Vonage is running a promotion in preparation for welcoming their 1 millionth line / customer / whatever. It looks like you can play only once a day, but it might be something to put on your list of things to do when you get in or out of work...
Personally, I think they should put that song to rest. Also, if they want to get more subscribers, sure, the price is good, but how about advertising some of those features they give at no extra cost?
Funny you should mention fiber to the home... Why didn't you mention 500 channels? Tele-medicine? Regulation exemptions in exchange for promises of profits?
If you ask me, it seems like the same story again and again... Make huge promises, get government money, then quietly fail to deliver while raking it in.
Re:Curse this ILoveBees ARG...
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The whole ilovebees project was done incredibly well, with a very compelling storyline and above-average voice talent and directing. (Begin rant) My only compaint, and it is in no way a fault of 4orty2wo Entertainment, is the way the NYC meetup was handled.
MS or Bungie or *someone* made some errors, and I'm not just saying it because it didn't work out how I wanted it to (ok, maybe a little of that). Complaints: would it have killed them to add another 4 Xbox machines? Then maybe everyone could have had a chance to play. Could there have been a bit more swag? A DVD and a lanyard tag isn't much. Why give everyone numbered tickets if there wasn't anything to raffle? The three other sites had raffles, although one consolation is that the NYC crew managed to pretty much rock them all in the multiplayer, despite switching people every game or two. (End rant)
I would think that if they were to put so much money into the whole production, they would see to it that the culmination was a bit better executed.
I found a post on someone's livejournal page about the time that they had spent as a technical writer working for a company that was assisting CA's training department.
"Not only were we all informed that the company was in great shape, but we were told that the co-CEOs were "good friends of George W. Bush's, so he's going to get us lots of government contracts." Two days later, CA went through its first serious layoff in years, and the entire training department was laid off a week after that." (There's more on the site)
Then again, if your machine is restarting all the time, then you don't have to worry!
"MICROSOFT HAS ISSUED a Knowledge Base article which says that if you install Windows XP SP2 on a machine with an AMD 64-bit chip your computer may repeatedly re-start." (It is an NX issue)
While this may be a little off-topic, in an effort to get a slightly better privacy/security profile, I've been researching a bunch of anonymizer services. I'm looking for something that will either let me configure a web proxy to use from a browser (transparent to the user) or a full-blown VPN, for more than web traffic. Does anyone know of any other sites that offer this? Are they reputable? How can I find out?
The ones I'm looking at are findnot.com and anonymize.net but I know there have to be more out there. (yes, I understand that they could be monitoring me as well, but at least it gives a more indirect link for everyone else.)
The show is called "Off The Hook" and is broadcast Wednesdays from 7:00 to 8:00 PM EST. This show was 2 hours long, the day before his sentencing (Thursday), and should be available from http://www.2600.com/offthehook/2004/0404.html
The show does stream live online through www.wbai.org (as to all their programs, to my knowledge).
It has some interesting stuff in it, but I guess I could say that about any of the OTH shows.
"If money can't buy happiness, I guess I'll have to rent it."
Oh man... Where are my mod points??
There was actually a string of writings in one of the computer science building bathrooms, all lyrics from songs. Lyrics from Pink Floyd, The Beatles, and 2 that I don't remember were already inscribed over the urinal. After some thought, I added the lyric above to the list.
I was waiting for someone to make this post on this conversation.
I think that this framework has potential, but then, maybe I don't know enough about the show. The other question is whether it will be like the Twilight Zone or Law and Order. Will each episode be its own world, or will there be some continuity between episodes (or even a story arc)? Hopefully, at least there will be consistency between them. (Or at least, as much as you can when dealing with the law...)
The question about "only if the government says you can" doesn't work, because the government doesn't know what to think on these issues. This is where the writing of future history comes in, and where the creative scriptwriting becomes important.
Bold assertion: This show will be like Max Headroom. Visionary, groundbreaking, and cancelled after one season.
I like the show Monk, but I couldn't get anyone else at my house to watch it. Who knows, it could be an awesome show. Not everyone will like it.
I'm thinking to go see it, but when I saw the trailer, I was with a bunch of other people to see Return Of The King. (Now that I think about it, why haven't there been more Elvis-themed parodies?) I think I was the only one in our group of 7 (ok, so 5 of them were women) who had any desire to see it.
