Re:A free/open computer on a card that you swap in and out o...
by lkcl on Saturday August 13, 2016 @02:14PM
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> While neat in theory, this have zero practical
> possibility.
how so? at the time of writing almost 1,000 backers
would disagree with you.
> It could be improved a bit if they used a smartphone
> instead of a card, but that still leaves the problem of
> there being no "base stations" around.
smartphones are typically DRM-locked, have unethical
OSes that make it impossible for people to say that they
truly own their own devices, are so full of spying at
the HARDWARE level it's just flat-out nuts, and the
components are so cartelled it's just.... gahh :)
google "qualcomm 900 million security vulnerability"
and you'll start to understand why i didn't start
with a smartphone!
> Perhaps a better idea would be something like an HDMI
> computer - a stick that carries everything and is
> pluggable into a regular TV, but that's invented already.
it is... but look at what you have: a morass of cables.
by total contrast, you can simply plug the Computer Card
snugly into the Laptop Housing (or any other Housing)
and it won't get destroyed accidentally.
how so? at the time of writing almost 1,000 backers would disagree with you.
> It could be improved a bit if they used a smartphone > instead of a card, but that still leaves the problem of > there being no "base stations" around.
smartphones are typically DRM-locked, have unethical OSes that make it impossible for people to say that they truly own their own devices, are so full of spying at the HARDWARE level it's just flat-out nuts, and the components are so cartelled it's just.... gahh :) google "qualcomm 900 million security vulnerability" and you'll start to understand why i didn't start with a smartphone!
> Perhaps a better idea would be something like an HDMI > computer - a stick that carries everything and is > pluggable into a regular TV, but that's invented already.
it is... but look at what you have: a morass of cables. by total contrast, you can simply plug the Computer Card snugly into the Laptop Housing (or any other Housing) and it won't get destroyed accidentally.