Just been there recently whilst on holiday for a few days in Cornwall.
Enjoyed the new visitors centre and a tour of the site, my girlfriend also enjoyed it so it must have been good:-)
There's a number of earth stations in Cornwall, as well as being the area in which most of the UK's international undersea cables terminate. It's steeped in communication history!
More info on Goonhilly here (non-Flash version here).
Running a Hello-Kitty first-person-shooter game while playing DivX videos and surfing for pr0n simultaneously on my hot pink cell phone does not, however, represent the noble usage of technology or a meaningful increase in man's standard of living.
The uses you illustrate may not be a meaningful increase in man's standard of living, but if gimmicks such as those you mentioned attract new users to the service then this can only improve the case for further investment in the underlying technology.
It's the technology I'm interested in using. I don't want streaming video to my phone's screen, but a fast, wireless, always-on connection for my laptop is what I've been dreaming of for years.
In this respect, most markets are lagging behind Japan. GPRS clocks around 28kbps here in the UK. There's still a long way to go before mobile data becomes useful.
You do need a base station, but one of the devices can act as a virtual base station allowing you to create a "computer to computer network" in Apple AirPort speak.
MSIE is very slow. Table parsing in particular is dog slow. I have to read Slashdot on a PC; stories with 150+ comments take forever on the Mac.
Other browsers are reported to be faster, but the default browser is crap. I know I could replace it, but does the typical iMac user who just wants it to work out of the box?
At least the USA is making inroads into HDTV. Here in the UK, only a few channels seem to be able to broadcast widescreen effectively (namely the BBC and Channel 4).
BSkyB (part of News Corp.) seems totally incapable of doing any 16:9 broadcasts. For instance, Enterprise is shot in 16:9 but we get it as 4:3, even though most pay TV in the UK is now on a digital platform (DVB) and a sizable percentage of homes have a widescreen set. Certainly as a percentage, more homes in the UK have widescreen than the USA has homes that have HDTV
The trouble with TiVo is that it can't be sold. What I mean is, all the features of the device and the way it changes how you watch TV, cannot be related by some spotty kid in an electronics store.
The best marketing these guys get is word of mouth from us geeks. That, and coming to our homes and seeing the way TiVo et al work in a *real* environment.
Anyone got a mirror of the article? All's I'm getting is... Warning: Too many connections in/usr/local/apache/sites/infosync.no/htdocs/show.ph p on line 7
Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Too many connections in/usr/local/apache/sites/infosync.no/htdocs/show.ph p on line 7
Unable to connect!
Guess they're running Apache and mySQL to serve the article off the PDA itself:-)
Ok, well 10 mins of Christmas left here in the UK, so I'll tell you what I got:
Bottle of Bacardi
Cybertool
LED flashlight
Radio controlled clock
Warp energy mints
As Good As It Gets DVD
Some cool stuff to clean my car with and make it look shiny and new!
It's not been the best year I've had but it's taught me a lot. I look forward to 2002 and thanx to/. and everyone for giving me somewhere to escape to when things got crappy.
Anyway, I'll go now before I start getting all philosophical; must be the drink!
I'm just trying to find out whether its current incarnation (Win CE 4/PocketPC 2001) supports anything other than StrongARM. I seem to remember Microsoft announcing it was dropping support for other platforms. Anyhow, I don't remember it ever running on x86...
I take your point, but I'm not actually interested in its "coolness" factor. I agree, coolness is nice for us geeks, but it doesn't put food on the table. My interest in it is from a potential cost or time saving viewpoint.
There are low and lower power computing solutions out there which have the horsepower to perform. But these systems are tailored to a specific need; you need the right tool to do the right job. If the job changes slightly, then your system may not perform as well as it used to and a new design may be better suited.
VIA have taken the approach of using an x86 based platform. However, isn't this more of a one size fits all policy? In some circumstances, I would prefer to have a system with something like a Transmeta CPU, allowing me to can change and refine the tool I have chosen for the job in hand.
Sometimes, the x86 way of doing things may be appropriate. On other occasions, perhaps a different architechture may be more suited. Wouldn't it be great to have a CPU which could adapt and change itself according to the needs of the task it was performing, almost like a programmable ASIC?
