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Or just reduce the viewing angle. Get one tight enough and the screen won't even be visible to someone reading over your shoulder.

Funny how in the early days of flat panel monitors, the infancy of design and technology meant that they were 'private' by default (you couldn't see much, or sometimes nothing, unless you were dead-center facing the screen).

Then along came the more expensive, better quality ones that could be viewed from just about any angle.

Then along came a $100 solution to bring it back to being 'private' again.

Pwned again.

Like trying to use your laptop in a public area (airport perhaps) that has cameras virtually everywhere. ... What we need is a glasshole app that works with a blurring technology to decode the blurred screen. That way only the user with the glasses can read their screen.

Or just reduce the viewing angle. Get one tight enough and the screen won't even be visible to someone reading over your shoulder.

Or just send video output to the glass instead of the laptop when you work on it ;)

Like trying to use your laptop in a public area (airport perhaps) that has cameras virtually everywhere. ... What we need is a glasshole app that works with a blurring technology to decode the blurred screen. That way only the user with the glasses can read their screen.

Or just reduce the viewing angle. Get one tight enough and the screen won't even be visible to someone reading over your shoulder.

Illusion? Hardly. Whats more transparent than invisible?

Your Guide To Tape:
Red Tape not transparent all
Transparent Tape sort of but not very transparent
Magic Tape like Transparent Tape, but Magic
Invisible Tape almost transparent
Nixon Tape so transparent it erases

A. Nixon Tape is more transparent than Invisible Tape

Illusion? Hardly. Whats more transparent than invisible?

Your Guide To Tape:
Red Tape not transparent all
Transparent Tape sort of but not very transparent
Magic Tape like Transparent Tape, but Magic
Invisible Tape almost transparent
Nixon Tape so transparent it erases

A. Nixon Tape is more transparent than Invisible Tape

Illusion? Hardly. Whats more transparent than invisible?

Your Guide To Tape:
Red Tape not transparent all
Transparent Tape sort of but not very transparent
Magic Tape like Transparent Tape, but Magic
Invisible Tape almost transparent
Nixon Tape so transparent it erases

A. Nixon Tape is more transparent than Invisible Tape

This sure does look like it loads jpegs. Calculators have improved over the years. You can now get a 320x240 full color display!

Amen to that. I've got a M515; unfortunately, its replacement battery is starting to die off too, so I'm afraid this time it really is the end.

Why not replace it again? These are just three of the places I found with a simple "m515 replacement battery" query to google. I did mine a few years ago and it wasn't hard.

I originally found them at Office Max. Later Home Depot started carrying them. Other stores may carry them now. They're $5-$6 for fifty 8" long strips. That's 10-12 cents apiece, and being velcro they're much more versatile than traditional plastic cable ties. You just tear one off, wrap it around the cable bundle, and the velcro sticks to itself - takes just a couple seconds. If you mess up, it's velcro so you just lift it up and try again. No need to cut them or fiddle with a knife to release them like you do with plastic cable ties. They come with a little hole at one end if you want to affix it around a single cable for a more permanent (but reusable) installation.

I use em for network cables, video cables, audio cables, wrapping cables around ducting, hanging a picture frame on a fence, everything. I've used one to hold down a broken switch on a kitchen faucet. Heck, I've used them to create a hanging cradle to isolate HDD vibrations and noise from a computer case. They're very handy.

I was interested in one, once, but you can get a much more powerful Android phone for the same price as a Pi

Really? Without a contract? I wouldn't mind a link to one.

I was curious about this as well and his claim actually isn't as far off as you might think. Amazon's got prepaid phones that support HDMI output starting around $220. Personally I've got about $90 into my Pi, counting the SD Card and case. If you also want WiFi that's another twenty bucks, plus another $13 for a powered USB hub since the Pi itself can't put out enough juice. A phone's still more expensive, but isn't too much more when you consider it'd also have a built-in display, battery, and GSM or CDMA radio.

New ones, Both Kinds, still made and sold, electric and manual.

Still being made and sold by the biggest office supply stores, for example: http://www.officemax.com/catalog/search.jsp?freeText=typewriter&search.x=0&search.y=0

want a new manual typewriter, click here:

http://www.amazon.com/Olivetti-Linea-98-Manual-Typewriter/dp/B004URUOB4

Actually...

