And you can't make backup copies of (rip) DVDs with a TiVo. And you don't get the backend/frontend separation that comes with MythTV. And the geek effect is absolutely worth it!:-)
Funny, nobody told me that Amsterdam is a sovereign country! Or maybe they meant residents of Amsterdam?
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From their web site: GSM/GPRS (900/1800 and 900/1900). Last time I checked, GSM 1900 was available in most of North America, and GSM 900 in Korea. Who else uses CDMA?
Oh yeah! This gadget will really rock
my world! Can't wait 'til next reboot!;-)
Linux version 2.2.19
pre17 (herbert@arnor
) (gcc version 2.7.2 .3) #1 Tue Mar 13 22 :37:59 EST 2001
BIOS-provided physic
al RAM map: BIOS-88:
000a0000 @ 00000000
(usable) BIOS-88: 01
f00000 @ 00100000 (u
sable) Detected 6000
3 kHz processor. Cal
ibrating delay loop. .. 119.19 BogoMIPS M
emory: 29788k/32768k
available (1744k ker
nel code, 408k reser
ved, 672k data, 156k
init) Dentry hash ta
ble entries: 4096 (o
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As I see it, a Linux'ish OSS OS(!) on a cell phone would be a godsend - for us geeks. Just imagine: You think that the menu system on your Ericsson R520m sucks; you re-write it. You don't use bluetooth | IR | voice command; you re-compile with those features disabled. Your kernel only supports WAP 1.2.1; you add the 1.3 features. Really cool stuff, like I said - for us geeks.
But I'd have a hard time imagining Joe 6-pack seeing any advantages with this. He is happy with his WinXP activation scheme, and has no idea whether his cell phone uses CDMA, natural gas or an antenna. Nor does he care - as long as he can call home from the supermarket, the underlying technology isn't important to him at all.
So the bottom line is: a lot of/. readers are gonna think this is the best thing since Kernel 2.4.6, but face it - we are a minority. A very proud and savvy minority, but nevertheless a minority. The average user will not care at all.
...where the hardware is more or less directly tied to the service provider.
Just a little comment here... If you open up your North American eyes and look beyond the pond, you'll see a world where the hardware is not directly tied to a service provider. It's called the Wonderful World of GSM, where the same phone works more or less everywhere (with the obvious exception of NA unless your phone can do 1900 MHz).
Granted, the hardware is still directly tied to the manufacturer (surprise?!), so the universal OSS cell phone OS that runs on both Nokias, Ericssons and... what's the name of the third one... oh yes, Siemens, is not going to appear overnight. But don't confuse service providers and manufacturers, 'cause that's so TDMA.
I support--and this may be the only initiative that I do--Attorney General John Ashcroft's proposal to increase the ranks of our nation's cybercops, as well as boost their technical skills.
...given their use of chevron () instead of quotation mark ("), space before a colon (This page is available in:), misuse of comma (July, 19th 2001), and the fact that they probably haven't had a shower in two months.
I've said it before, and with the risk of getting modded down as a redundant repeater, I'll say it again: The Proxomitron can do that, and so much more. It's simply the best piece of ad blocking proxy software I've seen, waaay more configurable than Naviscope (which han't been updated in a year now). Highly recommended!
Without an international omnipresent micropayment infrastructure in place, there isn't really much one can do right now. Credit and debit cards have enormous overheads considering you only want to pay a fraction of [insert yer local currency here] at each transaction.
We must also avoid the problems that will arise if I've got 12 bucks to spend through micropayment A's system, but the site that I'd like to pay a few cents to only accepts micropayments from systems B, C and F. Just have a lok at the North American cell phone system mess (GSM, CDMA, TDMA, iDEN) to see what I mean.
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Install a virtual desktop manager. Move nag screen to an unused desktop. Voila, problem gone (or at least out of sight).
The problem here is rather those in accounting who always open email attachments, preferrably those ending in .exe or .com .
Not to mention the vast amount of disk space that would be saved by using a smaller font!
NASA probably tried to use metric MHz instead of imperial ones for the communications link!
And you can't make backup copies of (rip) DVDs with a TiVo. And you don't get the backend/frontend separation that comes with MythTV. And the geek effect is absolutely worth it! :-)
1GB is really close to the sweet spot for digital photos. Very few people will need any more than that on a vacation.
:-)
640 kB should be enough for anyone.
"Now you can get A HREF="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id =ns99993549">atomic clock precision out of your grandma pendulum clocks.
