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the anonymous instigator 1335 2012-03-20 14:48:00.0 login to vote score 0

Cool cheap small computer. Is it worth a damn to look into this?

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bunnythor 544 2012-03-20 14:49:26.0 login to vote score 2

Not if you're going to get all huffy in the queue it's not!

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gradivus 3607 2012-03-20 14:51:12.0 login to vote score 1

Cool, yes. For the price? Damn worth it.

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clifton 1850 2012-03-20 14:51:17.0 login to vote score 10

Please. I beg you to buy one. Hell, I would almost buy you one because five minutes after receiving one of these in the mail, you will be submitting another discussion thread declaring "Linux suxxxxx!" because you could not figure out how to connect the thing to your tv.

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totalsecurity 1281 2012-03-20 14:51:23.0 login to vote score 7

$25 computer.

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.

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impasse 820 2012-03-20 14:52:11.0 login to vote score 2

But can it run Crysis in full res?

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 14:53:31.0 login to vote score 0

clifton: Please. I beg you to buy one. Hell, I would almost buy you one because five minutes after receiving one of these in the mail, you will be submitting another discussion thread declaring "Linux suxxxxx!" because you could not figure out how to connect the thing to your tv.

Well, that was one thing I was wondering about. The only video out is HDMI? So... you can ONLY plug it into a tv?

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 14:53:53.0 login to vote score 2

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 14:54:00.0 login to vote score 3

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 14:54:02.0 login to vote score 0

Or are there HDMI adapters for regular computer monitors?

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 14:54:19.0 login to vote score 1

osirisothedead: Oh god... is this a twitch thread?

LOL.. yea, I'm seriously interested in one of these.

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gradivus 3607 2012-03-20 14:54:21.0 login to vote score 4

totalsecurity: $25 computer.

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.

Dude, I ran a hydra setup with 9 teradyne server nodes, once. It was crazy.

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clifton 1850 2012-03-20 14:54:29.0 login to vote score 3

twitch osx: Well, that was one thing I was wondering about. The only video out is HDMI? So... you can ONLY plug it into a tv?

I think an Apple TV would be a better fit. And you can have Geek Squad hook it up for you!

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 14:54:30.0 login to vote score 3

twitch osx: Well, that was one thing I was wondering about. The only video out is HDMI? So... you can ONLY plug it into a tv?

WAT... wait, just WAT? No! My monitor has HDMI, DVI and VGA inputs.

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impasse 820 2012-03-20 14:54:53.0 login to vote score 4

twitch osx: Or are there HDMI adapters for regular computer monitors?

No, all modern monitors use 9-pin serial connectors.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 14:55:28.0 login to vote score 0

osirisothedead: WAT... wait, just WAT? No! My monitor has HDMI, DVI and VGA inputs.

Your monitor has inputs?

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gradivus 3607 2012-03-20 14:55:43.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: Or are there HDMI adapters for regular computer monitors?

DVI to HDMI or vice versa is cheap and easy. I have a box that does HDMI to component(cost like $30).

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bootney lee farnsworth 10783 2012-03-20 14:55:54.0 login to vote score 4

impasse: No, all modern monitors use 9-pin serial connectors.

One of my pins broke so I'm using a coat hanger.

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 14:56:03.0 login to vote score 10

twitch osx: Your monitor has inputs?

Well, yes. How else would my computer send graphics to it? Unicorn fart protocol?

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totalsecurity 1281 2012-03-20 14:57:05.0 login to vote score 2

twitch osx: Your monitor has inputs?

How could a signal get into a monitor otherwise?

Magic? Rainbows and sprinkles?

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totalsecurity 1281 2012-03-20 14:57:55.0 login to vote score 1

osirisothedead: Well, yes. How else would my computer send graphics to it? Unicorn fart protocol?

GMTA!

(It's a working protocol.)

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 14:58:24.0 login to vote score 0

osirisothedead: Well, yes. How else would my computer send graphics to it? Unicorn fart protocol?

