Note that under this act, Bram Moolenar would've been guilty for the publication of the BitTorrent protocol, which by his own admission was intended to aid in copyright infringement (of Phish concert tapes, which are illegal to share, even though the band has no intention of ever enforcing).
Actually Phish has given permission for fans to trade concert recordings, so long as no money changes hands and there is no advertising involved.
I have one of Apple's PowerBook G3 (Firewire a.k.a. Pismo a.k.a 2000) models. It's been upgraded from 400 MHz to 900 MHz and from 64MB RAM to 512. It runs Panther pretty well...I wouldn't open my 1400-picture iPhoto library on it (that's what the G5 is for:) but it does great for random web browsing, word processing, etc. You're still mostly up to date technology-wise since this machine includes an internal Airport 802.11b slot, USB, FireWire, and 10/100 Ethernet.
The key to the Pismo is that it is the last PowerBook to include an additional bay which can hold the stock DVD-ROM drive or another battery (or various third-party fixed and removable drives). If you buy one of these machines used of course you shouldn't expect too much out of the battery included but you can always add one or two high capacity batteries. I have one that gives me 4-5 hours of careful use (no DVD watching) plus one original Apple battery that just gives me an hour. The only problem is weight - with two batteries installed the machine gets up to 8 or 9 pounds. But, working at a university with total WiFi coverage I find it quite worthwhile to bring everywhere I go on campus without having to pack the power adapter.
Actually according to the author's home page he has gotten the.kext to load but only the "Real function keys" feature works as yet. I am eagerly waiting the new release; I keep hitting the enter key on my Pismo expecting it to be command.:)
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Note that under this act, Bram Moolenar would've been guilty for the publication of the BitTorrent protocol, which by his own admission was intended to aid in copyright infringement (of Phish concert tapes, which are illegal to share, even though the band has no intention of ever enforcing).
Actually Phish has given permission for fans to trade concert recordings, so long as no money changes hands and there is no advertising involved.
I have one of Apple's PowerBook G3 (Firewire a.k.a. Pismo a.k.a 2000) models. It's been upgraded from 400 MHz to 900 MHz and from 64MB RAM to 512. It runs Panther pretty well...I wouldn't open my 1400-picture iPhoto library on it (that's what the G5 is for :) but it does great for random web browsing, word processing, etc. You're still mostly up to date technology-wise since this machine includes an internal Airport 802.11b slot, USB, FireWire, and 10/100 Ethernet.
The key to the Pismo is that it is the last PowerBook to include an additional bay which can hold the stock DVD-ROM drive or another battery (or various third-party fixed and removable drives). If you buy one of these machines used of course you shouldn't expect too much out of the battery included but you can always add one or two high capacity batteries. I have one that gives me 4-5 hours of careful use (no DVD watching) plus one original Apple battery that just gives me an hour. The only problem is weight - with two batteries installed the machine gets up to 8 or 9 pounds. But, working at a university with total WiFi coverage I find it quite worthwhile to bring everywhere I go on campus without having to pack the power adapter.
Actually according to the author's home page he has gotten the .kext to load but only the "Real function keys" feature works as yet. I am eagerly waiting the new release; I keep hitting the enter key on my Pismo expecting it to be command. :)