Everything I have seen indicates that the newer Model M knockoffs-- aside from Unicomp, the ones using Cherry, Alps , or TopRe keyswitches.are gaining popularity more then jst a cult following. They did mention them but only briefly.
Looking at the comments of the iMorons who say that Apple response should be to flip the court another bird.
People like this need the protection of cameras for when they give the middle finger to a guy carrying a taser and a gun. While it's what they need, I can't help but feel they deserve a Darwin award.
First and foremost get a Galaxy Note 10.1. That should cover quite a few of your needs.
Next to cover the things that you can't handle with the Galaxy, get a pen ( more about choices later ). Use Noodler's ink. Most inks will run on paper when wet. So will many versions of the Noodler inks, however they offer a line of inks that are water soluble but when contacting paper they become permanent. ( I really should read the paper to figure out the process. ) Basically they contain a chemical which when it reacts to cellulose will make the ink nonsoluble in water. Noodler's is constantly tweaking their inks, so I cannot say what new inks they have now, and they always have something new. Just check out their web sites.
As for which fountain pen. Get a quality expensive fountain pen and it will last you quite a while. The one I discovered that writes the finest is the Namiki Falcon, though I do not know if it is still being made. Others you can get that would be good would be the Pelican Souverain series which comes with bodies of different sizes, M1000 being the biggest. On the really expensive side is the Yard O'Led Grand Victoria series, but if you like a pen that has heft it is worth it.
Finally if you cheap pens with really, really small nibs, try isellpens.com opr hisnibs.com and get some of the Chinese pens. An extra fine on those is way smaller then anything you find in the US or Europe.
As for messiness I find that fountain pens are cleaner then ballpoint pens, On the rare occasions, cleanup is easier because the inks have to be water soluble or they clog the pen.
You can tweak the viscosity of the ink by adding stuff. Add a little water and the ink flows slower, making a thiner lighter line. Add a drop of soap to a cup of water, then take a drop of that into your ink and you will get a heavier, thicker line. Don't add soap to the ink directly. A little goes a long way and is likely to make the ink just gush out of the pen.
One day there was a problem with KDE[1] on my computer. Great! I thought, while repairing it I can try out enlightenment. So from the commandline I load E17 and start it up. I get this horrid black and white theme where I can't tell one window from another. I can't find help or run much of anything that way.
Well I do manage a commandline IRC client so I go to the channel on freenode and ask for help. Not general help but help- changing the theme so I can get a version of E17 running where I can figure out how to do things. What happened. Well I was using Debian Testing ( LDME to be precise ), in fact I still use Debian testing, and all that happened was that I got grief over using a distro which used old software. BTW the problem with KDE was some corrupt files and I was worried that was because my hard drive had problems, so I needed a decent GUI quickly. At that point I figured that if that was the kind of help I could expect to get when I had a simple question in emergency circumstances, then I would be better off not using it.
So I say to the developers you want to act like Microsoft, go write a CUi replacement for Windows 8 instead of linux.
[1] What happened is that during a sudden loss of power, a sector on my HD got corrupted. This turned out to contain a part of the kde fontcache. One the file was deleted KDE regenerated the file and worked fine. Then I managed to repair the drive.
That they decide to release an Android application first. I guess at some point you have to write for the most important OSs or relegate yourself to niche markets.
Careful. When I was looking for a tablet with a dig8itizer, I got really excited about the TPT 1, but I waited. Turns out that if you drooled on that it broke.
ActiveX was a CORBA implementation, so it was hardly Microsoft alone that was responsible for it.
Say what?
I've worked with both CORBA and ActiveX. If you think ActiveX is a Corba implementation then you must see a big flashing "I'm a moron" when you look in the mirror.
Maybe if they had kept developing COM+ and ActiveX they would have become a CORBA implementation, but as it was--not even close.
Ask them what is the crudiest and crustiest "module"/"unit"/"library" that is a part of their code. Then ask them to describe it and how they deal with it.
If they claim there isn't one, then you know they are lying and head for the hills. If they can't think of which one is the worst then that spells trouble.
Otherwise the answers to the question tell you a lot about the company.
Also ask how they deal with regressions.
Any one that thinks European antitrust officials will allow MS to buy Nokia after an exMicrosoft executive makes a deal with Microsoft that severely damages Nokia, is out of their mind. Nokia will be bought, but it won't be by Microsoft. Maybe Google or Samsung or ( shudder ) Apple.
