Several years ago we considered a port to Palm, but at the time, the LCD screens had a poor refresh rate. The scrolling letters/rectangles would be completely blurred.
Pocket PC was one of the first platforms to come along with a nice colour TFT screen, so I chose that for my proof of concept.
I'm aware that Palms have improved now. A port may be available in the future as the Dasher team expands.
Really though, I serve as a virus debunker for many of my less than computer literate friends, but it would be nice if there was a public site for this sort of thing, that picked up e-mail hoaxes and displayed them for what they are, meanwhile addressing real problems and how to fix them.
Here's a good site to pass on when someone sends you a virus warning that's actually a hoax. It's in no way too technical for the dumbmasses to check before passing on bogus warnings.
And as for the cops, do they actually make any money when they pull people over? Whenver I've gotten a ticket, I've had to make the check out to the town, not the police department.
Yes, but a portion of the money tickets generate for the city goes back to the police in the form of equipment and gadgets for the police.
Sure it does. You can't claim ignorance, nor that you don't know how to avoid it. You want to keep standing on my land (me being the gov't)? Here's the rules, leave if you don't like 'em.
So that's what it boils down with to you huh? You and the rest of the mob will force me to see your way or you'll run me off, although should I chose not to pay taxes for others' educations I am in no way violating any rights of yours.
You seem to assume there's a right to education and that the right you're assuming includes the right to have others pay for it. I guess you want a right to healthcare and food as well at my expense? It's certainly legal to enact such legislation and I'm sure I'll have to endure it here in my lifetime. In the minds of you and the mob who backs you rights are defined by the whim government and the mob that stands behind it and the individual is meaningless.
I find it funny that you want me to move so you can move this country more towards a socialist agenda when it was founded with the idea of freeing the individual from government (and mob via government) control. There's a whole tassle of countries I'm sure you'd be happier in - Canada, Britian, France to name a few while there are none that people with beliefs such as mine have to turn to because people like you have taken over government and made enacted legislation to make our voices and individual rights irrelevant.
As for libertarian/objectivist logic against taxes, I haven't argued against any tax here today except for that which is taken from me to provide education for others' children. However, I'm sure you could make a case that would stand in your mind for any tax that would benefit yourself, albeit at the detriment of the individuals forced to pay them. But the individual isn't really all that important, is it?
You claim you are forced to pay, but you are not. If you wish not to pay taxes, simply leave the country. It's not immoral for someone to enforce a contract (in the end, at gunpoint) if you fail to live up to your end.
A contract is an agreement between two or more parties. Taxes for the purpose of educating others' children is in no contract I agreed to. And no, my simple birth and living here to not imply agreement. As for the 'love it or leave it' arguement you put forward, that's the best answer you've got? I guess everyone here at slashdot should leave since just about everyone has a pet issue with government.
You've used the term Libertarian a lot. I don't know if you subscribe to that theory or you think you're winning me over by using it, but taxes as they are practiced in this country are not a Libertarian concept in any sense of the word.
If you don't own property in my state, you don't need to pay "HOA" dues (property taxes.) All very Libertarian.
I'm not sure which state you're in, but where I live unless you live in a box on the street or your car then you live in property that somebody owns. That somebody has to pay property taxes on it. Assuming you rent a house or apartment, are you assuming that your landlord is just sucking it up and paying for it himself? Nope, those taxes are figured into your rent. Just because you don't see the taxman's bill for it doesn't mean it's not there.
The point is - they can't AFFORD to pay M$'s exorbitant licensing fees....we're talking POOR district schools, where they struggle to get the computers in the first place.
And your solution is? Am I correct in assuming you think we should throw more money at the problem? I'm not sure about abroad, but here in the U.S. we've seen the costs of education skyrocket (i.e. we've infused a much larger portion of our salaries into it) while the results have been stagnant (i.e. kids aren't getting smarter).
And your statement shows you know precisely nothing about a society with the right to bear arms. The assumption that I would shoot kids with baseball bats implied they were going to be attempting to physically threaten me. My response indicated that I would respond to their initiation of force with force rather than lie down and be beaten.
Frankly, I don't worry about violent crime in America and it is loaded with guns. You know what, I don't spend any amount of time each day worrying about getting shot. That you think America is the wild west shows that you need to try some 'educashun' other than your TV.
Because we all know, if you are born poor you can just work hard and get rich.
We all know hard work is useless. Why bother when I can rob all those dumb saps who do work for a living.
I guess you'll just have to be poor forever.
Should you have kids? Nope, that would just make more poor people
Well, I can't feed or take care of myself, but maybe if I have some kids that'll fix all of societies ills!
As a businessman how can you chose to limit your potential workforce by denying the majority of them education?
