I actually know a few... especially for MMOs. Personally, my TrackPoint(cl*t mouse) is actually decent for FPS, but it takes a bunch of getting used to. These days, I'm using a standard mouse usually, but I used a Trackpoint exclusively for years before I got my first desktop.
I dunno, their mouse *hardware* seems of good quality. My left-handed Deathadder's seen many many drops onto a hard floor, and it still works. The Windows drivers however... I've heard they can be poor. I've had little trouble with the Linux drivers(once I got razerd compiled and working) over the last year+ I've used it.
But that wasn't the point of the parent post: It's that this person was *not* tecnically literate. At all. But still managed to use the UI. For nerds like us, the limitations are redily apparent. But for a technically illiterate person? It'll be great until they decide to learn more and end up running into the limitations.
This is why there's two markets: iDevices, and everything else. Most heavy users of PCs probably couldn't go iPad only, yet people who have never used one probably could.
Of course you can always just get a cheap e-reader(or Nook), or tablet, or smartphone and load your books onto that... Most have kindle apps, and if not you always have skindle and Calibre...
I don't know... I *like* reading on an LCD screen - for one thing, it's backlit, so you don't have to worry about getting the angle of light right to read by - just keep things reasonably dark, and read in *any* position you want. Great for reading in bed. Mind you, I have a N900, so I'm not exactly pushing iDevices...
+1. I'm using my N900 right now and while it may not be as fast as my desktop(especially for those long Slashdot pages, it can easily replace my laptop for most things. And the fact that it can be left on all the time without much battery drain when not in use makes it 10x superior to a laptop: I can always just pull it out of my pocket and google something, or read a book, or do calculations, or write a few notes... Also, it's browser is very close to a proper (firefox-based)desktop browser. And that's on top of the other browsers that can be installed - Opera, Firefox, Chromium and an iPhone-clone browser to name a few.
But in that case, you are simply connecting to a compromised router. The fact that that router then connects to *another* router can be ignored. That problem should be dealt with differently.
Well, don't you have the solution there? Client sees two packets telling which keys to use = "error, someone's attempting to MITM me!, and either retry or give up.
Because it's to their advantage to provide fast internet - fast internet = more youtube(etc) watching, more of their ads shown. Comcast(etc), on the other hand wants exactly the opposite: They make no money off of providing fast internet, and lose money as people watch less TV.
I'm pretty sure it's the opposite: Autism(spectrum anyway) people are attracted to technical things instead of social interaction. In urban and sub-urban settings, most of those things are done inside - computing, electronics, etc. As such, they spend more time indoors than other kids, resulting in lower vitamin D levels. Kind of obvious, actually...
Well, with the huge advertosing budgets that some companies pour into their products, it just might be worth it to instead pour that money into huge discounts for consumers to get a large enough install base that you get customers via word of mouth alone. It's just crazy enough to work!
That's for sure. I'm fairly well convinced that unless Nokia keeps Symbian, or uses another OS, they are doomed to faik. Nokia's hardware is second-to-none(I've dropped my N900 about 100 times from 4' onto a variety of surfaces, and it keeps working with barely a scratch), yet their software division seems to be going down hill. And *noone* wants WP7.
If MS went the way that made Windows successful - totally open ecosystem, cheap/free tools, apps written for one machine run anywhere, loads of customization is allowed - then maby. But not with WP7 being a locked down imitation of iOS, which can keep that market better than MS ever can.
Note that LibreOffice added a whole set of packages(go-oo) that were not in OpenOffice due to people being unwilling to assign copyright to Sun. So, yes, by day 1 it was *magically* better and more free(as not all copyrights are owned by the controlling interest, it's nearly impossible to change the license in the future).
Seems to me that a Laptop or even just a small-form-factor PC *is* the sort of console you're talking about: 1. Interfaces to your TV via HDMI(common, these days). 2. Will use most all controllers, either via USB or an adaptor 3. Runs any OS or combination of OS's. 4. Greatest selection of games ever. 5. Better graphics on even a low-end system. 6. Better browser, and a gigantic collection of homebrew.
You've only one choice: The Nokia N900. It's cheap enough used, fast enough for most things(including slashdot browsing), and runs a full Linux-based OS, including X11. Which means you can easily run a stock Debian or Ubuntu chroot on top of the native apps.
Well, erm, actually... At least in Ubunt all you need to do is "apt-get install *ubuntu-desktop", * being nothing, k or x. Simple and allows for complete replacement of, say, gnome as your DE. Also, mixed desktops aren't a problem... at least not for KDE.
Or, we just ignore the environmentalists, and simply hose down the brains when needed! Just think, we'd be solving two problems here: That of powering our cars, and that of the envronmentalists!:P
It's a good idea, but a *poor* device! Slow proc, crappy screen. At least go for a Nokia N900 - Not *quite* so open, but the important bits are, and it has an unlocked bootloader so Android, Ubuntu and such can be run natively(as well as in a chroot).
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I actually know a few... especially for MMOs. Personally, my TrackPoint(cl*t mouse) is actually decent for FPS, but it takes a bunch of getting used to. These days, I'm using a standard mouse usually, but I used a Trackpoint exclusively for years before I got my first desktop.