Whatever Nokia does, the first step to health is to fire Elop.
That for example a tablet like the Galaxy Note 10.1 that has 2G RAM can do twice as much as the same tablet with 1G RAM, but now they have to talk specs because that's where the real improvements come.
So they use the term "Retina Display" instead of talking actual resolution because actual resolution is a spec and "specs don't matter".
Look next for Apple to come out with a 2G RAM tablet but they will call it 'Brain Memory'.
" 'Anything you Tweet or post can and will be held against you in a court of law'?"
Trayvon Martin is not a defendant in any proceedings Tweets and posts are not being used to put him in any legal jeopardy.
What they will be used for is to paint a picture of who he was. Heaven forbid that the jury actually have a picture of Trayvon Martin close to what he really was instead of what the prosecution wants you to think he was.
It maybe true that the programs are not WOW and LOL. Perhaps he made that part up to not reveal what he really wants to run. Maybe something more like World of Big-Breasted Whores. Whatever.
Give the guy a break and instead of busting his chops for his protecting his provacy answer the question huh?
they will only give store credits for returns?
Then the people will have to buy something from that store and will buy the only alternative, the device that actually runs the software they want. Forcing them to spend the extra $$ to get it and causing them to spend a lot more money then they ever wanted?
Nah.
The people watching are the people willing to vote for these people in the first place. So whose minds do they think they are changing? You think a green party voter is going to vote libertarian or vice versa?
This is just phony debate trying to get people to think they are actually trying to win. If they were serious they would look ay other methods to get their message out.
I'm sure there are some IT guys having wet dreams over the possibility of being an MS tablet only shop, but there are too many CxOs and Presidents and VPs in companies wedded to their iPads/Android tablets. They are going to have to support them. So MS shoulkdn't be counting on help from the business sector as much as they hope they will get.
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Everything I have seen indicates that the newer Model M knockoffs-- aside from Unicomp, the ones using Cherry, Alps , or TopRe keyswitches.are gaining popularity more then jst a cult following. They did mention them but only briefly.
People like this need the protection of cameras for when they give the middle finger to a guy carrying a taser and a gun. While it's what they need, I can't help but feel they deserve a Darwin award.
Next to cover the things that you can't handle with the Galaxy, get a pen ( more about choices later ). Use Noodler's ink. Most inks will run on paper when wet. So will many versions of the Noodler inks, however they offer a line of inks that are water soluble but when contacting paper they become permanent. ( I really should read the paper to figure out the process. ) Basically they contain a chemical which when it reacts to cellulose will make the ink nonsoluble in water. Noodler's is constantly tweaking their inks, so I cannot say what new inks they have now, and they always have something new. Just check out their web sites.
As for which fountain pen. Get a quality expensive fountain pen and it will last you quite a while. The one I discovered that writes the finest is the Namiki Falcon, though I do not know if it is still being made. Others you can get that would be good would be the Pelican Souverain series which comes with bodies of different sizes, M1000 being the biggest. On the really expensive side is the Yard O'Led Grand Victoria series, but if you like a pen that has heft it is worth it.
Finally if you cheap pens with really, really small nibs, try isellpens.com opr hisnibs.com and get some of the Chinese pens. An extra fine on those is way smaller then anything you find in the US or Europe.
As for messiness I find that fountain pens are cleaner then ballpoint pens, On the rare occasions, cleanup is easier because the inks have to be water soluble or they clog the pen.
You can tweak the viscosity of the ink by adding stuff. Add a little water and the ink flows slower, making a thiner lighter line. Add a drop of soap to a cup of water, then take a drop of that into your ink and you will get a heavier, thicker line. Don't add soap to the ink directly. A little goes a long way and is likely to make the ink just gush out of the pen.
I believe Namiki and Pilot are the same company.
