A lot of ARM systems (even raspberry PI) will live life fine at 60C. You will need a nice passive heatsink inside your box (if it is large) or thermally couple the device to the box wall and put a passive heatsink on the outside. You'll need an active heater of some kind in order to operate reliably below 0C, but that is easy. Paint your box white too... that will help keep it cool in the sun. Good luck! Also post to an appropriate reddit rather than slashdot!
I may be the only person who does... but I have used Trackpoint for years and find it to be a million times better than any touchpads. I hate mice and touchpads. I used tiling window manager that has extensive keyboard bindings which is great... but there are still things that require a pointer. Particularly browsing. The trackpoint lets you point and click without taking your fingers off the keyboard. Best of both worlds.
If you have a computer with trackpoint and touchpad... disable the touchpad for a week. It takes a day to get used to it. You will never go back.
Two years later I still have a headphone jack on my phone... still have only used it a handful of times in those two years. Occasionally nice to have as a fallback but otherwise who cares. All my Bluetooth stuff works great.
Apple does what they think people want. Android makers will just do what people buy. Honestly most people (including me) could care less at this point about the headphone jack. I'm sure there will always be Android phones will headphone jacks for the./'er crowd who reminisces about the "good old" analog days.
On the other hand one of the reasons I never have to leave my Linux machine is that most apps now are cloud. So my machine is almost like a thin client, and I pay for many of the cloud apps I use (at least the business ones). Regardless, I enjoy "owning" my own desktop OS from UI to source.
Like in the cloud world, businesses will probably be fine to pay for this (begrudgingly but they will) assuming they get regular updates and it improves security. Businesses will improve their cashflow and Microsoft gets recurring revenue (everybody kinda wins). Consumers won't though, either through lazyness, cheapness or just ignorance. The first time a consumer tries to boot their PC and it says "type in new credit card number to boot" they are going to throw it out the window. I wonder given Microsoft's Linux push whether they plan to develop some sort of "lightweight consumer Windows" that sits on a Linux kernel. It would reduce the maintenance costs (community kernel support) and give consumers something cheap that still bears the Windows brand name.
Their website is comedic gold: "The Company is already in the preliminary stages of evaluating specific opportunities involving blockchain technology."
Really weaving a solid story on commercial traction and commitment there...
most mac users end up buying windows to run under parallels anyways... another $130 unaccounted for in your comparison.
ever get a mac repaired under warranty? yeah good luck. $600 is a drop in the bucket once you send it in (which happens often due to their low quality control).
macs are great for grandma... but definitely not for me.
When I encounter a vendor that has an IE only site, I send them an email informing them that I don't do business with companies that don't endorse open standards. Then I find another place to buy the item. Many websites are done by consultants, and the folks who pay for these services don't necessarily know the difference. Sending them an email might raise a flag that they need to address the issue.
Actually something just occurred to me... you could go for a large high speed flash drive and put your swap on there. You can buy hard disk sized flash drives (at no small expense) that might do the job if installed in a second hard disk bay. Not as good as real RAM, but a lot better than HD based virtual memory. An idea to consider...
No thinkpad will do more than 4 Gigs of ram, because none of them have more than 2 slots (nor do they have the address lines for bigger modules even if they existed). Most new notebooks will now do 4G if you are willing to pony up for the expensive 2G modules (dell, thinkpad, apple etc).
If you want more than 4 Gig of ram you need to find a notebook with more than 2 slots. I personally have never seen a notebook with more than two slots, even the monsters from EuroCom, Alienware etc only have two. So it seems you are pretty much SOL. Get a SFF desktop or wait a year or two...
There are quite a few simple OSS languages out there that kids could learn on. There are logo implementations (yeah logo!), and some basic packages if they want to do less visual stuff. Unfortunately finding such gems in the sea of the web requires some dedication and time, probably from the parents. Non-geek parents who didn't play with this stuff as a kid are unlikely to figure it out for their kids.
The storyline is a bit ironic, since even though I'm not an mit student I am praying to remain sleeping until the patent system gets reformed, which also probably won't happen for another 30 years...
I have a credit card reader as well, and occassionally amuse myself by running all the cards in my wallet through it. I was surprised to find that not one but ALL of my credit cards have both my name and credit card number in the magnetic stripe on the back in unencrypted form! If I lost one of these cards, someone with a card reader could easily retrieve all my information and go on a geek shopping spree. I guess we just can't lose our hotel keys or credit cards anymore...
The article says 120W per square inch actually... which is pretty unbelievable. This would be 2.4MW for the 14'x10' panel... definetly a typo in the article. Their website says it makes 110V, but actually doesn't divulge the wattage... suspicious.
The Analog devices blackfin is a good chip for such devices as well (it is classed a "hybrid DSP"). It consumes 280mw at 600 Mhz, and also comes in a dual core. uCLinux runs on it as well. Cool chip with similar capabilities, but definetely a different marketing angle.
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A lot of ARM systems (even raspberry PI) will live life fine at 60C. You will need a nice passive heatsink inside your box (if it is large) or thermally couple the device to the box wall and put a passive heatsink on the outside. You'll need an active heater of some kind in order to operate reliably below 0C, but that is easy. Paint your box white too... that will help keep it cool in the sun. Good luck! Also post to an appropriate reddit rather than slashdot!