I'm not denying anyone anything. I don't think I should have to pay for it though. Assuming you're an American, you have the right to own a firearm - do you think I should be forced to buy you one of those as well? You have the right to free speach - should I be forced to set up a microphone and podium?
Sorry, I've paid taxes for those same roads as you have. And while I pay taxes that get allotted to others children for education even though I disagree with it, in your imaginary scenario where I've stopped paying taxes you resort to shooting me with a Bazooka. And you folks say my views are barbaric.
As for my 'right wing arse', maybe you should look at the left cheek of it; you know, the one that believes in decriminalizing drugs and prostitution and is pro-choice. That believes consenting adults should be able to do as they chose without the government getting involved. Yes, I'm against those government intrusions that YOU don't like as well.
I agree, it is wrong that children should be denied educational opportunities.
I would also say it is wrong to have children and then use government force to have others pay for them. But in the end I'm not denying anyone education because I'm forced by the government to do "my part" but the wrong being done against me is being brushed aside without a second thought, after all, I'm just one of those fortunate people.
Ever heard of 'social responsibility'? If every citizen acted solely in their own best interests, I'm willing to bet you would be on the front lines of that group demanding the government step in and take control.
Yeah, I've heard of it, but I don't buy it any farther than I have a responsibility not to infringe on my neighbors' rights (and I define them strictly like the constitution).
I tend to subscribe to a personal responsibility creed. I take care of myself and my business and don't rely on others to do that for me. As for me standing in line demanding government help, I'll only go to the government when my rights are infringed since protecting my rights is their true function. I'll not be going to them when I've made foolish mistakes and can't deal with the results.
I'm not sure I follow you're line of thinking? I earn a salary, part of which is taken from me to pay for other peoples' kids to be educated (and via welfare laws my money is also feeding them and clothing them and who-knows-what-else).
I'm trying to buy a house at the moment. I can't afford anything near where I work, but if I didn't have to pay to raise other peoples' kids as well as other taxes that shouldn't exist (I won't start) then I could afford the house I want on my current salary.
That is most certianly an elitist argument. What about the children who's families don't have enough money to pay their own way through the 6th grade? What kind of nation do you think we'd have if those without enough money were left behind to fend for thenselves without a grammar school education?
The notion that I shouldn't be responsible for your child's welfare is no more elitist than the "poor families" who believe they have a right to have children they can't afford because they know they can count on me to be the responsible one financially.
Yes, it would be a different world if my way of thinking were predominant. Yes, it would be much more harsh for those born into poor families. That doesn't justify taking what I have earned because others had children they couldn't afford.
I didn't mean to sound harsh, but can you see the pitfalls in such a self centered way of looking at the world?
Not harsh at all, I'm accustomed to such lines of thought. I see what you call 'pitfalls in my line of thinking' (i.e. poorly educated kids in what you see as my 'self centered' world) as being brought on by folks having kids they can't afford. I believe everyone should have the right to have kids, but they shouldn't have the right to force me to help them.
Having a well educated future is the responsiblity of the entire nation. If you don't like it, get the fuck out. (And I am the last person in the world that will use a "for the childeren" defense to promote my views)
Is that your answer to anyone who has a problem with the government or its heavyhandedness? If so I guess we needn't bother trying to change anything.
Attention all Slashdotters: Give up the idea of reforming copyright law or the silly notions of things like rights to privacy. The way things are now is best! As Jaysyn says "If you don't like it, get the fuck out."
If you where in the UK with me I'd happaly pay for your kids education.
That way I'd know that when they become teeagers they woud have a balanced outlook on life and the possabilaty of a well paid job rather than sitting at the end of the street waitng with a baseball bat for your friends and relatives to walk past.
I'm not in Great Britian and I don't happily pay for others' kids to be educated - I'm forced to do it at the end of the government's gun against my will. Here in the U.S. if I have a problem with kids at the end of the street with baseball bats then I defend myself with something the British have decided to deny themselves.
Good education is the cheepist way of reducing crime that I know.
I could list cheaper alternatives, but you would find them distasteful, just as I find paying for others' children to be educated distasteful.
I have no problem paying for the education of any kids I might have. I don't expect you to pay for my kids' education and I don't think I should have to pay for your kids' education.
It has nothing to do with being cheap or an elitist, it has to do with responsibility. If you can be made to pay for other's kids' education, why not pay for their food, clothing, and entertainment while we're at it? I don't think other people's kids should be my responsibility.
It's one thing to bully businesses and city govts, but to start hammering schools? Not real smart.
So it's okay for schools, via the government, to hammer me for financial support at the point of a gun (government's ultimate answer should I refuse to pay for what they deem necessary) but it's not okay for Microsoft and other companies to expect to be paid for the use of their product?
