Similar in format, but nowhere near as polished, as this. Working on a LWB two wheeler. At some point in the future, a full carbon fiber frame trike will emerge from the garage.
My son, the boy wonder, built a hovercraft at age 9. Leafblower, plywood, plastic sheet.
The problem becomes when people are forced to carry devices that report some organization, be it the government or some corporation. We aren't there yet, but I wont be surprised if when it comes people either don't notice it happening or they openly embrace it.
Not there yet?
Company provided cellphone or pager.
GPS schoolbus/delivery driver/trucker.
RFID cards for building access.
Company car with OnStar.
The ever present cameras.
Now your shoes. When is it too much? I think 'too much' happened a while ago. We were just too busy to notice.
If you want a decent player, get a Cowon A2, X5, etc. They use Linux and play it all.
Oh please. If I'm buying a music player, there are a few considerations: Does it sound good?
Is it easy to navigate?
Can I transfer music realtively easily?
I don't give a tiny rats ass whether it's Linux or MS or Apple or some other dude. I don't care. And the unwashed masses buying these things care even less than I do.
The proposition was to raise the draft age to 21, or lower the drinking age to 18.
Young men in Australia have been drinking in pubs from age 18 for a good long while now...
Correct me if i am wrong here since i never flown a plane before. But don't pilots rely mainly on the equipment on the plane for their altitude, direction, inclination and a whole other things about where and how the place is going.
On an aircraft, there is usually a large, clear thing near the front. The pilot sits behind this. If the instruments stop working for whatever reason, he can look out the window.
It seems to me that money spent on education tends to pay off all around especially when that education teaches people how to do things without being locked to a certain vendor. Education passes from one person to another whereas buying commercial software locks you to that vendor and is not allowed to pass from person to person. Even if the costs are identical the opensource solution empowers the user more than a commercial solution.
Switching fom one platform to another entails pretty much the same 'training' costs. Going from Linux/OpenOffice to Windows/MSOffice would be just as weird to the users. And going in either direction, you still have to rebuild all the myriad apps/macros that people use and rely on to do their daily jobs.
The main thing you save is licensing costs to MS. Assuredly not trivial, but a lot of the various open source vendors would charge a not insignificant $$ amount for support.
The rough spots you gloss over are NOT trivial nor easily dismissed. Switching a large organization to a totally new platform is not something easily done.
I can't go look at one at my local consumer-toy outlet, buy it right then and there, and bring it home with me.
Do you want a laptop for your kid, or do you want this laptop for your kid? Why this one in particular? The interface? Price? Power consumption? What makes this one so special for someone (presumably) in an affluent western country?
I was addressing a/. reader who wanted one of these for his kid(s). Why? It would seem to me for the $100 price. But he's probably not the target market for these particular machines. Something a little more expensive wouldn't be nearly as much financial burden.
Laptop prices (as with just about all electronics) have been falling rapidly. Even at regular prices of low end machines ~$400, the concept of "OLPC" is mostly already here. Expecially for most people reading this.
Stuck with Windows? What, exactly, is preventing you from instaling the OS of choice?
Week long vacation last month. The only reason I took the laptop was to have somewhere to offload the hundreds of photos I took. The kids surfed and played games. Check work email? Ha.
My only gripe with the OLPC is that I can't buy one for my son or daughter
Why? The price? Considering that BestBuy was selling (limited quantitise) of standard Toshiba Satellites for $250 today, factor in the vast difference in annual imcone/purchasing power, and you're already there.
I agree that the interface MUST be dumbed down a lot
Why? My 4 year old granddaughter seems to be pretty capable of cruising around limited parts of the house PC. Her aunts, uncle, and mom seemed to be pretty capable of doing the same when they were that age. Kids are not dumb. They will quickly learn whatever interface you put in front of them. Seeing as how the big box stores are selling standard laptops for $400 and under (somtimes a LOT under) this week...when you consider the vast difference in purchasing power...the "OLPC" concept is mostly already here in the west. It's just not backed by a fancy organization.
Buran could do this - they just couldn't afford to fly the thing.
