...you can have paper that has checkmarks that say "fax this" or "email this" and the software knows what to do.
That sounds like a great idea! Handwritten emails::gasp:: do actually have a use because sometimes you just need to add a complicated diagram of something (a friend wanted me to write a chat program with D&D functions built in, for example) and drawing it on the computer and then attaching it is just too complicated. Same goes for faxing.
Or, you could have a dayrunner know what and where you scheduled something and sync with Outlook. Lotsa possibilities.
I mean, I'm not trying to be a troll, but can't Palms sync with Outlook and also sort your address book, sound alarms, bla bla bla? A digital yet physical organizer is sorta missing the point.
But I think that, to best use this functionality, you would need a wireless connection to send/receive things. A phone, for example, that has a pen like this could be great--you could (using Multimedia Messaging System and somewhat bigger screens--maybe e-ink?) seamlessly integrate typed notes (IR "hovering keyboard") and pictures. Imagine being able to sign a text message or note, or add a quick picture--it could be pretty cool!
Lego can be used to refer to a piece of one of the sets. A brick can be referred to as "a lego", and multiple ones are "legos." And no--if there are two people named Joe in a room, you can say there are "two Joes in the room."
Why don't you use a regexp instead of the first for loop?
Anyway, that sounds pretty cool. What about adding a printer in a drawer so it feeds paper out into a small basket on the desk?
If you don't like it, get off Slashdot. Your post should be modded down to -20, because you're just being a jerk. I never knew there were jerks like you running around on Slashdot trying to keep people from discussing what they want to discuss, and especially when you're too COWARDLY to post with your real name. If you notice I am not posting anonymously because I have no fear of being flamed like you should be.
I'm sorry if this is Flamebait, and mod me down if you must, but this is my first submission and I find it really aggravating when people post things like this.
Thanks for the amazing reply to my first submission...
I was just curious if anyone had done anything interesting with them, because the serial port on the old one, combined with an LCD, keyboard and wireless can make for some cool interfacing things.
<pissed-off>Never mind, I'll just go hide in a corner.</pissed-off>
How about simply trusting servers to keep their data/services protected instead of the network? So let people use your network (maybe a bandwidth cap?) so you don't piss off people (if it's there, ya might as well use it, and if someone's not gonna slow it down for everyone else, ya might as well let them), and then make employees/legit. users give a password
Myself, I have never understood the people who complain that you don't have a right to use someone's network if they leave it wide open. Given the nature of wireless networks, it's like leaving an ethernet plug sitting on the outside of the building and expecting people not to plug into it and use it. Companies should, instead of going for a hard outside and soft, hackable inside (or hard inside, because people will still hack it), go for a soft outside and concentrate on hardening the inside.
But I think a honeypot is really pushing it--I would consider that rude. It's one thing to deny users access to a network that they don't own, but to set up traps trying to annoy them? Besides, someone will use Radio Direction Finding and track down the laptop, and turn it off/break it/steal it.
I have a Cybiko... the current generation can only hop one person, i.e. if you can talk to a person who can talk to your recipient, you can chat. But not infinite hopping. I once started working on a mapping system that would form a P2P network, and all Cybiko's would know who can talk to who--it would be able to draw basically a network map, and send messages to anyone. Well I never finished it, oh well.
<RANT>Cybiko could've been big, but the company announced many "vaporware" attachments (GPS, cellphone, camera, wired modem, wireless modem, cellphone connector kit, etc...) that never came out, they started producing crappy games, and now none, and now they're ignoring their U.S. market--you can't even BUY one now!</RANT>
Yeah, it's just a model of robot camouflage, isn't it?;)</I></P> <P>But I do think it's amazing that someone can put together all the simple parts (find this color, line it up here, etc...) and add some fuzzy logic (which picture to take, when to break the rules, etc...) and actually create something this amazing!</P> <P>Unfortunately, I can't really think of a use for it, because people would know what it is and act like they're being photographed, maybe less so but still, and why would you prefer a robot over a professional photographer? What if the robot messes up or the memory gets corrupted, etc...?<P> <P>Just my $0.02!</P.
Nah, AOL CD's are for shingling your roof, coasters (covered up with something else, of course), frisbees, etc... exploding them is a little too much respect for the horrible ISP!
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Whoops, wasn't supposed to be anonymous... i'm not a coward, you know!
...but it can't be done by five bits in one byte the way Alan Cox suggested, since not all Morse characters are 5 symbols long.
Yes it can--the remaining 3 bits from the byte can hold a number from 0 to 7, which can easily hold the number of dots/dashes in the character. In the five bits, a 0 is a dot and a 1 is a dash. (In the examples, the high 5 bits are the morse and the low 3 are the count.) So 01000010 =.- , 10000100 = -... , etc...
assuming that it is impossible to fake an ID (and we all know how true that one is)
That's not necessarily true, because smart cards have encryption and won't be that easy to fool. Of course, eventually someone will crack it, but it won't be the easy "cut 'n' paste" or "drag 'n' drop" (with a scanner) job it is now.
