Comment Re:don't forget about chroot (Score 1) 277
No offence taken :)
Comment Re:Working on it (Score 1) 277
I think I have you email address via pyjs.org mailing list. Small world :)
Comment Re:don't forget about chroot (Score 1) 277
I did say I did not want chroot in the very first sentence. :)
Comment Re:Working on it (Score 1) 277
I submitted the story - excellent idea. Where can I pledge money ?
Comment Re:Its called a "laptop" (Score 1) 277
I submitted the story - did you not see the link to the Mythtv-front end running on a tablet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH5ie0DI1nE&feature=youtu.be
It works! It works well!
Comment Re:find some better sw for your joggler.. (Score 1) 277
I did think about that, but ideally a 10.1" screen would be nice as well.
Comment Re:HP Touchpad (Score 1) 277
I did ask not for chroot. :)
Submission + - Best tablet for running a real GNU/Linux distribut 2
bmsleight writes: Android is nice, but I do not want to pay to print or be beholden to the cloud to do everything or chroot. I just want a tablet that can run as mythtv-client, OpenOffice.org and not a app-market but just good old apt-get. I have a Joggler — which costs £60, I like something like this with batteries for ~£150, with screen size 10.1", at least 802.11g, usb, minimal on board storage, large RAM, battery life less important. So what is the best tablet for running a real GNU/Linux distribution, ideally Debian. Bonus points for the best apt-get-able distribution that works with a tablet.
Comment Re:PS3 (Score 1) 205
Don't you realise that Sony, would make a loss on this ?
Buying lots of subsidise PS3 and then NOT buying the games they are worse off.
Comment Re:this is not news (Score 1) 517
Sorry, this is wrong.
Where else in the 'net could Programmers, White Hats, Black Hats, Lawyers and Engineers all debate an important ethical question, that soemone has got themselves in to ?
Comment Graham Dilley _ RIP {Cricket} (Score 1) 1613
Damn, no more obituaries about Graham Dilley today.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8809427/Graham-Dilley.html
Comment Mod UP Parent (Score 1) 216
At last.
Yep boring already exists. Poor sales piece for the company selling this so called OS. I think most
Free DARPA Software Lets Gamers Hunt Submarines 213
coondoggie writes "If you have ever wanted to go torpedo-to-torpedo with a submariner, now is your chance. The crowdsource-minded folks at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency rolled out an online game that lets players try to catch elusive, quiet enemy submarines. According to DARPA the Sonalysts Combat Simulations Dangerous Waters software was written to simulate actual evasion techniques used by submarines, challenging each player to track them successfully."
Comment Re:Ask Slashdot: Ebay Chinise Tablet "EPAD" (Score 1) 193
Does the Telepad play Youtube videos (flash videos). (BBC iPlayer for the UK) ?
I tempted to buy one.
Comment Re:Ask Slashdot: Ebay Chinise Tablet "EPAD" (Score 1) 193
Thanks for the feedback.
