These areas already have school. They may not be great schools...
You obviously haven't been to Louisiana (which I counted as one of the foreign countries that I have visited in the current poll).
The rural public schools out there are incredibly bad, we ended up pulling our kids out of school and home schooling them because it was so bad.
Other experiences in Louie-land (Shreveport & Doyline):
Drunken debauchery. And that's just the local government. Random and intentional acts of violence. Close proximity to people who do stupid things. Easy access to your choice of toxins. It's what's for dinner. Open racism. You know, the bad kind.
Hmmm, let's see, a crash due to a conversion error. Now an addition problem that threatens to beat the heck out of the South Beach Diet (The "Orbiter's" diet?).
Not to mention a failed burn attempt to raise the ISS to a higher orbit.
http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/2651
Maybe it's a good thing that we aren't all rocket scientists.
The Zaurus is a really really bad pda. Especially if you want to develop for it and you don't run linux on your desktop computer
And the mark of a good PDA is that you can develop software for it on Windows??? Are you kidding?
You do realize that we are talking about a linux PDA here don't you?
As for your other rants, I think just the 5000/5500 has the memory loss problem (which if you run OZ isn't a problem I hear).
My battery life and keyboard are just fine, but I have an 860. I used to have a 5500, and I would sorta agree with you on some of your points. But at the time it was outstanding.
What about the clamshells or the 6000? What's wrong with them?
As for software, there seems to be a bunch over at http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/ some of it is unsupported, but much of it has seen at least one update this year. Not to mention all of the activity over at ZUG (http://www.zaurususergroup.com)
As far as Sharp pulling out of the western hemisphere, all I see that is news here is that they've bothered to announce it. Sharp made a half-hearted stab at resurrecting their US site and then dumped it.
Nothing has changed, and this "news" won't impact the community whatsoever.
In the essay, he described someone holding onto this tool, spinning around while the bit was stuck firmly in the wall. Pretty scary.
That's exactly what happens, I used to be an Electrician, and when you hung one up, particularly in low gear (they actually have a transmission), you were in for a ride.
Using a hole saw on a ladder was always an act of faith as it was even odds that the damn thing would get hung up and send you sailing off of the ladder.
They do come with a bar that you can screw into the side of the drill (7/8" in diameter, rather massive) so that you can hang on with both hands. But since it usually got in the way when you were drilling holes, it was seldom used.
Our Millwrights use them here at work to drill holes in white iron (structural steel). These models come with magnetic bases that allow them to position the drill where they want and then "stick" it to the steel. This makes kicking the cord out when they are drilling horizontally a capital offense:)
I used mine the other day to spin up my lawnmower (with the spark plug & blade removed, natch) to see how bad the shaft was bent. No problem for the old girl at all:)
Re:now I can wait on my failed 9.0 = 9.1 upgrade
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I purchased 9.1 as well (as well as every version from 5.1 on up) and pretty much had to give up on it due to the SubFS problem. After two emails requesting support for my *paid for* version, I gave up and shipped the whole works of to a guy in England who wanted a copy. I just got done installing Mandrake over it. Buh-bye.
Basically their support sucks, I've had support questions in the past which have been ignored as well.
I'll try out 9.2, but I won't be buying it. Maybe 9.3, maybe not.
I've heard this before, but what exactly is wrong with the firmware? I've been to the iRiver site and saw the complaints, but didn't pick up on any of the specifics.
I'm curious as to why the reviewer says that it's a bit bulky, the difference between it and the 20gig iPod being about 3/8th's of an inch more in depth, and an extra ounce for the 320.
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These areas already have school. They may not be great schools...
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You obviously haven't been to Louisiana (which I counted as one of the foreign countries that I have visited in the current poll).
The rural public schools out there are incredibly bad, we ended up pulling our kids out of school and home schooling them because it was so bad.
Other experiences in Louie-land (Shreveport & Doyline):
Drunken debauchery. And that's just the local government.
Random and intentional acts of violence.
Close proximity to people who do stupid things.
Easy access to your choice of toxins. It's what's for dinner.
Open racism. You know, the bad kind.
Other than that, I enjoyed the bayou life
I do miss my friends down there
If broadband helps, then by all means put it in.
Here at home we have the MCA, which despite the resounding accolades it gives itself, has yet to disperse a single dollar.
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http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/develop/oda/2
So FBI, how about working on where the one billion dollars appropriated to the Millennium Challenge Corporation have gone first?
I mean, we wouldn't want to swat at flies now would we?
"Looks like a nice place to vacation to me."
You obviously haven't been to Texas. Personally, I'm all for giving Santa Anna a second shot.