Also, you should put up a section of the most absurd "fake user interface" (message boxes, "security 'alert", "if the above 'link' is blinking, you're a sucker", etc...)-type banner ads--they drive me crazy as a nerd but some newbs I know are idiots and actually think they're part of the browser/OS.
Can you hook it up to the internet via an Ethernet network and have it share coffee with other, similar machines, and can you give it a Bluetooth connection so it pours you a cup when you enter the room?
That is what I have done with my Cybiko. I basically use it to keep track of school projects and homework--it has an application to keep track of homework, and for projects I just keep notes on what's due when and who I'm working with in a text file.
I don't really think they're useless, because having your notes or assignments neatly listed and organized prevents slip-ups that can happen if a paper gets lost. Also, Cybiko, just like Handspring's devices, has an offline email-synchronizer. When I had group projects in math, I would take notes in the meetings and jot down things, and email them to the entire group when I got home. Also, it saved time because we could all get each other's names, phone numbers, and AIM sn's in one email instead of jotting them down.
Then make the mouse cursor really big and make the text have higher resolution instead of smaller size. Besides, there are many 64 MB video cards--it would fit... okay, so it's sorta nuts, but somewhat bigger res (2000x1500) would be nice
Yeah, it seems to be really slow--and it is always the first thing to crash when my system crashes. Winamp can play WMA's, and I *think* it uses its own plugin, cuz microsoft requested that it only be able to play thru the speakers and no other output plugins, so it isn't ms's engine (i think lol)
That sounds cool... How come companies always make bigger and bigger screens but the resolution always stays pretty much the same--how come we aren't seeing 4000x3000 pixel screens yet?
That's a stupid bug but I assume it is because it stores the decimal part as pure binary... still stupid though
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If you plug in a joystick it could be pretty easy, or a real keyboard. But it *would* be somewhat cool to be able to rail someone by just tapping on them! =D
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That sounds like a great idea! Handwritten emails ::gasp:: do actually have a use because sometimes you just need to add a complicated diagram of something (a friend wanted me to write a chat program with D&D functions built in, for example) and drawing it on the computer and then attaching it is just too complicated. Same goes for faxing.
It's easier than that!
I mean, I'm not trying to be a troll, but can't Palms sync with Outlook and also sort your address book, sound alarms, bla bla bla? A digital yet physical organizer is sorta missing the point.
But I think that, to best use this functionality, you would need a wireless connection to send/receive things. A phone, for example, that has a pen like this could be great--you could (using Multimedia Messaging System and somewhat bigger screens--maybe e-ink?) seamlessly integrate typed notes (IR "hovering keyboard") and pictures. Imagine being able to sign a text message or note, or add a quick picture--it could be pretty cool!
Lego can be used to refer to a piece of one of the sets. A brick can be referred to as "a lego", and multiple ones are "legos." And no--if there are two people named Joe in a room, you can say there are "two Joes in the room."
Why don't you use a regexp instead of the first for loop? Anyway, that sounds pretty cool. What about adding a printer in a drawer so it feeds paper out into a small basket on the desk?
If you don't like it, get off Slashdot. Your post should be modded down to -20, because you're just being a jerk. I never knew there were jerks like you running around on Slashdot trying to keep people from discussing what they want to discuss, and especially when you're too COWARDLY to post with your real name. If you notice I am not posting anonymously because I have no fear of being flamed like you should be. I'm sorry if this is Flamebait, and mod me down if you must, but this is my first submission and I find it really aggravating when people post things like this.
Thanks for the amazing reply to my first submission...
I was just curious if anyone had done anything interesting with them, because the serial port on the old one, combined with an LCD, keyboard and wireless can make for some cool interfacing things.
<pissed-off>Never mind, I'll just go hide in a corner.</pissed-off>
Yes, I know...
How about simply trusting servers to keep their data/services protected instead of the network? So let people use your network (maybe a bandwidth cap?) so you don't piss off people (if it's there, ya might as well use it, and if someone's not gonna slow it down for everyone else, ya might as well let them), and then make employees/legit. users give a password
Myself, I have never understood the people who complain that you don't have a right to use someone's network if they leave it wide open. Given the nature of wireless networks, it's like leaving an ethernet plug sitting on the outside of the building and expecting people not to plug into it and use it. Companies should, instead of going for a hard outside and soft, hackable inside (or hard inside, because people will still hack it), go for a soft outside and concentrate on hardening the inside.
But I think a honeypot is really pushing it--I would consider that rude. It's one thing to deny users access to a network that they don't own, but to set up traps trying to annoy them? Besides, someone will use Radio Direction Finding and track down the laptop, and turn it off/break it/steal it.
