The layout of this unit reminds me a lot of my Clie UX-40 (which has integrated bluetooth, but no 802.11x). As I recall, when I was searching local retailers for the unit, they were always sold out.
I'm too lazy to look up any sales numbers on the Clie UX series, and I know that Sony has stopped marketing the Clie in the U.S....but it sure SEEMED like the clamsheel design was popular here.
I'm a manager in a shipyard, and the environment is too rugged for me to whipping out a stylist every time I need to input data; I also tend to bump up against things, and subsequently don't favor a design whose screen is always exposed. But, I'm not a huge fan of PalmOS.
Put it this way...with all the bells and whistles this thing has, I'll trade my Clie up and buy one of these in a second...assuming they market them here. And judging from the traffic in websites like 1src.com, there a ton of UX users out there who would probably agree.
I can't be the only person loving the irony of this post.
Given that our education system is a major source of the problem, and considering the grammar/spelling abilities of the poster, one might assume that the poster is a gaming addict.
..I can appreciate that there are probably some security issues with some of the software. I know dick about programming/coding, so I'll stay away from that issue.
What's crazy to me is that this article doesn't say ANYTHING new. Computer scientists have been bitching about the security vulnerabilities of these machines since their inception, but they're being used today.
So what's NEW? How is this NEWS? The bit about the forgotten code was semi-interesting, and the snippet about unguarded machines was intriguing. But if there are 10 million people voting, I'd expect something more substantive than this.
It seems to me that this entire article might just be another anti-Windows/commercial software troll.
*shrug*
They're donating millions of CD's for educational purposes?
I'd love to see what those albums are, and what their educational value truly is. Unless they're delivering symphony recordings and classical masterpieces for a music class, I can't see how that's an advantage for consumer me.
At least when MS donated OS licenses and things, one could argue that Windows machines can actually facilitate learning in all sorts of areas (let the MS flaming begin). This sounds like a cop out to me. Blah.
Yeah, I can see what the benefits of info collection is for Amazon; I think that's fairly obvious.
My point is that they can accomplish the same thing through use of e-mail addresses, or fictitious usernames/passwords; if they don't HAVE my full name, they can't commit an "unfortunate error" with it.
If Amazon.com is repeatedly stating that anonymity is guaranteed for book reviews, what the hell is the purpose of collecting full names from their creators?
Seriously, I'm sick and tired of every major website requiring me to either a.) register for an account or, b.) fill out all of my personal information, before I can actually take advantage of the website's features.
Yeah, yeah, yeah..I know: marketing. But, come on. Requiring an e-mail address (with an opt-out radio button) is fine; do they really need all the other crap?
I'm as interested in science as the next geek. I'm stoked that I understand that lightning is a result of static, and not God striking down his wrath...I'm also happy that I'm not worried about California falling off into the ocean, thanks to Ms. Schneider's geology teaching.
But this might be going a little too far. Love is one of those things that I'm comfortable not understanding - and uncomfortable understanding.
Call me crazy...but I'm happy knowing that I love my fiancee, and thinking that it's because of her humor/mannerisms/beauty/etc.
...so long as they don't sell more than 5,000 albums.:)
"Eisbrecher's record label ZYX Music supports this action and will deliver the first 5000 albums of the group with 2 blanks each."
-Turnip
It's always amusing to read about times when AOL, by itself, had a "future."
I'll probably remember this article every time I see an advertisement for "AOL For Broadband." They spend $100 million on a spirit too free to be a company man, and they spend even more developing an OVERLAY to high-speed internet connections.
Darl suggests in both of his letters that the purpose of the GPL is to undermine copyright laws as they exist now.
What a load.
"Smith and his horse breeders are trying to put Ford and GM out of business! What's more, is that somebody could strap a BOMB on one of those horses and use it for a terrorist attack!"
Here's an idea: try competing. Produce software that people WANT, and sell it.
BTW, I'd love to know what other types of "vicious attacks" SCO has experienced (other than that fake DOS attack a few weeks ago).
...if the lack of infrastructure, efficiency, and all of that were TRULY substantial enough to offset the wage advantage, companies wouldn't be outsourcing overseas.
Unless you think that Carly and the rest of them PREFER to speak to their managers via a translator...
If I see one more post about CEO outsourcing modded up as funny, I'm going to complain again.
I swear, I'll do it.
