You have almost exactly described the Ericsson T68.
1) It uses industry standards in that both Windows and Apple users can sync with ease. On your Apple, you can probably write something to add additional functionality.
2) It has bluetooth - and it works well.
3) You just arent going to get this on a phone... However the small screen is very readable.
4) Not a flip phone - LEARN TO USE A KEYLOCK.
5) I can regularly get it to last 5 days, a week if I turn it off when I sleep.
6) Syncs perfectly with OSX.
7) What security do you need? Keep it in your pocket.
8) Works with all GSM networks worldwide. In the US you have T-Mobile, ATTWS, and portions of Cingular. I use T-Mobile and it is great.
You do have to remember this is a phone and not a PDA, but it covers all of the basic needs. Also -- MUCH less than $500 depending on the subsidy from your provider.
If you take a look at the industry, T-Mobile (formerly VoiceStream) has the very best in data services. Their WAP gateway is really usefull, the data connections are faster (not potentially, but actually faster), coverage is really good (better than Sprint, but not as good as Verizon), they have a variety of data services plans, and their Customer Service is *really* good. In the year that I have had T-Mobile/VoiceStream, I have never had a dropped call. I have only been using their data services for 2 months, but everything works really well. Hope this helps.
Hopefully this will turn media from the money-centric machine it is back to a medium for the artists; people that produce content because they want to produce it.
I currently use zoneedit.com and they are great. What Zone Edit does is basically be your DNS server and among other things they will forward email directed to your domain to your email account. They will also allow you to put in a server IP address or a URL for your domain to be directed to. The best part is that they are free and they don't spam. They plan to make their money off of customers who have over 1 GB in DNS usage or over 5 domains (I believe prices are $10/GB); if you have less than 1 GB and less than 5 domains it is free.
The person is asking for reliable email... I had bigfoot for years and they were unreliable and were a source of most of my spam... and now bigfoot is no longer free. I would advise against it.
You could always retrofit a Palm (or other small,light, usefull handheld) with a larger screen and stronger battery. Technically that would solve your problem and cost about the price you are looking for, but I doubt anyone would buy one. Unless. .. [insert your killer app here]
I've used them for about two years now to sign my important email messages and it works great. As someone else put it, you are only as good as your weakest link -- this certificate only certifies that it is the same person sending the messages. If you want it to certify who you are, you have to build a "Web of Trust" by basically getting a notary, CPA, bank, etc to certify who you are.
I have had RR since December and had quite varied experiences. Within two weeks installation it was down for four days. A month later, they 'accidentally' deleted my account. When I called them about it, the tech told me that he could not help me because I was using Microsoft Outlook instead of Outlook Express, when ANY pop3 program would work and I had checked my email earlier that day. The tech was so insistent that Outlook Express was the only thing that would work, I ended up hanging up only to call back and lie. This alone warrants 'bad service' instead of improving, the service currently goes down for five hours every few days, usually in the early morning hours and every time they attempt an "upgrade", the service is down for at least 2 days. At one point, the passwords database to all accounts was revealed to the public and at about the same time they "lost" my modem's MAC address. This really makes you wonder what sort of service they are running!?
When signing up for RR, I was informed that there was "very little" downtime and that any downtime would be prorated from my bill. I am waiting for my check... All these wrongs would almost be forgiven if simply they were making an *effort* to improve. Service continues to worsen; DNS servers are flaky and packet loss is incredible. Even with the history of their horrible jobs at upgrading, users are still not notified before the fact of upgrades, it is usually a day or two after the 'upgrade' happens. Did I mention that you can't send an email over 5k?
After reading other's problems with RR, I am starting a log of all my problems with them and evidence. With the portion of my bill (remember that pro-rating statement?!), I will enclose a nice 'present' for all of those techies that say RR has few problems.
Most of you are probably asking why I stay with RR, and I have a concession. When it works, RR is blazing fast. You just can't get a 1.5mps (I have done it) downstream on dialup. And one of the many times I have called, I spoke to a real techie who knew what he was talking about. Finally, the biggest reason I stay with RR, I enjoy a challenge (NOT!).
1) Have all users/customers register to use the computers. In the registration, include an AUP and a liability clause.
2) After their registration, they get assigned a member number. The member number would be encoded on a cool looking smart card.
3) With the smart card you could do either of two things. A) Simply use the card to allow Internet access. B) Also use the card for a form of payment (i.e. you got their CC at registration, right?).
This seems like the only practical solution for your unique problem.
