Hmm, so they represent headings in the document? Or is this a completely different sort of document than a Word document? More like Onenote integrated in Word? (yep, I'm really clueless, I guess;)
Seems to me that you can easily store a list of passwords and challenges on a small device with an lcd-screen. Since OPIE passwords do not depend on the time or date, you can just use a list, no? You just have to renew it after some time (e.g. 100 logins) but that's not a major problem.
My laptop (HP tc1100) has the same behaviour but I assumed it was a software problem (Windows XP, you know). I assumed that because it doesn't recover after hibernation but a normal boot (ignoring the hibernation 'file', or how do you call that?) goes fine. So, can this be a hardware thing?
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I think the poster was talking about magneto-optical disks (see for instance http://www.sony.net/Products/MO-Drive/) and not about cd/dvd media. I was always told that MO-disks last much longer. Does somebody have experience with this kind of stuff?
A small (2,5") harddisk may be better. It has more capacity and a smaller form factor. It would be great to provide pc's with a connector so that you can insert the disk and boot it up. A small (Knoppix) linux starts with all your preferences and applications, et voila..
I just bought a HP ScanJet 6250C with ADF on ebay for 100 euros. I have not tried it yet but it scans all pages in the feeder (25?) after a press on the button. Some multifunctionals (fax, printer and scanner in one thing) have a feeder too and are much cheaper than a scanner with an ADF.
And there is a native port for Windows (since you use Word): http://www.home.zonnet.nl/rareitsma/lyx/ It's much easier to set up than the other port (with Cygwin).
I had the same idea a couple of weeks ago. I have a Palm Zire and I really like it. If the screen was bigger (10 inch or so) I could use it to write my phd, do some calculations in a spreadsheet, etc. I don't need a color screen or a fast cpu. However, such devices seem to be quite expensive or don't exist. The closest I found was the Clio Vadem PC-1000 but it has a color screen and is rather big..:(
This Sony thing would be great but I suppose you can't install your own programs on it..
Mandrake 10 runs fine on my SATA-drive. The 2.6 kernel on the installation disc supports it out of the box.. It's a test release but it seems quite stable.
I use the Fedora test distribution (core 2 test 1, i think) and it works with the SATA-controller on my Asus motherboard. However, it's really a test version, a lot of programs crash..
Big advantage is that kernel 2.6 is on the installation cd's so it's installed automagically. You don't have to compile it yourself..
Since a lot of projects need a GUI, how does c# performs on this? Since windows.form is missing from Mono, C# seems pretty useless in this respect. Of course, GTK# exists but then you'll have to rewrite your app anyway.. Java seems a better platform for cross-platform GUI stuff to me. Or are there alternative toolkits available??
I remember that a Belgian athlete (judo) could not enter the Olympic village at the Atlanta (?) games because he had injured his hand and it was swollen. The palm recognition thing refused to grant him access..:-(
How does the performance of this tablet pc compare to say a desktop pc? The site says it has a 1 GHz VIA Antaur processor. Is this as bad as it sounds??
Last week, a Belgian government official said portable bank account numbers should be possible in the very near future. So, you don't have to change your records with your employer, etc. when you close your account. Yummie!:-p
Of course you do. And you check the oil in the gear box and the differential. And you check the fuel filter. And you check the brakes for wear. etcetera. But that's not the point, I suppose..
I own a classic car so I've discovered a lot of things you should check..:-)
You understand that oil changing is a precise process in an expensive and highly sensitive machine.
Sheez, what kind of car do you have?! Changing oil doesn't take more than removing the plug beneath, let the old oil out and pumping new oil in at the top of the engine. Most people don't do it at home because you have to get under the car..
In my experience, XP becomes unstable in at least two situations: you are running Office XP or you use a ADSL/cable-modem. At our office Office XP crashes a lot and yes, it is restarted automatically but it still sucks. Of course this isn't a Windows thing but often Windows XP crashes too if Outlook goes down. Moreover, i've had a lot of trouble with Windows XP and a cable-modem. Both me and a friend had a Windows XP that refused to connect to the internet or timed out 90% of the connections. Installing W2000, W98 or Linux solved the problem immediately. Very strange.. So you might have guessed, I don't like XP. And most of my colleagues hate it too..:-( Linux turned out to be much more stable (but sometimes slow) in my case.