Tech-types hate management. We get it.
What I find most catching is the comparison between this book (more or less, toys for uber geeks), and books of last century that taught kids how to build things like birdhouses.
Sure, they both let kids do fun things...but the former title encouraged kids to do something OTHER than sit on their asses.
Yes, I'm a geek...but I'm comfortable with tools and physical labor; I owe that to my parents who FORCED me to go outside as a kid. I know too many guys and gals my age, who share my interests in computers, whose legs would have atrophied if the pizza delivery guy actually came IN the house.
I bet the book is fun. But I'll also bet that it's no substitute for teaching "geeks" how to build birdhouses...
I guess that means you'll be willing to cover the cost of at least ONE of my cell phone bills, while they take their sweet ass time..?
After all - every hour that it takes is one hour closer that I come to being charged an unnecessary extra month of service for a phone I'm trying to deactivate.
I'd be interested in seeing the legal fees charged by the lawyers filing these suits, up against the "lost earnings" generated by the files the 261 shared.
Add in the cost of researching to find the greatest violators..I'll bet the results are pretty telling.
"We spent $3 million identifying and prosecuting 261 people who cost us $100 billion by illegally trading high-quality versions of Britney Spears' newest album."
"...targeted e-mail is proving to not only be a viable marketing tool, but an essential one.."
I'm pretty sure this passage was stolen from one of Osama's recruitment flyers. Oh wait, it was BOMBING - not e-mail.
My bad.
I wonder if we can't use this sterilization method on other species? I can think of at least 20 humans who should probably take a quick dose of that jazz...
This is an interesting topic - one that I've heard from software engineers quite a few times before this. Regardless, I'm not sure that this complaint is unique to the software industry.
Ostensibly, managers have had some exposure to the engineering that they're managing; in other worsd, they have an IDEA of what their people are doing. Yet, how often have engineers had ANY exposure whatsoever to the responsibilities/expectations of a manager? I'm educated as both an engineer and a "manager," and switching between the two personas is difficult. But what I find most often is my engineering mind saying "...I know this works. It's got everything we'd ever need, and is better than anything we've done before." While that happens, my management mind says "This is not financially justifiable, and if unsuccessful, will result in blah blah.."
Bottom line: we need ENGINEERING MANAGERS - engineers with exposure to financial/program management mindsets. Similarly, we engineers need to make an effort to understand WHY decisions are made above us. After all, if the company goes belly up on account of a bad management decision, the manager's out of a job too - right?
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I'm too lazy to look up any sales numbers on the Clie UX series, and I know that Sony has stopped marketing the Clie in the U.S....but it sure SEEMED like the clamsheel design was popular here.
I'm a manager in a shipyard, and the environment is too rugged for me to whipping out a stylist every time I need to input data; I also tend to bump up against things, and subsequently don't favor a design whose screen is always exposed. But, I'm not a huge fan of PalmOS.
Put it this way...with all the bells and whistles this thing has, I'll trade my Clie up and buy one of these in a second...assuming they market them here. And judging from the traffic in websites like 1src.com, there a ton of UX users out there who would probably agree.
Don't let us down, Sharp!
Given that our education system is a major source of the problem, and considering the grammar/spelling abilities of the poster, one might assume that the poster is a gaming addict.
Right?
The whole maintenance of our species thing aside, I agree with you.
What's crazy to me is that this article doesn't say ANYTHING new. Computer scientists have been bitching about the security vulnerabilities of these machines since their inception, but they're being used today.
So what's NEW? How is this NEWS? The bit about the forgotten code was semi-interesting, and the snippet about unguarded machines was intriguing. But if there are 10 million people voting, I'd expect something more substantive than this.
It seems to me that this entire article might just be another anti-Windows/commercial software troll.
*shrug*
Even at higher levels, those guys are always suckers for a good Root, (insert random debuff), and bash.
I'd love to see what those albums are, and what their educational value truly is. Unless they're delivering symphony recordings and classical masterpieces for a music class, I can't see how that's an advantage for consumer me.
At least when MS donated OS licenses and things, one could argue that Windows machines can actually facilitate learning in all sorts of areas (let the MS flaming begin). This sounds like a cop out to me. Blah.
My point is that they can accomplish the same thing through use of e-mail addresses, or fictitious usernames/passwords; if they don't HAVE my full name, they can't commit an "unfortunate error" with it.
