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Comment Re:How long does it last? (Score 1) 603

I think the charge stations will have some local storage of electricity, be it super-capacitors or flywheel based systems like http://www.beaconpower.com/ and those charge stations in the morning will be starting slowly charging their energy storage and even having a sign of how much energy they have (can they quickly charge only a light car or a truck) similar to battery sign on mobile phones or notebooks, the same size current gas stations show prices. And when you see that some charge station is full you go and charge there, if it's empty you go to the next station.
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New Handheld Computer Is 100% Open Source 195

metasonix writes "While the rest of the industry has been babbling on about the iPad and imitations thereof, Qi Hardware is actually shipping a product that is completely open source and copyleft. Linux News reviews the Ben NanoNote (product page), a handheld computer apparently containing no proprietary technology. It uses a 366 MHz MIPS processor, 32MB RAM, 2 GB flash, a 320x240-pixel color display, and a Qwerty keyboard. No network is built in, though it is said to accept SD-card Wi-Fi or USB Ethernet adapters. Included is a very simple Linux OS based on the OpenWrt distro installed in Linksys routers, with Busybox GUI. It's apparently intended primarily for hardware and software hackers, not as a general-audience handheld. The price is right, though: $99."

Comment Re:Encryption (Score 1) 490

Actually the hes right, if you have 50 billion dollars to spend there are other methods to eavesdrop you, like installing microphones and cameras in your place.
But encryption makes it much more expensive for government to eavesdrop on all it's citizens and vice-versa not using encryption in all of your communications makes it very easy for powerful entities (corporations, governments etc.) to monitor you.

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