I suppose it'd depend on how long of a walk you're talking about, but it seems to me that the Segway really doesn't do that. That is, I'm a 300 lb dude and not in great shape at all, but I have no problem walking 5 miles on a walk around town, or more when I'm on vacation. Sure, the elderly or little annoying kids (that's what a red flyer is for anyway) may not be able to do that, but anyone who is under 60 and older than 10 shouldn't have a problem walking a few miles.
It looks like the Segway gets around 11 miles per charge. Not that much walking if you're walknig around on a tour on your vacation... And if it's going to be long distance- 15 or 20 miles- a bike would be better anyway.
Don't get me wrong, I'd like to try riding a Segway, I'm sure it's fun. And a fun thing to do on vacation, for sure. But still- it's not like walking is hard.
I've been read ebooks for a long time. Heck, in the last year, only one or two of the sci-fi books I've read have been on paper. I own a lot of the ones I've read in ebook format in paper as well, but prefer having them electronically by far.
"you can't grep a dead tree."
However, the industry is lagging behind something fierce. I can't get my text books in any electronic format, only fiction books. A damn shame. I take all of my lecture notes on my PDA already, and having the ability to search them makes the notes actually useful to me. It'd be similar with a textbook- the amount it helps me in my studies would double.
Mind you, reading ebooks on a computer screen- even a notebook- is something I don't do. I read them all on my PDA. Most of the ebooks I read are on my the 320x480 screen'd NX70V. For when I have a.LIT file that I can't read on Palm OS- or have a PDB or LIT file I can't read on WinCE (no MS Reader support, ha!) or Linux, there are converter tools. I don't feel bad using them, as I paid for the book and just want to read it.
PalmOS is far from dead. Hell, even though it is brain dead (in a Mac OS 0.53 kind of way), it beats out Linux PDAs in the area of "usefulness" (as if any other category mattered) 9 out of 10 times.
But, I point you to the title. "Linux or Windows." There are other PDA/gadget OSes beyond Linux and Windows, but they were only interested in them for this article. I suppose Linux and WinCE capabilities are more alike than the POS.
I can't imagine the SL-6000x would make much of a difference. Sure, you can get a wifi card for any other Z. And, if you're willing to have a big ass dongle and software that doesn't work very well, you can have bluetooth too.
But in the end, the software sucks. Yeah, you can brag all you want about being able to run bash, but I've got a unix shell and a boatload of gnu/unix apps on my CE device. The sigmarion 3, and it has a real keyboard.
It's really a shame- the Zaurus line could've really been something. Opera and NetFront are both really kick ass browsers. Hell, even the Konq port is pretty slick. But past that, good apps are few and far between, with the big exception beyond the browsers are some of the apps from the Kompany.
I've owned an SL-5500 and one of the "ueber k-rad" SL-C760s. The latter wins in the "coolness factor," if you're talking about bringing it to a LUG meeting. But past that? I'd rather use a WinCE (not PocketPC, but real WinCE 3.0 or 4.x) or PalmOS device. At least for now. Sure, the hardware is neat, but when the apps really blow- and the battery life sucks- how cool is it really?
The VGA screens on the C-series is badass. But then again, you can't really read them in bright sun-light. The hardware is fast- or, at least, it'd be fast if it was running CE. But the Linux and Qtopia software provided makes the thing feel as slow as my Newton MP100 running NewtonOS 1.3. Except the Newton did it a lot better.
I tried typing that into my popper, and it didn't work... What are you running, BTW? I'm on a pretty old setup, so let me guess- you're running the new version of the corn shell?
... then is there a seperate form for those who satisfy the #4 requirement you pasted above but do not satisfy the requirements on that form? There's obviously some inconsistency here...
Woah, king. Do you know this is rev? I think you do, eh?
But yeah, it's bunk. I used to get kind of bitter about it, but not really, and not anymore. Who I am is because of what I've experienced, and I'd hate to be one of those assholes. (heh):)
I'm with you on this one. PayPal is convenient as hell. I've had some problems with their customer service, but no worse than I've had dealing with "reputable" firms like MBNA. I'm happy to have the service.
And then, after that, you can use Bush's tactic of getting investment money that is wasted away. Not to mention plenty of free money for the family through Savings and Loan scams! Man, I sure wish I had gotten in on that, I'd be $50 million richer. Then, go the Cheney route and over charge taxpayers for your company's services- over and over and over!