Something I noticed in the trailer were the flying robots. I distinctly remember them flying around, then robbing banks, then flying away. The only thing was that this was in a very early color Superman cartoon. 1950s? 1960s? I distinctly remember the shape of their arms, and they looked the same! Maybe I'm crazy.
Just before that, I saw the trailer for Chronicles of Riddick, and while they both have a similar darkness in their style, Vin Diesel drew some interestin from the ladies. I still thought Sky Captain looked better. Then again, the trailer could be great and the movie could suck...
My understanding is that because of the deteriorated or destroyed telephone system, it is very difficult for people to call their neighbor across the street or other local numbers unless there are cellphones at both places. One solution is to set up a wireless mesh network (similar to www.locustworld.com) to voice services (VoIP) to places where the land lines no longer connect to the rest of the phone system. Are there any plans to create a wireless network like this to provide this kind of service?
I used to live in Saudi Arabia, and I have to say that the real good boom times for us/uk/fr/de/no/se/etc expats are over. Things kinda stopped being so great after the Gulf War, and even before then. The best time to be in Saudi Arabia (money-wise) was probably around 1975-1990, when there was plenty of money being spread around, put into infrastructure, public spaces, shopping malls, and other things like that.
I haven't been in the country since 1995, but things seem to have gone downhill in terms of culture and wealth distribution. Everyone that I used to know there is gone now, so there would be little point in returning, but I did have some great memories (as everyone growing up has). Some things are prety unique, I thought. Camping in the desert with friends, dealing with the odd sandstorm, and just plain enjoying the warm dry weather.
Of course, there were a sprinkling of bulletin board systems up at the time, and remarkable number of modems out there, too... I was even wardialed twice (realized it later, though)
Don't think that you missed too much by not 'visiting' Saudi Arabia. It is not easy to work there, but generally the support groups between other families are very good. You hit it right on the head with the things you have to watch out for, though. All in all, I wouldn't choose to work there now, and you made your decision with a lot of knowledge of the situation.
Well, suppose you are one of those people. Can I tell you that Sid can also be expanded as "still in development" or "Sid is dangerous"? You can be put off as much as you want, it does not change the product itself.
If you want to not use debian, that is fine. I think someone in the debian team used to work at Pixar, so they are making their releases named after Toy Story characters for a while (bo, rex, hamm, woody, sarge, others).
"Punishments too light. Expect life jail sentences, extension of liability to family, friends, and unlimited fines, all to be determined by the copyright holders."
One thing that I found quite interesting when watching it again, in the movie Aliens, the whole thing is a corporate wonderland! 40-odd years ago you forgot to do your maintenance on that one motor-spinny-thing? We'll have to fine you $3,000! The whole military / corporate trial was really scary, and I don't know why I didn't pick up on it the first time I saw it. So this is a little OT, but the arbitrariness of the sentences (and resulting bargaining) may be something we'll see more in the open soon...
Here's something I posted to LinuxToday.com a good long time ago. The post is http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05 -02-015-20-NW-CY-0020 and the story is http://wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,43485,00.htm l
March 15 -- Today an Ohio public school classroom was raided by Department Of Media Enforcement (DOME) agents, following a tip that a student was in possesion of two unauthorized screen captures. The captures were reportedly from the popular TV shows, Frivolity (Tuesdays MVE, 9:00PM - 10:00PM) and Chained (Wednesdays DBC, 8:00PM - 9:00PM). Agents stormed the building at 9:47 AM after a tip from an anonymous source said that they had seen the student remove the captures from their bag and look at them for a moment before replacing them in their bag, but didn't get a good enough look at them to tell if they had the seal present on authorized screen captures. During the raid, witnesses reported that the student was surprised at first, but quickly became agitated and was preparing to flee when an agent wrestled the suspect to the floor. Before being escorted out of the building in handcuffs, the student, in tears, mentioned that the 'images' were for use in a manual graphics reproduction class to take place later that day. Two agents attended the class to ensure that no other unauthorized material was present.
When students were questioned about the suspect, one witness mentioned that he had seen the suspect in posession of an optical photographic reproduction device. It is not known at this time whether the device was registered with DOME officials or not.