Every computer monitor I've always seen has a cord coming out the back and that plugs into the computer, not the other way around.

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 14:59:10.0 login to vote score 1

twitch osx: Every computer monitor I've always seen has a cord coming out the back and that plugs into the computer, not the other way around.

In the CRT world with VGA, sure. Flat panels, not so much.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 14:59:12.0 login to vote score 0

Anyway, if I had an older monitor that wasn't DVI, are there HDMI adapters for those? Like an older CRT?

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impasse 820 2012-03-20 14:59:59.0 login to vote score 5

New video connector hotness:

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grotfabrieken rubbishhausen 561 2012-03-20 14:59:59.0 login to vote score 3

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 15:00:03.0 login to vote score 0

osirisothedead: In the CRT world with VGA, sure. Flat panels, not so much.

Hmm... i know for a fact our Apple monitor doesn't, but the ViewSonic next to it.... it's just got a standard DVI coming out.

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 15:00:24.0 login to vote score 2

twitch osx: Anyway, if I had an older monitor that wasn't DVI, are there HDMI adapters for those? Like an older CRT?

You'd need a converter box. HDMI is digital. VGA is analog.

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gradivus 3607 2012-03-20 15:01:31.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: Anyway, if I had an older monitor that wasn't DVI, are there HDMI adapters for those? Like an older CRT?

Most CRTs have a DVI plug, those can have an adapter for HDMI as they are digital(no audio of course).

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 15:02:02.0 login to vote score 0

osirisothedead: You'd need a converter box. HDMI is digital. VGA is analog.

Right, I understand that... but by box, you are talking a powered box that the VGA connects to and has an HDMI out right? It's not just an adapter like a Firewire 400 -> 800 adapter right?

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 15:02:07.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: Hmm... i know for a fact our Apple monitor doesn't, but the ViewSonic next to it.... it's just got a standard DVI coming out.

I can almost guarantee you that the ViewSonic has multiple inputs and it just happens to have a DVI cable hooked up to it right now.

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 15:02:34.0 login to vote score 1

twitch osx: Right, I understand that... but by box, you are talking a powered box that the VGA connects to and has an HDMI out right? It's not just an adapter like a Firewire 400 -> 800 adapter right?

Correct. There is no such thing as a HDMI to VGA adapter cable. Well, there is but it doesn't work. At all.

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bunnythor 544 2012-03-20 15:03:03.0 login to vote score 0

osirisothedead: Unicorn fart protocol?

Isn't that what Bluetooth is?

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:03:15.0 login to vote score 0

I'd like to get one, but last time I looked they were on like a 3 decade backorder and the shipping costs were enough for me to manufacture my own.

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totalsecurity 1281 2012-03-20 15:03:26.0 login to vote score 1

gradivus: Most CRTs have a DVI plug, those can have an adapter for HDMI as they are digital(no audio of course).

I make my own digital adapters out of sticks!

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:04:18.0 login to vote score 3

twitch osx: Your monitor has inputs?

My backpack's got jets.

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 15:04:19.0 login to vote score 3

totalsecurity: I make my own digital adapters out of sticks!

I just yell ones and zeros in to the HDMI port.

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impasse 820 2012-03-20 15:04:27.0 login to vote score 3

bunnythor: Isn't that what Bluetooth is?

No no, this is a Bluetooth connector:

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gradivus 3607 2012-03-20 15:05:03.0 login to vote score 0

osirisothedead: Correct. There is no such thing as a HDMI to VGA adapter cable. Well, there is but it doesn't work. At all.

I have one of those around here. Doesnt do a god damn thing. Why the fuck were they ever manufactured?

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 15:05:48.0 login to vote score 0

gradivus: I have one of those around here. Doesnt do a god damn thing. Why the fuck were they ever manufactured?

As a scam, apparently.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:05:48.0 login to vote score 0

osirisothedead: Correct. There is no such thing as a HDMI to VGA adapter cable. Well, there is but it doesn't work. At all.

