One thing to remember is that Cnet and Zdnet are horribly unreliable sources for information regarding new Palms and their release dates. If it doesn't come from the mouth of 3Com, and worse, instead claims, "sources say" then pay it no mind. Remember the Razor? That only existed in the mind of ZDnet. (Well, it appeared as the PalmV, but it wasn't nearly as cool as ZDNet made it sound and they were about a year off the release date).
Granted, we now know that we have a (somewhat) color PalmOS (developer release that runs on an emulator), so we at least know Cnet is half right. There will be Color Palm. Do not rely on these online magazines to tell you when you can buy one though...
Actually, you could protectively armour the SlugBot with sharp protrusions, so anyone who decides at the spur of the moment to steal the bot is going to have to get pretty inventive. Also, if the SlugBot were to be carried out of GPS range, it could discharge an exploding pink ink carridge, like used in hoity-toity clothing stores and banks. Better yet, just explode the decomposing slugs all over its assailant. Mmmm...fun with SlugBot theives.
Yeah, two years from now, Sweden will be rampant with backyard-dwelling, slug-loving ducks, whose only natural enemy is the slug-loving-duck-loving-wolverine, and THEN what will you do!? END THE RAMPANT MISUSE AND ENSLAVEMENT OF SLUG-LOVING DUCKS...LET MY MALLARDS GO!
I believe that due to a wacky combination of Xfree, KDE, Netscape, and the allignment of the planets, I was forced to assume my Linux box was rendered frozen a couple times -- and hit the power button. (Arrrghghg). Once I eventually put the machine on my University's LAN, and it happened all of once more, I was able to trot down to a computer lab, telnet into the machine, and kill the processes as root. When I returned to my dorm, all was fine, Xfree had restarted, and KDM was asking for a login: this time (and ever since) I opted for WindowMaker. Love it.
Let's not forget the geniuses at PDADash, who last year published an article called "Color is Killer", predicting the PalmOS's ultimate demise right about now. The author's reasons? The PalmPilot cannot play mp3's, emulate a gameboy, nor play Phantom Menace trailers. Pssst...IT'S MARKETED AS A TOOL!!!
I think I'm going to cry. I've actually found a valid reason to purchase a WinCE device someday. If not ONLY for the sheer delight in wiping WinCE, as an added bonus, I'd get to replace it with Linux! Boy, would that baffle the MS WinCE propaganda team that visits my campus a couple times a year.
There are a handful of applications that offer syncronization between serial PalmOS devices (Visor will need the serial cradle). There's a buggy K app called KPilot. I believe GNOME also has an incomplete counterpart (of course). However, one of the BETTER Linux-Palm Desktop tools is JPilot. It has a built-in Datebook, To-Do List, MemoPad, and Address Book; all very similar to the Windows Palm Desktop suite. While not necessarily as sophisticated in it's syncing technique (basically copies the entire Pilot databases right off the Plot, rather than updates each database by individual records), it's very reliable, easy to use, and (here's the important part) complete to the point that you can use it on a daily basis. You'll need to install the Pilot-Link tools beforehand, but it's worth it!
"The term "geek" is broadening and evolving daily, and is coming to mean different, complex and increasingly positive things to people."
Correction Katz:
The term geek is broadening and evolving daily in YOUR collumns and mind, and is coming to mean every redefined martyr you can pull out of the newspaper or history books.
I'm sorry, but I too, once considered the word 'geek' to be moving away from a negative connotation--this lasted for about 5 seconds. When I started labeling myself as a geek to friends and acquaintences, they were quick to make a sour face and say "Oh no you're not." Geek is still a negative word to the world outside of./ Katz, no matter how badly you want it not to be.
Yes, ripping movies and distributing them on the Internet is wrong. But personally, I have very little sympathy for Lucas or his cause. He deserves this and a whole lot more. Why? Because, contrary to popular belief he, not Jar Jar ruined Star Wars. With his 'digital movie' bullshit, he asked a very talented group of actors to divert their effort from creating dynamic characters toward just trying to act on in an environment that isn't really there. Lucas wanted them to act in front of a blue screen, and what he got was them acting LIKE they were in front of a blue screen. Asshole.
Gee, Katz, outside of me missing extreme sarcasm, it looks like you're pleading 9-and-up-year-olds to learn to act like assholes. Wow, that's bound to grant them respect from theatre-owners and the MPAA right away!
1) Have actually installed Linux 2) Have actually gotten your sound card and video card properly configured in Linux 3) Actually intend on supporting Sierra in a Linux game development effort.
And if you haven't noticed, the number of votes has gone from the low thousands DOWN to about 350. It looks like Sierra is trying to counter the 'SlashDot Defect' by perhaps resetting the polls.
Well this is an interesting turn of events. If you've been watching the Sierra site lately, you'll see that the Mac and Linux users are duking it out pretty feverishly. 5 minutes ago Mac was up to 60% and now it's down to about 50% running neck and neck with Linux. Whoop. Now it's back up. Now it's back down. This is fun!
It was a blatantly flawed example. You'll all be pleased to know that as of this morning, I've signed up for Ex-Christian Anger Management therapy. There I hope to learn how to...how you say...LIGHTEN UP!!!!
Okay, the polls would still be accurate under this assumption: everyone that voted has linux properly installed, and has their sound card and video card working at a faily reliable level.
Now what's more plausible? The assumption or the fact that this is an online mob. Distributed networking: yes. Distributed Poll-swaying: no.
Slashdot Mirror
One thing to remember is that Cnet and Zdnet are horribly unreliable sources for information regarding new Palms and their release dates. If it doesn't come from the mouth of 3Com, and worse, instead claims, "sources say" then pay it no mind. Remember the Razor? That only existed in the mind of ZDnet. (Well, it appeared as the PalmV, but it wasn't nearly as cool as ZDNet made it sound and they were about a year off the release date).