Posession of unauthorized screencaptures is punishable by up to 6 months in a medium security prison for each infraction, but since the suspect is under 16, the sentence will likely be reduced by as much as 2 months. Traficking in unauthorized screen captures is illegal under the DMCA, which was amended 4 years ago to cover a wider range of devices and revise penalties for noncompliance. Customers who are found in posession of unregistered devices are assesed fines and will have the devices confiscated. Customers found engaging in unauthorized behavior will be fined, have their subscriptions cancelled and may face jail time.
Frivolity is a trademark of Mediastream Viapoint Enterprises, used with permission. Chained is a trademark of Digiflex Broadcast Corporation, used with permission.
This article appears thanks to generous contributions from Media Protection Assesment Association, encouraging you to sign up for an annual compliance review today, with discounts to qualifying customers. Additional contributions provided by Radcliffe-Interband Attorneys and Associates.
Sorry I have to add this silly comment to your very well-written and researched one, but until your post, I thought the entire thing was ridiculous. Now I at least see that the request has a *reason* (but not really merit, in my opinion).
I had come across the story before, but didn't read too much into it. I thought the complaint was from bondage enthusasts! (Then again, that wouldn't make sense. Just goes to show how much of my brain functions on a daily basis...)
There wasn't that much that 'just happened' in the 2000 election. Also, the list that was used to do the voter roll purges was of felons, and it came from Texas. The problems were that the matching criteria was *very* loose, and if you were born on the same day or had a similar surname, you could be removed from the voter rolls... If you want something interesting, see if you can find the Greg Palast report that was on BBC, where he went to interview the polling company. Should be about 15 minutes long. There were a lot of strange goings-on during that election, including the 'grass-roots' staged protest by Republican staffers in Miami-Dade county. I could go on, but that would make it way-way-offtopic, instead of just a little.
Should I be replying to this? I've read most of the site before, and decided, for my mental well-being, to just accept it as a parable, a bizarre, well-crafted Libertarian dream-come-true. I have to say, my mental well-being is slowly declining...
Want more disturbing news? Bush just signed a $401.3 billion defense bill. (Defense? Attack? whatever...) Included in the bill: "Lifts a decade-old ban on research into low-yield nuclear weapons and authorizes $15 million for continued research into a powerful nuclear weapon capable of destroying deep underground bunkers."
from http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/24/bush.ap/ index.html
If you want my prediction, I think AMD is announcing this because they want Intel to tip their hand. AMD can always just keep selling the 32-bit machines, they can change their projections, and this is by no means the final word on 32-bit x86...
I guess for it to be a real broadcast, it would have to be on at a certain time, and have to have real people 'tuning in' to see it. In this case, it is more of a video press release/news program.
Don't get me wrong, this is pretty cool in itself, but I was a little disappointed when reality reminded me that this wasn't some multicast video streaming thingie, with a program being available almost simultaneously over all nodes in the network. (Although, a sniffer-based audio/video player could be kinda cool, too, and actually be like a real broadcast, with lots of little repeaters...)
Then again, traditional time-based network shows (or informative / documentary shows) may be on the way out, and this is, in fact, a future video structure.
I have the source if anyone wants it, although I... can't say that the code is the best in the world.
It was a personal project, actually, since one of the first times I was exposed to Linux doing something useful was a perl and postgresql installation doing something vaguely similar. (I haven't managed to find the cool embroidered patch banner/button that they used for Linux at the bottom of their page, though. Anyone have it?)
Hey, sure. If anyone wants the code, I can package it up and send it out. tack rutgers.edu to the email address on the site http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/bookswap/
I had this idea myself, actually, but it was stemmed from being pissed off that there was no good, cheap VR headmounted gear.
I was thinking about using 2 relatively-cheap cellphone LCD displays, mounting them with some lenses, and using that for some nice 320x200-style action. I figure the lcd driver machinery should be cheap and/or have well-enough-documented interfaces, and so wouldn't be *that* hard. Then again, there are many massive projects that were spawned from solutions that were 'not too hard'.
Oh well, at least they are doing something with it. I just went to earthlcd.com and checked prices and looked at some lcd driving machinery. Whatever, I hope they get their product nice and cheap.:-)
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Vonage is running a promotion in preparation for welcoming their 1 millionth line / customer / whatever. It looks like you can play only once a day, but it might be something to put on your list of things to do when you get in or out of work...
Personally, I think they should put that song to rest. Also, if they want to get more subscribers, sure, the price is good, but how about advertising some of those features they give at no extra cost?