I took AP Computer Science (I and II) last year and it is totally C++ based. You learn the basics of C++, but you are always using header files generated by the College Board apstring.h for text strings, apvector.h for one dimensional arrays, and apmatrix.h for two dimensional arrays. At the end of the year, we spent about three days on creating our own header files.
Perhaps my class was a bad example, but we were totally unprepared for the AP exam and the final where the teacher simply copied a practice AP exam.
Though the teacher attempted to make (somewhat) realistic situations out of the assignments, they still failed to be interesting because of the limits that were imposed upon us. If you really want to make it interesting, assign projects where the students have an open end to think of their own solutions.
Unfortunately, it takes more than great code to make a great site. You could have perfect code, incredible features, but if you don't have an active audience and interesting content, your site *will* fail.
I am in an opposite position than you are; I have an audience, I have content, I have a server that can work for the time being, but I have no code. And most of all I lack the experience to prevent attacks like this one on k5 from happening to my site or even the knowledge of what to do if my site were to be attacked. Thus it is a liability for me to put up a site like k5.
I've gone on too long on this tangent, but let me reiterate that it takes both sides of the equation to make a site really work.
If there is an Ikea store near you, visit it! They have a huge selection of desks. I got mine several years ago, and it is built really well. It was a bit pricey at $500, but the thing is mammoth and well well well worth every cent.
The only problem with running Linux boxes next to NT (or Mac boxes, in this case) are the people running it. I go to a school where there was a Linux evangelist in the administration that got an old computer set up as our school's web server. Soon after this, he left to get a 'real' job. This left a coach (in charge of our school's computers... mostly Macs) and a few students to finish setting up and maintaining the server. About a month later the server was hacked and the district's grade and attendance system was compromised. Not sure what to do (being locked out of the server) they simply shut it down, never to be used again.
I guess the point that I am trying to get across is that Linux boxes are useless unless someone knows how to use them.</P>
I agree that the reaction to the EO has been a bit strong, but there are still many valid reasons why we should be concerned!
1) The average American person [not/.ers of course] is ruled by (at best) news shows, that are owned by 'other' interests. I have yet to see a single prime-time news program that regularly presents the whole story. The people who report know nothing very little of the story and are overly eager to simply report something, even if its nothing (i.e. the recent Kennedy crash). In addition, the press loves to be selectively interested and to readily place blame. Technology is one of their favorite scapegoats, too.
2) The average American citizen does not vote(like only 35%)! And therefore knows little of the issues. In addition, the majority parents that do vote are concerned with little matters and want to be able to rely on the internet as a babysitter, much like TV.
3) Corporations in general can easily manipulate voters via media and contributions. And if voters can be manipulated, so can the government. So therefore, our elected officials are more concerned about corporation's interests than their own voters. Some industries that are of current concern are the software and recording because of some of the money they have to blow and legislation that they are trying to pass.
4) A lot of pressures are being placed on the government to regulate the Internet. -- Military -- Music Industry -- News Media (Quick to Judge) -- Movie Industry -- Uninformed / Misinformed Parents -- General public who has been scared by the news media.
I think there should be a call for a select few knowledgeable netizens to form an organization to keep the net a free, open, and international community. They could be called upon by governments when these matters arose. They could also be in charge of setting standards free of industry pressure.
Well, that's only part of my.02c, but I've run out of time!
My experience with computers is similar. My first computer was a 486-33mhz with Windows 3.0. I was horrified, but after fooling around with it for a while, I found it to be pretty cool. I am now 16, know programming, web design, fundamentals of computers, and advanced networking. I have been offered multiple professional IT jobs in addition to my web design business, but I'm still in high school! I really don't believe that middle school is too late to start with computers. I, however, do believe that children need to know about computers, but they DON'T need net access at the age of 4.
I believe that the young are not the only ones that need to be exposed to the 'information superhighway'. In the US there is a large population of (older) retired persons whom could be a great resource to the net. At present, these persons have been completely ignored with relation to technology. Without even mentioning the idea, many older retired persons have expressed a great interest to me in learning computers and especially the internet. Apparently there is currently no reliable for-profit or non-profit group in my area (Houston, TX) that assists older persons with computers. Does anyone have any suggestions in relation to setting up a non-profit organization to assist them? Feel free to email (digitalh2o@bigfoot.com) me regarding this issue, too.
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You have almost exactly described the Ericsson T68.
1) It uses industry standards in that both Windows and Apple users can sync with ease. On your Apple, you can probably write something to add additional functionality.
2) It has bluetooth - and it works well.
