> At my local supermarket they sell many models of that brand.
This does not inspire confidence in the brand. Who in the world would buy a computer at a supermarket?
Clueless consumer: Excuse me sir, but where can I find the computers?
Supermarket employee: They're right over there next to the fresh fruit and veggies.
If I had mod points, I would mod you up even higher. It's nice to see someone who actually gets the concept of happiness being more important than money. Stay home and take care of your kids. Working in an office will NEVER bring you the happiness and contentment that raising and taking care of your family will bring you.
This isn't as far fetched as you might think. Anybody can buy hidden recording devices disguised as working pens, clocks, smoke alarms or whatever. They are not as high tech as they once were. The stuff Intelligence agencies have access to are even more high tech. When you have buildings full of highly intelligent people thinking up ways to spy on each other non-stop, you end up with some pretty innovative things. This for example http://www.spybusters.com/Great_Seal_Bug.html
They've always been corrupt. Here's link to the story of Philo Farnsworth (the inventor of electronic television) and the crap the radio/record companies tried in order to steal and/or squash his invention.
Here are a few fiction books for the hackers in all of us. These are reprints of classic series books dealing with inventors and the neat gadgets they used.
Purple House Press has all three of The Mad Scientist's Club books reprinted, with the 4th (previously unpublished) available next year. No geek is truly complete without have read these.
Let's not forget Tom Swift. The first 25 volumes of the Tom Swift Sr. series are available as free e-texts from Project Gutenberg. The hard to find Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope has been reprinted and can be purchased here.
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> At my local supermarket they sell many models of that brand. This does not inspire confidence in the brand. Who in the world would buy a computer at a supermarket? Clueless consumer: Excuse me sir, but where can I find the computers? Supermarket employee: They're right over there next to the fresh fruit and veggies.
Except you are forgetting the TurboGrafx-16 CD games that have already been released.
It's called a Nintendo Wii. Turn it on, browse awhile, zoom in, zoom out and turn it off.
Well, it's currently under Cheyenne Mountain. ;-)
If I had mod points, I would mod you up even higher. It's nice to see someone who actually gets the concept of happiness being more important than money. Stay home and take care of your kids. Working in an office will NEVER bring you the happiness and contentment that raising and taking care of your family will bring you.
No, but using something unusual to distract someone from the REAL surveillance device is a time-honored tradition.
This isn't as far fetched as you might think. Anybody can buy hidden recording devices disguised as working pens, clocks, smoke alarms or whatever. They are not as high tech as they once were. The stuff Intelligence agencies have access to are even more high tech. When you have buildings full of highly intelligent people thinking up ways to spy on each other non-stop, you end up with some pretty innovative things. This for example http://www.spybusters.com/Great_Seal_Bug.html
http://www.farnovision.com/chronicles/tfc-part01.h tml
Same crap, different technology.
How about Strange Adventures in Infinite Space? That would be an awesome port to the DS.
Here are a few fiction books for the hackers in all of us. These are reprints of classic series books dealing with inventors and the neat gadgets they used.
Purple House Press has all three of The Mad Scientist's Club books reprinted, with the 4th (previously unpublished) available next year. No geek is truly complete without have read these.
http://www.purplehousepress.com/msc.htm
Let's not forget Tom Swift. The first 25 volumes of the Tom Swift Sr. series are available as free e-texts from Project Gutenberg. The hard to find Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope has been reprinted and can be purchased here.
http://www.cafepress.com/wogglebug
Does anybody know of any other classic series books being reprinted with inventions/hacking as the central theme?