The PC is made entirely outside of the US (it can't really be made in the US since the US doesn't really make anything). The US inflation calculator is pointless. The dollar has dropped dramatically since then against almost every currency. If you calculate the currency change against the Euro, the difference is more like 35% (0.88 to 1.36). Pricing the OLPC in dollars is clearly the biggest culprit.
The OLPC is not aimed at one who might as well get an Asus EEE instead.
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The Asus dropped in spec (half of the memory, half of the flash) and raised the base price by $50
Is not durable, the case is crap and not designed for any kind of rugged environment, especially for kids
The Asus uses Starbuck's type WIFI which does not do p2p. This makes only suitable for places with an established WIFI infrastructure and this spotty at best in the most developed countries.
The software on the OLPC is designed for learning. For many things the source is just there, no internet download required.
These laptops are designed for children, especially in developing countries, not the Starbuck's MySpace/Facebook crowd.
The "lulling" of the US into the first Gulf War was done an administration who knew that that the was a bogus performance. That is a fraud, by elected officials for which they should be in jail. The Bush administration spent months on with great expense to sell this to America.
It may be true that they will pay more if they can charge more for less services and keep competitors out.
The problem is, is that this is a national resource and the decision should also consider what the bidder is going to do with the spectrum and how much they are going to charge the consumer. These resources should be used in interest of citizens and not the monopoly which would like to hoard a limited resource which it uses as bat to beat it's own customers.
The point is, the user does not want updates to happen automatically and has shut this off. I don't mind updates to be downloaded, but it would piss me off if they installed without letting me decide when and if. An update can break things. It can change the behavior of how your system works etc. At least when you tell the system to update and after that if something doesn't work, you have an idea of who the culprit is.
Most firewalls don't by default block any outgoing ports. If they use a standard protocol like http or https, this may be very difficult to block as it would disable web browsing.
Just a few dll files? WTF, this changes how the system runs. When a function in a dll is called, it could do anything they want. They may very well intentionally break other software you have installed, it's not like it's above them.
This is something the National Science Foundation and University should be ashamed of. This will used to spy on Americans (and others) and will have little to do with terrorism. I'm sure it will be salable to many corporations as well.
If you think that this in not a big deal, then you are already where they want you to be.
This is about control.
By the way, it will get worse, bit by bit.
It probably uses a mini pci wireless card. Replace the one in there with an Intel one and it should work. I had to do that with an Averatec and there was no problem, even though the cpu was an AMD.
many old movies have substantially better quality than even these new formats can provide. 35mm provides resolution far beyond 1080p.
some older movies (Lawrence of Arabia, 2001 etc) were filmed in 70mm which is way beyond any digital video format available to the consumer (and maybe even to professionals)
so technically, there are a lot of films which would benefit from the high def formats.
the thin man series was mid 30s to mid/late 40s. i'm sure at least some of these films have pretty high quality
copyright holders try to prevent you from doing things that are completely legal (like backup, transfer to a different format, exercise fair use rights etc.). so that unless the DRM is broken, you cannot do what you're legally allowed. they cannot prevent you from doing things that are legal except through the use of draconian technological measures. thus, it is also the format which effectively takes away your rights.
What a bunch of crap. This is just a bunch of neocon myths. But lets go through your BS.
The U.S. already knew what was happening in the Soviet Union before WWII
The U.S. has been interfering in Middle East politics forever causing orders of magnitude more harm than 9/11 ever caused. We were "attacked" by dissidents from our "allies".
Support of Israel (not in as that it has a right to exist but in the way it deals with its neighbors) has been to US advantage (or at least in power). The neocons hated Nixon and Kissinger because they were pragmatists. They pushed Israel and Egypt to peace. (they've also done their share of war crimes).
Your view on Muslims is totally jingoistic, you place all of them in the same bag. Most of them just want us to stop interfering in their lives.
Bush (actually those behind him, he is a figurehead) want Iraq to be a mess. They want there to be an increase in terrorism because they want you to be scared and angry so that they can pursue their policy against you and those abroad. They use this to keep you under control. So that you don't question what they're doing. So that you don't ask for a better life.
This "cold war" like the last one, is just an invention. It will become real only if they get you to believe it is.
They were first released commercially by Sony, they were not invented by Sony.