Indeed. Are we the only two that seem to be able to read? Right off the page for the short form:
You can make a Short Form Claim if, prior to February 1, 2004, PayPal caused you to lose money because of any of the following:
* You experienced an unauthorized or incorrect electronic transfer to or from your PayPal account; * Your PayPal account was improperly restricted or access was improperly limited; * You requested information from PayPal about an account restriction or limitation or unauthorized transfer and you did not receive a satisfactory response; and/or * You experienced or reported an unsatisfactory result from a dispute with PayPal involving a chargeback, a refund, a buyer complaint, or PayPal's Seller Protection Policy, Buyer Complaint Process and/or Buyer Protection Policy.
I mean, what is hard to understand about that? You can only claim if one of those apply.
In all fairness, Paragraph's recognizer wasn't that bad, at least not in NOS 2.x device like the 130 and 2100. Maybe not as good as the Apple recognizer, but not as bad as it was back in the NOS 1.x days.
..yup. And as someone pointed out, I had it backwards- Rosetta (Apple's HWR) was better.
I used the cursive recognition for the longest time with very good result- around 99% accuracy. But then I switched to the print recognizer, and that bumped up to 99.1 or 99.2%- and it could handle the german characters I was needing to write for my homeworks.:)
OK, I must be an exception. But going from "college student" to just a "full-time worker" is like a vacation for me. Happens every summer, and hopefully this fall for good. But when I've got my "college student" hat on, it means working 40-50 hours a week and going to school full-time. Honestly, it's a vacation for me to just work full-time- instead of being on campus from 8 am to 10 PM every weekday, I'm only here until 4:30. I mean, jeeze, I get to see day-light! Only happens on the weekend during the winter for me.
I mean, I can see how having kids could change all this. *shudder* But still... Maybe if I had mommy and daddy paying for school, I'd be singing a different tune.
I'm getting one of these- at least, if I get the new job I'm waiting on. Good chance of it too, so... I had to sell my computer to pay for the gigantor school loan payments I'm having to make while still in school. *sigh* But...
At least this thing is out. Beats the OQO on that front.:P
First, I'm the only one doing work on it as present. It's a project for my benefit. I've not done work for a few months though. Not much time for such when you're working 50 hrs/week and going to school full-time...:/ This fall I plan to get back into it, provided this "real" job of mine pans out, meaning I'd only work 40 hours a week and *no* school. A veritable vacation for me.:P
Nope, Apple developed it. In Newton OS 2.x, there were two HWR methods- the "cursive" recognizer developed in-house by Apple ("Rosetta"), now used in OS X as Inkwell; and ParaGraph's "printing" recognizer, used also in older NewtonOSes and now a days in PenOffice, CalliGrapher and MS Transcriber.
Except, the Newton OS seems to have *some* value to Apple. There is InkWell in OS X, which is Newton handwriting recognition.
People have tried to convince Apple to open source the Newton OS. Apple has claimed that it cannot- be it for copyright/patent, value or personal reasons. Everyone knows Jobs hated the Newton. Some people seem to think he's set a no OSing of NOS policy because of this, though that sounds like a helluva grudge.
You can already get the NewtonOS, at least in the binary sense that you can ProDOS. There are utilities for doing a ROM dump. Feel free to reverse engineer it.
I must say, your analysis of the Newton-as-NES analogy was superb. However, the greatest flaw in this analogy is not the lack of later generations. What is it, say you? The color, of course. The Newton is a very dark green and the NES is grey.
Ok, that was a joke.
But there was a progression of models with the Newton- from the OMP (original message pad) to the MP 2100, with the different form factor of the eMate tossed in there. The difference between NewtonOS 1.x and 2.x was greater than NES and SNES.
But I could sure go for a 2004 Apple iNewt 3100. *sigh*
someone tried to write such an emulator. gave up, though. He wasn't writing a virtualization layer, like I think you're proposing though, rather a complete emulator.
But is it possible yet to make a beowulf cluster of the darn things? Imagine!
Actually...
A long time ago, I wrote a little distributed object API for the Newton. Although, calling it an "API" is a bit grandiose. But I used it for some simple distributed processing, at that time running some simple genetic algorithms.
So yeah, you can make a Beowulf cluster of Newtons.
Storage is kind of like the Newton OODB, but Storage uses SQL, no? The Newton data store was an object database. I use something similar (an OODBMS called Magma) in Dynapad, my Newton replacement.
In addition, there is the Sony Vaio U series. See Dynamism, they import em. The OQO has been one helluva disapointment. If I get the job I'm waiting on, I may buy one of these Sony U-series to finally replace my Newton. I've had a lot of things I've tried to replace it with, but nothing has done an adequate job.
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I suppose it'd depend on how long of a walk you're talking about, but it seems to me that the Segway really doesn't do that. That is, I'm a 300 lb dude and not in great shape at all, but I have no problem walking 5 miles on a walk around town, or more when I'm on vacation. Sure, the elderly or little annoying kids (that's what a red flyer is for anyway) may not be able to do that, but anyone who is under 60 and older than 10 shouldn't have a problem walking a few miles.