They couldn't afford to finish it. One model flew, once, unmanned because the crew compartment wasn't finished yet. It, and the other 2 Buran bodies fell into disuse, neglect, and outright destruction.
Considering how cheap drivespace is now becoming, what is your thoughts on just building a machine which the OS and all files you want to store are placed. Then you just simply keep the machine shut down and unplugged.
Consider if someone had done that with his Commodore64+harddrive. Yes, the data is (probably still) there. But what can you do with it? How would you get it off the 64 into a current machine into some viewable form?
Will a current Pentium machine be able to plug into my kids house network in 2050 and upload the files? Will the OS of 2050 be able to load and run the viewing application? Will there be any way to read that particular digital format? I've got about 40GB of absolutely irreplaceable data, mostly family photos, backed up every coupla months on a couple of hard drives. Will there be any way to read those drives in the near future?
How about we call it the "Computer Responsibility Act (Provosional)"
It's already illegal to do what this guy did. Make it harder, and you simply 'make it harder' for criminals, not impossible. I don't think what the ATM makers did (non-encryption) is 'far far worse'. Leaving your car unlocked is not 'far far worse' than the clown who steals it.
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Um, last time I checked, they had basically zero enterprise presence.
Well...except for the US Army, Virginia Tech, you know...no organization of any size.
How did this end up on the main page?
Because it casts Microsoft in a bad light. Not that they need much help, but we must do any little thing to further the cause.
I just don't understand why large companies would routinely use them in popular consumer products.
$$$
Similar in format, but nowhere near as polished, as this. Working on a LWB two wheeler. At some point in the future, a full carbon fiber frame trike will emerge from the garage.
My son, the boy wonder, built a hovercraft at age 9. Leafblower, plywood, plastic sheet.
The problem becomes when people are forced to carry devices that report some organization, be it the government or some corporation. We aren't there yet, but I wont be surprised if when it comes people either don't notice it happening or they openly embrace it.
Not there yet?
Company provided cellphone or pager.
GPS schoolbus/delivery driver/trucker.
RFID cards for building access.
Company car with OnStar.
The ever present cameras.
Now your shoes. When is it too much? I think 'too much' happened a while ago. We were just too busy to notice.
I'm sure, if you put an ad out on craigslist, you could find someone with a turntable and time to encode them.
Or, you could send them to me, and I'll do it.
Fee? I keep the vinyl. I'll even scan the covers for you.
If you want a decent player, get a Cowon A2, X5, etc. They use Linux and play it all.
Oh please. If I'm buying a music player, there are a few considerations:
Does it sound good?
Is it easy to navigate?
Can I transfer music realtively easily?
I don't give a tiny rats ass whether it's Linux or MS or Apple or some other dude. I don't care. And the unwashed masses buying these things care even less than I do.
The proposition was to raise the draft age to 21, or lower the drinking age to 18.
Young men in Australia have been drinking in pubs from age 18 for a good long while now...
Looks like the wrong choice was made.
Correct me if i am wrong here since i never flown a plane before. But don't pilots rely mainly on the equipment on the plane for their altitude, direction, inclination and a whole other things about where and how the place is going.
On an aircraft, there is usually a large, clear thing near the front. The pilot sits behind this. If the instruments stop working for whatever reason, he can look out the window.
Say what you like about North Korea, but the country has a damn good record on light pollution.
And Ethiopia has a damn good record on obesity.
Can someone please tell me why the keys on drive through instant tellers have braille on them?
You're blind. You get a taxi to the store, stopping at the ATM on the way. Do you want to give the cab driver your card and PIN?
It seems to me that money spent on education tends to pay off all around especially when that education teaches people how to do things without being locked to a certain vendor. Education passes from one person to another whereas buying commercial software locks you to that vendor and is not allowed to pass from person to person. Even if the costs are identical the opensource solution empowers the user more than a commercial solution.
Switching fom one platform to another entails pretty much the same 'training' costs. Going from Linux/OpenOffice to Windows/MSOffice would be just as weird to the users.
