Good point. So just as a Master's Thesis is expected to add some new bit of knowledge, this project does not have to change the world.
It should be sufficient to improve an existing application (such as add smart graph layout to Dia or the network program TkIned/Scotty), as long as it is done well and the research methods are properly followed and explained.
Or perhaps make a coding assistant which looks through the branches of the code and creates error messages which are helpful and distinctive. So when the message from a particular branch of the logic is still not understood well enough to solve the problem, you can at least search for that error message in the Knowledge Base and find the more detailed explanation...and the AI could create the skeleton KB also -- with KB alterations by humans being fed back into the AI...
Security and privacy... Like the fictional supercomputer which was given a poison analysis and it came up with the molecular composition instantly? It was a fast job, until someone realized it was too fast -- the poison had been developed on the same computer, and the computer had merely retrieved previous results rather than have to perform the molecular analysis task.
Not "doctor program": its name is E liza. (AI Attic version also)
If you're going to have such a program for people to chat with, that is called a Cha tterbot. It's been done.
There are an assortment of Vi rtual Robots for different web tasks. Personally, I think the searching/indexing problem is still lacking a solution -- although librarians have been working on it for decades.
For example, I might want a laptop that would last a long time on one battery charge, which would mean leaving out a lot of things and just stripping it down to the bare essentials.
Fine, so build yours with only one PC/104 motherboard, a disk drive, battery... and fill the unused space with more batteries.
So you could create several standards, one for each particular type, Power Saver, Desktop Replacement, Ultra Light,
No, no, no. One case with several mounting points for several things. Two bays for side-by-side PC/104 cards, with a removable PC/104 bus card to plug both cards into -- if you only want one PC/104 stack, remove that jumper card and one bay can be used for other things.
Which by then you've pretty much lost the point of trying to creat a standardized system in the first place, and those are only a few of the choices that people would want.
That's the point of having a standardized case, so one case can be used for several configurations and so several manufacturers can make components for it.
There's also a lot of other things to consider when dealing with a laptop. Because of space concerns almost everything is built onto the mainboard and permanently fixed to it. This kind of engineering doesn't give very much flexibility. Also because of the specialization required to cram all of that stuff into such a small space mainboards would not be compatible with each other.
There are a bunch of compatible PC/104 and Card PC boards. And both have most computer interfaces available on a single card -- the flexibility comes in the few additional special things.
Ports could be positioned in exactly the same place on each laptop, but this wouldn't work very well either as different laptops have different kinds/numbers of ports and need to have that for flexibility in purchase options.
Just have mounting points and cutouts for the assorted ports.
The media bays for things like floppy, CD-Rom, DVD, Zip, etc. could be standardized. Except that different space requirements cause them to have different form factors.
Look at the Toshiba SelectBay, a removable bay which can hold a battery, floppy, CD-ROM, DVD, or hard drive. The hard drive adapter is part PA2666U.
Even if it were possible for manufacturers to easily standardize the systems they have no reason to.
The first case maker to do it has a reason. They'll sell a pile of them. The PC/104 Tillamook card will probably sell nicely also...
Gee, is there a patent on using chronologically overloaded unique version numbers instead of mere unique version numbers? Quite a difference there...particularly as MS DLLs tend to have an assortment of errors in both.
The standard laptop platform would be aimed at the majority, for whom a machine the size of 3-4 magazines is fine.
I primarily need a portable toolbox with some battery power, a disk, and modem/ethernet connections. I could use a parallel-port CD-ROM as I rarely need one -- and the CD which I use most often I could copy onto my disk [laptop disks have a lot of room now].
I agree that PC/104 would be a good starting point. They're small enough and have enough interfaces on the motherboards to do the job. And the mobile Pentium (Tillamook) is available, such as in the AMPRO P5e.
A case which can hold one or two PC/104 (removable side-by-side PC/104 jumper card) would be a good tool, particularly if there was a case tall enough for a stack of two PC/104.
Make mounting points for some common LCDs, a common power supply, a common battery, and a hard drive. Have a spot where a PC/104 with PCMCIA can reach the outside if such a card is installed. Design the case to use a common thin compact keyboard.
There are many devices which can be controlled with infrared remote controls. Linux can use IR control signals with LIRC. Not all IR transmitters can send all signals, so some testing will be needed, and transmitters need to be near devices which they control (ie, in the same room).
Hmm. So instead of writing a script marketwatch.pl | notifyme.pl I could put those two scripts in separate processors and stack them...if there are cards which allow processors to connect to processors.
So if I go on a diet and my palm gets smaller or thinner then I may be infringing on a patent? My palm is digital, but adding or removing modules requires proper training and equipment.
Yes, I consider the MP3 tools as just another ability. I might store a little sound in it, but if I'm going to want an MP3 library I'll keep it on the disk drives in the system in the car, and I can download what I presently need (like the most recent traffic report or last night's news from Cairo).
Well, although the population of China is quite large, China is doing their best to not be part of the Internet so we can eliminate the Chinese languages from consideration.
beep I'm carrying classified information and I am here. beep I'm carrying classified information and I am here. beep I'm carrying classified information and I am here. beep I'm carrying classified information and I am here.
The Samsung Linux PDA which was just mentioned in an Slashdot will be in that price range and will play MP3s. But its capacity will be smaller.
Maybe you could make a general car interface for Linux PDAs, so we can connect to more storage, the car speakers, and whatever other gadgets are part of the car (GPS? Cell phone messaging/networking?)...and if there's a CPU in it then the car can also act independently.
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Oh, you're using IE? In the upper right of Netscape is a "What's Related" button...
