You never know if you just didn't hit the USB-port straight or if you're trying it 180 degrees reversed and have no chance whatsoever. And if it does feel like it went in neatly, it still might have been the spare ethernet socket, which is exactly the same width.
What does it matter? Go elsewhere. Anyone who seriously thinks the OLPC is going to change anything in a place like Nigeria is living in fairly land. There are other poverty-stricken places on Earth that have a much better chance of benefiting.
> No HDMI, S-Video or Component. No SPDIF. and certainly no firewire.
You're freakin' KIDDING!? In the UK or Australia (probably europe too) there are plenty of STBs WITH S-video and SPDIF for about US$40. (and none of that "plus tax" or rebate bullshit)
Some friends of the white-house are going to get very rich on this.
> So what does a main course do, feed you for a month? Entrees are meant to whet the appetite
Note for non-Americans: In the US, "entree" means main course, rather than a starter. Yes, I know - it doesn't make any sense (french for "entry"), but thats the way it is.
> There's more than enough rooftop space in the world to meet demand. Example: China has 32521 square kilometers of urban area. Assuming 11% efficiency
You forgot that the average Chinese rooftop rarely SEES the sun, and when it does, you might think its the moon. Until the pollution is dealt with, those solars panels are not much good.
Some cities like Kunming are better, and already use solar widely for water heating.
> 40 years x 365 days x 24 hours x 200kW x $0.05 = $3.5bn
No, $3.5m , but whats 3 orders of magnitude between friends? $3.5mil spread over 40 years equals a lot less up front.. is there an accountant in the room? I'll believe it when I see it.
You were right on the billions for cyclists though. If a cyclist produces 200W at 5c/kWHr, thats 1 cent per hour, not $10. Hamsters are cheaper, but don't scale well - best stick to draught horses.
> I really hate the idea that you have to be an all-knowledgeable ubergeek, or else stay completely away from computers.
Nonsense - you are making a wild extrapolation there. Security is a VERY special case. With anything else you can muck about until it works, but to design a secure system, you really do need to be an expert. How do you know when a security system works?
As for the earlier incidient, it sounds awful, but did they _really_ call you "stupid and incompetent" or are you taking offense too easily? Maybe you demanded a simple answer and there was none.
Your line about "super-genius who wants to spend all day researching everything" suggests an attitude that may have caused much annoyance and offence.
> The conflict of the control of ones body vs the right to life of a unborn child is one thats pretty cut and dry.
If only! Then nobody would be arguing. Am I missing some irony here?
In most of the developed world, we have given up trying to agree on the subject, and leave it as a personal matter. But good luck to you guys in the States, if you think arguing will still help!
> Apparently, you don't know what a hard link is. > You haven't created a file owned by root. You've created an i-node pointing to the data blocks of a file owned by root.
Ah no, actually a hard link is just a directory entry pointing to the SAME i-node. You knew that really?
> Lionel Tate is innocent... You do realize he violated his parole and was then convicted of armed robbery after his "murder" conviction, right?
(He is a nasty waste of oxygen, who could be deleted from the gene-pool.)
The point missed was the effect of plea-bargaining: 3yrs vs life. Seeing that, an innocent(ish) person with a weak defense may well be tempted to confess more than he did.
> but bear in mind that this is not an innocent man here... he pled guilty to the charges
That in itself means nothing. In present-day United States, the innocent are often better off pleading guilty. Its called plea-bargaining: plead guilty to a lesser charge, or face prosecution with a _massively_ increased penalty, and long wait for trial.
e.g. Lionel Tate. Exercising his right to a trial got him a life sentence instead of three years. Or David Hicks. Detained for five years, and then offered a trip home if he confesses. Its getting like Maoist China.
No,
Chinese products are cheap because:
- low labour costs
- much better infrastructure, education and intelligence than other low-labour-cost countries.
Global trade is enabling China to capitalise and develop sustainably far faster than the US did.
Hundreds of millions have come out of poverty in a single generation.
Its not all bad.
> Secondly, none of that matters, because the wi-fi card will be transferring those photos to your PC while you are still shooting.
Its sounds like you and I are making a whole bunch of different assumptions. I don't expect there to be free, open wifi around where I'm shooting.
I like the idea of it automatically uploading to the PC when I get home, or the laptop in the hotel if I'm on holiday. But the power needs for wifi are way too high for this. It should be bluetooth. If you want to see the lot right now, then USB.
> If anything, to solve the "I don't feel like waiting for 2 GB of images to download over USB" problem. With this, there would be no waiting. The images would already just be there.
huh? I think you'll find that USB is many times faster than WiFi.
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> I would be concerned about taking the N810 into harsh environments. N800 seems to be sealed up better.
You can use it inside a zip-lock bag when needed. (if dust or salt water around)
No cables, touch-screen still works.
Amazing how many news outlets repeat the "7.0" typo.
Of course it should read "7.10" as in october 2007.
But et tu Slashdot!?
125 Miles?? Have they not learnt their lesson over at Mars?
Its the 21st century damnit, and these guys are still in the 19th.
What does it matter? Go elsewhere.
Anyone who seriously thinks the OLPC is going to change anything in a place like Nigeria is living in fairly land.
There are other poverty-stricken places on Earth that have a much better chance of benefiting.
> No HDMI, S-Video or Component. No SPDIF. and certainly no firewire.
