Jeff Hawkins said a few months back that he doesn't think voice recognition is right for handhelds, and I agree with him.
Sure, it sounds good in theory, but unfortunately is not practical in social contexts. Can you imagine someone talking into their handheld at a bus stop? They'd look like a complete moron. I know some of you might not mind looking completely stupid in public, but these devices are aimed at a mass-market you know...
AMD hasn't announced an 800MHz chip yet. The fastest they've announced is 750MHz, and those are quite easy to find. The Register was saying last week that actual systems with the 800MHz PIII won't be available until *March*. They're not shipping them in volume today, just sampling them to top-tier manufacturers. So if you ask me, they're still behind AMD.
For one thing, the leader of the Canadian government is called the Prime Minister... and for another thing, he rides around in a U.S.-built Buick Roadmaster. The armor might have been put on in Canada, but I'm not sure.
The reason the U.S. military can't get parts from Canada is that we don't have any parts... because the Canadian military has been neglected to the point that it's now a complete joke.
Still, the US Government definitely buys stuff that is made in Canada. For example, all those Ford Crown Vics used for cop cars? Canadian. Bullet/bomb-proof glass from ACE/Clear Defense? Canadian. Chevy Camaros? (you know the gov't has a few of those)... Canadian. I could go on.. but you get the point.
Corel closed the WordPerfect offices in Utah last year... now everybody working on this product either works in Ottawa (for main development) or Dublin (for international translations).
This is one of the funniest posts I've read all day!
Was this moderated down by some guy worried that this might offend Canadians? I'm Canadian, this doesn't offend me at all, and I don't think it would offend very many others either. We all know that our dollar is complete crap.
Corel licensed VBA for WordPerfect Office 2000, and also kept compatability with the older WP scripting language. So I don't think the scripting language was the problem unless this bidding process was tendered before WP2K was released.
I don't blame greatdomains.com here at all. They were perfectly in their rights to pick up the name, they had no idea that it was being registered, and they have obligations to their customer. But Network Solutions should get its ass kicked for this one, big time.
The arrogance the NSI spokesman displays is absolutely, unbelievable astounding.
"This is a really unfortunate thing that happened," admits Network Solutions spokeswoman Cheryl Regan. "But [McLanahan] is not a customer of ours. He was about to become one, but he didn't. There's really nothing we can do for him."
How the FUCK can she say that!? He payed them money for the domain, yes? They were processing his file, yes? THEN HE'S A CUSTOMER.
Network Solutions should really get its ass sued for this. IANAL, but I don't believe the lawyer they quoted: this is a very straightforward case: McLanahan payed them, and he has forms that show that clearly. However the service he paid for was never provided. He quite clearly deserves at the very least a refund, and for their incompetence, probably some decent damages as well.
Corel was up over 30 percent today, to a new all-time high. Maybe if you bought in too late you didn't make much today... but today was a fantastic day for Corel stock.
I'm getting pretty sick and tired of some/. folk who go up in arms every time an article comes out which focuses on Linux's ease of use, GUIs, graphical setups, etc. Yeah, OK, fine, it's intended for newbies.
However, you guys have got to wake up to the fact that we NEED newbies. Do you want more people using Linux, or what? Do you want to kick M$'s ass, or what? Do you want World Domination, OR WHAT? If so, we need new people using Linux. For that to happen, it's got to have all those ease-of-use/graphical features. Just accept it, OK?
Anything that gets more people using Linux is a Good Thing.
It's now owned by rebel.com, which is now one of the fastest-growing tech companies in the Ottawa area... which is actually saying quite a lot. It really hasn't been widely marketed yet though, I don't think they have the manufacturing capacity. It's pretty much going to be stagnant until the company issues an IPO, which is highly anticipated. The NetWinder LC, though, which was a desktop verion, hasn't been released, which is disappointing for me... they've all been servers.
What's ironic here is that while Canada is actually taking the lead in this to legitimize mp3s, the only hold-out company from the Audio Video Licensing Agency, Universal Music, is actually a Canadian owned company (owned by Seagram of Montreal).....
It would be very easy to strip out all the other components and leave only the renderer. With the GTK and ActiveX control widgets, it'd be simple to plug the Mozilla engine into anything.
But I think people are overreacting to the presence of these apps... why not have one program as an internet suite? Considering that Mozilla is only a 5 Meg download right now (including all the debugging tools), I would hardly call it bloated.
What does owning WordPerfect have to do with NetWare?! Sure, Novell used to own WordPerfect, but they sucked at it, and it doesn't affect the current product in any way. And who has 2 network cards anyway? Most home users don't even have one.
Mozilla is the most standards-compliant browser you can get.
2) Let me download just the browser again.
