So, Everyone that goes to the new version of Office will be locked into a forced upgrade stream? What happens when MS comes out with Office 12? Will everyone that uses 11 find that their documents suddenly "expire" because the new version of office is out?
I don't like it. MS wants to control every 0 and 1 that flows through your computer.
Looks like its time to dig out the 'ole Commodore 64.:)
Just my 64k-is-enough-for-me's worth -RickTheWizKid
I'm trying to decide which one I want. Both have their appeal.
Of course, One question I had when I heard about the GSP was that the e-reader wouldn't work with it. I would imagine that with the homebrew/demo scene that the original GBA would be better because one could decode the protocol used on the e-reader, print your own cards, and publish your own game that way. That, plus the GSP probably has new "license protection"/DRM/Region Coding/Developer lockout/authentication etc. that the original GBA doesn'have.
I wonder what will happen if ISPs were to limit their customers' ability to use NAT devices...
Either they will lose customers in droves due to the fact that the users can no longer use their fancy-schmancy Linksys router to connect all their computers together, or the router manufacturers will cook up an option in thier firmware to use the NAT-hiding approach mentioned above...
Just my 192.168.1.1's worth
--RickTheWizKid
P.S.: FIRST INTELLIGENT POST:)
You're right. Hrmph. Well.. I knew it was Control-*something*:)
Now I can't remember what it was! But, I'm sure that if I walked through a time warp and ended up in 1992, I would still be able to use AppleWorks. Or, I could use an emulator....
RickTheWizKid ..."Insert WP PROGRAM DISK into any drive and press RETURN"
... but back then, I was learning DOS 3.3 (for Apple II) and AppleWorks, becuase "everyone in the future will be using this stuff!"...
Anyway, I took that seriously, and made damn sure that I *knew* to enter the proper date when Appleworks was starting up, and that I *had* to make sure I had the right disks in the drives.
(Interesting note: Even in Word 2002, CONTROL-B and CONTROL-L are for bold and underlining, respectively)
Of course, we all learned how to use Apple DOS (both 3.3 and ProDOS) - we^H^Hthe rest of the class did this for a solid month, during which time I was permitted to play Choplifter, Cannonball Blitz, and Ultima V because I already knew how to use Dos... which *really* pissed the rest of the class off...
Anyway, to get to my point, I wonder how relavent the things that they learn now will be a few years after they graduate - and I hope it is *concepts* that they learn, instead of cookie cutter "type CATALOG to see a what's on your disk, insert your disk and type PR#6 to start AppleWorks" stuff...
-RickTheWizKid (Open-Apple-S to save, Open-Apple-P to print)
Hopefully it will be easier for non-geeks...
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It seems to me that PocketPC attracts many people by the fact that it uses normal handwriting recognition instead of a "weird" Graffiti format. Most non-geek people are attracted by the fact that they do not need to learn a new way to write on this device.
I just hope that the "new" graffiti is easier on non-geeks...
They are available online, ebay, etc. The only trouble is, they have been "adjusted" to not require coins. If you were to want to make it a real pay phone, you would need the totalizer circuitry (not something the phone cos want to have in the wild... look up the term "red box") and a ACTS phone line - convincing the telco to do that for you would be difficult....
Just my 90-cents-for-the-first-three-minutes-worth... Ric kTheWizKid
... and possibly buying another. In a few years, the "defective" discs will probably be collectors items. It seems that is the case with laserdiscs or CEDs (RCA Select-a-vision discs) etc.
Geez when I had cable, I had to tinker around with 75-100 pF variable capacitors, copper wire, and metal RadioShack boxes to get free TV! Then I graduated to sattelite, and all I needed was a smartcard programmer! This is great news!
(Score: 5, Funny) -RickTheWizKid (And to think, I don't even _own_ a TV anymore... is this a bad thing?)
I wonder what will happen in schools in a few years? When we were all kids growing up, we were taught that we were the greatest nation because we had certain freedoms, that the government had limited power over watching us etc, instead of places like soviet Russia (where the CD players listen to YOU--- woops, wrong post) that watch and control their citizens.
What is probably going to happen is that kids in schools today will be taught (slowly as not to draw attention to it) that it is good and proper for the government to watch its citizens, that there is no such thing as a "right to privacy" etc... and kids being kids will dismiss our ideas of personal liberty, privacy, etc as old fasioned - or worse, that they see mommy or daddy using PGP or linux, or planting a tree in front of the security camera in their house, and thinking that mommy or daddy must be terrorists...
... if I could gert *any* music track I wanted... even out of print stuff. I would gladly pay, say, $1 per song and pay $15 for a CD filled with stuff I *like* - that may be no longer "officially" available - and not have one or two tracks I like and 13 crappy tracks....
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I wonder... 802.11 has large security holes... It's only a matter of time before someone snorts the WEP key and gains access to the system.
It _would_ make it a lot easier to -say- make your speeding tickets "disappear" etc...
RickTheWizKid
..."you can NOT leave the magic!"
Hey... it was supposed to be *funny* - not flamebait!!! :)
...I forgot it. Musta been that defective OEM memory module I had implanted in my skull...
-RickTheWizKid
So, Everyone that goes to the new version of Office will be locked into a forced upgrade stream? What happens when MS comes out with Office 12? Will everyone that uses 11 find that their documents suddenly "expire" because the new version of office is out?
:)
I don't like it. MS wants to control every 0 and 1 that flows through your computer.
Looks like its time to dig out the 'ole Commodore 64.
Just my 64k-is-enough-for-me's worth
-RickTheWizKid
I'm trying to decide which one I want. Both have their appeal.
