Let me give some background of where I am coming from. I owned the first RIO MP3 play, one of the first CD based MP3 player, the first DVD MP3 player, one of the first in dash MP3 players, a 1st Gen iPod, a 3rd Gen iPod, and a few random USB Thumbdrive type MP3 player. I currently carry an iMate Jam PocketPC phone, and have used a Samsung i-730, Torq P100, Siemens SX66, and a Sprint PPC-6700 lately (among others).
I love my Jam for what it is. Its a good phone, and a great PDA. As a media player? Not great. It works, but without the dedicated interface of even the cheap MP3 players its not the most user friendly device. The interfaces are getting there though. Devices like the Samsung SGH-i300 and even the much maligned (deservedly) Motorola iTunes phone, are getting there. Add a few dedicated buttons, a navwheel/pad/joystick that works, and some nice Bluetooth headphones, and you are there.
I think that's that's why everyone keeps clamoring for an Apple iPhone. They have proved they know how to make a good interface. I also thing that's why they aren't rushing one out the door. I don't think you can make a All-In-One device with as clean an interface as the iPod. If someone does though, I guarantee I will buy one.
People will use Lindows for a few weeks, then sales of Windows XP will spike up as people decide to get work done instead of fighting their OS.
Disclaimer: I am running Gentoo, RedHat, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 in the room I am in. I belive they all have their uses. I just don't like Lindows.
I know you're just trolling, but come on. That seems like something that even an anonymous coward would be embarrassed about writing. No matter how much you honestly hate Microsoft, no sane person could compare someone who started a world war with someone who runs a company with certain unpalatable business practices.
I'm not even going to comment on the attacks on his wife and kids.
The difference between FedEx and the Kazaa/Napster networks is that the MAJORITY of the file sharing network's content is a problem. Their primary business and attraction to end users is the illegal content.
There was an article in the news the other day about a guy selling weed at KFC, and slipping it into the orders. The majority of the business being done was still tasty chicken, so KFC wasn't the problem. If they had removed 90% of their menu and replaced it with Weed, then they would be shutdown.
I run a CyberGenie under Win2k and it works great. There is some beta software out there for the system. There are lots of problems with Office XP, but other than that its ok.
I like the way computer geeks think anyone who doesn't know as much about computers as they do are idiots. I freely admit that some people are idiots, but others are just ignorant.
Can you repair your own car? Build your own house? Hell, can you cook your own food? Then why are these people dumb because they aren't computer experts?
I have worked helpdesk and user support for years and have run into more people who are perfectly normal nice people, who are afraid of their computers than people who are just morons. They can turn them on and (hopefully) get their job done, but thats about it.
The cost of Digital Projection systems will start to go down as demand grows, and technology improves. In a few years it will be affordable to smaller theatres, though still fairly expensive.
The advantages could be worth it. Digital allows people with huge budgets like George Lucas to make an incredible looking movie, and get a constant quality rather than the decay of a film print being shown 6 times a day. It also allows smaller productions to save cost, thus allowing many Independent filmmakers to complete a movie that they couldn't possibly afford to do on film. (see Tortilla Soup)
Who wants the government regulating what software all its employees must use?! Oh, wait, its saying not to use MS software? That's ok then.
If the same article talked about someone proposing that GPL'ed software be regulated by the Office of Management and Budget people would be up in arms about government interference.
free market economy = bad when it turns out against me
It used to be we all overclocked to get a little extra performance for little or no cost. Now its a tweaking hobby. You do it to show off to your friends. You do it to get your name in the top ten on Mad Onion. You do it because you can.
I know this is the wrong place to point this out, but Oulook does what you are asking for.
You can sort a folder by user/subject/date, and there is a built in thread view. You can also use the autoarchive feature, or manually archive messages in X folder(s) older than Y date.
You can get a DLT drive that will do 20-40G per tape for under $200 on Ebay. Add an external case if it doesn't have one, and grab a SCSI card. Cheap, reliable, tested.
Check around for some of the older Planar PC's. You used to be able to find the 486 with integrated LCD $100-$200, and they make a wallmount specifically for it.
They had an ISA slot and PCMCIA slot, so you could add an 802.11 adapter to stream data to it. They didn't have the greatest screen, but it might be ok.