Although, without bad programmers, we wouldn't have The Daily WTF.
Sometimes a person's purpose in life is to serve as an example to others. What kind of example is another matter entirely...
Funny you should mention fiber to the home... Why didn't you mention 500 channels? Tele-medicine? Regulation exemptions in exchange for promises of profits?
How about this fine story: "How the Bells Stole America's Digital Future"
If you ask me, it seems like the same story again and again... Make huge promises, get government money, then quietly fail to deliver while raking it in.
The whole ilovebees project was done incredibly well, with a very compelling storyline and above-average voice talent and directing. (Begin rant) My only compaint, and it is in no way a fault of 4orty2wo Entertainment, is the way the NYC meetup was handled.
MS or Bungie or *someone* made some errors, and I'm not just saying it because it didn't work out how I wanted it to (ok, maybe a little of that). Complaints: would it have killed them to add another 4 Xbox machines? Then maybe everyone could have had a chance to play. Could there have been a bit more swag? A DVD and a lanyard tag isn't much. Why give everyone numbered tickets if there wasn't anything to raffle? The three other sites had raffles, although one consolation is that the NYC crew managed to pretty much rock them all in the multiplayer, despite switching people every game or two. (End rant)
I would think that if they were to put so much money into the whole production, they would see to it that the culmination was a bit better executed.
For more of my whiny rant: Bees...
I found a post on someone's livejournal page about the time that they had spent as a technical writer working for a company that was assisting CA's training department.
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http://www.livejournal.com/users/sclerotic_ring
"Not only were we all informed that the company was in great shape, but we were told that the co-CEOs were "good friends of George W. Bush's, so he's going to get us lots of government contracts." Two days later, CA went through its first serious layoff in years, and the entire training department was laid off a week after that." (There's more on the site)
Then again, if your machine is restarting all the time, then you don't have to worry!
"MICROSOFT HAS ISSUED a Knowledge Base article which says that if you install Windows XP SP2 on a machine with an AMD 64-bit chip your computer may repeatedly re-start." (It is an NX issue)
Windows XP SP2 a tad borked on AMD64 chips
Just remember: Hard work pays off eventually, but laziness pays off right now!
While this may be a little off-topic, in an effort to get a slightly better privacy/security profile, I've been researching a bunch of anonymizer services. I'm looking for something that will either let me configure a web proxy to use from a browser (transparent to the user) or a full-blown VPN, for more than web traffic. Does anyone know of any other sites that offer this? Are they reputable? How can I find out?
The ones I'm looking at are findnot.com and anonymize.net but I know there have to be more out there. (yes, I understand that they could be monitoring me as well, but at least it gives a more indirect link for everyone else.)
The show is called "Off The Hook" and is broadcast Wednesdays from 7:00 to 8:00 PM EST. This show was 2 hours long, the day before his sentencing (Thursday), and should be available from http://www.2600.com/offthehook/2004/0404.html
The show does stream live online through www.wbai.org (as to all their programs, to my knowledge).
It has some interesting stuff in it, but I guess I could say that about any of the OTH shows.
"If money can't buy happiness, I guess I'll have to rent it."
Oh man... Where are my mod points??
There was actually a string of writings in one of the computer science building bathrooms, all lyrics from songs. Lyrics from Pink Floyd, The Beatles, and 2 that I don't remember were already inscribed over the urinal. After some thought, I added the lyric above to the list.
I was waiting for someone to make this post on this conversation.
I think that this framework has potential, but then, maybe I don't know enough about the show. The other question is whether it will be like the Twilight Zone or Law and Order. Will each episode be its own world, or will there be some continuity between episodes (or even a story arc)? Hopefully, at least there will be consistency between them. (Or at least, as much as you can when dealing with the law...)
The question about "only if the government says you can" doesn't work, because the government doesn't know what to think on these issues. This is where the writing of future history comes in, and where the creative scriptwriting becomes important.
Bold assertion: This show will be like Max Headroom. Visionary, groundbreaking, and cancelled after one season.
I like the show Monk, but I couldn't get anyone else at my house to watch it. Who knows, it could be an awesome show. Not everyone will like it.
I'm thinking to go see it, but when I saw the trailer, I was with a bunch of other people to see Return Of The King. (Now that I think about it, why haven't there been more Elvis-themed parodies?) I think I was the only one in our group of 7 (ok, so 5 of them were women) who had any desire to see it.
