I think it's pretty clear that the next generation of 'netbooks' will be based on ARM chips to finally achieve the power efficiency and long battery life that will make them truly useful.
Linux has already made this transition but Vista7 won't be able to run on ARM so I think that it will be limited to the 'high power' more expensive netbooks.
An e-ink screen would be a nice addition to a low power netbook but it will probably be a limited market.
Can you tell the difference between 73F and 74F?... or 18F and 19F?... If so, you're a much more sensitive person than I am.
(BTW, my car, Audi, has 0.5C degree steps in the climate control... totally useless... just means that I have to punch the buttons more to change the temp.... OTOH, my wife used to love the old 'analogue' temperature controls... in winter she would just jam the lever all the way to the max and just leave it there... in the summer, all the way to the minimum... this keeps life simple.)
The "Tree Style Tab" Add-on for Firefox does a much better job of organizing tabs. It gives you hierarchical tab trees that can be collapsed when you have lots open. It's great.
Authentication is a problem for these cards but there is a way around it. The Asus WL-330g is a very small portable access point that has a WiFi Cafe mode where it can connect (with authentication and other nonesense) to a WiFi access point and then offer an 'open' WiFi connection that the Eye-fi should be able to connect to...
"As the old saying goes: if it aint broke don't fix it!"
I believe the problem is that Windows OS and applications are seriously broken and represent an immediate threat to business. It does need to be fixed (and so far, UAC is not doing the job).
At some point people need to look at mass transit. You can only build so many freeways. It sounds like this freeway is maxed out and the next logical development would be some type of mass transit (light rail probably).
I've been using Ubuntu since I'm a newbie with Linux and don't have to edit conf files. I figure if I can install it, anyone can.
Our version of Outlook is 2003 and the help file doesn't even mention access to personal folders (except Tasks, Notes, Journal) so this must be some newfangled feature in a later version. No fancy pulldown menus in this version.
Yes, Thunderbird is not that great but it's a lot better than Outlook Web Access (or even the desktop Outlook, for that matter).
I don't know if he/she is a troll but the lack of specificity and briefness of the post leads me to be suspicious. Slashdot is probably not the best place to get advice on installing and configuring Linux. So many discussions just degenerate into non-specific moaning and groaning.
For the past few years I haven't had to resort to any configuration wizardry to get Linux running. Mostly it 'just works' and if I need help, I just do a Google search and usually find the answer quickly from one of the many Linux resources.
It does take time to learn a new OS... I remember first using the Mac many years ago. I was 'contaminated' by Windows and had a hard time learning the Mac way of doing things. You have to learn how the OS does things and where to look for stuff but Linux has been fairly easy to set up and use in the past five years.
On Outlook web access... It's just a very primitive web email reader... state of the art 10 years ago. It does the basics but after using Gmail or Yahoo, you realize how much better it could be. Very slow and cumbersome to use. Plus... I can't search my messages (even the search in the Windows desktop version is pitiful) and I don't have access to any messages that I have filed in folders (this may be a configuration issue but I have been unable to resolve it). I end up loading my pst files into Thunderbird for searching and access to folders.
I have used Linux full time for the past 5 years on many different machines (primarily Ubuntu) and have never had a dependency problem. This includes machines where I do install lots of extra software (graphics, video, office apps, software development, etc.).
What makes you think the original poster was NOT trolling. We get these posts all of the time... "I tried to use Linux (? how long ago) on some old crappy hardware (? what hardware) and I gave up after an hour"
This is trolling.
My personal experience in trying to use Linux is probably more typical. I tried installing it starting about 10 years ago and had pain for a few years. Starting about 5 years ago the distros improved and everything I have tried to install it on since has "just worked" (sometimes with a few tweaks)... probably a total of about 20 different random machines (laptops and desktops).
I now work completely in Linux (and so do many of my friends and neighbors). I even installed Linux on my (very large corporate locked down WinXP) laptop and use the MS Exchange Mail through the MS web interface (absolute worst piece of crap software ever... but that's another story).
Not according to Wikipedia which defines teen pregnancy:
"Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage or underage girl (usually within the ages of 13-17) becoming pregnant. The term in everyday speech usually refers to women who have not reached legal adulthood, which varies across the world, who become pregnant."
Unfortunately it's not a bug, or even a design flaw. Microsoft's in the position of trying to placate as many customers as they can. They tried doing security the "correct" way with Vista...
I don't think they did it right in Vista. What good is security that irritates users into clicking OK for everything (and to top if off, still has holes in it)?
I don't understand why they just didn't do it like Linux which has rock solid security and absolutely none of that irritating UAC dialog. They had five years to rewrite the OS and they still did a lame job of security.
