Nothing helps me relieve "angry user" stress more than a good Guiness Stout. That's why I keep a four pack of pub droughts here in the office, for just such an emergency!;-)
Is the quality of the writing/perspective irrelevant? I'm in agreement that a multitude of perspectives are important...there's a lot more to life than technology.
I think the main complaint that Wood makes, and the one that really resonated with me, is that Katz's recent pieces are shallow, poorly researched, and barely proof-read at all.
So I agree that non-technical perspectives should be welcome here, but I feel we need to establish some minimal journalistic standards and quality control for folks who are allowed to post "editorial" type pieces.
Functional Illiteracy? What's up with that?
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How can someone who obviously knows his way around a technical manual be functionally illiterate?
I wouldn't exactly describe technical manuals as quality writing. With a few notable exceptions, most are not.
Lloyd Wood's article did more for my grey matter than the last dozen Katz articles -- well researched, logically organized, thoughtful, to the point
I tend to agree. I've been a Katz defender in the past, feeling that most flames were out of line. I still believe personal attacks are unneccessary, but I began to have misgivings about Katz's intentions when the book thing started. It became increasingly clear that Katz's initial arrival on/. was all a setup to promote his book when the time was right.
Wood's article has served to crystalize my thinking on this matter, and has convinced me to turn on the Katz filter on my prefs page.
Declining sales of cd's has very little if nothing to do with mp3. It has to due with the fact that so many stores, especially those in malls, have jacked up the prices astronomically
Exactly. I know that I for one have made a conscious decision to reduce my CD buying due to the outrageous pricing.
$18 is just a crime, but$10-13 isn't that much better considering the actual cost of production. The record companies need to reduce the prices and reduce the amount of the cut they take.
Sure, sell the most successful mobil computing maker to the same folks that managed to burn any advantage the Mac might have had over Gates
Excuse me, but where in the article did it say that Apple was going to buy Palm? It made reference to the fact that Apple considered it in the past, but I didn't see anything in that article that stated they still plan on buying Palm Computing.
In fact, the article cited doesn't even say that Apple is thinking about doing a Palm OS based device. That is just rumor and speculation.
Don't rely on what that guy says on his page. Just because he couldn't readily see any way that the device can be expanded, doesn't mean it's not possible.
I'm sure if there is a way to upgrade the memory on this thing, the folks at TRG will figure it out!
As for the Palm IIIx, my understanding is that it will ship at the same time as the Palm V.
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Nothing helps me relieve "angry user" stress more than a good Guiness Stout. That's why I keep a four pack of pub droughts here in the office, for just such an emergency! ;-)
Is the quality of the writing/perspective irrelevant? I'm in agreement that a multitude of perspectives are important...there's a lot more to life than technology.
I think the main complaint that Wood makes, and the one that really resonated with me, is that Katz's recent pieces are shallow, poorly researched, and barely proof-read at all.
So I agree that non-technical perspectives should be welcome here, but I feel we need to establish some minimal journalistic standards and quality control for folks who are allowed to post "editorial" type pieces.
How can someone who obviously knows his way around a technical manual be functionally illiterate?
I wouldn't exactly describe technical manuals as quality writing. With a few notable exceptions, most are not.
Lloyd Wood's article did more for my grey matter than the last dozen Katz articles -- well researched, logically organized, thoughtful, to the point
/. was all a setup to promote his book when the time was right.
I tend to agree. I've been a Katz defender in the past, feeling that most flames were out of line. I still believe personal attacks are unneccessary, but I began to have misgivings about Katz's intentions when the book thing started. It became increasingly clear that Katz's initial arrival on
Wood's article has served to crystalize my thinking on this matter, and has convinced me to turn on the Katz filter on my prefs page.
Posting something like this on your site is throwing gasonline on the fire. These type of posts are antagonistic and fostering the controversy.
That is absolutely the intent. More controversy means more hits = more ad dollars for Slashdot.
