The weakest link will still be the human element. Suppose:
*Cell phone stolen.
*Real owner sets off the "OMFG-Screaming-Harpies" function.
*Thief gets annoyed, takes it to 'Brand-X' store.
*Thief 'social engineers' the store clerks, saying it went off "accidently" and needs to be reset.
Ah, but it is more than Conroe Duo. But to make a very quick summary of the article, it is this: cost. The cost of replacing a 939 system with AM2 doesn't justify the price point.
Likely get longer use time by using some other form of power than electric.
Granted, thats not as cool as elecrtic, but loading docks often have gas/diesel engines running, so one more won't hurt anything.
Day and Night on ISS are much different than on Earth. Day/night cycles don't really exist, and the shuttle flys from daylight to darkness very quickly.
Print server appliance. Pre configured out of the box with ethernet and USB.
One box + some small linux printer drivers + USB hub = Network Printing Centre.
Perhaps this can put the "race" back in the United States languishing broadband networks.
Consider this: Koreans get twice my Cable speed, for one third the price.
Wtf? We are behind.
First they came out with the iPod and iTunes at a time when the 'geekery' (us) and the 'general public' wanted MP3 players and a convenient download service, even though the RIAA cried wolf. Now, we all want downloadable television/video content (as seen by YouTube, et al.) and iTV seems to be just that. If the Form Factor is right, the price point is right, it should work. (UI Omitted, as being Apple the UI *will* be right...)
Full disclosure: I am not an Apple fanboy. And the names give me an iHeadache.
Odd that Google would take a for-profit route, considering how many "non-profits" lobby congress. (I use that term loosely, because of certian Telco and Music NPOs.) Granted, I would LOVE to see Google.org create a better Hybrid, counter the Telcos at their own game, and hopefully devolop a Nationwide Broadband/Fiber Initiative.
Honestly, I've seen DVD players and DVRs with the same amount of fans and DVD-ROM noise. If you have it in a under-TV shelf/case thing, it should not be noticable at all, and only normally noticable when listening to quiet orchestral music.
Watching any recent movie should be fine.
And watching the Matrix Lobby Scene on volume 11 should (damage your hearing enough to) fix this problem completly.
Is that people are so busy anymore as to need to take a laptop to bed, to vacation, or such. Not to sound like a luddite, but really. Why do people not take a good book to bed, or pay attention to their partner? It's not like one is getting paid to work through bedtime or vacation.
Look at it this way. To properly enjoy a Living Room PC, one must do the following:
*Rip DVDs to the unit for 'disc-less' personal watching
*Have a music collection they want to hear over their Hi-Fi speakers
*Enjoy downloadable content, delivered straight to the box
*Have a wealth of useful add-ons that integrate with the services in the box to do cettian things.
Now, lets look at what why certian industries (who shall remain nameless) want to make these boxes hard to use.
*Ripping DVDs must use DRM, raising the processor overhead significantly. Meanwhile, since the DRM is super-secret closed source, integrating it into the programs is often like holding a car together with duct-tape.
*Once again, DRM. Certian "Media Center" operating systems don't allow for iPod/iTunes integration within the Media Center program itself. What they do allow to be ripped within the program from Cds -- DRM'ed.
*The state of Downloadable content (eg: Movie Rentals, et al.) is so utterly poor, hard to use, and DRm'ed that people choose pirated goods because it's easier.
*Add ons would require a knowledge of the program, a knowledge that some people don't want known as it might affect their DRM, and might allow people to do things with the program that might make it easier to use and... faster! (Oh no! *gasp*)
Lets face it. The current generation of "Mainstream" Media Center computers have nothing on Linux PVR boxes from a year or more ago.
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If this gets installed on a box with another trojan, I'd give it three days tops before it gets discovered and put into the wild by Black Hats.
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17716 478&method=full&siteid=64736&headline=execution-of -a-boy-called-jessie-james--name_page.html
The weakest link will still be the human element. Suppose:
*Cell phone stolen.
*Real owner sets off the "OMFG-Screaming-Harpies" function.
*Thief gets annoyed, takes it to 'Brand-X' store.
*Thief 'social engineers' the store clerks, saying it went off "accidently" and needs to be reset.
