First of all this looks like a cool device but it does beg the question of how will it be used under Linux. Pen computers have a varied history firstly as there has not been a strong comercial market push, PDA's on the other hand have done well in specific markets but they are heavily dependent on pen freindly OS's WinCe hasn't realy got the hang of it and PenPoint,Pen for Windows, and many others have died a miserable death be cause they really needed a full keyboard and you might as well be at your desk then. The NewtonOS, Palm and others have survived but because they found a way to do handwritting recognition and limited thier scope by size and applications supported. Its not that Linux couldn't do this but for this to work a new Unix OS is required.
I think that while _Snow Crash_ and _Diamond Age_ are great novels just could use a better endings. Cryptonomicom was interesting but the ending after 900 pages was the worst ever written, there was no ending it just kinda stopped. His other books actually have endings and are much more of a fun read namely _Zodiac_ and _Interface_ (which is my personal favorite, ghost written as Stephen Bury) are absolutely fantasic novels with good endings that are even exciting and related to the story. _Zodiac_ is about an ecologist that tools around Boston Harbour is a Zodiac (rubber raft) the tech is bio-chem which I don't have much ionterest in but he makes it fun end exciting and way funny. In the back it claims that he went to U Michigan to study Physics, this book proves that it was really Boston University and chemistry. _Interface_ which he supposedly wrote with his uncle last name Jewsbury (or something like that) so they named the authour as Stephen Bury is possible his best book although not widely read. Its about a plot by some ILLUMINATI type characters who use a nueral network to cure a state governor after a stroke with the addition of a radio receiver so they can rewrite his political speeches in real-time as he runs for US president, absolutely fantastic ending which in more than you can say about his more famous books, the tech parts are quite as numerous by the sections about developing the neural network chip are pretty cool and there is plenty of action. The first thirty pages just describe an office and are every bit as interesting as the 5 page diatribe about the perfect bowl of Captin Crunch.
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As we now have Lars from Metallica's DNA (as well as everyone else) we now have prior art and thus the metallica copyright is invalid!!!!!!1
Where can I get the diffs and patches to assemble my own Cindy Crawford??? If this isn't proof that open source is the best way to date/recreate!
Yes, of course its easy just: 1. Open Screen door 2. Toss acoustic coupler out. 3. Close screen door 4. Download Porn!!!!!!!! Every sailor's dream.
First of all this looks like a cool device but it does beg the question of how will it be used under Linux. Pen computers have a varied history firstly as there has not been a strong comercial market push, PDA's on the other hand have done well in specific markets but they are heavily dependent on pen freindly OS's WinCe hasn't realy got the hang of it and PenPoint,Pen for Windows, and many others have died a miserable death be cause they really needed a full keyboard and you might as well be at your desk then. The NewtonOS, Palm and others have survived but because they found a way to do handwritting recognition and limited thier scope by size and applications supported. Its not that Linux couldn't do this but for this to work a new Unix OS is required.
I think that while _Snow Crash_ and _Diamond Age_ are great novels just could use a better endings. Cryptonomicom was interesting but the ending after 900 pages was the worst ever written, there was no ending it just kinda stopped. His other books actually have endings and are much more of a fun read namely _Zodiac_ and _Interface_ (which is my personal favorite, ghost written as Stephen Bury) are absolutely fantasic novels with good endings that are even exciting and related to the story. _Zodiac_ is about an ecologist that tools around Boston Harbour is a Zodiac (rubber raft) the tech is bio-chem which I don't have much ionterest in but he makes it fun end exciting and way funny. In the back it claims that he went to U Michigan to study Physics, this book proves that it was really Boston University and chemistry. _Interface_ which he supposedly wrote with his uncle last name Jewsbury (or something like that) so they named the authour as Stephen Bury is possible his best book although not widely read. Its about a plot by some ILLUMINATI type characters who use a nueral network to cure a state governor after a stroke with the addition of a radio receiver so they can rewrite his political speeches in real-time as he runs for US president, absolutely fantastic ending which in more than you can say about his more famous books, the tech parts are quite as numerous by the sections about developing the neural network chip are pretty cool and there is plenty of action. The first thirty pages just describe an office and are every bit as interesting as the 5 page diatribe about the perfect bowl of Captin Crunch.