But I'm going to bet you have not really used one. I use mine (HP TC1100) all the time for everything from note taking to gaming. It is true that it is early in it's stage but even so the TabletPC is very impressive. It's one of those technologies that is hard to 'get' until you really use it.
"Worship [insert deity here], be nice to others, live clean and eat right, bathe regularly, and try to control your emotions."
That's not too hard at all. What constitutes clean living is a bit subjective. While there isn't a firm line, there are roughly zones* that define it I guess. My wife sees that I eat right and bathe regularly. The Prozac helps with the emotions.;) And my son is a very small deity with absolute omnipotence but only within his limited domain.
*Robert Frost reference From his poem "There Are Roughly Zones"
"...Why is his nature forever so hard to teach That though there is no fixed line between wrong and right, There are roughly zones whose laws must be obeyed?..."
I always like this question and I think Descartes' answer is a cop out. In truth I can't. He said "I think therefore I am" but when you read his whole argument you see that it goes in a circle. The best I can do is say that it doesn't matter. I do think. The fact that I think may not mean that I exist (it could be your caffeine addled mind thinking I'm thinking). But it doesn't matter from my perspective. My only option is to go about my life assuming that I exist until I'm proven wrong. What is the alternative?
Thanks for the response. I am going to crawl out on a limb and guess that you grew up with religion in your life. That is a big advantage in the faith department.
I think religion is a bit like language; it is easier to learn it while young. I've talked with people who are close in my life about this and they would tell me that I just need to open my heart and take a leap. Those may well be apt metaphors for what they are talking about but I still have no idea how that is done or what they really mean.
Maybe it's because I don't have a great enough need. Most bore again Christians I've known have been alcoholics or in some other hard place and Jesus was a way out for them. That really is great for them but I'm not at rock bottom and never plan to be. Sorry for the ramble but I've really thought about this quite a bit. It does bother me some that SO many people see something that I just don't. I feel like I'm trying to look at one of those 3D pictures that were popular a few years back where you had to focus/unfocus just right to see it and I just can't do it while the world around me says "ah, that's neat".
"yet we seem to put faith in the theory of gravity."
We can measure and predict the effects of gravity and study it in a scientific manor. If I pray for X hours one week and X*2 hours the next can I measure the difference? Honestly I haven't tried but I doubt it.
But here is the key point I really want to make. In science 'I don't know' is always a reasonable answer. A good scientist will say 'I don't know' instead of trying to make stuff up. Faith has the benefit of not needing to stand up to peer review.
I'm a long shot short of a physics expert but I have a vague recollection from freshman physics about how scientists first tried to explain how light moves. They thought there had to be this ether stuff for it to move through. Then a young German patent clerk proved them all wrong. How did the great minds of the day react then? I honestly don't know. Maybe someone else does.
"Do you really have to prove God exists before you'll believe?"
As a matter of fact, yes.;) Some people get by fine on faith and that works for them. I've known many happy faithful people and I sometimes even envy that quality in them. But that just isn't how I work. I look at the world with an innate need to figure it out. This makes it impossible for me to take any religion literally. I suspect this is common with many geeks.
I use the free version to view Quicktime. I don't need the pro version because I don't produce. I would guess that almost all quick time is produced on Macs so Apple doesn't spend money to fix the windows bugs without profitable cause. That's business.
So did I (Barlo Mung):)
But when I pay with my credit or debit card they always thank me by name because it pops up on their screen or print out. If I was designing that database I'd have it populate the empty fields with the known info when someone pays by card. Such as name, address, phone number etc. Anyone know if they do this?
I had to share a small office with a guy that farted all day long. He maintained that they got trapped in his chair cushion so it was ok but some of them clearly made it through. I tried air freshener but the orange/ass mix was almost worse than just ass. In the end I made him move near the window and leave it open with a fan going.
SFU is an optional interface that was designed into NT long ago (along with the now dead OS2 interface). There is just no way to make it work with 9x because 9x was not architected to be interface neutral. XP Home is another story. I suspect marketing forces keep it from working on XP Home.
Sadly it isn't just her. She works for the shareholders. The problem with your oversimplification is that it implies a single point of blame when the blame is really with our whole capitalist system that demands shareholder value at all costs.
Point taken. I am certain that none of the first design went into production. I think the parent was referring to the info posted on their web site prior to CES which had quite a different design.
Many of the people who designed this did the design for the ti power book. Vulcan is something else all together (doesn't have a Tablet for one). When Bill Gates saw the Vulcan he said "That's great but where's the tablet?"
It has a keyboard now as well as a bunch of other features. They've really done a lot of amazing work to miniaturize the internal components. This is one device that your really can't knock until you actually use and then you won't want to. It was worth the wait.
Slashdot Mirror
But I'm going to bet you have not really used one. I use mine (HP TC1100) all the time for everything from note taking to gaming.
It is true that it is early in it's stage but even so the TabletPC is very impressive. It's one of those technologies that is hard to 'get' until you really use it.
"Worship [insert deity here], be nice to others, live clean and eat right, bathe regularly, and try to control your emotions."
That's not too hard at all. What constitutes clean living is a bit subjective. While there isn't a firm line, there are roughly zones* that define it I guess.
My wife sees that I eat right and bathe regularly.
The Prozac helps with the emotions.