A friend of mine has a little switcher box that does it. Shit quality.

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 15:06:24.0 login to vote score 0

surfnazi: A friend of mine has a little switcher box that does it. Shit quality.

Yeah, one that does a halfway decent job is upwards of $200. Hell, might as well buy a new monitor instead of getting a converter box.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 15:06:37.0 login to vote score 0

surfnazi: I'd like to get one, but last time I looked they were on like a 3 decade backorder and the shipping costs were enough for me to manufacture my own.

Really? From what I saw they were like $35 including shipping (and if it wasn't including shipping, the shipping was really cheap)

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 15:07:30.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: Really? From what I saw they were like $35 including shipping (and if it wasn't including shipping, the shipping was really cheap)

Save your cash. $35 of crap is still a pile of crap.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:07:31.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: Really? From what I saw they were like $35 including shipping (and if it wasn't including shipping, the shipping was really cheap)

I was looking when they were just out. Shipping alone was like $35

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totalsecurity 1281 2012-03-20 15:07:37.0 login to vote score 0

UFP-QAPP

The environmental side of Unicorn Fart Protocol.

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code_7 6865 2012-03-20 15:08:02.0 login to vote score 1

gradivus: Dude, I ran a hydra setup with 9 teradyne server nodes, once. It was crazy.

Dude! I did that too!

Then Travolta tried to get me to become a Scientologist, even offered to fly me to their temple in Hollywood!

Fuck that.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 15:08:07.0 login to vote score 0

And I've played with Linux before. A long time ago I installed it on a partition on my old G3. But like I said, I wouldnt mind one if I could get it to work well with VLC for vids and regular internet shit. Is the 700mhz ARM processor going to choke online with all the flash ads and crap?

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:09:23.0 login to vote score 1

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 15:10:37.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: And I've played with Linux before. A long time ago I installed it on a partition on my old G3. But like I said, I wouldnt mind one if I could get it to work well with VLC for vids and regular internet shit. Is the 700mhz ARM processor going to choke online with all the flash ads and crap?

Consider that today's smartphones use something like a dual core 2GHz A5 processor and look at their performance. It isn't terrible but it's not exactly the speediest thing in the world. Then realize that a 700MHz ARM will be around half the performance.

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 15:10:56.0 login to vote score 6

surfnazi: Flash would probably make it run like shit, because flash is shit.

Yeah, but you can always superignore him.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 15:11:07.0 login to vote score 1

surfnazi: Flash would probably make it run like shit, because flash is shit.

Are you still having FlashLV panic attacks? =)

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 15:11:18.0 login to vote score 0

osirisothedead: Consider that today's smartphones use something like a dual core 2GHz A5 processor and look at their performance. It isn't terrible but it's not exactly the speediest thing in the world. Then realize that a 700MHz ARM will be around half the performance.

*Dual core 1GHz.

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clifton 1850 2012-03-20 15:12:29.0 login to vote score 1

surfnazi: Flash would probably make it run like shit, because flash is shit.

Flash supports the actions of Zimmerman. Fuck Adobe!

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 15:13:04.0 login to vote score 0

Overall, it'll be a neat toy to play with. But it's not going to be a workstation. I could see myself using one as a DNS or mail server with a little external storage. But that's about it.

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totalsecurity 1281 2012-03-20 15:13:14.0 login to vote score 5

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 15:14:16.0 login to vote score 0

osirisothedead: Overall, it'll be a neat toy to play with. But it's not going to be a workstation. I could see myself using one as a DNS or mail server with a little external storage. But that's about it.

Like I said, I'm just looking for something super cheap to surf the interwebs, do some facebooking, check my gmail and play videos.

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totalsecurity 1281 2012-03-20 15:20:52.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: Like I said, I'm just looking for something super cheap to surf the interwebs, do some facebooking, check my gmail and play videos.

