It's no surprise that you can hook a fast GPU to a slow CPU and get good results, look at Raspberry Pi, who could imagine doing HDMI video with a single core 700 MHz processor?
When the computer that you carry around in your pocket is not a "Personal Computer", but the computer whose permanent home is on the floor, it's called a "Personal Computer"???
Why don't you just tell the truth and say that this visual development environment was developed on MIT CADR and then shamelessly copied by Symbolics and LMI?
One unfortunate thing is its an inch around. A hair smaller (24 mm?) and it would fit in a "one inch" model rocket tube.
The design is open source. Download the gerber files, edit them and send away for your own boards. There are low-volume low-cost options like batchpcb and iteadstudios and you can have the boards you want for just a few dollars.
The code is stored in flash ROM and there is a fair amount of it, you can write very sophisticated programs that only need a few bytes of RAM if you are clever.
There is nothing on that board that won't withstand a dunking in water. In fact I clean the flux from my soldering with copious hot water and a toothbrush. Just remove the battery and it can go right into the wash.
And they will be used, because it's been the stated goal of the Obama Administration and others to keep fossil fuel costs high in order to "persuade" people to switch to alternatives, like mass transit (powered by windmills, no doubt).
Someone need to remind you WHY WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT.
You seem to think that our society runs "on automatic" and that government interference is "bad"
The NEWS for you is that the entire reason we have a petroleum infrastructure and gas stations and roads and cars is because the GOVERNMENT "persuaded" people to adopt them.
Oh but YOU seem to think that the government gets in the way of civilization when in fact government is the DIFFERENCE between prosperity and despair.
Why don't you TRY to speculate on what the price of gasoline would be if the government were not interfering. Trust me you won't like the answer.
because quite frankly, the products made by others have been mediocre at best.
WHAT A LAUGH! What Microsoft hardware has EVER been better than "mediocre"??? Keyboards and mice made by other companies? Overheating Xboxes??? Zunes that crash???
I find it very interesting that Software companies (Apple
APPLE is a software company??? They make telephones and MP3 players and media centers! Oh and computers too!
Google
GOOGLE is manufacturing hardware??? SINCE WHEN???
This is a perfect example of skills learnt in one area translating very elegantly into another.
Your comment is a perfect example of COMPLETE IGNORANCE.
they certainly care very much about some putz 'tweaking' the ECU and causing the failure of an emission control device which they are then on the hook to fix.
EGADS!
You mean if "some putz tweaks the ECU" that THE MANUFACTURER is "on the hook to fix?"
WOW I NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND TWEAK ON MY CAR SO SOMEONE ELSE IS ON THE HOOK TO FIX IT.
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If we dismiss arguments with "the speaker is a hypocrite" then NOBODY will EVER listen to ANYBODY because we are ALL hypocrites.
FOR GOODNESS SAKE, stop associating ideas with the mouths from which they emerge, and
LET IDEAS STAND OR FALL ON THEIR MERIT
NOT ON WHO SUPPOSEDLY SAID THEM
I'm looking right at the HDMI connector
It's no surprise that you can hook a fast GPU to a slow CPU and get good results, look at Raspberry Pi, who could imagine doing HDMI video with a single core 700 MHz processor?
When the computer that you carry around in your pocket is not a "Personal Computer", but the computer whose permanent home is on the floor, it's called a "Personal Computer"???
Very odd!
There was no graphical component to the development environment. It was no different from any of the other systems of the time in that respect.
Why don't you just tell the truth and say that this visual development environment was developed on MIT CADR and then shamelessly copied by Symbolics and LMI?
One unfortunate thing is its an inch around. A hair smaller (24 mm?) and it would fit in a "one inch" model rocket tube.
The design is open source. Download the gerber files, edit them and send away for your own boards. There are low-volume low-cost options like batchpcb and iteadstudios and you can have the boards you want for just a few dollars.
