Several readers wrote in about the new Palm VIIx. It looks really nice and all, but I've got to say that the
Handspring looks good too.
Talk about apples and oranges... there is no wireless 'net for the Handspring yet. Also, people failed to note (*cough* *cough* I did, but got rejected) the new M100, which is supposed to be colourful, $149, 8mb, and maybe even handwriting recognition. And, there's a new Claudia Schaffer Palm 5x (insert palm joke here).
Remember the big protest because they were going to put up a satellite transmitting on OSCAR (or was it AMSAT?) frequencies? It sort of died after that (good riddance).
Obviously you missed the point. Kurzwiel is a respected futurist, and the work wasn't sci-fi - it was a futurist's predictions for the future. And Kurzwiel is one amazing fellow - he hasn't been wrong yet. I trust his vision here.
I'm more concerned with stopping advertisers from using Java in banner ads, or sound,or shockwave, or...
Here's an experiment for you: Run slashdot on netscape over a network connection, maybe a slow one. Then wait until slashdot puts up the "Internet Time" ad. Watch Netscape crash and burn as it attempts to display that ad at 500fps. Ick!
Sorry, that's just been bugging me.
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Is there a(nother) bug in Slash? This comment should not have gone in here, but in the other article. Or did you just reply to the wrong one?
Crash Proof==RTOS with QoS features. Crash Proof!=Linux, yet. While Linux is the 500-lb gorilla of the OS industry and seems to incorporate every type of operating system sooner or later (Desktop? Server? Mainfraime? RTOS? PDA?), for now RTOS is still king of crash-proof.
You can actually pop off the letters on the TI-92 and rearrange them - now, that's not going to actually do you any good, but you can make the letters look like they're DVORAK.
In 20 years, we'll have neural implants to improve thought - and translate other languages for us. Don't believe it? Read Kurzwiel's Age of Spiritual Machines.
My question is: What is the point? If you think about it, Linux is just a piece of computer code (esp. on a device like this). What functionality is the computer code adding to this wristwatch? Nothing over a RTOS, that's what I can tell you. It's just a hunk of computer code that does absolutely nothing without something to run in it - and what are you going to run? MPG123 on a watch? Are you going to practice Bash shell scripting while you're out? Or are you going to sit and admire it, and then go out and get a real watch, a gold watch that actually conveys status and meaning to the rest of society?
I know, but I bought the (cheap) upgrade from R4 just because of Realplayer and CDBurner (which doesn't work for me:( ). Waitin' for Flash and Java!!!!
Re:Damn it looks like it is slashdotted :(
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How utterly useful. Click this link to go through the page, but no cache on the real site. Very, very, informative. Definitely worthy of a (3, Informative).
Please stop using these nasty words on Slashdot. Sites like this that are child-accessible should know to restrain their content in the face of pending laws. How many times does it need to be told to people that content that is offensive to children needs to be kept away from them?
it boots a 2.0.36 kernel
On top of that, you go and influence these poor suggestable little children with thoughts of running an outdated kernel that is simply a security hole! How do you even dare? Would you allow your children to use NT3.5? Would you allow them to use an outdated kernel? Think, Taco, what about the children?
it's pingable and Telenetable, as well as being usable as
a Web server. Only for the brave of heart and willing to hack.
I think you meant willing to be hacked. Once again, what about the children? Would you let your child use telnet? Why suggest it to the children on Slashdot? You should know better than that. As a maintainer of a website like this, you have a responsibility to not influence suggestible little children with Nazi ideas such as running Telnet on a computer.
Word 6.0 was for Win 3.1. Word for Windows 95 was Word 7.0... anyway, Microsoft merged their DOS and Windows Word trees at that point, and adopted the Word for DOS version number (6.0) instead of the next Word for Windows version number. Microsoft doesn't skip version numbers just to look good (*cough**cough*).
Hmm... my 92 seems very underpowered. It's simply a matter of the fact that the "neat things" - 3D graphing, equation solving, etc. take up more CPU than current calculators provide.
Modern calculators have been seriously overpowered. Look at the 48GX/49G - a 4 mHz Saturn processor. The TI 82/83/85/86? A Z80! The ever-powerful 89/92? Equivalent to a 1984 Macintosh! It's time to see them play catchup with other modern technologies like PDA's.
I've been interested in putting Linux on an ultra-portable device like this, and if this does run Mobile Linux (and if it doesn't, it will in short order) then it's time for some ultra-portable nethack playing! Woohoo!
UMSDOS and BeOS over FAT aren't about the COMMAND.COM. I've installed BeOS PE in a blank MSDOS partition more than once. It's about the file system. WinME still uses FAT32 as its file system, and BeOS can install on NTFS. It doesn't matter whether or not they removed COMMAND.COM in WinME, it matters that the file system structure is still valid. Get it?
Hahaha! Finally, somebody who takes things with a grain of salt appears. The actual href in that link points to the correct first manufacturer (Motorola) - the first alpha system was deployed here in the great state of Schaumburg, and one of the first major tests was in Britian. Nokia is a johnny-come-lately and I thought people knew that...
Hmm... I haven't been able to accomplish that, but whenever I play "Roll 'em Up" (a cross-platform pinball game), I can kick my case and get messagess... I'm still wondering why this stupid game calls a tilt a "kernel panic".