And my son is a very small deity with absolute omnipotence but only within his limited domain.
*Robert Frost reference
From his poem "There Are Roughly Zones"
"...Why is his nature forever so hard to teach
That though there is no fixed line between wrong and right,
There are roughly zones whose laws must be obeyed?..."
Thanks for the food for thought.
I always like this question and I think Descartes' answer is a cop out.
In truth I can't. He said "I think therefore I am" but when you read his whole argument you see that it goes in a circle.
The best I can do is say that it doesn't matter. I do think. The fact that I think may not mean that I exist (it could be your caffeine addled mind thinking I'm thinking). But it doesn't matter from my perspective. My only option is to go about my life assuming that I exist until I'm proven wrong. What is the alternative?
Thanks for the response. I am going to crawl out on a limb and guess that you grew up with religion in your life. That is a big advantage in the faith department.
I think religion is a bit like language; it is easier to learn it while young.
I've talked with people who are close in my life about this and they would tell me that I just need to open my heart and take a leap. Those may well be apt metaphors for what they are talking about but I still have no idea how that is done or what they really mean.
Maybe it's because I don't have a great enough need. Most bore again Christians I've known have been alcoholics or in some other hard place and Jesus was a way out for them. That really is great for them but I'm not at rock bottom and never plan to be.
Sorry for the ramble but I've really thought about this quite a bit. It does bother me some that SO many people see something that I just don't.
I feel like I'm trying to look at one of those 3D pictures that were popular a few years back where you had to focus/unfocus just right to see it and I just can't do it while the world around me says "ah, that's neat".
"yet we seem to put faith in the theory of gravity."
We can measure and predict the effects of gravity and study it in a scientific manor.
If I pray for X hours one week and X*2 hours the next can I measure the difference? Honestly I haven't tried but I doubt it.
But here is the key point I really want to make. In science 'I don't know' is always a reasonable answer. A good scientist will say 'I don't know' instead of trying to make stuff up. Faith has the benefit of not needing to stand up to peer review.
I'm a long shot short of a physics expert but I have a vague recollection from freshman physics about how scientists first tried to explain how light moves. They thought there had to be this ether stuff for it to move through. Then a young German patent clerk proved them all wrong.
How did the great minds of the day react then?
I honestly don't know. Maybe someone else does.
"Do you really have to prove God exists before you'll believe?"
;)
As a matter of fact, yes.
Some people get by fine on faith and that works for them. I've known many happy faithful people and I sometimes even envy that quality in them.
But that just isn't how I work. I look at the world with an innate need to figure it out. This makes it impossible for me to take any religion literally.
I suspect this is common with many geeks.
Does BF1942 have integrated mic support like CS? This is something that I like a lot and I hope all on line games start doing.
I think this has to be Doug "The Subway Fugitive, Not a Slave to Fashion" Berman's doing.
I use the free version to view Quicktime. I don't need the pro version because I don't produce. I would guess that almost all quick time is produced on Macs so Apple doesn't spend money to fix the windows bugs without profitable cause. That's business.
"Using Linux to load an "up" image into RAM and turn control over to it is a great idea."
This is what we in MS land call Hibernation.
Really a great feature. You should try it some time.
So did I (Barlo Mung) :)
But when I pay with my credit or debit card they always thank me by name because it pops up on their screen or print out.
If I was designing that database I'd have it populate the empty fields with the known info when someone pays by card. Such as name, address, phone number etc.
Anyone know if they do this?
I had to share a small office with a guy that farted all day long. He maintained that they got trapped in his chair cushion so it was ok but some of them clearly made it through.
I tried air freshener but the orange/ass mix was almost worse than just ass. In the end I made him move near the window and leave it open with a fan going.
You lick not chew!
Quick. Man the Life Boats.
Everyone update with SP2 beta asap.
Women and children first!
SFU is an optional interface that was designed into NT long ago (along with the now dead OS2 interface). There is just no way to make it work with 9x because 9x was not architected to be interface neutral.
XP Home is another story. I suspect marketing forces keep it from working on XP Home.
"We could have chosen another format, but that would have created more confusion for our customers."
so now choice == confusion? I'm so confused.
"Could inexpensive cruises to the moon happen within our lifetimes?"
My hope is that advances in medicine will extend my life to 150+ years so I can see more of these things come to pass.
Yeah.
Why are most of you gathered within 50 miles of our border?!?
Hmmm?
Sadly it isn't just her. She works for the shareholders.
The problem with your oversimplification is that it implies a single point of blame when the blame is really with our whole capitalist system that demands shareholder value at all costs.
Point taken. I am certain that none of the first design went into production.
I think the parent was referring to the info posted on their web site prior to CES which had quite a different design.
2 prong RS-232?
Nope. That's the power port on the left in the side view shot.
Many of the people who designed this did the design for the ti power book.
Vulcan is something else all together (doesn't have a Tablet for one).
When Bill Gates saw the Vulcan he said "That's great but where's the tablet?"
Install XP Tablet Edition so I can use the tablet features and hook it to my Wacom Cintiq as a dock.
Same pen works with both.
It has a keyboard now as well as a bunch of other features. They've really done a lot of amazing work to miniaturize the internal components.
This is one device that your really can't knock until you actually use and then you won't want to.
It was worth the wait.