People will be using older versions for a while, but i look forward to the coming days when i tell people about openoffice and i can say "you can learn open office or the new ms office- both are different, but only one is free" because right now- i have a hard time getting people to move to open office because they don't want to change at all.
well yeah- if the moment they are both there, the lion jumps on the person - it wont go too well for that person. but if the person and the lion are merely sharing the same locale-- the person is much better equipped to do well in the long run. which is more cogent to the original point.
no it doesn't. the person is a lot smarter than the lion, can learn quicker, and has more options. i propose we start dropping a city dweller and a lion in a canyon on a regular basis. the lion will win sometimes, but i'm willing to be that the human will win more often.
i do make my own burgers at times. i've been known to make a joke or two. (usually not very funny to anyone but me though.) or do you mean like shai hulud? (sorry if i mispelled that - going from memory and it's been a while)
the eclipse deal came together as i was getting out of the whole deal. and i don't know that it should be all that easy. but it is what it is and it seams that easy often wins out over higher quality.
It also doesn't help things that I can fire up VC.NET and write a quick app for my phone.
That's the key right there. If you want to write for palm you need to do it in c and you need to pay for code warrior or some other ide. (You can do it for free on linux if you take the time to collect all the various tools you will need.)
I tried it out the free route a while back but the learning curve was too steep. Eventually I gave up. I was just trying to do something for fun and I just couldn't put the time into it.
Already having Visual Studio, I did more for wince in a week than I 'd done in months on palm. Now here's the flip side of that. My palm was rock solid. The programs I ran on it worked and worked well. Any idiot can push something out for the pocket pc - and that stuff is buggy and doesn't work well. Sure there are lots of neat programs for win ce - and many of them will completely hose your device. I soft reboot my phone a couple times a day. Certain apps, I know using them means a soft reboot, either when I'm done using it or when it hangs on me.
But I think that ease of development has people moving over.
i thought they had all the hardware of a ps2 inside as well. so if you play a ps2 game - you use that half. if you play a ps3 game - you use the other half. interestingly enough both halves will consume all of your bank account.
i'm not saying anyone should sue. i'm not saying they didn't go over board. the parent said he didn't even think it was possible. but as the videos you've posted show, it is possible. i've seen in other threads that only a major league pitcher capable of 100 mph plus pitches could break it. that guy in the first video is not a professional athlete in any league.
i think the lawsuit is stupid, and nintendo is sending out new straps so everybody should just chill, it seems to me. but it boggles my mind that someone would say all these people are not telling the truth.
no - it isn't odd. have you watched much of what is on youtube? i don't think so- because people taping themselves playing video games is one of the least 'odd' things going on. and since it is a very new console, that relatively few people could get, there were tons of videos coming up from the 'lucky few' and some of them caught this failure.
i don't really care personally but it's silly to me that i've seen comments saying it is impossible to snap them playing or it would take an nfl quarterback to throw it hard enough. no - it is possible and some regular guy getting a little too into tennis can do the job.
i've watched video of them busting on youtube. and i don't think the video was doctored in any way. the video was of a guy playing and you can see that the strap snapped.
i'm the same way, i need to be secured inside something. airplanes don't bother me, but i used to watch hot-air balloons from the ground all the time, and all i can think about is falling out of the basket. old roller-coasters with just a bar across the lap terrify me, the new ones where you have the bars over your shoulders and all that i really enjoy.
i have no idea. i've never used any of them. this is a joke gone completely wrong. i just copied and pasted the comment from over at tfa. hence my subject: ifl (it's funny laugh). i figured it'd end up troll, over-rated, but i got such a laugh out of doing it (sorry i'm easily amused) that i figured it was worth it. in what is a horrid twist of fate, i now feel bad for getting modded up.
you couldn't pay me to go up in one - irrational fear of heights - but it seems better than being in a balloon with no real control of your direction beyond finding some wind blowing the way you want to go.
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no - not automatically but this removes one of the reasons they may be resistant to at least giving it a try.
Anyone who is not fully on board with moving to the new version needs to read Enchanted Office. It's all clear to me now.
Since most never even try it - no, none of those are the reasons. I'm talking about home users, who have never even heard of OOo when I bring it up.
