[GreenKeys] New Raspberry Pi

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not  that  great of  deal  look at the   referbed  aarp  units   2  cameras 
 more   stuff  40 or 50 bucks and include a year of aarp membership  Ed#    
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/27/2015 8:19:45 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
captainkirk359 at gmail.com writes:

On 27  December 2015 at 21:25, drlegendre . <drlegendre at gmail.com>  wrote:
> Well yeah, that's about as cool as it gets..  we are truly  in the age of
> ubiquitous computing.
>
Fun fact, one of the  courses I have to take for my degree (PROCTECH
3MC3 - Motion Control and  Robotics) actually involves coding for the
RPi. (Meanwhile the course we  completed this term (PROCTECH 3CT3 -
Control Theory I) involved coding for  the Arduino.)

Though that whole "internet of things" thing is still  pants on head
<redacted>. ("Why does my *fridge* need an internet  connection?"
although being able to go "Yep, I installed Linux on a  literal
toaster." would be fun.) But I digress...


> So how  long till we have the essentially 'disposable' $19.95 tablet /
>  notebook? Can't be much more than a year or two off at this  point.
>
It's not $20 (it's $38), but it's getting  close:
<http://www.amazon.com/Zeepad-Zeeppad-android-Tablet-Capacity/dp/B00ACXLWEI/
>
(Oh  great spam filter, please don't block this...)


> Questions,  though - if this is made in Wales, why is the price ($5.00)
>  denominated in USD - yet it's selling for $30.00 on eBay while it's  
being
> given away "free" with a mag?
>
"Reasons" is probably  the best explanation for why the price is
denominated in USD. As to why  it's selling on eBay for $30; well a
bunch of "scalpers" bought up the  first round of the MagPi magazine
with the free Pi Zero in it and then  started hawking them on eBay for
exorbitant  prices.


Cheers,
Christian
-- 
Christian M.  Gauger-Cosgrove
STCKON08DS0
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