This is what I use. An Asus EeePC with a Sierra Wireless 881U via AT&T. I get 3G speeds where I am and using SSH natively. I did have to push the system up to Kubuntu 8.04, but EeeUser at http://eeeuser.com/ has some excellent guides on it.
It's what happened when Gnome 1 went to Gnome 2 -- A TON of useful functionality got REMOVED and the rest is concreted into place. I've filed many of a bug with Pidgin and got WONTFIX every stinkin time.
This is on This Week In Tech #135 in which Robert Scoble reported from South by Southwest (SxSW) about the uproar: Sarah Lacy was playing softball and flirting with Mark Zuckerberg, and the audience as well as Mark was expecting hard though questions. At the right point the audience interrupted, which made Sarah go defensive -- a bad move that made her loose control of the interview.
Jason Calacanis (in the TWiT podcast) then explained that Sarah's been flirting with Mark for a very long time, and these softball questions are very unprofessional of her.
IMO She really needed a wake-up call -- SxSW live isn't print!
Just shut it completely down. Null-route everything in Iran. Nothing in, nothing out, make it a great big echo chamber. If they want to completely screw their population they shouldn't half-ass it. They need to full-ass it.
The problem with that is that Madison/WARF did approach Intel with the info, and wanted to get into an agreement -- but Intel didn't take 'em up on the offer. IBM went the same route, and eventually got into an agreement after the lawsuit papers were filed.
I can see what Time Warner's reasoning is. I just got my bill for AT&T Wireless 3G service (being in the Baltimore/Washington DC area that's blanketed by it). $60/mo unlimited doesn't seem so bad, until I look at the bill.
For checking email and websurfing about 30-60 mins out of the day, I would use about 128 MEGABYTES of data per month. I'm no-where near the 5GB "invisible signpost" where they start charging me an overage fee of nothing. If I was on 12 hours/day, I'd only get to 1.5 GB per month. 5 GB will easily cover it......for my grandparents.
The 3G service I use when I'm mobile w/o a free hotspot. At home, it's a different story. I'm pulling podcasts to a Mac Mini each day, to an average tune of 256 MB each day because Systm and Tekzilla are huge for good quality Quicktime files (500-700 megs). That's 7.5 GB/mo already, from non-iTunes servers! I also do some graphics perusal on Deviant Art and the like (mmmm pr0n), and that's probably taking a fair chunk of bandwidth. Add on some brain-dead decisions by the BBC in not letting us American yanks pay to play Top Gear......and I'm glad I'm on Verizon FIOS.
Ahh yes, they must be alumni of Transylvania Polytechnic University (or Trans Poly U). Everyone wants to rule the world.
So... Scroll down to pick up an MP3 of their fight song curdosy of Tom Smith and sing along! (lyrics)
Cheer cheer for Trans Poly U...
Backups and system updates happen at night, a requirement of (state governmental) department policy. Folks who do shut down at night to save power (the argument isn't valid, since it's bought wholesale and in bulk in advance)... well, I can't say what they do to them.
I think PC Magazine was assuming this was going to be a general purpose PC. It's not. It's a web terminal -- a PC that's sole purpose is to go online and let the user surf the net in relative safety.
From their site:
BOTTOM LINE: The Everex gPC is ostensibly either a "green PC" or the "Google PC." While it mostly fills the first description (without all the certification), the second is held up in legal wrangling and lackluster implementation. The gPC is not the alternative to Windows or Mac OS X it's cracked up to be; it's very frustrating to use. It's a "green PC," but if you're expecting to do more than the basics (aka go online, chat, email, office stuff) then this isn't a PC for you -- you'll need something edging $1K because the graphics won't cut it.
PROS:It's cheap. You don't have to worry about Windows viruses and malware. Available at over 600 Wal-Mart stores and online.
CONS:Ethernet "Internet Connection Required." Modem is nonfunctional (for now). 1,280-by-800 resolution forced by internal graphics. Adobe Flash installation can be confusing for a novice. Google search window goes to WebRunner, not the expected Firefox. Programs written for Mac or Windows will not run. It's very cheap, because it's a Mini-ITX. It runs Linux, so forget 99% of all the problems with Windows. And if you got low-end broadband you're running through the Ethernet port anyway, so why install a modem? Plus, you got Firefox, OpenOffice, and Thunderbird. You're good to go if you're an old geezer who wants to keep in touch with the kids and don't want to pay too much (since you got that low-end DSL that's just fast enough).
The market for the gPC isn't for everyone, just folks who want to get online and not worry about getting in trouble. PC Magazine missed the point, and the 1.5 review can just be tossed out the window.
Verizon modded the firmware to at least display the Verizon logo on the router's admin pages. They usually supply the modded firmware themselves, so it's not Actiontec who's at fault (they are in GPL compliance). It's Verizon (with the modded firmware).
Something to note -- Verizon has deployed a symmetric plan. In select areas it's 25Mbps both up and down. In other areas it's 15Mbps up/down. Check dlsreports.com for details.
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It's more like "Oh, it's standards compliant? Okay, we'll just lump IE 8 next to Firefox, Opera, Konqueror, and Safari."
This is what I use. An Asus EeePC with a Sierra Wireless 881U via AT&T. I get 3G speeds where I am and using SSH natively. I did have to push the system up to Kubuntu 8.04, but EeeUser at http://eeeuser.com/ has some excellent guides on it.
Compare Gaim 1.5 with the current Pidgin.
It's what happened when Gnome 1 went to Gnome 2 -- A TON of useful functionality got REMOVED and the rest is concreted into place. I've filed many of a bug with Pidgin and got WONTFIX every stinkin time.
So I said "Screw it. I'm running Kopete."
