How about making a case less than 12" deep so that it can fit on a bookshelf? Then mount a LAVA LAMP on top of the cpu. The natural churning action of the lava would dissipate the heat.
Please, somebody steal this idea, and send me some pics.
Other than the copyright issues, the Linspire presentation was actually pretty well done...too well done for your average internal marketing dept.
It is possible that those images were hijacked by a outside marketing/production resource without Lindow's knowledge! If this piece was outsourced, chances are that Lindows was unaware. If that is the case, who is ultimately responsible; -Lindows? or -the Marketing firm? or -the Indian labor pool that the Marketing firm subcontracted the coding and creative work to?
I find HDD mechanical hacks to be intriguing. I have often thought it would be cool to make RC cars out of old Hard Drives and have races.
Mechanically, the hack would be pretty straightforward: To to drive the wheels, attach a worm gear to the disk shaft. To operate the steering, utilize the arm that guides the disk head.
I am not sure, however, how to interface with an RC transmitter. Any ideas?
It appears the problem of defending copyrights of free software is that there is little risk to the offender. Copyrights of GPL software generate little, if any, profits. Without profits to accumulate, there can be no "war chest" of capital available to defend against infringements.
Perhaps the best solution is to partner with someone who has the necessary resources. The most obvious partner is an attorney that is willing to defend your rights in a contingency fee basis. But, what about partnering with someone who has a mutual befefit from a successful defense, like the Free Software Foundation? Perhaps they, or someone else would have the resources to pay for a defense in return for a share of the proceeds.
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How about making a case less than 12" deep so that it can fit on a bookshelf? Then mount a LAVA LAMP on top of the cpu. The natural churning action of the lava would dissipate the heat.
Please, somebody steal this idea, and send me some pics.
Technically, there is no such thing as a truly original creative work. Every thing is an adaptation of something else.
Even if their icon was inspired by Apple's, I see no problem here. They changed it enough to legally claim it as their own.
Other than the copyright issues, the Linspire presentation was actually pretty well done...too well done for your average internal marketing dept.
It is possible that those images were hijacked by a outside marketing/production resource without Lindow's knowledge! If this piece was outsourced, chances are that Lindows was unaware. If that is the case, who is ultimately responsible;
-Lindows? or
-the Marketing firm? or
-the Indian labor pool that the Marketing firm subcontracted the coding and creative work to?
I find HDD mechanical hacks to be intriguing. I have often thought it would be cool to make RC cars out of old Hard Drives and have races.
Mechanically, the hack would be pretty straightforward: To to drive the wheels, attach a worm gear to the disk shaft. To operate the steering, utilize the arm that guides the disk head.
I am not sure, however, how to interface with an RC transmitter. Any ideas?
It appears the problem of defending copyrights of free software is that there is little risk to the offender. Copyrights of GPL software generate little, if any, profits. Without profits to accumulate, there can be no "war chest" of capital available to defend against infringements.
Perhaps the best solution is to partner with someone who has the necessary resources. The most obvious partner is an attorney that is willing to defend your rights in a contingency fee basis. But, what about partnering with someone who has a mutual befefit from a successful defense, like the Free Software Foundation? Perhaps they, or someone else would have the resources to pay for a defense in return for a share of the proceeds.