I may be the only person who does... but I have used Trackpoint for years and find it to be a million times better than any touchpads. I hate mice and touchpads. I used tiling window manager that has extensive keyboard bindings which is great... but there are still things that require a pointer. Particularly browsing. The trackpoint lets you point and click without taking your fingers off the keyboard. Best of both worlds.
If you have a computer with trackpoint and touchpad... disable the touchpad for a week. It takes a day to get used to it. You will never go back.
Two years later I still have a headphone jack on my phone... still have only used it a handful of times in those two years. Occasionally nice to have as a fallback but otherwise who cares. All my Bluetooth stuff works great.
Apple does what they think people want. Android makers will just do what people buy. Honestly most people (including me) could care less at this point about the headphone jack. I'm sure there will always be Android phones will headphone jacks for the ./'er crowd who reminisces about the "good old" analog days.
Good thing I basically never use windows.
On the other hand one of the reasons I never have to leave my Linux machine is that most apps now are cloud. So my machine is almost like a thin client, and I pay for many of the cloud apps I use (at least the business ones). Regardless, I enjoy "owning" my own desktop OS from UI to source.
Like in the cloud world, businesses will probably be fine to pay for this (begrudgingly but they will) assuming they get regular updates and it improves security. Businesses will improve their cashflow and Microsoft gets recurring revenue (everybody kinda wins). Consumers won't though, either through lazyness, cheapness or just ignorance. The first time a consumer tries to boot their PC and it says "type in new credit card number to boot" they are going to throw it out the window. I wonder given Microsoft's Linux push whether they plan to develop some sort of "lightweight consumer Windows" that sits on a Linux kernel. It would reduce the maintenance costs (community kernel support) and give consumers something cheap that still bears the Windows brand name.
I think this headline should have been:
"Only 40% of Global Log-in Attempts Are Malicious"
Their website is comedic gold:
"The Company is already in the preliminary stages of evaluating specific opportunities involving blockchain technology."
Really weaving a solid story on commercial traction and commitment there...
backuppc rocks. been using it for over a year now flawlessly in a laptop rich environment.
james
yes
most mac users end up buying windows to run under parallels anyways... another $130 unaccounted for in your comparison.
ever get a mac repaired under warranty? yeah good luck. $600 is a drop in the bucket once you send it in (which happens often due to their low quality control).
macs are great for grandma... but definitely not for me.
james
When I encounter a vendor that has an IE only site, I send them an email informing them that I don't do business with companies that don't endorse open standards. Then I find another place to buy the item. Many websites are done by consultants, and the folks who pay for these services don't necessarily know the difference. Sending them an email might raise a flag that they need to address the issue.
James
I just sent an email to the NTIA and my congressman... i suggest other people who think this is ridiculous do the same.
This guy needs to spend 5 minutes googling for IMUs (intertial measurement units).
For instance, this unit:
http://www.memsense.com/products/mag3.asp
There are a million of these out there...
Has three axes of accelerometers, three axes of rate gyros and a three axis magnetometer... all in a package that is
Actually something just occurred to me... you could go for a large high speed flash drive and put your swap on there. You can buy hard disk sized flash drives (at no small expense) that might do the job if installed in a second hard disk bay. Not as good as real RAM, but a lot better than HD based virtual memory. An idea to consider...
James
No thinkpad will do more than 4 Gigs of ram, because none of them have more than 2 slots (nor do they have the address lines for bigger modules even if they existed). Most new notebooks will now do 4G if you are willing to pony up for the expensive 2G modules (dell, thinkpad, apple etc).
If you want more than 4 Gig of ram you need to find a notebook with more than 2 slots. I personally have never seen a notebook with more than two slots, even the monsters from EuroCom, Alienware etc only have two. So it seems you are pretty much SOL. Get a SFF desktop or wait a year or two...
James
If this plane is so real, why is the only evidence a 3d rendering that looks like it was done with an Apple IIGS?
Why is the only data point this guy cites from 2001? The recent deep core sample analysis was a much more convincing argument.
This seems more like a rant against the UN and politics than anything else...
James
There are quite a few simple OSS languages out there that kids could learn on. There are logo implementations (yeah logo!), and some basic packages if they want to do less visual stuff. Unfortunately finding such gems in the sea of the web requires some dedication and time, probably from the parents. Non-geek parents who didn't play with this stuff as a kid are unlikely to figure it out for their kids.
James
Just like the opening scene in braveheart.
james
suck it up or don't fly.
and I thought it was yesterday!
precompiled binaries? isn't that what windows users use because they don't have a compiler?
The storyline is a bit ironic, since even though I'm not an mit student I am praying to remain sleeping until the patent system gets reformed, which also probably won't happen for another 30 years...
I have a credit card reader as well, and occassionally amuse myself by running all the cards in my wallet through it. I was surprised to find that not one but ALL of my credit cards have both my name and credit card number in the magnetic stripe on the back in unencrypted form! If I lost one of these cards, someone with a card reader could easily retrieve all my information and go on a geek shopping spree. I guess we just can't lose our hotel keys or credit cards anymore...
The article says 120W per square inch actually... which is pretty unbelievable. This would be 2.4MW for the 14'x10' panel... definetly a typo in the article. Their website says it makes 110V, but actually doesn't divulge the wattage... suspicious.
The Analog devices blackfin is a good chip for such devices as well (it is classed a "hybrid DSP"). It consumes 280mw at 600 Mhz, and also comes in a dual core. uCLinux runs on it as well. Cool chip with similar capabilities, but definetely a different marketing angle.