This isn't news to those who strongly believe the best personal computer is one that is conveniently with the user at all times. The concept of a pocket Cray seemed outlandish not many years ago, but it is slowly coming true. As users are increasingly able to access data anywhere, any time, the value of such devices increases exponentially. The laptop computer or terminal of the smallest practical size for user input is likely to become the norm as the cost comes down to the level of desktops.
Among people who looked into the crystal ball years ago, my friend Jeremy Smith did so and offered some interesting insights in his 1991 paper oriented somewhat toward HP handhelds, The Handy Dandy Pocket Dæmon, followed in 1995 with That Would Be Cool, which was more oriented toward HPs. Quite a few of his predictions came true.
Don't kid around. If you can get an operation to restore your hearing even just partially, do it. Naturally you'll lose hearing as tinnitus sets in with age, but if you don't take advantage of what you can today you'll regret it. Life is full of all kinds of sounds, not just loud ones, and if others can't communicate emotions softly to you and you can't hear birds chirping and leaves rustling, you're missing a lot.
1) TI *owns* the school market and has for quite some time. I don't see that changing any time soon. HP tried, but they don't have the marketing forces to make it happen. Come to think of it, HP marketing has been weak or nonexistent for a long time. I don't care if it is, as long as they make the best darn calculators in the world. But they're slipping on this last point; thankfully they know it. Hopefully are doing something about it, 'cause if they don't do something about the crappy keyboards on recent models like the 49G and 49g+ it's all over for them. And WTF were they thinking with the V shaped keyboard and nearly invisible decimal point on the 33S, not to mention the terrible color scheme? 2) Loved by geeks, yes. Too much of an entry barrier to neophytes? No way. Look at the astonishing number of 12Cs sold since that machine came out in 1981, and people love them. I don't buy the "too tough to learn" whine. I say DUMP ALGEBRAIC and LONG LIVE RPN. 3) Carly was one of the biggest jokes that ever happened to HP. Huge mistake on their part, and an even bigger mistake of them to alienate Walter Hewlett and force him to resign when he strongly objected to the Compaq merger (Carly's folly, I'd say). It will take a long time for them to recover from that fiasco, if ever. HP employees shouted with joy when Carly got fired - the witch was dead at last.
Audiophiles, too. (I know, flamebait) The amount of RFI generated will keep manufacturers of fancy power cords, aftermarket AC outlets, line conditioners, etc. busy for those wanting to listen to music instead of noise/MP3s/etc. It's gonna be a huge mess.
I ordered service with Vonage early this year. A month or so later I decided to get rid of the POTS from SBC which I consider to be one of the most evil companies around, which required a dedicated DSL line to be put in. Vonage told me it would take about 20 business days. Two months later it still wasn't put in. Long story short, their own support people screwed up twice and they wouldn't admit it, cancelling my order to transfer my POTS phone number to the VoIP line.
It cost me well over hundred bucks in SBC bills I wouldn't have had to pay if Vonage had done their job. Finally about a month ago after somehow managing to not cuss out the Vonage supervisor I got the stuff put in, and at least he gave me $50 credit for the delay, even though they never admitted they screwed up. I'm still angry and disappointed. The only reason I've stayed with them is the toll free option.
Microsoft NEVER does anything without a motive to line their pockets and force their monopolistic practices on everyone. Microsoft has proven this time after time, so don't be so quick to applaud their actions.
such as Quick Basic. Not a big omission as far as I'm concerned, though. I didn't see HP BASIC and Rocky Mountain BASIC, as used on their technical computers and workstations - far more powerful than your typical BASIC, with good floating point math and lots of I/O flexibility.
The club spirit and activity live on, even though most but not all of the publications have ceased. The HP Handheld Conference for 2005 has just been announced by Richard Nelson, to be held here in the Chicago area in mid September. See Joseph Horn's website, holyjoe.net, for details as they develop.
Better than the reed switch was the Hyper41 speed switch, which I believe used a microswitch and didn't introduce spikes and noise into the circuitry. With the 41's standard speed of 360 kHz, every extra ounce of performance you could get was worth it.
Yep, I remember and still have a copy of Assembler3 somewhere - John McG did a great job. It's been quite a few years since hearing from folks such as Graeme Fraser and Nick Reid.
Remember the HP 42S, a neat RPN machine but lacking I/O? That could be sped up by poking a nybble at address 40300. There is less incentive to save bytes and execution time these days, as the Toaster Users Club foretold by Wes Staples many years ago in a letter to RJN has virtually come to pass.
and service has been fine. Getting the LinkSys PAP2 phone adapter and my LinkSys BEFSX41 firewall/router working with my static IP was a challenge. In fact the PAP2 didn't work till I changed to DHCP behind the firewall, then it went like a breeze. The first Vonage tech I spoke with for an hour and a half didn't seem to know this and thought the phone adapter was defective, which I took back to the store and got a replacement. The second guy was more helpful, obviously. I like the service so far, although I haven't used voice mail yet. The $4.99 a month toll free number option is a no brainer for business.
Commercial software has 115 to 174 times as many bugs as Linux 2.6 on a percentage basis. So that means they have to work that many times as hard spreading FUD that Linux isn't ready for the enterprise.
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This isn't news to those who strongly believe the best personal computer is one that is conveniently with the user at all times. The concept of a pocket Cray seemed outlandish not many years ago, but it is slowly coming true. As users are increasingly able to access data anywhere, any time, the value of such devices increases exponentially. The laptop computer or terminal of the smallest practical size for user input is likely to become the norm as the cost comes down to the level of desktops.
