Re: Reasonable deal for pre-ordering Ubuntu tablets
Kathinka <[email protected]> Sat, 2 Apr 2016 00:29:49 +1300
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--===============2715361382755093419== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113dda98c20d9a052f6ab447 --001a113dda98c20d9a052f6ab447 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Martin, do you assume I wrote about "level-headed designers" and know nothing about what they do? There's an alternative - our definitions of level headedness may be dissimilar. Kathinka On 1 April 2016 at 17:27, Martin Kean <[email protected]> wrote: > Kathinka: > > > > Tough shit if this upsets designer types who want to impose their > post-verbal art-ahead-of-communication passion on us without providing an > easy switch on/off to accommodate language people as well as pix-ies. > > > You obviously have no idea about what level-headed designers actually do. > Design is all about communication ahead of anything else, which is why we > find great examples of consol design such as this: > > > http://control--panel.com/ > > > Martin > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* DunLUG <[email protected]> on behalf of Kathinka < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, 1 April 2016 5:03 p.m. > *To:* DunLUG > *Subject:* Re: [dunlug] Reasonable deal for pre-ordering Ubuntu tablets > > Is that Ubuntu the new (well, not really new now but I've avoided it) GUI > all pictures and scratch'n'sniff? > I'm very non-visual and find icons a pita, have to mentally translate > them into words every time, much prefer menus etc in words so as to save > time for getting on with whatever I want to use the tool for. Tough shit > if this upsets designer types who want to impose their post-verbal > art-ahead-of-communication passion on us without providing an easy switch > on/off to accommodate language people as well as pix-ies. > > On 30 March 2016 at 18:56, Reece Arnott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Pre-notice notice: I just realised an hour ago that all the DunLUG >> messages for at least the last month have ended up in Gmail's spam filter. >> If you get this then you won't be affected but feel free to pass the >> message on. >> >> Two 10.1 inch tablets that come with the mobile version of Ubuntu are >> available for pre-order. >> https://store.bq.com/gl/ubuntu-edition/ >> See http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet/features for some details. >> >> There is also a 5 inch smartphone at the same store that has a >> significantly higher resolution camera for 200 euros: >> https://store.bq.com/gl/ubuntu-edition-e5/ >> >> All say they come with Ubuntu 15.04. >> >> Saw this mentioned on slashdot.org, did a bit of poking around and >> decided to buy the more expensive one (cost of 300 euros is a little under >> $NZ500 at the moment, pretty much the only difference compared to the 250 >> euro version is screen resolution). As its a pre-order the 10.1 inch tablet >> comes with a free screen-protector and cover. And as its over 99 euros and >> is to be delivered to NZ, delivery is free. Shipping mid-April with >> standard 2 week delivery so I'd expect to get this at the start of May. >> >> (Note that this particular web-store probably don't have good security as >> they sent me a confirmation of my login with my password in the clear. For >> that reason, I'd suggest that if you decide to buy anything from them, pay >> using Paypal as then you don't have to give them your credit card details >> which they can then store insecurely and have them stolen at some point in >> the future. To change your password on the bq store you need to select to >> edit your contact details - which only showed my name and email address >> until I clicked edit which was more than a little non-intuitive.) >> >> -- >> "Believing men would act in their own interest was not cynicism, it >> turned out, but sheerest optimism; in reality men do not meet so high a >> standard." >> -- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (Chapter 84) >> http://hpmor.com/ >> >> Reece Arnott >> Dunedin >> New Zealand >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> DunLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug >> DunLUG Wiki - http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/ > > > --001a113dda98c20d9a052f6ab447 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,= serif">Martin, do you assume I wrote about "level-headed designers&quo= t; and know nothing about what they do?</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" s= tyle=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">There's an alternative - our definit= ions of level headedness may be =C2=A0dissimilar.</div><div class=3D"gmail_= default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_= default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">Kathinka</div></div><div class= =3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 1 April 2016 at 17:27, M= artin Kean <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target= =3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"= gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-= left:1ex"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-fa= mily:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p>Kathinka:</p><span class=3D""> <p><br> </p> <p>>=C2=A0<span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:16px">Tough= shit if this upsets designer types who want to impose their post-verbal ar= t-ahead-of-communication passion on us without providing an easy switch on/= off to accommodate language people as well as pix-ies.</span></p> <p><span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:16px"><br> </span></p> </span><p><span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:16px">You obvi= ously have no idea about=C2=A0what level-headed=C2=A0designers actually do.