Most OS' that end up on tablet devices have support for Virtual Keyboards that usually can be invoked or dismissed pretty easily. My iPaq has one, although prefer to use their version of Graffitty.
It would be pretty easy to config the distribution to present a Virtual Keyboard whenever a shell was launched, and dismiss (or otherwise hide it) when the shell was no longer needed.
Pure GUI apps wouldn't need the keyboard as frequently, and prolly could be navigated purely by screen buttons except when text entry was required.
I've been pretty amused in the past reading all of the comments (some on/. as well) that talked about how the film business "got it" (usually argued from the position of all the extra features and additional content DVDs come with), and how the RIAA, music biz, etal were "out of touch".
This just proves business is business, and the entertainment industry is - what a surprise - very adept at sugar coating their activties until, of course, the lawsuits start flying.
Business is business, and anyone sticking their head in the jaw of the corporate machine has gotta watch out for themselves. I'm sure Stan had attorneys looking after his interests so I don't know what happened there, but I do know that most companies will do anything they can to screw you should the need arise.
And yep; I've got a Masters in Finance so I know of what I speak. A few of our case studies at Uni directly factored in litigation as a "cost of doing business".
Good luck Stan! I've always enjoyed your work and genuinely wish you the best!
I don't think Dell is gonna offer 100 flavours of handheld, simply because of manufacturing constraints; it would cost too much for any vendor to offer a widely diverse range of PDAs like most do for desktop machines.
So I see Dell making PDAs standard, across their PC / Notebook computer product line. You purchase any PC from Dell, and it comes with a PDA.
The PC is preconfigured to talk to the PDA as it comes out of the box. No sw to install on either device (my iPaq came with a big sticker on the screen cover that told me to install ActiveSynch before I did what comes naturally - hook it up to my PC and play!).
And the PDA can talk to the PC out of the box. Just plug 'em in and go!
In one, maybe two quarters Dell is the number one vendor of handhelds, simply because they bundle PDAs with the PCs.
Corporate customers will love it since they are by far and large the biggest purchasers of PocketPC handheld devices. This strategy will play in a major way in most vertical markets that already distribute handhelds to employees (Insurance companies, etc), and consumers will love it as well since with one purchase they get two devices.
I'm not sure folks - and by that I mean the mass market, not geeks - are ready for this. I understand the HP product can record, unlike the MacTV (I own one, btw, as well as one of their 5500's which has a TV tuner card) or the Compaq machine but it seems like most people park their PC in one room and the TV in the other.
PC / TV convergence? Well, your toaster has been next to your refrigerator for 50+ years, and they haven't converged yet. I don't see a mass market for this now, and there clearly hasn't been in the past.
How on earth did they expect to get away with it, considering its relatively (in italics since I'm assuming folks like these would have clear knowledge) well known that possession of moon rocks by US citizens is illegal.
Now that being said, its very common in the art world for works of art - sometimes priceless ones at that - to be stolen and to disappear into private collections.
And I could fully understand if any one of these geeks took the rocks and stashed them away in their bedrooms. Hell, who wouldn't want a chunk of the moon in their bedroom?
But to try to sell on the 'Net?!??
I'm missing something here, but I guess its because was assuming they were bright.
I'm an ex-pat New Yorker who has been living in London for just about five years now. In terms of compensation, a few points you should keep in mind :
American is one of the few countries that tax on the basis of citisenship, not residency; bottom line, you're gonna be taxed in both conuntries, and you will be filing two sets of returns, but its not as bad as you might think because
Any taxes you pay in a foreign country will earn you a tax credit on the US side
The first $78K you earn outside the US is tax free (roughly equivalent to $100K taxable)
You can deduct way more things than you possibly could while living in the US - for example, my accountants (KPMG) deduct everything associated with maintaing a home outside the US - utilities, taxes, upkeep, etc. Now way you can deduct that back home.
Be careful about bringing in cash from the US; I have all my investments in a US based brokerage account. If I were to relocate it to a UK broker, I'd be taxed on both the US as well as the UK side
Watch out for IRA contributions; the fine print sez any cash you contribute to an IRA account must come from US sources; a buddy of mine was happily contributing for ten years, got audited and had to dissolve the IRA and take a penalty (expensive!)
Take a good look at offshore savings acccounts; this is something available to Europeans that American residents can't legally have; basically they allow you to defer (not avoid) taxes on interest. Used effectively, they can save you lots!