Brick and mortars sell knockoffs.

http://www.officemax.com/catalog/search.jsp?freeText=professor&search.x=0&search.y=0

Without already owning a working printer, how do I print out the hardware compatibility list to carry it into the store?

Ever heard of one of these and this?

And for people who rely on donated hardware (e.g. non-profit organizations, or recipients of birthday or Christmas presents), how do they get donors to respect the HCL?

You ask for specific hardware. People do it all the time.

Next time, change BV_UseBVCookie=yes to BV_UseBVCookie=no, and other people can use the link.

http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/pro dBlock.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=no&expansionOID=-1610650 957&prodBlockOID=1611493001

Well, they can make a quick run to OfficeMax and buy the Any key (along with a "Panic" button and an "Eject" button, which could also prove useful).

Seriously, how much would it cost just to get the Russians to fork over some of their old-school-but-reliable technology.

Russian Space Technology on sale

Looks pretty reasonably priced to me.

KFG

Have we all forgotten what companies charge for $2 wall warts? I've even seen a Brother label maker wall adapter that has an odd voltage (7.3v), odd amperage, a non-uniform center pin, and inverse polarity. They go overboard with the accessory business. This particular wall wart costs $24 at OfficeMax. Then another $18 for the label cartriges. Then there are the power-hungry devices like cameras that don't come with a wall wart at all (computer controlled, time interval shots). Us mere mortals have to guess when we go down to the store what size connector to use. Face it, the money is in the connectors. If they can find a cheap way to make you use a new connector and charge outrageous amounts of money for adapters, they will. Cheer up. Atleast your iPod doesn't have any custom connector on it. Oh, wait. Never mind.

So maybe a better solution would be a single brick with different connectors for different voltages - this would conform to ISO standards. Then they could just pull the old printer "this box contains no cables" trick, and it would reduce the number of unused transformers out there eating away at copper supplies.

Uhhhhh...

http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/pro dBlock.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansionOID=-536907 354&prodBlockOID=537152275

It's been this way since about forever now, and I mean that. You've been able to buy Excel seperately since Excel was originally released!

Ive even been known, not to use some websites that dont work unless you allow a cookie. (i.e. OfficeMax)

I can't afford to blow that much on a color laser.

Color lasers can now be had for under $300. That's the cost of a decent color inkjet plus two or three sets of ink refills. Are you sure you can't afford that?

You can get laser printable colored label stock at most office supply stores for a reasonable price. Print them up and hand them out to your friends!

If you are caught (unlikely) and any one challenges you, you have a great position; if they ask you a question, you can say something like "I'll answer your question if you answer mine"; if they threaten you, point out that, given how many people gave their lives to keep America free, you'd feel rather silly if you caved in to their petty bullying. If you want more fun, ask them if they are assuming (on circumstantial grounds) that you put the sticker there, or if they claim they saw you do it. If the later, what in the heck were they doing watching you vote?

All the excitement of fighting for your country, without the nasty fear of death thing!

-- MarkusQ

From the context of your post, it almost sounded like you meant to say that the cost of certain commodities are rising, while the cost of doing business is dropping. I mean given the fact that a lot of critical jobs in IT have been shipped overseas because of considerably lower costs, decreases in communications and hardware for businesses (you can buy a copier/printer/fax machine for less than $200) have plummetted, and business software is getting cheaper (linux and open-source), you have to wonder if were not heading toward some class divide (intentional or unintentional) between those that understand business/law/tech, and those that don't.

That's what I gather anyhow. I'm usually wrong about these things.

Now, I have that exact keychain drive and it actually appears as a 64MB partition. Out of that box of floppies, I'd be surprised if more than 80% work for more than one day. Also, given that every computer I've seen in recent memory has a USB port, and very few have floppy drives, it's more likely that you can use that keychain drive without purchasing additional hardware.

More expensive? Nah. They've been cheaper for a while now.

Now, I have that exact keychain drive and it actually appears as a 64MB partition. Out of that box of floppies, I'd be surprised if more than 80% work for more than one day. Also, given that every computer I've seen in recent memory has a USB port, and very few have floppy drives, it's more likely that you can use that keychain drive without purchasing additional hardware.

More expensive? Nah. They've been cheaper for a while now.

Well, actually...

