No, because Walmart wouldn't be selling a machine with a 500MHz CPU. Walmart can't also pull the top talent across multiple companies at far lower prices and also wants profit. The One Laptop per Child organization that's making these is non-profit. Walmart also couldn't reach this kind of quanity. They're going to make more $100 laptops than currently exist. That's why there's minimum order sizes in the millions.
Just who is we? The laptop is being built not by a gov't, but a 3rd party non-profit. It is being sold to gov'ts. Further, the $100 is the initial goal--not necessary the actual cost. It will cost slightly above that at first and will eventually go down (last I heard it was at $137).
You obviously don't know what you're talking about, and since I actually am a student at the Media Lab I do. First of all, the ML doesn't receive much funding from the US gov't, mostly corporate sponsors. Second, the US gov't can purchase the laptops as well. In fact, I've heard already Massachusetts is considering it.
" [...] removing the world's Web servers and replacing them with half the number of UltraSparc T1-based systems would have the same effect on carbon dioxide emissions as planting 1 million trees."
Minus the energy & materials & waste costs of manufacturing the number of chips in the first place. This is in general quite a big problem for the environment. Replacing cars with hybrids is not necessarily a good thing, as creating a car will use about as much energy as it will consume over its lifetime. Using what already exists & recycling is often a better net gain.
You have no idea what you're talking about. Besides numerous succesful companies coming from alumni, the Media Lab is THE main force behind novel HCI exploration. You look at the other guys, like CMU and Maryland, all their stuff is incremental. Take a look at conference procedings and journals at the number of publications coming from the Lab. The Media Lab invents areas, like wearable computing, software agents, interactive cinema, and tangible interfaces. It's also home to greats like Marvin Minsky. You think he's vaporware?
Besides, everything that is done at the Media Lab is available only for sponsors and the inventors. That means unless someone involved decides to base something upon it or extend it directly, you won't see "the product". The value of research is not dependent on consumerization.
It says they will REPLACE, not give at will:
(4) Cable operators shall: (i) Effective April 1, 2004, upon request of a customer, replace any leased high definition set-top box, which does not include a functional IEEE 1394 interface, with one that includes a functional IEEE 1394 interface or upgrade the customer's set-top box by download or other means to ensure that the IEEE 1394 interface is functional.
why would you want to? if you're already using windows, you might as well use their.net. everything will work better, and besides,.net is more advanced and will be faster in addition to compatibility.
Hot fusion is alive and working in experimental reactors. They are able to keep in 10^8 kelvins using a magnetic field. It also is powered using heavy water and will be available commercially in 50 years or less.
http://www.fusion.org.uk/
what i can't find anywhere is how to do the grave accent in OS X. Option-` toggles windows for the current program i'm in....does it map a different key when this is occuring?
Typical of the slashdot crowd, no one seems to think there is any possibility that SCO could be right. I wouldn't say the probability is 0. SCO I'm sure sees the outcry this is causing and knows it'll be their doom if they're totally full of shit, so what if they really are telling the truth?
Okay.... so instead you go to law school, spend years studying the law, spend years in the courtroom learning how to argue a case, then spend some more years learning specific areas of the law so you can prepare for this, then spend the tons of time it takes to actually argue and research this case. Then let everyone in this class action law suit who's done nothing more than bought a cd walk away will tons of more money and you nothing. That'll happen.
besides having an open media streaming server (which is quite a package to be giving away for free), they've given many patches back to the community especially for gcc (huge amounts of work done for the ppc chip)
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No, because Walmart wouldn't be selling a machine with a 500MHz CPU. Walmart can't also pull the top talent across multiple companies at far lower prices and also wants profit. The One Laptop per Child organization that's making these is non-profit. Walmart also couldn't reach this kind of quanity. They're going to make more $100 laptops than currently exist. That's why there's minimum order sizes in the millions.
Just who is we? The laptop is being built not by a gov't, but a 3rd party non-profit. It is being sold to gov'ts. Further, the $100 is the initial goal--not necessary the actual cost. It will cost slightly above that at first and will eventually go down (last I heard it was at $137).
You obviously don't know what you're talking about, and since I actually am a student at the Media Lab I do. First of all, the ML doesn't receive much funding from the US gov't, mostly corporate sponsors. Second, the US gov't can purchase the laptops as well. In fact, I've heard already Massachusetts is considering it.
" [...] removing the world's Web servers and replacing them with half the number of UltraSparc T1-based systems would have the same effect on carbon dioxide emissions as planting 1 million trees." Minus the energy & materials & waste costs of manufacturing the number of chips in the first place. This is in general quite a big problem for the environment. Replacing cars with hybrids is not necessarily a good thing, as creating a car will use about as much energy as it will consume over its lifetime. Using what already exists & recycling is often a better net gain.
Lego Mindstorms is out of the MIT Media Lab.
You have no idea what you're talking about. Besides numerous succesful companies coming from alumni, the Media Lab is THE main force behind novel HCI exploration. You look at the other guys, like CMU and Maryland, all their stuff is incremental. Take a look at conference procedings and journals at the number of publications coming from the Lab. The Media Lab invents areas, like wearable computing, software agents, interactive cinema, and tangible interfaces. It's also home to greats like Marvin Minsky. You think he's vaporware?
Besides, everything that is done at the Media Lab is available only for sponsors and the inventors. That means unless someone involved decides to base something upon it or extend it directly, you won't see "the product". The value of research is not dependent on consumerization.
http://www.mappy.fr/ has had this for a long time.
mappy.fr has a map interface that allows you to blend transparently map & satelllite
wait..so you mean they're a company thats for profit?
they don't do this with guns...
please... stupidity is universal and knows no cultural bounds.
Where's the bit on the true origins of AI?
It says they will REPLACE, not give at will: (4) Cable operators shall: (i) Effective April 1, 2004, upon request of a customer, replace any leased high definition set-top box, which does not include a functional IEEE 1394 interface, with one that includes a functional IEEE 1394 interface or upgrade the customer's set-top box by download or other means to ensure that the IEEE 1394 interface is functional.
I dont know about you but my internet connection has no telephone involved.
why would you want to? if you're already using windows, you might as well use their .net. everything will work better, and besides, .net is more advanced and will be faster in addition to compatibility.
Hot fusion is alive and working in experimental reactors. They are able to keep in 10^8 kelvins using a magnetic field. It also is powered using heavy water and will be available commercially in 50 years or less. http://www.fusion.org.uk/
what i can't find anywhere is how to do the grave accent in OS X. Option-` toggles windows for the current program i'm in....does it map a different key when this is occuring?
Typical of the slashdot crowd, no one seems to think there is any possibility that SCO could be right. I wouldn't say the probability is 0. SCO I'm sure sees the outcry this is causing and knows it'll be their doom if they're totally full of shit, so what if they really are telling the truth?
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why not just run windows if this is what people want? it'll work much better.
or.....
why not do something fucking original? sheesh, gnu programmers seem to have no hci/gui creativity.
Okay.... so instead you go to law school, spend years studying the law, spend years in the courtroom learning how to argue a case, then spend some more years learning specific areas of the law so you can prepare for this, then spend the tons of time it takes to actually argue and research this case. Then let everyone in this class action law suit who's done nothing more than bought a cd walk away will tons of more money and you nothing. That'll happen.
yeah i've had to problem....followed teh directions exactly. keep in mind they say it doesn't work for the first page load
first post?
besides having an open media streaming server (which is quite a package to be giving away for free), they've given many patches back to the community especially for gcc (huge amounts of work done for the ppc chip)
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