The old joke:
"What's the square root of 69?"
"Ate something"
Hmmm, let's see, a crash due to a conversion error. Now an addition problem that threatens to beat the heck out of the South Beach Diet (The "Orbiter's" diet?).
Not to mention a failed burn attempt to raise the ISS to a higher orbit.
http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/2651
Maybe it's a good thing that we aren't all rocket scientists.
I fear this does not bode well for Microsoft.
Especially if they require a human sacrifice.
Not that you get invited to any in the first place...
Damn, if I just had mod points...
The Zaurus is a really really bad pda. Especially if you want to develop for it and you don't run linux on your desktop computer
And the mark of a good PDA is that you can develop software for it on Windows??? Are you kidding?
You do realize that we are talking about a linux PDA here don't you?
As for your other rants, I think just the 5000/5500 has the memory loss problem (which if you run OZ isn't a problem I hear).
My battery life and keyboard are just fine, but I have an 860. I used to have a 5500, and I would sorta agree with you on some of your points. But at the time it was outstanding.
What about the clamshells or the 6000? What's wrong with them?
As for software, there seems to be a bunch over at http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/ some of it is unsupported, but much of it has seen at least one update this year. Not to mention all of the activity over at ZUG (http://www.zaurususergroup.com)
I'm sure that Dynamism won't let you down.
As far as Sharp pulling out of the western hemisphere, all I see that is news here is that they've bothered to announce it. Sharp made a half-hearted stab at resurrecting their US site and then dumped it.
Nothing has changed, and this "news" won't impact the community whatsoever.
BTW, pdaXrom rocks!
I was thinking I shouldn't say too much, I could be one of the riders myself ;>
A PDA that you can't carry in your pocket is useless.
Uhhh, that's exactly where I keep my 860. You must wear really, really small shirts.
Yeah, I'm thinking the SUV's of bicycles.
I'm waiting for seven fat fuckers going down one of those badass hills in SF to find out that the brakes simply can't cope.
In the essay, he described someone holding onto this tool, spinning around while the bit was stuck firmly in the wall. Pretty scary.
:)
:)
That's exactly what happens, I used to be an Electrician, and when you hung one up, particularly in low gear (they actually have a transmission), you were in for a ride.
Using a hole saw on a ladder was always an act of faith as it was even odds that the damn thing would get hung up and send you sailing off of the ladder.
They do come with a bar that you can screw into the side of the drill (7/8" in diameter, rather massive) so that you can hang on with both hands. But since it usually got in the way when you were drilling holes, it was seldom used.
Our Millwrights use them here at work to drill holes in white iron (structural steel). These models come with magnetic bases that allow them to position the drill where they want and then "stick" it to the steel. This makes kicking the cord out when they are drilling horizontally a capital offense
I used mine the other day to spin up my lawnmower (with the spark plug & blade removed, natch) to see how bad the shaft was bent. No problem for the old girl at all
I purchased 9.1 as well (as well as every version from 5.1 on up) and pretty much had to give up on it due to the SubFS problem. After two emails requesting support for my *paid for* version, I gave up and shipped the whole works of to a guy in England who wanted a copy. I just got done installing Mandrake over it. Buh-bye.
Basically their support sucks, I've had support questions in the past which have been ignored as well.
I'll try out 9.2, but I won't be buying it. Maybe 9.3, maybe not.
Better known as the order of the stoned lizard.
Gee, thanks. I would have hated to waste all that time :)
Remember when Microsoft paid out all those millions just about the time Stevie was killing the Newton?
Ever notice how MS's HWR looks like, and mostly acts like the Newtons?
I'm guessing that somewhere in all those millions there was a transfer of technology that helped the iPaq along.
BTW, anyone else remember GNUton?
http://gnuton.sourceforge.net/
Yeah, no kidding. It should run something like two weeks between batteries.
Isn't that Torvalds younger brother in the picture?
John
What do you think of the new scroll button? Is it easier to use than the 100 series?
I've got big hands...
I've heard this before, but what exactly is wrong with the firmware? I've been to the iRiver site and saw the complaints, but didn't pick up on any of the specifics.
My only gripe is that tiny button on the front.
I'm curious as to why the reviewer says that it's a bit bulky, the difference between it and the 20gig iPod being about 3/8th's of an inch more in depth, and an extra ounce for the 320.
Not much of a difference that I can see.
iTubes?
"Thankfully, I don't know anyone who owns this."
I own one, so what? I didn't buy it for the security aspect, I bought it because I needed one and all that Walmart sold were these.
So there!
John