5 Volt DC Power Supply, Jameco Part Number 112070
1.9" x 2.2" x 1.95"

Full height file cabinet, Office Mac Item Number 01200578
52" x 25" x 15"

So you could fit about 2392 of them in that file cabinet... SORRY I'M BORED!!

Show me where they can be purchased online Casio?, Office Depot?, OfficeMax?

All of these have square root, memory, etc. Even the $3 ones.

I just bought a Brother HL-5040. linuxprinting.org gives it a "works perfectly" rating, it's fast, it's quiet, it has expandable memory using a standard SDRAM DIMM... The toner is cheaper than Samsung's if you use the extended capacity cartridges.

I searched for "OfficeMax coupons" on google and found a $30 off rebate deal + free shipping from a local store, and it cost me less than $200 after rebates. So far it's all good - just a satisifed customer, as they say.

The makers of the Swiss Army knife, Wenger make a bag you may be interested in. First off there are no strap clips on this bag. The safty belt material used in the strap is stiched right onto the bag and even riveted. You could swing from this bag. The bag has decent padding around the laptop pouch and have all the needed pockets. Even one for your Swiss Army knife (not included). I purchased mine at OfficeMax and have been very happy with it.

I've used several bags, and my favorite is my Compucessory bag. It is a rolling laptop case - with an extendable handle and fairly rugged wheels. It also has straps that make it a fairly comfortable backpack. Nice also that when using as a backpack you don't get the uncomfortable feel of the internal braces. Description from OfficeMax

For pure safety, try the Anvil or Zero Halliburton computer briefcases. My first laptop - an IBM ThinkPad - survived an 8-foot fall in one of those things. The ZH ones come in aluminum finish too - very nice.

If all you're doing is a DSL/Cable modem, a router, and a hub or switch, then you should be good to go with some letter trays. Just stack 'em on your desk/file cabinet/dresser and you're done. There's plenty of space behind them for cable runs, and they're very expandable.

If you're looking for some real, honest-to-god 19-inch or 23-inch rackmount stuff, find a local AM radio station. AM stations are old enough to usually have a few crusty pieces of stuff that wasn't computerized from "back in the day." All that stuff was in racks. Ask them if you can buy (or better yet, have for the price of getting it off their property) that rack. When you take delivery, bring a truck. You can't stick these in the back of your Jetta, no matter how loud you're playing that "dah dah dah" song. And bring some friends with strong backs. Preferably ones that you don't care much about, since they won't be your friends anymore after lifting an old steel rack.

I hate the iGO! WHEELS? Please, I'd have to chase my desk across the floor every time I tried to use the sorry thing. The model might be cute, but who really tries to sit on a couch will using the computer? Really. Inside an hour you would hurt so bad that you'd want to kick the sorry thing. Not to mention that you would be too tired to do so from chasing it across the floor.

As for the other POS, the strength of the materials is a big concern. The last thing I want is any flex in my workstation. I can see this as the new replacement for cow-flipping -- Keyboard Flinging!.

Finally the mere thought of trying to access your peripherals while chasing some sorry rotating tray makes me shudder in fear.

No thanks, I want a good solid and dependable desk that won't break. Can it look nice? Certainly, but I prefer this.

We also carry floppy disk and CD shredders, as well as a general purpose shredders that will eat anything. I was playing with one in the merchandising department once, you end up getting something that looks like glitter when you cross-cut shred a CD. You can get a a shredder specifically designed to eat stacks of greenbar at high speed too. How about a credit card, CD, and floppy disk shredder?

You can buy a quality home shredder for 60-70 dollars, maybe 120 for alternate media shredders. Just remeber to pick up some shredder oil before you go into a shredding frenzy and burn out the motor.

Sadly no degaussers here, which is what I was looking for when speaking to the merchandiser responsible for office destruction equipment. I can't seem to locate a personal incinerator either =), but I am using the .com site as a reference, not the catalog or store inventory system.

We also carry floppy disk and CD shredders, as well as a general purpose shredders that will eat anything. I was playing with one in the merchandising department once, you end up getting something that looks like glitter when you cross-cut shred a CD. You can get a a shredder specifically designed to eat stacks of greenbar at high speed too. How about a credit card, CD, and floppy disk shredder?

