Ultra-portable terminals

[Laura Brody]

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:02:58 -0400, John Esak <john at valar.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the link, Bob,
>
> I see the naysayers already starting to talk about why this is a "bad"
> thing.... Instead, let me point out something "good" about such units.

	I don't think that the all-in-one units are bad, evil,
immoral or fattening.... I was just pointing out that if the
unit drops dead, you lose ALL functionality. For some situations,
this is a deal breaker... If your business would stop in its
tracks if your printer/scanner/copier died, then an all-in-one
unit might not be a good choice unless you had a spare unit
tucked away ready to be popped into place at a moments notice.

	All-in-one units are great when you have limited desk
space or don't want to look like a Borg out on patrol.

> Had they been around just 4 years ago when Dr. Dovellewas working on his Artificial Vision project... therewould (not might) be thousands of people who werecompletely blind... seeing now. His system was incredible.

	I heard about this. I find it amazing that this is
possible at all. Vision is so complex. There are so many
parts that have to work correctly for the person to actually
see something. For a computer to take over some of the
vision process and integrate into the human body is
nothing less than a miracle.

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Laura Brody
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