I have probably had a lot more real world experience than you but my personal anecdotal experience is really irrelevant. For the record, I have done all three of your points... you didn't set a very high bar... only 5 employees... only one business... only dealing with bureaucrats in one country... you must have a sheltered life experience.
The original post was referring to the macroeconomic effect of government fees and as long as the fees are spent on goods and services they are a boost to the economy.
We all expect services from government and we all have to pay taxes to pay for these. I value health care, education in addition to roads, police, fire, etc. You may have different priorities but you do need government unless you live in a cave with no possibility of an external threat.
I don't think the stimulus bill has any plans to 'break windows'. It seems that the plan (other than the tax cuts) all goes to making things and providing necessities (health care, unemployment insurance, public works).
The Iraq war could be seen as an example of the broken window fallacy but Obama is trying to get us out of that pointless mess.
I'm not sure I see how government fees hurt the economy. The government seems to spend all of its receipts on goods and services such as the stimulus plan so this would seem to help the economy.
If the government didn't spend the money and did something crazy like pay down the national debt, that would not stimulate the economy but I don't think that is likely to happen for a few years.
I personally pay my taxes by check in the mail and no guns are involved. If you are paying your taxes at gunpoint then I think you may be doing it wrong. Perhaps you are actually paying it to a local bandito group.
There are several things to check. 1. Do you get a receipt? 2. Do they say thank you? 3. Do you have an opportunity to fill out a customer service questionnaire? 4. Do they have a toll free number to call if you have questions about your payment?
If you cannot answer 'Yes' to all of these questions, then the people with guns are probably not a legitimate government and you should call your local sheriff to run them off. (You can find the number for your local sheriff in the telephone book under 'Government services'. The sheriff is funded by your taxes and is happy to assist in running off banditos.)
Spreadsheets are the wrong tool. It's distressing to hear that everyone in the banking world uses Excel. Spreadsheets are very prone to 'programming' errors and are opaque to auditing. No wonder the financial whiz kids screwed up so badly. Send these people back to school to learn some real computer science.
So will the nerd bar help her set up a non-administrator account and configure all of her software so that it still runs... I tried this before myself but it was a nightmare so I ended up just reinstalling Windows, antivirus, firewall, etc. with the default Windows configuration (as administrator)
It's so hard to be a responsible parent. I really should switch her to Linux. That would be the most responsible thing to do. They have a non-administrator mode that really works.
You can turn off signatures in your user preferences. I did this years ago so I don't have to see all the crap people put in their sigs.
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You must have a really odd computer. I haven't had any problems with video display on any of my machines with Compiz. They are a random collection of various machines... none very high end.
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Sorry to disappoint you but Linux is just as easy. On my Ubuntu machines, the camera is recognized when plugged in and f-spot downloads the images (you do have to click the download button), photo manager displays the photos (and yes you can 'fix' them) and you can email from the photo manager. No configuration required.
I have used a WISP for the past few years because it was the only option. Unfortunately, my experience has been the same... high prices ($60/mo.), slow speed (512/512), bandwidth caps (5 Gig/mo), frequent outages, high latency.
Fortunately, ATT just installed a DSL substation across the street from me (I was formerly 18000 ft from central office) and now I can get their minimal package 1.5/0.5 for $15/mo.
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Linux has already made this transition but Vista7 won't be able to run on ARM so I think that it will be limited to the 'high power' more expensive netbooks.
An e-ink screen would be a nice addition to a low power netbook but it will probably be a limited market.
(BTW, my car, Audi, has 0.5C degree steps in the climate control... totally useless... just means that I have to punch the buttons more to change the temp.... OTOH, my wife used to love the old 'analogue' temperature controls... in winter she would just jam the lever all the way to the max and just leave it there... in the summer, all the way to the minimum... this keeps life simple.)
The "Tree Style Tab" Add-on for Firefox does a much better job of organizing tabs. It gives you hierarchical tab trees that can be collapsed when you have lots open. It's great.
Portable Firefox works on my locked down WinXP corp PC.
Authentication is a problem for these cards but there is a way around it. The Asus WL-330g is a very small portable access point that has a WiFi Cafe mode where it can connect (with authentication and other nonesense) to a WiFi access point and then offer an 'open' WiFi connection that the Eye-fi should be able to connect to...
I believe the problem is that Windows OS and applications are seriously broken and represent an immediate threat to business. It does need to be fixed (and so far, UAC is not doing the job).
At some point people need to look at mass transit. You can only build so many freeways. It sounds like this freeway is maxed out and the next logical development would be some type of mass transit (light rail probably).