I just feel that VIA's solution is more of the same. It looks great for use situations where you want a PC but with low power (eg. Home Entertainment), but it doesn't break enough new ground for me.
Unfortunatley, it looks like it's all we'll be getting for the time being. Transmeta aren't saying much at the moment about code morphing other architectures (eg. POWER/PPC) on their CPU's.
Taken from webpage: "...industry standard x86 architecture, the VIA Eden Embedded System Platform is fully compatible with Microsoft Windows XP and a full range of Embedded Windows, Windows CE..."
I thought WinCE/PocketPC was now only built for the StrongARM processor, or am I missing something?
Personally, I don't see low power as being Transmeta's primary selling point. I am much more interested in their code morphing software. I don't see where VIA's solution fits in. If you want a low power consumption PC type device, then are we still talking about an "embedded" device?
We don't know yet as there are no European GameCubes or games.
Will Ninty follow Sony's lead and move to prohibit the sale and development of modchips?
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The PS2 can read DVD-R's and CD-R's it just cannot boot backup games stored on these discs. This is where the modchip comes in; it "injects" the correct boot and region code into the PS2, then tells it to start reading the disc.
It's as trivial to make a DVD-R backup as a CD-R. On a Mac with a DVD-R writer, simply launch Toast, insert original disc into DVD-ROM, insert blank disc into DVD-R, select Copy Disc and hit Record.
It's a shame Apple doesn't make kit like this. With their experience with fanless iMacs and the Cube they could make a quiet living room component which would either have local storage or would talk to your desktop Mac via Ethernet or Airport
Give it a simple, clear, easy to use interface like the iPod and you're all set
Plus, I'm sure Jonathan Ive could come up with a design which would kick ass when lined up next to your other components!
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Maybe if it was Guinness Extra Cold :-)
And if you want a bigger display, look into the motorised screens that fold down into a standard DIN slot from the likes of Alpine or Pioneer
Just been there recently whilst on holiday for a few days in Cornwall.
Enjoyed the new visitors centre and a tour of the site, my girlfriend also enjoyed it so it must have been good :-)
There's a number of earth stations in Cornwall, as well as being the area in which most of the UK's international undersea cables terminate. It's steeped in communication history!
More info on Goonhilly here (non-Flash version here).
Everybody just loves the SLC and tuition fees :-)
For more info, go here
The uses you illustrate may not be a meaningful increase in man's standard of living, but if gimmicks such as those you mentioned attract new users to the service then this can only improve the case for further investment in the underlying technology.
It's the technology I'm interested in using. I don't want streaming video to my phone's screen, but a fast, wireless, always-on connection for my laptop is what I've been dreaming of for years.
In this respect, most markets are lagging behind Japan. GPRS clocks around 28kbps here in the UK. There's still a long way to go before mobile data becomes useful.
You do need a base station, but one of the devices can act as a virtual base station allowing you to create a "computer to computer network" in Apple AirPort speak.
fuck me, LameCube, that must have taken you ages...
MSIE is very slow. Table parsing in particular is dog slow. I have to read Slashdot on a PC; stories with 150+ comments take forever on the Mac. Other browsers are reported to be faster, but the default browser is crap. I know I could replace it, but does the typical iMac user who just wants it to work out of the box?
The keyboard and the BBA will, the HD won't.
just use this...
user: slashdot_nyt
pass: slashdot
At least the USA is making inroads into HDTV. Here in the UK, only a few channels seem to be able to broadcast widescreen effectively (namely the BBC and Channel 4).
BSkyB (part of News Corp.) seems totally incapable of doing any 16:9 broadcasts. For instance, Enterprise is shot in 16:9 but we get it as 4:3, even though most pay TV in the UK is now on a digital platform (DVB) and a sizable percentage of homes have a widescreen set. Certainly as a percentage, more homes in the UK have widescreen than the USA has homes that have HDTV
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Hey! I didn't know my dad posted to Slashdot!
