I sat in the parking lot at CompUSA when they were introduced, and bought the first one at the store. I now have a 40GB model. Both have worked perfectly.
But... it is not (really) a PDA. Yeah, yeah, contacts and appointments. But, without an input method, not really that useful.
I see many comments by people worried about the Windows requirement thing, the registration requirement thing, and the losing files thing. Now worries:
At the bottom of SimIndiana's page is the info that it is powered by SimDesk. Go, there, click on Products, and you'll see this:
Even though our focus is singular, our products and services are diverse and far-reaching. We help you create, store, and share. We help you reach out to others, and our tools let others reach right back to you.
We're looking to the future, but we're always grounded in the present. We've found that this position enables us to confront new challenges while we solve current needs.
Diverse yet far-reaching, highly sophisticated yet decidedly uncomplicated - it's how our products are designed to work for you.
Nothing with that mealy-mouth description could possibly be any good...
Yup. You're essentially attempting to become a high school teacher, which is a great gig. (I know because I am one.) You are not attempting to become the engineer with the coolest pocket-protector-filler. So, it seems your two most basic concerns are utility in the classroom and price.
You could get a cheaper graphing calc from casio or sharp, but they wouldn't really help you prepare lessons and see how the students need to solve your exercises, because the tool you use would be different than the tool the students use. Thus, I'd get a TI-83, because that is what the kiddies use. Maybe you can get one used to save a few bucks.
Of course, I remember buying a TI-83 my first year teaching (6 years ago) and then, 2 weeks later, being invited to a training where the "compensation" was being given a TI-83. Damn...
Hell, even then the company didn't have to pay the distributor or retailer. IANASR (software retailer), but wouldn't the cost be more like $30-ish? Period. Comma, Question mark? Whatever punctuation you like !@#$%^&*()_+
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Interesting that they list the inclusion of a modem but no ethernet. I'm sure they come with gigabit ethernet, but clearly that's not as exciting as that nifty 56K internal modem.
The last time I got called for jury duty, I was dismissed because the prosecutor and judge found out I would not vote to convict if I believed the law unjust. (BTW, I did not volunteer this information. They asked direct questions to bring it out.)
IANAL, but my wife is (MWIAL, whatever...), and she constantly rolls her eyes whenever I tell her that I would lie and pretend to support the death penalty in order to not be disqualified if jury duty ever involves a serious felony.
Maybe she just thinks I'm a loser for preparing for events where P->0...
At the public high school I teach at, the student records are kept for a certain number of years after graduating (for evidence should the district be sued for any one of a number of reasons), then everything but the name and graduation year is discarded (or, rather, purged these days).
You can simulatneously pimp the Christian bible, lay some smack down on those Christians you don't agree with, and disprove your own point. Impressive.
Seriously, if the many translations have altered the emphasis of the reading, or even the words of the most important speaker, then does it really qualify as parallel data? Heck, I'm only familiar with English-language bibles, and only somewhat at that, and the differences are significant. Imagine the differences (i.e., non-parallel-isms) when Bibles go from Greek to Latin to English to other languages.
(Yes, yes, I'm an American, so I am assuming that everyone works through English. But, I did mod up the joke about people speaking one language as being funny - d'oh I just killed my mod. And, I'm taking the salient part of the LDS comment as true, which would imply some English-language bias at least.)
You'd rather have DRM restricted non-standard audio files with a service that works on 5% of computers (AAC+iTunes+Macs) than DRM restricted non-standard audio files with a service that works on 94% of computers (WMA+WMP9+IE5)?
Fair point about compatability and market-share. However, the "rights" granted by your purchase of a license at buymusic are significantly more variable and cumbersome than those granted by Apple's iTunes Music Store. The site includes silly talk about primary and secondary licenses for music. Then there is the baffling issue about the distinction they are trying to draw between CD+ and CD- drives. This thing is just WAY TOO complicated and restrictive. It has nothing on Apple for ease-of-use.
For what it's worth, I dumped my iBook last year and bought a Win box. Now if I could only change my/. name....
This makes me think of the case the RIAA/MPAA have going against Sharman networks (developers of KaZaa) in a CA court. So, if you can win damages (or, the states impose a fine), how do you collect from the spam companies outside of your jurisdiction?
I get 15 spams a day in Chinese. I can't read Chinese. How am I going to buy their product/report them for violating my state's no-spam list? How can I collect?
Illiterate means "not literate", or, loosely, unable to read. I can say with all conviction that I am illiterate in Spanish, French, German, as well as in hundreds of African dialects. What did you think that "illiterate" meant?
The original post highlights the similarities between several groups of people : How many geeks are borderline illiterate? BSEE, BSCS, MSCS, MSEE, MCSE, H1B-just-off-the-boat, it seems to make little difference.
Apparently, the original poster thinks little of the skills of those holding certain technical credentials, and then throws into the mix H1B ( a temporary visa program in the US for skilled workers) holders. In addition, s/he throws in the perjorative term : "just-off-the-boat". To this, I cry "Xenophobia", and simply point out that it is rude and misguided to confuse their level of intelligence with their level of fluency in written English. I would also hope that others would not make the same mistake linking my intelligence to my ability to read foreign languages.