*holds up Asus EeePc 701 and reads the label* "Made in China"
Ditto for Gigabyte motherboards.
This is on This Week In Tech #135 in which Robert Scoble reported from South by Southwest (SxSW) about the uproar: Sarah Lacy was playing softball and flirting with Mark Zuckerberg, and the audience as well as Mark was expecting hard though questions. At the right point the audience interrupted, which made Sarah go defensive -- a bad move that made her loose control of the interview.
Jason Calacanis (in the TWiT podcast) then explained that Sarah's been flirting with Mark for a very long time, and these softball questions are very unprofessional of her.
IMO She really needed a wake-up call -- SxSW live isn't print!
Just shut it completely down. Null-route everything in Iran. Nothing in, nothing out, make it a great big echo chamber. If they want to completely screw their population they shouldn't half-ass it. They need to full-ass it.
GSM or CDMA?
(I had to ask)
They had been for a while, especially with those "High speed" commercials. Not as of late, though.
I'm just not sure if Linux is only tuned to a power-of-two number of processors (aka 1, 2, 4, 8...)
Seriously. Will the 3 core Phenoms work with Linux? I'm very excited to see what develops here.
The problem with that is that Madison/WARF did approach Intel with the info, and wanted to get into an agreement -- but Intel didn't take 'em up on the offer. IBM went the same route, and eventually got into an agreement after the lawsuit papers were filed.
Once again, history repeats itself.
Engadget report here: http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/02/iphone-takes-on-semi-lives-to-tell-the-tale/
One iPhone, gets left out... and flattened by a Semi tractor trailer. Took a lickin', kept on tickin'.
I can see what Time Warner's reasoning is. I just got my bill for AT&T Wireless 3G service (being in the Baltimore/Washington DC area that's blanketed by it). $60/mo unlimited doesn't seem so bad, until I look at the bill.
...for my grandparents.
...and I'm glad I'm on Verizon FIOS.
For checking email and websurfing about 30-60 mins out of the day, I would use about 128 MEGABYTES of data per month. I'm no-where near the 5GB "invisible signpost" where they start charging me an overage fee of nothing. If I was on 12 hours/day, I'd only get to 1.5 GB per month. 5 GB will easily cover it...
The 3G service I use when I'm mobile w/o a free hotspot. At home, it's a different story. I'm pulling podcasts to a Mac Mini each day, to an average tune of 256 MB each day because Systm and Tekzilla are huge for good quality Quicktime files (500-700 megs). That's 7.5 GB/mo already, from non-iTunes servers! I also do some graphics perusal on Deviant Art and the like (mmmm pr0n), and that's probably taking a fair chunk of bandwidth. Add on some brain-dead decisions by the BBC in not letting us American yanks pay to play Top Gear...
The XKCD author also found out about it and went Obama.
Wasn't this in a Discover magazine article a decade ago? I think they also had the chemical layout printed there too for the two matching bases.
Ahh yes, they must be alumni of Transylvania Polytechnic University (or Trans Poly U). Everyone wants to rule the world. So... Scroll down to pick up an MP3 of their fight song curdosy of Tom Smith and sing along! (lyrics) Cheer cheer for Trans Poly U...
No, AMANDA's done by the Univ of MD College Park. The voting stuff is by Diebold, but I believe Governor Glendenning helped bring it in.
Backups and system updates happen at night, a requirement of (state governmental) department policy. Folks who do shut down at night to save power (the argument isn't valid, since it's bought wholesale and in bulk in advance)... well, I can't say what they do to them.
The TUAW reader who got his iPhone unbricked? Perl guru Randall Schwartz. He posted the info on his Jaiku microblog.
I also hear through Chicago Sun Times writer Andy Ihnatko that he's been able to unbrick a phone.
Biggest... PDF... in... the... WORLD!
From their site: BOTTOM LINE: The Everex gPC is ostensibly either a "green PC" or the "Google PC." While it mostly fills the first description (without all the certification), the second is held up in legal wrangling and lackluster implementation. The gPC is not the alternative to Windows or Mac OS X it's cracked up to be; it's very frustrating to use. It's a "green PC," but if you're expecting to do more than the basics (aka go online, chat, email, office stuff) then this isn't a PC for you -- you'll need something edging $1K because the graphics won't cut it. PROS:It's cheap. You don't have to worry about Windows viruses and malware. Available at over 600 Wal-Mart stores and online.
CONS:Ethernet "Internet Connection Required." Modem is nonfunctional (for now). 1,280-by-800 resolution forced by internal graphics. Adobe Flash installation can be confusing for a novice. Google search window goes to WebRunner, not the expected Firefox. Programs written for Mac or Windows will not run. It's very cheap, because it's a Mini-ITX. It runs Linux, so forget 99% of all the problems with Windows. And if you got low-end broadband you're running through the Ethernet port anyway, so why install a modem? Plus, you got Firefox, OpenOffice, and Thunderbird. You're good to go if you're an old geezer who wants to keep in touch with the kids and don't want to pay too much (since you got that low-end DSL that's just fast enough).
The market for the gPC isn't for everyone, just folks who want to get online and not worry about getting in trouble. PC Magazine missed the point, and the 1.5 review can just be tossed out the window.
...is accounted to scratched disks?
I'm wondering myself what the return rate on the release was.
Verizon modded the firmware to at least display the Verizon logo on the router's admin pages. They usually supply the modded firmware themselves, so it's not Actiontec who's at fault (they are in GPL compliance). It's Verizon (with the modded firmware).
Something to note -- Verizon has deployed a symmetric plan. In select areas it's 25Mbps both up and down. In other areas it's 15Mbps up/down. Check dlsreports.com for details.