Pack light. Take a laptop with NXClient and not much more. Then remote back into your home PC to do the stuff that you don't want customs to see. Another option is to use VMware to do your work and save the VM to a USB key or your cell phone before you leave for the airport.
You could eliminate the live CD threat by locking down the boot options in BIOS and setting a password. Now they've got to physically remove the hard disk to get access to your data. Combine that with a DiskLock a la IBM, and it's a little trickier to get into your system. You can't fully secure a system against physical access, but you can make it a lot tougher to get into.
From a seller's perspective, if a buyer doesn't pay, you don't ship the item. From a buyer's perspective, I win the auction and send money. I take it on faith (and feedback) that the seller is legit and will ship my item. I've been burned by sellers before, but if a buyer doesn't pay, I just submit a NPB to recoup my listing fees and relist the item. I can't control who wins my items, and I think eBay has a policy that you're out after 3 NPBs. I guess the only loss for the seller in this case is that you can't retaliate against a buyer who leaves you a negative feedback, but in terms of your seller rating...it doesn't do you any good to do that anyway. It doesn't get rid of your negative feedback. I don't think this policy is a huge deal. Kinda makes sense to me.
I think single board has a few advantages over interchangeable modules when it comes to gadgets. 1. Modules necessitate connectors which make the device larger. 2. Prices of components are low and falling, so there won't be much if any cost savings there when going interchangeable. 3. Design costs rise b/c you're creating multiple boards as opposed to one..one size fits all. I think consumers want an all in one device that serves their needs. I'd be impressed if something like this makes an impact...if it even gets to market.
Mod Parent Down for inappropriate use of Gangsta slang! Gangsta Rappers don't say Intarweb. They're actually very technologically adept. A large percentage of their income comes from sale of ringtones on internet and cellular networks. Your jive reads more like a slave narrative than some gangstaspeak. Try to bump it up a hundred years or so. It's very lame. I wouldn't do it in public if I were you.
Dude, stay in college as long as you can. Keep working on your open source project. Don't rush out to become a working stiff. Unless you're applying to grad school, GPA is overrated. As long as you have a degree, being able to demonstrate technical proficiency and a somewhat likeable personality are probably going to be the most important things.
Patent #129424521
A blue screen which shall appear randomly and frequently displaying a cryptic error message prompting the user to power down, restart or destroy their machine, thereby losing all of progress of their current session.
I'm not telling you what you can or can't have. I'm telling you what you do or do not want.
I haven't seen any Microsoft references in any of the posts. This is Slashdot. I'm browsing at -1. Everyone is proposing solutions to the botnet problem. No one has mentioned Windows. Shocking!
It would be cool if there were a cheap analog to digital converter that you could plug into your console and play the notes on an actual electric guitar. Of course you'd have to tune it first, and start out simple. But the software could recognize tones and keep score based on your accuracy. Could also pipe your own sound through the system so you could hear yourself play. I already own a bass, so I think something like this would be pretty cool.
Get one server quality computer and load it up with Ram. The rest of the machines will be thin clients and can be just about anything down to a Pentium I. You can even run the machines diskless. You'll want a good 10/100 switch and at least a 100Mb NIC in the server. There will be a lot of information traveling across your network. I've done setups like this for kids in similar situations with donated hardware. One cool thing about this is that the students have the same experiences no matter what machine they sit down and log into. They don't have to be at one particular machine because that is where they saved their work. Definitely check it out. There is also a K-12 version for kids. Good luck.
http://www.ltsp.org/http://www.k12ltsp.org/
For a few months, I played Midnight Club III pretty heavily until I beat the game. Now, I notice sometimes while driving that when the road gets really busy, my perception heightens and I begin to see everything in slow motion as if I had the "ZONE" ability from the game. The races in Midnight Club are extremely fast, and I think that winning those races gives me a better awareness of what is actually happening on the road. I think a better study would be to see how games help people become better drivers.
I also wonder how many people go out and buy certain cars because they enjoyed driving them so much in the games. Were it not for Midnight Club, I probably would never have bought the Murcielago.
Helluvan idea. Acer makes Ferrari's. I can see contractor and construction types using their DeWalt or Craftsman laptops. I'm surprised this hasn't happened yet.
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Nintendo has had this for years now.
Pack light. Take a laptop with NXClient and not much more. Then remote back into your home PC to do the stuff that you don't want customs to see. Another option is to use VMware to do your work and save the VM to a USB key or your cell phone before you leave for the airport.
