I've seen their wireless service and it just looks like an oppressive monopoly waiting to happen to me. You are limited to the content they make available.
As an example of an alternative, I have a handspring visor and a modem. I can dial into my computer at home or in the office and get my email and such. I even have a telnet program (I would kill for ssh on this thing). Once I find a cell phone that I can plug into it I'll be set.
I hope that this kind of freedom will be available to palm users, but I kinda doubt it.
On a different note, why does a $99 Rio have 4x the memory of a $400 palm?
>>it is more productive to read eclecticly than to listen to the Theory of the Week.
I think what the original post was saying is that if you are trained on a particular language like ColdFusion or Java but do not learn the concepts that are relevant to all languages, like top-down design, encapsulation, etc. then your knowledge is less adaptable. There are people who learned COBOL way back when and are stuck in it even to this day because they couldn't apply what they knew to C or Java. That's a trap you can avoid by learning the concepts rather than the specifics.
Here is a good real-world example of what I mean: I arrived at my current job to find that they were keeping track of employees using an Access database. Everyone spoke very highly of the person who 'designed' the database (and I use the term design loosely here) - they though this guy was uber-smart. And truthfully he did know access pretty well. But what he really knew how to do was use the wizards. There is a form wizard, a query wizard, a report wizard, etc. When I took a closer look at this database that everyone said was so great, I found ONE table! Come on, that's laughable! There was a column named present that you were supposed to put an X in if a person was at work and a column named absent that you put an X in if they were absent! What a moron! This guy didn't know shit about databases. I on the other hand, had learned the concepts of data normalization, 3rd normal form, and such, and although I didn't know Microsoft Access specifically, I did know SQL.
The point is this: do you want to learn MS-Access or do you want to learn about relational databases? I agree that you must read constantly to stay current in this business. Just be careful that you aren't reading books titled _Learning MS Access in 21 Days_ because what you really need is a conceptual foundation.
The Japanese have always been way ahead of the US in depictions of virtual women. They have also explored the concept quite frequently in various animated movies and TV shows. For example, the movie Macross+ featured a computer generated rock star named Sharon Apple. Especially interesting in the movie is not how she was rendered, but how her AI was developed.
There are of course other examples, like Video Girl Ai. But if you're really interested in Anime, you must watch Ghost in the Shell. IMHO it's better by far than even The Matrix. How can you consider yourself a geek if you haven't seen Ghost in the Shell??
Pricing has not yet been determined, but it can be expected that pricing will not be far from the $199 retail price mark unless you are an American buying it in the Yongsan Electronics market. For you, the price will be double
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As an example of an alternative, I have a handspring visor and a modem. I can dial into my computer at home or in the office and get my email and such. I even have a telnet program (I would kill for ssh on this thing). Once I find a cell phone that I can plug into it I'll be set.
I hope that this kind of freedom will be available to palm users, but I kinda doubt it.
On a different note, why does a $99 Rio have 4x the memory of a $400 palm?
>>it is more productive to read eclecticly than to listen to the Theory of the Week.
I think what the original post was saying is that if you are trained on a particular language like ColdFusion or Java but do not learn the concepts that are relevant to all languages, like top-down design, encapsulation, etc. then your knowledge is less adaptable. There are people who learned COBOL way back when and are stuck in it even to this day because they couldn't apply what they knew to C or Java. That's a trap you can avoid by learning the concepts rather than the specifics.
Here is a good real-world example of what I mean: I arrived at my current job to find that they were keeping track of employees using an Access database. Everyone spoke very highly of the person who 'designed' the database (and I use the term design loosely here) - they though this guy was uber-smart. And truthfully he did know access pretty well. But what he really knew how to do was use the wizards. There is a form wizard, a query wizard, a report wizard, etc. When I took a closer look at this database that everyone said was so great, I found ONE table! Come on, that's laughable! There was a column named present that you were supposed to put an X in if a person was at work and a column named absent that you put an X in if they were absent! What a moron! This guy didn't know shit about databases. I on the other hand, had learned the concepts of data normalization, 3rd normal form, and such, and although I didn't know Microsoft Access specifically, I did know SQL.
The point is this: do you want to learn MS-Access or do you want to learn about relational databases? I agree that you must read constantly to stay current in this business. Just be careful that you aren't reading books titled _Learning MS Access in 21 Days_ because what you really need is a conceptual foundation.
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>>if (nt == unstable) { switchTo.linux() }
I prefer:
if (nt = unstable) { switchTo.linux() }
;o)
Don't forget, price is only one reason to buy AMD. Performance is another. But the lack of an on-chip ID is the best reason IMHO.
There are of course other examples, like Video Girl Ai. But if you're really interested in Anime, you must watch Ghost in the Shell. IMHO it's better by far than even The Matrix. How can you consider yourself a geek if you haven't seen Ghost in the Shell??
Pricing has not yet been determined, but it can be expected that pricing will not be far from the $199 retail price mark unless you are an American buying it in the Yongsan Electronics market. For you, the price will be double