Messenger is actually much improved in Mozilla. For example, you finally get to have multiple POP3 accounts. If you really don't want it, I suspect that somebody if not Netscape will release a browser-only version. It is open-source, after all. (BTW: Collabra hasn't been part of Communicator for a LONG time...which makes me think you haven't seen the Messenger overhaul in 4.5) As for size, my last Mozilla download was under 5MB, and that's with all the debug tools and everything. No Java VM though, but even with that Mozilla/Netscape 5 will definitely be under 10MB.
3) Tone down the user interface.
Mozilla has EXACTLY this... the only toolbar buttons are Back,Forward,Stop,Reload. They're integrated into the address bar, too, which means less space taken up by the toolbars and more for the actual browser.
4) Keep bookmarks html.
It's still there, don't worry.
5) Load time counts.
This is not quite at 2 seconds, but it is at 10 and being worked on. In addition to Mozilla, I'm also running 4.7 now, which usually takes 10 seconds on a PII-350. 30 seconds, even if it is a slower computer, seems HIGHLY exaggerated. IE5 takes about 5 seconds.
6) Make the interface decent.
Download any Mozilla nightly build dated after 26 October, and you'll see a beautiful new skin that is completely unique and quite beautiful. Plus Mozilla has skin support, so you can make it look like whatever you want (there's already an IE4 skin).
7) A bit controversial, but if IE has bugs, occasionally try to make the page look decent anyway.
I'm not 100% sure as to the current status of this, though there was talk of a "compatability mode" at one point. I know that every standard that was not clear was checked out to make sure Mozilla does it the right way. As well, I believe that most content developers will choose to follow the standards: they'd rather do that now, but no released browser supports them correctly Netscape 5 will change that.
I strongly recommend that you check the latest nightly build of Mozilla. Not quite fiished, but I think you'll be very impressed. Beta 1 is just a little over a month away.
I find it pretty funny that M$ would actually put the file in WordPerfect format on their own site. What's even funnier is this (right from the M$ page):
Strange how Intel's announcents get hyped, and AMD is practically ignored even when introducing better technology. If you want clock speed, word is a 750 MHz and 800 MHz Athlon will be released next month....
The chip is now built at 0.18 microns, but that doesn't make it any faster. All that this is is a higher clock speed. The Athlon will be faster than this.
This thing doesn't have a headphone jack. If they were able to hack one in, this would kick ass as an MP3 player. Without one, though, it doesn't make a good one at all.
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Sure, it sounds good in theory, but unfortunately is not practical in social contexts. Can you imagine someone talking into their handheld at a bus stop? They'd look like a complete moron. I know some of you might not mind looking completely stupid in public, but these devices are aimed at a mass-market you know...
No Palm has ever had a black-and white display: they're all 4-level grayscale, which is a huge difference.
It's not like I expected anything else from Cnet, but I'm getting really sick and tired of everybody saying this, when it just isn't the case.
AMD hasn't announced an 800MHz chip yet. The fastest they've announced is 750MHz, and those are quite easy to find. The Register was saying last week that actual systems with the 800MHz PIII won't be available until *March*. They're not shipping them in volume today, just sampling them to top-tier manufacturers. So if you ask me, they're still behind AMD.
The reason the U.S. military can't get parts from Canada is that we don't have any parts... because the Canadian military has been neglected to the point that it's now a complete joke.
Still, the US Government definitely buys stuff that is made in Canada. For example, all those Ford Crown Vics used for cop cars? Canadian. Bullet/bomb-proof glass from ACE/Clear Defense? Canadian. Chevy Camaros? (you know the gov't has a few of those)... Canadian. I could go on.. but you get the point.
Corel closed the WordPerfect offices in Utah last year... now everybody working on this product either works in Ottawa (for main development) or Dublin (for international translations).
Was this moderated down by some guy worried that this might offend Canadians? I'm Canadian, this doesn't offend me at all, and I don't think it would offend very many others either. We all know that our dollar is complete crap.
Corel licensed VBA for WordPerfect Office 2000, and also kept compatability with the older WP scripting language. So I don't think the scripting language was the problem unless this bidding process was tendered before WP2K was released.
I don't blame greatdomains.com here at all. They were perfectly in their rights to pick up the name, they had no idea that it was being registered, and they have obligations to their customer. But Network Solutions should get its ass kicked for this one, big time.
"This is a really unfortunate thing that happened," admits Network Solutions spokeswoman Cheryl Regan. "But [McLanahan] is not a customer of ours. He was about to become one, but he didn't. There's really nothing we can do for him."
How the FUCK can she say that!? He payed them money for the domain, yes? They were processing his file, yes? THEN HE'S A CUSTOMER.
