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[Tech News] Interesting technology

GrahamC
10-Dec-2011
[6466]
So, we now have apparently the best mobile OS now open source, and 
we have a number of rebol clones appearing ... is there any synergy 
that can be built from this?
Kaj
10-Dec-2011
[6467]
Maybe, maybe not. WebOS' app model is based on web technologies, 
so the REBOL app model is mostly in competition with it
GrahamC
11-Dec-2011
[6468x2]
Sale has started but there is an issue!!
2763 - all sold out in minutes
Henrik
9-Jan-2012
[6470x2]
OLPC tablet is completed:


http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/olpc-tablet-finally-arrives/
Hardware specs:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO-3
GrahamC
9-Jan-2012
[6472]
I wonder why they don't put solar cells on these things so when you 
have to use it outside in equatorial sunlight, you can compensate 
for the extra power needed to make the screen brighter?
Ladislav
9-Jan-2012
[6473]
You should read the article

- there is no "extra power needed"
- they put solar cells on these things
GrahamC
9-Jan-2012
[6474]
Well sounds good then :)
Pekr
10-Jan-2012
[6475]
that looks fat, ugly, and far from the concept images we saw in the 
past. India's tablet beats it imo. This OLPC project was overhyped 
from the very beginning imo- http://www.ubislate.com/
Henrik
10-Jan-2012
[6476]
Well, one should probably not underestimate the design of the XO-3. 
I wonder which one breaks first, if a child uses one of each for 
a year. Also, the OLPC contains much more beefy educational software, 
specific inputs for measuring equipment and low-voltage charge input 
for mechanical charging with handcrank and solar charging.


The cover can double as a solar panel with built-in battery pack, 
which you take off and leave out in the sun. When it's charged, put 
the cover on the back and the tablet runs off that battery.


When comparing the UI responsiveness, there is pretty much no contest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0OuUr1pZBE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5D06XQ1f3o

But the Ubislate is likely much cheaper to produce.
Pekr
10-Jan-2012
[6477x2]
Henrik - I simply don't like things green, government funded, or 
done from public or any other dotations, especially when done fanatically. 
And OLPC is a so so project for me. Was OLPC1 or 2 any significant 
success? Well, Genesi, a commercial entity,might have better HW to 
share. As for tablet, I can't see much innovations there. Such projects 
feel like scientists got money to play, but with not much normal 
commercial focus. From such pov, and being funded by top companies 
like AMD, Intel, Google, I would expect a significant and radical 
innovative design, but it is not imo. One of reasons imo is, that 
none of those companies are willing to ruin their own market ....
Why are you comparing 366MHz machine speed towards the 800MHz one?
Henrik
10-Jan-2012
[6479]
Well, you posted the Ubislate, so I thought a comparison was valid.
Pekr
10-Jan-2012
[6480]
Yes, there are two models. Old one, 366MHz, you found video for, 
and 7+ version, with following specs: http://www.ubislate.com/specifications.html
Henrik
10-Jan-2012
[6481]
if we stick to specs, they are still quite a bit smaller than the 
OLPC XO-3, and is still not designed for educational use, other than 
being cheap. For children in India, price may be a valid point to 
simply allow it to spread, but the OLPC is designed in and out for 
educational use.
Henrik
17-Jan-2012
[6482]
A lengthy interview with the developer of the E-cat, Andre Rossi:


http://pesn.com/2012/01/14/9602012_Momentous_Breakthroughs_Announced_During_Anniversary_E-Cat_Interview/transcription.htm
Pekr
17-Jan-2012
[6483]
Rossi should better show something, or all this story can be regarded 
a scam ...
Steeve
17-Jan-2012
[6484]
He only showed ... steam. The claim that  it"s device is not ready 
to convert steam to electricity from the start is laughable. 
I vote for a scam
Pekr
17-Jan-2012
[6485x2]
OSNews.com goes "dark", as a part of anti-SOPA initiative - http://www.osnews.com/
Wikipedia goes dark in 6 hours ....
Henrik
18-Jan-2012
[6487]
It seems they are just using a div tag. I run an adblocker in Chrome 
and did not notice the blackout at all.
Sunanda
18-Jan-2012
[6488]
I see that too, Henrik. For me, it looks blacked out in all my browsers, 
except Firefox.
Pekr
18-Jan-2012
[6489x2]
it is enough to turn off javascript. Ale - search linked articles 
work too ...
Ale = also ...
GrahamC
18-Jan-2012
[6491]
Next we will have strikes ....
Reichart
18-Jan-2012
[6492x2]
Get around SOPA  black out on Wikipedia

