[scotsman]

The Raspberry Pi computer goes on general sale

BBC News

(excerpt)

'A credit-card sized computer designed to help teach children to code has gone on sale for the first time.

The Raspberry Pi is a bare-bones, low-cost computer created by volunteers mostly drawn from academia and the UK tech industry.
Sold uncased without keyboard or monitor, the Pi has drawn interest from educators and enthusiasts.

Supporters hope the machines could help reverse a lack of programming skills in the UK.'

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-17190918

[The Prince Regent]

The manufacturer's just hate "Asians".

[Tikk]

Cool.

Not sure how well it will sell though. The marketing approach is putting the horse before the cart. A product should be designed to sell rather than 'educate' a target audience.

[De Oppresso Liber]

Tikk, on 01 March 2012 - 12:13 PM, said:

Cool.

Not sure how well it will sell though. The marketing approach is putting the horse before the cart. A product should be designed to sell rather than 'educate' a target audience.

It is already selling unbelievably well.

They are already sold out and back-ordering like crazy.

[Bookdoc]

Teach children to code.

Why am I visualizing a massive increase in spam and viruses coming from the UK?

[De Oppresso Liber]

Just an FYI, but while the "Intended" use is for education, there are several other uses.

This can make one heckuva HTPC (Home Theater PC). It is capable of full HD playback. Plug in your USB drive, and voila, you are able to play HD quality movies. For about $35 bucks. All from something slightly larger than a credit card.

[Adam Smithee]

What's different about this ? The Basic Stamp Computer and assorted variants have been around for years.

[De Oppresso Liber]

Adam Smithee, on 01 March 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:

What's different about this ? The Basic Stamp Computer and assorted variants have been around for years.

I imagine its mainly the built in GPU. The RPi is capable of graphics on par with an Xbox 1. Not great by any stretch, but again, they are capable of full HD video playback. They also (I believe) are coming with a version of Redhat Fedora LINUX OS. So it is actually a full OS all ready to go. I believe they are also going to have a couple of other versions of LINUX available.

[Mr. E. Monkey]

Pretty cool.

[scotsman]

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Why am I visualizing a massive increase in spam and viruses coming from the UK?

Usually British viruses are spread by 19 year old slappers on a holiday to Ayia Napa.

[polkman]

De Oppresso Liber, on 01 March 2012 - 01:04 PM, said:

It is already selling unbelievably well.

They are already sold out and back-ordering like crazy.

I kinda work in the social science technology field, but my wife puts me on a tight budget for early-adopter-gizmos. This little guy is only 35 dollars so that's why it sold out at 1:02 am EST after 2 minutes of listing. Granted they only had 10,000 units, I think.

[Whitey]

Yeah I had something like this when I was growing up:

[Hawkeyeted]

scotsman, on 01 March 2012 - 03:29 PM, said:

Usually British viruses are spread by 19 year old slappers on a holiday to Ayia Napa.

I have no idea what you said.

[Whitey]

Hawkeyeted, on 01 March 2012 - 11:39 PM, said:

I have no idea what you said.

Me neither.

[Whitey]

Hawkeyeted, on 01 March 2012 - 11:39 PM, said:

I have no idea what you said.

Dreaded double post. Sorry.

This post has been edited by Whitey: 02 March 2012 - 12:51 PM

[scotsman]

Slapper: British slang term for a girl/woman who will screw anything male.

Ayia Napa: 'party' resort in Cyprus. Along with Ibiza, has become almost a rite of passage for British teenagers to holiday and party in for the last 20 years. The partying there and in Ibiza makes the American spring break look tame. Imagine Caligula to the nth degree.

[Captain Tenneal]

I am not sure what sort of programming they will be doing on that chip but if
it can do java with an eclipse IDE sign me on.