Havent ordered one yet, my b/day is coming up at the end of the month so I asked for one (I know its going to be late).
I've got a few ideas for mine, retrofit my car with one of those fancy navigation and media systems like what you find in the euro cars - ipod doc, satnav, bluetooth handsfree and voice-dialing, news reader with text-to-speech, maybe even car vitals like distance to empty, trip, speed warning, reversing camera. - would probably need it to be controlled via a touch-screen because im not sure how I could put useful controls into the dash/console without ruining the plastics. Also been thinking about building an arcade game cabinet and powering it with the Pi On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Michael Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > Been a long time since I got back on the list. > > Anyone ordered a Raspberry Pi? Curious to see what folks that get one end > up doing with it. When I saw them announced, I was very tempted. > > Thanks > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Edwin Humphries < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Martin, > > > > I'd agree with you in general; however, I'm an Atrix owner, and I really > > don't see how it can claim to be in any way functionally equivalent to a > > > > > > NetSense Computers logoRegards, > > Edwin Humphries > > Mobile: 0419 233 051 > > NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) > > 79 Barney St (P. O. Box 423), Kiama, NSW, 2533 > > Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 > > Fax: +61 (0)2 4233 2781 > > Web: http://www.netsensecomputers.**com.au< > http://www.netsensecomputers.com.au> > > > > > > -- > > This email is intended for the named addressee/s only and may contain > > confidential or privileged information. If you are not a named addressee > > please delete it and notify the sender. > > -- > > > > "/At every moment he beholdeth a wondrous world, a new creation, and > goeth > > from astonishment to astonishment, and is lost in awe at the works of the > > Lord of Oneness./" Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys > > "./.. humans are interesting. With all the wonders there are in the > > Universe, they invented boredom./" Terry Pratchet, Hogfather > > "/The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the > > source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a > > stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as > > good as dead: his eyes are closed./" Albert Einstein > > /"Stuff your eyes with wonder ... live as if you'd drop dead in ten > > seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid > for > > in factories./" Ray Bradbury > > > > > > On 5/03/2012 5:22 PM, Martin Visser wrote: > > > >> Doesn't a SoC board, with a few USB ports, ethernet, video and audio > out, > >> just become a PC with the addition of a USB hub providing fanout to a > >> keyboard, mouse and a bit more storage? > >> > >> Just like the mobile device manufacturers (to wit Motorola with Atrix > and > >> Asus with Transformer ) want us to think, the distinct category of "PC" > is > >> fast disappearing. > >> > >> Regards, Martin > >> > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> On 2 March 2012 07:57, Edwin Humphries<edwinh@** > netsensecomputers.com.au<[email protected]> > >> >**wrote: > >> > >> Sorry to be so ignorant, but I haven't heard of the Raspberry Pi > before. > >>> The posts seems to indicate it as a mini PC; however, it seems to be > >>> just a > >>> SoC board? > >>> > >>> NetSense Computers logoRegards, > >>> Edwin Humphries > >>> Mobile: 0419 233 051 > >>> NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) > >>> 79 Barney St (P. O. Box 423), Kiama, NSW, 2533 > >>> Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 > >>> Fax: +61 (0)2 4233 2781 > >>> Web: http://www.netsensecomputers.****com.au<http://www.** > >>> netsensecomputers.com.au <http://www.netsensecomputers.com.au>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> This email is intended for the named addressee/s only and may contain > >>> confidential or privileged information. If you are not a named > addressee > >>> please delete it and notify the sender. > >>> -- > >>> > >>> "/At every moment he beholdeth a wondrous world, a new creation, and > >>> goeth > >>> from astonishment to astonishment, and is lost in awe at the works of > the > >>> Lord of Oneness./" Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys > >>> "./.. humans are interesting. With all the wonders there are in the > >>> Universe, they invented boredom./" Terry Pratchet, Hogfather > >>> "/The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is > the > >>> source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a > >>> stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is > as > >>> good as dead: his eyes are closed./" Albert Einstein > >>> /"Stuff your eyes with wonder ... live as if you'd drop dead in ten > >>> seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid > >>> for > >>> in factories./" Ray Bradbury > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 2/03/2012 3:40 AM, Richard Ibbotson wrote: > >>> > >>> On Thursday 01 March 2012 16:20:15 Geoffrey Cowling wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Will Microsoft be able to lock this down? > >>>>> > >>>>> In some ways this is a good question. As far I understand it M$ > >>>> attempts to lock down the Arm platform in Europe will fail due to EU > >>>> law. Not allowed to do what they want to do. Might be that under > >>>> U.S. law they can do something ? Not sure about the latter. Whatever > >>>> else happens they will certainly use their marketing power to drive > >>>> out GNU/Linux from the ARM CPU in the way that they did from the Asus > >>>> EeePC. > >>>> > >>>> Only Linux fans will know that Linux exists. In the U.K. the Pi is > >>>> aimed at the educational market. Which is owned by Microsoft under > >>>> direction from Whitehall. Say n'more ?...<cough> Winduhs advert... > >>>> > >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?****v=jT3_UCm1A5I< > http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=jT3_UCm1A5I> > >>>> <http://www.**youtube.com/watch?v=jT3_**UCm1A5I< > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT3_UCm1A5I> > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> Best winduhs advert out there ;) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > >>> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/**mailinglists.html > <http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html> > >>> > >>> > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Kind Regards, Christopher Barnes e. 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