https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/#c_4728483

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I WILL NOT BURY THE NEW KID

Chris Elvidge said:
> https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/#c_4728483
>
> Full article at:
> https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/

I just lost an hour being reminded of Verity Stob.

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On 15/09/2023 16:34, Richard Robinson wrote:
> Chris Elvidge said:
>> https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/#c_4728483
>>
>> Full article at:
>> https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/
>
> I just lost an hour being reminded of Verity Stob.
>
>

Shame she went.

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I CANNOT ABSOLVE SINS

On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:52:56 +0100
Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:

> https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/#c_4728483
>
> Full article at:
> https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/

Apart from the cevpr I rather like it.

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On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:28:04 +0100
Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:

> On 15/09/2023 16:34, Richard Robinson wrote:
> > Chris Elvidge said:
> >> https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/#c_4728483
> >>
> >> Full article at:
> >> https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/
> >
> > I just lost an hour being reminded of Verity Stob.
> >
> >
>
> Shame she went.
>
No death notice yet:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verity_Stob

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In article <20230915170519.023207e4ae39dba4c982e84f@eircom.net>, Ahem A
Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Fri, 15 Sep 2023 at 17:05:19 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:52:56 +0100
>Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:
>
>> https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_fold
>able/#c_4728483
>>
>> Full article at:
>> https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonk
>ers_5k_foldable/
>
> Apart from the cevpr I rather like it.
>
I always thought that they were baby stoppers. Use one on your laptop
and cook your eggs, well at least if you are a man.
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On 15/09/2023 13:52, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/#c_4728483
>
>
> Full article at:
> https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/

Why me in particular? Doesn't the whirled hfr some flaptoplike device
these days?

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To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 15/09/2023 13:52, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/#c_4728483
>
> Full article at:
> https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/

Saw the headline.
$5K, I went no further.

On 15/09/2023 20:00, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 15/09/2023 13:52, Chris Elvidge wrote:
>> https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/#c_4728483
>>
>>
>> Full article at:
>> https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/
>
>
> Why me in particular? Doesn't the whirled hfr some flaptoplike device
> these days?
>

You seem to use the word more than most - it was a compliment.

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Chris Elvidge, England
NERVE GAS IS NOT A TOY

On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 21:53:54 +0100
soup <invalid@invalid.com> wrote:

> On 15/09/2023 13:52, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> > https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/#c_4728483
> >
> > Full article at:
> > https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/
>
> Saw the headline.
> $5K, I went no further.

I did; I'd assumed I'd be looking at an electric bicycle for that
kind of lolly.

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Bah, and indeed Humbug.

I predict a total failure for such a thing. I am reliably informed that
Samsung are just not selling the quantity of foldable screen phones as they
supposed, hence the blitz of adverts for them at the moment. To be honest
this has to be a point of failure waiting to happen and seems of little use
in any case. Even I being blind can use a normal sized phone since in the
main you do not need the large screen. Of course for me its just like a
sophisticated touch control system, and I turn off the brightness and put
the curtain on while using it with the voice feedback.
Brian

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"Chris Elvidge" <chris@mshome.net> wrote in message
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> I WILL NOT BURY THE NEW KID

On 16/09/2023 01:44, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> On 15/09/2023 20:00, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 15/09/2023 13:52, Chris Elvidge wrote:
>>> https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/#c_4728483
>>>
>>>
>>> Full article at:
>>> https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/15/hp_reveals_bonkers_5k_foldable/
>>
>>
>>
>> Why me in particular? Doesn't the whirled hfr some flaptoplike device
>> these days?
>>
>
> You seem to use the word more than most - it was a compliment.

Well, thanks. It's a regulat Sheddi (amongst others) term: nowadays
folding pooters get called all sorts of things: I've got one my brother
got for me (with my zbarl) while I was in hospital. It's a Chromebook. I
used it once, to get online to replace Chrome with Mint and/or Debian
but it declined to let me, so I tried to get him to return it, but he
may take a year, if ever he does, to reply to e-mails. It's still where
I filed it then.

Antique Chromebwk, anyone?

Then there are the non-folding tablets, which might be a jaw-binding
confection for Scots, or what the doctor ordered. Laptops sans lid,
basically.

Handy things, but I prefer my full tower with all its caddies and
peripherals. *I* don't mindthe clutter - some of my carers can't
understand it.

Mmmmmmm! That Cornish pasty and peripherals is beginning to smell rather
pleasant. I may be a little time...

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To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 16/09/2023 10:10, RustyHinge wrote:

> Then there are the non-folding tablets, which might be a jaw-binding
> confection for Scots, or what the doctor ordered. Laptops sans lid,
> basically.

Nah, scot's tablet is very brittle stuff, you'd have a hard job binding
anyone's jaw with it.

> Handy things, but I prefer my full tower with all its caddies and
> peripherals. *I* don't mindthe clutter - some of my carers can't
> understand it.

Bit like me then 'cept I don't have carers. Got to do all the housework
myself, woe is me. And I've not got anything to ogle ,mind you knowing
my luck I would get real swamp monsters coming round.

On 16/09/2023 18:54, soup wrote:
>
> On 16/09/2023 10:10, RustyHinge wrote:
>
> > Then there are the non-folding tablets, which might be a jaw-binding
> > confection for Scots, or what the doctor ordered. Laptops sans lid,
> > basically.
>
> Nah, scot's tablet is very brittle stuff, you'd have a hard *** binding
> anyone's jaw with it.
>
> > Handy things, but I prefer my full tower with all its caddies and
> > peripherals. *I* don't mindthe clutter - some of my carers can't
> > understand it.
>
> Bit like me then 'cept I don't have carers.  Got to do all the housework
> myself, woe is me. And I've not got anything to ogle ,mind you knowing
> my luck I would get real swamp monsters coming round.
>
Apologies for not rot13ing WBO.
I fully realise just how sensitive some folk can be.

On Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 1:20:56 AM UTC-5, soup wrote:
> On 16/09/2023 18:54, soup wrote:
> >
> > On 16/09/2023 10:10, RustyHinge wrote:
> >
> > > Then there are the non-folding tablets, which might be a jaw-binding
> > > confection for Scots, or what the doctor ordered. Laptops sans lid,
> > > basically.
> >
> > Nah, scot's tablet is very brittle stuff, you'd have a hard *** binding
> > anyone's jaw with it.
> >
> > > Handy things, but I prefer my full tower with all its caddies and
> > > peripherals. *I* don't mindthe clutter - some of my carers can't
> > > understand it.
> >
> > Bit like me then 'cept I don't have carers. Got to do all the housework
> > myself, woe is me. And I've not got anything to ogle ,mind you knowing
> > my luck I would get real swamp monsters coming round.
> >
> Apologies for not rot13ing WBO.
> I fully realise just how sensitive some folk can be.

I could've been a contender I could've been a good contributor here if not for all the bitching about quoting and GG, so I'll just go my way tail tucked between my legs and remember the six worm story that got me welcomed into the group with open arms way back, all you have to do is go back and find it. I'll tell you what it was. The six worm story that got me welcome into the group with open arms was "Vladimir Putin exclaimed, not my fault!!!!!!!!!

I hope you idiots have me killfiled so you won't have to read all that.