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Game developer David Braben creates a USB stick PC for $25
Geek.com ^
| 5/5/11
| Matthew Humphries
Posted on 05/06/2011 10:37:09 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
I want one!
Heck, at 25 bucks, I’ll take a dozen!
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posted on
05/06/2011 10:42:14 AM PDT
by
ozark hilljilly
(It's not so much where, but to whom.)
To: LibWhacker
"a very low cost PC that can be given to kids for free"
Awesome. Now even 3rd world kids can have computers, thanks to more european innovation. The islamic response:
"death to all non-muslims!"
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posted on
05/06/2011 10:43:27 AM PDT
by
Christian Engineer Mass
(25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many conservative Christians my age out there? __ Click my name)
To: LibWhacker
The potential for this to be used by businesses is enormous also.
One question, even after going to the article source — how is it powered?
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posted on
05/06/2011 10:46:26 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
05/06/2011 10:49:19 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 834 of our national holiday from reality. - It's 3 AM, time to arrest Obama)
To: LibWhacker
Neat. I assume to get any networking in, it will have to hook up to a USB hub so you can use a USB network adapter as well as the keyboard. Also, where is it going to draw power from? The USB port or the HDMI port?
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posted on
05/06/2011 10:51:15 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
("Winning The Future" = WTF = What The F*** / "Kinetic Military Action" = KMA = Kiss My A**)
To: commish
My guess is it takes its power from the HDMI cable.
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posted on
05/06/2011 10:55:33 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
05/06/2011 11:00:03 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(I believe in unicorns, fairies and pro-life Democrats.)
To: commish
--
My guess is it takes its power from the HDMI cable. --
Looking at the photo, I take that back. Looks like power comes from an external DC power supply.
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posted on
05/06/2011 11:00:37 AM PDT
by
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To: ShadowAce
One for the list.
These are going to be fun to play with.
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posted on
05/06/2011 11:04:14 AM PDT
by
perfect_rovian_storm
(The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
To: Jayster
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posted on
05/06/2011 11:08:48 AM PDT
by
Heartlander
(You are either the doer, or the dude)
To: kevkrom
Neat. I assume to get any networking in, it will have to hook up to a USB hub so you can use a USB network adapter as well as the keyboard. Also, where is it going to draw power from? The USB port or the HDMI port? From Obama's Green Jobs initiative!
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posted on
05/06/2011 11:09:19 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(I believe in unicorns, fairies and pro-life Democrats.)
To: frogjerk
From Obama's Green Jobs initiative! *rimshot*
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posted on
05/06/2011 11:12:22 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
("Winning The Future" = WTF = What The F*** / "Kinetic Military Action" = KMA = Kiss My A**)
To: Cboldt
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posted on
05/06/2011 11:13:27 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
("Winning The Future" = WTF = What The F*** / "Kinetic Military Action" = KMA = Kiss My A**)
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
05/06/2011 11:20:07 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce
Wow—that came out bigger than expected. Will edit it. :)
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posted on
05/06/2011 11:21:25 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
Hey! Even us old blind dudes can read that one!
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posted on
05/06/2011 11:31:36 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: LibWhacker
What is so new here?
Using a puppy linux or dsl (d**n small linux) or even larger “small footprint” linux version already in existence, one has access to many free educational programs stored in ubuntu repositories.
Those OSes fit on a small portion of the USB already. Like many linux based systems (which I am fond of) it is the third or fourth iteration of an idea; and like many linux ventures, it will have a few different but likely incomplete versions that later get abandoned by developers. This can be done today with little effort by anyone.
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posted on
05/06/2011 11:38:29 AM PDT
by
bajabaja
(Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
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