Among people who looked into the crystal ball years ago, my friend Jeremy Smith did so and offered some interesting insights in his 1991 paper oriented somewhat toward HP handhelds, The Handy Dandy Pocket Dæmon, followed in 1995 with That Would Be Cool, which was more oriented toward HPs. Quite a few of his predictions came true.
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Don't kid around. If you can get an operation to restore your hearing even just partially, do it. Naturally you'll lose hearing as tinnitus sets in with age, but if you don't take advantage of what you can today you'll regret it. Life is full of all kinds of sounds, not just loud ones, and if others can't communicate emotions softly to you and you can't hear birds chirping and leaves rustling, you're missing a lot.
the US government, so why would they cooperate with OSDL?
Step right this way...
1) TI *owns* the school market and has for quite some time. I don't see that changing any time soon. HP tried, but they don't have the marketing forces to make it happen. Come to think of it, HP marketing has been weak or nonexistent for a long time. I don't care if it is, as long as they make the best darn calculators in the world. But they're slipping on this last point; thankfully they know it. Hopefully are doing something about it, 'cause if they don't do something about the crappy keyboards on recent models like the 49G and 49g+ it's all over for them. And WTF were they thinking with the V shaped keyboard and nearly invisible decimal point on the 33S, not to mention the terrible color scheme?
2) Loved by geeks, yes. Too much of an entry barrier to neophytes? No way. Look at the astonishing number of 12Cs sold since that machine came out in 1981, and people love them. I don't buy the "too tough to learn" whine. I say DUMP ALGEBRAIC and LONG LIVE RPN.
3) Carly was one of the biggest jokes that ever happened to HP. Huge mistake on their part, and an even bigger mistake of them to alienate Walter Hewlett and force him to resign when he strongly objected to the Compaq merger (Carly's folly, I'd say). It will take a long time for them to recover from that fiasco, if ever. HP employees shouted with joy when Carly got fired - the witch was dead at last.
Audiophiles, too. (I know, flamebait) The amount of RFI generated will keep manufacturers of fancy power cords, aftermarket AC outlets, line conditioners, etc. busy for those wanting to listen to music instead of noise/MP3s/etc. It's gonna be a huge mess.
beer powered battery and skip the middle man?
I can think of a few people I'd be happy to pay $20k to be sent to outer space - my former boss, for starters.
"Pot, meet kettle" indeed!
I ordered service with Vonage early this year. A month or so later I decided to get rid of the POTS from SBC which I consider to be one of the most evil companies around, which required a dedicated DSL line to be put in. Vonage told me it would take about 20 business days. Two months later it still wasn't put in. Long story short, their own support people screwed up twice and they wouldn't admit it, cancelling my order to transfer my POTS phone number to the VoIP line.
It cost me well over hundred bucks in SBC bills I wouldn't have had to pay if Vonage had done their job. Finally about a month ago after somehow managing to not cuss out the Vonage supervisor I got the stuff put in, and at least he gave me $50 credit for the delay, even though they never admitted they screwed up. I'm still angry and disappointed. The only reason I've stayed with them is the toll free option.
Caveat emptor.
How many people saw the headline of this article and thought of breasts?
But when a participant asked why MapPoint had not expanded to South East Asia so such services could be built, Ballmer was stumped.
"I didn't know we weren't doing well there," he said. "I'll address that with the team vigorously."
In other words, Oh, shit! Heads will roll!
walking will keep you healthy, but running can save your life!
I can reboot Windows faster?
Trent Lott invented the paper clip.
Microsoft NEVER does anything without a motive to line their pockets and force their monopolistic practices on everyone. Microsoft has proven this time after time, so don't be so quick to applaud their actions.
Calculus and alcohol don't mix: don't drink and derive.
such as Quick Basic. Not a big omission as far as I'm concerned, though. I didn't see HP BASIC and Rocky Mountain BASIC, as used on their technical computers and workstations - far more powerful than your typical BASIC, with good floating point math and lots of I/O flexibility.
The club spirit and activity live on, even though most but not all of the publications have ceased. The HP Handheld Conference for 2005 has just been announced by Richard Nelson, to be held here in the Chicago area in mid September. See Joseph Horn's website, holyjoe.net, for details as they develop.
Better than the reed switch was the Hyper41 speed switch, which I believe used a microswitch and didn't introduce spikes and noise into the circuitry. With the 41's standard speed of 360 kHz, every extra ounce of performance you could get was worth it.
Yep, I remember and still have a copy of Assembler3 somewhere - John McG did a great job. It's been quite a few years since hearing from folks such as Graeme Fraser and Nick Reid.
Remember the HP 42S, a neat RPN machine but lacking I/O? That could be sped up by poking a nybble at address 40300. There is less incentive to save bytes and execution time these days, as the Toaster Users Club foretold by Wes Staples many years ago in a letter to RJN has virtually come to pass.
and service has been fine. Getting the LinkSys PAP2 phone adapter and my LinkSys BEFSX41 firewall/router working with my static IP was a challenge. In fact the PAP2 didn't work till I changed to DHCP behind the firewall, then it went like a breeze. The first Vonage tech I spoke with for an hour and a half didn't seem to know this and thought the phone adapter was defective, which I took back to the store and got a replacement. The second guy was more helpful, obviously. I like the service so far, although I haven't used voice mail yet. The $4.99 a month toll free number option is a no brainer for business.
GM perfected peeling paint years ago. How many Chevys have you seen missing paint on the roof or hood? I've seen a lot.
puzzle by Piet Hein
Commercial software has 115 to 174 times as many bugs as Linux 2.6 on a percentage basis. So that means they have to work that many times as hard spreading FUD that Linux isn't ready for the enterprise.
Or, more correctly:
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The problem is, the employees kept getting cut off and had to keep redialing.