Get used to the idea your taxes will be complicated; last year my US Federal tax return was 88 Pages!. Come the revolution those fucks will pay!
All said, you can earn a somewhat lower gross rate of pay here in Europe and still have compable or even markedly better take home, all due to your favourable tax situation.
Finally; a large component of getting a job is standing out from the crowd; back home you're just another American looking for work.
In Europe, you'll be one of the (relatively) few Americans looking for work; it'll help.
Good luck and don't be surprised if you never want to return - I don't!
Its such a sweet looking box, not as artsy as some of the other Apple hardware (and as a TiBook, Sage iMac DV+, Cube, PowerMac 5500 and MacSE owner I am definitely not bashing!) I'd really like to have it on my desktop.
Just maybe purchase an Apple flat panel display. Maybe not. But I'd really like this thing on my desktop.
As someone who is not really familiar with rack mount hardware - can I get away without a rack?
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On his private web page, RealNames founder Keith Teare sez M$ will probably integrate the functionality directly into IE.
AFAIK, forging return addresses in email is a federal crime and possibly illegal in one or more states.
On some level (although I'm sure a SlashLawyer might disagree with me) it's the equivalent of wirefraud and I'd like to see the Feds going after that, number one on their list instead of cancer cures and other pesky things.
Lots of spam would just drop out of sight if those jerks had to include their real email address.
I used to live in North West London (Camden Town), and had a few dead spots round the 'hood.
I've just moved to East London (Stepney), and now I've got multiple dead spots in my flat.
I have maybe six locations in the flat where I must sit to talk. No more wandering around, doing stuff while talking on my mobile.
And yet almost every month I get a solicitation from BT Cellnet, imploring me to upgrade to new services - usually things that would double my monthly bill.
All of these carriers have a lot of work to do to finish the job they started out on with voice.
From the iMac to the iPod to OSX to money in the bank (about $4 BILLION, according to this source , Apple's really firing on all cylinders these days, but don't forget that a little over four years ago things weren't quite so rosey, and it was pretty common to speculate just when Apple would expire.
As a long standing Mac user, I remember those days clearly.
Threats cause folks - the so-called Macfaithful in this case - to join together against the preceived danger. Call it a herd instinct, a crowd mentality, whatever; external threats focus your attention.
The Windows crowd is dominant now, and hence have no reason to exhibit such unity.
I like the idea of billing spammers since they hit hit my server (you-suck.com) at lot, but I keep my primary email address on one of the more Unix savvy ISP's around.
They maintian a set of shared Procmail filters; basically the idea is we forward all spam received to a special Panix email address, and if its deemed to indeed be spam, they add enough information to the filters so we don't receive any more junk from this particular source.
It seems to come in waves, probably depending upon how much spammers change their tactics, but I don't really get that much spam - overall averaging maybe half dozen out of about fifty or sixty legitimate emails per day.
By contrast I also have a shell account at The World, and don't use procmail there since I've never used nor distributed that email address.
Last week I opened my email there for the first time in about one year and MY GOD!IT WAS FULL OF SPAM!
Well, you've read the press release correctly but you aren't reading what isn't there.
Mertricom had a business model that for whatever reason, failed.
Just because Aerie purchased the assets for $8.25 M doesn't necessarily imply they can immediately turn around and sell these assets for a profit of some $740 M as you've stated.
I'm not privvy to all the details, but in almost all bankrupcys the court requires that assets be put up for competitive bidding. This is intended to protect the creditors who have a claim on the bankrupt firms assets, and insure that they receive the maximum possible return on their claim.
This means other potential investors looked at the collection of assets and decided it wasn't worth what Aerie bid.
I doubt Aerie is planning to liquidate these assets; they are probably hoping that they can either execute Mericoms original business plan better, or markedly improve on it.
What was Handspring thinking? The SpringBoard slot is the only reason I purchased a Visor as opposed to a Palm or Sony device.
Without a SpringBoard slot, what compelling reason would I have to purchase Visor if there are equivalent offerings from Palm and other PalmOS licensees?
Not having a SpringBoard slot just insures that a competitor can quickly bundle in equivalent functionality into their offerings.
A SpringBoard slot on this would rock! I'd love being able to take a quick pic using my Eyemodule, and email it to someone!
I have an AIBO 210, and not only does it have a built in digital camera but it also supports 802.11b wireless networking via an optional PCMCIA card.