Network Solutions should really get its ass sued for this. IANAL, but I don't believe the lawyer they quoted: this is a very straightforward case: McLanahan payed them, and he has forms that show that clearly. However the service he paid for was never provided. He quite clearly deserves at the very least a refund, and for their incompetence, probably some decent damages as well.
Corel was up over 30 percent today, to a new all-time high. Maybe if you bought in too late you didn't make much today... but today was a fantastic day for Corel stock.
However, you guys have got to wake up to the fact that we NEED newbies. Do you want more people using Linux, or what? Do you want to kick M$'s ass, or what? Do you want World Domination, OR WHAT? If so, we need new people using Linux. For that to happen, it's got to have all those ease-of-use/graphical features. Just accept it, OK?
Anything that gets more people using Linux is a Good Thing.
It's now owned by rebel.com, which is now one of the fastest-growing tech companies in the Ottawa area... which is actually saying quite a lot. It really hasn't been widely marketed yet though, I don't think they have the manufacturing capacity. It's pretty much going to be stagnant until the company issues an IPO, which is highly anticipated. The NetWinder LC, though, which was a desktop verion, hasn't been released, which is disappointing for me... they've all been servers.
Take a look at the November 28th User Friendly. It's hilarious...obviously the creator reads /.
What's ironic here is that while Canada is actually taking the lead in this to legitimize mp3s, the only hold-out company from the Audio Video Licensing Agency, Universal Music, is actually a Canadian owned company (owned by Seagram of Montreal).....
It would be very easy to strip out all the other components and leave only the renderer. With the GTK and ActiveX control widgets, it'd be simple to plug the Mozilla engine into anything.
But I think people are overreacting to the presence of these apps... why not have one program as an internet suite? Considering that Mozilla is only a 5 Meg download right now (including all the debugging tools), I would hardly call it bloated.
What does owning WordPerfect have to do with NetWare?! Sure, Novell used to own WordPerfect, but they sucked at it, and it doesn't affect the current product in any way. And who has 2 network cards anyway? Most home users don't even have one.
Check out the PCI modems and linux page.
The 3Com 5610 for example, has been verified to work in Linux.
A HOWTO for mapping PCI modems to the /dev/modem port and a list of PCI non-winmodems can be found on the PCI modems and linux page.
Mozilla is the most standards-compliant browser you can get.
2) Let me download just the browser again.
Messenger is actually much improved in Mozilla. For example, you finally get to have multiple POP3 accounts. If you really don't want it, I suspect that somebody if not Netscape will release a browser-only version. It is open-source, after all. (BTW: Collabra hasn't been part of Communicator for a LONG time...which makes me think you haven't seen the Messenger overhaul in 4.5) As for size, my last Mozilla download was under 5MB, and that's with all the debug tools and everything. No Java VM though, but even with that Mozilla/Netscape 5 will definitely be under 10MB.
3) Tone down the user interface.
Mozilla has EXACTLY this... the only toolbar buttons are Back,Forward,Stop,Reload. They're integrated into the address bar, too, which means less space taken up by the toolbars and more for the actual browser.
4) Keep bookmarks html.
It's still there, don't worry.
5) Load time counts.
This is not quite at 2 seconds, but it is at 10 and being worked on. In addition to Mozilla, I'm also running 4.7 now, which usually takes 10 seconds on a PII-350. 30 seconds, even if it is a slower computer, seems HIGHLY exaggerated. IE5 takes about 5 seconds.
6) Make the interface decent.
Download any Mozilla nightly build dated after 26 October, and you'll see a beautiful new skin that is completely unique and quite beautiful. Plus Mozilla has skin support, so you can make it look like whatever you want (there's already an IE4 skin).
7) A bit controversial, but if IE has bugs, occasionally try to make the page look decent anyway.
I'm not 100% sure as to the current status of this, though there was talk of a "compatability mode" at one point. I know that every standard that was not clear was checked out to make sure Mozilla does it the right way. As well, I believe that most content developers will choose to follow the standards: they'd rather do that now, but no released browser supports them correctly Netscape 5 will change that.
I strongly recommend that you check the latest nightly build of Mozilla. Not quite fiished, but I think you'll be very impressed. Beta 1 is just a little over a month away.
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Can you say "b-l-o-a-t"?
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Strange how Intel's announcents get hyped, and AMD is practically ignored even when introducing better technology. If you want clock speed, word is a 750 MHz and 800 MHz Athlon will be released next month....
The chip is now built at 0.18 microns, but that doesn't make it any faster. All that this is is a higher clock speed. The Athlon will be faster than this.
This thing doesn't have a headphone jack. If they were able to hack one in, this would kick ass as an MP3 player. Without one, though, it doesn't make a good one at all.
I was ripping some MP3's in the background as I was reading this article.... :)