Granted, we now know that we have a (somewhat) color PalmOS (developer release that runs on an emulator), so we at least know Cnet is half right. There will be Color Palm. Do not rely on these online magazines to tell you when you can buy one though...
Actually, you could protectively armour the SlugBot with sharp protrusions, so anyone who decides at the spur of the moment to steal the bot is going to have to get pretty inventive. Also, if the SlugBot were to be carried out of GPS range, it could discharge an exploding pink ink carridge, like used in hoity-toity clothing stores and banks. Better yet, just explode the decomposing slugs all over its assailant. Mmmm...fun with SlugBot theives.
Dude!!!
Sluggernaut!!!!
Yeah, two years from now, Sweden will be rampant with backyard-dwelling, slug-loving ducks, whose only natural enemy is the slug-loving-duck-loving-wolverine, and THEN what will you do!? END THE RAMPANT MISUSE AND ENSLAVEMENT OF SLUG-LOVING DUCKS...LET MY MALLARDS GO!
I believe that due to a wacky combination of Xfree, KDE, Netscape, and the allignment of the planets, I was forced to assume my Linux box was rendered frozen a couple times -- and hit the power button. (Arrrghghg). Once I eventually put the machine on my University's LAN, and it happened all of once more, I was able to trot down to a computer lab, telnet into the machine, and kill the processes as root. When I returned to my dorm, all was fine, Xfree had restarted, and KDM was asking for a login: this time (and ever since) I opted for WindowMaker. Love it.
Let's not forget the geniuses at PDADash, who last year published an article called "Color is Killer", predicting the PalmOS's ultimate demise right about now. The author's reasons? The PalmPilot cannot play mp3's, emulate a gameboy, nor play Phantom Menace trailers. Pssst...IT'S MARKETED AS A TOOL!!!
Search the archives of embarassment at:
http://www.pdadash.com
I think I'm going to cry. I've actually found a valid reason to purchase a WinCE device someday. If not ONLY for the sheer delight in wiping WinCE, as an added bonus, I'd get to replace it with Linux! Boy, would that baffle the MS WinCE propaganda team that visits my campus a couple times a year.
There are a handful of applications that offer syncronization between serial PalmOS devices (Visor will need the serial cradle). There's a buggy K app called KPilot. I believe GNOME also has an incomplete counterpart (of course). However, one of the BETTER Linux-Palm Desktop tools is JPilot. It has a built-in Datebook, To-Do List, MemoPad, and Address Book; all very similar to the Windows Palm Desktop suite. While not necessarily as sophisticated in it's syncing technique (basically copies the entire Pilot databases right off the Plot, rather than updates each database by individual records), it's very reliable, easy to use, and (here's the important part) complete to the point that you can use it on a daily basis. You'll need to install the Pilot-Link tools beforehand, but it's worth it!
Check it out here: http://jpilot.linuxbox.com
"The term "geek" is broadening and evolving daily, and is coming to mean different, complex
./ Katz, no matter how badly you want it not to be.
and increasingly positive things to people."
Correction Katz:
The term geek is broadening and evolving daily in YOUR collumns and mind, and is coming to mean every redefined martyr you can pull out of the newspaper or history books.
I'm sorry, but I too, once considered the word 'geek' to be moving away from a negative connotation--this lasted for about 5 seconds. When I started labeling myself as a geek to friends and acquaintences, they were quick to make a sour face and say "Oh no you're not." Geek is still a negative word to the world outside of
Yes, ripping movies and distributing them on the Internet is wrong. But personally, I have very little sympathy for Lucas or his cause. He deserves this and a whole lot more. Why? Because, contrary to popular belief he, not Jar Jar ruined Star Wars. With his 'digital movie' bullshit, he asked a very talented group of actors to divert their effort from creating dynamic characters toward just trying to act on in an environment that isn't really there. Lucas wanted them to act in front of a blue screen, and what he got was them acting LIKE they were in front of a blue screen. Asshole.
Gee, Katz, outside of me missing extreme sarcasm, it looks like you're pleading 9-and-up-year-olds to learn to act like assholes. Wow, that's bound to grant them respect from theatre-owners and the MPAA right away!
Slashdot says Linux is good --> Slashdot has a post about a poll involving linux --> I will be cool if I vote for linux --> I vote for Linux.
....
Hey, what's a kernel?
Maybe perhaps it's time to vote again if you
1) Have actually installed Linux
2) Have actually gotten your sound card and video card properly configured in Linux
3) Actually intend on supporting Sierra in a Linux game development effort.
And if you haven't noticed, the number of votes has gone from the low thousands DOWN to about 350. It looks like Sierra is trying to counter the 'SlashDot Defect' by perhaps resetting the polls.
Well this is an interesting turn of events. If you've been watching the Sierra site lately, you'll see that the Mac and Linux users are duking it out pretty feverishly. 5 minutes ago Mac was up to 60% and now it's down to about 50% running neck and neck with Linux. Whoop. Now it's back up. Now it's back down. This is fun!
Yes folks,
It was a blatantly flawed example. You'll all be pleased to know that as of this morning, I've signed up for Ex-Christian Anger Management therapy. There I hope to learn how to...how you say...LIGHTEN UP!!!!
Okay, the polls would still be accurate under this assumption: everyone that voted has linux properly installed, and has their sound card and video card working at a faily reliable level.
Now what's more plausible? The assumption or the fact that this is an online mob. Distributed networking: yes. Distributed Poll-swaying: no.