The trouble with TiVo is that it can't be sold. What I mean is, all the features of the device and the way it changes how you watch TV, cannot be related by some spotty kid in an electronics store.
The best marketing these guys get is word of mouth from us geeks. That, and coming to our homes and seeing the way TiVo et al work in a *real* environment.
Anyone got a mirror of the article? All's I'm getting is... /usr/local/apache/sites/infosync.no/htdocs/show.ph p on line 7 /usr/local/apache/sites/infosync.no/htdocs/show.ph p on line 7 :-)
Warning: Too many connections in
Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Too many connections in
Unable to connect!
Guess they're running Apache and mySQL to serve the article off the PDA itself
from http://slashdot.org/~cmdrtaco:
User Info for CmdrTaco (1)
I'll be working 10pm - 6am at a radio station! Pays the bills I suppose (well, helps to pay for my TiVo that'll I'll be getting next week - w00t!)
Hopefully, this guy should solve all our GBA annoyances soon :-)
Ok, well 10 mins of Christmas left here in the UK, so I'll tell you what I got:
It's not been the best year I've had but it's taught me a lot. I look forward to 2002 and thanx to /. and everyone for giving me somewhere to escape to when things got crappy.
Anyway, I'll go now before I start getting all philosophical; must be the drink!
I know, I think it ran on MIPS as well?
I'm just trying to find out whether its current incarnation (Win CE 4/PocketPC 2001) supports anything other than StrongARM. I seem to remember Microsoft announcing it was dropping support for other platforms. Anyhow, I don't remember it ever running on x86...
I take your point, but I'm not actually interested in its "coolness" factor. I agree, coolness is nice for us geeks, but it doesn't put food on the table. My interest in it is from a potential cost or time saving viewpoint.
There are low and lower power computing solutions out there which have the horsepower to perform. But these systems are tailored to a specific need; you need the right tool to do the right job. If the job changes slightly, then your system may not perform as well as it used to and a new design may be better suited.
VIA have taken the approach of using an x86 based platform. However, isn't this more of a one size fits all policy? In some circumstances, I would prefer to have a system with something like a Transmeta CPU, allowing me to can change and refine the tool I have chosen for the job in hand.
Sometimes, the x86 way of doing things may be appropriate. On other occasions, perhaps a different architechture may be more suited. Wouldn't it be great to have a CPU which could adapt and change itself according to the needs of the task it was performing, almost like a programmable ASIC?
I just feel that VIA's solution is more of the same. It looks great for use situations where you want a PC but with low power (eg. Home Entertainment), but it doesn't break enough new ground for me.
Unfortunatley, it looks like it's all we'll be getting for the time being. Transmeta aren't saying much at the moment about code morphing other architectures (eg. POWER/PPC) on their CPU's.
Taken from webpage:
"...industry standard x86 architecture, the VIA Eden Embedded System Platform is fully compatible with Microsoft Windows XP and a full range of Embedded Windows, Windows CE..."
I thought WinCE/PocketPC was now only built for the StrongARM processor, or am I missing something?
Personally, I don't see low power as being Transmeta's primary selling point. I am much more interested in their code morphing software. I don't see where VIA's solution fits in. If you want a low power consumption PC type device, then are we still talking about an "embedded" device?
We don't know yet as there are no European GameCubes or games.
Will Ninty follow Sony's lead and move to prohibit the sale and development of modchips?
The PS2 can read DVD-R's and CD-R's it just cannot boot backup games stored on these discs. This is where the modchip comes in; it "injects" the correct boot and region code into the PS2, then tells it to start reading the disc.
It's as trivial to make a DVD-R backup as a CD-R. On a Mac with a DVD-R writer, simply launch Toast, insert original disc into DVD-ROM, insert blank disc into DVD-R, select Copy Disc and hit Record.
It's a shame Apple doesn't make kit like this. With their experience with fanless iMacs and the Cube they could make a quiet living room component which would either have local storage or would talk to your desktop Mac via Ethernet or Airport
Give it a simple, clear, easy to use interface like the iPod and you're all set
Plus, I'm sure Jonathan Ive could come up with a design which would kick ass when lined up next to your other components!