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It's a Pilot, not a Palm. There are no corny jokes about Pilot. What a stupid decision 3Com made.
Talk about apples and oranges... there is no wireless 'net for the Handspring yet. Also, people failed to note (*cough* *cough* I did, but got rejected) the new M100, which is supposed to be colourful, $149, 8mb, and maybe even handwriting recognition. And, there's a new Claudia Schaffer Palm 5x (insert palm joke here).
OT: Have you checked out SoundPlay for BeOS 4.x? It does roughly what your program does on the BeOS.
Remember the big protest because they were going to put up a satellite transmitting on OSCAR (or was it AMSAT?) frequencies? It sort of died after that (good riddance).
Obviously you missed the point. Kurzwiel is a respected futurist, and the work wasn't sci-fi - it was a futurist's predictions for the future. And Kurzwiel is one amazing fellow - he hasn't been wrong yet. I trust his vision here.
Here's an experiment for you: Run slashdot on netscape over a network connection, maybe a slow one. Then wait until slashdot puts up the "Internet Time" ad. Watch Netscape crash and burn as it attempts to display that ad at 500fps. Ick!
Sorry, that's just been bugging me.
Is there a(nother) bug in Slash? This comment should not have gone in here, but in the other article. Or did you just reply to the wrong one?
Crash Proof==RTOS with QoS features. Crash Proof!=Linux, yet. While Linux is the 500-lb gorilla of the OS industry and seems to incorporate every type of operating system sooner or later (Desktop? Server? Mainfraime? RTOS? PDA?), for now RTOS is still king of crash-proof.
You can actually pop off the letters on the TI-92 and rearrange them - now, that's not going to actually do you any good, but you can make the letters look like they're DVORAK.
In 20 years, we'll have neural implants to improve thought - and translate other languages for us. Don't believe it? Read Kurzwiel's Age of Spiritual Machines.
Floating Point: "Not just a calculator watch, but one that crunches SETI@Home cycles in its free time!"
My question is: What is the point? If you think about it, Linux is just a piece of computer code (esp. on a device like this). What functionality is the computer code adding to this wristwatch? Nothing over a RTOS, that's what I can tell you. It's just a hunk of computer code that does absolutely nothing without something to run in it - and what are you going to run? MPG123 on a watch? Are you going to practice Bash shell scripting while you're out? Or are you going to sit and admire it, and then go out and get a real watch, a gold watch that actually conveys status and meaning to the rest of society?
I know, but I bought the (cheap) upgrade from R4 just because of Realplayer and CDBurner (which doesn't work for me :( ). Waitin' for Flash and Java!!!!
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Please stop using these nasty words on Slashdot. Sites like this that are child-accessible should know to restrain their content in the face of pending laws. How many times does it need to be told to people that content that is offensive to children needs to be kept away from them?
it boots a 2.0.36 kernel
On top of that, you go and influence these poor suggestable little children with thoughts of running an outdated kernel that is simply a security hole! How do you even dare? Would you allow your children to use NT3.5? Would you allow them to use an outdated kernel? Think, Taco, what about the children?
it's pingable and Telenetable, as well as being usable as a Web server. Only for the brave of heart and willing to hack.
I think you meant willing to be hacked. Once again, what about the children? Would you let your child use telnet? Why suggest it to the children on Slashdot? You should know better than that. As a maintainer of a website like this, you have a responsibility to not influence suggestible little children with Nazi ideas such as running Telnet on a computer.
Word 6.0 was for Win 3.1. Word for Windows 95 was Word 7.0... anyway, Microsoft merged their DOS and Windows Word trees at that point, and adopted the Word for DOS version number (6.0) instead of the next Word for Windows version number. Microsoft doesn't skip version numbers just to look good (*cough* *cough*).
92 is based on Derive, from what I hear.... the ultamite caluclator is a Compaq iPaq running Linux and Mupad!
Hmm... my 92 seems very underpowered. It's simply a matter of the fact that the "neat things" - 3D graphing, equation solving, etc. take up more CPU than current calculators provide.
Ummmm... obviously you're not using your 89 enough! I rarely get it to last more than my Pilot...
Oops - I meant underpowered. Use the preview button!
I've been interested in putting Linux on an ultra-portable device like this, and if this does run Mobile Linux (and if it doesn't, it will in short order) then it's time for some ultra-portable nethack playing! Woohoo!
UMSDOS and BeOS over FAT aren't about the COMMAND.COM. I've installed BeOS PE in a blank MSDOS partition more than once. It's about the file system. WinME still uses FAT32 as its file system, and BeOS can install on NTFS. It doesn't matter whether or not they removed COMMAND.COM in WinME, it matters that the file system structure is still valid. Get it?
Hahaha! Finally, somebody who takes things with a grain of salt appears. The actual href in that link points to the correct first manufacturer (Motorola) - the first alpha system was deployed here in the great state of Schaumburg, and one of the first major tests was in Britian. Nokia is a johnny-come-lately and I thought people knew that...
I'm certain that IBM would disagree with you...
Hmm... I haven't been able to accomplish that, but whenever I play "Roll 'em Up" (a cross-platform pinball game), I can kick my case and get messagess... I'm still wondering why this stupid game calls a tilt a "kernel panic".