..Guess it depends on how far you want to move those bricks. That truck still has to be loaded and unloaded - If the bricks are only going 20 feet a nice line of people would work quite well. Not sure how this fits into your filesharing analogy tho' --------------------------------------
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Eventually?... Good lord! I don't know about you, but I get new computer gear 2-3 times a year.. If that's not the definition of 'disposable' I don't know what is! Just compare the value of that 133 Mhz pentium to a Toyota of the same vintage.. Anything that drops in value that fast can certainly allready be considered 'disposable. --------------------------------------
Are there enough newbies out there to be convinced that the web is just a slow, more static version of television? What about the equivilent of channel surfing? Switching browser windows? These ads better be *Damn* fascinating to get lonely people to sit there and watch them.. Part of the attraction of TV is that you don't have to *do* anything, the web is more about making decisions, choosing a path, and I don't know a lot of people who *choose* to watch a lot of advertising unless it is 1)unique, 2)funny, 3)not been seen a thousand times before.
Just an Idea - I was thinking a similar thought - Its just too small.. but.. What if you didn't need a keyboard? Stick with me here, I'm not talking about stylus input, I'm talking about some way for the watch to sense your fingers moving on a flat surface. With a bunch of storage this could make an excellent tool for taking notes, writing, etc - granted the display is too tiny to do much with, but if you could type on a non-existent keyboard and sync the info with a desktop computer, this might actually be kind of cool.
So you'd look like a geek sitting there in a cafe with your boxy watch typing on an empty table-top, thats the price you pay for being an early adopter. --------------------------------------
This constant flood of new tech, means that there is lots of good old tech that people want to get rid of, discontinue, etc.. For example, I was part of a WebPlayer co-op to purchase old discontined Virgin WebPlayers for $100/ ea.. Now I don't know about you, but thats not a bad deal for a 200Mhz box with lcd screen and wireless keyboard, you certainly couldn't build this box yourself for that much - the LCD itself would probably cost that, and it makes a great MP3 jukebox, web-browser & Email terminal..
Wow.. Whats the year again? Oh yeah, 2001 - That's the future isn't it? And palm is still sticking with the blocky 160x160 screen?!? *wow*.. I mean, my Amiga 500 worked great at the time, but its time to move on
Imagine a world without ICANN. A world Whereas, an Ad Hoc Group on Numbering and Addressing was not convened for discussion of these issues.. A world without TLD's.. Just the word.. no 'dot' anything..
Well heck, I think we should just stick to IP numbers, and limit the influx of spam clicking mouthbreathers, but then again, I may be an elitist pig..
I don't know about you, but I have a devil of a time fitting my laptop in my jacket pocket.. Good thing I've got an iPaq with StowAway keyboard -- I barely know i've got it on me until I want to work on that large word document and listen to some music.. The fact is that the CE devices are completely different - The palm makes a better address book, the batteries last forever and a used Pilot is cheap enough that if you lose it or break it, its no big deal - but I'm digging this feature overload right now, I've been interested in writting for fun for a while now, and I finally can pull out a full size keyboard and work with a powerful word processor at a cafe anywhere. I dig it, YMMV. --------------------------------------
> 3. I remember reading about a palmOS emulator for WinCE devices.
That won't help you keep your batteries alive or help you with your WinCE OS crashing.
Hmm.. Although I could hardly say my iPaq *never* crashes, I had far more paperclip moments with my palm.. -Not to mention the iPaq is a way faster reboot from soft reset than the palm. When my palm bit the dust I bought a IIIc, for the G-wiz factor - On the second day I had it, it froze up solid, and worst of all, a soft reset deleted all records in memory - not to mention that 256 colours is hardly stunning, and you cant actually *read* the screen outdoors or in any bright ambient light.
These are basically two completely different types of devices: The palm is an excellent address book/ PIM, but the CE devices are basically 'pocket computers' - 2 megs of addresses and appointments is plenty, but I really love listening to hundreds of megs of MP3's while I type in pocket word at 320x240, -To each their own.
