Filters and scripts can scrub <video> and <canvas> tags. Filtering proxies installed in schools can do this. Security packages used in schools can do this. Browser extensions can do this.
Filters and scripts can also inject a preload="none" attribute into <video> tags to prevent your 100 MB movie from preloading, although this is really the duty of the browser. Some browsers are getting close. Opera can do this with plugins, including Flash. Adding support for HTML5 media should be trivial.
Flash is not just video. Keep your Flash blocker for every other Flash-based evil out there, like games, soundboards, Newgrounds-era cartoons, nuisance ads, sites that will never adopt HTML5, etc...
In addition to being a USB keyboard, it also acts as a USB hub. All Apple USB keyboards have at least two built-in USB ports for mice, etc. I would imagine it requires a little more "logic" than a typical USB keyboard.
At about $599, the Eee Top ET1602 is relatively expensive considering its performance
True, but this is ridiculously affordable for small/medium businesses looking to incorporate touch technology. Similar touchcomputers purposed for business use can easily run north of $2000 a pop.
I help run an average sized family restaurant, and we use an old ink-and-paper ticketing system in the kitchen. I have been toying around with the idea of replacing it with a homebuilt touch-based interface, hanging a couple touchmonitors where the ticket rail sits. This move would help me eliminate paper, ink, and printer maintenance costs, not to mention giving my technically-inclined kitchen staff a new toy to play with.
So far, the costs of the touchmonitors alone have been prohibitively expensive, but a product like this one could allow me to realize my idea. Being able to acquire a touchcomputer (not just touchmonitor) at a fraction of the cost definitely catches the eye of any business thinking about implementing touch-technology.
This thing is very promising. It's almost perfect for my application. I don't need speed or any bells and whistles, I just need something touch-enabled, networkable, and self-contained. This is awesome. I will definitely be watching this thing closely.
Invest in a Bluetooth mouse/keyboard combo. Or, if you're cheap, pick up an inexpensive USB hub. Easy solution for your USB port scarcity problem.
I think the increased adoption of Bluetooth peripherals is reducing the demand for a shitload of USB ports. Two ports on a laptop sounds fair to me. Laptops are meant for portability. Lugging around a ton of USB peripherals defeats the purpose; likewise, anticipating this behavior by providing four or more ports is equally senseless.
External hard disks and thumb drives are totally understandable. They are portable, "part-time" peripherals, used on a temporary basis, and easily accommodated with two or three laptop USB ports. But mice and keyboards? For a laptop? I can understand a desktop having a few more ports to accommodate these "full-time" devices, but not laptops.
I can't hate, I also use an external mouse/kbd with my laptop when working at a desk, etc. But, I do so at the cost of portability. If you have the means to set up shop with a USB kbd/mouse, you also have the means to use a USB hub.
It's not the manufacturer's fault by failing to provide enough ports to plug in all your shit. You're wanting to use more devices than the manufacturer designed it to handle while still being considered "portable". If you're willing to sacrifice portability, go find some method of USB expansion on your own, or go get a proper desktop.
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Filters and scripts can scrub <video> and <canvas> tags. Filtering proxies installed in schools can do this. Security packages used in schools can do this. Browser extensions can do this.
Filters and scripts can also inject a preload="none" attribute into <video> tags to prevent your 100 MB movie from preloading, although this is really the duty of the browser. Some browsers are getting close. Opera can do this with plugins, including Flash. Adding support for HTML5 media should be trivial.
Flash is not just video. Keep your Flash blocker for every other Flash-based evil out there, like games, soundboards, Newgrounds-era cartoons, nuisance ads, sites that will never adopt HTML5, etc...
In addition to being a USB keyboard, it also acts as a USB hub. All Apple USB keyboards have at least two built-in USB ports for mice, etc. I would imagine it requires a little more "logic" than a typical USB keyboard.
should be: AT&T. Your world. Delivered. To the NSA.
At about $599, the Eee Top ET1602 is relatively expensive considering its performance
True, but this is ridiculously affordable for small/medium businesses looking to incorporate touch technology. Similar touchcomputers purposed for business use can easily run north of $2000 a pop.
I help run an average sized family restaurant, and we use an old ink-and-paper ticketing system in the kitchen. I have been toying around with the idea of replacing it with a homebuilt touch-based interface, hanging a couple touchmonitors where the ticket rail sits. This move would help me eliminate paper, ink, and printer maintenance costs, not to mention giving my technically-inclined kitchen staff a new toy to play with.
So far, the costs of the touchmonitors alone have been prohibitively expensive, but a product like this one could allow me to realize my idea. Being able to acquire a touchcomputer (not just touchmonitor) at a fraction of the cost definitely catches the eye of any business thinking about implementing touch-technology.
This thing is very promising. It's almost perfect for my application. I don't need speed or any bells and whistles, I just need something touch-enabled, networkable, and self-contained. This is awesome. I will definitely be watching this thing closely.
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Applesauce?
Invest in a Bluetooth mouse/keyboard combo. Or, if you're cheap, pick up an inexpensive USB hub. Easy solution for your USB port scarcity problem.
I think the increased adoption of Bluetooth peripherals is reducing the demand for a shitload of USB ports. Two ports on a laptop sounds fair to me. Laptops are meant for portability. Lugging around a ton of USB peripherals defeats the purpose; likewise, anticipating this behavior by providing four or more ports is equally senseless.
External hard disks and thumb drives are totally understandable. They are portable, "part-time" peripherals, used on a temporary basis, and easily accommodated with two or three laptop USB ports. But mice and keyboards? For a laptop? I can understand a desktop having a few more ports to accommodate these "full-time" devices, but not laptops.
I can't hate, I also use an external mouse/kbd with my laptop when working at a desk, etc. But, I do so at the cost of portability. If you have the means to set up shop with a USB kbd/mouse, you also have the means to use a USB hub.
It's not the manufacturer's fault by failing to provide enough ports to plug in all your shit. You're wanting to use more devices than the manufacturer designed it to handle while still being considered "portable". If you're willing to sacrifice portability, go find some method of USB expansion on your own, or go get a proper desktop.
This has been around for quite a while. The helmet has been shooped on. A copy of the original is here.