Kuang Grade Mark 11
"Data transfer from Bockris Systems GmbH, Frankfurt, advises, under coded transmission, that content of shipment is Kuang Grade Mark Eleven penetration program. Bockris further advises that interface with Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7 is entirely compatible and yields optimal penetration capabilities, particularly with regard to existing military systems..."
"How about an AI?"
"Existing military systems and artificial intelligences."
"Jesus Christ. What did you call it?"
"Kuang Grade Mark Eleven"
"It's Chinese?"
"Yes."
So I've been looking for a PDA-like thing for a while. I would've loved to use an iPod Touch but I need to do word processing - not take "notes." So after hemming and hawing I ordered a SmartQ 5 -- a Chinese MID that runs Ubuntu - and can run Linux or WinCE, too, since it has no barriers to that sort of thing. It isn't a phone, but it does do WiFi and Bluetooth, has an external speaker and a nice (though resistive) 400x800 touchscreen, all a bit bigger than the iPod Touch for $50 less.
I figure I can install Abiword, get a folding or rollup keyboard and do some writing with Kuang Grade Mark 11. The tricky bit will be customizing it, since most of the literature is organized for high-functioning Linuxers - and I'm not one of them. I'll probably start asking for help once it gets off the plane and into my hands.
Maelcum produced a white lump of foam slightly smaller than Case's head, fished a pearl-handled switchblade on a green nylon lanyard out of the hip pocket of his tattered shorts and carefully slit the plastic. He extracted a rectangular object and passed it to Case.
. . . and of course, I need a Kuang Grade Mark 11 sticker.
"How about an AI?"
"Existing military systems and artificial intelligences."
"Jesus Christ. What did you call it?"
"Kuang Grade Mark Eleven"
"It's Chinese?"
"Yes."
So I've been looking for a PDA-like thing for a while. I would've loved to use an iPod Touch but I need to do word processing - not take "notes." So after hemming and hawing I ordered a SmartQ 5 -- a Chinese MID that runs Ubuntu - and can run Linux or WinCE, too, since it has no barriers to that sort of thing. It isn't a phone, but it does do WiFi and Bluetooth, has an external speaker and a nice (though resistive) 400x800 touchscreen, all a bit bigger than the iPod Touch for $50 less.
I figure I can install Abiword, get a folding or rollup keyboard and do some writing with Kuang Grade Mark 11. The tricky bit will be customizing it, since most of the literature is organized for high-functioning Linuxers - and I'm not one of them. I'll probably start asking for help once it gets off the plane and into my hands.
Maelcum produced a white lump of foam slightly smaller than Case's head, fished a pearl-handled switchblade on a green nylon lanyard out of the hip pocket of his tattered shorts and carefully slit the plastic. He extracted a rectangular object and passed it to Case.
. . . and of course, I need a Kuang Grade Mark 11 sticker.