Oh sure, you might have had the idea first (unpublished!! I can fudge file-creation/modified dates too to prove mine was earlier
) for CHDK, but I get the one for hardcoding it into the firmware of all cameras. Bill Gates eat your heart out. Not one camera will be sold without going through my patent first, in the future.
The insurance companies can buy this idea for $5billion, with all the insurance claims they will save on.
(I'll make a deal with you, whoever gets rich first has to share half with the other
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in my todo i have
individiuelle begrüssung, antitheft und so
that can roughly be translated to "user-editable salutation, antitheft and the like".
by salutation i mean anything, from "good morning" (depending on clock obviously) to a textfile (perhaps with the owner information) or even, and that was my initial idea - from a small database (will be a textfile formatted in a special way). now here's the deal: this database can be filled to the brim with tips & tricks regarding chdk, photography or other things. and everytime you startup the cam you will be presented one random entry (its like when i log into my linux box remotely, as per default there is a program running called fortune (as in fortune-cookie) that automatically "salutes" me with a quote of the day). in many programs (in MS windows) you have the "display tip of the day at startup" option, which is unnerving at times, but sure as hell might be handy for newbies. this can be used for multiple purposes, heres another example: a chdk-photo-contest! the admin of the contest creates this special database file, maybe even encrypted, filling it with the goals of the contest and a set of rules (start of contest eg). you get the file, load it onto the sd card, and as soon as you start the cam (and according to ruleset) you will be presented the goals. e.g: get out of the house and shoot a bird. the contest idea i have in mind for several months now, originally planned as in encrypted scripts. if well written you can have things like "take one shot of a person you like. mind you, only ONE shot" - then the next goal pops up. and by creating checksums you can verify a person hasnt cheated at the end of the day.
There is the alternative way - to create a startup logo with such textual information and install it as boot image to the camera. In this case it will be shown every time on camera boot and will not depend on CHDK existence.
Or, even glue a sticker with the address to return.
All these things could help in case you lost the camera. But they are absolutely nothing if the camera is stolen.
well, the startup logo is shown what, 1 second? thought about that, but that really is a too short timeframe for anyone to read stuff. speaking of a logo, gotta load that chdk logo in my cam finally.
bottom line: as soon as onscreen keyboard is included we can introduce pincodes or passwords to startup chdk (I'm also waiting for the encryption module). for now the gridfile method is excellent. and we'll see what else there will be, ranging from custom salutations to anti-theft to tip-of-the-day.
this idea just came in: when you start the cam and hold a specific key or a set of key, it will start normally. however when you forget to do that, you will be presented the "cam stolen" display or grid.
wow long post, how barney-esque
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