Wow... you can change the wallpaper... STOP THE PRESS

Gee... a WHOLE WEB PAGE in front of you that you can manipulate with your fingers... you don't say... like... um... tablet PCs that have been around for years? Or touchscreen desktops?

I'm sure I'll be proved wrong, and it'll be a complete success... but I really think they've lost it this time. I think this looks horrendously chunky and inelegant. Why does it have such large and horrendous edges around the screen?

Why is there no camera?

This device... the as yet announced 'Courier' is something that really does excite me. The interaction on THAT device is something that makes me excited about a portable computer again.

This? This does nothing for me... who really wants this limited functionality at this size? I'd rather this (plus more... camera etc.) in my phone that I can hold in my pocket rather than having less than that in something I have to carry in a bag.

If it were instead something more like what the Courier looks to be I'd actually see the joy in using it, the usefulness in having a 'live' scrapbook.

I just have this feeling that the iPad will be an iBomb.

But again... Apple seems to do no wrong, and people wee themselves over anything they put out... but this time... this time I don't see it.

^more trouble worth dealing with..."Bang for Buck" should point the way till bucks are but wallpaper and fire starter.

>> ^therealblankman:
I can't tell you how disappointed I am that nobody else is familiar with this epic quotation. Marvin Rules.
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Where is the earth shattering kaboom?

Quickly! Get my P-38 space modulator. We're going to fix this!

I agree, he's one of my favourites.

I can't tell you how disappointed I am that nobody else is familiar with this epic quotation. Marvin Rules.

In reply to this comment by Mashiki:
Where is the earth shattering kaboom?

Somehow, I don't feel we'll be wallpapering humvees anytime soon.

Your video, Bombproof Wallpaper., has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

I've never seen anyone wallpaper the face of a brick or concrete block wall. If this is intended to mean anything they should use real wall assemblies. I suspect the cost of the paper would be better spent on upgrading the construction from the typical (sheathing and framing materials you can cut with utility knives and metal snips) to something heavier duty.

They also didn't cover impacts at other points on the structure. what if the blast was primarily on the edge of where the wallpaper is fastened? I wish they had the budget to outfit a efw buildings with it and then set off varying bombs

In this test it is quite effective in preventing penetration and subsequent collapse of the wall. the structural integrity would have been compromised of course, but it looks to me like anyone inside a structure so protected would be able to survive and get out to safety.

Err wait... there was no load on the top of that wall. It seems to me this wallpaper might stop bomb fragments but won't exactly prevent the wall from collapsing under the weight above it. Cool idea, but I have a hard time seeing how this would actually work.

(Perhaps a better demo is if they made a small shack with the stuff, set off an actual bomb in it rather than use a wrecking ball. Why call it bomb proof wallpaper when you did'nt even use a bomb?)

>> ^Lodurr:
"If you feed people wallpaper paste for decades then you shouldn't be surprised that that's all they want to eat now." Great line, he should've saved it for his Dragon Age review.


Can't comment on Uncharted 2, but I enjoyed the "while waiting for something that matters" (= Dragon Age) line.

I've been playing that for a few days and while it definitely isn't revolutionarily new, I think it does an excellent job of being a modern take on Baldur's Gate. Which suits me just fine!

/glazedEyes
*mmmmm.... wallpaper paste*

"If you feed people wallpaper paste for decades then you shouldn't be surprised that that's all they want to eat now." Great line, he should've saved it for his Dragon Age review.

man, I wish my wallpaper did this.
(actual wallpaper.. not the picture my "desktop" icons keep getting lost in.)

I desperately need a wallpaper of the last frame of that video.

I didn't peg you as a "Pottery Barn" kind of guy....

>> ^blankfist:
One of my desktops. If I showed you my PC desktop, you'd all laugh at how cluttered it is. And, yes, that's my black Spidey wallpaper. I am teh nerd!
http://i30.tinypic.com/2py1ath.png

One of my desktops. If I showed you my PC desktop, you'd all laugh at how cluttered it is. And, yes, that's my black Spidey wallpaper. I am teh nerd!

http://i30.tinypic.com/2py1ath.png