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Creative Recycling: Dumpster Diving

Posted by michael on from the finders-keepers dept.

gnewton writes "One angle of Open Source software that perhaps has not been emphasised enough is how the lower cost of software and operating systems as compared to proprietary/commercial solutions can allow for greater creativity and actually open up markets and solutions that were previously unavailable, in the area of Recycling. This article talks about a new startup which recycles old LCDs into cool and fun digital picture frames."

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  1. Re:Cool :-) by Space+cowboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ah dammit.

    One of the sites using hostip.info has a smily/ok/sad face at the top of the page. Imagine a photo of your loved one which reacted to how they felt at the time :-)

    Real-time feeds of "I'm happy", "I'm sad" could come from SMS, email, web, irc, whatever, and update the picture.

    Look, it's my idea, and there's no copyright or patents on it, ok, feel free to do whatever you want :-)

    --
    Physicists get Hadrons!
  2. Re:I don't get it by sysopd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Or, if you want a quality low-memory usage, fast response time, innovative (gesture support and tabs long before Mozilla) browser that runs on almost everything [Windows, Linux, Mac, OS/2, Solaris, FreeBSD, QNX, several Cell Phones (Nokia 3650/7650 N-Gage 6600 7700 9210i, Siemens SX1, Sony Ericsson P800 and P900, Sendo X, Motorola A920, BenQ P30), and some PDAs (Sharp Zaurus SL5500, Psion Revo+)] I'd suggest Opera.

    I've gone through several browsers (Mozilla, Firebird, Galeon, Dillo, K, several versions of IE, Netscape, MyIE2, Arcane, Lynx, Links, Mosaic) looking for one that is FAST and uses very little memory (meaning I can use it on my P133 laptop) and Opera has come out on top. On slow machines I use the awesome Dillo browser (but it doesn't support very much yet so I often have to load up my full-fledged browser). The only other browsers that even came close as far as features to Opera were MyIE2 (free, based on IE, which supports gestures, ad blocking, and a whole lot more) and to a lesser degree firebird.

    There are many 'Open Source/Free Software is always better' types out there who believe with blind faith the cause >> quality, and for those I cannot help.