3) You just arent going to get this on a phone... However the small screen is very readable.
4) Not a flip phone - LEARN TO USE A KEYLOCK.
5) I can regularly get it to last 5 days, a week if I turn it off when I sleep.
6) Syncs perfectly with OSX.
7) What security do you need? Keep it in your pocket.
8) Works with all GSM networks worldwide. In the US you have T-Mobile, ATTWS, and portions of Cingular. I use T-Mobile and it is great.
You do have to remember this is a phone and not a PDA, but it covers all of the basic needs. Also -- MUCH less than $500 depending on the subsidy from your provider.
If you take a look at the industry, T-Mobile (formerly VoiceStream) has the very best in data services. Their WAP gateway is really usefull, the data connections are faster (not potentially, but actually faster), coverage is really good (better than Sprint, but not as good as Verizon), they have a variety of data services plans, and their Customer Service is *really* good. In the year that I have had T-Mobile/VoiceStream, I have never had a dropped call. I have only been using their data services for 2 months, but everything works really well. Hope this helps.
http://www.t-mobile.com
Hopefully this will turn media from the money-centric machine it is back to a medium for the artists; people that produce content because they want to produce it.
I currently use zoneedit.com and they are great. What Zone Edit does is basically be your DNS server and among other things they will forward email directed to your domain to your email account. They will also allow you to put in a server IP address or a URL for your domain to be directed to. The best part is that they are free and they don't spam. They plan to make their money off of customers who have over 1 GB in DNS usage or over 5 domains (I believe prices are $10/GB); if you have less than 1 GB and less than 5 domains it is free.
The person is asking for reliable email... I had bigfoot for years and they were unreliable and were a source of most of my spam... and now bigfoot is no longer free. I would advise against it.
You could always retrofit a Palm (or other small,light, usefull handheld) with a larger screen and stronger battery. Technically that would solve your problem and cost about the price you are looking for, but I doubt anyone would buy one. Unless. . . [insert your killer app here]
I've used them for about two years now to sign my important email messages and it works great. As someone else put it, you are only as good as your weakest link -- this certificate only certifies that it is the same person sending the messages. If you want it to certify who you are, you have to build a "Web of Trust" by basically getting a notary, CPA, bank, etc to certify who you are.
I have had RR since December and had quite varied experiences. Within two weeks installation it was down for four days. A month later, they 'accidentally' deleted my account. When I called them about it, the tech told me that he could not help me because I was using Microsoft Outlook instead of Outlook Express, when ANY pop3 program would work and I had checked my email earlier that day. The tech was so insistent that Outlook Express was the only thing that would work, I ended up hanging up only to call back and lie. This alone warrants 'bad service' instead of improving, the service currently goes down for five hours every few days, usually in the early morning hours and every time they attempt an "upgrade", the service is down for at least 2 days. At one point, the passwords database to all accounts was revealed to the public and at about the same time they "lost" my modem's MAC address. This really makes you wonder what sort of service they are running!?
When signing up for RR, I was informed that there was "very little" downtime and that any downtime would be prorated from my bill. I am waiting for my check... All these wrongs would almost be forgiven if simply they were making an *effort* to improve. Service continues to worsen; DNS servers are flaky and packet loss is incredible. Even with the history of their horrible jobs at upgrading, users are still not notified before the fact of upgrades, it is usually a day or two after the 'upgrade' happens. Did I mention that you can't send an email over 5k?
After reading other's problems with RR, I am starting a log of all my problems with them and evidence. With the portion of my bill (remember that pro-rating statement?!), I will enclose a nice 'present' for all of those techies that say RR has few problems.
Most of you are probably asking why I stay with RR, and I have a concession. When it works, RR is blazing fast. You just can't get a 1.5mps (I have done it) downstream on dialup. And one of the many times I have called, I spoke to a real techie who knew what he was talking about. Finally, the biggest reason I stay with RR, I enjoy a challenge (NOT!).
I believe that the smart card scheme would work.
1) Have all users/customers register to use the computers. In the registration, include an AUP and a liability clause.
2) After their registration, they get assigned a member number. The member number would be encoded on a cool looking smart card.
3) With the smart card you could do either of two things. A) Simply use the card to allow Internet access. B) Also use the card for a form of payment (i.e. you got their CC at registration, right?).
This seems like the only practical solution for your unique problem.
I took AP Computer Science (I and II) last year and it is totally C++ based. You learn the basics of C++, but you are always using header files generated by the College Board apstring.h for text strings, apvector.h for one dimensional arrays, and apmatrix.h for two dimensional arrays. At the end of the year, we spent about three days on creating our own header files.
