I would expect a contemporary of Neil Armstrong -- or Buzz Aldrin -- would be a better source than someone that could be their son. He would have been 10 years old at the time of the EVA. Not sure I'd trust my 10 yr old to remember ANYTHING 40 years later.
The problem I'm having with my kids is that they have access to the Internet on pretty much anything electronic they care to have. They don't have a "want" to understand how it all works. It's a lot more complicated than the 4K RAM computer of old. Computer "guts" were accessible. One felt you could understand it all.
When I was 15, I spent the summer understanding how the Western Digital Disk controller working in the TRS-80 Model I. I was fascinated that, with the disk drive plugged in, it booted to it. Without, it booted to the old BASIC ">" prompt.
Both Zilog and Intel sent me rather large documentation on their chipsets in the TRS80; didn't even have to sign an NDA. I remember the horror of my mom watching the disassembler output spew out of that dot-matrix printer. "You'll pay for that box of paper AND that ribbon, YOU HEAR ME?".
Learned all about Master Boot Records and even managed to write my own using Disk Wizard. Great times that my kids will never experience.
Sorry. I have to disagree. Arduino and RPi have long enough legs to be supported at the retail level. They needed to reset their priorities... I had Saturday learning days for computers at my shop back in the 80's. We had both geeks and newbies in learning about them. It's all about capturing the imagination of your customers.
As far as obsolescence.. Yeah. That's normal in electronics. Hence, the markup on the product. You've got to package the experience with the product.
I'm like the other poster. I worked for RS in the late 70's, early 80s and saw the introduction of the TRS80 through the intro of the Tandy 2000 and 1000. I, too, became a store manager at the age of 19; at the time, their youngest at the time.
The problem with hiring is the the pay scale. It's hard to get knowledgeable workers at minimum + commission. Loved the Job. Even had John Roach on a ladder counting inventory during one his "Adopt-A-Store" initiatives.
I do think there's a market for "The Makers". I saw hope last year with the Super Bowl commercial. The Arduinos and shields are there. The only problem, there's no one there that even knows what they are. Gone are the days where you could find "Forrest Mims Jr" to ask about your project.
Maybe a "Maker's Store" is a concept to hold on to for my retirement. Don't tell my wife!
I do think a B&M store can survive. But, you have to provide something for the $$ you're charging. As mentioned in another comment, tinkerers are still here. It should have become a "Maker's Market" catering to MindStorms, Arduino, RPi, and applications. How about classes in programming this stuff? "use our 3D Printer!" Day Camps for it too -- adults and kids. There's a market for it. I'd be in there all the time to see what I could buy next.
I already miss you, Radio Shack. But, you left in the late 80's...
Does this one have enough horsepower to act as a decently performing media center? I'd like to stream Blue Ray mk4s. I love Raspberry Pis in projects such as my animatronic project, Jose' The Tiki Bird. But, it just doesn't have the guts as a media center.
I bought my RPi as the primary interface for my Tiki Bird. Really enjoyed the project. Lot's of good open source stuff available. WiringPi for GPIO control. Vixen for sequencing. LIRC for infrared control.
I also enjoyed doing autopsy on a Squawkers McCaw. It's incredible the amount of sensing and control they packed into such a cheap toy.
The Tiki Room was Walt's favorite (and mine too). You can see him beam as he demonstrates it in many videos.
My sons and I built a tribute to the Tiki Room using a Raspberry Pi and a Hasbro toy bird. It never ceases to get a laugh out of visitors.
Here's a link.
I do agree that malicious extensions could be a problem when allowed via sideloading. However, simply add an option to turn off the blocking from the client. Those that want to sideload can and, by default, others will be blocked. Seems like a logical way of handling this.
I do also like the suggestion of providing a "trusted list" that allows for alternative "App Stores". These options could make these actions more palatable.
Your off topic comment is my weekly rant. I HATE having to toss stuff out because someone decided to make the thing from a brittle plastic and heat seal it shut.
I've tried to buy higher quality. It just seems you cannot find it.
it's a good example. That's not the last I heard. I'm under NDA. But, I can enumerate the multiple bugs we've seen with chips. Your point is valid. It's more about the human/dollar cost of the bugs. As fab costs have fallen and the more use of FPGAs, the cost of mistakes are lower and, therefore, more bugs have crept in.
Make the bug expensive and more discipline will be given to the problem.
Wish I had mod points... This is the my primary barrier for learning Python (been doing PERL since '94). I like that it has lots of built-ins for web stuff. But, couldn't they use common practices when it comes to syntax and layout?
