It looks like there's one, and only one, big advantage of this over the iPod -- this thing has a 16 hour battery life (The Tech TV people tested it and says you will get 15 hours.) That is a really compelling feature; when I spend an entire day driving, or have a long flight with a nasty layover, I can toast my iPod's battery.
The Dell is also a bit cheaper, but not by a lot. A 20 MB unit goes for $329, while Apple sells its 20 MB iPod for $399 at its store. I'd personally want to see the Dell more like 50% cheaper than the iPod for it to be a compelling alternative.
Wouldn't you get a bit bored listening to 20MB of music over and over for 16 hours?
I've always thought that trafic lights should also have a blue flashing light on them, which comes on when an emergency veichle approaches. The emergency veichle can go through but no-one else.
True, I'm from the UK and my college book-store is a rip-off. Its a Waterstones and is seriously expensive. If I need to buy a book for my course then I use PC Books. They're cheaper, free next day delivery and I get an extra 10% off for being in the NUS.
A couple of years ago when I started my course I used to go into town and go to WHSmiths, because they're cheaper than Waterstones and I used to get 15% off with an NUS card although they don't do that anymore.
If you're looking for computer books try PC Books. I don't know if they ship to the states, but as a student in the UK, I've found them to be very good with free next day delivery and cheaper than Amazon although I do get a 10% discount for holding an NUS card.
It seems it is unavailable outside of the US. I'm in the UK, and normally I can make purchases from the US with my credit card but iTunes won't let me.
They're losing a customer, I was looking forward to this service coming out on Windows, but alas its not for the likes of me.
I also have an old 10M/bit Intel network card with RJ45, BNC and Serial connectors on the back. I need this when I boot into Linux as it doesn't recognise my on board network card.
I have a Creative SoundBlaster 16, ISA card which is pretty old, along with an old floppy drive from '94. I'm also still using a Voodoo 3 PCI graphics card but I should be getting my hands on a GeForce4 MX for just GBP20 soon:)
I use Mozilla and was browsing their site the other day and came across this pretty page on why you should switch to Mozilla. It was all very well done and heavily relied on CSS.
So I thought, this page is obviously mainly intended for the 90+% browser users who use IE. So how would it render in IE, bearing in mind how much CSS it uses. OMG, its crap! This doesn't help ppl switch because if they use IE it looks like a poorly designed page and thus they make think similar things about the browser.
Seeing as the main thing to be emailed onto me would be bank statements and bills, it would probably be wise to switch providers to ones that allow you to do it online.
The only other time I can imagine I'd need snail mail is if my grandparents wanted to write to me. I've been trying to introduce them to the internet but they're not intrested.
I read an article in Computer Shopper, comparing the efficiency of what you described above - Charging a battery from the mains, to charging in the way a Hybrid does.
They concluded that a Hybrid is more efficient - That is it burns less fuel. The efficiency of the National Grid isn't all that good, so unless more Renewable sources are used to power the Grid then it isn't really all that good for the environment.
I always assumed the fuel economy of Hybrids would be better than that. Perhaps it would be better if the Petrol(Gas) Engine they used was replaced with a Diesel Engine.
I currently drive a Diesel Ford Fiesta and get 54MPG on the Motorway(Highway) and 45MPG in the town.
Another alternative would be an LPG engine, you should be able to get a conversion done from Petrol. I'm don't know how much LPG costs in the states, but here in the UK its half the price of Petrol as there is a lot less tax paid on it.
Somehow I doubt this would work, because most people realise that they're computer illiterate.
When I used to be in Halls at Uni, I was paid 400, for the year to connect computers onto the network. I installed Norton (maybe it was McAffee, I can't remember) onto everyone's machines. This was set up so that it would automatically download updates from the computer centre. I then told the computer centre to allow access to that MAC address.
Most ppl came to make, thinking that they were stupid for not being able to connect, when it wasn't their fault. Most students don't mind being labeled as computer illiterate, and the poster would probably be torn down.
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When I look at http://www.holocaustnow.org/robots.txt I get User-agent: *
Disallow:
Which I assume means disallow all agents.
It looks like there's one, and only one, big advantage of this over the iPod -- this thing has a 16 hour battery life (The Tech TV people tested it and says you will get 15 hours.) That is a really compelling feature; when I spend an entire day driving, or have a long flight with a nasty layover, I can toast my iPod's battery.
The Dell is also a bit cheaper, but not by a lot. A 20 MB unit goes for $329, while Apple sells its 20 MB iPod for $399 at its store. I'd personally want to see the Dell more like 50% cheaper than the iPod for it to be a compelling alternative.
Wouldn't you get a bit bored listening to 20MB of music over and over for 16 hours?
I've always thought that trafic lights should also have a blue flashing light on them, which comes on when an emergency veichle approaches. The emergency veichle can go through but no-one else.
