I realize your sentiment is one that many share but I have to point out another "obvious" fact. There are more than 6 billion people on earth and they have to live somewhere and there is no strip of land anywhere on this planet that will not be subjected to a natural/man-made disaster.
Hell, forget about the planet, just look at the U.S.A. Where would you suggest people live? Do you think your hometown is safe from a natural disaster? If it is truely "safe", would your town accept all of the New Orleans refugees with open arms? People will move back to New Orleans just like people are living in NYC post 9/11 and just like people will live in California despite every earthquake that hits it because they have to go somewhere.
I wonder how this well XP will run on qemu with all of those services turned off? There is very little I need from windows and I wonder if this would help with those final annoying things I need from windows at home.
. . . the price is scary. Here's a snip from the article:
Specifications
The Modular PC core is a little under half a pound (9oz) and measures 5.07 x 2.91 x.74" (129 x 74 x 18.7mm). It is powered by a 1GHz Transmeta TM5800 CPU with 256MB Ram and comes with a 20GB Hard Drive, with RAM and HD upgrades available (512MB RAM, 30GB HD). The default OS is Windows XP Pro.
What is included?
The Modular PC can be bought with a variety of accessories, shells and options. You will want something more than just the Modular PC core ($1,990 USD) described above in the Specs section.
The Micro Tablet Shell, which comes with a battery pack, AC Adaptor, Stylus, Screen Protector and Handstrap, can be had for an additional $990. The docking station is a less costly $190. There is a laptop shell coming later this year with a battery pack, AC Adaptor and CD drive, priced at $800. There are also many options, accessories and kits you can purchase, varying from a Car, Smarthome or Remote Inspection Kit, to additional software, biometric reader, ruggedization kit, HD upgrade and more.
Available Shells
Currently, there are only a few shells available. The Desktop Dock and the Micro Tablet. A Laptop Shell is in the works, but was not available for review at time of writing.
Google's privacy policies state that: 1.) Any information on you is fair game. 2.) They will happily turn over any information they have on you at any government request. 3.) Your Gmail may reside on their servers indefinitely, even after you delete it. This may also be "indexed" on their servers and the contents read at any time.
Since you claim that this information is in Google's privacy policy, can you provide a link?
Because we keep back-up copies of data for the purposes of recovery from errors or system failure, residual copies of email may remain on our systems for some time, even after you have deleted messages from your mailbox or after the termination of your account. Google employees do not access the content of any mailboxes unless you specifically request them to do so (for example, if you are having technical difficulties accessing your account) or if required by law, to maintain our system, or to protect Google or the public.
Now feel free to link to the privacy policy of any company in the USA that claims to protect your privacy even after martial law is declared and claims that your data is deleted from their servers the instant you hit delete.
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this website exists to catalog all of the apps that are portable enough to work via usb drives.
http://www.portablefreeware.com/
This page has solar backpacks and messenger bags that are already available:
http://voltaicsystems.com/
I realize your sentiment is one that many share but I have to point out another "obvious" fact. There are more than 6 billion people on earth and they have to live somewhere and there is no strip of land anywhere on this planet that will not be subjected to a natural/man-made disaster.
Hell, forget about the planet, just look at the U.S.A. Where would you suggest people live? Do you think your hometown is safe from a natural disaster? If it is truely "safe", would your town accept all of the New Orleans refugees with open arms? People will move back to New Orleans just like people are living in NYC post 9/11 and just like people will live in California despite every earthquake that hits it because they have to go somewhere.
I wonder how this well XP will run on qemu with all of those services turned off? There is very little I need from windows and I wonder if this would help with those final annoying things I need from windows at home.
. . . the price is scary. Here's a snip from the article:
.74" (129 x 74 x 18.7mm). It is powered by a 1GHz
Specifications
The Modular PC core is a little under half a pound (9oz) and measures
5.07 x 2.91 x
Transmeta TM5800 CPU with 256MB Ram and comes with a 20GB Hard Drive,
with RAM and HD upgrades available (512MB RAM, 30GB HD). The default
OS is Windows XP Pro.
What is included?
The Modular PC can be bought with a variety of accessories, shells and
options. You will want something more than just the Modular PC core
($1,990 USD) described above in the Specs section.
The Micro Tablet Shell, which comes with a battery pack, AC Adaptor,
Stylus, Screen Protector and Handstrap, can be had for an additional
$990. The docking station is a less costly $190. There is a laptop
shell coming later this year with a battery pack, AC Adaptor and CD
drive, priced at $800. There are also many options, accessories and
kits you can purchase, varying from a Car, Smarthome or Remote
Inspection Kit, to additional software, biometric reader,
ruggedization kit, HD upgrade and more.
Available Shells
Currently, there are only a few shells available. The Desktop Dock and
the Micro Tablet. A Laptop Shell is in the works, but was not
available for review at time of writing.
Google's privacy policies state that:
1.) Any information on you is fair game.
2.) They will happily turn over any information they have on you at any government request.
3.) Your Gmail may reside on their servers indefinitely, even after you delete it. This may also be "indexed" on their servers and the contents read at any time.
Since you claim that this information is in Google's privacy policy, can you provide a link?
Let me quote first from Google's deskbar privacy policy http://desktop.google.com/privacypolicy.html/
Your computer's content is not made accessible to Google or anyone else without your explicit permission.
Now let me quote from Google's gmail privacy policy http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/privacy.html/
Because we keep back-up copies of data for the purposes of recovery from errors or system failure, residual copies of email may remain on our systems for some time, even after you have deleted messages from your mailbox or after the termination of your account. Google employees do not access the content of any mailboxes unless you specifically request them to do so (for example, if you are having technical difficulties accessing your account) or if required by law, to maintain our system, or to protect Google or the public.
Now feel free to link to the privacy policy of any company in the USA that claims to protect your privacy even after martial law is declared and claims that your data is deleted from their servers the instant you hit delete.