Still leads to some scary possibilities... I understand both that knowledge should be available to anyone, and that security through obscurity does not work for long, But I am worried what some unscrupulous people might do with that level of information.
We bothered the local Circuit City here in the ghetto, and they had a display model but were out. The salesguy let us order two just by putting down $20 a head. The price tag said $299 but he agreed it was actually 99 right now. He said they'd be about a week, and they'll call us when they get them.
We fiddled with the display model a little. The 'screen' is actually the whole unit. All the metal and plastic beneath is just a stand. It looks like you could wall mount it easily enough, or tuck it and the keyboard under an arm. The included keyboard has lots of special hotkeys (including Pizza?). The pointing device seems pretty nice, simmilar to webtv keyboards. It's a bulb on the right side of the little keyboard, with two buttons on the left side.
Adric says he's going to feel a little rotten nuking QNX off this thing, but he doesn't think he can mod the QNX code without expensive tools we don't have.:(
I would agree with all of those laws except the insurance one... if someone smashes into my car and screws it up... I'll have to replace it. Why should I have to pay for it just cause the guy who hit me wasn't insured and then filed for bankruptcy when I sued him? Of course I could save a little money by making my purchase over the interne...:>
I know that sooner or later the local governments will find a way, but it won't be easy... taxing the purchaser would be an excercize in futility, and taxing the seller would just cause companys to relocate to other areas. anyone have any ideas on a fair way? If it's bound to happen, it might as well happen in a good way.
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Still leads to some scary possibilities... I understand both that knowledge should be available to anyone, and that security through obscurity does not work for long, But I am worried what some unscrupulous people might do with that level of information.
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We bothered the local Circuit City here in the ghetto, and they had a display model but were out. The salesguy let us order two just by putting down $20 a head. The price tag said $299 but he agreed it was actually 99 right now. He said they'd be about a week, and they'll call us when they get them.
We fiddled with the display model a little. The 'screen' is actually the whole unit. All the metal and plastic beneath is just a stand. It looks like you could wall mount it easily enough, or tuck it and the keyboard under an arm. The included keyboard has lots of special hotkeys (including Pizza?). The pointing device seems pretty nice, simmilar to webtv keyboards. It's a bulb on the right side of the little keyboard, with two buttons on the left side.
Adric says he's going to feel a little rotten nuking QNX off this thing, but he doesn't think he can mod the QNX code without expensive tools we don't have. :(
We will post more when the buggers come in..
-CactusBob With adric
I would agree with all of those laws except the insurance one... if someone smashes into my car and screws it up... I'll have to replace it. Why should I have to pay for it just cause the guy who hit me wasn't insured and then filed for bankruptcy when I sued him? Of course I could save a little money by making my purchase over the interne...:>
I know that sooner or later the local governments will find a way, but it won't be easy... taxing the purchaser would be an excercize in futility, and taxing the seller would just cause companys to relocate to other areas. anyone have any ideas on a fair way? If it's bound to happen, it might as well happen in a good way.
I am aware the BE runs on X86 and G3 and some older macs, but what chips will the mobile version run on.