On 05/03/2012 10:52, Adrian C wrote:
On 05/03/2012 09:16, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:01:03 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

Media streamer would be one obvious one.

That's the one that fairly quickly entered my head with it having
ethernet and HDMI.


So just imagine someone distributes a standardised firmware build to
install the media functionality, say XBMC. Hundreds study the commands
to upload this firmware to their device, like the many that are expert
at jailbreaking iPods. The software, is now loaded - it's like a games
console. No more may be done with the device, just consume the media it
now shows.

Where's the educational programming fun in that?

Actually there is a fair bit to be picked up from just getting desired
functionality into something...

However, a good many folks will be buying them because thet are a cheap
way to do "something specific" rather than because the want to learn
about it as an end in itself etc.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the street, dad A is peeved with son B
because a dodgy 'instructables.com' power supply connected to the Pi has
blown to smithereens the HDMI port of the family TV set....

That should be a learning experience as well ;-)


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Cheers,

John.

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