True, I'm from the UK and my college book-store is a rip-off. Its a Waterstones and is seriously expensive. If I need to buy a book for my course then I use PC Books. They're cheaper, free next day delivery and I get an extra 10% off for being in the NUS.
A couple of years ago when I started my course I used to go into town and go to WHSmiths, because they're cheaper than Waterstones and I used to get 15% off with an NUS card although they don't do that anymore.
If you're looking for computer books try PC Books. I don't know if they ship to the states, but as a student in the UK, I've found them to be very good with free next day delivery and cheaper than Amazon although I do get a 10% discount for holding an NUS card.
Thanks for that link to map24.
I was going to suggest www.rac.co.uk as they have a very nice interactive Java map, but it is the same one as is used on map24.
However, if you want driving directions then the RAC site is very good, and of course has that groovy map.
It seems it is unavailable outside of the US. I'm in the UK, and normally I can make purchases from the US with my credit card but iTunes won't let me.
They're losing a customer, I was looking forward to this service coming out on Windows, but alas its not for the likes of me.
Miranda stopped working yesterday with MSN.
:)
This morning I downloaded the latest free version of Trillian and all is well, I can chat to my mates on MSN
I also have an old 10M/bit Intel network card with RJ45, BNC and Serial connectors on the back. I need this when I boot into Linux as it doesn't recognise my on board network card.
I have a Creative SoundBlaster 16, ISA card which is pretty old, along with an old floppy drive from '94. I'm also still using a Voodoo 3 PCI graphics card but I should be getting my hands on a GeForce4 MX for just GBP20 soon :)
Works for me.
They probably just had to lie/tell half the truth.
Talk about all the good things and none of the bad.
Its intresting what you say about CSS and IE.
I use Mozilla and was browsing their site the other day and came across this pretty page on why you should switch to Mozilla. It was all very well done and heavily relied on CSS.
So I thought, this page is obviously mainly intended for the 90+% browser users who use IE. So how would it render in IE, bearing in mind how much CSS it uses. OMG, its crap! This doesn't help ppl switch because if they use IE it looks like a poorly designed page and thus they make think similar things about the browser.
Go try out the page in IE, and see what I mean.
You got a /. account, but decided to post as an AC!
Well I don't have a problem if ppl want to practise "mumbo-jumbo", just so long as it doesn't interfere with my life which it doesnt.
I forgot to mention this in the parent post.
If like me you're from the UK or Europe then you can get one from ShirtPocket for a whopping GBP 565!
Maybe a Zaurus 760? When are they released outside of Japan?
You can get one imported from Dynamism.
Seeing as the main thing to be emailed onto me would be bank statements and bills, it would probably be wise to switch providers to ones that allow you to do it online.
The only other time I can imagine I'd need snail mail is if my grandparents wanted to write to me. I've been trying to introduce them to the internet but they're not intrested.
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Well, I probably did see it last year and judging by the other comments here so has everyone else. I may have even seen it on
I'm sure I read about this last year. I think someone either emailed it to me or posted it up in a forum.
Has anyone else already read this or am I just going mad??
A friend of mine took these photos of a Win NT Natwest cash machine shutting down.
This is a bit worrying.
I read an article in Computer Shopper, comparing the efficiency of what you described above - Charging a battery from the mains, to charging in the way a Hybrid does.
They concluded that a Hybrid is more efficient - That is it burns less fuel. The efficiency of the National Grid isn't all that good, so unless more Renewable sources are used to power the Grid then it isn't really all that good for the environment.
I currently drive a 9 year old Diesel Ford Fiesta and get 54MPG on the Motorway(Highway) and 45MPG in the town.
Modern Diesel Engines are even more efficient than this. I think I'll hold off until a Diesel Hybrid comes along.
I always assumed the fuel economy of Hybrids would be better than that. Perhaps it would be better if the Petrol(Gas) Engine they used was replaced with a Diesel Engine.
I currently drive a Diesel Ford Fiesta and get 54MPG on the Motorway(Highway) and 45MPG in the town.
Another alternative would be an LPG engine, you should be able to get a conversion done from Petrol. I'm don't know how much LPG costs in the states, but here in the UK its half the price of Petrol as there is a lot less tax paid on it.
RedHat and SuSE could place adverts and bookmarks encouraging Mandrake users to switch.
Mind you, I expect Mandrake will filter such adverts out as it'll probably pass through a human and is not some automated process.
Somehow I doubt this would work, because most people realise that they're computer illiterate.
When I used to be in Halls at Uni, I was paid 400, for the year to connect computers onto the network. I installed Norton (maybe it was McAffee, I can't remember) onto everyone's machines. This was set up so that it would automatically download updates from the computer centre. I then told the computer centre to allow access to that MAC address.
Most ppl came to make, thinking that they were stupid for not being able to connect, when it wasn't their fault. Most students don't mind being labeled as computer illiterate, and the poster would probably be torn down.