http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/ Engadget Comments for OLPC XO emulation software hits the internets http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/Nov 21st 2006 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/Nov 21st 2006 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/
Now someone please help me out here. I signed up for the vmware for Mac early access program but haven't heard a peep. Where do I get it?
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Could they, theoretically speaking, be clustered into a larger computer that could be used for such things as...for example...designing an implosion trigger system for a nuclear weapon? Or perhaps brute-forcing the encryption on military communications?

Could the wireless capabilities be used to communicate with say...a package...in a suitcase...


Um....I'm getting a bit worried here. Very worried.]]>Nov 21st 2006 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/
however,

Steve Packard - Joking = Idiot.]]>Nov 21st 2006 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/
OMG EVIL LIBYANS ARE GOING TO GET $100 LAPTOPS WE'RE SUPPORTING TERROR!!1

Seriously, the world is a better place without this kind of fear-mongering. If Wilson released a new baseball bat in Libya would you assume it's a weapon or sporting goods? You're making a similarly asinine jump in logic here.

"Designing an implosion trigger for a nuclear weapon"? What the hell drugs are you on? Don't you think there would be an easier way then hand-cranking the battery on your plastic laptop, hacking a new OS, and writing design software for it? Use your freaking head.

Brute-forcing the encryption on military communications? Again, pull your freaking head out. If you had a computer that could do one teraflop (1 trillion key guesses per second), it would take about 2,000,000,000,000,000,000 years to crack 128-bit RSA encryption with brute force. These things can't even get close to a teraflop.

Honestly, try to think through things before you post them.]]>Nov 21st 2006 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/
Remember, there are already freaking computers in Libya.]]>Nov 22nd 2006 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/
Or is he worried that this technology, which could be used for the pursuit of evil, is a product of the USA?

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Grab QEMU (or Q, the nice OS X interface for it) and just create a virtual machine

Point the drive to the VMWare drive image

Boot

I haven't messed with the various settings to get networking up yet, but it boots fine.]]>Nov 22nd 2006 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/Nov 22nd 2006 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/Nov 22nd 2006 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/Also, QEMU is (it seems) the preferred emulation method, because it's free, but you could also use vmware player which is also free.
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http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2006/11/21/short-video-of-the-olpc-ui-action/

Also on youtube.

]]>Nov 22nd 2006 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/Nov 27th 2006 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/olpc-xo-emulation-software-hits-the-internets/Although I really dont know what they could do with 1 GB , and no hard disk, they will rely solely on the internet
and, where is the fast and free internet connection the people will have especially in devoloping countris and especially for the under privilaged.]]>Feb 24th 2007 7:19AM