BTW - I've not found the battery life to be an issue, I've used my iPaq all day long and never had it hit low battery, I sync daily and this tops the battery up - For trips there are battery extenders that take AA batterys, and my favorite - The PocketPal folding solar panel - battery life till the cows come home (or the sun goes behind a cloud)
..Actually it will play these Tiny, secure music disks the size of a quarter, but what with that security hole in TCP, users will be horrified to discover that while using the off-shore napster the new document-destroying copy protection will wipe these tiny disks clean. The users will revolt, ultimately leading to the PS3 Marketdroids escape in their brand new electric cars (which are luckily faster than the users Ferrari's).
I know all those people in my neighborhood sucking on the PC133 SDRAM supply sure have driven up those prices.. ?.. And since when are the lusers *Forced* into paying the Rambus tax? Skip Rambus, no Toshiba reps have been by *MY* house with guns pointed at *MY* head..
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Sure you can have my iPaq, but there's a disposal fee of $1000.00 - But I am rethinking my decision. Perhaps I will just 'exorcise' it and change the OS to Linxu (Thats the official CmdrTaco spelling). --------------------------------------
There will always be some kid out there to make something like this for fun.. The press can then say things like:
In a worst-case scenario, a virus writer could create a way for a program to scan a user's hard drive for MP3 files or a shared folder and delete all of the content in that folder. Users might then lose hundreds of files.
"If you had something like that and ran it, there is no telling what it could do," Gullotto said.
Sure.. We know what it would do.. If you ran it it would delete all your MP3's, or other files, so you best not use any dirty file-sharing software, hint hint, nudge nudge.
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..Guess it depends on how far you want to move those bricks. That truck still has to be loaded and unloaded - If the bricks are only going 20 feet a nice line of people would work quite well. Not sure how this fits into your filesharing analogy tho'
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..And this on the Readme:
Is it time to update the readme file?
OK Ok.. Enough nit-picking - Congratulations.
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Is it faster?
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..Thats ridiculous.
..Oh. And what about:
Why not carry on with your comparisons:
Vintage Beetle vs. Suburban
Suburban vs. M1 Tank
Motorcycle vs. Blue Whale dropped from great height
Pedestrian vs. Everything else?
Or where you never ever ever going to get out of that car?
(flaps arms around)
*buck* *buck* *buck* *Bucawck!*
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...And should your PDA be lost or stolen do you trust that no one will look through it?
I know I wouldn't want anyone to find my top secret stash of ipaq pr0n!
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Eventually?... Good lord! I don't know about you, but I get new computer gear 2-3 times a year.. If that's not the definition of 'disposable' I don't know what is! Just compare the value of that 133 Mhz pentium to a Toyota of the same vintage.. Anything that drops in value that fast can certainly allready be considered 'disposable.
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Are there enough newbies out there to be convinced that the web is just a slow, more static version of television? What about the equivilent of channel surfing? Switching browser windows? These ads better be *Damn* fascinating to get lonely people to sit there and watch them.. Part of the attraction of TV is that you don't have to *do* anything, the web is more about making decisions, choosing a path, and I don't know a lot of people who *choose* to watch a lot of advertising unless it is 1)unique, 2)funny, 3)not been seen a thousand times before.
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And you can keep track of them for up to six hours at a time!
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Just an Idea - I was thinking a similar thought - Its just too small.. but.. What if you didn't need a keyboard? Stick with me here, I'm not talking about stylus input, I'm talking about some way for the watch to sense your fingers moving on a flat surface. With a bunch of storage this could make an excellent tool for taking notes, writing, etc - granted the display is too tiny to do much with, but if you could type on a non-existent keyboard and sync the info with a desktop computer, this might actually be kind of cool.
So you'd look like a geek sitting there in a cafe with your boxy watch typing on an empty table-top, thats the price you pay for being an early adopter.
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This constant flood of new tech, means that there is lots of good old tech that people want to get rid of, discontinue, etc.. For example, I was part of a WebPlayer co-op to purchase old discontined Virgin WebPlayers for $100/ ea.. Now I don't know about you, but thats not a bad deal for a 200Mhz box with lcd screen and wireless keyboard, you certainly couldn't build this box yourself for that much - the LCD itself would probably cost that, and it makes a great MP3 jukebox, web-browser & Email terminal..