JS is the lingua franca for front end web use. I like the comparison to annoying relatives:)
Agreed. Seems the author is confused between users and Freeloader, in the traditional sense. The Freeloaders are those that incorporate their code into their product and offer that for sale and don't contribute back to the open-source community.
In a certain product for sale, I know of just under 50 open source components (not including core linux) included. All the licenses are complied with. But, few get patches submitted upstream. Some bug reports though.
Does the community need this kind of freeloader? I think so. But, there should be some community responsibility to contribute financially if you're not contributing code.
agreed. The method in which this is calculated really isn't described either. Even though I'm in a development role, we're pressured to demonstrate "research" when we're really just assembling code.
US/Europe need to actually produce real stuff. Anything else is just proprietary fodder for others to take.
Lap seat belts were optional on domestic cars from the early 50's through 1967. In 1968, they became mandatory. 1964 was the first year for required padded dashes. The big 3 offered them across the line much earlier though. Shoulder belts became required in 1971.
IIRC, Tucker released the first padded dash on a domestic car.
HTC, I went to the Verizon store to pick up a replacement recently. No HTC One? Really? Why?
How I used to love 'ya. I'm still using my HTC Incredible. It's been, well, pretty incredible. Well, until the latest updates came out. I've had more crashes since the last update than I had over the last 3 years.
My next phone won't be an IPhone. It won't be a Windows phone either. What does that leave me with? Motorola? They break promises with 1yr old phones; Should I look at the new RAZR models? Will they get JellyBean? Who knows?
That leaves Samsung.... Is it really so hard to create an Android phone that we can get excited about?
I wish I had mod points. I think *THIS* is the primary problem here.
The Declaration of Independence is also a good example of the importance of free speech rights even in the era or the Internet. On July 4, 1776 the original declaration of Independence was signed by only two people, Charles Thomson as Secretary and John Hancock as President of the Continental Congress.
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Any citations by him?
I would expect a contemporary of Neil Armstrong -- or Buzz Aldrin -- would be a better source than someone that could be their son. He would have been 10 years old at the time of the EVA. Not sure I'd trust my 10 yr old to remember ANYTHING 40 years later.
Yes, indeed, really.
The problem I'm having with my kids is that they have access to the Internet on pretty much anything electronic they care to have. They don't have a "want" to understand how it all works. It's a lot more complicated than the 4K RAM computer of old. Computer "guts" were accessible. One felt you could understand it all.
When I was 15, I spent the summer understanding how the Western Digital Disk controller working in the TRS-80 Model I. I was fascinated that, with the disk drive plugged in, it booted to it. Without, it booted to the old BASIC ">" prompt.
Both Zilog and Intel sent me rather large documentation on their chipsets in the TRS80; didn't even have to sign an NDA. I remember the horror of my mom watching the disassembler output spew out of that dot-matrix printer. "You'll pay for that box of paper AND that ribbon, YOU HEAR ME?".
Learned all about Master Boot Records and even managed to write my own using Disk Wizard. Great times that my kids will never experience.
citations, please.
Methinks you need to lay off the CNBC & MSNBC...
Sorry. I have to disagree. Arduino and RPi have long enough legs to be supported at the retail level. They needed to reset their priorities... I had Saturday learning days for computers at my shop back in the 80's. We had both geeks and newbies in learning about them. It's all about capturing the imagination of your customers.
As far as obsolescence.. Yeah. That's normal in electronics. Hence, the markup on the product. You've got to package the experience with the product.
I'm like the other poster. I worked for RS in the late 70's, early 80s and saw the introduction of the TRS80 through the intro of the Tandy 2000 and 1000. I, too, became a store manager at the age of 19; at the time, their youngest at the time.
The problem with hiring is the the pay scale. It's hard to get knowledgeable workers at minimum + commission. Loved the Job. Even had John Roach on a ladder counting inventory during one his "Adopt-A-Store" initiatives.
I do think there's a market for "The Makers". I saw hope last year with the Super Bowl commercial. The Arduinos and shields are there. The only problem, there's no one there that even knows what they are. Gone are the days where you could find "Forrest Mims Jr" to ask about your project.
Maybe a "Maker's Store" is a concept to hold on to for my retirement. Don't tell my wife!
