that phase will not last long. Already here in the Netherlands I can get almost 100% coverage (granted, we're a small country) and my provider has contracts with most other European countries so I don't pay through the nose there.
I pay something like 60-70 EUR a month for flat-fee UMTS access.
Ah, you are right on 'palmOS is nicer than CE' bit. I've been a loyal palm user for years (III, V, Vx, m505) but in the end I switched to CE because Palm kept dragging their feet on the wireless, CE devices typically have higher processor speeds, and because it seemed most software developers were switching to CE as well. So I've resigned myself to CE hell, which mostly seems to consists of resetting the device on a regular basis, and doing a hard reset once in a while.
But once you have Super Mario World running on your CE-based PDA, well, welcome to the dark side;)
I dunno about the Treo's screen size (read: too lazy to google) but usually I have my Dell X300 with me; a subnotebook with 12" or 13" screen (can't remember) and all the trimmings of a fullsize notebook (pentium M, 1 Gb RAM, 80 Gb HD) at a lousy 1.17 Kg.
MAYBE if I didn't have that I'd be interested.
OTOH, everything you can watch futurama on is a good thing;) *sigh* I still miss that show. What a sap I am.
browsing the web and watching video (there's also a TV tuner coming for the DS) on freakishly small screens is how I like to spend my geeking days. NOT.
Seriously, what is up with manufacturers? I don't want TV on my mobile. I don't want to watch video on an iPod. I do not want to surf the web on my DS (yes, I have a DS, and its GREAT... for games)
Does anyone think this is really cool, and something they'll use every day? Is this what you have been waiting for all these years? Especially in this time of small ultra-portable full-featured sub-notebooks?
well the PVR is SUPPOSED to be 2 350's in a single card. But from the myth mailing list I gather that the 500 support can be a bit hairy. I haven't checked in a month or two so maybe it's working OK now.
So at the time I opted for the 350, don't remember the price but it was cheaper than what you mention, while the 500 was brand-spanking new at the time and so more expensive.
Ah, I used to send everything out over the 350's TV-out card, but no 2d/3d hardware acceleration meant playing MAME sucked.
So I got a cheap Geforce FX5600 (I think) card with TV out and use that.
As for your 'how was it done' question; I set up the X server to use the PCR-350's tv out and that was pretty much it. But again, a cheap $30 PCI geforce card work much better.
I've been using it for ~ ayear now, it's permanently got around 3 months of recorded TV on it (which gets scanned for commercial breaks, cut up, and then converted to xvid to save space), I use it (of course) to watch live TV (the 'pause' and tv guide functions rule) , it's got all my downloaded movies/series on it (it uses RSS+bittorrent to get new stuff automatically), it's got and plays my MAME and SNES rom collection, it indexes and plays my MP3 collection (from a network share on a different comp).
It also keeps the GF off my back (honey, you can't watch Charmed now (because I'm going to watch $SFSERIES) but I'm recording it for you:)
I don't have/plan on having a video ipod any time soon but as I can turn TV into xvid I can't imagine it'll be very hard to save a copy to ipod format, mencoder and transcode are some of the most powerful video conversion tools I've seen.
Interesting, I also am quick to pick up on new languages. I can recall the exact lyrics for every song I've ever liked but definitely not the notes.
I don't know how old your boy is but I wish him lots of strength and luck during his school years; mine were hell up to university. After I finished schooling I naturally drifted into a IT career (right now I've some 15 years of corporate IT under my belt) where being 'odd' is more or less a given.
Then again, I was only diagnosed at the age of 23 so no special attention/care was provided to shield me from my rather brutal peers. All in the past I suppose.
Much as I like GITS (because it IS excellent) series one has been out forever and series two (the 2nd gig) has been floating around the P2P nets for a while. Why don't you review 'back to the future' while you're at it?
Oooh, I feel that monday morning snark coming on. Need more coffee.
that scares me. Sure, this is only a question about the industry in which you work. This other site asks you if you're married or not. Another if you have babies. Slowly but surely outfits like these are building a profile of you that would put the FBI and most stalkers to shame.
Maybe we are overreacting but what happens with this data in the long run? Who controls it? If the company that holds it goes bankrupt or is bought by another, where does the data go?
OK, but still; I am a KDE user and when I install FC4 I thick the little box that says 'kde' and untick the box that says 'gnome' and the next thing you know you are staring at a fresh KDE desktop with little (if any) trace of gnome (also one 'yum upgrade' later).
Fedora Cora is pretty KDE-centric as well. I run a couple of FC4 machines with KDE 3.4 which works well. My MythTV box even runs on FC4+KDE.
But when I RTFA, it seems that Novell is just undergoing some internal restructuring (read: sacking people) and it says: "The entire KDE graphical interface and product family will continue to be supported and delivered on OpenSuSE," said Mancusi-Ungaro."
And if it all goes south, you can still compile from source, no?
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Flogging a dead horse.
Seriously, you are stuck with the guy. Ride it out, vote him out. Or not.
"3G internet costs a fortune to use"
that phase will not last long. Already here in the Netherlands I can get almost 100% coverage (granted, we're a small country) and my provider has contracts with most other European countries so I don't pay through the nose there.
I pay something like 60-70 EUR a month for flat-fee UMTS access.
"The significance of his remarks was missed because of his effusive and eccentric delivery..."
is THAT what that monkey dance is called. Hey, mom! I'm not a total wingnut! I'm effusive and eccentric!
Dell Axim (cheap is good). Buttonmasher games won't work very well. RPGs play well.
Ah, you are right on 'palmOS is nicer than CE' bit. I've been a loyal palm user for years (III, V, Vx, m505) but in the end I switched to CE because Palm kept dragging their feet on the wireless, CE devices typically have higher processor speeds, and because it seemed most software developers were switching to CE as well. So I've resigned myself to CE hell, which mostly seems to consists of resetting the device on a regular basis, and doing a hard reset once in a while.