Some folks have already written software that allows the AIBO send images in real time of what is "sees" to a PC or Mac.
The new AIBOs (ERS 310 series) have guardog software available (no custom programming required) that lets them watch a certain place or item, taking photos of who ever or what ever moves in its field of vision.
No word on GPS yet, but these things only have about a two hour battery run time, and they don't move that fast; I don't think they can wander that far afield for GPS to be useful.
I work for an Investment Bank, and have for almost twenty years.
I've a Masters in Finance, in addition to Undergraduate Math / Computer Science.
IBM and Sun already have extensive relationships with Investment Banks - they very market these guys are just trying to enter.
And, as I previously pointed out, will do anything to protect it. I've dealt with both firms, and they will cut almost any kind of deal - in a good market.
Every firm on Wall Street and in The City in London is simplifying tech, cutting back on the number of vendors and relationships.
In this market, its a really bad time to be a tech startup, and especially one that is selling a commodity product.
Sun and IBM are gonna do anything for a sale. When business gets slow is when these firms really get nasty. The pie (IT budgets) is shrinking fast and most firms plan to continue to reduce spending.
A few years ago when there was plenty to around they probably could have carved a niche. Now, no way.
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Most OS' that end up on tablet devices have support for Virtual Keyboards that usually can be invoked or dismissed pretty easily. My iPaq has one, although prefer to use their version of Graffitty.
It would be pretty easy to config the distribution to present a Virtual Keyboard whenever a shell was launched, and dismiss (or otherwise hide it) when the shell was no longer needed.
Pure GUI apps wouldn't need the keyboard as frequently, and prolly could be navigated purely by screen buttons except when text entry was required.
I've been pretty amused in the past reading all of the comments (some on /. as well) that talked about how the film business "got it" (usually argued from the position of all the extra features and additional content DVDs come with), and how the RIAA, music biz, etal were "out of touch".
This just proves business is business, and the entertainment industry is - what a surprise - very adept at sugar coating their activties until, of course, the lawsuits start flying.
Business is business, and anyone sticking their head in the jaw of the corporate machine has gotta watch out for themselves. I'm sure Stan had attorneys looking after his interests so I don't know what happened there, but I do know that most companies will do anything they can to screw you should the need arise.
And yep; I've got a Masters in Finance so I know of what I speak. A few of our case studies at Uni directly factored in litigation as a "cost of doing business".
Good luck Stan! I've always enjoyed your work and genuinely wish you the best!
Heres what I see happening.
I don't think Dell is gonna offer 100 flavours of handheld, simply because of manufacturing constraints; it would cost too much for any vendor to offer a widely diverse range of PDAs like most do for desktop machines.
So I see Dell making PDAs standard, across their PC / Notebook computer product line. You purchase any PC from Dell, and it comes with a PDA.
The PC is preconfigured to talk to the PDA as it comes out of the box. No sw to install on either device (my iPaq came with a big sticker on the screen cover that told me to install ActiveSynch before I did what comes naturally - hook it up to my PC and play!).
And the PDA can talk to the PC out of the box. Just plug 'em in and go!
In one, maybe two quarters Dell is the number one vendor of handhelds, simply because they bundle PDAs with the PCs.
Corporate customers will love it since they are by far and large the biggest purchasers of PocketPC handheld devices. This strategy will play in a major way in most vertical markets that already distribute handhelds to employees (Insurance companies, etc), and consumers will love it as well since with one purchase they get two devices.
How much testing goes on off screen?
For example, the episode where participants had to build a diving bell, descend to the bottom of a small pond, and retrieve a chest of gold.
I don't believe that this was not tested off camera, if for no other reason solely to insure you didn't inadvertantly end up making a snuff episode.
Same thing goes for pretty much any device where explosives were used, or even the airplanes.
Apple has tried this several times, and Compaq has as well (tellingly, Compaq doesn't off this product / capability any more).
I'm not sure folks - and by that I mean the mass market, not geeks - are ready for this. I understand the HP product can record, unlike the MacTV (I own one, btw, as well as one of their 5500's which has a TV tuner card) or the Compaq machine but it seems like most people park their PC in one room and the TV in the other.
PC / TV convergence? Well, your toaster has been next to your refrigerator for 50+ years, and they haven't converged yet. I don't see a mass market for this now, and there clearly hasn't been in the past.
Nice box though.
