Re: [FRIAM] a $7.00 invention + refurbished computers = access

2014-09-08 Thread Owen Densmore
On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 7:19 PM, George Duncan gtdun...@gmail.com wrote: ​ Remember what Mark Twain said: “It is not what you *don’t* know that harms you, it is what you know for certain—and it just ain’t true!” ​Also .. it is what you don't know that you don't know! -- Owen​

Re: [FRIAM] a $7.00 invention + refurbished computers = access

2014-09-08 Thread Roger Critchlow
Anyone have a theory about how this is supposed to change the world forever more than running some other Linux distribution off a $7.00 USB drive? Or running ChromeOS off a USB drives? That's been done for years. -- rec -- On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net

Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Re: a $7.00 invention + refurbished computers = access

2014-09-08 Thread Parks, Raymond
Memory in the tech world, particularly tech journalism, is non-existent. I first ran an OS off a thumb drive years ago - the only reason I didn't do it regularly was that USB ports were not ubiquitous. Before that I ran an OS off a CD with a thumb drive for data. Heck, I started with

Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Re: a $7.00 invention + refurbished computers = access

2014-09-08 Thread Owen Densmore
I think the high order bit here is that what computer folks have been doing for years is now made known to all. That's a Good Thing even tho we think its pretty obvious. Other elements: - Likely designed for very minimal (landfill) systems. - .. i.e. using android makes it likely it can span a