I do think a B&M store can survive. But, you have to provide something for the $$ you're charging. As mentioned in another comment, tinkerers are still here. It should have become a "Maker's Market" catering to MindStorms, Arduino, RPi, and applications. How about classes in programming this stuff? "use our 3D Printer!" Day Camps for it too -- adults and kids. There's a market for it. I'd be in there all the time to see what I could buy next.
I already miss you, Radio Shack. But, you left in the late 80's...
And you KNOW the kinds of injury that can result during a run of, "It's a Small World". ...Talk about dramatic...
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Is this the one I've been waiting for?
Smells like Air Pressure?
I bought my RPi as the primary interface for my Tiki Bird. Really enjoyed the project. Lot's of good open source stuff available. WiringPi for GPIO control. Vixen for sequencing. LIRC for infrared control.
I also enjoyed doing autopsy on a Squawkers McCaw. It's incredible the amount of sensing and control they packed into such a cheap toy.
Remember, The Bird is the Word!
That would be great in the Tiki Room!
Done with a Raspberry Pi and a hacked Hasbro toy bird...
The Tiki Room was Walt's favorite (and mine too). You can see him beam as he demonstrates it in many videos.
My sons and I built a tribute to the Tiki Room using a Raspberry Pi and a Hasbro toy bird. It never ceases to get a laugh out of visitors. Here's a link.
I do agree that malicious extensions could be a problem when allowed via sideloading. However, simply add an option to turn off the blocking from the client. Those that want to sideload can and, by default, others will be blocked. Seems like a logical way of handling this.
I do also like the suggestion of providing a "trusted list" that allows for alternative "App Stores". These options could make these actions more palatable.
Your off topic comment is my weekly rant. I HATE having to toss stuff out because someone decided to make the thing from a brittle plastic and heat seal it shut.
I've tried to buy higher quality. It just seems you cannot find it.
it's a good example. That's not the last I heard. I'm under NDA. But, I can enumerate the multiple bugs we've seen with chips. Your point is valid. It's more about the human/dollar cost of the bugs. As fab costs have fallen and the more use of FPGAs, the cost of mistakes are lower and, therefore, more bugs have crept in.
Make the bug expensive and more discipline will be given to the problem.
Wish I had mod points... This is the my primary barrier for learning Python (been doing PERL since '94). I like that it has lots of built-ins for web stuff. But, couldn't they use common practices when it comes to syntax and layout?
JS is the lingua franca for front end web use. I like the comparison to annoying relatives :)
Agreed. Seems the author is confused between users and Freeloader, in the traditional sense. The Freeloaders are those that incorporate their code into their product and offer that for sale and don't contribute back to the open-source community.
In a certain product for sale, I know of just under 50 open source components (not including core linux) included. All the licenses are complied with. But, few get patches submitted upstream. Some bug reports though.
Does the community need this kind of freeloader? I think so. But, there should be some community responsibility to contribute financially if you're not contributing code.
agreed. The method in which this is calculated really isn't described either. Even though I'm in a development role, we're pressured to demonstrate "research" when we're really just assembling code.
US/Europe need to actually produce real stuff. Anything else is just proprietary fodder for others to take.
Lap seat belts were optional on domestic cars from the early 50's through 1967. In 1968, they became mandatory. 1964 was the first year for required padded dashes. The big 3 offered them across the line much earlier though. Shoulder belts became required in 1971.
IIRC, Tucker released the first padded dash on a domestic car.
Looks like they didn't do much proofing. It was Starsky and Hutch's Torino. And, it was Green Hornet's "Black Beauty" ('64-66 Imperial).
Both are great cars with many great replicas built!
In other news, Fukushima Daiichi has created a new species of bio-luminescent cockroach...
HTC,
I went to the Verizon store to pick up a replacement recently. No HTC One? Really? Why?
How I used to love 'ya. I'm still using my HTC Incredible. It's been, well, pretty incredible. Well, until the latest updates came out. I've had more crashes since the last update than I had over the last 3 years.
My next phone won't be an IPhone. It won't be a Windows phone either. What does that leave me with? Motorola? They break promises with 1yr old phones; Should I look at the new RAZR models? Will they get JellyBean? Who knows?
That leaves Samsung.... Is it really so hard to create an Android phone that we can get excited about?
hey, it's only $1 a pin... What's your gripe?
I wish I had mod points. I think *THIS* is the primary problem here.
The Declaration of Independence is also a good example of the importance of free speech rights even in the era or the Internet. On July 4, 1776 the original declaration of Independence was signed by only two people, Charles Thomson as Secretary and John Hancock as President of the Continental Congress.
Maybe the model 200?