I don't know if it is a CSS bug or a Treo 650 Blazer bug, but, while Slashdot used to display very nicely on my Treo, and is good until the CSS loads (presumably that is what happens) after the text is displayed it crams everything down into about half an inch, making it very unreadable. Sadness.
I have and Xbox and it plays Xbox games just fine. If I want to play the old games I will use the old Xbox. I want to play new games. When I finsih a game, I am usually done with it. I replay maybe 1% of games, 90% of the games I buy I finish (or get tired of) and sell.
When/if I buy and Xbox2, I want to play Xbox2 games on it. Period. I guess I am part of the 90%.
Ummm. Are you a programmer? Sure, you don't need Regexp's to solve every problem (and probably don't need them for MOST problems), but there are many problems that are solved so much more elegently WITH regexp's than without that once you understand them, IF you are a programmer, you wouldn't give them up. They are invaluable tool in a programmers toolkit.
I recently purchased a laptop. I looked for a site as you mention and something like pc-world will have comparisons of about a dozen laptops, but it didn't really provide me with what I needed. Mostly I tried to figure out which one I wanted based on key features. For me, the key features were
* Relatively light (although not a sub-notbook) * 14" screen at most (adds to "light") * DVD/CD-RW * At least 1 gigahertz * GOOD VIDEOCARD (Geforce2go with 16MB or better) * At least a 20GB hard drive * Good battery life
Based on these features and a LOT of searching, I personally decided on either a Toshiba 3005-S304 or -S307. What I found in stock was an S304. For what it is worth I bought the "3 year extended warranty" from CompUSA (actually, they "threw it in" for the $1500 price tag, no guarantees you will be able to get the same deal).
I am quite pleased with the Toshiba.
I have heard about "maintenance horror stories" with Sony laptops, but don't know any of them first hand.
XBox with Munch's Oddysey and SSX Trickey. Since I already bought and am playing XBox and Munch, I guess what I am saying is that I want SSX Tricky for Christmas
Oooh man! Do they think this will sell ANY units at $1500? I MIGHT pay more like $400-$500 for it but $1500? I bet it won't take long before the XBox can do everything this can do (well, maybe) but I can CERTAINLY build a computer for about $500 that is faster with a bigger hard drive that does everything this does except the remote and front LCD panel, which I can live without for the $1000 price difference. PLUS mine would be upgradable, play divx and do lots of other stuff. I suppose if it needs custom software I could just whip that up in vb over a weekend.
Together Control Center is a great product including UML and all that and a reasonably good editor. Pricey.
Borland JBuilder is a great editor and it is nice for debugging servlets. Somewhat pricey but good. No UML diagrams.
Ultraedit is a nice text editor, inexpensive, color coding of java and somewhat stupid command completion.
XEmacs (latest version) has color coding of java, smart command completion, etc. You do want to learn emacs to take full use of it which may be somewhat steep if you haven't used emacs before. Debugging doesn't equal TogetherCC or JBuilder but much cheaper.
To keep things fun write software for YOU. Learn new things and new areas of programming for yourself. Find a new device that you don't know how to code for and learn how to code for it. Do this in your free time. In the mean time, go to class and DO YOUR HOMEWORK. DO IT EARLY, DON'T PUT IT OFF. Turn your CS 3.0 into a 4.0 from now on, there is no reason you cannot get a 4.0 in computer science classes. Can't figure out a programming problem? You didn't give it enough time designing or keyboard time. Work it out. In the mean time, play a video game. BUT, more than anything, write code that interests YOU. You will find the code you write for yourself (1) makes you a better coder for school and (2) the code you write for school makes you a better coder for yourself.
For a web application, Access is about the worst database you can use. I would pick something like MySQL or PostgreSQL LONG before picking access. Access databases have locking problems and lots of other issues. Access really wasn't designed to be a multi-user database.
IMO, your best bet is to get a Zio USB media reader (sold such as Buy.com for $30) and some media for it. They sell models that read CompactFlact, MMC (very small reader), SmartMedia.
The MMC reader is particularily small. This way, you can guy buy extra media if you need it in the future. Not QUITE as convenient as the keychain idea, but I think cheaper and smarter overall. When media prices come down and media gets bigger, just replace the media.
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I don't know if it is a CSS bug or a Treo 650 Blazer bug, but, while Slashdot used to display very nicely on my Treo, and is good until the CSS loads (presumably that is what happens) after the text is displayed it crams everything down into about half an inch, making it very unreadable. Sadness.