You know, pr0n videos are still available in mpg, avi, and other ancient formats.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:22:49.0 login to vote score 1

twitch osx: Like I said, I'm just looking for something super cheap to surf the interwebs, do some facebooking, check my gmail and play videos.

It seems like more a project/toy to me. Great for kids.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 15:23:42.0 login to vote score 0

totalsecurity: You know, pr0n videos are still available in mpg, avi, and other ancient formats.

Well yea, how do you think most of my vids are? But other than that, it would be nice to burn some DVDs and shit like that to watch on it.

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impasse 820 2012-03-20 15:24:19.0 login to vote score 1

totalsecurity: You know, pr0n videos are still available in mpg, avi, and other ancient formats.

"Talkies"? Gifs with sound?

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totalsecurity 1281 2012-03-20 15:26:55.0 login to vote score 1

impasse: "Talkies"? Gifs with sound?

Grunting and moaning doesn't enhance it for me. I like to make up my own story.

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 15:27:06.0 login to vote score 1

totalsecurity: $25 computer.Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.

Beowulf clusters are so old hat.

Imagine a distributed self-healing mesh cloud of these, pervasively distributed across a metropolitan area.

Welcome to Shadowrun ;-þ

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 15:29:18.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: Like I said, I'm just looking for something super cheap to surf the interwebs, do some facebooking, check my gmail and play videos.

This is not meant for you.

It is intended to teach children to program.

It is not suited for the use you have in mind. Buy an iPad like your savior told you to.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:29:28.0 login to vote score 0

muninsfire: Beowulf clusters are so old hat.

Imagine a distributed self-healing mesh cloud of these, pervasively distributed across a metropolitan area.

Welcome to Shadowrun ;-þ

Just waiting for those mythical beings.

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 15:30:22.0 login to vote score 0

surfnazi: Just waiting for those mythical beings.

If only...if only.

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impasse 820 2012-03-20 15:34:43.0 login to vote score 0

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 15:35:03.0 login to vote score 0

osirisothedead: Overall, it'll be a neat toy to play with. But it's not going to be a workstation. I could see myself using one as a DNS or mail server with a little external storage. But that's about it.

With a USB network adapter dongle (to give you two interfaces to bridge with), it'd work pretty well as a small WAP or remote-site router, I should think.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:39:28.0 login to vote score 0

muninsfire: With a USB network adapter dongle (to give you two interfaces to bridge with), it'd work pretty well as a small WAP or remote-site router, I should think.

It has an SD slot, they make SD wifi cards.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:39:56.0 login to vote score 0

with bluetooh

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 15:41:25.0 login to vote score 0

surfnazi: It has an SD slot, they make SD wifi cards.

'cept I'd want the SD slot for the system image...well, unless it supports boot-from-LAN, anyway.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:43:10.0 login to vote score 0

muninsfire: 'cept I'd want the SD slot for the system image...well, unless it supports boot-from-LAN, anyway.

That has me thinking. I wonder if that usb can power an SSD laptop drive.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:43:44.0 login to vote score 0

Probably can't boot from USB anyway

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 15:44:17.0 login to vote score 0

surfnazi: That has me thinking. I wonder if that usb can power an SSD laptop drive.

No, because it's one of the low-power ones, and I'm pretty sure even an SSD of that size would require a little extra juice.

That's not to say you couldn't have a slightly beefier power adapter, though, and splice off a feed...

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:45:38.0 login to vote score 0

Speaking of SBCs there's this company Phidgets that has an SBC, but is much more proprietary. They do offer a huge assortment of controllers, sensors, and whatever though. Great for projects or prototyping.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 15:46:36.0 login to vote score 0

muninsfire: This is not meant for you.

It is intended to teach children to program.

It is not suited for the use you have in mind. Buy an iPad like your savior told you to.