1. go to blacked out page
2. copy into url bar: 


javascript:$('#mw-sopaOverlay').remove();$('#mw-sopa-blackout').remove();$('body').children().removeAttr('style');
(from a friend of mine that makes DropBox)
TomBon
18-Jan-2012
[6494]
{ESC}
Izkata
18-Jan-2012
[6495]
Or just hit the "stop" button on the browser in the moment when the 
page is visible, before the blackout appears  (Although this advice 
is kinda late now...)
GrahamC
18-Jan-2012
[6496]
Still have the blackout here ..and i see some fora are following 
this lead by closing down for the day.
Reichart
19-Jan-2012
[6497]
I wish wikipedia actually tracked how often I use wikipedia.  when 
I was a kid, I accessed my book collection (dict, Ency, etc.) often 
every hour.  Now with computers, it is often 5-10 times in an hour.
Geomol
19-Jan-2012
[6498]
How reliable or correct do you find wikipedia on a) general topics 
b) specific topics (or more narrow knowledge - don't know how to 
define this category).
Henrik
19-Jan-2012
[6499]
I guess it depends on whether you know it's correct? I find it fairly 
reliable with having collections of information that would otherwise 
be hard or time consuming to gather. This is both for general topics 
and very specific topics. If I want to read up on the latest news 
on a developing technology (like Polywell fusion), I go there. Importantly, 
I also use the talk page to see, whether information has been removed 
or corrected for various reasons.
GrahamC
19-Jan-2012
[6500]
I find it much better these days than a couple of years ago
Henrik
20-Jan-2012
[6501]
What Apple released yesterday:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KJxZG2Nv4KA
Steeve
20-Jan-2012
[6502]
Bla...bla...bla..
Trying to push a new proprietary document format.
GrahamC
20-Jan-2012
[6503]
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/apples-mind-bogglingly-greedy-and-evil-license-agreement/4360?tag=nl.e539
Reichart
21-Jan-2012
[6504]
Wikpedia - is not reliable, rather it is a great place to "start" 
to understand what questions to actually ask.
Geomol
21-Jan-2012
[6505x2]
Good formulation! :)
I think, wikipedia is fine for basic facts, like what is the atomic 
weight of oxygen, or when did that person live, etc. With deeper 
questions, I feel, it become more and more unreliable.
Ladislav
21-Jan-2012
[6507]
I disagree
Geomol
22-Jan-2012
[6508]
Maybe not more and more reliable over time, but more reliable, the 
deeper the question is.
Reichart
23-Jan-2012
[6509]
Ladislav, you disagree with which part(s)?
GrahamC
23-Jan-2012
[6510]
I agree with  Ladislav
Ladislav
23-Jan-2012
[6511x2]
With deeper questions, I feel, it become more and more unreliable

 - this is a general statement that is not reliable as far as I can 
 tell. The Wikipedia is surprisingly reliable even when deep knowledge 
 is looked up, as well as it is possible to find even some surprisingly 
 basic facts that are not correct. I find Wikipedia surprisingly accurate 
 and correct, especially taking into account how it is being written. 
 For example, the last Wikipedia article I read contained informations 
 (correct, I have to add) which I did not find in the Stanford encyclopedia...
(the infromations were not even correct and missing from Stanford, 
but they were such that they made the corresponding paragraph in 
the Stanford encyclopedia incorrect, in fact)
GrahamC
23-Jan-2012
[6513x2]
I don't remember the last time I came across an incorrect statement 
on wikipedia
Wow .. activism does work ! http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/sopa-pipa-postponed-nice-work-everyone/67622
Henrik
23-Jan-2012
[6515]
Yes, for now.