It makes me think of this arch-based distro FaunOS which runs completely from USB flash.
The idea is that computers will become more and more ubiquitous. As folks upgrade, they will have more and more cast-off PCs/Laptops. For most people (non video/game enthusiasts), the minimum system requirements are not very high- meaning that all of those old systems can fulfill their needs. BUT, the time it takes to maintain each old computer will keep people from using them. The solution is that each person maintains their personal operating environment then carry it from computer to computer as necessary. All the computer needs to do is boot from USB (which is becoming more and more common)
Forget this specialized laptop idea- polish up a good general-purpose hardware-sensing environment that survives on USB flash drives and market that instead.
Charles Wilson, Ohio 6th district.
Upon callback, I was assured that the congressman "doesn't support amnesty." The situation was similar to what an earlier post said about their congress critter: They don't consider this bill amnesty because it doesn't say "amnesty" in the bill. I suppose it's partially my fault for not stating that I was in opposition to the bill itself.
I started trying to fully explain how the bill builds the dead-obvious loophole "but the government said it was for terrorism," and I was quickly told that the clerk I was talking to didn't specialize in the details of security/defense issues; but she'd have someone who knew the details call me back about it later.
My plan is to write a letter explaining my position on the bill, quote the parts I don't like, and inform Wilson he's not getting my vote in november because he's either voluntarily supporting telecoms/ warantless wiretaps, or too incompetent to keep from voting for bills that run contrary to his stated agenda. Since I think this is going to the senate next week, I'll probably copy this letter to both of my senators while I'm at it.
I called my representative and his clerk assured me he would reject the bill. The role states that he supported it.
Is it bad form to call his clerk back and inform him he's on my s**t list and I'll be voting for whoever isn't him next time?
What a coincidence! I just read Little Brother linked from a slashdot comment last week, and it had just this sort of issue passed in a fictitious "Patriot act 2." Like the Turk suggested: time to go for cash. I wished governments would stop using these orwellian texts as instruction manuals.
while charging for email would suck, i think it is one of the few ways that would actually stop spam: making it too expensive to send a lot of email.
of course, having not RTFA, i wouldn't say how well this would work for non-US countries being certified... this could turn out to be more like the current net neutrality issue (pay the isps money or your traffic/email won't go in the "good pipes"/"certified")
Really, taking up domain names for typos, or just about anything other than actually creating a developed website is just plain breaking the internet. If the domain doesn't lead to a website of any worth to the user, it should return "not found" not send you to some boiler-plate trash loaded with keywords and ads.
I'd love to see some system that detects these sites and delivers you a simple 404-ish message for a typoed domain or one that has fallen out of use and been replaced by a squatter. Really cut out that ad revenue from accidental page views.
Anybody know of any sort of firefox plugin for such things?
but, if we fear that this game will provoke freedom-limiting legislation, doesn't that mean that we don't really have the freedom to create/say/play what we want in the first place?
jopytokey or joy2key, I forget. when used in conjunction to any 10-20$ ps2-usb adapter, this utility converts the action buttons and directional keys to any mouse movement or key press you want. It also works for standard pc gamepads and joysticks.
As a matter of fact, I already use this system for flipping through images, managing video players/editors, even webbrowsing on a ps2 controller. its alot easier on the arms and wrists than reaching for the mouse and having to keep the proper arm position when browsing. I could just as easily plug in a dance mat and perform alot of the same functions.
it has to do with battery time. I read on a site somewhere ( google for "nintendo wifi" and its in that somewhere) that the speed is intentionally limited to reduce battery drain from networking use. i don't know if this is limited by the software or the hardware tho. also, the speed/throughpt/whatever isn't really needed in this case.
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It makes me think of this arch-based distro FaunOS which runs completely from USB flash.
The idea is that computers will become more and more ubiquitous. As folks upgrade, they will have more and more cast-off PCs/Laptops. For most people (non video/game enthusiasts), the minimum system requirements are not very high- meaning that all of those old systems can fulfill their needs. BUT, the time it takes to maintain each old computer will keep people from using them. The solution is that each person maintains their personal operating environment then carry it from computer to computer as necessary. All the computer needs to do is boot from USB (which is becoming more and more common)
Forget this specialized laptop idea- polish up a good general-purpose hardware-sensing environment that survives on USB flash drives and market that instead.
Charles Wilson, Ohio 6th district. Upon callback, I was assured that the congressman "doesn't support amnesty." The situation was similar to what an earlier post said about their congress critter: They don't consider this bill amnesty because it doesn't say "amnesty" in the bill. I suppose it's partially my fault for not stating that I was in opposition to the bill itself. I started trying to fully explain how the bill builds the dead-obvious loophole "but the government said it was for terrorism," and I was quickly told that the clerk I was talking to didn't specialize in the details of security/defense issues; but she'd have someone who knew the details call me back about it later. My plan is to write a letter explaining my position on the bill, quote the parts I don't like, and inform Wilson he's not getting my vote in november because he's either voluntarily supporting telecoms/ warantless wiretaps, or too incompetent to keep from voting for bills that run contrary to his stated agenda. Since I think this is going to the senate next week, I'll probably copy this letter to both of my senators while I'm at it.
I called my representative and his clerk assured me he would reject the bill. The role states that he supported it. Is it bad form to call his clerk back and inform him he's on my s**t list and I'll be voting for whoever isn't him next time?
What a coincidence! I just read Little Brother linked from a slashdot comment last week, and it had just this sort of issue passed in a fictitious "Patriot act 2." Like the Turk suggested: time to go for cash. I wished governments would stop using these orwellian texts as instruction manuals.
while charging for email would suck, i think it is one of the few ways that would actually stop spam: making it too expensive to send a lot of email.
of course, having not RTFA, i wouldn't say how well this would work for non-US countries being certified... this could turn out to be more like the current net neutrality issue (pay the isps money or your traffic/email won't go in the "good pipes"/"certified")
Really, taking up domain names for typos, or just about anything other than actually creating a developed website is just plain breaking the internet. If the domain doesn't lead to a website of any worth to the user, it should return "not found" not send you to some boiler-plate trash loaded with keywords and ads.
I'd love to see some system that detects these sites and delivers you a simple 404-ish message for a typoed domain or one that has fallen out of use and been replaced by a squatter. Really cut out that ad revenue from accidental page views.
Anybody know of any sort of firefox plugin for such things?
but, if we fear that this game will provoke freedom-limiting legislation, doesn't that mean that we don't really have the freedom to create/say/play what we want in the first place?
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It would be great if nintendo got some decent relations with konami, then they could have the silent hill series.
I've only moderately dabbled in the actual infocom titles, most of the games i play are non-commercial.
I suppose if I wanted to get around the need for "feelies" I could look on gamefaqs or google (no, I haven't tried to yet)
I currently use frobnitz, not frotz. Have you or anyone else used both? care to give a comparison?
jopytokey or joy2key, I forget. when used in conjunction to any 10-20$ ps2-usb adapter, this utility converts the action buttons and directional keys to any mouse movement or key press you want. It also works for standard pc gamepads and joysticks.
As a matter of fact, I already use this system for flipping through images, managing video players/editors, even webbrowsing on a ps2 controller. its alot easier on the arms and wrists than reaching for the mouse and having to keep the proper arm position when browsing. I could just as easily plug in a dance mat and perform alot of the same functions.
of course, i think it is windows only.
it has to do with battery time. I read on a site somewhere ( google for "nintendo wifi" and its in that somewhere) that the speed is intentionally limited to reduce battery drain from networking use. i don't know if this is limited by the software or the hardware tho. also, the speed/throughpt/whatever isn't really needed in this case.