Comment Re:Honeymoon is over (Score 1) 774
Or maybe it is that Linpus Lite is a horrid affair. I would wish it on no one.
Comment Re:Honeymoon is over (Score 1) 774
Mod parent up.
Two of my friends bought bottom of the line netbooks. One encountered an OS that was so unstable that it crashed every other time she ran her favorite program. The other found he could not install any additional apps without the system becoming unstable.
The solution for both? Put an Ubuntu flavor on it and run one script to make everything compatible. I helped the technologically-disinclined girl put NBR on hers, and the guy put Xubuntu on his. Neither one has complained about them since.
Well, actually, I helped the girl put WinXP on her's first. She came back a month later with it so malware-infested that it was unusable, and I had her try Ubuntu. That was 6 months ago, and she is really happy with it and hasn't had to come back for help since.
Two of my friends bought bottom of the line netbooks. One encountered an OS that was so unstable that it crashed every other time she ran her favorite program. The other found he could not install any additional apps without the system becoming unstable.
The solution for both? Put an Ubuntu flavor on it and run one script to make everything compatible. I helped the technologically-disinclined girl put NBR on hers, and the guy put Xubuntu on his. Neither one has complained about them since.
Well, actually, I helped the girl put WinXP on her's first. She came back a month later with it so malware-infested that it was unusable, and I had her try Ubuntu. That was 6 months ago, and she is really happy with it and hasn't had to come back for help since.
Comment Re:*splode* (Score 1) 209
Comment Re:So, it's a tablet that docks to a keyboard (Score 1) 209
Update from Gizmodo info:
256MB RAM
600 MHz TI OMAP3 processor (like I suspected)
Future plans for GPS and 3G connectivity
So yeah, it looks like a Pandora or BeagleBoard with a different form factor. I like.
256MB RAM
600 MHz TI OMAP3 processor (like I suspected)
Future plans for GPS and 3G connectivity
So yeah, it looks like a Pandora or BeagleBoard with a different form factor. I like.
Comment Re:So, it's a tablet that docks to a keyboard (Score 1) 209
I'm more interested in the $300 price tag, though still doesn't do much good without a set of specs to go with it. However, I do like the idea of it being magnetic mountable to a refrigerator.
Here are those specs:
9.4" x 7" x 1.4" for 2 lbs (with keyboard)
ARM Texas Instruments OMAP3 chip
1024x600 8.9'' screen
Storage: 8GB micro SD card
Wifi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth
3-dimensional accelerometer
Speakers, micro and headphone
6 USB 2.0 (3 internal, 2 external, 1 mini)
10h to 15 hours of battery life
It is probably the same chip in the BeagleBoard and OpenPandora, so ARM Cortex-A8 at 600MHz that can go up to 900MHz with PowerVR SGX OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware.
Comment Re:Beagle Board in a box? (Score 1) 209
Do these other systems you're talking about have touch screens? Do you have a link?
Here are those links.
http://beagleboard.org/
http://openpandora.org/
The OpenPandora project has a 4.3" touchscreen (at 800x480) and is really exciting to follow. I'll probably purchase their second batch. Many of the indie game developers for the system are testing on the BeagleBoard while waiting for the Pandora to actually ship as the two platforms are so similar hardware-wise. Full specs available through the links.
Comment Re:I didn't know Feinstein was a Republican.... (Score 1) 873
Comcast and other cable/internet providers generally have a monopoly on critical services that I can't avoid.
I think you may need to turn down the rhetoric a little bit. Cable TV/High-Speed Internet is not really a "critical service". We would all survive just fine without them.
And what about those who work from the house via the internet? You need an income for food and shelter, no?
Comment Re:Marketing MIA (Score 2, Informative) 625
I think this is already possible. I believe that on http://www.mythbuntu.org/existing-ubuntu all I pushed was "Install Mythbuntu" and it opened up the package manager with a big install button. I pushed it, inserted my password, and let it run.
Submission + - Veoh Networks Beats UMG Recordings in DMCA Case (blogspot.com) 1
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "In a California case invoking the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, UMG Recordings' Motion for summary judgment has been denied. In a 16-page single spaced decision (PDF), District Judge A. Howard Matz rejected UMG's arguments that Veoh was not entitled to DMCA 'safe harbor' protection based on the nature of the software functions being employed. This follows by several months Veoh's earlier victory against an 'adult' filmmaker, also on DMCA grounds."
Comment Re:Touchscreens (Score 1) 109
I'm excited about this. I have an old CF-28 touchscreen that I use for a "netbook" (internet terminal, notes, homework) that has a touchscreen, and I touch the screen all the time. When I borrow other peoples' laptops, I find I have to stop myself from touching the screen. When I upgrade to a new netbook, I will definitely be wanting a touchscreen.
Comment Re:Computer Architecture (Score 1) 517
I second Computer Organization and Design (the second link) It was a wonderful resource and really helped me understand computer architecture better. My only complaint was that Appendix B was on the disc instead of printed, and that section could have been more in-depth. I had to do a lot of critical thinking to connect some of the dots there.
Comment I thought so... (Score 1) 388
Inhabitat.com has some conceptual illustrations and a map showing EV infrastructure, such as battery exchange stations, stretching from Sacramento to San Diego â" though this is far more extensive than the Bay Area program actually announced, which alone is estimated to cost $1 billion.
I always thought that was how EVs could be viable for long trips.
Comment Re:Atlantic Records are bad guys (Score 1) 273
Atlantic Records is one of the most common plaintiffs in the RIAA cases. As far as I'm concerned they should rot in hell.
I think you say that for most of us, sir. Not only that, you actively take part in protecting innocents while fighting against them. Thank you.
Comment Re:How Music Used to Be (Score 2, Informative) 273
I simply don't like the music produced right now, and I don't think I'm alone. In the 60's through the 90's, the defining part of each piece of music was typically the melody. We listened to things that had beautiful sounds and chords. We had thought provoking lyrics that read like poetry, or lyrics that one could simply associate with.
Oh, that music is still being produced, just (mostly) not by the big recording companies.
Comment Re:Can someone help me figure out the ethics of th (Score 1) 273
On one hand, it isn't right to steal. On the other hand, nothing is being stolen.
On one hand you have a bunch of jerks suing grandmothers. On the same hand you have a bunch of jerks suing college kids.
Fixed that for you.
I just wonder. I sometimes wonder if pirates leveled the playing field so that people got almost no monetary value from what they're making, would people stop making things altogether. And I think the amount being made would be reduced, but it wouldn't be gone completely.
I listen to music that people make and release for free. Creative Commons music is great. There are quite a few artists I enjoy, and if I like them enough, I donate money to them.
I think stuff would have to be funded from governments and foundations instead of trying to find a profit.
Well, I think some of the arts would return to commission work, like it was in the past. Some good musicians could make worthwhile profits by releasing their music online with a donation page or a fill-in-the-box-with-what-you-want-to-pay scheme. That is the system I want to see for music. One where I am able to hear an artist's music before I spend money, and then vote with my dollars who I think is the best.
Software would be funded by gov't/bussinesses that benefit from said software.
Oh the fantastical imaginary worlds I create with my mind!
I agree, though. Society could benefit from more public domain and less copyrighted works.
Too bad this is going to end in draconian laws.