It should be sufficient to improve an existing application (such as add smart graph layout to Dia or the network program TkIned/Scotty), as long as it is done well and the research methods are properly followed and explained.
Or perhaps make a coding assistant which looks through the branches of the code and creates error messages which are helpful and distinctive. So when the message from a particular branch of the logic is still not understood well enough to solve the problem, you can at least search for that error message in the Knowledge Base and find the more detailed explanation...and the AI could create the skeleton KB also -- with KB alterations by humans being fed back into the AI...
Security and privacy... Like the fictional supercomputer which was given a poison analysis and it came up with the molecular composition instantly? It was a fast job, until someone realized it was too fast -- the poison had been developed on the same computer, and the computer had merely retrieved previous results rather than have to perform the molecular analysis task.
You're too late. The program already patented itself. You now are required to leave that computer running constantly for 20 years.
If you're going to have such a program for people to chat with, that is called a Cha tterbot. It's been done.
There are an assortment of Vi rtual Robots for different web tasks. Personally, I think the searching/indexing problem is still lacking a solution -- although librarians have been working on it for decades.
If you don't know, then you must not be getting royalty check from Microsoft for their use of the icon...or they're not using it...
"Dear Sirs: Your library contains the following books with content which violates our copyright. Remove them immediately..."
Now what? Do you do it, or do your lawyers and management have to burn money deciding what to do? That's this situation.
Malta does seem like the obvious choice for /.
I notice that /. carefully coordinated with Deja to ensure sufficient updates where taking place...
Fine, so build yours with only one PC/104 motherboard, a disk drive, battery... and fill the unused space with more batteries.
So you could create several standards, one for each particular type, Power Saver, Desktop Replacement, Ultra Light,
No, no, no. One case with several mounting points for several things. Two bays for side-by-side PC/104 cards, with a removable PC/104 bus card to plug both cards into -- if you only want one PC/104 stack, remove that jumper card and one bay can be used for other things.
Which by then you've pretty much lost the point of trying to creat a standardized system in the first place, and those are only a few of the choices that people would want.
That's the point of having a standardized case, so one case can be used for several configurations and so several manufacturers can make components for it.
There's also a lot of other things to consider when dealing with a laptop. Because of space concerns almost everything is built onto the mainboard and permanently fixed to it. This kind of engineering doesn't give very much flexibility. Also because of the specialization required to cram all of that stuff into such a small space mainboards would not be compatible with each other.
There are a bunch of compatible PC/104 and Card PC boards. And both have most computer interfaces available on a single card -- the flexibility comes in the few additional special things.
Ports could be positioned in exactly the same place on each laptop, but this wouldn't work very well either as different laptops have different kinds/numbers of ports and need to have that for flexibility in purchase options.
Just have mounting points and cutouts for the assorted ports.
The media bays for things like floppy, CD-Rom, DVD, Zip, etc. could be standardized. Except that different space requirements cause them to have different form factors.
Look at the Toshiba SelectBay, a removable bay which can hold a battery, floppy, CD-ROM, DVD, or hard drive. The hard drive adapter is part PA2666U.
Even if it were possible for manufacturers to easily standardize the systems they have no reason to.
The first case maker to do it has a reason. They'll sell a pile of them. The PC/104 Tillamook card will probably sell nicely also...
Gee, is there a patent on using chronologically overloaded unique version numbers instead of mere unique version numbers? Quite a difference there...particularly as MS DLLs tend to have an assortment of errors in both.
I primarily need a portable toolbox with some battery power, a disk, and modem/ethernet connections. I could use a parallel-port CD-ROM as I rarely need one -- and the CD which I use most often I could copy onto my disk [laptop disks have a lot of room now].
A case which can hold one or two PC/104 (removable side-by-side PC/104 jumper card) would be a good tool, particularly if there was a case tall enough for a stack of two PC/104.
Make mounting points for some common LCDs, a common power supply, a common battery, and a hard drive. Have a spot where a PC/104 with PCMCIA can reach the outside if such a card is installed. Design the case to use a common thin compact keyboard.
But this is graffiti, for the lazy. It spreads itself around.
There are many devices which can be controlled with infrared remote controls. Linux can use IR control signals with LIRC. Not all IR transmitters can send all signals, so some testing will be needed, and transmitters need to be near devices which they control (ie, in the same room).
It depends upon how many words you have to type to equal the meaning of the symbols which they are creating.
Hmm. So instead of writing a script
marketwatch.pl | notifyme.pl
I could put those two scripts in separate processors and stack them...if there are cards which allow processors to connect to processors.
So if I go on a diet and my palm gets smaller or thinner then I may be infringing on a patent? My palm is digital, but adding or removing modules requires proper training and equipment.
Yes, I consider the MP3 tools as just another ability. I might store a little sound in it, but if I'm going to want an MP3 library I'll keep it on the disk drives in the system in the car, and I can download what I presently need (like the most recent traffic report or last night's news from Cairo).
Well, although the population of China is quite large, China is doing their best to not be part of the Internet so we can eliminate the Chinese languages from consideration.
beep I'm carrying classified information and I am here.
beep I'm carrying classified information and I am here.
beep I'm carrying classified information and I am here.
beep I'm carrying classified information and I am here.
Maybe you could make a general car interface for Linux PDAs, so we can connect to more storage, the car speakers, and whatever other gadgets are part of the car (GPS? Cell phone messaging/networking?)...and if there's a CPU in it then the car can also act independently.
Movie energy is measured in voltages.
Movie time is measured in parsecs.
The amount of energy in a battery is measured in volts-per-parsec.