Well, you could start with some pc-104 components, add a pcmcia module, an LCD control module, etc. Or you could base it off of one of many SBC's available in the EBX little board format such as this one from Ampro. Then you just have to find an open-frame LCD to use, pick some drives and fabricate your own case. Easy right;-).
god I wish I had some mod points, you are 100% on the money. The only thing I might have added is that while I wouldn't buy a whold cd for one song, I would pay 50 cents for it.
Arguments like this can only be a good thing. It is much more likely that our government will listen to academics than people who write programs such as DeCSS.
NOTE: It's not that people who write DeCSS and e-book decoders have a less valid argument, simply that in our governments eyes, university researchers have a bit more credibility
100% correct. I especially dislike the way he says "Your unelected president". He is American, right? Doesn't that make Bush "Our (un)elected president".
Umm, how is this any different from the centralized approach?? At least with a decentralized agent supplying this data to those that you authorize it to you are in control of who gets it, not some faceless corp. Remeber when all of the dot-coms that promised not to reveal personal information started dying?? "Private" Customer information was often the first thing they sold. In addition, at least now people will have to ask YOU for the information instead of sending the subpoena to Microsoft......
Yeah, finally a Bluetooth product makes it to market, but what's it gonna talk to?? Maybe a PC with a Bluetooth expansion module, but not much else right now. Wait a year or two for the price to come down, and Bluetooth to expand into other devices, then shell out for it.
At least for me, slashdot was the ONLY news source I had, no TV or radio in my office, and all of the usual suspects collapsed under the load. Thanks also to google for providing Cached pages from CNN, Wash Post, MSNBC, Etc. a little later in the day. And thanks to all the/.'ers that had personal reports from the area, that really helped to put a perspective on things.
Amen to that brother, lots of mp3's and now that I've got one of those spiffy Phillips expanium cd-mp3 players, it goes anywhere with me on media that doesn't cost a fortune (Ahem, smartmedia, CF).
Shouldn't this article be titled something different? AFAIK MP3 is still alive and kicking, and so is the CD, which is certainly digital music. Just because radio stations can't make money streaming doesn't put the future of digital music in doubt.
What I find Strange about this is that it says about halfway through that the Copyright office and the NTIA both issued a Notice of Inquiry (a request for public comment). In response to this notice, the recieved 30 comments. Only 30!!! How many people on slashdot alone has the DMCA brought to a raging boil?? A shitload. Why only 30 comments then?? Another example of how the bureaucracy that has taken over in this country makes it nearly impossible to take part in the process. How do you find out about things like this? I've written my congressman about the DMCA, but this may have been a better forum in which to voice these particular concerns... AAARRGH.
This wouldn't even be an issue if consumers in general weren't so brand-happy. If they did a little research, they would find that a lower clocked Athlon is just as fast, and half the price of a P4. Unfortunately, that Intel Inside logo carries alot of weight with your average buyer. Thankfully for AMD, however, the fastest growing market segments in PC Sales have consistently been less expensive (sub $1000) machines, not top-of the line 2ghz monsters with RDRAM. In that arena, AMD has a clear Price/Performance advantage
That has to be the stupidest thing I have ever seen our government do. How the hell can you patent something that's ALIVE! I can just see myself getting a letter from XYZ Big F***ing biotech firm stating that during my last physical they found that cells in my body violated several of their "key patents" and I have to report for immediate removal. But if I was born befor the patent was issued, wouldn't that be Prior Art??
True enough. But on the upside, the new interface may spur some serious growth, if the performance advantage is high enough. Remember the performance diff. between a 486 w/ISA graphics and a 486 w/PCI graphics??
One Good Thing that the article failed to mention is that fewer wires also means it is easier to design a motherboard, and expansion cards, thus lowering the overall prices of both items (once the required chipsets get into mass-production, of course). You should also be able to get more spacing between the circuit paths, which should lead to a lower possiblity of cross-talk, and better reliability.
So I suppose that they fixed the whole not-being-able-to-print problem?? I suppose this will get modded as a troll, and I'm no MS lover, but StarOffice(OpenOffice, whatever) pales in comparision to Office 2000. That and IE IMHO are the only decent pieces of software that Microsoft has ever produced. Not excellent, just decent, usable and not overtly offensive.
