I almost bought a PSP this weekend after reading that Sony had released firmware with a browser. What stopped me was the price of 1GB memory stick at > $100. There is no way I will pay that when 1GB memory keys, CF, and SD exist at 1/2 that price.
This device is close except for the screen size and what sounds like a proprietary wireless setup. Why are they not using 802.11?
"Built-in voice recorder. Capture that big idea anywhere. Tape important lectures. Take notes hands-free. Or, record a slideshow narration to accompany your photos. It's all possible with this integrated, go-anywhere audio functionality."
This is the stupidest thing I have every heard of. If I write a letter with my big red pencil and my "Big Chief" pad, am I oppressing Native American's too?
Shakespear was right - Henry VI Part 2, act iv: scene ii: THE FIRST THING WE DO, LET'S KILL ALL THE LAWYERS
Let us think of a computer processing unit as a juggler, and bytes as mangoes. Older CPUs would juggle one mango at a time, and frequently require modifications to the stage to boot. Around the 1980s, they could juggle two mangoes. Then four around 1990, and today as many as eight at a time! Now you would be expected to be quite impressed with each leap, notwithstanding the fact that you really wanted a juggler that could handle melons, grapefruit, or watermelon slices instead of (or in addition to) mangoes. In addition, the fact that you are juggling in a zoo where a primate is free to grab your fruit and substitute twigs (or worse!)
I prefer to use this instead, it has the "Automatic Pulp Ejection" module. The loud noise also keeps the primates away...
Last week had two events of significance for me. One was the digitizer on my Palm Tungsten T died and the other was the Sony PSP was released. The problem is that I don't want either of them. There is nothing that I want to replace my TT with and I don't want a PSP.
What I want is the Apple Newton II!
Here is my recipe for the new Newton:
One Tapwave Zodiac (gaming but Palm compatability)
One PSP (screen aspect ratio and quality, build quality, 802.11/USB, and a (soon) real game library)
one Zaurus SL-C3000 (modern CPU hardware, form factor with keyboard and touchscreen (twistable), open source OS (linux or xBSD), hard drive, CF slots), real I/O
Add iPod mini functionality and storage >= 10Gb
Add Newton HWR(inkwell?) and general Newton goodness
Add replacable AA batteries that will last a FULL day so I'm never stuck
Vendor support of an active development community MS Outlook sync for PDA functions (calendar and contacts) (my job requires it, what can I say....)
Stir to make it all cool and integrated and still be work meeting/date/wife safe
I would pay $699 tomorrow for all of this and even pay $50 a year for a software subscription for the basics.
I agree with you, just add a 4-10GB 1" hard drive to your list. The real killer would be PalmOS compatability with all of the above. If the current version had a compact flash slot instead of yet another format of memory, I would have bought one.
Newton + IPod (>=10Gb) + lightweight BSD/OSX on modern hardware (i.e. Zaurus SL-3000 size and form factor) with WiFi,USB 2.0, Outlook sync (for work), PalmOS emulation, Sony PSP screen resolution, and no shit 8 hours of battery life for less than $600.
I don't think it is bad, it is just a natural part of the business cycle. Successful companies grow. Sooner or later they get big and slow and unable to respond to changes in the market and young upstarts fill the emerging niches. Microsoft did it to IBM, Linux is doing it to Microsoft, etc.
EA has already experienced some of it. The Jane's series was a great franchise and had some great programmers. EA screwed it up with bad business decisions.. Hungry russian programmers developed IL-2 and Lomac to fill the niche and Jane's is gone.
Much of the state of Israel survived the past 150 or so years by forming kibutzim, which were small communities that pooled resources much in a communistic manner. Granted, as the country prospered, the importance of the kibutzim has faded, and most kibutzim are more and more privatized every year.
You forget, as do many idealists here on/. that the above example is by choice. Communism is by coercion. People in communist countries don't have a choice and they generally can't leave.
Patents, property rights, etc. all stem from a critical concept - "I am Free" .
Relevent/. example:
1) I am free to code something and sell it or give it away. Because it is mine, I have that choice. Because I wrote it, because it is the product of my effort, it is mine to do with what I want.
To abstract that to the key concept - I am free to do anything as long as it does not infringe on others rights.
The socialists and communists, etc. always try to skew it to "you have it, I want(phrased as need) it, therefore you are infringing on my rights" - they then use coercive tactics like government, taxes, and worse to take it.
DON'T BE FOOLED!
Creative altruism is good, good for society, and in the long run, good for the race and species. Just remember, anything that values the collective above the individual is evil.
If you want to give away your code, I salute you and thank you! More importantly, I salute YOUR right to choose that course of action and I will fight for that right.
There are many abuses of capitalism and it is not perfect. It is however, the best and most fairest way of distributing resources because it acknowleges the individuals right to own their labor. Remember, monopolies always fail in a FREE market. If you want MS to fail, demand of the government that they protect the free market. That is the governments job.
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I almost bought a PSP this weekend after reading that Sony had released firmware with a browser. What stopped me was the price of 1GB memory stick at > $100. There is no way I will pay that when 1GB memory keys, CF, and SD exist at 1/2 that price.
This device is close except for the screen size and what sounds like a proprietary wireless setup. Why are they not using 802.11?
Oh well, I will keep looking and waiting...
These guys are on crack. This is a neat idea but I think they slipped a decimal point. There is no way I would pay more than $29.95 for this.
New Newton in the works?