Someone, please, mod me "off-topic." We've gone too far astray....
How many geeks are borderline illiterate? BSEE, BSCS, MSCS, MSEE, MCSE, H1B-just-off-the-boat, it seems to make little difference.
Maybe I'm missing the joke, but that last bit is Xenophoic and rude. H1B's have skills (or they wouldn't be here). Not knowing English that well doesn't make one illiterate - it makes them non-speakers of English. My Spanish sucks, but it would be a mistake to call me illiterate.
Is there any possible way to give individuals as many unique identification numbers as needed for either phone lines or for IPs without having to revamp the system very few years? Eventually this 11-digit system won't be enough, and eventually IPv6, although less likely, won't be enough, right? So, is it mathematically possible to create a system with the structure necessary and still have infinite combinations?
It just seems that this is an issue that could be avoided with a little foresight and one more major revamp.
My apologies, I did not realise this discussion was confined to the North American corner of the world.
Please show me where in the article it was stated that the issue was exclusive to the US, so I can avoid making the same mistake in the future.
Do you understand what an asshole you're being? (I know that much of Slashdot readership is outside the U.S., but the article is pretty obviously about the U.S.) Not all of North America is in the U.S., and not all of the U.S. is in North America. If you're going to pick some stupid semantics argument, do it correctly.
On the more general note, there are far more than 50 different sales tax rates. Many cities/counties/etc. levy them in addition to the state rates. And, not all states levy a sales tax. Kinda confusing, no?
So, suppose that Kazaa is found liable, and no one (Vanatu, Australia, etc.) shuts down Sharman Networks. Does the RIAA/MPAA then try to regulate Internet traffic, i.e. go after ISPs that provide access to Sharman?
Actually, 7.1 was when they first started charging for the OS. Until 7.1, OS upgrades were free (albeit a bit hard to come by in those pre-Net, pre-CD-ROM days). I know, because 7.1 introduced the Font folder, and I *really* wanted to keep my sounds and fonts separate (before 7.1, they were both mixed inside the System "file"). I don't know why I really wanted this, but I did.
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Actually, "Nasty Boys" is from Control
Dood, come on.
I sat in the parking lot at CompUSA when they were introduced, and bought the first one at the store. I now have a 40GB model. Both have worked perfectly.
But... it is not (really) a PDA. Yeah, yeah, contacts and appointments. But, without an input method, not really that useful.
But it is a kick-ass music player.
I see many comments by people worried about the Windows requirement thing, the registration requirement thing, and the losing files thing. Now worries:
At the bottom of SimIndiana's page is the info that it is powered by SimDesk. Go, there, click on Products, and you'll see this:
Even though our focus is singular, our products and services are diverse and far-reaching. We help you create, store, and share. We help you reach out to others, and our tools let others reach right back to you.
We're looking to the future, but we're always grounded in the present. We've found that this position enables us to confront new challenges while we solve current needs.
Diverse yet far-reaching, highly sophisticated yet decidedly uncomplicated - it's how our products are designed to work for you.
Nothing with that mealy-mouth description could possibly be any good...
Please note: I've not been able to verify this one way or another.
Yeah, I think that's the crux of it.
Actually, when a kind slashdotter sent me an invite, Yahoo didn't move it or block it...
I'd love one.
Ben_Wichser(at)yahoo.com
Besides, I don't even listen to radio while I'm doing $activity. I use my $mp3_player_brand or cd player.
Nice try.
Everyone around here knows it has to be an OGG player.
Better luck next time.
Thoughts?
Yup. You're essentially attempting to become a high school teacher, which is a great gig. (I know because I am one.) You are not attempting to become the engineer with the coolest pocket-protector-filler. So, it seems your two most basic concerns are utility in the classroom and price.
You could get a cheaper graphing calc from casio or sharp, but they wouldn't really help you prepare lessons and see how the students need to solve your exercises, because the tool you use would be different than the tool the students use. Thus, I'd get a TI-83, because that is what the kiddies use. Maybe you can get one used to save a few bucks.
Of course, I remember buying a TI-83 my first year teaching (6 years ago) and then, 2 weeks later, being invited to a training where the "compensation" was being given a TI-83. Damn...
Hell, even then the company didn't have to pay the distributor or retailer. IANASR (software retailer), but wouldn't the cost be more like $30-ish? Period. Comma, Question mark? Whatever punctuation you like !@#$%^&*()_+
Interesting that they list the inclusion of a modem but no ethernet. I'm sure they come with gigabit ethernet, but clearly that's not as exciting as that nifty 56K internal modem.
The last time I got called for jury duty, I was dismissed because the prosecutor and judge found out I would not vote to convict if I believed the law unjust. (BTW, I did not volunteer this information. They asked direct questions to bring it out.)
IANAL, but my wife is (MWIAL, whatever...), and she constantly rolls her eyes whenever I tell her that I would lie and pretend to support the death penalty in order to not be disqualified if jury duty ever involves a serious felony.
Maybe she just thinks I'm a loser for preparing for events where P->0...
Yeah, but you have to reinstall the Googlebar every time you put up a new build. At least in Firebird...