True enough, I suppose I was just thinking in the typical developer mindset of coding for distribution.... But you are 100% correct, for a corporate user who tweaks their own software, they don't have to release jack.
I think it's really important for the Free Software/Open Source communities to make sure that everyone knows that merely USING GPL'd software exposes you to zero risk. It only comes into play when you start to modify it. And if it's licensed under the LGPL, you can link to the library, and keep your application proprietary. Most of the comments MS has made about the GPL is pure BS.
With so many people howling that the pervasive internet is the "Next Big Thing", Linux has been making terrific inroads into the embedded space. Has IDC ever conducted a survey on the presence of Linux in the embedded market? If so, where can one find the results?
This really has to have the folks in redmond a little concerned, all of their biggest competitors seem to have found a common ground on which to build a serious threat to Windows (especially in the server and embedded spaces). Personally, I think that this can only be a good thing, and with all of it flying the GPL flag, and under the direction of the kernel group, a UNIX style fork can be avoided. No company can make it theirs exclusively. It's also kinda cool to hear IBM say they will spend 1 billion on linux development, that's almost a Microsoft R&D budget.
I don't think it should be characterized as a natural extension of the systems found in daycares. In a daycare setting, the parents typically only have access to the rooms in which their children are located, and common areas. Also, these are PRIVATE facilities, and the video systems there aren't used for surviellance, they are mostly used for contact. It lets the parents feel involved when they can't be. Putting a system like this into publicly funded institutions is different. It should be used for security purposes, not so that every parent in the district can call in and ask why little Billy is sitting at the back of the classroom, etc. Allowing public access to a video system in a public school is a major distraction from what the school is "supposed" to be doing, teaching.
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Well, you could start with some pc-104 components, add a pcmcia module, an LCD control module, etc. Or you could base it off of one of many SBC's available in the EBX little board format such as this one from Ampro. Then you just have to find an open-frame LCD to use, pick some drives and fabricate your own case. Easy right ;-).
god I wish I had some mod points, you are 100% on the money. The only thing I might have added is that while I wouldn't buy a whold cd for one song, I would pay 50 cents for it.
Arguments like this can only be a good thing. It is much more likely that our government will listen to academics than people who write programs such as DeCSS.
NOTE: It's not that people who write DeCSS and e-book decoders have a less valid argument, simply that in our governments eyes, university researchers have a bit more credibility
Simple Answer:
;) (At least not for their intended purpose)
Crypto backdoors won't work
100% correct. I especially dislike the way he says "Your unelected president". He is American, right? Doesn't that make Bush "Our (un)elected president".
Umm, how is this any different from the centralized approach?? At least with a decentralized agent supplying this data to those that you authorize it to you are in control of who gets it, not some faceless corp. Remeber when all of the dot-coms that promised not to reveal personal information started dying?? "Private" Customer information was often the first thing they sold. In addition, at least now people will have to ask YOU for the information instead of sending the subpoena to Microsoft......
Yeah, finally a Bluetooth product makes it to market, but what's it gonna talk to?? Maybe a PC with a Bluetooth expansion module, but not much else right now. Wait a year or two for the price to come down, and Bluetooth to expand into other devices, then shell out for it.
At least for me, slashdot was the ONLY news source I had, no TV or radio in my office, and all of the usual suspects collapsed under the load. Thanks also to google for providing Cached pages from CNN, Wash Post, MSNBC, Etc. a little later in the day. And thanks to all the /.'ers that had personal reports from the area, that really helped to put a perspective on things.
Welcome to the brave new world of interruptive advertising. It worked for the TV stations, and now it's catching on in netspace. Annoying isn't it?
If you like to buy Diablo 2 items, I have a great deal on a slightly used Bridge for you.....
Amen to that brother, lots of mp3's and now that I've got one of those spiffy Phillips expanium cd-mp3 players, it goes anywhere with me on media that doesn't cost a fortune (Ahem, smartmedia, CF).