Just my two cents...
That's very good--I don't live in CA but I have gotten spammed a couple of times on a cell phone.
Keep at it!
--Tom
I have a Cybiko... the current generation can only hop one person, i.e. if you can talk to a person who can talk to your recipient, you can chat. But not infinite hopping. I once started working on a mapping system that would form a P2P network, and all Cybiko's would know who can talk to who--it would be able to draw basically a network map, and send messages to anyone. Well I never finished it, oh well.
<RANT>Cybiko could've been big, but the company announced many "vaporware" attachments (GPS, cellphone, camera, wired modem, wireless modem, cellphone connector kit, etc...) that never came out, they started producing crappy games, and now none, and now they're ignoring their U.S. market--you can't even BUY one now!</RANT>
Yeah, it's just a model of robot camouflage, isn't it? ;)</I></P>
<P>But I do think it's amazing that someone can put together all the simple parts (find this color, line it up here, etc...) and add some fuzzy logic (which picture to take, when to break the rules, etc...) and actually create something this amazing!</P>
<P>Unfortunately, I can't really think of a use for it, because people would know what it is and act like they're being photographed, maybe less so but still, and why would you prefer a robot over a professional photographer? What if the robot messes up or the memory gets corrupted, etc...?<P>
<P>Just my $0.02!</P.
LOL. No, but then again it could filter the traffic to allow access to built-in power management without a serial or ethernet connection...
Anyone have info on changes in manufacturing od CD's over the years that might explain this?
Well of course, the newer it is the crappier LOL... like in the Simpsons episode where Bart meets Buck McCoy:
Bart: "What's this lunch box made of?" ::tap tap tap::
Buck: "Oh, back in our day, we had a thing called metal!"
Bart: "Me-tal... hmmmm..."
Nah, AOL CD's are for shingling your roof, coasters (covered up with something else, of course), frisbees, etc... exploding them is a little too much respect for the horrible ISP!
Whoops, wasn't supposed to be anonymous... i'm not a coward, you know!
...but it can't be done by five bits in one byte the way Alan Cox suggested, since not all Morse characters are 5 symbols long. Yes it can--the remaining 3 bits from the byte can hold a number from 0 to 7, which can easily hold the number of dots/dashes in the character. In the five bits, a 0 is a dot and a 1 is a dash. (In the examples, the high 5 bits are the morse and the low 3 are the count.) So 01000010 = .- , 10000100 = -... , etc...
assuming that it is impossible to fake an ID (and we all know how true that one is)
That's not necessarily true, because smart cards have encryption and won't be that easy to fool. Of course, eventually someone will crack it, but it won't be the easy "cut 'n' paste" or "drag 'n' drop" (with a scanner) job it is now.
Sounds like a good idea.
Also, you should put up a section of the most absurd "fake user interface" (message boxes, "security 'alert", "if the above 'link' is blinking, you're a sucker", etc...)-type banner ads--they drive me crazy as a nerd but some newbs I know are idiots and actually think they're part of the browser/OS.
Damn, I wanted to say that!
Well you can try for "Last Post" at 11:59PM on December 31st... =D
Can you hook it up to the internet via an Ethernet network and have it share coffee with other, similar machines, and can you give it a Bluetooth connection so it pours you a cup when you enter the room?
That is what I have done with my Cybiko. I basically use it to keep track of school projects and homework--it has an application to keep track of homework, and for projects I just keep notes on what's due when and who I'm working with in a text file.
I don't really think they're useless, because having your notes or assignments neatly listed and organized prevents slip-ups that can happen if a paper gets lost. Also, Cybiko, just like Handspring's devices, has an offline email-synchronizer. When I had group projects in math, I would take notes in the meetings and jot down things, and email them to the entire group when I got home. Also, it saved time because we could all get each other's names, phone numbers, and AIM sn's in one email instead of jotting them down.
Then make the mouse cursor really big and make the text have higher resolution instead of smaller size. Besides, there are many 64 MB video cards--it would fit... okay, so it's sorta nuts, but somewhat bigger res (2000x1500) would be nice
Yeah, it seems to be really slow--and it is always the first thing to crash when my system crashes. Winamp can play WMA's, and I *think* it uses its own plugin, cuz microsoft requested that it only be able to play thru the speakers and no other output plugins, so it isn't ms's engine (i think lol)
That sounds cool... How come companies always make bigger and bigger screens but the resolution always stays pretty much the same--how come we aren't seeing 4000x3000 pixel screens yet?
That's a stupid bug but I assume it is because it stores the decimal part as pure binary... still stupid though
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If you plug in a joystick it could be pretty easy, or a real keyboard. But it *would* be somewhat cool to be able to rail someone by just tapping on them! =D