That is the same reason they brought Katz on board. Certainly it's not for his technical or journalistic skills.
Yes, but why must that recognition come in the form of calling Linux "GNU/Linux"?
As I posted elsewhere, a McArthur Genius Grant is a rare honor, which for most people would be wonderful recognition.
Since I'm not a moderator, I wanted to just say that that is an excellent post.
Good job.
...and a McArthur Genius grant isn't enough? For most people, such an award is a crowning acheivement.
Yeah? Why? Can you state your reasons why he is a crackpot?
I've never heard of the guy.....
Yup. I'd pay for one. Start that poll!
Declining sales of cd's has very little if nothing to do with mp3. It has to due with the fact that so many stores, especially those in malls, have jacked up the prices astronomically
Exactly. I know that I for one have made a conscious decision to reduce my CD buying due to the outrageous pricing.
$18 is just a crime, but$10-13 isn't that much better considering the actual cost of production. The record companies need to reduce the prices and reduce the amount of the cut they take.
Won't happen until sales really start slumping.
all they really needed was to come up with a reasonably priced unit for the average Joe.
And that problem had been solved.
Really, how, exactly? I'm hoping you are not referring to the eMate.
The reason why the Newton failed was exactly because of price. Everybody wanted one, nobody could afford one.
Sure, sell the most successful mobil computing maker to the same folks that managed to burn any advantage the Mac might have had over Gates
Excuse me, but where in the article did it say that Apple was going to buy Palm? It made reference to the fact that Apple considered it in the past, but I didn't see anything in that article that stated they still plan on buying Palm Computing.
In fact, the article cited doesn't even say that Apple is thinking about doing a Palm OS based device. That is just rumor and speculation.
its for geeks who want a smaller sized Pilot with a rechargeable battery. Those two things are more useful to me than 4MB of RAM.
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2MB of RAM is enough to hold my VT100 emulator, Cisco router configurator, web browser and plenty o' games, not to mention Tricorder!
1.5 months ago? The Palm V was only announced like 3 weeks ago.
the more memory you have, the faster your batteries get sucked dry.
Starting to feel like my fave PDA might be a dying breed
Don't believe the hype. Look at the market share numbers, 3Com still gets tons of new adopters.
To get an equivalent NT box with an unlimited user license for under $5K is impossible. And you can forget about USB and FireWire.
Regarding the minimum spec for OS X Server:
This is conisderably greater than the published min Spec of NT4.0
If you don't have more than 64MB of RAM in an NT Server, you're crazy.
photo's don't last forever either. The pigment in your color film will be long gone after 100 years.
Only black and white (silver-gelatin) and Poloroids will survive that long.
Palm IIIx is more expandable. IIIx gives you all the advancements of the V except the Li-ION rechargeable battery and small size.
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IIIx has an expansion slot. V can not be upgraded, or at least that's the official party line...
Grammy's are The Simpsons' favorite target for jokes among the award shows, and this is just
yet another reason why.
All NARAS cares about is the bottom line, artistic
freedom be damned.
Since there is no visible door, there would be no way to expand the case without replacing the case entirely.
So, to answer your question, if there will be memory upgrades available, I'm sure they will fit without having to make the case bigger.
What happened to color?
Don't want it. Just suck up all my battery.
Larger screen with a floating graffiti window?
Oh yeah, that way I can have graffiti scratches all over my screen? I prefer the dedicated area for graffiti. It just works.
Don't rely on what that guy says on his page. Just because he couldn't readily see any way that the device can be expanded, doesn't mean it's not possible.
I'm sure if there is a way to upgrade the memory on this thing, the folks at TRG will figure it out!
As for the Palm IIIx, my understanding is that it will ship at the same time as the Palm V.
The Palm OS supported the 57.6 speed, but the Palm Clip on modem did not.
There will be a new clip on modelm for the Palm V that will be either 33.6 or 56K.