People will be using older versions for a while, but i look forward to the coming days when i tell people about openoffice and i can say "you can learn open office or the new ms office- both are different, but only one is free" because right now- i have a hard time getting people to move to open office because they don't want to change at all.
well yeah- if the moment they are both there, the lion jumps on the person - it wont go too well for that person. but if the person and the lion are merely sharing the same locale-- the person is much better equipped to do well in the long run. which is more cogent to the original point.
good call. i'd say drop 'em both from the same height, to be fair, even though this probably does give the cat a bit of an edge from the get go.
no it doesn't. the person is a lot smarter than the lion, can learn quicker, and has more options. i propose we start dropping a city dweller and a lion in a canyon on a regular basis. the lion will win sometimes, but i'm willing to be that the human will win more often.
i do make my own burgers at times. i've been known to make a joke or two. (usually not very funny to anyone but me though.) or do you mean like shai hulud? (sorry if i mispelled that - going from memory and it's been a while)
i'll get right on that- soon as i finish this burger.
the eclipse deal came together as i was getting out of the whole deal. and i don't know that it should be all that easy. but it is what it is and it seams that easy often wins out over higher quality.
It also doesn't help things that I can fire up VC.NET and write a quick app for my phone.
That's the key right there. If you want to write for palm you need to do it in c and you need to pay for code warrior or some other ide. (You can do it for free on linux if you take the time to collect all the various tools you will need.)
I tried it out the free route a while back but the learning curve was too steep. Eventually I gave up. I was just trying to do something for fun and I just couldn't put the time into it.
Already having Visual Studio, I did more for wince in a week than I 'd done in months on palm. Now here's the flip side of that. My palm was rock solid. The programs I ran on it worked and worked well. Any idiot can push something out for the pocket pc - and that stuff is buggy and doesn't work well. Sure there are lots of neat programs for win ce - and many of them will completely hose your device. I soft reboot my phone a couple times a day. Certain apps, I know using them means a soft reboot, either when I'm done using it or when it hangs on me.
But I think that ease of development has people moving over.
i'd be so mad i'd quit.
i thought they had all the hardware of a ps2 inside as well. so if you play a ps2 game - you use that half. if you play a ps3 game - you use the other half. interestingly enough both halves will consume all of your bank account.
i'm not saying anyone should sue. i'm not saying they didn't go over board. the parent said he didn't even think it was possible. but as the videos you've posted show, it is possible. i've seen in other threads that only a major league pitcher capable of 100 mph plus pitches could break it. that guy in the first video is not a professional athlete in any league.
i think the lawsuit is stupid, and nintendo is sending out new straps so everybody should just chill, it seems to me. but it boggles my mind that someone would say all these people are not telling the truth.
no - it isn't odd. have you watched much of what is on youtube? i don't think so- because people taping themselves playing video games is one of the least 'odd' things going on. and since it is a very new console, that relatively few people could get, there were tons of videos coming up from the 'lucky few' and some of them caught this failure.
i don't really care personally but it's silly to me that i've seen comments saying it is impossible to snap them playing or it would take an nfl quarterback to throw it hard enough. no - it is possible and some regular guy getting a little too into tennis can do the job.
i've watched video of them busting on youtube. and i don't think the video was doctored in any way. the video was of a guy playing and you can see that the strap snapped.
um, read this maybe your viewing preferences have it buried.
i'm the same way, i need to be secured inside something. airplanes don't bother me, but i used to watch hot-air balloons from the ground all the time, and all i can think about is falling out of the basket. old roller-coasters with just a bar across the lap terrify me, the new ones where you have the bars over your shoulders and all that i really enjoy.
is that like that software for making sandwiches?
i kid, i kid. i'm just an xkcd fanboy with too much time on his hands.
i have no idea. i've never used any of them. this is a joke gone completely wrong. i just copied and pasted the comment from over at tfa. hence my subject: ifl (it's funny laugh). i figured it'd end up troll, over-rated, but i got such a laugh out of doing it (sorry i'm easily amused) that i figured it was worth it. in what is a horrid twist of fate, i now feel bad for getting modded up.
can you flip them on the fly? if not, is the down time worth it?
I think that there is room to mention the well known tools such as AIDA and TripWire and LogCheck.
i thought that it worked the other way around, dropping the tether from the top. (don't know a lot about space elevators)
you couldn't pay me to go up in one - irrational fear of heights - but it seems better than being in a balloon with no real control of your direction beyond finding some wind blowing the way you want to go.
or ms access on vista. i hear it is the bomb.