Buy an iGo charger system and chuck (well, maybe just box away) all the ones that it is able to replace.
Of the list given, it appears that they have charger tips for everything but the Canon Powershot, the Cowan iAudio X5L and the Logitech MX1000.
I can personally testify that they have tips for the Nintendo DS and DS-Lite, and I've used this system extensively (except for laptops).
Not really the cheapest option, but probably the one easiest on the sanity.
You'll probably need to get two charger systems:
For the laptop (due to higher power requirements).
For everything else.
Check with the company— they'll be able to tell you what you should need.
Radio Shack also sells these, but I've never seen them carry the heavy-duty ones (the ones needed for laptops and other high-power devices).
They also have options to allow charging of multiple devices off of a single charger, but I've never messed with those so I don't know how well they work.
Actually, while this may not be his normal style, it is entirely possible he's writing it as a "regular end-user".
I've seen this done repeatedly, usually by higher-level executives when they're trying to make a point, especially when they feel something is being done badly or incorrectly.
As an added point, I've never seen this done with public communications; only with internal communications that are never expected to be seen by anyone else.
OpenOffice is the open-source equivalent to StarOffice (I'd say 'version' but I suspect that they will start to follow divergent paths from now on).
Sun is attempting to make StarOffice into an attractive alternative to people who would not otherwise even consider it ("It's free? Then it must be junk!!"). Sun can also include proprietary additions that cannot, for legal reasons, be made available as part of OpenOffice.
Saying that this was long-planned is probably true, but that doesn't change the fact that Sun only announced it recently. Mandrake, at least through the ZDNet story, claims that the decision to release StarOffice as proprietary was unexpected, which could be true (unlikely, but certainly possible). They also state that there are other factors to be considered that are why StarOffice is only available to Silver level or better members. Details are available on MandrakeClub. It's interesting that the ZDNet story and the MandrakeClub explanation don't jibe on several important points, so take that as you will.
Finally, OpenOffice is freely available in the standard Mandrake 8.2 release (it's on CD3 of the download edition, as somebody has already pointed out), and there's no requirement whatsoever that a user needs to acquire StarOffice 6.0, unless they specifically require the caapbilities offered in the proprietary release that are not available in OpenOffice. And really, how many home users need the database functionality? Some of the additonal file filters would be nice, but I'd hardly say essential. Now for a business...
Personally, I feel that this is actually a fairly minor thing that has been blown out of proportion by an over-enthusiastic media. But that's just my opinion...
However, anyone in the mood for something a bit more off-kilter, check out Urusei Yatsura. A very funny series, with a seriously off-beat sense of humor. If you decide you like it, you can get it from AnimEigo.
Just in case anyone's wondering, my first (re)exposure to anime happened to be Beautiful Dreamer the second movie of Urusei Yatsura. And it just happens to be my all-time favorite series...
Actually, much as I hate to admit it, PnP does have one advantage over autoconfig; it enumerates the entire resource list before allocating resources. Autoconfig allocated resources on a FIFO basis. The fact that autoconfig usually worked properly the first time says more about the hardware vendors than anything else.
And before anyone wonders, I am an Amiga advocate; in fact, if my A4000 still worked, I would be using it even over Linux...
It is quite possible to have an environment that is both powerful and easy to use. A classic example of this, although I admit I am somewhat biased, is the old Amiga computers.
This was a machine that elegantly combined ease-of-use and power and was able to do so in a manner that both experienced and novice users were reasonably comfortable with.
I think one of the keys to the success of a system like this is the use of reasonable defaults. Amiga configuration tools would often provide defaults that worked for general classes of user, but also exposed the low-level configuration options to anyone who cared to get their hands dirty. Admittedly, the inclusion of ARexx as a system-wide scripting tool probably helped enormously in this regard.
Please, let's not have applications intelligently configure themselves. Or if we must, let's make sure that auto-configure isn't the only way to do it. Give those who want it the ability to configure the tiniest detail, whenever possible.
Actually, DirOPUS 4.12 is not entirely unknown on other platforms. Check out here.
It's for Win9x. I don't know how it compares, but the author claims he was openly inspired to "recreate" DirOPUS. Visually, it looks close.
Personally, let me know when GPSoftware releases DirOPUS 5.0; that will get my attention!! If my Amiga was still alive (sniff) I'd have it running just to use that. Maybe once I get UAE working...
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Buy an iGo charger system and chuck (well, maybe just box away) all the ones that it is able to replace.
Of the list given, it appears that they have charger tips for everything but the Canon Powershot, the Cowan iAudio X5L and the Logitech MX1000.