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Wow.. Whats the year again? Oh yeah, 2001 - That's the future isn't it? And palm is still sticking with the blocky 160x160 screen?!? *wow*.. I mean, my Amiga 500 worked great at the time, but its time to move on
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..Please.. not a *palm pilot*.. an *iPaq* -I've evolved, and thats MR. neo-quasi-zoom-dweebie to you AC.
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Lets not forget about fortran!.. Oh, you said for the web.. right.. *cough*.. Oh look, here comes my bus..
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Imagine a world without ICANN. A world Whereas, an Ad Hoc Group on Numbering and Addressing was not convened for discussion of these issues.. A world without TLD's.. Just the word.. no 'dot' anything..
Well heck, I think we should just stick to IP numbers, and limit the influx of spam clicking mouthbreathers, but then again, I may be an elitist pig..
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I don't know about you, but I have a devil of a time fitting my laptop in my jacket pocket.. Good thing I've got an iPaq with StowAway keyboard -- I barely know i've got it on me until I want to work on that large word document and listen to some music.. The fact is that the CE devices are completely different - The palm makes a better address book, the batteries last forever and a used Pilot is cheap enough that if you lose it or break it, its no big deal - but I'm digging this feature overload right now, I've been interested in writting for fun for a while now, and I finally can pull out a full size keyboard and work with a powerful word processor at a cafe anywhere. I dig it, YMMV.
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> 3. I remember reading about a palmOS emulator for WinCE devices.
That won't help you keep your batteries alive or help you with your WinCE OS crashing.
Hmm.. Although I could hardly say my iPaq *never* crashes, I had far more paperclip moments with my palm.. -Not to mention the iPaq is a way faster reboot from soft reset than the palm. When my palm bit the dust I bought a IIIc, for the G-wiz factor - On the second day I had it, it froze up solid, and worst of all, a soft reset deleted all records in memory - not to mention that 256 colours is hardly stunning, and you cant actually *read* the screen outdoors or in any bright ambient light.
These are basically two completely different types of devices: The palm is an excellent address book/ PIM, but the CE devices are basically 'pocket computers' - 2 megs of addresses and appointments is plenty, but I really love listening to hundreds of megs of MP3's while I type in pocket word at 320x240, -To each their own.
BTW - I've not found the battery life to be an issue, I've used my iPaq all day long and never had it hit low battery, I sync daily and this tops the battery up - For trips there are battery extenders that take AA batterys, and my favorite - The PocketPal folding solar panel - battery life till the cows come home (or the sun goes behind a cloud)
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..Actually it will play these Tiny, secure music disks the size of a quarter, but what with that security hole in TCP, users will be horrified to discover that while using the off-shore napster the new document-destroying copy protection will wipe these tiny disks clean. The users will revolt, ultimately leading to the PS3 Marketdroids escape in their brand new electric cars (which are luckily faster than the users Ferrari's).
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I know all those people in my neighborhood sucking on the PC133 SDRAM supply sure have driven up those prices .. ? .. And since when are the lusers *Forced* into paying the Rambus tax? Skip Rambus, no Toshiba reps have been by *MY* house with guns pointed at *MY* head..
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.. and you'll be OK.
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Sure you can have my iPaq, but there's a disposal fee of $1000.00 - But I am rethinking my decision. Perhaps I will just 'exorcise' it and change the OS to Linxu (Thats the official CmdrTaco spelling).
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I'm throwing away my Compaq iPaq.. Just when a huge corporate megalith had created something so cool. Bastards.
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We don't need them.. Hell, we don't even really need domain numbers -Thats what IP numbers are for!
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Sure.. We know what it would do.. If you ran it it would delete all your MP3's, or other files, so you best not use any dirty file-sharing software, hint hint, nudge nudge.
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.. We'll have old men sitting on porches drinking out of mason jars, while they clean their 'masers'..
This will of course lead to all sorts of 'maser' safety issues. (make *SURE* the saftey it on).
"we're not sure if it was the maser or the moonshine, but he hasn't moved for 5 hours.."
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