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From: Enkidu on 20 Mar 2010 18:17 GreyCloud wrote: > win7 must be pretty bad. What does Netflix need in order for it to run > on Ubuntu? DRM. -- Enkidu
From: gl4317 on 21 Mar 2010 03:04 In article <egy9a.w4t(a)rooftop.invalid>, owl <owl(a)rooftop.invalid> wrote: > Given a choice, would you prefer to have, or not to have, USB on a > portable computer-like-thingie? What other methods are available to communicate with said theoretical computer-like-thingie? Firewire? Bluetooth? Parallel printer port? Ethernet? WiFi? Standard phone line? Macintosh Infrared Communication Port? Appletalk serial cable? SCSI? 3.5 inch floppy disk? 5.25 inch floppy disk? 8 inch floppy disk? Zip disk? 8 track tape player? Syquest cartridge? VCR tape used as network backup? PunchCard? Apple Desktop Bus? Audio casette tape used as file storage? Player piano spool? Microfilm? CR/DVD RW? Cardbus? Telegraph? The proprietary connector used on some Garmin GPS? Standard USB connector? Mini USB connector? Micro USB connector? At some point in time, someone has to make a decision as to what data and communication formats a particular device is going to be compatible with. You can't make it backward compatible with everything that has ever been on the market. My cell phone does bluetooth, and connects to the cell phone network, and that's it. The computer connector is proprietary and supposedly only for "qualified technicians" to do "service" on the phone. One of the problems with USB with this type of device is: if you have USB, do you consider this the powered device, or the connected-to device? For example, if you connect your digital camera to the iPad to transfer photos, you probably expect the iPad to be the source of USB power. However, if you connect the iPad to a laptop or desktop by USB, then you are expecting the larger computer to be the source of USB power. I'm not necessarily saying it is the right choice, but there are certainly some conflict problems that are resolved by going to entirely wireless communications for such a device. -- -Glennl Please note this e-mail address is a pit of spam, and most e-mail sent to this address are simply lost in the vast mess.
From: nospam on 21 Mar 2010 03:17 In article <gl4317-2103100004290001(a)69-30-9-146.pxd.easystreet.com>, <gl4317(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > What other methods are available to communicate with said theoretical > computer-like-thingie? > > Parallel printer port? > 5.25 inch floppy disk? > 8 inch floppy disk? > Zip disk? > 8 track tape player? > PunchCard? > Player piano spool? wait just a minute. the ipad can't use any of that? what were they thinking???
From: Wes Groleau on 21 Mar 2010 03:38 nospam wrote: > <gl4317(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> What other methods are available to communicate with said theoretical >> computer-like-thingie? >> >> Parallel printer port? >> 5.25 inch floppy disk? >> 8 inch floppy disk? >> Zip disk? >> 8 track tape player? >> PunchCard? >> Player piano spool? > > wait just a minute. the ipad can't use any of that? > what were they thinking??? So an xphone instead. xphone doesn't have a printer port, either, but it doesn't need one. PITA to have to carry around a separate player piano, though! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udlxr8t1nZM -- Wes Groleau "Ideas are more powerful than guns, We would not let our enemies have guns; why should we let them have ideas?" -- Jozef Stalin
From: nospam on 21 Mar 2010 03:55
In article <ho4idl$72l$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > > wait just a minute. the ipad can't use any of that? > > what were they thinking??? > > So an xphone instead. > > xphone doesn't have a printer port, either, but it doesn't need one. > > PITA to have to carry around a separate player piano, though! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udlxr8t1nZM since it can make toast, i'm willing to compromise on the player piano rolls. |