More than a few. Just about any PDA would work. On the low end, the $99 Palm Zires have 8MB and a rechargeable battery. It's low-res, 160x160, so I'd suggest the next step up.
I'd really suggest something with at least a 320x240 screen like a low end PocketPC or a mid range Palm like the Tungsten E. Should be under $200. On my PocketPC I've used the uBook and Vade Mecum (port of Plucker) readers. Storage is never a problem with the price of SD cards these days.
If you're suggesting a used Clie, at least try to find one with a 320x320 screen. Maybe the S300's 160x160 screen was better than my Palm's but the 320 screen is just so much easier on the eyes. I've got a PocketPC now with a 320x240 screen and I'm never going back to the 160x160.
OK, the 4-6 GHz CPU is one thing. Maybe that'll be the low end CPU in 2006, but it's not safe to assume a 3D graphics card with 4 times the power of today's graphics cards. Small formfactor PCs don't have the space, power or cooling. Business PCs don't need powerful 3D video. Even the brand new 3 Ghz P4s we got at work make do with Intel onboard video. It's fine for 2D desktop work, but a 5 year old TNT2 Ultra could spank it in 3D performance. Is Microsoft planning some wacky 3D desktop interface for Longhorn?
High end gaming cards are a specialized niche. They cost as much as two game consoles, and unlike other components of a fast PC, they're only good for games. So you can justify it for non-gaming purposes. If you're a casual gamer or a budget gamer, you can save a load of cash on the video card by just running games at 800x600.
"And let's face it; if your machine is not properly patched, it's probably already being used as a spam relay, so it's not the spammers who would want this."
The spammers use worms like Netsky which are user executed email attachments. One version of it did exploit an IE bug to autoexecute from the preview pane, but most of them were social engineering attacks ("Hey look at this file!"). OS patching won't fix that, but updated antivirus software can. Of course, nothing is stopping someone from writing an RPC exploit worm with a spam proxy payload, but I think email worms are just more effective at creating spam zombies because they're less intrusive. RPC worms like Blaster and Sasser are impossible to ignore just because all the network traffic from scanning.
Similarly, the story in Freelancer was a metaphor for 9/11. The big-business friendly government cracks down on civil liberties after a terrorist attack on a space station. The terrorist leader was even named Sean Ashcroft.
"How do you beat free? Are Microsoft going to pay us to use Windows?"
I think one of Tuesday's stories might explain that. Turbolinux Licenses Windows Media 9. The Windows Media codecs for Linux will be available for download for $64. Free OS but $64 for the media player codecs?!?! I know you mplayer can play WMV with the Microsoft DLLs, but no commercial distributor will touch that with a 10 foot pole.
I boycotted Firefly because Fox cancelled Dark Angel after a season ending cliffhanger to pick up that show. Now that the memories of that have faded I might be willing to watch Firefly reruns if it's worth it.
Pretty similar except I install Real Alternative and Quicktime Alternative which use Media Player Classic:
Firefox Winamp Real Alternative Quicktime Alternative Xvid and/or Divx codec Proxomitron (ad and popup blocking proxy) Nero antivirus (no preference, I've used Norton, PC-Cillin, F-Prot, and Mcafee) unzip program (no preference, either 7-zip, Powerarchiver, WinRAR or Winzip) instant messengers (AIM and Yahoo; I know it's two apps but I'll count them on the same line)
2nd tier stuff (these just miss the first 10): Bittorrent app (SimpleBT and G3Torrent are both good) Flash, Shockwave, Java for Mozilla Nero Cdex Thunderbird
if it's a friend's or parent's computer: Spybot Search and Destroy Spywareblaster
I know the corporate world requires service contracts, but this still makes no sense. Since almost all *nix vendors ship BIND, you can already get commercial support from your vendor, whether it's Redhat, Sun or HP. The only scenario I can think of where you'd might want commercial support from ISC is if your vendor shipped some old version like BIND 8 and you absolutely need some feature in the latest and greatest BIND 9.
Netflix or your local video store is a better deal than paying extra for movie channels, but there are few alternatives to the basic cable/satellite channels if you want to watch sports and cable only shows like South Park or The Shield. What else can you do? They're all pretty inconvenient compared to cable. - You can find some popular TV shows on BT. - Some official sports websites like motogp.com and mlb.com have live streaming video for pay. - You can go to a friend's house to watch a favorite show.
If you already wear a seatbelt, the airbag only provides a little additional protection and only in a front crash. Crashing in a new car with seatbelts and no airbag is still safer than in an old car. You'd have to go back to 60s or 70s vintage to find cars with no computers.
If you can finish in 25 seconds, you can always rent out the Vomit Comet, an airliner built for weightlessness training that flies alternating climbs and dives.
My knee bothers me too, but it actually seems to pop and swell more when I'm biking. Maybe it's the range of motion. I used to run a lot in high school and college. I'm just getting back into it now (less than 10 mi a week) and bought new running shoes last year, New Balance because they come in wide sizes. I really should get my knee checked out before doing any serious mileage and I know I have a slight underpronation. The heels on my walking shoes are all worn out on the outside edge.
