I mean the average Joe who just wants to setup a really small router (say a VIA Epia), or gets someone to set one up for him. He doesn't want some Linksys one, he wants to get say OpenBSD on there with AltQ. Joe isn't going to have the desire to setup multiple computers on his network to have one boot off of... That's all I'm trying to say:)
This is really good news for mini- formfactor systems. Some people just want to have a quiet PC without the noise and failure rate of a hard drive. The main thing holding people back is the performance of these cards, on top of the pricing. I wonder when entire computers will start switching to the fast access times of solid-state media like these!
I've actually wondered this in the past. Places like Staples allow a customer to buy a product, return it within 14 days or something, and get a full CASH refund. What's stopping someone from going in, grabbing a router(s), brining them home and changing them so that they can access them remotely and setup dyndns, then go back to the store and return it. The average comsumer is clueless about resetting the router, never mind even going into the admin page. I'd wonder if they would even notice that dyndns setup when it was spelled right in front of them!
I wonder if anyone has actually found a way to mod in a cf card, or even extra memory. Since the prices of these are so cheap, imagine modding in a 1gig CF card, and running nearly anything you ever thought about! Now that would be something. What I've wanted to do is setup that program where it puts out like 1000+ different fake AP's in your area, tricking everyone around you. Although turning off SSID broadcast SHOULD be enough, many programs still detect it while SSID broadcast is off (mine personally)!
I wonder what kind of breakthrough the mini drive will get in the near future. 4gigs is a decent size for a music player, but what if someone wants to use it for back-up purposes? It would be something if Hitachi came out with a 10gig mini cf card that could still be price-attractive to the consumer point of view!
I've always wondered how long it would take for these things to become available to the average consumer. What I really think should start getting popular are keyboards that shine on the desk, allowing you to type without the need for moving keys. This is a big step into mobile technology, and it can only grow bigger, and better!
As copper ethernet is nearing its end, fiber only seems like the only other logical way to go for networking. As more and more people start switching to fiber, the more the price gets driven down. If we have large universities like these all switching to fiber (and i mean for thousands of people) the better the price looks for normal consumers! I think it's a good move on their part, even though they need to pay a little hefty price for the card. I believe it's worth it!
Common, I'm sure Canon had a sense that this was going to happen, eventually. The only question was 'WHEN'. Just like lots of 'trial' versions of software either have a 15day evaluation, and/or some things removed, there's usually always a 'crack' that will re-implement these things. Anyways, just like intel and many (or nearly ALL) of their CPUs in a certain chunk of their roadmap, are the same. Anyways, this could have been a good move for Canon, moving the Canon-10D (EXCELLENT camera, I own one) into more of the consume price range, resulting in more sales!
Modding a car computer is like modding something else on a car. Just like anything else, if it screws up the car, it's your problem (just like dropping your minidisc player). However, if the modification in their eyes, in any way, affected the way the car was acting, rusulting in say an engine seisure, then of course they will not do anything about it, nor will they if you drop it usually...
That is true, however the average consumer WILL NOT be running 64-bit until Windows does get its 64-bit edition running perfectly and shipping with it. Although I do think they should have at least benchmarked it with some type of *nix for 64-bit...
It's a really good idea AMD is finally making the transition to dual-channel non buffered memory. They really should have done this a LOT sooner, before consumers started getting adjusted to the other socket, so they wouldn't have to replace their board when upgrading to the newer chip.
It's nothing really suprising at all. If you can do it on Linux you can do it on there. The only thing you got to be careful about is the space limitation. If there was a way to mod in a CF card or something, now that would be something!
True, but nothing is perfect. I'm sure there will be a breakthrough or something that will allow these to not burn out as fast. Just how the lightbulb first started. They added some gas, and it lasted much much longer than it previously had!
Finally a new type of display to use. Normal CRT monitors and TVs screen burn, while being really bulky, lcds have shadow effects and can be damaged REALLY easily sometimes, and plasma displays screen burn easiest. I wonder how this will compare to the rest of the other displays we, as consumers, have used for quite some time!
I remember when I had disabled swap completely under windows XP. The first program that gave me annoying errors was photoshop. Every time it would start up it would say "Photoshop detects there is no swap, and it should be used or problems can occur with your system". (something like that). Also, some games (empire earth for one) would not even run without a swap partition. So even though you don't technically NEED one, some programs still rely on it!
Kind of reminds me of the days people used to play with mercury. It all seemed harmless to the people using it, until long term affects affected them in the near future... I think ANY new technology should be looked into before being used widely. Anything microscopic like nanotechnology needs to be checked into.
I wonder if creating a case where it was sealed, and came with a pump to create a vacuum inside the case if would be possible. We know that sound doesn't travel in a vacuum I hope. Just a project someone might want to consider:)
Now, if they can recieve internet to their village, I wonder how stable it is. If it is stable enough, wouldn't they be able to setup VOIP for the villagers to use phones? On the other hand, if the connection sucks, I wouldn't think they would want to rely on it for making phone calls. If they can afford computers, using voip would be cheaper than a landline phone anyways!