I'd love to but I don't have $400 laying around. I know these are meant to teach programming but I have no use or desire for that. The guy showed a video running in 1080p. That should work. I just would want to make sure that the versions of Linux supported aren't some hobby version where you have to do a bunch of bullshit (compile?) just to install VLC.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:47:13.0 login to vote score 1

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 15:48:37.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: I'd love to but I don't have $400 laying around. I know these are meant to teach programming but I have no use or desire for that. The guy showed a video running in 1080p. That should work. I just would want to make sure that the versions of Linux supported aren't some hobby version where you have to do a bunch of bullshit (compile?) just to install VLC.

It is not suitable for you. Save up your money and give tribute to Lord Jobs like you are intended to do.

It runs Fedora and there's a package to install VLC, but the installation thereof is something that requires at least the brains of an 8 year old child, and accordingly is far far beyond your competency.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:48:44.0 login to vote score 1

The GPU is capable of 1Gpixel/s, 1.5Gtexel/s or 24 GFLOPs of general purpose compute and features a bunch of texture filtering and DMA infrastructure.

That is, graphics capabilities are roughly equivalent to Xbox 1 level of performance. Overall real world performance is something like a 300MHz Pentium 2, only with much, much swankier graphics.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:50:22.0 login to vote score 0

Yep, SD card required for boot, though they do support "bare metal code" such as writing your own BIOS if you are so capable.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:51:51.0 login to vote score 0

I remember playing quake 3 on a celeron 333a. Ouch.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 15:53:40.0 login to vote score 0

surfnazi: That's exactly what this is.

Well, how do you expect kids to learn to make programs on it if they won't know how to do basic things like install a program?

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 15:54:43.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: Well, how do you expect kids to learn to make programs on it if they won't know how to do basic things like install a program?

There's this process called "learning"? It's something people who are not you do in order to gain skills on things like computers. It usually involves the presence of a teacher, a book, or some other form of instructional material.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:55:18.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: Well, how do you expect kids to learn to make programs on it if they won't know how to do basic things like install a program?

The same way thousands and thousands of kids figured it out on their own computers, except this time they can get one for $35 instead of being lucky enough that their parents let them fuck around with the one they bought them.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 15:55:22.0 login to vote score 1

muninsfire: It is not suitable for you. Save up your money and give tribute to Lord Jobs like you are intended to do.

It runs Fedora and there's a package to install VLC, but the installation thereof is something that requires at least the brains of an 8 year old child, and accordingly is far far beyond your competency.

Calm down. Jobs didn't rape your mother and kill your father.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 15:56:06.0 login to vote score 0

Well, I may buy one some day anyway to play with. I need a hobby.

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 15:56:41.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: Calm down. Jobs didn't rape your mother and kill your father.

Nope, he did not. He just enabled you to get onto the internets, completely bypassing the inherent intelligence-tests that we carefully implemented to allow some small filtration between your sort and those of us capable of learning.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 15:56:45.0 login to vote score 0

Ok, it doesn't fit in an Altoids tin. Nevermind I don't want one anymore.

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 15:57:14.0 login to vote score 0

surfnazi: Ok, it doesn't fit in an Altoids tin. Nevermind I don't want one anymore.

It'll prolly fit in a sardine tin, though.

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osirisothedead 1858 2012-03-20 15:58:45.0 login to vote score 3

surfnazi: Ok, it doesn't fit in an Altoids tin. Nevermind I don't want one anymore.

It'll fit in AJT's hoo-hoo.

But so does an SGI O2000.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 16:00:40.0 login to vote score 0

Hrm, apparently the onboard ethernet port is simply a USB hack. Makes the model A more attractive.

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 16:01:10.0 login to vote score 0

osirisothedead: It'll fit in AJT's hoo-hoo.But so does an SGI O2000.

You know, that just gave me an amusing idea: take a regular computer case, and rack the inside to accept a metric assload of these little guys, converting the power supply to serve power to the spec that they accept.

I'm not entirely certain what you would -do- with something almost capable of running Java, but it'd be a fun project.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 16:02:14.0 login to vote score 0

muninsfire: You know, that just gave me an amusing idea: take a regular computer case, and rack the inside to accept a metric assload of these little guys, converting the power supply to serve power to the spec that they accept.

