If he'd just referred to it as "gift culture" or something like that, he might've gotten some honest consideration. But use of the oh-so-scary c-word condemns his ideas to oblivion, at least in the US.
Quick, somebody post something about how "communism" "lost" the Cold War. I need a good laugh today.
Casio PV-200, Royal DaVinci, TI Avigo (discontinued but I have one), Sharp SE-300. There's four that, in my opinion, are as good or better than a Palm in the same price range give or take $50. (notice the opinion part *grin*)
*grin* Ok. Is your opinion based on anything? Based on my experience with my Palm and 2 of the 4 devices you mentioned, my opinion is that saying they're are "as good or better than a Palm" is absurd.
(re: comparing prices:)
And what should I compare them to since there has been ZERO details about availability or resellers for the Visor.
Compare MSP with MSP, or don't compare at all, given that you admit that there's insufficient data.
Palm isn't the only OS in town ya know... there are many sub $100 PDAs on the market today that work as good or BETTER than Palms or Palm clones.
Ha! Name one.
You can also get a Palm III for as little as $164 online (2MB, IR, etc.) or a Palm Professional for as little as $132 (1MB) which makes Palm clone's price even less attractive.
You're comparing apples (current Palm street-prices) with oranges (Visor suggested prices).
Also, what value is proprietary modularization in an open world?
An "open world"? In your dreams. If it works, there's value in it.
3Com licensed it to Handspring. That was already a done deal when H&D left 3Com.
3Com has also licensed PalmOS to IBM (for the Workpad) and Qualcomm (for the pdQ Smartphone). Rumour has it that other lisencing deals are in the works. There was some noise that Apple has considered licensing PalmOS for it's own handheld device, but I dunno the current status of that.
Honestly, I don't find any aspect of the Visor revolutionary or ground breaking.
Uh, you don't consider the Springboard module slot at least potentially revolutionary? (3Com thinks it is -- rumor has it that they're working on their own device to have this.) Or the fact that Handspring's high-end version is only a little pricier than 3Com's low-end version?
Whaddya want, egg in your beer?
Granted, it's not the color-display, less-than-$100US, built-in digital wireless dream device Hawkins&Dubinsky have speculated about, but who really thought that'd be their first release?
Lucas may have one of the greatest imaginations of all time when it comes to creating new worlds and whatnot, but, dear God, his dialogue is some of the most trite, horrid stuff I've ever seen. It's as if the man has never held a conversation with another human being.
Too true, and I gather that Sir Guiness isn't the only one who has gagged on it. His opinion just has the most class behind it.
(Oh, and David Prowse should get a friggin' life. James Earl Jones' voice was used (a) becuase it was much better and (b) 'cause Prowse tried to cash in by selling his lines to the press, pre-release. Whining little git. (Well, ok, he's not little.))
"[C]reating improved memory and learning ability is not the same as boosting intelligence..."
Nor is the same as boosting wisdom, or even common sense. It's not like there's a big shortage of intelligence, just a shortage of people who actually use it for much.
You always want to give them a "If you change I'll come back". Otherwise, they just roundfile your comment as a lost cause.
Well, yeah, but don't expect anything from Amazon. I gave 'em that clause when I bitched about their whoring book-review policy. They changed the policy, but only in a classic "we'll 'change' this to shut up the bad PR, but we'll change it as little as we think we can get away with" condescending corporate-bullshit way.
I haven't bought a thing from them since, and instead of recommending them to friends like I used to, I bad-mouth 'em every chance I get.
In the not-too-distant future, I see a time when I can log onto my computer on election day, type in my social security number and password, and vote for the candidate of my choice. Such a system would massively increase voter participation and would result in a government truly elected by the people. Do you think that such a system will truly come to pass, and if so, when?
And if so, why would we want it?
If someone's too friggin' lazy to get their butt to a polling place, do we want them to vote? (Not counting those folks for whom getting to a polling place is very difficult or impossible due to physical impairment, of course.)
