This story has been around for awhile, but recently some pictures were posted of a working model of the $100 laptop. I wish they had plans to sell these to the public.
this just means you'll have to buy a ticket to a third world country and beat down a few kids if you want one. road trip?
I mean if they sold them on the market manufacturing costs would likely go down and then that would mean more laptops for kids. But now instead of getting laptops they're going to get beat downs.
Free Market > Altruism
Free Market > Altruism
maybe that was negroponte's plan all along -- a laptop for every child, to make every child a more attractive target. let's get him on The Payroll.
also released recently, Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)
funny story - stayed up about 24 hours installing breezy badger (5.10), and that morning they released dapper fscking drake. (yes, i know that one now that i've learned a little bash *wo0t*)
of course that didn't deter me from spending another 5 hours installing the drake :-D
of course that didn't deter me from spending another 5 hours installing the drake :-D
CMU researchers develop method of generating a 3d scene from a single 2d picture
enhancing computing or bringing destruction upon humanity from killer robots? only time will tell...
enhancing computing or bringing destruction upon humanity from killer robots? only time will tell...
If anyone has an xp professional key that they aren't using or can get from university let me know. I have 30 days to find one. Or if you have a XP home cd that you can let me borrow I can use my key.
*woof* @ bumptop
I have a problem which I am sure someone knows how to do. I have a folder with a few hundred pdf's with the file name as the unique identifier. I would like to create a list of all the file names so that I can import into a database. I believe there is some print command you can run to return a list but I can't remember how it is done.
perl
foreach $file (`glob *.pdf`) { print $file; }
^D
foreach $file (`glob *.pdf`) { print $file; }
^D
however if you're not a perl hacker, and you're on a windows box, then the command you're probably looking for is:
dir /b *.pdf > listOfFiles.txt
(f.y.i, the "b" stands for bare formatting)
dir /b *.pdf > listOfFiles.txt
(f.y.i, the "b" stands for bare formatting)
Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn was released today. Features include (stolen from a slashdot post):
emphasis added because that's the stuff i've been using on my computar to get the sexy effects.
P.S. for those of you that already have an ubuntu distribution installed, and especially version 6.10 (i think that's what you said you put on yours, mike?), then you can do an automagical upgrade without formatting or anything.
- 18 month support term
- Better installation, includes migration tools for mail and such from Windows and linux partitions.
- Improved wireless support with Avahi
- Easier third party codec/firmware/driver installation, including Nvidia and ATi proprietary drivers and mp3 codecs.
- Two new games : glches and soduko
- Compiz/Beryl support for desktop 3D effects (not default)
- Beagle (search indexed), Tomboy (note tacking program, sticky notes) and F-Spot (photo management.. alternatively called G-spot, depending on the type of photos).
- java
emphasis added because that's the stuff i've been using on my computar to get the sexy effects.
P.S. for those of you that already have an ubuntu distribution installed, and especially version 6.10 (i think that's what you said you put on yours, mike?), then you can do an automagical upgrade without formatting or anything.
I'm thinking about getting a USB hard drive enclosure for my laptop's 2.5-inch IDE hard drive since "sending the damn thing into Dell" seems to be my new hobby. Does anyone have any suggestions? Geeks.com has some for supercheap, but I don't know if there are any factors other than "price" that I should be looking for.
Gutsy Gibbon is out (xkcd is really hitting home right now). Ubuntu now has NTFS writability, which is pretty nifty. Looks like a lot of the other stuff is about the same as Feisty: improved installation/upgrade process, better plugin management, improved 3D desktop effects.
everytime i tried to install fiesty fawn it would say invalid kernel image. i eventually gave up and hoped when the gibbon came out it would work. now when i get to the boot screen it won't respond to the 'enter' key. i can go up down and use F1 etc. I just can select any of the options. any thoughts?