I'm not entirely certain what you would -do- with something almost capable of running Java, but it'd be a fun project.

they run on 5v, I bet a standard PS's 5 supply would be able to run a case full of them.

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 16:02:40.0 login to vote score 0

surfnazi: they run on 5v, I bet a standard PS's 5 supply would be able to run a case full of them.

Oh, probably, but you'd have to build some custom plugs to distribute it.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 16:03:17.0 login to vote score 0

muninsfire: Oh, probably, but you'd have to build some custom plugs to distribute it.

the power adapter is a mini usb plug.

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eddyatwork 998 2012-03-20 16:03:34.0 login to vote score 0

osirisothedead: I just yell ones and zeros in to the HDMI port.

I use punch cards and a flickering candle. It's not pretty, but the mexicans three doors down think I'm a god!

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 16:04:58.0 login to vote score 0

surfnazi: the power adapter is a mini usb plug.

And how many PSUs do you know that supply via miniUSB? ;-þ

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 16:05:47.0 login to vote score 0

muninsfire: Nope, he did not. He just enabled you to get onto the internets, completely bypassing the inherent intelligence-tests that we carefully implemented to allow some small filtration between your sort and those of us capable of learning.

I can haz learning? Don't make me setup my IRC bot.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 16:06:15.0 login to vote score 0

muninsfire: And how many PSUs do you know that supply via miniUSB? ;-þ

Hmm, how about this. Micro-atx full board system, AND a bunch of these running off of it.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 16:06:57.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: I can haz learning? Don't make me setup my IRC bot.

That was a fantastic way for kids to learn pseudo-coding back in the day.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 16:07:20.0 login to vote score 1

eddyatwork: I use punch cards and a flickering candle. It's not pretty, but the mexicans three doors down think I'm a god!

I just flip switches in binary to back it out of a crash.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 16:07:59.0 login to vote score 2

surfnazi: That was a fantastic way for kids to learn pseudo-coding back in the day.

Man, I used to love IRC. Haven't been on it via a dedicated client in years though.

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 16:08:05.0 login to vote score 0

surfnazi: Hmm, how about this. Micro-atx full board system, AND a bunch of these running off of it.

Well, that'd give you a nice solid system to boot the cluster with, but I was just talking about modding the PSU's distro plugs to squid out a shit-ton of USB plugs.

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muninsfire 189 2012-03-20 16:08:43.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: I can haz learning? Don't make me setup my IRC bot.

Go ahead. Have fun.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 16:09:06.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: Man, I used to love IRC. Haven't been on it via a dedicated client in years though.

Yeah I haven't used it in ages, used to be an admin on EnterTheGame. It was a pretty big damn network when I was there.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 16:21:16.0 login to vote score 0

surfnazi: Yeah I haven't used it in ages, used to be an admin on EnterTheGame. It was a pretty big damn network when I was there.

I just hung out on Efnet in a couple game channels to hook up with other people playing F/A 18 Hornet over Appletalk. That was a pain in the ass to get a game going with somebody.

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twitch osx 948 2012-03-20 16:21:37.0 login to vote score 0

And also that is where I got most of my software back in the day.

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swede 10225 2012-03-20 16:22:23.0 login to vote score 1

Will it have a turbo button for fast porn downloading?

Because if so, that is $25 that I will part with.

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howie_feltersnatch 11 2012-03-20 16:38:20.0 login to vote score 2

Can I install Fedora on my PS3... Oh, wait...

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bucket of truth 1525 2012-03-20 17:16:41.0 login to vote score 1

totalsecurity: $25 computer.

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.

Oblig... I'm Steve, and I'm a supervillian.

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surfnazi 932 2012-03-20 20:14:35.0 login to vote score 0

twitch osx: And also that is where I got most of my software back in the day.

no way dalnet is where the warez was

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