I think remote administration is the ideal way of configuring computers on the network, but it can be dangerous to trust it too much. When there are serious problems that cause the remote administration tools to fail, you should be able to fall back on phone support or be able to go there yourself and fix it.
If this is impossible (for instance, when the server is located in another country), be sure that you have experienced people there who can assist you.
Maybe noone died during the manufacture of floppy disks, but I'm sure there are lots of people who got a heart attack when the "Abort, Retry, Ignore" message popped up;-)
Wait until C# is officially released. For those who don't know it yet, C# is the same as Java, except that it has a different name and syntax and that Microsoft calls it a new language and programming paradigm.
I'm afraid that when all those M$ programmers (plus the companies using M$ tools) move to C#, Java will be history...
As far as I can see, I think it should be possible to replace the printed circuit boards with paper ones and even create resistors and capacitors on this board, but what with the semiconductors that are needed? Simple transistors shouldn't be too difficult, but I don't think they can add a microcontroller that way.
This means they also need a few IC's and they can cost a bit more than a few dollars (especially if you want a laptop). It also becomes more difficult to recycle the thing, since it will contain pieces of plastic and metal.
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Unfortunately this machine will be obsolete tomorrow (if not sooner).
I think remote administration is the ideal way of configuring computers on the network, but it can be dangerous to trust it too much. When there are serious problems that cause the remote administration tools to fail, you should be able to fall back on phone support or be able to go there yourself and fix it.
If this is impossible (for instance, when the server is located in another country), be sure that you have experienced people there who can assist you.
Maybe noone died during the manufacture of floppy disks, but I'm sure there are lots of people who got a heart attack when the "Abort, Retry, Ignore" message popped up ;-)
... how quickly the Joy Of Tech has jumped onto this!
Wait until C# is officially released. For those who don't know it yet, C# is the same as Java, except that it has a different name and syntax and that Microsoft calls it a new language and programming paradigm.
I'm afraid that when all those M$ programmers (plus the companies using M$ tools) move to C#, Java will be history...
As far as I can see, I think it should be possible to replace the printed circuit boards with paper ones and even create resistors and capacitors on this board, but what with the semiconductors that are needed? Simple transistors shouldn't be too difficult, but I don't think they can add a microcontroller that way.
This means they also need a few IC's and they can cost a bit more than a few dollars (especially if you want a laptop). It also becomes more difficult to recycle the thing, since it will contain pieces of plastic and metal.
I think a web server would be more useful on a digital camera than a browser: you could take a picture and immediately share it with the entire world.
And while you're implementing this, a webcam would also be handy.