some of microsoft's most prominent products are either ripoffs (xerox parc gui+mouse) //sidethought - wonder what would happen if xerox patented THAT idea!>br>
or outright purchase like NCSA's internet browser!
and when they DO come up with a new product, its a failure (BOB is dead!) or irritating (go away clippy!)
oh yeah..thats why after 40 years or so of cancer research we still cant beat it. nor AIDS for that matter.
in any case, supposing your hypothesis is true. that would mean the only way humans woudl then concentrate on the art of war and torture, since then they would be bored with normal life.
you might be interested in this PXES. version 0.9 was released yesterday but never mind that.
this will not provide you with a thin client but with dummy clients. meaning that the client boots from the network via a pxe enabled card (most modern nics support this) and therefore you can disable (or remove) the floopy drive, the cdrom, the dvd, and the hard disk.
translation: the user cannot physically access the operating system except thru the network.
its pretty simple to setup and can even be used with windows terminal services but i do not recommend that legacy OS. in fact, i will recommend mandrake linux for several reasons: 1. draksec will sandbox your users very fast without much interaction from you (if required) 2. if you are not able to set up the server side on pxes. employ drakTermServ. mandrake's dummy terminal solution that comes standard with its distro. 3. it comes with kde which has a kiosk mode available (you will have to do your own research i m afraid) 4. it comes with openoffice.org meaning that your users can also read and write word documents, excel sheets, powerpoint presentations, adobe reader pdf (write!) and flash swf among other nice stuff.
did i mention the dummy clients wont have an operating system? meaning that you will only administer the operating system from the terminal server.
furthermore, (2 or 3 years ago) largo florida has a similar setup for 400 pc running of a 1gb ram dual p3-900 server or something like that
and if you are really stingy with money go get the hp d441 4 monitors, 4 keyboards and mice and 1 pc.
I would encourage you to use a legacy Operating System such as Windows coz it has been around so long that it is neanderthal and known by all the old guys in the IT market.
Of course, when the old guys die off...
Prior Art: patent no: 1d10t copyright 2004
ps. i made a todo list way back in high school. it was actually a list of subjects i had to study for my "o" levels. thats also prior art.
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some of microsoft's most prominent products are either ripoffs (xerox parc gui+mouse)
//sidethought - wonder what would happen if xerox patented THAT idea!>br>
or outright purchase like NCSA's internet browser!
and when they DO come up with a new product, its a failure (BOB is dead!) or irritating (go away clippy!)
go ahead troll me down, my karma is dead anyways!
oh yeah ..thats why after 40 years or so of cancer research we still cant beat it.
nor AIDS for that matter.
in any case, supposing your hypothesis is true. that would mean the only way humans woudl then concentrate on the art of war and torture, since then they would be bored with normal life.
so come along folks, line up for judgement day.
you might be interested in this PXES. version 0.9 was released yesterday but never mind that.
this will not provide you with a thin client but with dummy clients. meaning that the client boots from the network via a pxe enabled card (most modern nics support this) and therefore you can disable (or remove) the floopy drive, the cdrom, the dvd, and the hard disk.
translation: the user cannot physically access the operating system except thru the network.
its pretty simple to setup and can even be used with windows terminal services but i do not recommend that legacy OS. in fact, i will recommend mandrake linux for several reasons:
1. draksec will sandbox your users very fast without much interaction from you (if required)
2. if you are not able to set up the server side on pxes. employ drakTermServ. mandrake's dummy terminal solution that comes standard with its distro.
3. it comes with kde which has a kiosk mode available (you will have to do your own research i m afraid)
4. it comes with openoffice.org meaning that your users can also read and write word documents, excel sheets, powerpoint presentations, adobe reader pdf (write!) and flash swf among other nice stuff.
did i mention the dummy clients wont have an operating system? meaning that you will only administer the operating system from the terminal server.
furthermore, (2 or 3 years ago) largo florida has a similar setup for 400 pc running of a 1gb ram dual p3-900 server or something like that
and if you are really stingy with money go get the hp d441 4 monitors, 4 keyboards and mice and 1 pc.
enjoy
Let the Butlerian Jihad begin! Can i place an order for a face dancer now?
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I would encourage you to use a legacy Operating System such as Windows coz it has been around so long that it is neanderthal and known by all the old guys in the IT market.
Of course, when the old guys die off
Prior Art:
patent no: 1d10t
copyright 2004
ps. i made a todo list way back in high school. it was actually a list of subjects i had to study for my "o" levels. thats also prior art.
what about MandrakeMove? from mandrakelinux.com