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Most of your "felons" were not felons, but someone with the same last name as one in some random state. The whole process was picked just to prevent African Americans from voting. Also you little ignorant theory about necrotic democrats holds absolutely no water.
Move on?, what bull shit, an election was stolen and those responsible should be brought to justice. Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris are the real felons.
Belief in God (or Faith if that is what you call it) has nothing to do with it. The question is does one believe in all of the dogma of surrounding one's religion? These are the myths of religion. Most religions are not about the discovery of spirituality, but the adherence to a narrow set of beliefs. If this is the faith you talk about, then it is just part of mass delusion.
Capitalism won't filter out anything. It creates larger and larger entities which use whatever they can to control markets, employees, governments, laws and the media.
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Not everyone follows everybody else's "cultural trends". He needs to hang with friends who aren't so narrow minded.
The PC is made entirely outside of the US (it can't really be made in the US since the US doesn't really make anything). The US inflation calculator is pointless. The dollar has dropped dramatically since then against almost every currency. If you calculate the currency change against the Euro, the difference is more like 35% (0.88 to 1.36). Pricing the OLPC in dollars is clearly the biggest culprit.
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These laptops are designed for children, especially in developing countries, not the Starbuck's MySpace/Facebook crowd.
The "lulling" of the US into the first Gulf War was done an administration who knew that that the was a bogus performance. That is a fraud, by elected officials for which they should be in jail. The Bush administration spent months on with great expense to sell this to America.
The problem is, is that this is a national resource and the decision should also consider what the bidder is going to do with the spectrum and how much they are going to charge the consumer. These resources should be used in interest of citizens and not the monopoly which would like to hoard a limited resource which it uses as bat to beat it's own customers.
What does this mean? "I allow you to relicense this code however you want, but if you do, it's immoral." That's idiotic.
This code is not "lifted" but used as intended.
If anyone is claiming full copyright ownership, then that is wrong and should be corrected, but relicensing is neither wrong or immoral.
The point is, the user does not want updates to happen automatically and has shut this off. I don't mind updates to be downloaded, but it would piss me off if they installed without letting me decide when and if. An update can break things. It can change the behavior of how your system works etc. At least when you tell the system to update and after that if something doesn't work, you have an idea of who the culprit is.
Most firewalls don't by default block any outgoing ports. If they use a standard protocol like http or https, this may be very difficult to block as it would disable web browsing.
Just a few dll files? WTF, this changes how the system runs. When a function in a dll is called, it could do anything they want. They may very well intentionally break other software you have installed, it's not like it's above them.
Repeat after me, "I will never ever again use the words slashdot and efficiency in the same sentence."
It may be technically true, but this kind of stuff is what consumer protection laws should provide protection against.
almost, the b stands for bovine
These jerks are the "extremists on line".
The problem with the Firewall is that it exists.
What it blocks is absolutely more important than how it blocks it.
If you think that this in not a big deal, then you are already where they want you to be. This is about control. By the way, it will get worse, bit by bit.
It probably uses a mini pci wireless card. Replace the one in there with an Intel one and it should work. I had to do that with an Averatec and there was no problem, even though the cpu was an AMD.
some older movies (Lawrence of Arabia, 2001 etc) were filmed in 70mm which is way beyond any digital video format available to the consumer (and maybe even to professionals)
so technically, there are a lot of films which would benefit from the high def formats.
the thin man series was mid 30s to mid/late 40s. i'm sure at least some of these films have pretty high quality
copyright holders try to prevent you from doing things that are completely legal (like backup, transfer to a different format, exercise fair use rights etc.). so that unless the DRM is broken, you cannot do what you're legally allowed. they cannot prevent you from doing things that are legal except through the use of draconian technological measures. thus, it is also the format which effectively takes away your rights.
In the US, they have until 2040.
a metric shitload is 10 loads
They were first released commercially by Sony, they were not invented by Sony.
Move on?, what bull shit, an election was stolen and those responsible should be brought to justice. Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris are the real felons.
Stop using FOX News for your information.
Belief in God (or Faith if that is what you call it) has nothing to do with it. The question is does one believe in all of the dogma of surrounding one's religion? These are the myths of religion. Most religions are not about the discovery of spirituality, but the adherence to a narrow set of beliefs. If this is the faith you talk about, then it is just part of mass delusion.
Capitalism won't filter out anything. It creates larger and larger entities which use whatever they can to control markets, employees, governments, laws and the media.