Of course, One question I had when I heard about the GSP was that the e-reader wouldn't work with it. I would imagine that with the homebrew/demo scene that the original GBA would be better because one could decode the protocol used on the e-reader, print your own cards, and publish your own game that way. That, plus the GSP probably has new "license protection"/DRM/Region Coding/Developer lockout/authentication etc. that the original GBA doesn'have.
Just my Z80's worth
--RickTheWizKid
a piece of software to remove the DRM in TurboTax - kinda like "insert your CD, run this program, turbotax is up and running"
The only thing is that someone would have to do it anonymously - or from outside the US to avoid violating the DMCA
(Actually, this sounds like a good ad for H&R Block...)
Just my 1040EZ's worth
RickTheWizKid
... the RIAA will get ya if you try to *play* their resulting DVD in Linux.... :)
Interesting double standard dontcha think?
Just my 4-DVDs-for-49-cents worth
RickTheWizKid
I wonder what will happen if ISPs were to limit their customers' ability to use NAT devices...
:)
Either they will lose customers in droves due to the fact that the users can no longer use their fancy-schmancy Linksys router to connect all their computers together, or the router manufacturers will cook up an option in thier firmware to use the NAT-hiding approach mentioned above...
Just my 192.168.1.1's worth
--RickTheWizKid
P.S.: FIRST INTELLIGENT POST
You're right. Hrmph. Well.. I knew it was Control-*something* :)
Now I can't remember what it was! But, I'm sure that if I walked through a time warp and ended up in 1992, I would still be able to use AppleWorks. Or, I could use an emulator....
RickTheWizKid
..."Insert WP PROGRAM DISK into any drive and press RETURN"
... but back then, I was learning DOS 3.3 (for Apple II) and AppleWorks, becuase "everyone in the future will be using this stuff!"...
Anyway, I took that seriously, and made damn sure that I *knew* to enter the proper date when Appleworks was starting up, and that I *had* to make sure I had the right disks in the drives.
(Interesting note: Even in Word 2002, CONTROL-B and CONTROL-L are for bold and underlining, respectively)
Of course, we all learned how to use Apple DOS (both 3.3 and ProDOS) - we^H^Hthe rest of the class did this for a solid month, during which time I was permitted to play Choplifter, Cannonball Blitz, and Ultima V because I already knew how to use Dos... which *really* pissed the rest of the class off...
Anyway, to get to my point, I wonder how relavent the things that they learn now will be a few years after they graduate - and I hope it is *concepts* that they learn, instead of cookie cutter "type CATALOG to see a what's on your disk, insert your disk and type PR#6 to start AppleWorks" stuff...
-RickTheWizKid
(Open-Apple-S to save, Open-Apple-P to print)
It seems to me that PocketPC attracts many people by the fact that it uses normal handwriting recognition instead of a "weird" Graffiti format. Most non-geek people are attracted by the fact that they do not need to learn a new way to write on this device.
I just hope that the "new" graffiti is easier on non-geeks...
RickTheWizKid
Stupid Muggle technology...
...."goodbye!"
-RickTheWizKid
I used to use AOL... then I grew up
They are available online, ebay, etc. The only trouble is, they have been "adjusted" to not require coins. If you were to want to make it a real pay phone, you would need the totalizer circuitry (not something the phone cos want to have in the wild ... look up the term "red box") and a ACTS phone line - convincing the telco to do that for you would be difficult....
c kTheWizKid
Just my 90-cents-for-the-first-three-minutes-worth...
Ri
... all the spilled oil, gas, antifreeze and other automotive gook from the accidents caused by people using their cell phones while driving...
-RickTheWizKid
..."Just hang up and DRIVE!"
... and possibly buying another. In a few years, the "defective" discs will probably be collectors items. It seems that is the case with laserdiscs or CEDs (RCA Select-a-vision discs) etc.
Just my 88 miles-per-hour worth...
RickTheWizKid
Now when will the USA version fall?
:)
Or, when can I move to europe?
-RickTheWizKid
Something tells me that my daily virus scan is gonna take a lot longer now...
Oh wait... it's a Windows problem... never mind...
RickTheWizKid
My purpose: to inject random comments...
it's at this link
RickTheWizKid
Lightening Slashdot users' days since 2001!
Heh - considering I was the one who posted it... :)
The AC owes me 2 cents...
-RickTheWizKid
Geez when I had cable, I had to tinker around with 75-100 pF variable capacitors, copper wire, and metal RadioShack boxes to get free TV! Then I graduated to sattelite, and all I needed was a smartcard programmer! This is great news!
(Score: 5, Funny)
-RickTheWizKid
(And to think, I don't even _own_ a TV anymore... is this a bad thing?)
Here's something interesting ---
I wonder what will happen in schools in a few years? When we were all kids growing up, we were taught that we were the greatest nation because we had certain freedoms, that the government had limited power over watching us etc, instead of places like soviet Russia (where the CD players listen to YOU--- woops, wrong post) that watch and control their citizens.
What is probably going to happen is that kids in schools today will be taught (slowly as not to draw attention to it) that it is good and proper for the government to watch its citizens, that there is no such thing as a "right to privacy" etc... and kids being kids will dismiss our ideas of personal liberty, privacy, etc as old fasioned - or worse, that they see mommy or daddy using PGP or linux, or planting a tree in front of the security camera in their house, and thinking that mommy or daddy must be terrorists...
Just my 2 cents' worth...
RickTheWizKid
... if I could gert *any* music track I wanted... even out of print stuff. I would gladly pay, say, $1 per song and pay $15 for a CD filled with stuff I *like* - that may be no longer "officially" available - and not have one or two tracks I like and 13 crappy tracks....
RickTheWizKid
Well the standard says "avian carriers" - owls would fit the bill just as well as carrier pigeons
Hmmm... just like in Harry Potter :)
RickTheWizKid
IP over rodentia carrier?
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