Something I noticed in the trailer were the flying robots. I distinctly remember them flying around, then robbing banks, then flying away. The only thing was that this was in a very early color Superman cartoon. 1950s? 1960s? I distinctly remember the shape of their arms, and they looked the same! Maybe I'm crazy.
Just before that, I saw the trailer for Chronicles of Riddick, and while they both have a similar darkness in their style, Vin Diesel drew some interestin from the ladies. I still thought Sky Captain looked better. Then again, the trailer could be great and the movie could suck...
Ah yes, the joys of forgetting to finish the post topic...
Should read "Wireless mesh for phone service" instead. Oops!
My understanding is that because of the deteriorated or destroyed telephone system, it is very difficult for people to call their neighbor across the street or other local numbers unless there are cellphones at both places. One solution is to set up a wireless mesh network (similar to www.locustworld.com) to voice services (VoIP) to places where the land lines no longer connect to the rest of the phone system. Are there any plans to create a wireless network like this to provide this kind of service?
I used to live in Saudi Arabia, and I have to say that the real good boom times for us/uk/fr/de/no/se/etc expats are over. Things kinda stopped being so great after the Gulf War, and even before then. The best time to be in Saudi Arabia (money-wise) was probably around 1975-1990, when there was plenty of money being spread around, put into infrastructure, public spaces, shopping malls, and other things like that.
I haven't been in the country since 1995, but things seem to have gone downhill in terms of culture and wealth distribution. Everyone that I used to know there is gone now, so there would be little point in returning, but I did have some great memories (as everyone growing up has). Some things are prety unique, I thought. Camping in the desert with friends, dealing with the odd sandstorm, and just plain enjoying the warm dry weather.
Of course, there were a sprinkling of bulletin board systems up at the time, and remarkable number of modems out there, too... I was even wardialed twice (realized it later, though)
Don't think that you missed too much by not 'visiting' Saudi Arabia. It is not easy to work there, but generally the support groups between other families are very good. You hit it right on the head with the things you have to watch out for, though. All in all, I wouldn't choose to work there now, and you made your decision with a lot of knowledge of the situation.
Well, suppose you are one of those people. Can I tell you that Sid can also be expanded as "still in development" or "Sid is dangerous"? You can be put off as much as you want, it does not change the product itself.
If you want to not use debian, that is fine. I think someone in the debian team used to work at Pixar, so they are making their releases named after Toy Story characters for a while (bo, rex, hamm, woody, sarge, others).
"Punishments too light. Expect life jail sentences, extension of liability to family, friends, and unlimited fines, all to be determined by the copyright holders."
One thing that I found quite interesting when watching it again, in the movie Aliens, the whole thing is a corporate wonderland! 40-odd years ago you forgot to do your maintenance on that one motor-spinny-thing? We'll have to fine you $3,000! The whole military / corporate trial was really scary, and I don't know why I didn't pick up on it the first time I saw it. So this is a little OT, but the arbitrariness of the sentences (and resulting bargaining) may be something we'll see more in the open soon...
Here's something I posted to LinuxToday.com a good long time ago. The post is http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05 -02-015-20-NW-CY-0020 and the story is http://wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,43485,00.htm l
March 15 -- Today an Ohio public school classroom was raided by Department Of Media Enforcement (DOME) agents, following a tip that a student was in possesion of two unauthorized screen captures. The captures were reportedly from the popular TV shows, Frivolity (Tuesdays MVE, 9:00PM - 10:00PM) and Chained (Wednesdays DBC, 8:00PM - 9:00PM). Agents stormed the building at 9:47 AM after a tip from an anonymous source said that they had seen the student remove the captures from their bag and look at them for a moment before replacing them in their bag, but didn't get a good enough look at them to tell if they had the seal present on authorized screen captures. During the raid, witnesses reported that the student was surprised at first, but quickly became agitated and was preparing to flee when an agent wrestled the suspect to the floor. Before being escorted out of the building in handcuffs, the student, in tears, mentioned that the 'images' were for use in a manual graphics reproduction class to take place later that day. Two agents attended the class to ensure that no other unauthorized material was present.
When students were questioned about the suspect, one witness mentioned that he had seen the suspect in posession of an optical photographic reproduction device. It is not known at this time whether the device was registered with DOME officials or not.
