They should at least wait till they have more evidence. You can't just punish people for thinking about doing crime! Soon it will be a crime to watch a violant movie, or playing a video game.
American's don't make or program anything because we've become to lazy and dependant on Government to feed us.
Put an end to Welfare, cut back on Unemployment benefits, and do away with Minimum wage!
The Atari 400 was half the price of an Atari 800, or you could buy a Tandy Color Computer for around $400 new. Either way, almost any other computer was far superior to the Sinclair. I never owned an Atari 800, wish I did. My first computer was the Atari 800XL, but it was a birthday gift plus I had saved up some money from my job as a PaperBoy. A friend of mine offered to sell me his Tandy MC10 (similar to a sinclar but still much better) for $80, but I refused. My friends had Atari's and Commodore, so that's what I wanted.
It may be significant in the UK, but back in those early days, computers were focused around Silicon Valley. In the U.S. which is where computers all started, the Sinclair was barely heard of. Everyone I knew had Commodore's, Atari's, or Tandy computers, you would be laughed at if you owned a Sinclar.
I agree, my first computer had lots of special memories, and I'm sure it's the same for many others. I just don't know why/. tries to make this a big deal. It's not a computer that made a huge significance in history. It was just a cheap - low budget computer that ranked at the bottom of the list.
You get what you paid for. I'd rather save a little and get something useful. When I was a kid, I had the choice of buying a piece of crap now, or saving for something worth while. I chose to wait and purchased my first computer - an Atari 800 xl. Still have it today.
The Atari 800 came out in 1978 and was 10 times the computer! When I think of the Sinclair, I think of an oversized calculator, my Magnavox Odyssey could do more. I'm sorry, but the Sinclair was a POS back then and still is today!
It's not the most popular 8 bit computer made, and you couldn't do a whole lot with it. I'm sure there are fan sites for many different 8 bit systems, why make a big deal about the Sinclair? The Commodore 64 is the most popular 8 bit computer ever made, and I'm sure has about 100 times more fans.
Not everyone is enthused about spending their hard earned money for political reasons. All I'm saying is that if the Raspberry Pi wants to compete in this market, they need to give us more. By the way, you can already install XBMC on an APTV.
Ron Paul won't get elected because he speaks the hard truth that people don't want to hear. What people want is someone like Obama who will promise you heaven on earth! The elections isn't about finding the smartest person to do the job, it's a beauty contest!
I can't understand why people still put Symantec on their PC. It's a bloated piece of crap that blocks everything without intelligently deciding if it's a good idea. When I had Symantec installed on my laptop, the CPU was at 100% and I had to manually turn off the firewall just to browse the web.
Using another DNS won't matter if your ISP is going to block you. Even using secure VPN connections and Proxies will be useless. The only other solution would be either a Wireless Mesh Network, but the FCC might put a stop to that, or back to the old Dialup BBS.
I guess Canada will be the first to go back to the stone age! After they BAN the Internet, they'll have to BAN computers in-case people try to setup their own WAN by other means.
I'm assuming XBMC is running on Linux here, so streaming channels like Netflix and Hulu are out of the question. I think this is great, and lots of cool new HTPC's will come out of this, but for now it's not going to replace my ROKU.
The original movie is nothing like this. There is too much switching between odd scenes that it gives me a headache. I skipped through some of it, but could only handle about 10 min of it.
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FYI, the TI/99 was selling for $99 when the Sinclair came out.
They should at least wait till they have more evidence. You can't just punish people for thinking about doing crime! Soon it will be a crime to watch a violant movie, or playing a video game.
The Thought Policy know what you're thinking!
It was nice knowing ya! They are already struggling to keep the customers they currently have, how is raising prices going to help?
American's don't make or program anything because we've become to lazy and dependant on Government to feed us. Put an end to Welfare, cut back on Unemployment benefits, and do away with Minimum wage!
The Atari 400 was half the price of an Atari 800, or you could buy a Tandy Color Computer for around $400 new. Either way, almost any other computer was far superior to the Sinclair. I never owned an Atari 800, wish I did. My first computer was the Atari 800XL, but it was a birthday gift plus I had saved up some money from my job as a PaperBoy. A friend of mine offered to sell me his Tandy MC10 (similar to a sinclar but still much better) for $80, but I refused. My friends had Atari's and Commodore, so that's what I wanted.
It may be significant in the UK, but back in those early days, computers were focused around Silicon Valley. In the U.S. which is where computers all started, the Sinclair was barely heard of. Everyone I knew had Commodore's, Atari's, or Tandy computers, you would be laughed at if you owned a Sinclar.
I agree, my first computer had lots of special memories, and I'm sure it's the same for many others. I just don't know why /. tries to make this a big deal. It's not a computer that made a huge significance in history. It was just a cheap - low budget computer that ranked at the bottom of the list.
You get what you paid for. I'd rather save a little and get something useful. When I was a kid, I had the choice of buying a piece of crap now, or saving for something worth while. I chose to wait and purchased my first computer - an Atari 800 xl. Still have it today.
The Atari 800 came out in 1978 and was 10 times the computer! When I think of the Sinclair, I think of an oversized calculator, my Magnavox Odyssey could do more. I'm sorry, but the Sinclair was a POS back then and still is today!
It's not the most popular 8 bit computer made, and you couldn't do a whole lot with it. I'm sure there are fan sites for many different 8 bit systems, why make a big deal about the Sinclair? The Commodore 64 is the most popular 8 bit computer ever made, and I'm sure has about 100 times more fans.
Not everyone is enthused about spending their hard earned money for political reasons. All I'm saying is that if the Raspberry Pi wants to compete in this market, they need to give us more. By the way, you can already install XBMC on an APTV.
Why not buy an Apple TV for $100 then? It can be jail broken, you can install XBMC, and it comes with remote and prepackaged case.
Ron Paul won't get elected because he speaks the hard truth that people don't want to hear. What people want is someone like Obama who will promise you heaven on earth! The elections isn't about finding the smartest person to do the job, it's a beauty contest!
I can't understand why people still put Symantec on their PC. It's a bloated piece of crap that blocks everything without intelligently deciding if it's a good idea. When I had Symantec installed on my laptop, the CPU was at 100% and I had to manually turn off the firewall just to browse the web.
Using another DNS won't matter if your ISP is going to block you. Even using secure VPN connections and Proxies will be useless. The only other solution would be either a Wireless Mesh Network, but the FCC might put a stop to that, or back to the old Dialup BBS.
I guess Canada will be the first to go back to the stone age! After they BAN the Internet, they'll have to BAN computers in-case people try to setup their own WAN by other means.
I'm assuming XBMC is running on Linux here, so streaming channels like Netflix and Hulu are out of the question. I think this is great, and lots of cool new HTPC's will come out of this, but for now it's not going to replace my ROKU.
Tyrants are defiant right to their death! So if you don't plan on hanging someone, don't expect much!
Imagine the Lego Projects you could do with this!
Those > 27k people who sign the petition is now on the White House hit list!
Maybe we just need Intervention! A catastrophe (like a global Blackout), Aliens, or something.
You can download Parts for your Car! think of old those small broken plastics that cost a fortune from the dealer, now you can just print it.
Wow, I can finally own stuff not made in China!
The original movie is nothing like this. There is too much switching between odd scenes that it gives me a headache. I skipped through some of it, but could only handle about 10 min of it.