You can see where this is going.
in blaming EA for all these shi*** patches.
Ah, but it is more than Conroe Duo. But to make a very quick summary of the article, it is this: cost.
The cost of replacing a 939 system with AM2 doesn't justify the price point.
Likely get longer use time by using some other form of power than electric.
Granted, thats not as cool as elecrtic, but loading docks often have gas/diesel engines running, so one more won't hurt anything.
Day and Night on ISS are much different than on Earth. Day/night cycles don't really exist, and the shuttle flys from daylight to darkness very quickly.
Soviet Russia... East Germany... same difference.
Print server appliance. Pre configured out of the box with ethernet and USB.
One box + some small linux printer drivers + USB hub = Network Printing Centre.
Perhaps this can put the "race" back in the United States languishing broadband networks. Consider this: Koreans get twice my Cable speed, for one third the price. Wtf? We are behind.
Is if these are being installed in airports, will we be able to take them onto planes in the future?
First they came out with the iPod and iTunes at a time when the 'geekery' (us) and the 'general public' wanted MP3 players and a convenient download service, even though the RIAA cried wolf.
Now, we all want downloadable television/video content (as seen by YouTube, et al.) and iTV seems to be just that.
If the Form Factor is right, the price point is right, it should work.
(UI Omitted, as being Apple the UI *will* be right...)
Full disclosure: I am not an Apple fanboy. And the names give me an iHeadache.
Odd that Google would take a for-profit route, considering how many "non-profits" lobby congress. (I use that term loosely, because of certian Telco and Music NPOs.) Granted, I would LOVE to see Google.org create a better Hybrid, counter the Telcos at their own game, and hopefully devolop a Nationwide Broadband/Fiber Initiative.
WoW is a feeling.
(http://www.purepwnage.com/)
That British ISP is afraid of someone going 1kbps in the fast lane, with their left 'ping -t' on. Yeah, I'd be afraid of that too.
"Ohio State Attorney General accused of Sex Crime, placed on Offender List"
Film at 11...
Honestly, I've seen DVD players and DVRs with the same amount of fans and DVD-ROM noise. If you have it in a under-TV shelf/case thing, it should not be noticable at all, and only normally noticable when listening to quiet orchestral music.
Watching any recent movie should be fine.
And watching the Matrix Lobby Scene on volume 11 should (damage your hearing enough to) fix this
problem completly.
Snaaaake? Snaaaaaaaake!!
Is that people are so busy anymore as to need to take a laptop to bed, to vacation, or such. Not to sound like a luddite, but really. Why do people not take a good book to bed, or pay attention to their partner? It's not like one is getting paid to work through bedtime or vacation.
Agreed. Computers aren't hurt by cold, but to keep them dry is critical.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1820
...a beak and a visor, and really shiney metal?
Will it be promptly sunk by the a German supercomputer named Bismark?
Thank god! Here I was expecting an AC to post another In Soviet Russia joke.
Look at it this way. To properly enjoy a Living Room PC, one must do the following: *Rip DVDs to the unit for 'disc-less' personal watching *Have a music collection they want to hear over their Hi-Fi speakers *Enjoy downloadable content, delivered straight to the box *Have a wealth of useful add-ons that integrate with the services in the box to do cettian things. Now, lets look at what why certian industries (who shall remain nameless) want to make these boxes hard to use. *Ripping DVDs must use DRM, raising the processor overhead significantly. Meanwhile, since the DRM is super-secret closed source, integrating it into the programs is often like holding a car together with duct-tape. *Once again, DRM. Certian "Media Center" operating systems don't allow for iPod/iTunes integration within the Media Center program itself. What they do allow to be ripped within the program from Cds -- DRM'ed. *The state of Downloadable content (eg: Movie Rentals, et al.) is so utterly poor, hard to use, and DRm'ed that people choose pirated goods because it's easier. *Add ons would require a knowledge of the program, a knowledge that some people don't want known as it might affect their DRM, and might allow people to do things with the program that might make it easier to use and ... faster! (Oh no! *gasp*)
Lets face it. The current generation of "Mainstream" Media Center computers have nothing on Linux PVR boxes from a year or more ago.