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9000 USD is OK. When you get OVER 9000, it's ridiculous.

No. I think what he meant was that let's say people are willing to trade X ISK or whaever it's called for 1 USD, and the spaceship is 9000X ISK therefore it might cost 9000 USD.

The conversion/trade I suppose doesn't always work that way.

That theory sounds bad, man. I'm an bi-lingual Asian from a relatively older age compared to you (10+) and have been living in the US for quite some time.

The 'imagine' part only happens when one is still relatively bad at the language that person is trying to speak. I wouldn't say that I 'imagine' or have any intermediate representation when I speak in English.

Sure... But then 20 minutes for a 100 miles even with not much things to do is good to me!

The problem is less likely the distance but availability of charging stations.

Did anyone notice that the first link on ... "Since 2005, Flickr has become synonymous with inspiring imagery." ... was actually linking to flick.com, but not flickr.com?

Edit: In fact the second link also links to flick.com.

Last time I tried installing Linux (/Ubuntu) on a Macbook it was a balls cooking experience with the combination of NVidia and Intel. Pure intel HD might be better, but why do I want to solve those problems in the first place?

I need my balls not to be cooked by the power-hungry processors.

I need a light shit because I walk with my backpack a lot.

I need the key layout on the keyboard not a pain in the ass.

I need my palm to be like little Fonzie. What Fonzie like? It's cool.

I need standard linux, because I don't care enough to learn about all the quirks of Apple.

I need to have a thing that is light, 3G-capable, has good key layout, cool, and I forget to mention, I'm cheap too. So ask me why do I need to spend 5 times as much for your Macbook again?

Of course if you never plug anything in, it will stay up for a long time. The problem arises when there are things being plugged in and out.

Many USB devices don't work with the Pi. It's pretty picky.

    pi@mia ~ $ uptime 
     15:40:15 up 94 days, 23:03,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05

No I don't have a power meter. I know the Black works on a USB 2.0 port of my laptop and my desktop too, so it uses less than 500mA. From my experience working with Ti's stuff, they are often pretty good about power consumption though.

My main problem with the Pi is that it is very finicky... plug a USB device in, and it dies/connection drops and all kinds of weird things happen. I have seen none so far on the Black.

Got the Black delivered on my door today, will try to post a quickie review tomorrow :-)

Sure enough... It might be possible to host the site on the Pi itself. However, I think that's probably risky.

My main concern is that the Pi is powered by an Ethernet controller that is connected to the USB bus, and it might drop out in special circumstances

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3...

Thanks for your comment. Will fix the title.

>I believe Wayland window managers [1] will replace most of X11 for most users in a couple of years, but X11 will still be around to run legacy apps (similar to the way you can run X11 applications in

This comment must have been submitted from an X11 application running in MacOS X. I am having the s

Not the first time that fingerprint readers are deemed the wrong answer (to the "wrong" problem? -- one better not trust their own fingerprints to keep their data secure)

From ThinkWiki: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader

The UPEK device is supported by thinkfinger. Those devices and Authentec ones are supported by libfprint.

However: The fingerprint reader is an INSECURE device and gives a false sense of security! There has been quite a bit of research by a hacker named Starbug, a member of the Chaos Computer Club, Berlin, Germany. He outlined in two very good talks how to forge each and every available fingerprint sensor available at the cost of a few euros, using materials from your local hardware store, a digicam and a laser printer!

Remember, using fingerprints for authentication is much similar to having a password which is written on anything you touch.

Number of units they will sell.

Yes. I'm the kind of guy who couldn't care less about retina screens (they don't look that much sharper to me)... but definitely can tell the difference that IPS screens make. In contrast with the TN LCDs that you buy that requires tuning to make the images and text not washed out, with IPS everything looks right out of the box without you having to fix anything.

Especially much better text rendering when you turn on subpixel rendering, which is a huge deal to me (I'm typing this on my 22 inches 2209WA which I had for two years and absolutely love).

Because it is upgradable. You just have to have the expertise to do it. Soldering a SMD component, while not exactly something that everyone can do, is indeed doable.

Disclaimer: I can solder some SMD chips...

There are several things that puts the Chromebox ahead:

1, It is as small, slick and quiet as a Mac Mini. 2, It is designed to run Linux. 3, The hardware is backed by Smasung/Google. 4, It has a freakin' SSD? Unless you're compiling AOSP or put all of you music on it, 16GB is some space to spare. I guess there are ways to expand the internal storage too.

It'll be a very capable PC or thin client if that's at all possible.

I wonder how feasible it is to put a Linux distribution here and get it working. I know it is possible with the Chromebook, and if it's gonna work for the Chromebox, then shut up and take my money.

One thing that's pretty important too is PHP-FPM. I've been dreaming about this for a long time for my nginx deployments.

http://php-fpm.org/

> feeling like I had to pass through all four levels of Ninja Warrior and climb to the top of Mount Midoriyama, just to be allowed to launch frickin’ VNC in a GUI or load the backup program I use on all the other machines on my network…

If he was doing remote administration via VNC, he was probably doing it wrong.

Also:

> I know quite well what I’m doing, but not to the level that is apparently required to keep a simple LAMP machine running.

Wat?

I'm unsure about the first one, but the second one is no way can be true. Diplomatic problems aside, it's technically impossible. Google don't write the drivers for those phones, manufacturers/carriers do, so how in hell can Google sneak in alone without drivers?

The way Gtalk client deals with unreliable connections is perfect. I don't have a 3G plan so I often walk around my campus roaming from one hotspot to another. It doesn't use the regular jabber of you notice.

Also SSH without a physical keyboard is gonna be a pain in the back.

Linux is designed to people who want a computer, but aren't willing or capable or spending enough for Windows or Mac. Also Microsoft and Apple haters as noted.

Your level of ignorant is amazing.

When I read "It's all about the feel," I imediatelly realized why he didn't get why people like Android. If he likes the feel, then nothing beats Apple.

But I do use it for different purposes. I need a physical keyboard. I need to ssh to my server when I need to. I need google talk. That's why I use Android.