Boy I'm not so sure about this - just consider it from the POV of prospective employers when they get his CV and the name seems familiar.
"Yeh, thats the guy who went ape-shit public on his last employer. Don't know who was right or wrong, but do we want a nut like that working for us?"
Guess what the answer will be? He'll have to leave town or the country, depending upon the size of the stink he manages to raise to get a job.
Also consider the ramifications if he loses all these lawsuits, and the company then asks for or lititgates for compensatory damages.
He could end up with a enormous judgement against him!
Just isn't worth it. Take the money, learn and move on.
Its even been discussed on /. before.
Now that being said, its very common in the art world for works of art - sometimes priceless ones at that - to be stolen and to disappear into private collections.
And I could fully understand if any one of these geeks took the rocks and stashed them away in their bedrooms. Hell, who wouldn't want a chunk of the moon in their bedroom?
But to try to sell on the 'Net?!??
I'm missing something here, but I guess its because was assuming they were bright.
In fact, these two google searchs show far more web pages mentioning UFO's and Mexico (maybe 75,000 ) than UFO's and Scotland (about 14,000)
I'm not convinced!
- American is one of the few countries that tax on the basis of citisenship, not residency; bottom line, you're gonna be taxed in both conuntries, and you will be filing two sets of returns, but its not as bad as you might think because
- Any taxes you pay in a foreign country will earn you a tax credit on the US side
- The first $78K you earn outside the US is tax free (roughly equivalent to $100K taxable)
- You can deduct way more things than you possibly could while living in the US - for example, my accountants (KPMG) deduct everything associated with maintaing a home outside the US - utilities, taxes, upkeep, etc. Now way you can deduct that back home.
- Be careful about bringing in cash from the US; I have all my investments in a US based brokerage account. If I were to relocate it to a UK broker, I'd be taxed on both the US as well as the UK side
- Watch out for IRA contributions; the fine print sez any cash you contribute to an IRA account must come from US sources; a buddy of mine was happily contributing for ten years, got audited and had to dissolve the IRA and take a penalty (expensive!)
- Take a good look at offshore savings acccounts; this is something available to Europeans that American residents can't legally have; basically they allow you to defer (not avoid) taxes on interest. Used effectively, they can save you lots!
- Get used to the idea your taxes will be complicated; last year my US Federal tax return was 88 Pages!. Come the revolution those fucks will pay!
All said, you can earn a somewhat lower gross rate of pay here in Europe and still have compable or even markedly better take home, all due to your favourable tax situation.Finally; a large component of getting a job is standing out from the crowd; back home you're just another American looking for work. In Europe, you'll be one of the (relatively) few Americans looking for work; it'll help. Good luck and don't be surprised if you never want to return - I don't!
or do I need a rack?
Its such a sweet looking box, not as artsy as some of the other Apple hardware (and as a TiBook, Sage iMac DV+, Cube, PowerMac 5500 and MacSE owner I am definitely not bashing!) I'd really like to have it on my desktop.
Just maybe purchase an Apple flat panel display. Maybe not. But I'd really like this thing on my desktop.
As someone who is not really familiar with rack mount hardware - can I get away without a rack?
On his private web page, RealNames founder Keith Teare sez M$ will probably integrate the functionality directly into IE.
Why am I not surprised at this?
AFAIK, forging return addresses in email is a federal crime and possibly illegal in one or more states.
On some level (although I'm sure a SlashLawyer might disagree with me) it's the equivalent of wirefraud and I'd like to see the Feds going after that, number one on their list instead of cancer cures and other pesky things.
Lots of spam would just drop out of sight if those jerks had to include their real email address.
Currently spam is frictionless; that is, there is almost zero marginal cost associated with spamming, hence the constant increase in junk email.
Something like this in the US would undoubtedly increase the cost of doing business for spammers aned their clients.
Some spamming companies would get caught, have judegements filed against them, and have to pay up. Korean mail relays notwithstanding.
No, I don't agree with your assertion that a judegement like this in the US would cause spam to "drop ZERO PERCENT".
I'm willing to listen to your arguement, but as you've presented it its baseless.
This site talks about a project at Apple some ten years ago to port Mac OS to Intel hardware.
The article also talks about the work done by ARDI, the firm mentioned in the InfoWorld story.
Apple assembled a small team and got Mac OS runnning pretty quickly, but it seemed the firm didn't have the willpower to push it to market.
It probably would be different this time around with the forceful Steve Jobs at the helm.