It doesn't matter that Windows 98 is a bit old. I suppose most people only need one or two Windows programs on their linux box. In that case, Windows 98 is quite stable and fast. Much faster than Windows 2000, I think. If you install a dozen of programs, Windows 98 will become sluggish and cluttered (anyway, my copy does) so Windows 2000 may be better..
Of course, it depends on what you mean by 'production environment'. If it's a nuclear plant, I wouldn't trust Windows at all. And Windows in an emulator would even be less attractive..;)
For comparison: yesterday, there was an item on the news that Belgian consumer organisations do not like the big price differences for ambulance rides (not in case of emergencies, these are included in social insurance). The price for a 40 km drive was between 40 and 170 Euro and these organisations want it to be lowered immediately. Quite a difference with the States.. Also note that almost everybody has an additional insurance for costs not covered by social insurance. It costs 40 Euro a year and it covers nearly all costs, including these ambulance rides and almost every other cost you can imagine. You can even get one if you already have a life-threatening disease! (At least at my union, the catholic one)
It's about money, I suppose. Memory cards tend to be very expensive (40 Euro for 8MB, I think) and you definitely need them if you have a PS2. That's easy money for Sony..:-(
Hmm, that's possible but I'm not sure that a big majority of consumers would like this functionality. And this would be necessary to pay back the sunk costs of these networks. Moreover, most services for a cell phone are quite expensive. Even a short message (SMS) costs 20 Eurocents, I think. Continuous broad band access (e.g. for music) will be much more expensive, I suppose. This will limit the adoption by a large group of consumers anyway. I would like see the introduction of such cheap services but I don't think it's economically viable..
I don't know. Some phone companies nearly went bankrupt by developing GPRS networks (and buying very expensive licenses) that did not yield enough revenues. Maybe business users are interested in this technology but the market might be rather small. And cheap broadband and wireless internet access will become a competitor too. Overall, I don't think enough customers (and certainly not consumers) will turn up to pay back the (huge) sunk costs..
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Hmm, so they represent headings in the document? Or is this a completely different sort of document than a Word document? More like Onenote integrated in Word? (yep, I'm really clueless, I guess ;)
Well, office 2004 on the mac has tabs: screenshot. Another to reason to upgrade to MacOS X, I suppose.. ;-)
Indeed, Office 97 rocks man! ;)
Seems to me that you can easily store a list of passwords and challenges on a small device with an lcd-screen. Since OPIE passwords do not depend on the time or date, you can just use a list, no? You just have to renew it after some time (e.g. 100 logins) but that's not a major problem.
My laptop (HP tc1100) has the same behaviour but I assumed it was a software problem (Windows XP, you know). I assumed that because it doesn't recover after hibernation but a normal boot (ignoring the hibernation 'file', or how do you call that?) goes fine. So, can this be a hardware thing?
Look on google for 'stirling engine dish' and you'll find a dozen of similar projects. For instance http://www.ornl.gov/info/news/pulse/pulse_v7_98.ht m.
I think the poster was talking about magneto-optical disks (see for instance http://www.sony.net/Products/MO-Drive/) and not about cd/dvd media. I was always told that MO-disks last much longer. Does somebody have experience with this kind of stuff?
A small (2,5") harddisk may be better. It has more capacity and a smaller form factor. It would be great to provide pc's with a connector so that you can insert the disk and boot it up. A small (Knoppix) linux starts with all your preferences and applications, et voila..
I just bought a HP ScanJet 6250C with ADF on ebay for 100 euros. I have not tried it yet but it scans all pages in the feeder (25?) after a press on the button. Some multifunctionals (fax, printer and scanner in one thing) have a feeder too and are much cheaper than a scanner with an ADF.
And there is a native port for Windows (since you use Word): http://www.home.zonnet.nl/rareitsma/lyx/
It's much easier to set up than the other port (with Cygwin).
I had the same idea a couple of weeks ago. I have a Palm Zire and I really like it. If the screen was bigger (10 inch or so) I could use it to write my phd, do some calculations in a spreadsheet, etc. I don't need a color screen or a fast cpu. However, such devices seem to be quite expensive or don't exist. The closest I found was the Clio Vadem PC-1000 but it has a color screen and is rather big.. :(
This Sony thing would be great but I suppose you can't install your own programs on it..