;)
But once you have Super Mario World running on your CE-based PDA, well, welcome to the dark side
see
http://fms.komkon.org/MorphGear/
a NES/SNES/gameboy/GBA/Sega mastersystem/sega gamegear emulator. Kick. Ass.
I dunno about the Treo's screen size (read: too lazy to google) but usually I have my Dell X300 with me; a subnotebook with 12" or 13" screen (can't remember) and all the trimmings of a fullsize notebook (pentium M, 1 Gb RAM, 80 Gb HD) at a lousy 1.17 Kg.
;)
MAYBE if I didn't have that I'd be interested.
OTOH, everything you can watch futurama on is a good thing
*sigh* I still miss that show. What a sap I am.
browsing the web and watching video (there's also a TV tuner coming for the DS) on freakishly small screens is how I like to spend my geeking days. NOT.
Seriously, what is up with manufacturers? I don't want TV on my mobile. I don't want to watch video on an iPod. I do not want to surf the web on my DS (yes, I have a DS, and its GREAT... for games)
Does anyone think this is really cool, and something they'll use every day? Is this what you have been waiting for all these years? Especially in this time of small ultra-portable full-featured sub-notebooks?
well the PVR is SUPPOSED to be 2 350's in a single card. But from the myth mailing list I gather that the 500 support can be a bit hairy. I haven't checked in a month or two so maybe it's working OK now.
So at the time I opted for the 350, don't remember the price but it was cheaper than what you mention, while the 500 was brand-spanking new at the time and so more expensive.
Ah, I used to send everything out over the 350's TV-out card, but no 2d/3d hardware acceleration meant playing MAME sucked.
So I got a cheap Geforce FX5600 (I think) card with TV out and use that.
As for your 'how was it done' question; I set up the X server to use the PCR-350's tv out and that was pretty much it. But again, a cheap $30 PCI geforce card work much better.
I have a Hauppage PVR-350 which works great with myth AND comes with a perfectly supported remote.
I've been using it for ~ ayear now, it's permanently got around 3 months of recorded TV on it (which gets scanned for commercial breaks, cut up, and then converted to xvid to save space), I use it (of course) to watch live TV (the 'pause' and tv guide functions rule) , it's got all my downloaded movies/series on it (it uses RSS+bittorrent to get new stuff automatically), it's got and plays my MAME and SNES rom collection, it indexes and plays my MP3 collection (from a network share on a different comp).
:)
It also keeps the GF off my back (honey, you can't watch Charmed now (because I'm going to watch $SFSERIES) but I'm recording it for you
I don't have/plan on having a video ipod any time soon but as I can turn TV into xvid I can't imagine it'll be very hard to save a copy to ipod format, mencoder and transcode are some of the most powerful video conversion tools I've seen.
Blu-ray Discs Won't Be Bought.
Freedom of speech is a Good Thing (tm) but its not a license to say anything you want at any time. People self-censor.
For instance, you could go into the office tomorrow and tell your boss you think he's a complete asshole and a clueless fuck, yes?
Even if that was your opinion, you would probably moderate your free speech either somewhat, or completely, or be out of a job real soon.
I too think the reaction of the muslim community is completely over the top, but don't kid yourself, you are not a dove by a long shot.
Interesting, I also am quick to pick up on new languages. I can recall the exact lyrics for every song I've ever liked but definitely not the notes.
I don't know how old your boy is but I wish him lots of strength and luck during his school years; mine were hell up to university. After I finished schooling I naturally drifted into a IT career (right now I've some 15 years of corporate IT under my belt) where being 'odd' is more or less a given.
Then again, I was only diagnosed at the age of 23 so no special attention/care was provided to shield me from my rather brutal peers. All in the past I suppose.
Having been diagnosed as being in the autistic spectrum (Asperger) I can hardly say that it is surprising:
THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU MARRY AN APE TO AN ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER.
It's not a defect, it's evolution in action.
meh, I got a laugh out of it.
ooh, nice snark. (truly no sarcasm intended)
Much as I like GITS (because it IS excellent) series one has been out forever and series two (the 2nd gig) has been floating around the P2P nets for a while. Why don't you review 'back to the future' while you're at it?
Oooh, I feel that monday morning snark coming on. Need more coffee.
teach a man to fish...
that scares me. Sure, this is only a question about the industry in which you work. This other site asks you if you're married or not. Another if you have babies. Slowly but surely outfits like these are building a profile of you that would put the FBI and most stalkers to shame.
Maybe we are overreacting but what happens with this data in the long run? Who controls it? If the company that holds it goes bankrupt or is bought by another, where does the data go?
...as if millions of geeks suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
Seriously. Firefly = same guy who wrote Buffy. Trying SF. With cowboys.
Major suckage. Futurama must return!
According to this graph: 1 in 3. So not very atypical. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bmi30chart.png
OK, but still; I am a KDE user and when I install FC4 I thick the little box that says 'kde' and untick the box that says 'gnome' and the next thing you know you are staring at a fresh KDE desktop with little (if any) trace of gnome (also one 'yum upgrade' later).
If not KDE-centric at the least its KDE friendly.
Fedora Cora is pretty KDE-centric as well. I run a couple of FC4 machines with KDE 3.4 which works well. My MythTV box even runs on FC4+KDE.
But when I RTFA, it seems that Novell is just undergoing some internal restructuring (read: sacking people) and it says:
"The entire KDE graphical interface and product family will continue to be supported and delivered on OpenSuSE," said Mancusi-Ungaro."
And if it all goes south, you can still compile from source, no?
He was making what is colloquially known as a 'joke'. Look it up sometime ,huh?