You can buy a quality home shredder for 60-70 dollars, maybe 120 for alternate media shredders. Just remeber to pick up some shredder oil before you go into a shredding frenzy and burn out the motor.

Sadly no degaussers here, which is what I was looking for when speaking to the merchandiser responsible for office destruction equipment. I can't seem to locate a personal incinerator either =), but I am using the .com site as a reference, not the catalog or store inventory system.

We also carry floppy disk and CD shredders, as well as a general purpose shredders that will eat anything. I was playing with one in the merchandising department once, you end up getting something that looks like glitter when you cross-cut shred a CD. You can get a a shredder specifically designed to eat stacks of greenbar at high speed too. How about a credit card, CD, and floppy disk shredder?

You can buy a quality home shredder for 60-70 dollars, maybe 120 for alternate media shredders. Just remeber to pick up some shredder oil before you go into a shredding frenzy and burn out the motor.

Sadly no degaussers here, which is what I was looking for when speaking to the merchandiser responsible for office destruction equipment. I can't seem to locate a personal incinerator either =), but I am using the .com site as a reference, not the catalog or store inventory system.

We also carry floppy disk and CD shredders, as well as a general purpose shredders that will eat anything. I was playing with one in the merchandising department once, you end up getting something that looks like glitter when you cross-cut shred a CD. You can get a a shredder specifically designed to eat stacks of greenbar at high speed too. How about a credit card, CD, and floppy disk shredder?

You can buy a quality home shredder for 60-70 dollars, maybe 120 for alternate media shredders. Just remeber to pick up some shredder oil before you go into a shredding frenzy and burn out the motor.

Sadly no degaussers here, which is what I was looking for when speaking to the merchandiser responsible for office destruction equipment. I can't seem to locate a personal incinerator either =), but I am using the .com site as a reference, not the catalog or store inventory system.

We also carry floppy disk and CD shredders, as well as a general purpose shredders that will eat anything. I was playing with one in the merchandising department once, you end up getting something that looks like glitter when you cross-cut shred a CD. You can get a a shredder specifically designed to eat stacks of greenbar at high speed too. How about a credit card, CD, and floppy disk shredder?

You can buy a quality home shredder for 60-70 dollars, maybe 120 for alternate media shredders. Just remeber to pick up some shredder oil before you go into a shredding frenzy and burn out the motor.

Sadly no degaussers here, which is what I was looking for when speaking to the merchandiser responsible for office destruction equipment. I can't seem to locate a personal incinerator either =), but I am using the .com site as a reference, not the catalog or store inventory system.

Using Linux is a something you chose to do. Using Linux was not something you were born to do

What if I cannot afford Windows? Microsoft WindowsXP comes with a price-tag of a couple hundred dollars or more, plus exceedingly high hardware requirements. Indeed the cost of Windows plus some software to make it useful can even exceed the cost of the hardware it runs on. Linux costs me nothing and can scale down to just about any hardware. Open source solutions are excellent options for those who are not well-endowed financially (like myself), especially in our current economic environment.

It's an option to those who are not affluent. Consider people who may purchase very cheap computers from Walmart running Lindows (cheaper because there is no Microsoft tax associated with the computer). Is being poor a matter of choice?

You make a very good point, but it seems to me that this Windows-only nonsense may also extend to segregating the rich and poor. What if the software had requirements with even heftier price-tags?

Of course, cost is not the only factor here. What if I require a secure system? What if I require a stable system? We are all aware of the Windows track-record, and it is beyond pathetic. What if I have no choice to not use Windows? What if the matter is an ethical decision? Microsoft are a criminal organization, as proven by the United State's own judicial system. What if my ethics and principles require me to not fund a criminal operation? (Of course, this rides on choice fundamentally, but for those with strong ethics, the choice may not exist.)

Using Linux is a something you chose to do. Using Linux was not something you were born to do

What if I cannot afford Windows? Microsoft WindowsXP comes with a price-tag of a couple hundred dollars or more, plus exceedingly high hardware requirements. Indeed the cost of Windows plus some software to make it useful can even exceed the cost of the hardware it runs on. Linux costs me nothing and can scale down to just about any hardware. Open source solutions are excellent options for those who are not well-endowed financially (like myself), especially in our current economic environment.