As far as tech, my Garmin Etrex Legend is great for keeping track of distance and speed, but I do without music when I have the GPS because one handheld gadget is my limit when running. A radio or flash mp3 player would be small enough for an armband if I really wanted music.
One of the funnier things is that the movie soundtrack CD costs as much as the whole movie on DVD. The soundtrack songs played during the movie might be partial clips and mixed with dialog, but they'll often play 2 or 3 of the soundtrack songs in their entirety during the credits at the end.
Don't forget competition from video games too and the music they manage to bundle with them. The Tony Hawk Pro Skater games have at least a full CD's worth of music as the in game soundtrack. GTA Vice City had almost a hundred 80's songs in its in game soundtrack, but it was mixed in with the fictitious radio stations.
Might be more complex, but you can set up your own VoIP PBX with Asterisk. It's free software that runs on Linux and supports industry standard SIP protocol so you can connect all kinds of devices like hardware IP phones, analog telephone adapters, and IP softphones on PCs and PDAs.
Well considering the pitiful range of most handheld Wifi cards, you'd do better to just walk up to the guy and eavesdrop on his conversation. It's not like people talking on cellphones in public are trying very hard to speak softly. More often they're obnoxiously loud like "look at me. I'm important because I'm discussing important business on my cellphone"
Look, it's not a matter of quitting or being fired for refusing. This is the usual scenario (from the article):
Here's what typically happens: U.S. workers getting pink slips are told they can get another paycheck or beefed-up severance if they're willing to teach workers from India, China and other countries
There is a quid pro quo here. You can get laid off sooner if you don't train them, or later if you do train them. There may also be more severance pay beyond what is contractually obligated, if any.
I think Phoenix was always supposed to be an internal codename like Whistler or Longhorn. To me the obvious names would be the same ones as the 4.x versions:
Mozilla Navigator Mozilla Mail and News Mozilla Communicator or for a new name Mozilla Suite
It's not funny if it's already been done better in real life. There was a Japanese reality show where they locked up this guy naked in an apartment and he had to survive on the items he won in mail-in contests.
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More than a few. Just about any PDA would work. On the low end, the $99 Palm Zires have 8MB and a rechargeable battery. It's low-res, 160x160, so I'd suggest the next step up.
I'd really suggest something with at least a 320x240 screen like a low end PocketPC or a mid range Palm like the Tungsten E. Should be under $200. On my PocketPC I've used the uBook and Vade Mecum (port of Plucker) readers. Storage is never a problem with the price of SD cards these days.
If you're suggesting a used Clie, at least try to find one with a 320x320 screen. Maybe the S300's 160x160 screen was better than my Palm's but the 320 screen is just so much easier on the eyes. I've got a PocketPC now with a 320x240 screen and I'm never going back to the 160x160.
OK, the 4-6 GHz CPU is one thing. Maybe that'll be the low end CPU in 2006, but it's not safe to assume a 3D graphics card with 4 times the power of today's graphics cards. Small formfactor PCs don't have the space, power or cooling. Business PCs don't need powerful 3D video. Even the brand new 3 Ghz P4s we got at work make do with Intel onboard video. It's fine for 2D desktop work, but a 5 year old TNT2 Ultra could spank it in 3D performance. Is Microsoft planning some wacky 3D desktop interface for Longhorn?
High end gaming cards are a specialized niche. They cost as much as two game consoles, and unlike other components of a fast PC, they're only good for games. So you can justify it for non-gaming purposes. If you're a casual gamer or a budget gamer, you can save a load of cash on the video card by just running games at 800x600.
"And let's face it; if your machine is not properly patched, it's probably already being used as a spam relay, so it's not the spammers who would want this."
The spammers use worms like Netsky which are user executed email attachments. One version of it did exploit an IE bug to autoexecute from the preview pane, but most of them were social engineering attacks ("Hey look at this file!"). OS patching won't fix that, but updated antivirus software can. Of course, nothing is stopping someone from writing an RPC exploit worm with a spam proxy payload, but I think email worms are just more effective at creating spam zombies because they're less intrusive. RPC worms like Blaster and Sasser are impossible to ignore just because all the network traffic from scanning.
Similarly, the story in Freelancer was a metaphor for 9/11. The big-business friendly government cracks down on civil liberties after a terrorist attack on a space station. The terrorist leader was even named Sean Ashcroft.
And don't forget the futuristic sci-fi governments of Alpha Centauri. I found that Democratic + Mind Control best suits my style of play.
"How do you beat free? Are Microsoft going to pay us to use Windows?"
I think one of Tuesday's stories might explain that. Turbolinux Licenses Windows Media 9. The Windows Media codecs for Linux will be available for download for $64. Free OS but $64 for the media player codecs?!?! I know you mplayer can play WMV with the Microsoft DLLs, but no commercial distributor will touch that with a 10 foot pole.