I've just moved to East London (Stepney), and now I've got multiple dead spots in my flat.
I have maybe six locations in the flat where I must sit to talk. No more wandering around, doing stuff while talking on my mobile.
And yet almost every month I get a solicitation from BT Cellnet, imploring me to upgrade to new services - usually things that would double my monthly bill.
All of these carriers have a lot of work to do to finish the job they started out on with voice.
Now the jokers will have a real incentive, having paid cash for something they haven't gotten!
This will only escalate fraud!
, Apple's really firing on all cylinders these days, but don't forget that a little over four years ago things weren't quite so rosey, and it was pretty common to speculate just when Apple would expire.
As a long standing Mac user, I remember those days clearly.
Threats cause folks - the so-called Macfaithful in this case - to join together against the preceived danger. Call it a herd instinct, a crowd mentality, whatever; external threats focus your attention.
The Windows crowd is dominant now, and hence have no reason to exhibit such unity.
They maintian a set of shared Procmail filters; basically the idea is we forward all spam received to a special Panix email address, and if its deemed to indeed be spam, they add enough information to the filters so we don't receive any more junk from this particular source.
It seems to come in waves, probably depending upon how much spammers change their tactics, but I don't really get that much spam - overall averaging maybe half dozen out of about fifty or sixty legitimate emails per day.
By contrast I also have a shell account at The World, and don't use procmail there since I've never used nor distributed that email address.
Last week I opened my email there for the first time in about one year and MY GOD!IT WAS FULL OF SPAM!
How long do you think it will take someone to remap the keyboard driver to produce QWERTY?
Even if you can't swap the physical keys, you can more than likely reassign them in software - especially if its Linux based.
I really don't see a problem here.
Well, you've read the press release correctly but you aren't reading what isn't there.
Mertricom had a business model that for whatever reason, failed.
Just because Aerie purchased the assets for $8.25 M doesn't necessarily imply they can immediately turn around and sell these assets for a profit of some $740 M as you've stated.
I'm not privvy to all the details, but in almost all bankrupcys the court requires that assets be put up for competitive bidding. This is intended to protect the creditors who have a claim on the bankrupt firms assets, and insure that they receive the maximum possible return on their claim.
This means other potential investors looked at the collection of assets and decided it wasn't worth what Aerie bid.
I doubt Aerie is planning to liquidate these assets; they are probably hoping that they can either execute Mericoms original business plan better, or markedly improve on it.
What was Handspring thinking? The SpringBoard slot is the only reason I purchased a Visor as opposed to a Palm or Sony device.
Without a SpringBoard slot, what compelling reason would I have to purchase Visor if there are equivalent offerings from Palm and other PalmOS licensees?
Not having a SpringBoard slot just insures that a competitor can quickly bundle in equivalent functionality into their offerings.
A SpringBoard slot on this would rock! I'd love being able to take a quick pic using my Eyemodule, and email it to someone!
I sense desperation here.
NY1.com, CNN.com, MSNBC.com all down.
I have an AIBO 210, and not only does it have a built in digital camera but it also supports 802.11b wireless networking via an optional PCMCIA card.
Some folks have already written software that allows the AIBO send images in real time of what is "sees" to a PC or Mac.
The new AIBOs (ERS 310 series) have guardog software available (no custom programming required) that lets them watch a certain place or item, taking photos of who ever or what ever moves in its field of vision.
No word on GPS yet, but these things only have about a two hour battery run time, and they don't move that fast; I don't think they can wander that far afield for GPS to be useful.
Some useful links :
AIBO Hackers - lots of free software
Sony Europe AIBO web site
I've a Masters in Finance, in addition to Undergraduate Math / Computer Science.
IBM and Sun already have extensive relationships with Investment Banks - they very market these guys are just trying to enter.
And, as I previously pointed out, will do anything to protect it. I've dealt with both firms, and they will cut almost any kind of deal - in a good market.
Every firm on Wall Street and in The City in London is simplifying tech, cutting back on the number of vendors and relationships.
In this market, its a really bad time to be a tech startup, and especially one that is selling a commodity product.
Sun and IBM are gonna do anything for a sale. When business gets slow is when these firms really get nasty. The pie (IT budgets) is shrinking fast and most firms plan to continue to reduce spending.
A few years ago when there was plenty to around they probably could have carved a niche. Now, no way.
I give them less than two years.