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Several years ago we considered a port to Palm, but at the time, the LCD screens had a poor refresh rate. The scrolling letters/rectangles would be completely blurred. Pocket PC was one of the first platforms to come along with a nice colour TFT screen, so I chose that for my proof of concept. I'm aware that Palms have improved now. A port may be available in the future as the Dasher team expands.
Any decent biometric reader out today has the ability to determine if the finger/hand or eyeball being scanned is alive or not.
Perhaps the Therac-25 is the device you referred to? From my reading the problems with it weren't date related but they were software failure related.
The GDS/CRS companies use IBM's TPF OS for their online reservations stuff.
Yes, but a portion of the money tickets generate for the city goes back to the police in the form of equipment and gadgets for the police.
Sure it does. You can't claim ignorance, nor that you don't know how to avoid it. You want to keep standing on my land (me being the gov't)? Here's the rules, leave if you don't like 'em.
So that's what it boils down with to you huh? You and the rest of the mob will force me to see your way or you'll run me off, although should I chose not to pay taxes for others' educations I am in no way violating any rights of yours.
You seem to assume there's a right to education and that the right you're assuming includes the right to have others pay for it. I guess you want a right to healthcare and food as well at my expense? It's certainly legal to enact such legislation and I'm sure I'll have to endure it here in my lifetime. In the minds of you and the mob who backs you rights are defined by the whim government and the mob that stands behind it and the individual is meaningless.
I find it funny that you want me to move so you can move this country more towards a socialist agenda when it was founded with the idea of freeing the individual from government (and mob via government) control. There's a whole tassle of countries I'm sure you'd be happier in - Canada, Britian, France to name a few while there are none that people with beliefs such as mine have to turn to because people like you have taken over government and made enacted legislation to make our voices and individual rights irrelevant.
As for libertarian/objectivist logic against taxes, I haven't argued against any tax here today except for that which is taken from me to provide education for others' children. However, I'm sure you could make a case that would stand in your mind for any tax that would benefit yourself, albeit at the detriment of the individuals forced to pay them. But the individual isn't really all that important, is it?
You claim you are forced to pay, but you are not. If you wish not to pay taxes, simply leave the country. It's not immoral for someone to enforce a contract (in the end, at gunpoint) if you fail to live up to your end.
A contract is an agreement between two or more parties. Taxes for the purpose of educating others' children is in no contract I agreed to. And no, my simple birth and living here to not imply agreement. As for the 'love it or leave it' arguement you put forward, that's the best answer you've got? I guess everyone here at slashdot should leave since just about everyone has a pet issue with government.
You've used the term Libertarian a lot. I don't know if you subscribe to that theory or you think you're winning me over by using it, but taxes as they are practiced in this country are not a Libertarian concept in any sense of the word.
If you don't own property in my state, you don't need to pay "HOA" dues (property taxes.) All very Libertarian.
I'm not sure which state you're in, but where I live unless you live in a box on the street or your car then you live in property that somebody owns. That somebody has to pay property taxes on it. Assuming you rent a house or apartment, are you assuming that your landlord is just sucking it up and paying for it himself? Nope, those taxes are figured into your rent. Just because you don't see the taxman's bill for it doesn't mean it's not there.
The point is - they can't AFFORD to pay M$'s exorbitant licensing fees....we're talking POOR district schools, where they struggle to get the computers in the first place.
And your solution is? Am I correct in assuming you think we should throw more money at the problem? I'm not sure about abroad, but here in the U.S. we've seen the costs of education skyrocket (i.e. we've infused a much larger portion of our salaries into it) while the results have been stagnant (i.e. kids aren't getting smarter).
And your statement shows you know precisely nothing about a society with the right to bear arms. The assumption that I would shoot kids with baseball bats implied they were going to be attempting to physically threaten me. My response indicated that I would respond to their initiation of force with force rather than lie down and be beaten.
Frankly, I don't worry about violent crime in America and it is loaded with guns. You know what, I don't spend any amount of time each day worrying about getting shot. That you think America is the wild west shows that you need to try some 'educashun' other than your TV.
Since you want to use sarcasm, meet the master:
Because we all know, if you are born poor you can just work hard and get rich.
We all know hard work is useless. Why bother when I can rob all those dumb saps who do work for a living.
I guess you'll just have to be poor forever. Should you have kids? Nope, that would just make more poor people
Well, I can't feed or take care of myself, but maybe if I have some kids that'll fix all of societies ills!
As a businessman how can you chose to limit your potential workforce by denying the majority of them education?
I'm not denying anyone anything. I don't think I should have to pay for it though. Assuming you're an American, you have the right to own a firearm - do you think I should be forced to buy you one of those as well? You have the right to free speach - should I be forced to set up a microphone and podium?
Sorry, I've paid taxes for those same roads as you have. And while I pay taxes that get allotted to others children for education even though I disagree with it, in your imaginary scenario where I've stopped paying taxes you resort to shooting me with a Bazooka. And you folks say my views are barbaric.