One day there was a problem with KDE[1] on my computer. Great! I thought, while repairing it I can try out enlightenment. So from the commandline I load E17 and start it up. I get this horrid black and white theme where I can't tell one window from another. I can't find help or run much of anything that way. Well I do manage a commandline IRC client so I go to the channel on freenode and ask for help. Not general help but help- changing the theme so I can get a version of E17 running where I can figure out how to do things. What happened. Well I was using Debian Testing ( LDME to be precise ), in fact I still use Debian testing, and all that happened was that I got grief over using a distro which used old software. BTW the problem with KDE was some corrupt files and I was worried that was because my hard drive had problems, so I needed a decent GUI quickly. At that point I figured that if that was the kind of help I could expect to get when I had a simple question in emergency circumstances, then I would be better off not using it. So I say to the developers you want to act like Microsoft, go write a CUi replacement for Windows 8 instead of linux. [1] What happened is that during a sudden loss of power, a sector on my HD got corrupted. This turned out to contain a part of the kde fontcache. One the file was deleted KDE regenerated the file and worked fine. Then I managed to repair the drive.
Yes it does. It's called laches and igt can invalidatre a lawsuit.
Do you know how long it was between 6 and 1?
Eew incest. After all Mickie and Minnie are an item.
A true hacker would have used multicolor LEDs. Then he could havge gotten a real tetris not this lame imitation.
That they decide to release an Android application first. I guess at some point you have to write for the most important OSs or relegate yourself to niche markets.
Careful. When I was looking for a tablet with a dig8itizer, I got really excited about the TPT 1, but I waited. Turns out that if you drooled on that it broke.
ActiveX was a CORBA implementation, so it was hardly Microsoft alone that was responsible for it.
Say what? I've worked with both CORBA and ActiveX. If you think ActiveX is a Corba implementation then you must see a big flashing "I'm a moron" when you look in the mirror. Maybe if they had kept developing COM+ and ActiveX they would have become a CORBA implementation, but as it was--not even close.
Ask them what is the crudiest and crustiest "module"/"unit"/"library" that is a part of their code. Then ask them to describe it and how they deal with it. If they claim there isn't one, then you know they are lying and head for the hills. If they can't think of which one is the worst then that spells trouble. Otherwise the answers to the question tell you a lot about the company. Also ask how they deal with regressions.
Any one that thinks European antitrust officials will allow MS to buy Nokia after an exMicrosoft executive makes a deal with Microsoft that severely damages Nokia, is out of their mind. Nokia will be bought, but it won't be by Microsoft. Maybe Google or Samsung or ( shudder ) Apple. Whatever Nokia does, the first step to health is to fire Elop.
Trying to amass so many geek in one place that they form the critical mass of a black hole?
Doesn't anyone know that 3 year olds are better than crayons then adults?
That for example a tablet like the Galaxy Note 10.1 that has 2G RAM can do twice as much as the same tablet with 1G RAM, but now they have to talk specs because that's where the real improvements come. So they use the term "Retina Display" instead of talking actual resolution because actual resolution is a spec and "specs don't matter". Look next for Apple to come out with a 2G RAM tablet but they will call it 'Brain Memory'.
and they are not the same Zommerman. who would have thought.
" 'Anything you Tweet or post can and will be held against you in a court of law'?" Trayvon Martin is not a defendant in any proceedings Tweets and posts are not being used to put him in any legal jeopardy. What they will be used for is to paint a picture of who he was. Heaven forbid that the jury actually have a picture of Trayvon Martin close to what he really was instead of what the prosecution wants you to think he was.
s/provacy/privacy/
It maybe true that the programs are not WOW and LOL. Perhaps he made that part up to not reveal what he really wants to run. Maybe something more like World of Big-Breasted Whores. Whatever. Give the guy a break and instead of busting his chops for his protecting his provacy answer the question huh?
they will only give store credits for returns? Then the people will have to buy something from that store and will buy the only alternative, the device that actually runs the software they want. Forcing them to spend the extra $$ to get it and causing them to spend a lot more money then they ever wanted? Nah.
Only good thing though is these RT devices will quickly be sold at fire sale and maybe we can put Android on them ;)
Nah. My understanding is that MS is requiring all Win 8 tablets to be UEFI protected so you won/t be able to replace the OS.
The people watching are the people willing to vote for these people in the first place. So whose minds do they think they are changing? You think a green party voter is going to vote libertarian or vice versa? This is just phony debate trying to get people to think they are actually trying to win. If they were serious they would look ay other methods to get their message out.
I'm sure there are some IT guys having wet dreams over the possibility of being an MS tablet only shop, but there are too many CxOs and Presidents and VPs in companies wedded to their iPads/Android tablets. They are going to have to support them. So MS shoulkdn't be counting on help from the business sector as much as they hope they will get.