RE: $100 computers (was: Microtouch)

2012-02-09 Thread Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE)
>> $100 would also get you Qi Hardware's Nanonote units, which is >> comparable to a Raspberry Pi + monitor + keyboard that you can >> actually carry in your pocket and use on the go (comes with a Li-ion >> battery, runs for ~9 hours in my experience). >> >> I have one. I like it. I use it main

Re: $100 computers

2012-02-08 Thread Xiangfu Liu
On 02/09/2012 05:20 AM, Doug Jones wrote: I have one. I like it. I use it mainly as a smart music-player; I've also written and run some Python and Scheme programs on it (so, it makes a nice `programmer's calculator' for, e.g.: solving recursive problems). great. have you try the wpan[1], t

Re: $100 computers

2012-02-08 Thread Doug Jones
On 02/08/2012 12:51 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: Shawn Rutledge writes: With an Atmel it sounds like a dancing bear to me; it has so little memory that you basically have to use it only for fixed purposes, like the games they show. No dynamic languages or possibility of downloading much con

Re: $100 computers (was: Microtouch)

2012-02-08 Thread Reid Thompson
On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 15:51 -0500, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Shawn Rutledge writes: > > > > With an Atmel it sounds like a dancing bear to me; it has so little > > memory that you basically have to use it only for fixed purposes, like > > the games they show. No dynamic languages or possibilit

$100 computers (was: Microtouch)

2012-02-08 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Shawn Rutledge writes: > > With an Atmel it sounds like a dancing bear to me; it has so little > memory that you basically have to use it only for fixed purposes, like > the games they show. No dynamic languages or possibility of > downloading much content. $100 would also get you Qi Hardware's