Posession of unauthorized screencaptures is punishable by up to 6 months in a medium security prison for each infraction, but since the suspect is under 16, the sentence will likely be reduced by as much as 2 months. Traficking in unauthorized screen captures is illegal under the DMCA, which was amended 4 years ago to cover a wider range of devices and revise penalties for noncompliance. Customers who are found in posession of unregistered devices are assesed fines and will have the devices confiscated. Customers found engaging in unauthorized behavior will be fined, have their subscriptions cancelled and may face jail time.
Frivolity is a trademark of Mediastream Viapoint Enterprises, used with permission. Chained is a trademark of Digiflex Broadcast Corporation, used with permission.
This article appears thanks to generous contributions from Media Protection Assesment Association, encouraging you to sign up for an annual compliance review today, with discounts to qualifying customers. Additional contributions provided by Radcliffe-Interband Attorneys and Associates.
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Sorry I have to add this silly comment to your very well-written and researched one, but until your post, I thought the entire thing was ridiculous. Now I at least see that the request has a *reason* (but not really merit, in my opinion).
I had come across the story before, but didn't read too much into it. I thought the complaint was from bondage enthusasts! (Then again, that wouldn't make sense. Just goes to show how much of my brain functions on a daily basis...)
There wasn't that much that 'just happened' in the 2000 election. Also, the list that was used to do the voter roll purges was of felons, and it came from Texas. The problems were that the matching criteria was *very* loose, and if you were born on the same day or had a similar surname, you could be removed from the voter rolls... If you want something interesting, see if you can find the Greg Palast report that was on BBC, where he went to interview the polling company. Should be about 15 minutes long. There were a lot of strange goings-on during that election, including the 'grass-roots' staged protest by Republican staffers in Miami-Dade county. I could go on, but that would make it way-way-offtopic, instead of just a little.
Should I be replying to this? I've read most of the site before, and decided, for my mental well-being, to just accept it as a parable, a bizarre, well-crafted Libertarian dream-come-true. I have to say, my mental well-being is slowly declining...
/ index.html
Want more disturbing news? Bush just signed a $401.3 billion defense bill. (Defense? Attack? whatever...) Included in the bill: "Lifts a decade-old ban on research into low-yield nuclear weapons and authorizes $15 million for continued research into a powerful nuclear weapon capable of destroying deep underground bunkers."
from http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/24/bush.ap
If you want my prediction, I think AMD is announcing this because they want Intel to tip their hand. AMD can always just keep selling the 32-bit machines, they can change their projections, and this is by no means the final word on 32-bit x86...
I guess for it to be a real broadcast, it would have to be on at a certain time, and have to have real people 'tuning in' to see it. In this case, it is more of a video press release/news program.
Don't get me wrong, this is pretty cool in itself, but I was a little disappointed when reality reminded me that this wasn't some multicast video streaming thingie, with a program being available almost simultaneously over all nodes in the network. (Although, a sniffer-based audio/video player could be kinda cool, too, and actually be like a real broadcast, with lots of little repeaters...)
Then again, traditional time-based network shows (or informative / documentary shows) may be on the way out, and this is, in fact, a future video structure.
w00t!
:-)
... can't say that the code is the best in the world.
I wrote that thing!
I have the source if anyone wants it, although I
It was a personal project, actually, since one of the first times I was exposed to Linux doing something useful was a perl and postgresql installation doing something vaguely similar. (I haven't managed to find the cool embroidered patch banner/button that they used for Linux at the bottom of their page, though. Anyone have it?)
Hey, sure. If anyone wants the code, I can package it up and send it out. tack rutgers.edu to the email address on the site http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/bookswap/
I had this idea myself, actually, but it was stemmed from being pissed off that there was no good, cheap VR headmounted gear.
:-)
I was thinking about using 2 relatively-cheap cellphone LCD displays, mounting them with some lenses, and using that for some nice 320x200-style action. I figure the lcd driver machinery should be cheap and/or have well-enough-documented interfaces, and so wouldn't be *that* hard. Then again, there are many massive projects that were spawned from solutions that were 'not too hard'.
Oh well, at least they are doing something with it. I just went to earthlcd.com and checked prices and looked at some lcd driving machinery. Whatever, I hope they get their product nice and cheap.