Surface

Cicero · 02-25-2008, 12:33 PM

Surface multi-touch...Mmmm...I want one of these and am just going to have to drool. If one of you wins the lottery and happens to like me, this is a great gift idea....If not, I am humble enough just to accept the thought of you coming into large amounts of money and the thought of getting one of these for me.

Thank you for the kind thought if you had one.

Oh, and the wall version please...I don't want the coffee table version. (too much hunching and bending over for large amounts of time and I would set random crap all over it and break it)

Yea...I'll just be over here. (in my wildest dreams)

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

BigV · 02-25-2008, 02:44 PM

I've seen it in action on tv, most recently on CNN's political coverage. Anderson Cooper manipulates it on a vertical screen the size of a quarter of a ping pong table... reallllly cool looking. All the "pulling apart" of the diagonally opposite corners to zoom/enlarge an image. Touching an icon on the margin of the screen and then using his finger to color or draw... slick. It will be easy to see, hard to miss now that election season is amping up.

lookout123 · 02-25-2008, 02:46 PM

i think the obvious comment here is:

Cicero, I've got a surface you are free to manipulate to your heart's content.
what? that wasn't obvious to everyone? sure, like i'm the oooonly pervert in the cellar.

Clodfobble · 02-25-2008, 02:53 PM

So, if you use this thing on a regular wall, won't it get all dirty in just a short time? People's hands are filthy.

Flint · 02-25-2008, 03:45 PM

I'm not sure what you mean "on a regular wall" but the answer is yes, it will get filthy. It needs a self-clean cycle. I'm always seeing greasy fingerprints all over the $10,000 hi-res monitors on the systems I support, and this is just from people pointing at static images.

Cicero · 02-25-2008, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

So, if you use this thing on a regular wall, won't it get all dirty in just a short time? People's hands are filthy.

Probably less filthy than this nasty keyboard and mouse that I just cleaned with alcohol.

I am willing to keep it clean.

oh and I was thinking of using gloves in this dreamworld where I actually own one. (In my dreamworld I have thin cashmere gloves)

busterb · 02-25-2008, 06:55 PM

Well, if you get one of these, you can post your secert santa photos.

shina · 02-25-2008, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lookout123

what? that wasn't obvious to everyone? sure, like i'm the oooonly pervert in the cellar.[/size]

You're not. And we love you pervs all the same.

dar512 · 02-26-2008, 02:07 PM

When it can project holograms so I can play animated chess like Chewbacca and R2D2, then I'll be interested.

lookout123 · 02-26-2008, 02:18 PM

you know the porn industry will develop that capability first. I'm sure they'll work on chess a bit later though.

Cicero · 02-29-2008, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by busterb

Well, if you get one of these, you can post your secert santa photos.

Someone finally "gets" it. Thank you for understanding buster.

Beest · 02-29-2008, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dar512

When it can project holograms so I can play animated chess like Chewbacca and R2D2, then I'll be interested.

http://technology.newscientist.com/c...to-forget.html

BigV · 04-02-2008, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cicero

Surface multi-touch...Mmmm...I want one of these and am just going to have to drool. If one of you wins the lottery and happens to like me, this is a great gift idea....If not, I am humble enough just to accept the thought of you coming into large amounts of money and the thought of getting one of these for me.

Thank you for the kind thought if you had one.

Oh, and the wall version please...I don't want the coffee table version. (too much hunching and bending over for large amounts of time and I would set random crap all over it and break it)

Yea...I'll just be over here. (in my wildest dreams)

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

Coming in April. Wait. It's already April

Cicero · 04-02-2008, 04:09 PM

Yes it is April. But it is not April 17th.....and I'm not in a city that is going to display it.

Sundae · 04-02-2008, 05:32 PM

I won the Lottery today!
Well, 2 lottery scratchcards. £15 ($30)

I was told somethign I bought last week should have come from Petty Cash, so I blew the money on scratchcards - which I never usually buy! £4 invested, £15 returned. And no, I have no intention of "re-investing" the money. It's in my piggy bank.

But back to the OT - I can see it's the way of the future. But basic things like adequate office lighting will need to be addressed first! I'd rather get an ergonomic chair and keep my keyboard.

02-25-2008, 12:33 PM	#1
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Surface Surface multi-touch...Mmmm...I want one of these and am just going to have to drool. If one of you wins the lottery and happens to like me, this is a great gift idea....If not, I am humble enough just to accept the thought of you coming into large amounts of money and the thought of getting one of these for me. Thank you for the kind thought if you had one. Oh, and the wall version please...I don't want the coffee table version. (too much hunching and bending over for large amounts of time and I would set random crap all over it and break it) Yea...I'll just be over here. (in my wildest dreams) http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

02-25-2008, 02:44 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I've seen it in action on tv, most recently on CNN's political coverage. Anderson Cooper manipulates it on a vertical screen the size of a quarter of a ping pong table... reallllly cool looking. All the "pulling apart" of the diagonally opposite corners to zoom/enlarge an image. Touching an icon on the margin of the screen and then using his finger to color or draw... slick. It will be easy to see, hard to miss now that election season is amping up. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-25-2008, 02:46 PM	#3
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i think the obvious comment here is: Cicero, I've got a surface you are free to manipulate to your heart's content. what? that wasn't obvious to everyone? sure, like i'm the oooonly pervert in the cellar. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

02-25-2008, 03:45 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I'm not sure what you mean "on a regular wall" but the answer is yes, it will get filthy. It needs a self-clean cycle. I'm always seeing greasy fingerprints all over the $10,000 hi-res monitors on the systems I support, and this is just from people pointing at static images. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

02-25-2008, 06:55 PM	#7
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Well, if you get one of these, you can post your secert santa photos. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

02-25-2008, 02:53 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	So, if you use this thing on a regular wall, won't it get all dirty in just a short time? People's hands are filthy.

02-26-2008, 02:07 PM	#9
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	When it can project holograms so I can play animated chess like Chewbacca and R2D2, then I'll be interested. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

02-26-2008, 02:18 PM	#10
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	you know the porn industry will develop that capability first. I'm sure they'll work on chess a bit later though. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-02-2008, 04:09 PM	#14
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Yes it is April. But it is not April 17th.....and I'm not in a city that is going to display it. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

04-02-2008, 05:32 PM	#15
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I won the Lottery today! Well, 2 lottery scratchcards. £15 ($30) I was told somethign I bought last week should have come from Petty Cash, so I blew the money on scratchcards - which I never usually buy! £4 invested, £15 returned. And no, I have no intention of "re-investing" the money. It's in my piggy bank. But back to the OT - I can see it's the way of the future. But basic things like adequate office lighting will need to be addressed first! I'd rather get an ergonomic chair and keep my keyboard. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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