. It was sized to fit the hands of the expected end-user.
3. It was inexpensive - an important factor when every penny counts
in a design.
The XO is designed and built for *children* In
that aspect it does a very
good job. Under no circumstances is it "questionable design" if your adult
hands don't fit on that tiny keyboard. You're essentially taking a Fisher
Price hammer and stating the design is deficient because it doesn't do 16p
nails very well. If me pointing that out makes me a troll, well whoop de
fucking do. Gimme a hat and I'll wear it. I just call 'em like I see 'em.
There are keyboards in that size that work for both adult and child hands
(e.g. EEE PC). OLPC decided to go with a design that is known from the 1980s
to be uncomfortable (e.g. the Sinclair Spectrum) and not with other, commonly
used designs that work for both adult and child-sized hands. I call that
questionable.
I bought my XO
to make sure some kid somewhere got one that maybe wouldn't
have otherwise. If you want a tiny ssh console, go buy a Pico-ITX or
Nano-ITX board and build yourself a tiny box around it.
The "Give one Get one" program seemed to me to imply that the XO would be
useful not just for a child in a 3rd world country, but for the donor as
well, which is why the gonor gets a second laptop... if it was called "Give
Two" and they both went to children then I would not be complaining.