You're missing the point. Or maybe you didn't read the article. A bicycle powered computer is being developed for the people in Laos, which is in addition to the internet connection. If even a few farmers are able to find out the weather, it could increase income for crops, and help the country become more developed.
Unveiled in September, the "Dragon" central processing unit boasts speeds between 200MHz and 260MHz, roughly equivalent to models that global chip leader Intel first marketed between 1995 and 1997.
Later in the article...
"People won't buy the chip just because it's home-made," he told a news conference.
I have the sneaking suspicion that there are other reasons besides the fact that the chip is homemade that makes people not want to buy it...
Its probably going to lose its battery every week, and have to be replaced. It says in the faq that all data is stored in flash, and the only thing that will have to be reset is the time...
I don't know about you, but I think it would be worth it to have a cheap backup battery inside the watch to keep the time when the watch loses main power. You know, to make it actually function well as a watch.
I hear that the freedom of the press at the north pole is GREAT!!! There is absolutely NO censorship at all, and people can say whatever they want, without any fear of breaking the law!
Even though the DDOS root server survived yesterday, I'm sure its still vulnerable. BTW, here are some links that you Slashdotters might find interesting...be sure to click on them many times; they may not work right if you don't:
Is this some kind of "trusted computing"/Palladium version of Earth, created by Microsoft, to answer the question "What is the meaning of life, the universe, and Microsoft?
If it is...I want a copy of that OS...it doesn't crash for seven billion years! However, a product flaw causes lazers to vaporize the hardware when it does crash...
Wouldn't even exist if it weren't for the Slashdot Effect. It isn't really a technological, fog screen thing...its the spirit of the server's ancestors, trying to warn the server about what could happen...
Contrary to what many apparently believe, this isn't the first time cellphones have been used to represent "a symphony". Ever hear a mobile phone play the 1812 overture in the middle of a watching a movie or a play?
It's actually highly realistic...if the owner of the phone continues to let the it ring for long enough, the sound of gunshots fired by disgruntled moviegoers is just like the sound of cannons being fired in the real song!
I find this to be a puzzling move by Square to have aspects/details that only run on a Geforce4. The XBOX basically has a custom Geforce 4 chipset, which obviously is made by NVIDIA. I don't understand why they would target such a chipset on computers, and not the XBOX while they are at it. Maybe Sony won't let them...
Songphon says in three months Precipart will deliver to police in the south the firm's first armoured tuk tuk, Thailand's popular indigenous three-wheeled motorcycle taxi. 1. I suppose he is going to cover up the sides of the tuk tuk, because it makes no sense to have just an armored canopy and open sides. If he seals it up it won't even be a bicycle anymore, but will be like an armored car, except with only 3 wheels. How original.
2.In reference to the umbrellas: "They are designed for police use in hostage situations," says Precipart consultant Sanpetch Putarak, a retired wing commander The prototype umbrella is pink. How many police officers would normally be walking around with pink umbrellas?
3. Police are expected to have things like rubber bullets. Is the umbrella used to surprise the one or people who don't know that police are armed?
4.The armored "tuk tuk" is equipped with a machine gun. Do you really need a web launcher in addition to that?
However he DOES have one good idea. He plans to make walking sticks which fire rubber bullets. I like this idea. When you run out of bullets, you can just whack people with the stick.
Geez, these aren't real slashdot geeks!
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In the sims world, how large will the "Intel Inside Pentium 4" logo be on the computers? if it is real life size, it will hardly be visible in the game! Chances are the developers are going to put a giant decal on the side.
Pretty soon, the cars in the game may look like they came from Nascar...
Shortly after Microsoft finished patenting ones and zeros, Microsoft decided to patent "The Smile" and "The Frown". By owning the rights to these two figures, Microsoft also owns the rights to the ":", the "-", the "(", and the ")" characters.
Microsoft intends to capitalize on their exclusive rights to the "-" character, and sue Linux users for using them in escape characters without paying tribute to Microsoft.
In addition, Microsoft plans to sue AOL for use of "The Smile", and estimates a total of 1 trillion dollars should be given back to Microsoft due to the approximately 1 thousand "Smiley things" which the average AOL user appears to use on a daily basis.
Also, Microsoft plans to sue all software which uses the "-" (AKA "The Nose") operator in their code without paying Microsoft.
World War II involved the dropping of "The Bomb". The destructive force of the atomic bomb completely destroyed entire cities.
World War III (for those not in the know, it hasn't started yet...) will probably involve much more powerful weapons than even the atomic bomb. Chances are this structure won't be able to withstand the force of this kind of weaponry.
And if it does still stand after a bomb, chances are no one in your 50 mile area will be alive to hear your ham radio station.
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It looks like they decided to place their press release on the Phantom web server...
You're missing the point. Or maybe you didn't read the article. A bicycle powered computer is being developed for the people in Laos, which is in addition to the internet connection. If even a few farmers are able to find out the weather, it could increase income for crops, and help the country become more developed.
Do we really need an award to let them know this? Stop encouraging them!
This must be the first award anyone has ever given them...
Later in the article...
I have the sneaking suspicion that there are other reasons besides the fact that the chip is homemade that makes people not want to buy it...
I'm thinking about taking that new chick from Logistics. If things go right I might be showing her my O-face. You know: Oh! Oh!
Its probably going to lose its battery every week, and have to be replaced. It says in the faq that all data is stored in flash, and the only thing that will have to be reset is the time...
I don't know about you, but I think it would be worth it to have a cheap backup battery inside the watch to keep the time when the watch loses main power. You know, to make it actually function well as a watch.