At the public high school I teach at, the student records are kept for a certain number of years after graduating (for evidence should the district be sued for any one of a number of reasons), then everything but the name and graduation year is discarded (or, rather, purged these days).
"My controller has failed. He is going to be replaced" can mean:
/.ers would assign gender to our hard disk controller. Truly. Disturbing.
* My HDD controller is dead. I need to replace it, so that my computer can access its hard disks (For the slashdot crowd).
Truly disturbing that us
Wow.
You can simulatneously pimp the Christian bible, lay some smack down on those Christians you don't agree with, and disprove your own point. Impressive.
Seriously, if the many translations have altered the emphasis of the reading, or even the words of the most important speaker, then does it really qualify as parallel data? Heck, I'm only familiar with English-language bibles, and only somewhat at that, and the differences are significant. Imagine the differences (i.e., non-parallel-isms) when Bibles go from Greek to Latin to English to other languages.
(Yes, yes, I'm an American, so I am assuming that everyone works through English. But, I did mod up the joke about people speaking one language as being funny - d'oh I just killed my mod. And, I'm taking the salient part of the LDS comment as true, which would imply some English-language bias at least.)
You'd rather have DRM restricted non-standard audio files with a service that works on 5% of computers (AAC+iTunes+Macs) than DRM restricted non-standard audio files with a service that works on 94% of computers (WMA+WMP9+IE5)?
/. name....
Fair point about compatability and market-share. However, the "rights" granted by your purchase of a license at buymusic are significantly more variable and cumbersome than those granted by Apple's iTunes Music Store. The site includes silly talk about primary and secondary licenses for music. Then there is the baffling issue about the distinction they are trying to draw between CD+ and CD- drives. This thing is just WAY TOO complicated and restrictive. It has nothing on Apple for ease-of-use.
For what it's worth, I dumped my iBook last year and bought a Win box. Now if I could only change my
Hiliariously funny, but, really, no American would spell it "civilisation." Civillizashun, maybe, but not the Brit spelling.
This makes me think of the case the RIAA/MPAA have going against Sharman networks (developers of KaZaa) in a CA court. So, if you can win damages (or, the states impose a fine), how do you collect from the spam companies outside of your jurisdiction?
I get 15 spams a day in Chinese. I can't read Chinese. How am I going to buy their product/report them for violating my state's no-spam list? How can I collect?
Illiterate means "not literate", or, loosely, unable to read. I can say with all conviction that I am illiterate in Spanish, French, German, as well as in hundreds of African dialects.
What did you think that "illiterate" meant?
The original post highlights the similarities between several groups of people : How many geeks are borderline illiterate? BSEE, BSCS, MSCS, MSEE, MCSE, H1B-just-off-the-boat, it seems to make little difference.
Apparently, the original poster thinks little of the skills of those holding certain technical credentials, and then throws into the mix H1B ( a temporary visa program in the US for skilled workers) holders. In addition, s/he throws in the perjorative term : "just-off-the-boat". To this, I cry "Xenophobia", and simply point out that it is rude and misguided to confuse their level of intelligence with their level of fluency in written English. I would also hope that others would not make the same mistake linking my intelligence to my ability to read foreign languages.
Someone, please, mod me "off-topic." We've gone too far astray....
You'd think that since I previewed my post twice , I'd actually catch my spelling mistakes. :-)
I meant Xenophobic....
How many geeks are borderline illiterate? BSEE, BSCS, MSCS, MSEE, MCSE, H1B-just-off-the-boat, it seems to make little difference.
Maybe I'm missing the joke, but that last bit is Xenophoic and rude. H1B's have skills (or they wouldn't be here). Not knowing English that well doesn't make one illiterate - it makes them non-speakers of English. My Spanish sucks, but it would be a mistake to call me illiterate.
Wouldn't that be 15^15 = 4.38E17?
It just seems that this is an issue that could be avoided with a little foresight and one more major revamp.
Easy. Slashdot user ID #s! :-)
Please show me where in the article it was stated that the issue was exclusive to the US, so I can avoid making the same mistake in the future.
Do you understand what an asshole you're being? (I know that much of Slashdot readership is outside the U.S., but the article is pretty obviously about the U.S.) Not all of North America is in the U.S., and not all of the U.S. is in North America. If you're going to pick some stupid semantics argument, do it correctly.
On the more general note, there are far more than 50 different sales tax rates. Many cities/counties/etc. levy them in addition to the state rates. And, not all states levy a sales tax. Kinda confusing, no?
So, suppose that Kazaa is found liable, and no one (Vanatu, Australia, etc.) shuts down Sharman Networks. Does the RIAA/MPAA then try to regulate Internet traffic, i.e. go after ISPs that provide access to Sharman?
For instance, 7.0 to 7.1 was free
Actually, 7.1 was when they first started charging for the OS. Until 7.1, OS upgrades were free (albeit a bit hard to come by in those pre-Net, pre-CD-ROM days). I know, because 7.1 introduced the Font folder, and I *really* wanted to keep my sounds and fonts separate (before 7.1, they were both mixed inside the System "file"). I don't know why I really wanted this, but I did.