It looks like the Segway gets around 11 miles per charge. Not that much walking if you're walknig around on a tour on your vacation... And if it's going to be long distance- 15 or 20 miles- a bike would be better anyway.
Don't get me wrong, I'd like to try riding a Segway, I'm sure it's fun. And a fun thing to do on vacation, for sure. But still- it's not like walking is hard.
I've been read ebooks for a long time. Heck, in the last year, only one or two of the sci-fi books I've read have been on paper. I own a lot of the ones I've read in ebook format in paper as well, but prefer having them electronically by far.
.LIT file that I can't read on Palm OS- or have a PDB or LIT file I can't read on WinCE (no MS Reader support, ha!) or Linux, there are converter tools. I don't feel bad using them, as I paid for the book and just want to read it.
"you can't grep a dead tree."
However, the industry is lagging behind something fierce. I can't get my text books in any electronic format, only fiction books. A damn shame. I take all of my lecture notes on my PDA already, and having the ability to search them makes the notes actually useful to me. It'd be similar with a textbook- the amount it helps me in my studies would double.
Mind you, reading ebooks on a computer screen- even a notebook- is something I don't do. I read them all on my PDA. Most of the ebooks I read are on my the 320x480 screen'd NX70V. For when I have a
PalmOS is far from dead. Hell, even though it is brain dead (in a Mac OS 0.53 kind of way), it beats out Linux PDAs in the area of "usefulness" (as if any other category mattered) 9 out of 10 times.
But, I point you to the title. "Linux or Windows." There are other PDA/gadget OSes beyond Linux and Windows, but they were only interested in them for this article. I suppose Linux and WinCE capabilities are more alike than the POS.
I can't imagine the SL-6000x would make much of a difference. Sure, you can get a wifi card for any other Z. And, if you're willing to have a big ass dongle and software that doesn't work very well, you can have bluetooth too.
But in the end, the software sucks. Yeah, you can brag all you want about being able to run bash, but I've got a unix shell and a boatload of gnu/unix apps on my CE device. The sigmarion 3, and it has a real keyboard.
It's really a shame- the Zaurus line could've really been something. Opera and NetFront are both really kick ass browsers. Hell, even the Konq port is pretty slick. But past that, good apps are few and far between, with the big exception beyond the browsers are some of the apps from the Kompany.
I've owned an SL-5500 and one of the "ueber k-rad" SL-C760s. The latter wins in the "coolness factor," if you're talking about bringing it to a LUG meeting. But past that? I'd rather use a WinCE (not PocketPC, but real WinCE 3.0 or 4.x) or PalmOS device. At least for now. Sure, the hardware is neat, but when the apps really blow- and the battery life sucks- how cool is it really?
The VGA screens on the C-series is badass. But then again, you can't really read them in bright sun-light. The hardware is fast- or, at least, it'd be fast if it was running CE. But the Linux and Qtopia software provided makes the thing feel as slow as my Newton MP100 running NewtonOS 1.3. Except the Newton did it a lot better.
I tried typing that into my popper, and it didn't work... What are you running, BTW? I'm on a pretty old setup, so let me guess- you're running the new version of the corn shell?
HAHA. god. that hurts.
... then is there a seperate form for those who satisfy the #4 requirement you pasted above but do not satisfy the requirements on that form? There's obviously some inconsistency here...
Woah, king. Do you know this is rev? I think you do, eh?
:)
But yeah, it's bunk. I used to get kind of bitter about it, but not really, and not anymore. Who I am is because of what I've experienced, and I'd hate to be one of those assholes. (heh)
I'm with you on this one. PayPal is convenient as hell. I've had some problems with their customer service, but no worse than I've had dealing with "reputable" firms like MBNA. I'm happy to have the service.
And then, after that, you can use Bush's tactic of getting investment money that is wasted away. Not to mention plenty of free money for the family through Savings and Loan scams! Man, I sure wish I had gotten in on that, I'd be $50 million richer. Then, go the Cheney route and over charge taxpayers for your company's services- over and over and over!
Indeed. Are we the only two that seem to be able to read? Right off the page for the short form:
You can make a Short Form Claim if, prior to February 1, 2004, PayPal caused you to lose money because of any of the following:
* You experienced an unauthorized or incorrect electronic transfer to or from your PayPal account;
* Your PayPal account was improperly restricted or access was improperly limited;
* You requested information from PayPal about an account restriction or limitation or unauthorized transfer and you did not receive a satisfactory response; and/or
* You experienced or reported an unsatisfactory result from a dispute with PayPal involving a chargeback, a refund, a buyer complaint, or PayPal's Seller Protection Policy, Buyer Complaint Process and/or Buyer Protection Policy.