Shouldn't this article be titled something different? AFAIK MP3 is still alive and kicking, and so is the CD, which is certainly digital music. Just because radio stations can't make money streaming doesn't put the future of digital music in doubt.
What I find Strange about this is that it says about halfway through that the Copyright office and the NTIA both issued a Notice of Inquiry (a request for public comment). In response to this notice, the recieved 30 comments. Only 30!!! How many people on slashdot alone has the DMCA brought to a raging boil?? A shitload. Why only 30 comments then?? Another example of how the bureaucracy that has taken over in this country makes it nearly impossible to take part in the process. How do you find out about things like this? I've written my congressman about the DMCA, but this may have been a better forum in which to voice these particular concerns... AAARRGH.
This wouldn't even be an issue if consumers in general weren't so brand-happy. If they did a little research, they would find that a lower clocked Athlon is just as fast, and half the price of a P4. Unfortunately, that Intel Inside logo carries alot of weight with your average buyer. Thankfully for AMD, however, the fastest growing market segments in PC Sales have consistently been less expensive (sub $1000) machines, not top-of the line 2ghz monsters with RDRAM. In that arena, AMD has a clear Price/Performance advantage
That has to be the stupidest thing I have ever seen our government do. How the hell can you patent something that's ALIVE! I can just see myself getting a letter from XYZ Big F***ing biotech firm stating that during my last physical they found that cells in my body violated several of their "key patents" and I have to report for immediate removal. But if I was born befor the patent was issued, wouldn't that be Prior Art??
I don't know about making it more organized, but when it comes to making cubicle life a little happier, I have but one word for you:
NERF
Yeah.
True enough. But on the upside, the new interface may spur some serious growth, if the performance advantage is high enough. Remember the performance diff. between a 486 w/ISA graphics and a 486 w/PCI graphics??
One Good Thing that the article failed to mention is that fewer wires also means it is easier to design a motherboard, and expansion cards, thus lowering the overall prices of both items (once the required chipsets get into mass-production, of course). You should also be able to get more spacing between the circuit paths, which should lead to a lower possiblity of cross-talk, and better reliability.
Hopefully Linux will retain the verbose messages as an option at least, I for one kinda like seeing everything that's going on.
So I suppose that they fixed the whole not-being-able-to-print problem?? I suppose this will get modded as a troll, and I'm no MS lover, but StarOffice(OpenOffice, whatever) pales in comparision to Office 2000. That and IE IMHO are the only decent pieces of software that Microsoft has ever produced. Not excellent, just decent, usable and not overtly offensive.
True enough, I suppose I was just thinking in the typical developer mindset of coding for distribution.... But you are 100% correct, for a corporate user who tweaks their own software, they don't have to release jack.
I think it's really important for the Free Software/Open Source communities to make sure that everyone knows that merely USING GPL'd software exposes you to zero risk. It only comes into play when you start to modify it. And if it's licensed under the LGPL, you can link to the library, and keep your application proprietary. Most of the comments MS has made about the GPL is pure BS.
With so many people howling that the pervasive internet is the "Next Big Thing", Linux has been making terrific inroads into the embedded space. Has IDC ever conducted a survey on the presence of Linux in the embedded market? If so, where can one find the results?
This really has to have the folks in redmond a little concerned, all of their biggest competitors seem to have found a common ground on which to build a serious threat to Windows (especially in the server and embedded spaces). Personally, I think that this can only be a good thing, and with all of it flying the GPL flag, and under the direction of the kernel group, a UNIX style fork can be avoided. No company can make it theirs exclusively. It's also kinda cool to hear IBM say they will spend 1 billion on linux development, that's almost a Microsoft R&D budget.
I don't think it should be characterized as a natural extension of the systems found in daycares. In a daycare setting, the parents typically only have access to the rooms in which their children are located, and common areas. Also, these are PRIVATE facilities, and the video systems there aren't used for surviellance, they are mostly used for contact. It lets the parents feel involved when they can't be. Putting a system like this into publicly funded institutions is different. It should be used for security purposes, not so that every parent in the district can call in and ask why little Billy is sitting at the back of the classroom, etc. Allowing public access to a video system in a public school is a major distraction from what the school is "supposed" to be doing, teaching.