Sigh. I'd love to get a href, but where would I put it?
Russia's country code is 7, not 2.
...why would you even give them your email address to begin with? Entering -@-.- during installation has always worked fine for me.
Funny, nobody told me that Amsterdam is a sovereign country! Or maybe they meant residents of Amsterdam?
From their web site: GSM/GPRS (900/1800 and 900/1900). Last time I checked, GSM 1900 was available in most of North America, and GSM 900 in Korea. Who else uses CDMA?
Don't forget about those shoddy Fujitsu harddrives. Apparently a school in BC.CA had an 86% failure rate with those!
Like Wally said: "I'm gonna code me a minivan!!!"
Oh yeah! This gadget will really rock my world! Can't wait 'til next reboot! ;-)
.3) #1 Tue Mar 13 22
:37:59 EST 2001
.. 119.19 BogoMIPS M
Linux version 2.2.19
pre17 (herbert@arnor
) (gcc version 2.7.2
BIOS-provided physic
al RAM map: BIOS-88:
000a0000 @ 00000000
(usable) BIOS-88: 01
f00000 @ 00100000 (u
sable) Detected 6000
3 kHz processor. Cal
ibrating delay loop.
emory: 29788k/32768k
available (1744k ker
nel code, 408k reser
ved, 672k data, 156k
init) Dentry hash ta
ble entries: 4096 (o
rder 3, 32k)
...Knuth. And Wall. But stay away from the Gates.
As I see it, a Linux'ish OSS OS(!) on a cell phone would be a godsend - for us geeks. Just imagine: You think that the menu system on your Ericsson R520m sucks; you re-write it. You don't use bluetooth | IR | voice command; you re-compile with those features disabled. Your kernel only supports WAP 1.2.1; you add the 1.3 features. Really cool stuff, like I said - for us geeks.
/. readers are gonna think this is the best thing since Kernel 2.4.6, but face it - we are a minority. A very proud and savvy minority, but nevertheless a minority. The average user will not care at all.
But I'd have a hard time imagining Joe 6-pack seeing any advantages with this. He is happy with his WinXP activation scheme, and has no idea whether his cell phone uses CDMA, natural gas or an antenna. Nor does he care - as long as he can call home from the supermarket, the underlying technology isn't important to him at all.
So the bottom line is: a lot of
...where the hardware is more or less directly tied to the service provider.
... what's the name of the third one ... oh yes, Siemens, is not going to appear overnight. But don't confuse service providers and manufacturers, 'cause that's so TDMA.
Just a little comment here... If you open up your North American eyes and look beyond the pond, you'll see a world where the hardware is not directly tied to a service provider. It's called the Wonderful World of GSM, where the same phone works more or less everywhere (with the obvious exception of NA unless your phone can do 1900 MHz).
Granted, the hardware is still directly tied to the manufacturer (surprise?!), so the universal OSS cell phone OS that runs on both Nokias, Ericssons and
Ouch! Don't do that! The link showed up as 'visited' in my browser! And I'm sure I flushed my cache last week...
In today's Anchor Desk column, ZDNet's executive editor David Coursey writes:
I support--and this may be the only initiative that I do--Attorney General John Ashcroft's proposal to increase the ranks of our nation's cybercops, as well as boost their technical skills.
We better duck. Privacy and freedom is at stake.
The date changes from July 19th (today) to July 20th (tomorrow) at midnight in the UTC time zone.
;-).
AFAIK, the date changes from today to tomorrow at midnight in most time zones... (with the obvious exception of Newfoundland
...given their use of chevron () instead of quotation mark ("), space before a colon (This page is available in :), misuse of comma (July, 19th 2001), and the fact that they probably haven't had a shower in two months.
I've said it before, and with the risk of getting modded down as a redundant repeater, I'll say it again: The Proxomitron can do that, and so much more. It's simply the best piece of ad blocking proxy software I've seen, waaay more configurable than Naviscope (which han't been updated in a year now). Highly recommended!
The Proxomitron will prevent that (and a lot of other ad annoyances as well).
Without an international omnipresent micropayment infrastructure in place, there isn't really much one can do right now. Credit and debit cards have enormous overheads considering you only want to pay a fraction of [insert yer local currency here] at each transaction.
We must also avoid the problems that will arise if I've got 12 bucks to spend through micropayment A's system, but the site that I'd like to pay a few cents to only accepts micropayments from systems B, C and F. Just have a lok at the North American cell phone system mess (GSM, CDMA, TDMA, iDEN) to see what I mean.