I bought an Asus eeeTouch, the worst conversion tablet I've ever seen, because it has an ExpressGate button and - despite ExpressGate being the specific keyword that was lodged in my brain for 20 years that caused me to go on this absurd rampage to begin with - I didn't actually have any machines with that specific instant-on Linux variant. But it turns out this is a DIFFERENT version than the Splashtop-based one I was looking for. it's called ExpressGate Cloud, and I've learned already that, within this sector, if there's a slightly different brand name, it means you're looking at a completely different underlying product bought from yet another who-the-fuck-are-these-clowns third party outfit, and oh yeah, oh baby, oh fuck yes you better believe this one is called
in reply to @cathoderaydude's post:
I had to Google it because I did not believe it, but somehow you weren’t lying, it really is called VidACE InstantVidget™ (sponsored by Boingo® Wi-Fi) and I was wrong to ever doubt you
I also googled it, and Cohost is already the second search result (for me).
this is just that A Bit of Fry and Laurie bit about constructing a sentence heretofore unknown to humanity
okay i normally think of the george carlin bit. "as soon as i put this hot poker in my eye, i'm going to chop my dick off. you know why you've never heard that? no one's ever said that! i'm number one!"
"Hold the policeman's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers!"
Boingo®️Wi-Fi can take a long walk off a short pier and I will immediately assume anything carrying it’s name is white hot radioactive garbage.
I’d like to Instantly Vidget any fucking service that tries to charge me money to use airport wifi
my brain's exploding like fireworks. Boingo? like oingo boingo? // videACE more like videASS and why cut the "o" out of video like that // what the FUCK is a vidget and why would I want one instantly // if sponsorships are a thing where's my SUPREME sponsored computer parts //tm tm tm tm tm// wait...wifi? for fast boot? bwuh
Boingo is an ancient (dead?) company that used to sell wifi in airports before free wifi was super common
I regret to inform you that BoInGo still exists. Mercifully most airports now have decent free WiFi, but now even planes are offering WiFi. Earlier this year I got one hour of horrible speed from them on a United flight
my credit card gave it to me for free for a few years, I think I used it once and didn't even realize the promo went away