Everything I want except Outlook Sync and storage for a movie or two...
Keep trying Palm and Nokia, you've almost got it!
Newton II where are you?
from the palm page:/ lifedrive/details.epl
http://www.palmone.com/us/products/mobilemanagers
"Built-in voice recorder.
Capture that big idea anywhere. Tape important lectures. Take notes hands-free. Or, record a slideshow narration to accompany your photos. It's all possible with this integrated, go-anywhere audio functionality."
Shakespear was right - Henry VI Part 2, act iv: scene ii: THE FIRST THING WE DO, LET'S KILL ALL THE LAWYERS
Let us think of a computer processing unit as a juggler, and bytes as mangoes. Older CPUs would juggle one mango at a time, and frequently require modifications to the stage to boot. Around the 1980s, they could juggle two mangoes. Then four around 1990, and today as many as eight at a time! Now you would be expected to be quite impressed with each leap, notwithstanding the fact that you really wanted a juggler that could handle melons, grapefruit, or watermelon slices instead of (or in addition to) mangoes. In addition, the fact that you are juggling in a zoo where a primate is free to grab your fruit and substitute twigs (or worse!)
I prefer to use this instead, it has the "Automatic Pulp Ejection" module. The loud noise also keeps the primates away...
There next morning, there was a small black cube resembling in size the 2001 obelisk sized like the stonehenge in Spinal Tap.
I tried airsnort but the cube just sits there... Any suggestions?
Dear Steve,
Last week had two events of significance for me. One was the digitizer on my Palm Tungsten T died and the other was the Sony PSP was released. The problem is that I don't want either of them. There is nothing that I want to replace my TT with and I don't want a PSP.
What I want is the Apple Newton II!
Here is my recipe for the new Newton:
One Tapwave Zodiac (gaming but Palm compatability)
One PSP (screen aspect ratio and quality, build quality, 802.11/USB, and a (soon) real game library)
one Zaurus SL-C3000 (modern CPU hardware, form factor with keyboard and touchscreen (twistable), open source OS (linux or xBSD), hard drive, CF slots), real I/O
Add iPod mini functionality and storage >= 10Gb
Add Newton HWR(inkwell?) and general Newton goodness
Add replacable AA batteries that will last a FULL day so I'm never stuck
Vendor support of an active development community
MS Outlook sync for PDA functions (calendar and contacts) (my job requires it, what can I say....)
Stir to make it all cool and integrated and still be work meeting/date/wife safe
I would pay $699 tomorrow for all of this and even pay $50 a year for a software subscription for the basics.
What do you say Steve, can I have one?
I agree with you, just add a 4-10GB 1" hard drive to your list. The real killer would be PalmOS compatability with all of the above. If the current version had a compact flash slot instead of yet another format of memory, I would have bought one.
Newton + IPod (>=10Gb) + lightweight BSD/OSX on modern hardware (i.e. Zaurus SL-3000 size and form factor) with WiFi,USB 2.0, Outlook sync (for work), PalmOS emulation, Sony PSP screen resolution, and no shit 8 hours of battery life for less than $600.
Steve, let me know when I can place my pre-order!
Oh, does that mean it can be used for Microsoft Windows code?
Customers bemoan changes in Quicken 2005
Let's feed them spammers and phishers email and website addresses and let it feed on bandwidth!
PayPal phone number: 1-888-221-1161
Anyone have a link to those gems?
OMFG, one of our reactors is MISSING!!!!
EA has already experienced some of it. The Jane's series was a great franchise and had some great programmers. EA screwed it up with bad business decisions.. Hungry russian programmers developed IL-2 and Lomac to fill the niche and Jane's is gone.
It will happen again to EA.
A portion of the profits (~50%) when I make a profit. I still need about $25 to break even.
Did you want to buy something?
I've posted a lot on this but it does seem to me that this hardware would be a very good start for an updated Apple Newton platform.
Just add Wi-fi, Inkwell, good syncing, and use the BSD port as the base OS.
I still want something smaller than a 12" powerbook that I can handwrite input.
Beer is good!
i.e. solar->electricity->h + 0 ->h2o + heat
there would be energy (heat) loss at every step. Net result would be the same - conservation of energy and all that - right?
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Free games:
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http://www32.ocn.ne.jp/~yss/index.html
You forget, as do many idealists here on /. that the above example is by choice. Communism is by coercion. People in communist countries don't have a choice and they generally can't leave.
Patents, property rights, etc. all stem from a critical concept - "I am Free" .
Relevent /. example:
1) I am free to code something and sell it or give it away. Because it is mine, I have that choice. Because I wrote it, because it is the product of my effort, it is mine to do with what I want.
To abstract that to the key concept - I am free to do anything as long as it does not infringe on others rights.
The socialists and communists, etc. always try to skew it to "you have it, I want(phrased as need) it, therefore you are infringing on my rights" - they then use coercive tactics like government, taxes, and worse to take it.
DON'T BE FOOLED!
Creative altruism is good, good for society, and in the long run, good for the race and species. Just remember, anything that values the collective above the individual is evil.
If you want to give away your code, I salute you and thank you! More importantly, I salute YOUR right to choose that course of action and I will fight for that right.
There are many abuses of capitalism and it is not perfect. It is however, the best and most fairest way of distributing resources because it acknowleges the individuals right to own their labor. Remember, monopolies always fail in a FREE market. If you want MS to fail, demand of the government that they protect the free market. That is the governments job. Read Who is John Galt?