= Design is all about communication ahead of anything else, which is why we = find great examples of consol design such as this:</span></p> <p><span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:16px"><br> </span></p> <p><span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:16px"><a href=3D"http= ://control--panel.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://control--panel.com/</a></s= pan></p> <p><span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:16px"><br> </span></p> <p><span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:16px">Martin<br> <br> </span></p> <br> <br> <div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <hr style=3D"display:inline-block;width:98%"> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Calibri, sans-serif" color=3D"#000000" style= =3D"font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> DunLUG <<a href=3D"mailto:dunlug-bounce= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</= a>> on behalf of Kathinka <<a href=3D"mailto:kathinka.dunediensis@gma= il.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>><br> <b>Sent:</b> Friday, 1 April 2016 5:03 p.m.<br> <b>To:</b> DunLUG<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [dunlug] Reasonable deal for pre-ordering Ubuntu tablet= s</font> <div>=C2=A0</div> </div><div><div class=3D"h5"> <div> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">Is that Ub= untu the new (well, not really new now but I've avoided it) GUI all pic= tures and scratch'n'sniff?</div> <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">I'm = =C2=A0very non-visual and find icons a pita, have to mentally translate the= m into words every time, much prefer menus etc in words so as to save time = for getting on with whatever I want to use the tool for.=C2=A0 Tough shit if this upsets designer types who want to impos= e their post-verbal art-ahead-of-communication passion on us without provid= ing an easy switch on/off to accommodate language people as well as pix-ies= .</div> </div> <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 30 March 2016 at 18:56, Reece Arnott <span di= r=3D"ltr"> <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">reece.arnot= [email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Pre-notice notice: I just realised an hour ago that all the DunLUG messages= for at least the last month have ended up in Gmail's spam filter. If y= ou get this then you won't be affected but feel free to pass the messag= e on.<br> <br> Two 10.1 inch tablets that come with the mobile version of Ubuntu are avail= able for pre-order.<br> <a href=3D"https://store.bq.com/gl/ubuntu-edition/" rel=3D"noreferrer" targ= et=3D"_blank">https://store.bq.com/gl/ubuntu-edition/</a><br> See <a href=3D"http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet/features" rel=3D"noreferrer" ta= rget=3D"_blank"> http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet/features</a> for some details.<br> <br> There is also a 5 inch smartphone at the same store that has a significantl= y higher resolution camera for 200 euros: <a href=3D"https://store.bq.com/gl/ubuntu-edition-e5/" rel=3D"noreferrer" t= arget=3D"_blank"> https://store.bq.com/gl/ubuntu-edition-e5/</a><br> <br> All say they come with Ubuntu 15.04.<br> <br> Saw this mentioned on <a href=3D"http://slashdot.org" rel=3D"noreferrer" ta= rget=3D"_blank"> slashdot.org</a>, did a bit of poking around and decided to buy the more ex= pensive one (cost of 300 euros is a little under $NZ500 at the moment, pret= ty much the only difference compared to the 250 euro version is screen reso= lution). As its a pre-order the 10.1 inch tablet comes with a free screen-protector and cover. And as its = over 99 euros and is to be delivered to NZ, delivery is free. Shipping mid-= April with standard 2 week delivery so I'd expect to get this at the st= art of May.<br> <br> (Note that this particular web-store probably don't have good security = as they sent me a confirmation of my login with my password in the clear. F= or that reason, I'd suggest that if you decide to buy anything from the= m, pay using Paypal as then you don't have to give them your credit card details which they can then store insecurely= and have them stolen at some point in the future. To change your password = on the bq store you need to select to edit your contact details - which onl= y showed my name and email address until I clicked edit which was more than a little non-intuitive.)<br> <br> -- <br> "Believing men would act in their own interest was not cynicism, it tu= rned out, but sheerest optimism; in reality men do not meet so high a stand= ard."<br> -- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (Chapter 84)<br> <a href=3D"http://hpmor.com/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://h= pmor.com/</a><br> <br> Reece Arnott<br> Dunedin<br> New Zealand<br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> DunLUG mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">DunLUG@lists= .ethernal.org</a><br> <a href=3D"http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug" rel=3D"noreferrer" ta= rget=3D"_blank">http://lists.ethernal.org/listinfo/dunlug</a><br> DunLUG Wiki - <a href=3D"http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/" rel=3D"noreferrer"= target=3D"_blank"> http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/</a></blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div><br></div> --001a113dda98c20d9a052f6ab447-- --===============2715361382755093419== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KRHVuTFVHIG1h aWxpbmcgbGlzdApEdW5MVUdAbGlzdHMuZXRoZXJuYWwub3JnCmh0dHA6Ly9saXN0cy5ldGhlcm5h bC5vcmcvbGlzdGluZm8vZHVubHVnCkR1bkxVRyBXaWtpIC0gaHR0cDovL2R1bmx1Zy5rYWxsaXN0 aS5uZXQubnov --===============2715361382755093419==--