AOL and Compaq announced a while back that they'd be releasing a Linux based net appliance to run AOL if I remember correctly. This is simply AOL's part of the effort. Nothing to see here, move along.
There have been reports for decades of the US government doing this to its own people. It supposedly sifts for delicate information regarding national security. This became more realistic a year ago when the governemnts activities in Europe were brought to light by the French. It's basically been confirmed.
I'm a market strategist for a major semiconductor manufacturer that deals a lot with automotive applications. As such, I've seen what the bid autos have planned for their vehicles in the next few years. By 2005 every mid/upper-level car will ship with a computer built in complete with net access. Many of them will be in place by next year in fact. These devices will easily play mp3's along with CD's and some will even support DVD's, all with voice command. I don't see your product as being compelling enough to push people away from a factory installed device that does this and more. Sorry
I'm not sure where this "scientist" got the idea that a photon doesn't have inertial mass but he is wrong. This was one of the results of relativity. Photons don't have physical mass but they do have an inertial mass. Some interesting work has been done recently on light based propulsion systems in which the inertia of photons is sued to push an object through space. Since his entire argument is based on this idea, I have to reject his claims.
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AOL and Compaq announced a while back that they'd be releasing a Linux based net appliance to run AOL if I remember correctly. This is simply AOL's part of the effort. Nothing to see here, move along.
There have been reports for decades of the US government doing this to its own people. It supposedly sifts for delicate information regarding national security. This became more realistic a year ago when the governemnts activities in Europe were brought to light by the French. It's basically been confirmed.
I'm a market strategist for a major semiconductor manufacturer that deals a lot with automotive applications. As such, I've seen what the bid autos have planned for their vehicles in the next few years. By 2005 every mid/upper-level car will ship with a computer built in complete with net access. Many of them will be in place by next year in fact. These devices will easily play mp3's along with CD's and some will even support DVD's, all with voice command. I don't see your product as being compelling enough to push people away from a factory installed device that does this and more. Sorry
I'm not sure where this "scientist" got the idea that a photon doesn't have inertial mass but he is wrong. This was one of the results of relativity. Photons don't have physical mass but they do have an inertial mass. Some interesting work has been done recently on light based propulsion systems in which the inertia of photons is sued to push an object through space. Since his entire argument is based on this idea, I have to reject his claims.