I bought an old Palm IIIxe for this, and I've read dozens of books on it quite comfortably. Although some people may not be able to get used to the low res screen, the long battery life (weeks on 3 AAA batteries) and convenience of being able to carry at least ten full length books (IIIxe has 8MB) in such a small form factor more than outweighs this. You can probably pick one up on eBay cheap cheap.
Cory Doctorow comes to mind. And you can check out his latest novel for free. I haven't been this excited about an author since I discovered Vernor Vinge or Neal Stephenson.
You could use a half-QWERTY keyboard which is just the regular keyboard mirrored around the break between the t-b and y-n keys when you hold down the space bar. A patch exists for the Linux console and there is some expensive software for Windows. The nice thing about this is that you don't need new hardware. I tried this out and it is actually relatively easy to pick up.
The real culprit here is the WIPO copyright treaty, specifically article 11. It states that treaty members have to supply legal measures to prevent "circumvention of effective technological measures" used to enforce copyright. The rest of the treaty seems relatively fair, but article 11 forces members to pass DMCA-style laws. Once they have to do that the lobbyists move in and you know the rest of that story. The terms of the treaty DON'T mandate anything as overly restrictive as what we're seeing in the US - note the use of the word "effective" - but I suspect that legislators, in their woeful technological cluelessness, find it difficult to draft bills that don't cross the fine line of audience rights infringement.
Don't blame C, blame the C libraries. A well thought out and documented API would make a world of difference. Why does strcpy even exist if there is a more secure alternative like strncpy available?
Well, I got The Letter, but I was unable to get in on the IPO because I happen to be Canadian. Bummer - I could have been CAN$30000 richer right now... *sigh*
Isn't there some way to make OSS IPOs work for those of us that live in countries with securities laws that are more restrictive than those of the US?
Still, this is a good time to remember the best investment strategy is to invest for the long term. These stratospheric valuations can't last forever. At least, thats what I keep telling myself to make myself feel better.
I've been using Debian for a long time now, and I'd like to contribute back to the project. However, I've been put off by what looks to me like excessive bureaucracy and some infighting among Debian developers. Are there any plans to streamline the process to become a developer/maintainer, and the developer contribution process itself? What about fostering a more civil peer review process?
Non-lethal cases with colour - yay!
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What I'd love is a case that didn't shred your hands to ribbons the minute you open it. Side panel, thumbscrews, lots of bays, good cooling, and availability in a wide range of colours would be nice too. The best cases I've seen come with medium to high-end servers, and you can't get those without buying the whole thing.
On a related topic, does anyone know where one can get a black desktop (not tower) case that doesn't look like crap? I'm looking for something to put my mp3 server into...
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Someone local attempted something similar: http://www.canuck-boffin.net/sonde/index.htm
I bought an old Palm IIIxe for this, and I've read dozens of books on it quite comfortably. Although some people may not be able to get used to the low res screen, the long battery life (weeks on 3 AAA batteries) and convenience of being able to carry at least ten full length books (IIIxe has 8MB) in such a small form factor more than outweighs this. You can probably pick one up on eBay cheap cheap.
If you do use a Palm definitely check out Weasel Reader (http://gutenpalm.sourceforge.net/).
If the SSN is only used as a unique identifier to index your records, how about using a MD5 hash of it instead? Lazy DB admins...
Dan Gillmor wrote a column in advance of this decision, worth a read at http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/598 9915.htm
Cory Doctorow comes to mind. And you can check out his latest novel for free. I haven't been this excited about an author since I discovered Vernor Vinge or Neal Stephenson.
You want fast boots? Put the KERNEL in the BIOS. No need to run BIOS code if you don't have to.
You could use a half-QWERTY keyboard which is just the regular keyboard mirrored around the break between the t-b and y-n keys when you hold down the space bar. A patch exists for the Linux console and there is some expensive software for Windows. The nice thing about this is that you don't need new hardware. I tried this out and it is actually relatively easy to pick up.
The real culprit here is the WIPO copyright treaty, specifically article 11. It states that treaty members have to supply legal measures to prevent "circumvention of effective technological measures" used to enforce copyright. The rest of the treaty seems relatively fair, but article 11 forces members to pass DMCA-style laws. Once they have to do that the lobbyists move in and you know the rest of that story. The terms of the treaty DON'T mandate anything as overly restrictive as what we're seeing in the US - note the use of the word "effective" - but I suspect that legislators, in their woeful technological cluelessness, find it difficult to draft bills that don't cross the fine line of audience rights infringement.
Don't blame C, blame the C libraries. A well thought out and documented API would make a world of difference. Why does strcpy even exist if there is a more secure alternative like strncpy available?
There was a good review of this book at Reason Online a while back. The reviewer there thought Paulina Borsook lacked clue.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Actually, the disc doesn't even need the little ©, according to the Berne convention (of which the US is a signatory.) Copyright is automatic - it has been the default in the US since April 1, 1989.
Well, I got The Letter, but I was unable to get in on the IPO because I happen to be Canadian. Bummer - I could have been CAN$30000 richer right now... *sigh*
Isn't there some way to make OSS IPOs work for those of us that live in countries with securities laws that are more restrictive than those of the US?
Still, this is a good time to remember the best investment strategy is to invest for the long term. These stratospheric valuations can't last forever. At least, thats what I keep telling myself to make myself feel better.
I've been using Debian for a long time now, and I'd like to contribute back to the project. However, I've been put off by what looks to me like excessive bureaucracy and some infighting among Debian developers. Are there any plans to streamline the process to become a developer/maintainer, and the developer contribution process itself? What about fostering a more civil peer review process?
Try PC Power and Cooling. Also, Silent Systems has some nice stuff quiet enough to use in sound studios.
What I'd love is a case that didn't shred your hands to ribbons the minute you open it. Side panel, thumbscrews, lots of bays, good cooling, and availability in a wide range of colours would be nice too. The best cases I've seen come with medium to high-end servers, and you can't get those without buying the whole thing.
On a related topic, does anyone know where one can get a black desktop (not tower) case that doesn't look like crap? I'm looking for something to put my mp3 server into...