However these are designed to be used in places that are inaccessable to standard tools. You'd probably have to disassemble the entire engine to even get a drill even close to one and you's still damage one of the parts.
OK this is a little late but...
Has anyone ever had a bolt that was rusted in place? How the heck are these things supposed to generate enough torque to back themselves out once a little rust sets in. Built in WD-40??
"Oh the bolt is stuck we have to replace your whole engine"
If they could bring the price down these would be perfect for Geocaching!
I'm drooling at the thought.
It would be easy to write some software to allow you to upload a GPX file and then have the unit load all the waypoints and be able to display the cache info.
Anyone want to donate $12000 for me to test it?
I know some people are conecerned about having large upgrade paths but I find that I'm really not one of them any more.
Usually by the time a processor drops in price enough that I think it'd be worth replacing an older CPU there is a new FSB or something that makes me want a new motherboard + ram to go with it.
Lately when I've been buying computers I've came to the conclusion that Motherboard, Processor, and Ram are pretty much a package that will never be upgraded independantly (Short of adding more Ram). Unless I have a processor die I'm really not worried about changing it.
Most things I prefer to do on the computer if possible. Common things like pay bills, shop, write letters ect.
One thing I don't really have a need to do is to read a book on the computer.
I can buy more books than I could ever read and never spend more than $5 a piece on them. If I need a book I can't find locally; Amazon will have it. If Amazon doesn't have it it's sure as heck not in e-book format anywhere.
I stare at a computer screen long enough as it is. I really don't plan on taking my laptop to the toilet with me.
The other question is what do you do with an e-book once you've read it? I can't give it away legally unless it was free to start with. I can't sell it that's for sure. I'd love to see my local librarian'sface (very small town) when I walk in and hand her a CD and tell her that I'm donating a copy of something to the library.
Some things just aren't meant to be done on a computer. Reading long books is definatly one of them.
I like the looks of the thing. However I think they've missed the boat on selling these things.
If they had made it so it was easy to hack whatever linux distro you wanted onto it and MUCH more affordable they might of had a shot at selling a ton of them.
As it is you could build a Mini-ITX system and jam a 4 port switch into the case and have a nicer setup than this.
The solution to your problem is actually pretty easy. Just don't apply the policy that enables the auto-updates to the machines in areas that shouldn't get them.
As you pretty much pointed out the problem you have isn't SUS it's your network admins.
Ever since we started using Software Update Services this has been cake.
All the clients just pull the windows critical updates that we approve from OUR servers.
I feel sorry for anyone who is trying to run around and do them by hand.
Well that may be true but how much do you learn from slapping in a little linksys router with the default config and letting it go.
Building a router yourself is much more involved and may actually require thinking.
Also the cost is spread out over a longer period paying for the electricity. Although if somehow your not the one paying for the electricity who cares.
Actually.....
There is an extension for Firebird that does just that. It makes things so you have to click on a flash animation for it to play. Now all those annoying flash ads are gone but you can still watch an animation if you need to!!
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However these are designed to be used in places that are inaccessable to standard tools. You'd probably have to disassemble the entire engine to even get a drill even close to one and you's still damage one of the parts.
OK this is a little late but... Has anyone ever had a bolt that was rusted in place? How the heck are these things supposed to generate enough torque to back themselves out once a little rust sets in. Built in WD-40?? "Oh the bolt is stuck we have to replace your whole engine"
But the whole program?
I could see protecting any code that was a trade secret. But protecting you user interface code??? We all know what it looks like already.
I could see this as useful on small sections of code. Doing this to an entire program would be a huge resource waste.
If they could bring the price down these would be perfect for Geocaching! I'm drooling at the thought. It would be easy to write some software to allow you to upload a GPX file and then have the unit load all the waypoints and be able to display the cache info. Anyone want to donate $12000 for me to test it?
I know some people are conecerned about having large upgrade paths but I find that I'm really not one of them any more.
Usually by the time a processor drops in price enough that I think it'd be worth replacing an older CPU there is a new FSB or something that makes me want a new motherboard + ram to go with it.
Lately when I've been buying computers I've came to the conclusion that Motherboard, Processor, and Ram are pretty much a package that will never be upgraded independantly (Short of adding more Ram). Unless I have a processor die I'm really not worried about changing it.
They are out just a bit too late for the christmas rush.
Most things I prefer to do on the computer if possible. Common things like pay bills, shop, write letters ect.
One thing I don't really have a need to do is to read a book on the computer.
I can buy more books than I could ever read and never spend more than $5 a piece on them. If I need a book I can't find locally; Amazon will have it. If Amazon doesn't have it it's sure as heck not in e-book format anywhere.
I stare at a computer screen long enough as it is. I really don't plan on taking my laptop to the toilet with me.
The other question is what do you do with an e-book once you've read it? I can't give it away legally unless it was free to start with. I can't sell it that's for sure. I'd love to see my local librarian'sface (very small town) when I walk in and hand her a CD and tell her that I'm donating a copy of something to the library.
Some things just aren't meant to be done on a computer. Reading long books is definatly one of them.
I like the looks of the thing. However I think they've missed the boat on selling these things.
If they had made it so it was easy to hack whatever linux distro you wanted onto it and MUCH more affordable they might of had a shot at selling a ton of them.
As it is you could build a Mini-ITX system and jam a 4 port switch into the case and have a nicer setup than this.
The solution to your problem is actually pretty easy. Just don't apply the policy that enables the auto-updates to the machines in areas that shouldn't get them. As you pretty much pointed out the problem you have isn't SUS it's your network admins.
Ever since we started using Software Update Services this has been cake.
All the clients just pull the windows critical updates that we approve from OUR servers.
I feel sorry for anyone who is trying to run around and do them by hand.
Well that may be true but how much do you learn from slapping in a little linksys router with the default config and letting it go. Building a router yourself is much more involved and may actually require thinking. Also the cost is spread out over a longer period paying for the electricity. Although if somehow your not the one paying for the electricity who cares.
So Evolution has evolved....
Why did the chicken cross the road..... To beat the $hit out of an end user. I wonder why everyone doesn't find this funny.
Actually..... There is an extension for Firebird that does just that. It makes things so you have to click on a flash animation for it to play. Now all those annoying flash ads are gone but you can still watch an animation if you need to!!