I was actually thinking of something like this yesterday. With the rapid increase in Wifi + Internet enabled phones and devices, it could be possible to actually have an entirely distributed network just by linking together devices in range.

Perhaps that's where we should build the Internet 2, now governments around the world are doing everything they can to control the first one. :)

I mean seriously, how hard is it to go look at http://www.ubuntu.com/ to check?

I've contacted my MP. The open rights group has a brief PDF to send to them so they are clued up. Ask them to back EDM 1997.

More info here: http://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/ask-your-mp-to-help-protect-our-freedoms-on-the-net

From the video page: "The 'spider pill', which is fitted with a camera, is swallowed by the patient and once within the colon or intestine the legs are opened."

The spider's legs or the patient's legs?

I'm hoping the former, otherwise there is a whole new door just opened in the practical joke market...

I think it already did... DVD is the victor.

Just have a big touchscreen on the base, and replace the keyboard and touchpad with onscreen versions? Sorta like a big DS... has anyone done that?

Don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it. So it's all forgotten now and let's hear no more about it. So that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Herman Goering and four Colditz salads....no, wait a minute...I got confused because everyone keeps mentioning the war. -- Basil Fawlty

I dunno, the more drivers you add the more common code you can find between them to reuse. Take Gallium3D for example, there were a tonne of graphics drivers, all reinventing the wheel so someone drew up a plan to just do all the shared work once. The work to port the drivers will be ongoing for a while but when done, bug fixes etc. will only happen once and all the drivers will benefit. I'm pretty sure the same thing happens all the time with other drivers (wifi etc.) I think it's a good thing to have drivers located in the same place. Also, the drivers are modular, they don't all need to be compiled in.

I for one welcome our radioactive super powered waste eating bacteria overlords

.... I'll get my coat.

I'm not too worried about that: http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2009/aug/18/rms-talks-pirate-party-uk/

That's true. But it's pretty much a given that the Torys will get in next time anyway. A few seats for the Pirate Party will reinforce that policy, (if the Conservatives have a change of heart for example). A party doesn't have to win to have influence on government decisions (look at the Green Party or Lib Dems).

From the UK and don't like the ID card proposals? Then use your vote next year!