As for my 'right wing arse', maybe you should look at the left cheek of it; you know, the one that believes in decriminalizing drugs and prostitution and is pro-choice. That believes consenting adults should be able to do as they chose without the government getting involved. Yes, I'm against those government intrusions that YOU don't like as well.
I agree, it is wrong that children should be denied educational opportunities.
I would also say it is wrong to have children and then use government force to have others pay for them. But in the end I'm not denying anyone education because I'm forced by the government to do "my part" but the wrong being done against me is being brushed aside without a second thought, after all, I'm just one of those fortunate people.
Ever heard of 'social responsibility'? If every citizen acted solely in their own best interests, I'm willing to bet you would be on the front lines of that group demanding the government step in and take control.
Yeah, I've heard of it, but I don't buy it any farther than I have a responsibility not to infringe on my neighbors' rights (and I define them strictly like the constitution).
I tend to subscribe to a personal responsibility creed. I take care of myself and my business and don't rely on others to do that for me. As for me standing in line demanding government help, I'll only go to the government when my rights are infringed since protecting my rights is their true function. I'll not be going to them when I've made foolish mistakes and can't deal with the results.
I suggest you try earning less then poverty level, and raising kids some time.
I suggest doing your kids a favor and waiting till you're out of poverty to have them.
I'm not sure I follow you're line of thinking? I earn a salary, part of which is taken from me to pay for other peoples' kids to be educated (and via welfare laws my money is also feeding them and clothing them and who-knows-what-else).
I'm trying to buy a house at the moment. I can't afford anything near where I work, but if I didn't have to pay to raise other peoples' kids as well as other taxes that shouldn't exist (I won't start) then I could afford the house I want on my current salary.
That is most certianly an elitist argument. What about the children who's families don't have enough money to pay their own way through the 6th grade? What kind of nation do you think we'd have if those without enough money were left behind to fend for thenselves without a grammar school education?
The notion that I shouldn't be responsible for your child's welfare is no more elitist than the "poor families" who believe they have a right to have children they can't afford because they know they can count on me to be the responsible one financially.
Yes, it would be a different world if my way of thinking were predominant. Yes, it would be much more harsh for those born into poor families. That doesn't justify taking what I have earned because others had children they couldn't afford.
I didn't mean to sound harsh, but can you see the pitfalls in such a self centered way of looking at the world?
Not harsh at all, I'm accustomed to such lines of thought. I see what you call 'pitfalls in my line of thinking' (i.e. poorly educated kids in what you see as my 'self centered' world) as being brought on by folks having kids they can't afford. I believe everyone should have the right to have kids, but they shouldn't have the right to force me to help them.
Having a well educated future is the responsiblity of the entire nation. If you don't like it, get the fuck out. (And I am the last person in the world that will use a "for the childeren" defense to promote my views)
Is that your answer to anyone who has a problem with the government or its heavyhandedness? If so I guess we needn't bother trying to change anything.
Attention all Slashdotters: Give up the idea of reforming copyright law or the silly notions of things like rights to privacy. The way things are now is best! As Jaysyn says "If you don't like it, get the fuck out."
If you where in the UK with me I'd happaly pay for your kids education. That way I'd know that when they become teeagers they woud have a balanced outlook on life and the possabilaty of a well paid job rather than sitting at the end of the street waitng with a baseball bat for your friends and relatives to walk past.
I'm not in Great Britian and I don't happily pay for others' kids to be educated - I'm forced to do it at the end of the government's gun against my will. Here in the U.S. if I have a problem with kids at the end of the street with baseball bats then I defend myself with something the British have decided to deny themselves.
Good education is the cheepist way of reducing crime that I know.
I could list cheaper alternatives, but you would find them distasteful, just as I find paying for others' children to be educated distasteful.
I have no problem paying for the education of any kids I might have. I don't expect you to pay for my kids' education and I don't think I should have to pay for your kids' education.
It has nothing to do with being cheap or an elitist, it has to do with responsibility. If you can be made to pay for other's kids' education, why not pay for their food, clothing, and entertainment while we're at it? I don't think other people's kids should be my responsibility.
It's one thing to bully businesses and city govts, but to start hammering schools? Not real smart.
So it's okay for schools, via the government, to hammer me for financial support at the point of a gun (government's ultimate answer should I refuse to pay for what they deem necessary) but it's not okay for Microsoft and other companies to expect to be paid for the use of their product?
Especially an entertainment link at MSN. According to this she may be back for more, assuming the show is still on.
Did nobody at this event bother to photograph it? Anyone have a link with pictures?
I don't know how you define junk food. This kid has now been banned from buying fruit juice!!!! How can you call that junk food?
If the kid's a diabetic then fruit juice is very bad for him.