I mean, what is hard to understand about that? You can only claim if one of those apply.
Ahhh, thanks for pointing that out.
In all fairness, Paragraph's recognizer wasn't that bad, at least not in NOS 2.x device like the 130 and 2100. Maybe not as good as the Apple recognizer, but not as bad as it was back in the NOS 1.x days.
..yup. And as someone pointed out, I had it backwards- Rosetta (Apple's HWR) was better.
:)
I used the cursive recognition for the longest time with very good result- around 99% accuracy. But then I switched to the print recognizer, and that bumped up to 99.1 or 99.2%- and it could handle the german characters I was needing to write for my homeworks.
OK, I must be an exception. But going from "college student" to just a "full-time worker" is like a vacation for me. Happens every summer, and hopefully this fall for good. But when I've got my "college student" hat on, it means working 40-50 hours a week and going to school full-time. Honestly, it's a vacation for me to just work full-time- instead of being on campus from 8 am to 10 PM every weekday, I'm only here until 4:30. I mean, jeeze, I get to see day-light! Only happens on the weekend during the winter for me.
I mean, I can see how having kids could change all this. *shudder* But still... Maybe if I had mommy and daddy paying for school, I'd be singing a different tune.
Ha! That's the first thing I thought when I read the name- it's a good thing they got it before Intel did. :P
I'm getting one of these- at least, if I get the new job I'm waiting on. Good chance of it too, so ... I had to sell my computer to pay for the gigantor school loan payments I'm having to make while still in school. *sigh* But ...
:P
At least this thing is out. Beats the OQO on that front.
First, I'm the only one doing work on it as present. It's a project for my benefit. I've not done work for a few months though. Not much time for such when you're working 50 hrs/week and going to school full-time... :/ This fall I plan to get back into it, provided this "real" job of mine pans out, meaning I'd only work 40 hours a week and *no* school. A veritable vacation for me. :P
Nope, Apple developed it. In Newton OS 2.x, there were two HWR methods- the "cursive" recognizer developed in-house by Apple ("Rosetta"), now used in OS X as Inkwell; and ParaGraph's "printing" recognizer, used also in older NewtonOSes and now a days in PenOffice, CalliGrapher and MS Transcriber.
They have at least some if it around- like I said, they used their NewtonOS HWR in OS X, as InkWell. Perhaps you meant that post for my parent?
Except, the Newton OS seems to have *some* value to Apple. There is InkWell in OS X, which is Newton handwriting recognition.
People have tried to convince Apple to open source the Newton OS. Apple has claimed that it cannot- be it for copyright/patent, value or personal reasons. Everyone knows Jobs hated the Newton. Some people seem to think he's set a no OSing of NOS policy because of this, though that sounds like a helluva grudge.
You can already get the NewtonOS, at least in the binary sense that you can ProDOS. There are utilities for doing a ROM dump. Feel free to reverse engineer it.
I must say, your analysis of the Newton-as-NES analogy was superb. However, the greatest flaw in this analogy is not the lack of later generations. What is it, say you? The color, of course. The Newton is a very dark green and the NES is grey.
Ok, that was a joke.
But there was a progression of models with the Newton- from the OMP (original message pad) to the MP 2100, with the different form factor of the eMate tossed in there. The difference between NewtonOS 1.x and 2.x was greater than NES and SNES.
But I could sure go for a 2004 Apple iNewt 3100. *sigh*
oh, the joys of google!
someone tried to write such an emulator. gave up, though. He wasn't writing a virtualization layer, like I think you're proposing though, rather a complete emulator.
But is it possible yet to make a beowulf cluster of the darn things? Imagine!
Actually...
A long time ago, I wrote a little distributed object API for the Newton. Although, calling it an "API" is a bit grandiose. But I used it for some simple distributed processing, at that time running some simple genetic algorithms.
So yeah, you can make a Beowulf cluster of Newtons.
Storage is kind of like the Newton OODB, but Storage uses SQL, no? The Newton data store was an object database. I use something similar (an OODBMS called Magma) in Dynapad, my Newton replacement.
In addition, there is the Sony Vaio U series. See Dynamism, they import em. The OQO has been one helluva disapointment. If I get the job I'm waiting on, I may buy one of these Sony U-series to finally replace my Newton. I've had a lot of things I've tried to replace it with, but nothing has done an adequate job.
Yeah, except for that little bummer about not being able to enter new text onto the iPod. Kind of limits its usefulness as a "PDA."
The "rudimentary database" support you speak of is having text files that a meaty hu-man organizes.