I've also heard of batteries that need replacing, epoxy kind of puts a damper on that.
The code is stored in flash ROM and there is a fair amount of it, you can write very sophisticated programs that only need a few bytes of RAM if you are clever.
There is nothing on that board that won't withstand a dunking in water. In fact I clean the flux from my soldering with copious hot water and a toothbrush. Just remove the battery and it can go right into the wash.
Yes but with only two PWM outputs all you get is two pixels.
With two pins you get I2C and thus I/O expansion and as many pixels as you want.
Getting that spare battery installed into your tablet computer or your phone is MORE of a hack than wiring up an old typewriter.
I dread to think what would happen if we had to give them the line noise that is an IP6 address.
Gosh they might have to learn to use copy and paste.
The price dropped for the Windows netbooks
Yeah it doesn't look good for Microsoft when their competitors keep forcing them to take smaller and smaller margins.
Microsoft systems will always be burdened with the "Microsoft Tax" otherwise Microsoft has no revenue source.
Google systems have no "tax", because the OS is free. They have a distinct price advantage.
without any dependence on Microsoft, Adobe, Google, etc.
He he he
You running Linux on that laptop? Count the lines of Google code in your linux kernel.
Even running Linux you are depending on those evil corporations.
You should build your own kernel and rip out every google code contribution and every microsoft one too.
After all you don't want to be depending on google.
Good luck with that!
And they will be used, because it's been the stated goal of the Obama Administration and others to keep fossil fuel costs high in order to "persuade" people to switch to alternatives, like mass transit (powered by windmills, no doubt).
Someone need to remind you WHY WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT.
You seem to think that our society runs "on automatic" and that government interference is "bad"
The NEWS for you is that the entire reason we have a petroleum infrastructure and gas stations and roads and cars is because the GOVERNMENT "persuaded" people to adopt them.
Oh but YOU seem to think that the government gets in the way of civilization when in fact government is the DIFFERENCE between prosperity and despair.
Why don't you TRY to speculate on what the price of gasoline would be if the government were not interfering. Trust me you won't like the answer.
How's that windows 8 UI experience coming along?
Are you saying that google's file systems are corrupt?
we shouldn't put too much power in the control of one relatively radical group.
This is the ENTIRE REASON for the GPL: NOBODY can be "in control" of the source code.
I would submit that BSD code is more prevalent than GPL in actual use by an order of magnitude or better.
How many android devices are out there with their GPL linux kernels? An order of magnitude more than the BSD-based Apple ones.
MS must believe they can do a fair bit better if they are deciding to go it themselves.
You mean like they did with ZUNE???
TOTAL FAIL
because quite frankly, the products made by others have been mediocre at best.
WHAT A LAUGH! What Microsoft hardware has EVER been better than "mediocre"??? Keyboards and mice made by other companies? Overheating Xboxes??? Zunes that crash???
I find it very interesting that Software companies (Apple
APPLE is a software company??? They make telephones and MP3 players and media centers! Oh and computers too!
Google
GOOGLE is manufacturing hardware??? SINCE WHEN???
This is a perfect example of skills learnt in one area translating very elegantly into another.
Your comment is a perfect example of COMPLETE IGNORANCE.
only expected to overtake PC's in 2016.
You say it takes 9 years of tablet sales to overtake 30 years of PC sales? You misuse the word "only".
they certainly care very much about some putz 'tweaking' the ECU and causing the failure of an emission control device which they are then on the hook to fix.
EGADS!
You mean if "some putz tweaks the ECU" that THE MANUFACTURER is "on the hook to fix?"
WOW I NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND TWEAK ON MY CAR SO SOMEONE ELSE IS ON THE HOOK TO FIX IT.
What happens when the automaker goes out of business?
YES it happens! SAAB!
Do they take their encrypted codes with them into oblivion?
There are NO MORE Saab dealerships. You MUST get your Saab repaired by an independent garage!
WHERE do they get the codes?