The CPU looks more like an updated PIII (but with a decent frontside bus and slightly higher clock speed).
The decision to go 802.11/b+a is also wrong in my opinion, and 802.11/g+a is the only decent way at this moment!
The review was also very poor regarding power consumption and heat generation.
What about a peer-to-peer network of amateur astronomers running highly-computerized telescopes and a special P2P program ? If the program is really good it will be able to discover automatically interesting things - like potential objects that might collide with the Earth !!! A project like this (even one slightly subsidized by public funds) can certainly be VERY cost-effective - and unlike much bigger projects can be started rather quick. And if you think that ever since the Apollo program the budget for space is smaller and smaller this might actually be the only effective way to avoid the same fate as the dinosaurs!
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The CPU looks more like an updated PIII (but with a decent frontside bus and slightly higher clock speed). The decision to go 802.11/b+a is also wrong in my opinion, and 802.11/g+a is the only decent way at this moment! The review was also very poor regarding power consumption and heat generation.
What about a peer-to-peer network of amateur astronomers running highly-computerized telescopes and a special P2P program ? If the program is really good it will be able to discover automatically interesting things - like potential objects that might collide with the Earth !!! A project like this (even one slightly subsidized by public funds) can certainly be VERY cost-effective - and unlike much bigger projects can be started rather quick. And if you think that ever since the Apollo program the budget for space is smaller and smaller this might actually be the only effective way to avoid the same fate as the dinosaurs!