Man you beat me to it! I completely agree.
I have and Xbox and it plays Xbox games just fine. If I want to play the old games I will use the old Xbox. I want to play new games. When I finsih a game, I am usually done with it. I replay maybe 1% of games, 90% of the games I buy I finish (or get tired of) and sell.
When/if I buy and Xbox2, I want to play Xbox2 games on it. Period. I guess I am part of the 90%.
First...
Private Sub Form_Load()
If (MsgBox("VB Is sweet?", vbYesNo) = vbYes) _
Then
MsgBox "Coooool"
End If
End Sub
or on the C64 (sorry, I can't make the "special characters")...
10 ? "Command shortcuts are fun"
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Ultraedit
Winamp
WinDVD
Mozilla Firefox
Gaim
Winrar
Office
Nero
Norton Antivirus
Paint Shop Pro
Ummm. Are you a programmer? Sure, you don't need Regexp's to solve every problem (and probably don't need them for MOST problems), but there are many problems that are solved so much more elegently WITH regexp's than without that once you understand them, IF you are a programmer, you wouldn't give them up. They are invaluable tool in a programmers toolkit.
I recently purchased a laptop. I looked for a site as you mention and something like pc-world will have comparisons of about a dozen laptops, but it didn't really provide me with what I needed. Mostly I tried to figure out which one I wanted based on key features. For me, the key features were
* Relatively light (although not a sub-notbook)
* 14" screen at most (adds to "light")
* DVD/CD-RW
* At least 1 gigahertz
* GOOD VIDEOCARD (Geforce2go with 16MB or better)
* At least a 20GB hard drive
* Good battery life
Based on these features and a LOT of searching, I personally decided on either a Toshiba 3005-S304 or -S307. What I found in stock was an S304. For what it is worth I bought the "3 year extended warranty" from CompUSA (actually, they "threw it in" for the $1500 price tag, no guarantees you will be able to get the same deal).
I am quite pleased with the Toshiba.
I have heard about "maintenance horror stories" with Sony laptops, but don't know any of them first hand.
XBox with Munch's Oddysey and SSX Trickey. Since I already bought and am playing XBox and Munch, I guess what I am saying is that I want SSX Tricky for Christmas
Oooh man! Do they think this will sell ANY units at $1500? I MIGHT pay more like $400-$500 for it but $1500? I bet it won't take long before the XBox can do everything this can do (well, maybe) but I can CERTAINLY build a computer for about $500 that is faster with a bigger hard drive that does everything this does except the remote and front LCD panel, which I can live without for the $1000 price difference. PLUS mine would be upgradable, play divx and do lots of other stuff. I suppose if it needs custom software I could just whip that up in vb over a weekend.
Together Control Center is a great product including UML and all that and a reasonably good editor. Pricey.
Borland JBuilder is a great editor and it is nice for debugging servlets. Somewhat pricey but good. No UML diagrams.
Ultraedit is a nice text editor, inexpensive, color coding of java and somewhat stupid command completion.
XEmacs (latest version) has color coding of java, smart command completion, etc. You do want to learn emacs to take full use of it which may be somewhat steep if you haven't used emacs before. Debugging doesn't equal TogetherCC or JBuilder but much cheaper.
Get the demos, try them all.
To keep things fun write software for YOU. Learn new things and new areas of programming for yourself. Find a new device that you don't know how to code for and learn how to code for it. Do this in your free time. In the mean time, go to class and DO YOUR HOMEWORK. DO IT EARLY, DON'T PUT IT OFF. Turn your CS 3.0 into a 4.0 from now on, there is no reason you cannot get a 4.0 in computer science classes. Can't figure out a programming problem? You didn't give it enough time designing or keyboard time. Work it out. In the mean time, play a video game. BUT, more than anything, write code that interests YOU. You will find the code you write for yourself (1) makes you a better coder for school and (2) the code you write for school makes you a better coder for yourself.
For a web application, Access is about the worst database you can use. I would pick something like MySQL or PostgreSQL LONG before picking access. Access databases have locking problems and lots of other issues. Access really wasn't designed to be a multi-user database.
IMO, your best bet is to get a Zio USB media reader (sold such as Buy.com for $30) and some media for it. They sell models that read CompactFlact, MMC (very small reader), SmartMedia. The MMC reader is particularily small. This way, you can guy buy extra media if you need it in the future. Not QUITE as convenient as the keychain idea, but I think cheaper and smarter overall. When media prices come down and media gets bigger, just replace the media.