Isn't that the point? With linksys routers I can use neighbours connections whenever I feel like using unused bandwidth. They are surely the least secure:)
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I mean the average Joe who just wants to setup a really small router (say a VIA Epia), or gets someone to set one up for him. He doesn't want some Linksys one, he wants to get say OpenBSD on there with AltQ. Joe isn't going to have the desire to setup multiple computers on his network to have one boot off of... That's all I'm trying to say :)
This is really good news for mini- formfactor systems. Some people just want to have a quiet PC without the noise and failure rate of a hard drive. The main thing holding people back is the performance of these cards, on top of the pricing. I wonder when entire computers will start switching to the fast access times of solid-state media like these!
I've actually wondered this in the past. Places like Staples allow a customer to buy a product, return it within 14 days or something, and get a full CASH refund. What's stopping someone from going in, grabbing a router(s), brining them home and changing them so that they can access them remotely and setup dyndns, then go back to the store and return it. The average comsumer is clueless about resetting the router, never mind even going into the admin page. I'd wonder if they would even notice that dyndns setup when it was spelled right in front of them!
I wonder if anyone has actually found a way to mod in a cf card, or even extra memory. Since the prices of these are so cheap, imagine modding in a 1gig CF card, and running nearly anything you ever thought about! Now that would be something. What I've wanted to do is setup that program where it puts out like 1000+ different fake AP's in your area, tricking everyone around you. Although turning off SSID broadcast SHOULD be enough, many programs still detect it while SSID broadcast is off (mine personally)!
I wonder what kind of breakthrough the mini drive will get in the near future. 4gigs is a decent size for a music player, but what if someone wants to use it for back-up purposes? It would be something if Hitachi came out with a 10gig mini cf card that could still be price-attractive to the consumer point of view!
I've always wondered how long it would take for these things to become available to the average consumer. What I really think should start getting popular are keyboards that shine on the desk, allowing you to type without the need for moving keys. This is a big step into mobile technology, and it can only grow bigger, and better!
As copper ethernet is nearing its end, fiber only seems like the only other logical way to go for networking. As more and more people start switching to fiber, the more the price gets driven down. If we have large universities like these all switching to fiber (and i mean for thousands of people) the better the price looks for normal consumers! I think it's a good move on their part, even though they need to pay a little hefty price for the card. I believe it's worth it!
I do believe this is the FIRST and LAST time someone will do this and post it on the internet...
I've always wondered how pissed the drivers that passed me were . . . Now I can know!
Common, I'm sure Canon had a sense that this was going to happen, eventually. The only question was 'WHEN'. Just like lots of 'trial' versions of software either have a 15day evaluation, and/or some things removed, there's usually always a 'crack' that will re-implement these things. Anyways, just like intel and many (or nearly ALL) of their CPUs in a certain chunk of their roadmap, are the same. Anyways, this could have been a good move for Canon, moving the Canon-10D (EXCELLENT camera, I own one) into more of the consume price range, resulting in more sales!
Modding a car computer is like modding something else on a car. Just like anything else, if it screws up the car, it's your problem (just like dropping your minidisc player). However, if the modification in their eyes, in any way, affected the way the car was acting, rusulting in say an engine seisure, then of course they will not do anything about it, nor will they if you drop it usually...
That is true, however the average consumer WILL NOT be running 64-bit until Windows does get its 64-bit edition running perfectly and shipping with it. Although I do think they should have at least benchmarked it with some type of *nix for 64-bit...
It's a really good idea AMD is finally making the transition to dual-channel non buffered memory. They really should have done this a LOT sooner, before consumers started getting adjusted to the other socket, so they wouldn't have to replace their board when upgrading to the newer chip.
It's nothing really suprising at all. If you can do it on Linux you can do it on there. The only thing you got to be careful about is the space limitation. If there was a way to mod in a CF card or something, now that would be something!
True, but nothing is perfect. I'm sure there will be a breakthrough or something that will allow these to not burn out as fast. Just how the lightbulb first started. They added some gas, and it lasted much much longer than it previously had!
Maybe they somehow confused days with years... It's easily mistakable
Finally a new type of display to use. Normal CRT monitors and TVs screen burn, while being really bulky, lcds have shadow effects and can be damaged REALLY easily sometimes, and plasma displays screen burn easiest. I wonder how this will compare to the rest of the other displays we, as consumers, have used for quite some time!
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I remember when I had disabled swap completely under windows XP. The first program that gave me annoying errors was photoshop. Every time it would start up it would say "Photoshop detects there is no swap, and it should be used or problems can occur with your system". (something like that). Also, some games (empire earth for one) would not even run without a swap partition. So even though you don't technically NEED one, some programs still rely on it!
Kind of reminds me of the days people used to play with mercury. It all seemed harmless to the people using it, until long term affects affected them in the near future... I think ANY new technology should be looked into before being used widely. Anything microscopic like nanotechnology needs to be checked into.
I wonder if creating a case where it was sealed, and came with a pump to create a vacuum inside the case if would be possible. We know that sound doesn't travel in a vacuum I hope. Just a project someone might want to consider :)
Now, if they can recieve internet to their village, I wonder how stable it is. If it is stable enough, wouldn't they be able to setup VOIP for the villagers to use phones? On the other hand, if the connection sucks, I wouldn't think they would want to rely on it for making phone calls. If they can afford computers, using voip would be cheaper than a landline phone anyways!
Isn't that the point? With linksys routers I can use neighbours connections whenever I feel like using unused bandwidth. They are surely the least secure :)
I wonder how fast it runs...