And going in either direction, you still have to rebuild all the myriad apps/macros that people use and rely on to do their daily jobs.
The main thing you save is licensing costs to MS. Assuredly not trivial, but a lot of the various open source vendors would charge a not insignificant $$ amount for support.
The rough spots you gloss over are NOT trivial nor easily dismissed. Switching a large organization to a totally new platform is not something easily done.
You'll have to remind me what science the KKK deals with.
Genetics.
I don't remember the last time I threw away anything electronic.
You're not married, are you?
Even if I was offered to become a first man to set foot on Mars, I would refuse. I don't understand the attraction.
And that's OK. Other people would jump at the chance. Like me.
Some people don't understand the attraction of roller coasters. Others do. To each his own.
I can't go look at one at my local consumer-toy outlet, buy it right then and there, and bring it home with me.
Do you want a laptop for your kid, or do you want this laptop for your kid? Why this one in particular? The interface? Price? Power consumption? What makes this one so special for someone (presumably) in an affluent western country?
Yes, limited quantities
/. reader who wanted one of these for his kid(s). Why? It would seem to me for the $100 price. But he's probably not the target market for these particular machines. Something a little more expensive wouldn't be nearly as much financial burden.
Yes, loss leader.
I was addressing a
Laptop prices (as with just about all electronics) have been falling rapidly. Even at regular prices of low end machines ~$400, the concept of "OLPC" is mostly already here. Expecially for most people reading this.
Stuck with Windows? What, exactly, is preventing you from instaling the OS of choice?
Week long vacation last month. The only reason I took the laptop was to have somewhere to offload the hundreds of photos I took. The kids surfed and played games. Check work email? Ha.
My only gripe with the OLPC is that I can't buy one for my son or daughter
Why? The price? Considering that BestBuy was selling (limited quantitise) of standard Toshiba Satellites for $250 today, factor in the vast difference in annual imcone/purchasing power, and you're already there.
What's holding you back?
I agree that the interface MUST be dumbed down a lot
Why? My 4 year old granddaughter seems to be pretty capable of cruising around limited parts of the house PC. Her aunts, uncle, and mom seemed to be pretty capable of doing the same when they were that age. Kids are not dumb. They will quickly learn whatever interface you put in front of them.
Seeing as how the big box stores are selling standard laptops for $400 and under (somtimes a LOT under) this week...when you consider the vast difference in purchasing power...the "OLPC" concept is mostly already here in the west. It's just not backed by a fancy organization.
The crew compartment was finished, its just that the test regimine called for an unmanned flight first.
The life support system was not installed and no software was installed on the CRT displays.
Flight 5 (3K1) - 1994 or 1995 - first flight of third orbiter. First manned flight; the third orbiter was the first outfitted with life support systems and ejection seats.
Buran could do this - they just couldn't afford to fly the thing.
They couldn't afford to finish it. One model flew, once, unmanned because the crew compartment wasn't finished yet. It, and the other 2 Buran bodies fell into disuse, neglect, and outright destruction.
Considering how cheap drivespace is now becoming, what is your thoughts on just building a machine which the OS and all files you want to store are placed. Then you just simply keep the machine shut down and unplugged.
Consider if someone had done that with his Commodore64+harddrive. Yes, the data is (probably still) there. But what can you do with it? How would you get it off the 64 into a current machine into some viewable form?
Will a current Pentium machine be able to plug into my kids house network in 2050 and upload the files? Will the OS of 2050 be able to load and run the viewing application? Will there be any way to read that particular digital format?
I've got about 40GB of absolutely irreplaceable data, mostly family photos, backed up every coupla months on a couple of hard drives.
Will there be any way to read those drives in the near future?
Next problem?
Ensuring that you have something that can read that hard drive in 500 years.
How about we call it the "Computer Responsibility Act (Provosional)"
It's already illegal to do what this guy did. Make it harder, and you simply 'make it harder' for criminals, not impossible. I don't think what the ATM makers did (non-encryption) is 'far far worse'. Leaving your car unlocked is not 'far far worse' than the clown who steals it.