I went to Honeywell in Minnesota once for a meeting. At the security booth inside the building there were two big signs . The first said "No Guns" the second said "No Cameras". I had two thoughts. The first was I'm glad I left my guncamera at home. The second was what goes on here on a Saturday night? After mentioning this in the meeting I was relayed some stories that made me believe the cold gets to people...
Camera Phones are becoming more and more of an issue. I have not seen one take a good picture yet either. Marty > Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:19:26 +0100 > From: Andreas Kaeser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > t3st3r wrote: > >> > Andreas Kaeser wrote: >> >>> >> ... >>> >> Well, as much as I would like a camera in my all-in-one gadget, it would >>> >> be prohibitive for my every day use: in my working environment anything >>> >> capable of picture recording is strictly disallowed. So I wouldn't be >>> >> able to use Neo1973 :-( >>> >> >>> >> > So what? Jailed people are often disallowed to use mobile phones at all. >> > Should mobile phones manufacturers to give up and stop producing mobile >> > phones at all then? >> > > Of course not. But you missed my point. I'm looking for a way to use the > NEO It's a car manufacturer's development plant. > > >> > [off] I'm amazed how easily people are giving up their legal rights in >> > favor of semi-illegal corporate policies (or similar stuff) which are >> > trashing human rights to the hell. As for me, I'll never work in such >> > jail-like environment. Do you want to have open and free gadget ... but >> > still have jail-like job?Amazing!Freedom is not just a word - it's way >> > of life. Think about it. Twice. [/off] >> > > Yes, you are right. I'm horrified, how many people give away real human > rights like free speech or privacy for a few Euros or for pseudo security. > > However, in this very situation, I don't consider it my legal rights to > take photos of not-yet-released cars and their development details. > > >>> >> I guess people working under such conditions are less than 10% of total >>> >> population, so maybe we won't be considered too much. A pluggable camera >>> >> would definitely help! >>> >> >>> >> > As for me, I will never use pluggable camera.Its a separate thing which >> > can be lost, forgotten and broken easily (the plug itself is a weak >> > place).And it reduces device usability to the hell.Early mobiles >> > attempted to use pluggable cameras but it looks like this attempt has >> > miserably failed.It has been incredible unpopular idea and died without >> > success.However I have nothing against the following: two models, one >> > with camera and one without it. However I have no idea how hard and >> > costly this to implement (usually, developing 2 devices costs more but >> > probably dropping features is relatively easy - just do not solder some >> > parts on same PCB and use a bit altered case). >> > > Of course high volume production of an all-in-one gadget often will be cheaper > than the production of 50 different models with some different combination of > parts missing in each of them. > And yes, plugs usually are less reliable than solid soldering joints. > > I'm happy to have seen more and maybe better ideas to deal with this > situation. > > >> > P.S. Of course you can safely ignore my dumb mumblings but before doing >> > so, consider that I closely dealt with mobile phones internals since >> > 2000 and usability is my primary job. >> > > Oh great. Then you know _a lot_ more about mobiles than me. And in case you > should change your mind about some "No Camera Allowed"-situations, you might > come up with even far better ideas to deal with said situations than we have > already seen :-) > > >> > 2ALL: sorry for semi-flaming message. >> > > At least _I_ don't mind. Far from it! I'm happy to enlarge my own view by > getting introduced to more facts and to more points of personal view. > > > Andreas _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community