Seriously, I'm sick and tired of every major website requiring me to either a.) register for an account or, b.) fill out all of my personal information, before I can actually take advantage of the website's features.
Yeah, yeah, yeah..I know: marketing. But, come on. Requiring an e-mail address (with an opt-out radio button) is fine; do they really need all the other crap?
Ugh.
But this might be going a little too far. Love is one of those things that I'm comfortable not understanding - and uncomfortable understanding.
Call me crazy...but I'm happy knowing that I love my fiancee, and thinking that it's because of her humor/mannerisms/beauty/etc.
keke
ugh, not again
wut? u like me? kekekekekeke
It's always amusing to read about times when AOL, by itself, had a "future."
I'll probably remember this article every time I see an advertisement for "AOL For Broadband." They spend $100 million on a spirit too free to be a company man, and they spend even more developing an OVERLAY to high-speed internet connections.
Earthlink gives you that crap for free. :)
What a load.
"Smith and his horse breeders are trying to put Ford and GM out of business! What's more, is that somebody could strap a BOMB on one of those horses and use it for a terrorist attack!"
Here's an idea: try competing. Produce software that people WANT, and sell it.
BTW, I'd love to know what other types of "vicious attacks" SCO has experienced (other than that fake DOS attack a few weeks ago).
Unless you think that Carly and the rest of them PREFER to speak to their managers via a translator...
If I see one more post about CEO outsourcing modded up as funny, I'm going to complain again. I swear, I'll do it. Tech-types hate management. We get it.
What I find most catching is the comparison between this book (more or less, toys for uber geeks), and books of last century that taught kids how to build things like birdhouses. Sure, they both let kids do fun things...but the former title encouraged kids to do something OTHER than sit on their asses. Yes, I'm a geek...but I'm comfortable with tools and physical labor; I owe that to my parents who FORCED me to go outside as a kid. I know too many guys and gals my age, who share my interests in computers, whose legs would have atrophied if the pizza delivery guy actually came IN the house. I bet the book is fun. But I'll also bet that it's no substitute for teaching "geeks" how to build birdhouses...
...that Linus just crafted a well-organized, thorough, LOGICAL explanation.
Someone tell me what good we expect that to do with SCO? Isn't that a little bit like selling make-up to an orc?
...direct descendants of King Arthur are suing Mythic for unauthorized use of the his namesake.
I guess that means you'll be willing to cover the cost of at least ONE of my cell phone bills, while they take their sweet ass time..?
After all - every hour that it takes is one hour closer that I come to being charged an unnecessary extra month of service for a phone I'm trying to deactivate.
In that case, imagine how many slashdot articles you'll be reading over the next 200 years!
I'd be interested in seeing the legal fees charged by the lawyers filing these suits, up against the "lost earnings" generated by the files the 261 shared.
Add in the cost of researching to find the greatest violators..I'll bet the results are pretty telling.
"We spent $3 million identifying and prosecuting 261 people who cost us $100 billion by illegally trading high-quality versions of Britney Spears' newest album."
Wowzers.
"...targeted e-mail is proving to not only be a viable marketing tool, but an essential one.." I'm pretty sure this passage was stolen from one of Osama's recruitment flyers. Oh wait, it was BOMBING - not e-mail. My bad.
I wonder if we can't use this sterilization method on other species? I can think of at least 20 humans who should probably take a quick dose of that jazz...
This is an interesting topic - one that I've heard from software engineers quite a few times before this. Regardless, I'm not sure that this complaint is unique to the software industry. Ostensibly, managers have had some exposure to the engineering that they're managing; in other worsd, they have an IDEA of what their people are doing. Yet, how often have engineers had ANY exposure whatsoever to the responsibilities/expectations of a manager? I'm educated as both an engineer and a "manager," and switching between the two personas is difficult. But what I find most often is my engineering mind saying "...I know this works. It's got everything we'd ever need, and is better than anything we've done before." While that happens, my management mind says "This is not financially justifiable, and if unsuccessful, will result in blah blah.." Bottom line: we need ENGINEERING MANAGERS - engineers with exposure to financial/program management mindsets. Similarly, we engineers need to make an effort to understand WHY decisions are made above us. After all, if the company goes belly up on account of a bad management decision, the manager's out of a job too - right?