MAKE's 2nd International Maker Meetup: Raspberry Pi 21
The second International Maker Meetup is taking place tonight from 6-8pm PST. The focus this year will be Raspberry Pi. There will be tips, demos, and a live Google+ hangout. You can join the fun in real-time by RSVPing here.
Re:Weekly homage (Score:5, Insightful)
This is about MAKE, not the Raspberry Pi. If anything, you should be happy that people are going to meet up and discuss useful applications for the Pi. It has great potential and it's sparking a resurgence in the micro PC market. Even VIA's trying to take a stab at it! http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/01/17/2246218/via-unveils-79-rock-and-99-paper-arm-pcs [slashdot.org]
Stuff looks promising indeed, it's just sad that so many people refuse to even consider the possibilities.
Re:Weekly homage (Score:4, Insightful)
It is indeed sad. Fortunately, it's mostly only the slash dot crowd that is
having trouble thinking outside the box. The popularity of the Pi is
bringing millions of folks to the world of Linux for the first time and
introducing them to an enterprise class OS that they have never experienced.
The popularity of Unix was due to the fact that most universitys had Unix
because it was free and all the CompSci students got to take that knowledge
out into the world when they left. This will happen again with Linux on the
Pi and might even result in a real "year of the Linux desktop".
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yes ok outside of the box, what can I do with a computer that is the same power as the one I had in 2002
its not that big of a deal, its just small, learn some hardware and demystify your box
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Fortunately, it's mostly only the slash dot crowd that is
Liz, is that you ? You know what my problem is with the rpi?
- an pseudo open platform (look at the drivers).
- the hostile attitude against other platforms while they wanted to spark a revolution (think about the children bla) and welcomed cheap
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My problem with the Raspberry Pi is that everything is late, because the foundation members overestimate their capabilities. They announce things that only come to fruition dramatically later or never at all (Where is my Android, Liz? You said you had it running how long ago? And now won't even tell us why you won't release?) There is no actual openness. They do things, then they tell us what they did, and we'd better like it.
This would all be OK if they weren't pretending to have an open process and platfo
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Stuff looks promising indeed, it's just sad that so many people refuse to even consider the possibilities.
I will admit that there are plenty of possibilities, as there are with every embedded platform/microcontroller that I have either designed or utilized in my research over the years. However, the Raspberry Pi, while nice for some, is nothing about which people should be constantly harping week after week, especially on Slashdot.
yay makers (Score:2, Troll)
we can get our PI's, sugru, a 3d printer and some led's and make dragons with blinky eyes
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really? no shit, you dont say
here is one for you, you can also do it with a couple caps, transistors and a few resistors
http://wild-bohemian.com/electronics/images/t-flash2.gif [wild-bohemian.com]
Gertboard (Score:2)
PST? (Score:5, Insightful)
So, it's an "International Maker Meetup". What's this "6-8pm PST" crap, then? Wikipedia tells me it could be Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8), Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5), or Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).
If you want hold an international meetup, use an international standard for time. UTC or GTFO...
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