Mandrake 10 runs fine on my SATA-drive. The 2.6 kernel on the installation disc supports it out of the box.. It's a test release but it seems quite stable.
I use the Fedora test distribution (core 2 test 1, i think) and it works with the SATA-controller on my Asus motherboard. However, it's really a test version, a lot of programs crash..
Big advantage is that kernel 2.6 is on the installation cd's so it's installed automagically. You don't have to compile it yourself..
Since a lot of projects need a GUI, how does c# performs on this? Since windows.form is missing from Mono, C# seems pretty useless in this respect. Of course, GTK# exists but then you'll have to rewrite your app anyway.. Java seems a better platform for cross-platform GUI stuff to me. Or are there alternative toolkits available??
I remember that a Belgian athlete (judo) could not enter the Olympic village at the Atlanta (?) games because he had injured his hand and it was swollen. The palm recognition thing refused to grant him access.. :-(
How does the performance of this tablet pc compare to say a desktop pc? The site says it has a 1 GHz VIA Antaur processor. Is this as bad as it sounds??
Last week, a Belgian government official said portable bank account numbers should be possible in the very near future. So, you don't have to change your records with your employer, etc. when you close your account. Yummie! :-p
Of course you do. And you check the oil in the gear box and the differential. And you check the fuel filter. And you check the brakes for wear. etcetera. But that's not the point, I suppose..
:-)
I own a classic car so I've discovered a lot of things you should check..
You understand that oil changing is a precise process in an expensive and highly sensitive machine.
Sheez, what kind of car do you have?! Changing oil doesn't take more than removing the plug beneath, let the old oil out and pumping new oil in at the top of the engine. Most people don't do it at home because you have to get under the car..
In my experience, XP becomes unstable in at least two situations: you are running Office XP or you use a ADSL/cable-modem. :-(
At our office Office XP crashes a lot and yes, it is restarted automatically but it still sucks. Of course this isn't a Windows thing but often Windows XP crashes too if Outlook goes down.
Moreover, i've had a lot of trouble with Windows XP and a cable-modem. Both me and a friend had a Windows XP that refused to connect to the internet or timed out 90% of the connections. Installing W2000, W98 or Linux solved the problem immediately. Very strange..
So you might have guessed, I don't like XP. And most of my colleagues hate it too..
Linux turned out to be much more stable (but sometimes slow) in my case.
It doesn't matter that Windows 98 is a bit old. I suppose most people only need one or two Windows programs on their linux box. In that case, Windows 98 is quite stable and fast. Much faster than Windows 2000, I think. If you install a dozen of programs, Windows 98 will become sluggish and cluttered (anyway, my copy does) so Windows 2000 may be better..
;)
Of course, it depends on what you mean by 'production environment'. If it's a nuclear plant, I wouldn't trust Windows at all. And Windows in an emulator would even be less attractive..
For comparison: yesterday, there was an item on the news that Belgian consumer organisations do not like the big price differences for ambulance rides (not in case of emergencies, these are included in social insurance). The price for a 40 km drive was between 40 and 170 Euro and these organisations want it to be lowered immediately. Quite a difference with the States..
Also note that almost everybody has an additional insurance for costs not covered by social insurance. It costs 40 Euro a year and it covers nearly all costs, including these ambulance rides and almost every other cost you can imagine. You can even get one if you already have a life-threatening disease! (At least at my union, the catholic one)
It's about money, I suppose. Memory cards tend to be very expensive (40 Euro for 8MB, I think) and you definitely need them if you have a PS2. That's easy money for Sony.. :-(
Hmm, that's possible but I'm not sure that a big majority of consumers would like this functionality. And this would be necessary to pay back the sunk costs of these networks.
Moreover, most services for a cell phone are quite expensive. Even a short message (SMS) costs 20 Eurocents, I think. Continuous broad band access (e.g. for music) will be much more expensive, I suppose. This will limit the adoption by a large group of consumers anyway.
I would like see the introduction of such cheap services but I don't think it's economically viable..
I don't know. Some phone companies nearly went bankrupt by developing GPRS networks (and buying very expensive licenses) that did not yield enough revenues. Maybe business users are interested in this technology but the market might be rather small. And cheap broadband and wireless internet access will become a competitor too.
Overall, I don't think enough customers (and certainly not consumers) will turn up to pay back the (huge) sunk costs..