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Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday July 31, 2003 @05:02PM from the and-here-it-is dept.

damiangerous writes "American chain Ritz camera has begun offering disposable digital cameras for $10.99. The price includes 4x6" prints and a Photo CD of the camera's 25 photo memory. Pictures can be deleted, but there's no LCD."

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Re:It's not disposable... it's reusable. (Score:5, Funny)

by soundnfury ( 638010 ) writes: on Thursday July 31, 2003 @05:08PM (#6583065)

Of course, you could throw it out. Then it'd be disposable. Well, disposed....of.

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If Ritz can get the pictures out why can't I? (Score:3, Funny)

by teamhasnoi ( 554944 ) * writes: <teamhasnoi@CURIE ... minus physicist> on Thursday July 31, 2003 @05:09PM (#6583075) Journal

Sounds like an excellent canidate for hacking a cheap web cam, or put in the bottom of a bowl so your parents will look into theirs and feel comforted that you are home safe.
Wait. That's an MS idea. Damn.

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How long until... (Score:5, Funny)

by piku ( 161975 ) writes: on Thursday July 31, 2003 @05:14PM (#6583116) Homepage

...we have over 200 posts here all asking the question, "How long until someone figures out a way to hack this camera?"

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...instead of throwing them away... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday July 31, 2003 @05:20PM (#6583168)

why not collect them and make a beowulf cluster out of them...

if it's not been posted it has to be said :)

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Re:um, a 2mp camera for 10.99 (Score:4, Funny)

by Tenebrious1 ( 530949 ) writes: on Thursday July 31, 2003 @05:27PM (#6583226) Homepage

How long until someone has Linux running on it?

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Is it... (Score:5, Funny)

by macemoneta ( 154740 ) writes: on Thursday July 31, 2003 @05:45PM (#6583360) Homepage

...hacked yet?
No!

Is it hacked yet?
No!

Is it hacked yet?
No!

Is it hacked yet?
Fine! Yes, it's hacked! Are you happy now?

Does it run Linux yet?
Arrrrgh!

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Re:um, a 2mp camera for 10.99 (Score:4, Funny)

by Skater ( 41976 ) writes: on Thursday July 31, 2003 @05:48PM (#6583389) Homepage Journal

In a flash, of course.

(Wow, that was terrible. I'm sorry to subject you to that...)

--RJ

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Re:It's not disposable... it's reusable. (Score:5, Funny)

by drdanny_orig ( 585847 ) * writes: on Thursday July 31, 2003 @05:55PM (#6583438)

I'm trying to figure out what keeps the user from permanently "renting" this camera (downloading the pics to the computer and then deleting them off camera).

The DMCA, maybe?

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Re:Good source for cheap CCDs (Score:5, Funny)

by Obiwan Kenobi ( 32807 ) * writes: <evan @ m i s t e r orange.com> on Thursday July 31, 2003 @06:26PM (#6583617) Homepage

I would like to meet the moderator who scored the above comment as "+1 Insighful".

But I would not, however, like to shake his hand.

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Re:I wonder if you could snag other peoples pics (Score:5, Funny)

by fastdecade ( 179638 ) writes: on Thursday July 31, 2003 @06:32PM (#6583639)

You just have to make it more expensive to hack a single camera than it is to buy a real camera.

We're on slashdot --- it's worth spending your life savings just to get the proprietary camera working as a normal $100 camera. Or getting it to play OGG files, or running linux, or ...

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the Ritz 'disposable' camera idea fails... (Score:2, Funny)

by israelireader ( 522204 ) writes: on Thursday July 31, 2003 @06:38PM (#6583665)

because slashdot readers buy the cameras and never return them in anticipation of a crack...

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Re:It's not disposable... it's reusable. (Score:5, Funny)

by dasmegabyte ( 267018 ) writes: <das@OHNOWHATSTHISdasmegabyte.org> on Thursday July 31, 2003 @07:45PM (#6584111) Homepage Journal

I can't think of a 2 mp CCD that can be had for under $10. It would be worth it for me just to pry open the thing and get the ccd and the lens. Spycam city, baby -- girl's dorm shower, here I come!

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Re:I wonder if you could snag other peoples pics (Score:3, Funny)

by AVryhof ( 142320 ) writes: <amos @ v r y h o f r e s earch.com> on Thursday July 31, 2003 @08:55PM (#6584455) Homepage

Running them in a Beowulf cluster!!!

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Re:It's not disposable... it's reusable. (Score:5, Funny)

If Ritz can get the pictures out why can't I? (Score:3, Funny)

How long until... (Score:5, Funny)

...instead of throwing them away... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:um, a 2mp camera for 10.99 (Score:4, Funny)

Is it... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:um, a 2mp camera for 10.99 (Score:4, Funny)

Re:It's not disposable... it's reusable. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Good source for cheap CCDs (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I wonder if you could snag other peoples pics (Score:5, Funny)

the Ritz 'disposable' camera idea fails... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:It's not disposable... it's reusable. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I wonder if you could snag other peoples pics (Score:3, Funny)

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