Any public hotspot that doesn't block outbound port 25 or transparent proxy to a rate limited SMTP server is dumb.
I boycotted Firefly because Fox cancelled Dark Angel after a season ending cliffhanger to pick up that show. Now that the memories of that have faded I might be willing to watch Firefly reruns if it's worth it.
Pretty similar except I install Real Alternative and Quicktime Alternative which use Media Player Classic:
Firefox
Winamp
Real Alternative
Quicktime Alternative
Xvid and/or Divx codec
Proxomitron (ad and popup blocking proxy)
Nero
antivirus (no preference, I've used Norton, PC-Cillin, F-Prot, and Mcafee)
unzip program (no preference, either 7-zip, Powerarchiver, WinRAR or Winzip)
instant messengers (AIM and Yahoo; I know it's two apps but I'll count them on the same line)
2nd tier stuff (these just miss the first 10):
Bittorrent app (SimpleBT and G3Torrent are both good)
Flash, Shockwave, Java for Mozilla
Nero
Cdex
Thunderbird
if it's a friend's or parent's computer:
Spybot Search and Destroy
Spywareblaster
I know the corporate world requires service contracts, but this still makes no sense. Since almost all *nix vendors ship BIND, you can already get commercial support from your vendor, whether it's Redhat, Sun or HP. The only scenario I can think of where you'd might want commercial support from ISC is if your vendor shipped some old version like BIND 8 and you absolutely need some feature in the latest and greatest BIND 9.
Netflix or your local video store is a better deal than paying extra for movie channels, but there are few alternatives to the basic cable/satellite channels if you want to watch sports and cable only shows like South Park or The Shield. What else can you do? They're all pretty inconvenient compared to cable.
- You can find some popular TV shows on BT.
- Some official sports websites like motogp.com and mlb.com have live streaming video for pay.
- You can go to a friend's house to watch a favorite show.
If you already wear a seatbelt, the airbag only provides a little additional protection and only in a front crash. Crashing in a new car with seatbelts and no airbag is still safer than in an old car. You'd have to go back to 60s or 70s vintage to find cars with no computers.
If you can finish in 25 seconds, you can always rent out the Vomit Comet, an airliner built for weightlessness training that flies alternating climbs and dives.
"there are athletes like Amanda Beard"
Not to be confused with Amanda Bearse of Married with Children fame.
My knee bothers me too, but it actually seems to pop and swell more when I'm biking. Maybe it's the range of motion. I used to run a lot in high school and college. I'm just getting back into it now (less than 10 mi a week) and bought new running shoes last year, New Balance because they come in wide sizes. I really should get my knee checked out before doing any serious mileage and I know I have a slight underpronation. The heels on my walking shoes are all worn out on the outside edge.
As far as tech, my Garmin Etrex Legend is great for keeping track of distance and speed, but I do without music when I have the GPS because one handheld gadget is my limit when running. A radio or flash mp3 player would be small enough for an armband if I really wanted music.
One of the funnier things is that the movie soundtrack CD costs as much as the whole movie on DVD. The soundtrack songs played during the movie might be partial clips and mixed with dialog, but they'll often play 2 or 3 of the soundtrack songs in their entirety during the credits at the end.
Don't forget competition from video games too and the music they manage to bundle with them. The Tony Hawk Pro Skater games have at least a full CD's worth of music as the in game soundtrack. GTA Vice City had almost a hundred 80's songs in its in game soundtrack, but it was mixed in with the fictitious radio stations.
Might be more complex, but you can set up your own VoIP PBX with Asterisk. It's free software that runs on Linux and supports industry standard SIP protocol so you can connect all kinds of devices like hardware IP phones, analog telephone adapters, and IP softphones on PCs and PDAs.
Suddenly, WiFi monitoring becomes incredibly worthwhile
Well considering the pitiful range of most handheld Wifi cards, you'd do better to just walk up to the guy and eavesdrop on his conversation. It's not like people talking on cellphones in public are trying very hard to speak softly. More often they're obnoxiously loud like "look at me. I'm important because I'm discussing important business on my cellphone"
There is a quid pro quo here. You can get laid off sooner if you don't train them, or later if you do train them. There may also be more severance pay beyond what is contractually obligated, if any.
Ashcroft = Ed Meese II
Ed Meese I was Reagan's attorney general and led the last war or pr0n in the 80's.
I would venture to say that a lot of Public Radio listeners are Mac users. Wouldn't going with Windows Media format cut off all of those users?
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I think Phoenix was always supposed to be an internal codename like Whistler or Longhorn. To me the obvious names would be the same ones as the 4.x versions:
Mozilla Navigator
Mozilla Mail and News
Mozilla Communicator or for a new name Mozilla Suite
It's not funny if it's already been done better in real life. There was a Japanese reality show where they locked up this guy naked in an apartment and he had to survive on the items he won in mail-in contests.