Windows XP would REALLY suck with only 64k of memory...
And to start the thing up without a hard drive? I figure it would go something like this:
LOAD "WINXP",8,1
LOADING...
FLIP DISK TO SIDE 2
PLEASE WAIT...
INSERT DISK 2 OF 5.34E20
PLEASE WAIT...
The last story tells me to mod my pc with a chip so I can emulate a C64 on my pc...
Now this story tells me to mod my C64 so I can emulate a C64 with it, as well as use it as a pc...
Hmm...i'd like to do both, but I'm afraid that the two mods might cancel themselves out somehow...
All right! It's finally here! Screw Windows 2000 and Linux, I'm going back to using GEOS!!!
I hear that the freedom of the press at the north pole is GREAT!!! There is absolutely NO censorship at all, and people can say whatever they want, without any fear of breaking the law!
Even though the DDOS root server survived yesterday, I'm sure its still vulnerable. BTW, here are some links that you Slashdotters might find interesting...be sure to click on them many times; they may not work right if you don't:
FREE ATI RADEON 9700 PRO CARDS! NO LIMIT PER PERSON!!! CLICK MANY TIMES NOW!
GET PAID FOR USING AMD PROCESSORS!
THE BEST LINUX DISTROBUTION EVER!!!
COMPLETE OPEN SOURCE CODE FOR WINDOWS!
Verisign, home of the root server.
Is this some kind of "trusted computing"/Palladium version of Earth, created by Microsoft, to answer the question "What is the meaning of life, the universe, and Microsoft?
If it is...I want a copy of that OS...it doesn't crash for seven billion years! However, a product flaw causes lazers to vaporize the hardware when it does crash...
Wouldn't even exist if it weren't for the Slashdot Effect. It isn't really a technological, fog screen thing...its the spirit of the server's ancestors, trying to warn the server about what could happen...
Contrary to what many apparently believe, this isn't the first time cellphones have been used to represent "a symphony". Ever hear a mobile phone play the 1812 overture in the middle of a watching a movie or a play?
It's actually highly realistic...if the owner of the phone continues to let the it ring for long enough, the sound of gunshots fired by disgruntled moviegoers is just like the sound of cannons being fired in the real song!
I find this to be a puzzling move by Square to have aspects/details that only run on a Geforce4. The XBOX basically has a custom Geforce 4 chipset, which obviously is made by NVIDIA. I don't understand why they would target such a chipset on computers, and not the XBOX while they are at it. Maybe Sony won't let them...
Those things already exist. They're called cubicles.
But this is revision 2 of engineer-in-a-box...maybe it includes a door this time.
Instead of getting a 419 Nigerian scam, I get a 404 Forbidden!
Coincidence? I think not.
Songphon says in three months Precipart will deliver to police in the south the firm's first armoured tuk tuk, Thailand's popular indigenous three-wheeled motorcycle taxi.
1. I suppose he is going to cover up the sides of the tuk tuk, because it makes no sense to have just an armored canopy and open sides. If he seals it up it won't even be a bicycle anymore, but will be like an armored car, except with only 3 wheels. How original.
2.In reference to the umbrellas: "They are designed for police use in hostage situations," says Precipart consultant Sanpetch Putarak, a retired wing commander
The prototype umbrella is pink. How many police officers would normally be walking around with pink umbrellas?
3. Police are expected to have things like rubber bullets. Is the umbrella used to surprise the one or people who don't know that police are armed?
4.The armored "tuk tuk" is equipped with a machine gun. Do you really need a web launcher in addition to that?
However he DOES have one good idea. He plans to make walking sticks which fire rubber bullets. I like this idea. When you run out of bullets, you can just whack people with the stick.
Where are the lego guys controlling the ships?
If we're lucky, we might find The Sims Online in a Happy Meal :-)!
In the sims world, how large will the "Intel Inside Pentium 4" logo be on the computers? if it is real life size, it will hardly be visible in the game! Chances are the developers are going to put a giant decal on the side.
Pretty soon, the cars in the game may look like they came from Nascar...
The MPAA has their own "WarCars" which combat and repress the operators of the free (MPAA: free=bad) wi-fi spreading saturn "war cars".
The MPAA's "war cars" are Humvees with dual machine guns and radar systems. Deluxe models have "WI-FI" seeking missile launchers.
Well, Keanu Reeves DID leap ACROSS tall buildings in a single bound. I guess that qualifies him...
Shortly after Microsoft finished patenting ones and zeros, Microsoft decided to patent "The Smile" and "The Frown". By owning the rights to these two figures, Microsoft also owns the rights to the ":", the "-", the "(", and the ")" characters.
Microsoft intends to capitalize on their exclusive rights to the "-" character, and sue Linux users for using them in escape characters without paying tribute to Microsoft.
In addition, Microsoft plans to sue AOL for use of "The Smile", and estimates a total of 1 trillion dollars should be given back to Microsoft due to the approximately 1 thousand "Smiley things" which the average AOL user appears to use on a daily basis.
Also, Microsoft plans to sue all software which uses the "-" (AKA "The Nose") operator in their code without paying Microsoft.
The list just goes on...
World War II involved the dropping of "The Bomb". The destructive force of the atomic bomb completely destroyed entire cities.
World War III (for those not in the know, it hasn't started yet...) will probably involve much more powerful weapons than even the atomic bomb. Chances are this structure won't be able to withstand the force of this kind of weaponry.
And if it does still stand after a bomb, chances are no one in your 50 mile area will be alive to hear your ham radio station.