According to a US Navy nuclear engineer of my aquaintance, the difference between the way the Navy designs and runs nuclear reactors and the way the power companies do it is that the Navy does it right. (I gather this is partly a legacy of the late Admiral Rickover.)
Gee, NYT runs a story on how unions are irrelevant to (some) high-tech workers. Well, duh. Consider the source. Ya think there just might be a bit of a slant?
That depends on the definition of terms. I'm using the terms as they are typically applied in American politics (which is a horrible corruption of the true meanings of the words, I know).
I put the terms in quotes because I was using them as they are typically applied in American politics. Editors and publishers are more likely to be pro-government and establishment, which means they are (perversely in terms of language) liberal.
You are contradicting yourself. The current US gov't/establishment is not by any stretch of the imagination "liberal" as the term is used in current US politics (nor in the classical definition, either). So being supportive of them would not make someone "liberal".
On FR, the "major media" outlets are routinely crucified for the liberal bias evident in their reporting (note, all news reporting has bias -- the major American media is generally liberal)...
This is a popular but overly simplistic notion. While there is some truth to it in that most reporters have been shown to have more "liberal" leanings than "conservative" ones, it's less well known (gee, I wonder why) that most editors and nearly all publishers have "conservative" leanings. If you control what stories will be covered, you can worry less about how they're covered.
NASA's job is to spend funding on studies that they can hype to Congress to get them more funding. Every once in a while they follow through on a project if the right congresscritters get some pork out of it, but of course the engineering (and science, if any) suffers for it.
I think its ridiculous and utterly sexist. As a Man in computer science, I know for a fact that there's no such thing as a "guys only" scholarship because it discriminates against women.
There may or may not be any "'guys only' scholarships", but there are shitloads of "guys usually" scholarships.
Where are the equal rights when you need them?
Usually they're wherever whiny white boys have hidden them.
The DOJ/White House is claiming that this will make broadband listening too difficult, and that "this type of regulation is an executive branch policy decision involving 'extraordinarily sensitive' info that's too secret to disclose publicly."
The old "if you knew what we knew you'd want what we want, but we can't tell you what we know so you'll just have to trust us."
Rushing to a snappy reply really makes you look dumb. The study was *not* about Einstein's overall brain size, it wasn't even just about the size of one particular area, and his was *not* the only brain studied.
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If he'd just referred to it as "gift culture" or something like that, he might've gotten some honest consideration. But use of the oh-so-scary c-word condemns his ideas to oblivion, at least in the US.
Quick, somebody post something about how "communism" "lost" the Cold War. I need a good laugh today.
I think that was the point. Sarcasm, doncha know.
As suggested elsewhere, a MP3 module for Visors will probably have its own storage capability.
*grin* Ok. Is your opinion based on anything? Based on my experience with my Palm and 2 of the 4 devices you mentioned, my opinion is that saying they're are "as good or better than a Palm" is absurd.
(re: comparing prices:)
And what should I compare them to since there has been ZERO details about availability or resellers for the Visor.
Compare MSP with MSP, or don't compare at all, given that you admit that there's insufficient data.
The Visors run PalmOS, so if a piece of software runs on a Palm, it will almost certainly run on a Visor.
Ha! Name one.
You can also get a Palm III for as little as $164 online (2MB, IR, etc.) or a Palm Professional for as little as $132 (1MB) which makes Palm clone's price even less attractive.
You're comparing apples (current Palm street-prices) with oranges (Visor suggested prices).
Also, what value is proprietary modularization in an open world?
An "open world"? In your dreams. If it works, there's value in it.
In a PDA, a color display also enables your batteries to be sucked dry quicker. Not to mention your wallet.
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Someday, though
3Com licensed it to Handspring. That was already a done deal when H&D left 3Com.
3Com has also licensed PalmOS to IBM (for the Workpad) and Qualcomm (for the pdQ Smartphone). Rumour has it that other lisencing deals are in the works. There was some noise that Apple has considered licensing PalmOS for it's own handheld device, but I dunno the current status of that.
