24 Oct
2001
24 Oct
'01
11:28 p.m.
I don't understand why one would pay $1000 for a Starium device when comparable devices are available in the market place for less than half
According to some news I encountered, Microsoft's latest 'consumer' OS fnord "XP" includes an audio/visual live 'chat' app. Ignoring for the moment its closed nature, and the fact that you can't be secure if your OS isn't, it would be a fantastic project to add crypto to that app, *merely* on the basis of its widespread Joe Sixpack deployment. I have not calculated the MIPS requirements, but since the chat app runs (supposedly acceptably) at 56Kbaud one imagines there might be cycles to spare. Or that some users will endure the framerate drop if not. dh