You could eliminate the live CD threat by locking down the boot options in BIOS and setting a password. Now they've got to physically remove the hard disk to get access to your data. Combine that with a DiskLock a la IBM, and it's a little trickier to get into your system. You can't fully secure a system against physical access, but you can make it a lot tougher to get into.
Yah..I thought the airlines solved this long ago with their baggage systems.
Ummm Yeah...Peter, about those TPS reports. Did you get the Mem-Ugh!
No...that's how he earned his nickname...The Answer!
From a seller's perspective, if a buyer doesn't pay, you don't ship the item. From a buyer's perspective, I win the auction and send money. I take it on faith (and feedback) that the seller is legit and will ship my item. I've been burned by sellers before, but if a buyer doesn't pay, I just submit a NPB to recoup my listing fees and relist the item. I can't control who wins my items, and I think eBay has a policy that you're out after 3 NPBs. I guess the only loss for the seller in this case is that you can't retaliate against a buyer who leaves you a negative feedback, but in terms of your seller rating...it doesn't do you any good to do that anyway. It doesn't get rid of your negative feedback. I don't think this policy is a huge deal. Kinda makes sense to me.
I think single board has a few advantages over interchangeable modules when it comes to gadgets. 1. Modules necessitate connectors which make the device larger. 2. Prices of components are low and falling, so there won't be much if any cost savings there when going interchangeable. 3. Design costs rise b/c you're creating multiple boards as opposed to one..one size fits all. I think consumers want an all in one device that serves their needs. I'd be impressed if something like this makes an impact...if it even gets to market.
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All your senate are belong to us.
Notebook obsolete in 3.
Brings whole new meaning to the term "Killer App"
I guess there's also a risk of pulmonary embolism with players sitting still for so long.
Mod Parent Down for inappropriate use of Gangsta slang! Gangsta Rappers don't say Intarweb. They're actually very technologically adept. A large percentage of their income comes from sale of ringtones on internet and cellular networks. Your jive reads more like a slave narrative than some gangstaspeak. Try to bump it up a hundred years or so. It's very lame. I wouldn't do it in public if I were you.
Gluttony loves company!
Dude, stay in college as long as you can. Keep working on your open source project. Don't rush out to become a working stiff. Unless you're applying to grad school, GPA is overrated. As long as you have a degree, being able to demonstrate technical proficiency and a somewhat likeable personality are probably going to be the most important things.
Patent #129424521 A blue screen which shall appear randomly and frequently displaying a cryptic error message prompting the user to power down, restart or destroy their machine, thereby losing all of progress of their current session. I'm not telling you what you can or can't have. I'm telling you what you do or do not want.
I haven't seen any Microsoft references in any of the posts. This is Slashdot. I'm browsing at -1. Everyone is proposing solutions to the botnet problem. No one has mentioned Windows. Shocking!
It would be cool if there were a cheap analog to digital converter that you could plug into your console and play the notes on an actual electric guitar. Of course you'd have to tune it first, and start out simple. But the software could recognize tones and keep score based on your accuracy. Could also pipe your own sound through the system so you could hear yourself play. I already own a bass, so I think something like this would be pretty cool.
Actually no because a student can sit at the server too. So two machines for two users.
Get one server quality computer and load it up with Ram. The rest of the machines will be thin clients and can be just about anything down to a Pentium I. You can even run the machines diskless. You'll want a good 10/100 switch and at least a 100Mb NIC in the server. There will be a lot of information traveling across your network. I've done setups like this for kids in similar situations with donated hardware. One cool thing about this is that the students have the same experiences no matter what machine they sit down and log into. They don't have to be at one particular machine because that is where they saved their work. Definitely check it out. There is also a K-12 version for kids. Good luck. http://www.ltsp.org/ http://www.k12ltsp.org/
Guess they weren't aware of the recall on those Dell batteries.
For a few months, I played Midnight Club III pretty heavily until I beat the game. Now, I notice sometimes while driving that when the road gets really busy, my perception heightens and I begin to see everything in slow motion as if I had the "ZONE" ability from the game. The races in Midnight Club are extremely fast, and I think that winning those races gives me a better awareness of what is actually happening on the road. I think a better study would be to see how games help people become better drivers.
I also wonder how many people go out and buy certain cars because they enjoyed driving them so much in the games. Were it not for Midnight Club, I probably would never have bought the Murcielago.
Providers are shipping wireless routers with security enabled by default.
Helluvan idea. Acer makes Ferrari's. I can see contractor and construction types using their DeWalt or Craftsman laptops. I'm surprised this hasn't happened yet.