It's an option to those who are not affluent. Consider people who may purchase very cheap computers from Walmart running Lindows (cheaper because there is no Microsoft tax associated with the computer). Is being poor a matter of choice?

You make a very good point, but it seems to me that this Windows-only nonsense may also extend to segregating the rich and poor. What if the software had requirements with even heftier price-tags?

Of course, cost is not the only factor here. What if I require a secure system? What if I require a stable system? We are all aware of the Windows track-record, and it is beyond pathetic. What if I have no choice to not use Windows? What if the matter is an ethical decision? Microsoft are a criminal organization, as proven by the United State's own judicial system. What if my ethics and principles require me to not fund a criminal operation? (Of course, this rides on choice fundamentally, but for those with strong ethics, the choice may not exist.)

• Windows XP $125
  
• MS Office w/PPT: $280
  

Because you have to make a trade off between the size and the quality. He probably doesn't want a 50mb file, but rather somewhere between 2-10mb file. Therefore, he's testing those formats that provide that size, to determine the one with the best size to quality ratio.

That just doesn't jive. For someone who is that radical about audio quality, I really don't think they're going to bawk over spending $69 on a 120GB Western Digital hard-drive which is enough to store 1,500 to 2,000 songs worth of music at full quality audio.

Officemax has the HP Laserjet 1200 as an end-of-life product that's selling for $199. If they're out, just go to or order from Staples. They'll price match it for you plus give you 10% of the difference which would make it $179. Just got one myself. Not a bad price at all. It's end-of-life because it's being replaced by the Laserjet 1300. And the cartridges aren't too bad either.

It's got PostScript Level 2 emulation and 45 scalable fonts plus 35 PostScript fonts built-in. Should be fine.

From a CD? Have you checked out Their website lately? You don't even need to run out to kinkos until you're ready to pick up your prints, or even let kinkos fedex them to a recipient for you. Screw printers, You're way better off using the local kinkos.
Oh and hey, if you're like me and there isn't a local kinkos, you can Still use copymax

Only $3.69!!

Please note: Office Max is not Office Depot . Don't accidentally boycott the wrong store!

In most places, you can always go to Staples or OfficeMax. So if you don't like Office Depot's policy, spend your money on office supplies somewhere else!

It's not illegal just to make a copy of something digital. It is, however, illegal (by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, aka DMCA) to circumvent any digital copy prevention system, even for fair use purposes*. This means that if you buy a CD (one with no copy protection), you can legally make a backup for your own purposes. But if you buy a copy-protected pseudo-CD and use a circumvention device to make a backup copy, you are breaking the law. This essentially means that content producers get to limit your use of their product arbitrarily, even when it falls under fair use. As far as time shifting goes, the DTV broadcast flag could be considered a copy-protection system under the DMCA, so in a few years using your HDTiVo to time-shift certain programs very well could be illegal. Sucks, doesn't it?

All of the above applies in the United States only (unless you happen to be a certain Russian programmer). I have no clue what laws other countries have about this kind of stuff.

* There is a provision for fair use in the DMCA, but it has never (?) been invoked and probably has no real effect. This has been discussed elsewhere in this thread.

when you can use our patented security protocol?

You just put the message into the secure wrapper, and it's safe from prying eyes!

Why would I want to spend $369 dollars for a bluetooth headset
when I can spend $29.99 for a non-bluetooth headset?

or $399 for a bluetooth HP color inkjet
When I can spend $129.99 for a non-bluetooth HP color inkjet?

I don't think I'm inconvenienced by $200 or $340 to have a cord.

I think my sig more than says it all about these new announcements from Apple.

Why would I want to spend $369 dollars for a bluetooth headset
when I can spend $29.99 for a non-bluetooth headset?

or $399 for a bluetooth HP color inkjet
When I can spend $129.99 for a non-bluetooth HP color inkjet?

I don't think I'm inconvenienced by $200 or $340 to have a cord.

I think my sig more than says it all about these new announcements from Apple.

Why would I want to spend $369 dollars for a bluetooth headset
when I can spend $29.99 for a non-bluetooth headset?

or $399 for a bluetooth HP color inkjet
When I can spend $129.99 for a non-bluetooth HP color inkjet?

I don't think I'm inconvenienced by $200 or $340 to have a cord.

I think my sig more than says it all about these new announcements from Apple.