Linux notetaker

Charles Crawford ccrawford at acb.org
Sat Apr 26 08:21:26 EDT 2003


I don't find it interesting as much as frightening.



On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Alex Snow wrote:

> well...it basically gives microsoft and the government total control of
> your comp...something they definitely arent ready to do...do a search for
> palladium (microsoft's software inplememtation of tcpa) on newsforge.com
> or google and take a look at some of those articles.  they're quite
> interesting.
> 
> --
> A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!"
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Lorenzo Prince wrote:
> 
> > Just a question.  What does the TCPA do?
> >
> > Lorenzo
> >
> > Q: Why shouldn't I simply delete the stuff I never use, it's just taking up
> >    space?
> > A: This question is in the category of Famous Last Words..
> > 	-- From the Frequently Unasked Questions
> >
> > Alex Snow staggered into view and mumbled:
> >
> > > I dont like the cruso chip.  first it's not that fast and second it
> > > includes tcpa support.
> > >
> > > --
> > > A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!"
> > > On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Doug wrote:
> > >
> > > > You can buy the Mini ITX boards that are inside that
> > > > box for cheap. Throw it in a box and you have the
> > > > same thing. You can also go down to about 4x4 inches
> > > > with and PC/104 CPU board. There are now a wide range
> > > > of single 4x4 or 4x6 inch boards with audio including
> > > > Pentiums, Geodes, Crusoe, etc. They are selling for
> > > > as low as $350 (with processor, without RAM). The
> > > > lower power units tend to cost more. I have tons of
> > > > info on embedded hardware and such here:
> > > >
> > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~wearable/
> > > >
> > > >    -- Doug
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cecil wrote:
> > > > >Check out this article at cnet.
> > > > >http://news.com.com/2100-1042-998203.html?tag=fd_top
> > > > >Given a speakup enabled kernel and an external synth this would be a small
> > > > >package.  If it's got onboard sound and software synth is an option then it
> > > > >moves up to awesome.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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