I can personally testify that they have tips for the Nintendo DS and DS-Lite, and I've used this system extensively (except for laptops).
Not really the cheapest option, but probably the one easiest on the sanity.
You'll probably need to get two charger systems:
Check with the company— they'll be able to tell you what you should need.
Radio Shack also sells these, but I've never seen them carry the heavy-duty ones (the ones needed for laptops and other high-power devices).
They also have options to allow charging of multiple devices off of a single charger, but I've never messed with those so I don't know how well they work.
Um, yep.
Wonder if that was brought up as prior art. If not, why not?
If I recall, Rorscharch's voice didn't become flat and monotonous until after the incident with the dogs and the kidnapping, when he "found" himself.
Doesn't this line of dialogue come before that, during the Keene Act riots?
Nah!
They're Daleks
Exterminate!
Actually, while this may not be his normal style, it is entirely possible he's writing it as a "regular end-user".
I've seen this done repeatedly, usually by higher-level executives when they're trying to make a point, especially when they feel something is being done badly or incorrectly.
As an added point, I've never seen this done with public communications; only with internal communications that are never expected to be seen by anyone else.
OpenOffice is the open-source equivalent to StarOffice (I'd say 'version' but I suspect that they will start to follow divergent paths from now on).
Sun is attempting to make StarOffice into an attractive alternative to people who would not otherwise even consider it ("It's free? Then it must be junk!!"). Sun can also include proprietary additions that cannot, for legal reasons, be made available as part of OpenOffice.
Saying that this was long-planned is probably true, but that doesn't change the fact that Sun only announced it recently. Mandrake, at least through the ZDNet story, claims that the decision to release StarOffice as proprietary was unexpected, which could be true (unlikely, but certainly possible). They also state that there are other factors to be considered that are why StarOffice is only available to Silver level or better members. Details are available on MandrakeClub. It's interesting that the ZDNet story and the MandrakeClub explanation don't jibe on several important points, so take that as you will.
Finally, OpenOffice is freely available in the standard Mandrake 8.2 release (it's on CD3 of the download edition, as somebody has already pointed out), and there's no requirement whatsoever that a user needs to acquire StarOffice 6.0, unless they specifically require the caapbilities offered in the proprietary release that are not available in OpenOffice. And really, how many home users need the database functionality? Some of the additonal file filters would be nice, but I'd hardly say essential. Now for a business ...
Personally, I feel that this is actually a fairly minor thing that has been blown out of proportion by an over-enthusiastic media. But that's just my opinion ...
Then I suggest you check out anime such as the following:
Vision of Escaflowne
Ruroni Kenshin
Perfect Blue
Princess Mononoke, or, for that matter, pretty much anything by Miyazaki
All of these titles are, or soon will be, available in English.
However, anyone in the mood for something a bit more off-kilter, check out Urusei Yatsura. A very funny series, with a seriously off-beat sense of humor. If you decide you like it, you can get it from AnimEigo.
Just in case anyone's wondering, my first (re)exposure to anime happened to be Beautiful Dreamer the second movie of Urusei Yatsura. And it just happens to be my all-time favorite series ...
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Actually, much as I hate to admit it, PnP does have one advantage over autoconfig; it enumerates the entire resource list before allocating resources. Autoconfig allocated resources on a FIFO basis. The fact that autoconfig usually worked properly the first time says more about the hardware vendors than anything else.
And before anyone wonders, I am an Amiga advocate; in fact, if my A4000 still worked, I would be using it even over Linux ...
It is quite possible to have an environment that is both powerful and easy to use. A classic example of this, although I admit I am somewhat biased, is the old Amiga computers.
This was a machine that elegantly combined ease-of-use and power and was able to do so in a manner that both experienced and novice users were reasonably comfortable with.
I think one of the keys to the success of a system like this is the use of reasonable defaults. Amiga configuration tools would often provide defaults that worked for general classes of user, but also exposed the low-level configuration options to anyone who cared to get their hands dirty. Admittedly, the inclusion of ARexx as a system-wide scripting tool probably helped enormously in this regard.
Please, let's not have applications intelligently configure themselves. Or if we must, let's make sure that auto-configure isn't the only way to do it. Give those who want it the ability to configure the tiniest detail, whenever possible.
Actually, DirOPUS 4.12 is not entirely unknown on other platforms. Check out here.
It's for Win9x. I don't know how it compares, but the author claims he was openly inspired to "recreate" DirOPUS. Visually, it looks close.
Personally, let me know when GPSoftware releases DirOPUS 5.0; that will get my attention!! If my Amiga was still alive (sniff) I'd have it running just to use that. Maybe once I get UAE working ...