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Let me give some background of where I am coming from. I owned the first RIO MP3 play, one of the first CD based MP3 player, the first DVD MP3 player, one of the first in dash MP3 players, a 1st Gen iPod, a 3rd Gen iPod, and a few random USB Thumbdrive type MP3 player. I currently carry an iMate Jam PocketPC phone, and have used a Samsung i-730, Torq P100, Siemens SX66, and a Sprint PPC-6700 lately (among others).
I love my Jam for what it is. Its a good phone, and a great PDA. As a media player? Not great. It works, but without the dedicated interface of even the cheap MP3 players its not the most user friendly device. The interfaces are getting there though. Devices like the Samsung SGH-i300 and even the much maligned (deservedly) Motorola iTunes phone, are getting there. Add a few dedicated buttons, a navwheel/pad/joystick that works, and some nice Bluetooth headphones, and you are there.
I think that's that's why everyone keeps clamoring for an Apple iPhone. They have proved they know how to make a good interface. I also thing that's why they aren't rushing one out the door. I don't think you can make a All-In-One device with as clean an interface as the iPod. If someone does though, I guarantee I will buy one.
People will use Lindows for a few weeks, then sales of Windows XP will spike up as people decide to get work done instead of fighting their OS.
Disclaimer:
I am running Gentoo, RedHat, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 in the room I am in. I belive they all have their uses. I just don't like Lindows.
"Not since Hitler..."
I know you're just trolling, but come on. That seems like something that even an anonymous coward would be embarrassed about writing. No matter how much you honestly hate Microsoft, no sane person could compare someone who started a world war with someone who runs a company with certain unpalatable business practices.
I'm not even going to comment on the attacks on his wife and kids.There was an article in the news the other day about a guy selling weed at KFC, and slipping it into the orders. The majority of the business being done was still tasty chicken, so KFC wasn't the problem. If they had removed 90% of their menu and replaced it with Weed, then they would be shutdown.
I run a CyberGenie under Win2k and it works great. There is some beta software out there for the system. There are lots of problems with Office XP, but other than that its ok.
I like the way computer geeks think anyone who doesn't know as much about computers as they do are idiots. I freely admit that some people are idiots, but others are just ignorant. Can you repair your own car? Build your own house? Hell, can you cook your own food? Then why are these people dumb because they aren't computer experts? I have worked helpdesk and user support for years and have run into more people who are perfectly normal nice people, who are afraid of their computers than people who are just morons. They can turn them on and (hopefully) get their job done, but thats about it.
The cost of Digital Projection systems will start to go down as demand grows, and technology improves. In a few years it will be affordable to smaller theatres, though still fairly expensive.
The advantages could be worth it. Digital allows people with huge budgets like George Lucas to make an incredible looking movie, and get a constant quality rather than the decay of a film print being shown 6 times a day. It also allows smaller productions to save cost, thus allowing many Independent filmmakers to complete a movie that they couldn't possibly afford to do on film. (see Tortilla Soup)
Who wants the government regulating what software all its employees must use?! Oh, wait, its saying not to use MS software? That's ok then.
If the same article talked about someone proposing that GPL'ed software be regulated by the Office of Management and Budget people would be up in arms about government interference.
free market economy = bad when it turns out against me
It used to be we all overclocked to get a little extra performance for little or no cost. Now its a tweaking hobby. You do it to show off to your friends. You do it to get your name in the top ten on Mad Onion. You do it because you can.
I know this is the wrong place to point this out, but Oulook does what you are asking for.
You can sort a folder by user/subject/date, and there is a built in thread view. You can also use the autoarchive feature, or manually archive messages in X folder(s) older than Y date.
You can get a DLT drive that will do 20-40G per tape for under $200 on Ebay. Add an external case if it doesn't have one, and grab a SCSI card. Cheap, reliable, tested.
Check around for some of the older Planar PC's. You used to be able to find the 486 with integrated LCD $100-$200, and they make a wallmount specifically for it.
They had an ISA slot and PCMCIA slot, so you could add an 802.11 adapter to stream data to it. They didn't have the greatest screen, but it might be ok.
http://www.planar.com/