I was living in Paris in 1990 and decided to take a look at the U.S. Embassy.
I thought the heavy security around the building (including the driveway barrier
that retracted below the pavement) was interesting, so I decided to take
some pictures. Fortunately, I asked one of the many (very serious looking)
French police officers who were guarding the building for permission.
He politely but firmly said "No".
Spending time and effort on a $100 laptop is misguided given the magnitude of public health problems in the Third World.
Take malaria for example.
- It kills 2.7 million people a year.
- It causes billions in economic losses in countries that are already poor.
- It causes a great deal of suffering for hundreds of millions of people.
Unfortunately, it's hard to get people in the First World to pay attention to a disease which doesn't really affect them. It's much easier to get people interested in distributing cool electronics.
Back in 2000, Transmeta started producing chips with Longrun
technology, which automatically varied processor frequency and voltage
many times a second in response to the current processor load.
The technique is quite effective in reducing heat and increasing
battery life.
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I was living in Paris in 1990 and decided to take a look at the U.S. Embassy. I thought the heavy security around the building (including the driveway barrier that retracted below the pavement) was interesting, so I decided to take some pictures. Fortunately, I asked one of the many (very serious looking) French police officers who were guarding the building for permission. He politely but firmly said "No".
Spending time and effort on a $100 laptop is misguided given the magnitude of public health problems in the Third World.
Take malaria for example.
- It kills 2.7 million people a year.
- It causes billions in economic losses in countries that are already poor.
- It causes a great deal of suffering for hundreds of millions of people.
Unfortunately, it's hard to get people in the First World to pay attention to a disease which doesn't really affect them. It's much easier to get people interested in distributing cool electronics.
Back in 2000, Transmeta started producing chips with Longrun technology, which automatically varied processor frequency and voltage many times a second in response to the current processor load. The technique is quite effective in reducing heat and increasing battery life.