You're freakin' KIDDING!?
In the UK or Australia (probably europe too) there are plenty of STBs WITH S-video and SPDIF
for about US$40. (and none of that "plus tax" or rebate bullshit)
Some friends of the white-house are going to get very rich on this.
ditto in Australia. A$50 for an STB, ie US$40 inc tax.
The government would be better off contracting an importer/distributer to post them out.
Who would have ever thought that something electronic would cost more in the US?
Hi jabberw0k,
for the benefit of younger (under 25) slashdot readers, can you please explain what a VCR is?
> So what does a main course do, feed you for a month? Entrees are meant to whet the appetite
Note for non-Americans: In the US, "entree" means main course, rather than a starter.
Yes, I know - it doesn't make any sense (french for "entry"), but thats the way it is.
> There's more than enough rooftop space in the world to meet demand. Example: China has 32521 square kilometers of urban area. Assuming 11% efficiency
You forgot that the average Chinese rooftop rarely SEES the sun, and when it does, you might think its the moon.
Until the pollution is dealt with, those solars panels are not much good.
Some cities like Kunming are better, and already use solar widely for water heating.
> 40 years x 365 days x 24 hours x 200kW x $0.05 = $3.5bn
.. is there an accountant in the room?
No, $3.5m , but whats 3 orders of magnitude between friends?
$3.5mil spread over 40 years equals a lot less up front
I'll believe it when I see it.
You were right on the billions for cyclists though. If a cyclist produces 200W at 5c/kWHr,
thats 1 cent per hour, not $10.
Hamsters are cheaper, but don't scale well - best stick to draught horses.
> The 1990s called, and want their client-server architecture back.
hey, the 1990s called again, and they wanted back their joke about calls from a previous decade.
> I really hate the idea that you have to be an all-knowledgeable ubergeek, or else stay completely away from computers.
Nonsense - you are making a wild extrapolation there.
Security is a VERY special case. With anything else you can muck about until it works, but to design a secure system, you really do need to be an expert. How do you know when a security system works?
As for the earlier incidient, it sounds awful, but did they _really_ call you "stupid and incompetent" or are you taking offense too easily? Maybe you demanded a simple answer and there was none.
Your line about "super-genius who wants to spend all day researching everything" suggests an attitude that may have caused much annoyance and offence.
> The conflict of the control of ones body vs the right to life of a unborn child is one thats pretty cut and dry.
If only! Then nobody would be arguing. Am I missing some irony here?
In most of the developed world, we have given up trying to agree on the subject,
and leave it as a personal matter. But good luck to you guys in the States,
if you think arguing will still help!
> Apparently, you don't know what a hard link is.
> You haven't created a file owned by root. You've created an i-node pointing to the data blocks of a file owned by root.
Ah no, actually a hard link is just a directory entry pointing to the SAME i-node.
You knew that really?
> but I would expect for the video phone to arrive before that does
Where have you been? Millions of people have cell-phones with video-call capability,
they just don't use it much. It has been around for years now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G
wiki say 200 million subscribers.
> Nice try at trying to accuse MS of violating the GPL
The title says "on" Windows, not "in", which is clear enough. Learn your prepositions.
> Lionel Tate is innocent... You do realize he violated his parole and was then convicted of armed robbery after his "murder" conviction, right?
(He is a nasty waste of oxygen, who could be deleted from the gene-pool.)
The point missed was the effect of plea-bargaining: 3yrs vs life.
Seeing that, an innocent(ish) person with a weak defense may well be
tempted to confess more than he did.
ergo, a guilty plea is no proof of guilt.
> but bear in mind that this is not an innocent man here... he pled guilty to the charges
That in itself means nothing.
In present-day United States, the innocent are often better off pleading guilty.
Its called plea-bargaining: plead guilty to a lesser charge, or face prosecution
with a _massively_ increased penalty, and long wait for trial.
e.g. Lionel Tate. Exercising his right to a trial got him a life sentence instead
of three years.
Or David Hicks. Detained for five years, and then offered a trip home if he confesses.
Its getting like Maoist China.
So much for the constitution.
> Instead of a proxy IP address, a picture of that IP address might help evade automated searches.
Automated?!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_firewall
"It is estimated that around 30,000 police are employed in this gigantic project."
No, Chinese products are cheap because: - low labour costs - much better infrastructure, education and intelligence than other low-labour-cost countries. Global trade is enabling China to capitalise and develop sustainably far faster than the US did. Hundreds of millions have come out of poverty in a single generation. Its not all bad.
> The Liberal Party (a conservative party) in Australia
ah, but by the standards of Slashdot's home country, the party is indeed liberal, socially and economically.
> Secondly, none of that matters, because the wi-fi card will be transferring those photos to your PC while you are still shooting.
Its sounds like you and I are making a whole bunch of different assumptions. I don't
expect there to be free, open wifi around where I'm shooting.
I like the idea of it automatically uploading to the PC when I get home,
or the laptop in the hotel if I'm on holiday. But the power needs for wifi
are way too high for this. It should be bluetooth. If you want to see the lot right
now, then USB.
> If anything, to solve the "I don't feel like waiting for 2 GB of images to download over USB" problem. With this, there would be no waiting. The images would already just be there.
huh? I think you'll find that USB is many times faster than WiFi.