I dunno, their mouse *hardware* seems of good quality. My left-handed Deathadder's seen many many drops onto a hard floor, and it still works.
The Windows drivers however... I've heard they can be poor. I've had little trouble with the Linux drivers(once I got razerd compiled and working) over the last year+ I've used it.
But that wasn't the point of the parent post: It's that this person was *not* tecnically literate. At all. But still managed to use the UI.
For nerds like us, the limitations are redily apparent. But for a technically illiterate person? It'll be great until they decide to learn more and end up running into the limitations.
This is why there's two markets: iDevices, and everything else. Most heavy users of PCs probably couldn't go iPad only, yet people who have never used one probably could.
To be fair, they *do* replace servers. Not that they *should*, but they often do when a lack of funding is available.
Of course you can always just get a cheap e-reader(or Nook), or tablet, or smartphone and load your books onto that... Most have kindle apps, and if not you always have skindle and Calibre...
I don't know... I *like* reading on an LCD screen - for one thing, it's backlit, so you don't have to worry about getting the angle of light right to read by - just keep things reasonably dark, and read in *any* position you want. Great for reading in bed.
Mind you, I have a N900, so I'm not exactly pushing iDevices...
+1.
I'm using my N900 right now and while it may not be as fast as my desktop(especially for those long Slashdot pages, it can easily replace my laptop for most things. And the fact that it can be left on all the time without much battery drain when not in use makes it 10x superior to a laptop: I can always just pull it out of my pocket and google something, or read a book, or do calculations, or write a few notes...
Also, it's browser is very close to a proper (firefox-based)desktop browser. And that's on top of the other browsers that can be installed - Opera, Firefox, Chromium and an iPhone-clone browser to name a few.
But in that case, you are simply connecting to a compromised router. The fact that that router then connects to *another* router can be ignored.
That problem should be dealt with differently.
Well, don't you have the solution there?
Client sees two packets telling which keys to use = "error, someone's attempting to MITM me!, and either retry or give up.
I see what you did there. _ XD
Because it's to their advantage to provide fast internet - fast internet = more youtube(etc) watching, more of their ads shown.
Comcast(etc), on the other hand wants exactly the opposite: They make no money off of providing fast internet, and lose money as people watch less TV.
So, yes, google would be better.
I'm pretty sure it's the opposite: Autism(spectrum anyway) people are attracted to technical things instead of social interaction. In urban and sub-urban settings, most of those things are done inside - computing, electronics, etc. As such, they spend more time indoors than other kids, resulting in lower vitamin D levels.
Kind of obvious, actually...
Heh. Mod parent funny(and or up :P )
Well, with the huge advertosing budgets that some companies pour into their products, it just might be worth it to instead pour that money into huge discounts for consumers to get a large enough install base that you get customers via word of mouth alone. It's just crazy enough to work!
Yes.
That's for sure. I'm fairly well convinced that unless Nokia keeps Symbian, or uses another OS, they are doomed to faik. Nokia's hardware is second-to-none(I've dropped my N900 about 100 times from 4' onto a variety of surfaces, and it keeps working with barely a scratch), yet their software division seems to be going down hill. And *noone* wants WP7.
If MS went the way that made Windows successful - totally open ecosystem, cheap/free tools, apps written for one machine run anywhere, loads of customization is allowed - then maby. But not with WP7 being a locked down imitation of iOS, which can keep that market better than MS ever can.
Sounds interesting! Where do I sign up? :P
Note that LibreOffice added a whole set of packages(go-oo) that were not in OpenOffice due to people being unwilling to assign copyright to Sun. So, yes, by day 1 it was *magically* better and more free(as not all copyrights are owned by the controlling interest, it's nearly impossible to change the license in the future).
Not if you short them together on the device side.
Seems to me that a Laptop or even just a small-form-factor PC *is* the sort of console you're talking about:
1. Interfaces to your TV via HDMI(common, these days).
2. Will use most all controllers, either via USB or an adaptor
3. Runs any OS or combination of OS's.
4. Greatest selection of games ever.
5. Better graphics on even a low-end system.
6. Better browser, and a gigantic collection of homebrew.
What's not to like?
Yea. I know.
You've only one choice: The Nokia N900. It's cheap enough used, fast enough for most things(including slashdot browsing), and runs a full Linux-based OS, including X11. Which means you can easily run a stock Debian or Ubuntu chroot on top of the native apps.
Well, erm, actually... At least in Ubunt all you need to do is "apt-get install *ubuntu-desktop", * being nothing, k or x. Simple and allows for complete replacement of, say, gnome as your DE.
Also, mixed desktops aren't a problem... at least not for KDE.
Sadly, mod parent up.
Or, we just ignore the environmentalists, and simply hose down the brains when needed! :P
Just think, we'd be solving two problems here: That of powering our cars, and that of the envronmentalists!
It's a good idea, but a *poor* device! Slow proc, crappy screen.
At least go for a Nokia N900 - Not *quite* so open, but the important bits are, and it has an unlocked bootloader so Android, Ubuntu and such can be run natively(as well as in a chroot).