Uh, you don't consider the Springboard module slot at least potentially revolutionary? (3Com thinks it is -- rumor has it that they're working on their own device to have this.) Or the fact that Handspring's high-end version is only a little pricier than 3Com's low-end version?
Whaddya want, egg in your beer?
Granted, it's not the color-display, less-than-$100US, built-in digital wireless dream device Hawkins&Dubinsky have speculated about, but who really thought that'd be their first release?
Too true, and I gather that Sir Guiness isn't the only one who has gagged on it. His opinion just has the most class behind it.
(Oh, and David Prowse should get a friggin' life. James Earl Jones' voice was used (a) becuase it was much better and (b) 'cause Prowse tried to cash in by selling his lines to the press, pre-release. Whining little git. (Well, ok, he's not little.))
Well, I would, but yeah, good point. I think "guys" may be slowly becoming inclusive, but it ain't really there yet, in general.
FWIW, I tend to use "folks".
Hmmm.
Maybe the "voucher system" should extend to home-schooling -- if a parent wants to stay home and teach, they get the voucher(s).
(And if, upon reaching 18 or so, the kid(s) can't pass a high-school equivalency test, the parent has to pay the money back into the system.)
Unfortunately, politicians can't effectively legislate accountability ... partly because too few of them know what it is.
"[C]reating improved memory and learning ability is not the same as boosting intelligence ..."
Nor is the same as boosting wisdom, or even common sense. It's not like there's a big shortage of intelligence, just a shortage of people who actually use it for much.
It's Danger Mouse!
Well, yeah, but don't expect anything from Amazon. I gave 'em that clause when I bitched about their whoring book-review policy. They changed the policy, but only in a classic "we'll 'change' this to shut up the bad PR, but we'll change it as little as we think we can get away with" condescending corporate-bullshit way.
I haven't bought a thing from them since, and instead of recommending them to friends like I used to, I bad-mouth 'em every chance I get.
They suck.
And if so, why would we want it?
If someone's too friggin' lazy to get their butt to a polling place, do we want them to vote? (Not counting those folks for whom getting to a polling place is very difficult or impossible due to physical impairment, of course.)
According to a US Navy nuclear engineer of my aquaintance, the difference between the way the Navy designs and runs nuclear reactors and the way the power companies do it is that the Navy does it right. (I gather this is partly a legacy of the late Admiral Rickover.)
Gee, NYT runs a story on how unions are irrelevant to (some) high-tech workers. Well, duh. Consider the source. Ya think there just might be a bit of a slant?
That depends on the definition of terms. I'm using the terms as they are typically applied in American politics (which is a horrible corruption of the true meanings of the words, I know).
I put the terms in quotes because I was using them as they are typically applied in American politics.
Editors and publishers are more likely to be pro-government and establishment, which means they are (perversely in terms of language) liberal.
You are contradicting yourself. The current US gov't/establishment is not by any stretch of the imagination "liberal" as the term is used in current US politics (nor in the classical definition, either). So being supportive of them would not make someone "liberal".
This is a popular but overly simplistic notion. While there is some truth to it in that most reporters have been shown to have more "liberal" leanings than "conservative" ones, it's less well known (gee, I wonder why) that most editors and nearly all publishers have "conservative" leanings. If you control what stories will be covered, you can worry less about how they're covered.
More NASA vapourware. BFD.
NASA's job is to spend funding on studies that they can hype to Congress to get them more funding. Every once in a while they follow through on a project if the right congresscritters get some pork out of it, but of course the engineering (and science, if any) suffers for it.
There may or may not be any "'guys only' scholarships", but there are shitloads of "guys usually" scholarships.
Where are the equal rights when you need them?
Usually they're wherever whiny white boys have hidden them.
The old "if you knew what we knew you'd want what we want, but we can't tell you what we know so you'll just have to trust us."
Yeah, sure.
"Hmmmm.... www.doj.com"
ITYM www.doj.gov, doncha?
Rushing to a snappy reply really makes you look dumb. The study was *not* about Einstein's overall brain size, it wasn't even just about the size of one particular area, and his was *not* the only brain studied.
ObSheesh.