Perhaps my class was a bad example, but we were totally unprepared for the AP exam and the final where the teacher simply copied a practice AP exam.
Though the teacher attempted to make (somewhat) realistic situations out of the assignments, they still failed to be interesting because of the limits that were imposed upon us. If you really want to make it interesting, assign projects where the students have an open end to think of their own solutions.
Unfortunately, it takes more than great code to make a great site. You could have perfect code, incredible features, but if you don't have an active audience and interesting content, your site *will* fail.
I am in an opposite position than you are; I have an audience, I have content, I have a server that can work for the time being, but I have no code. And most of all I lack the experience to prevent attacks like this one on k5 from happening to my site or even the knowledge of what to do if my site were to be attacked. Thus it is a liability for me to put up a site like k5.
I've gone on too long on this tangent, but let me reiterate that it takes both sides of the equation to make a site really work.
Computers can pose all sorts or fire hazards, especially from electrical sparks. Have you checked your overloaded sure protector lately?
If there is an Ikea store near you, visit it! They have a huge selection of desks. I got mine several years ago, and it is built really well. It was a bit pricey at $500, but the thing is mammoth and well well well worth every cent.
The only problem with running Linux boxes next to NT (or Mac boxes, in this case) are the people running it. I go to a school where there was a Linux evangelist in the administration that got an old computer set up as our school's web server. Soon after this, he left to get a 'real' job. This left a coach (in charge of our school's computers... mostly Macs) and a few students to finish setting up and maintaining the server. About a month later the server was hacked and the district's grade and attendance system was compromised. Not sure what to do (being locked out of the server) they simply shut it down, never to be used again.
I guess the point that I am trying to get across is that Linux boxes are useless unless someone knows how to use them.</P>
I agree that the reaction to the EO has been a bit strong, but there are still many valid reasons why we should be concerned!
/.ers of course] is ruled by (at best) news shows, that are owned by 'other' interests. I have yet to see a single prime-time news program that regularly presents the whole story. The people who report know nothing very little of the story and are overly eager to simply report something, even if its nothing (i.e. the recent Kennedy crash). In addition, the press loves to be selectively interested and to readily place blame. Technology is one of their favorite scapegoats, too.
.02c, but I've run out of time!
1) The average American person [not
2) The average American citizen does not vote(like only 35%)! And therefore knows little of the issues. In addition, the majority parents that do vote are concerned with little matters and want to be able to rely on the internet as a babysitter, much like TV.
3) Corporations in general can easily manipulate voters via media and contributions. And if voters can be manipulated, so can the government. So therefore, our elected officials are more concerned about corporation's interests than their own voters. Some industries that are of current concern are the software and recording because of some of the money they have to blow and legislation that they are trying to pass.
4) A lot of pressures are being placed on the government to regulate the Internet.
-- Military
-- Music Industry
-- News Media (Quick to Judge)
-- Movie Industry
-- Uninformed / Misinformed Parents
-- General public who has been scared by the news media.
I think there should be a call for a select few knowledgeable netizens to form an organization to keep the net a free, open, and international community. They could be called upon by governments when these matters arose. They could also be in charge of setting standards free of industry pressure.
Well, that's only part of my
My experience with computers is similar. My first computer was a 486-33mhz with Windows 3.0. I was horrified, but after fooling around with it for a while, I found it to be pretty cool. I am now 16, know programming, web design, fundamentals of computers, and advanced networking. I have been offered multiple professional IT jobs in addition to my web design business, but I'm still in high school! I really don't believe that middle school is too late to start with computers. I, however, do believe that children need to know about computers, but they DON'T need net access at the age of 4.
Anyway, just some of my $.02
I believe that the young are not the only ones that need to be exposed to the 'information superhighway'. In the US there is a large population of (older) retired persons whom could be a great resource to the net. At present, these persons have been completely ignored with relation to technology. Without even mentioning the idea, many older retired persons have expressed a great interest to me in learning computers and especially the internet. Apparently there is currently no reliable for-profit or non-profit group in my area (Houston, TX) that assists older persons with computers. Does anyone have any suggestions in relation to setting up a non-profit organization to assist them? Feel free to email (digitalh2o@bigfoot.com) me regarding this issue, too.
I totally agree. If parents would simply spend time with their children to teach them right vs. wrong, censorship would be irrelevant.
Not *all* from Texas are like that ;)