Our version of Outlook is 2003 and the help file doesn't even mention access to personal folders (except Tasks, Notes, Journal) so this must be some newfangled feature in a later version. No fancy pulldown menus in this version.
Yes, Thunderbird is not that great but it's a lot better than Outlook Web Access (or even the desktop Outlook, for that matter).
For the past few years I haven't had to resort to any configuration wizardry to get Linux running. Mostly it 'just works' and if I need help, I just do a Google search and usually find the answer quickly from one of the many Linux resources.
It does take time to learn a new OS... I remember first using the Mac many years ago. I was 'contaminated' by Windows and had a hard time learning the Mac way of doing things. You have to learn how the OS does things and where to look for stuff but Linux has been fairly easy to set up and use in the past five years.
On Outlook web access... It's just a very primitive web email reader... state of the art 10 years ago. It does the basics but after using Gmail or Yahoo, you realize how much better it could be. Very slow and cumbersome to use. Plus... I can't search my messages (even the search in the Windows desktop version is pitiful) and I don't have access to any messages that I have filed in folders (this may be a configuration issue but I have been unable to resolve it). I end up loading my pst files into Thunderbird for searching and access to folders.
I have used Linux full time for the past 5 years on many different machines (primarily Ubuntu) and have never had a dependency problem. This includes machines where I do install lots of extra software (graphics, video, office apps, software development, etc.).
This is trolling.
My personal experience in trying to use Linux is probably more typical. I tried installing it starting about 10 years ago and had pain for a few years. Starting about 5 years ago the distros improved and everything I have tried to install it on since has "just worked" (sometimes with a few tweaks)... probably a total of about 20 different random machines (laptops and desktops).
I now work completely in Linux (and so do many of my friends and neighbors). I even installed Linux on my (very large corporate locked down WinXP) laptop and use the MS Exchange Mail through the MS web interface (absolute worst piece of crap software ever... but that's another story).
"Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage or underage girl (usually within the ages of 13-17) becoming pregnant. The term in everyday speech usually refers to women who have not reached legal adulthood, which varies across the world, who become pregnant."
Unfortunately it's not a bug, or even a design flaw. Microsoft's in the position of trying to placate as many customers as they can. They tried doing security the "correct" way with Vista...
I don't think they did it right in Vista. What good is security that irritates users into clicking OK for everything (and to top if off, still has holes in it)?
I don't understand why they just didn't do it like Linux which has rock solid security and absolutely none of that irritating UAC dialog. They had five years to rewrite the OS and they still did a lame job of security.
The original post was referring to the macroeconomic effect of government fees and as long as the fees are spent on goods and services they are a boost to the economy.
We all expect services from government and we all have to pay taxes to pay for these. I value health care, education in addition to roads, police, fire, etc. You may have different priorities but you do need government unless you live in a cave with no possibility of an external threat.
The Iraq war could be seen as an example of the broken window fallacy but Obama is trying to get us out of that pointless mess.
I'm not sure I see how government fees hurt the economy. The government seems to spend all of its receipts on goods and services such as the stimulus plan so this would seem to help the economy.
If the government didn't spend the money and did something crazy like pay down the national debt, that would not stimulate the economy but I don't think that is likely to happen for a few years.
There are several things to check. 1. Do you get a receipt? 2. Do they say thank you? 3. Do you have an opportunity to fill out a customer service questionnaire? 4. Do they have a toll free number to call if you have questions about your payment?
If you cannot answer 'Yes' to all of these questions, then the people with guns are probably not a legitimate government and you should call your local sheriff to run them off. (You can find the number for your local sheriff in the telephone book under 'Government services'. The sheriff is funded by your taxes and is happy to assist in running off banditos.)
Spreadsheets are the wrong tool. It's distressing to hear that everyone in the banking world uses Excel. Spreadsheets are very prone to 'programming' errors and are opaque to auditing. No wonder the financial whiz kids screwed up so badly. Send these people back to school to learn some real computer science.
It's so hard to be a responsible parent. I really should switch her to Linux. That would be the most responsible thing to do. They have a non-administrator mode that really works.
Can I bring in my daughter's malware infested PC and have them clean it up?
You can turn off signatures in your user preferences. I did this years ago so I don't have to see all the crap people put in their sigs.
You must have a really odd computer. I haven't had any problems with video display on any of my machines with Compiz. They are a random collection of various machines... none very high end.
Sorry to disappoint you but Linux is just as easy. On my Ubuntu machines, the camera is recognized when plugged in and f-spot downloads the images (you do have to click the download button), photo manager displays the photos (and yes you can 'fix' them) and you can email from the photo manager. No configuration required.
Fortunately, ATT just installed a DSL substation across the street from me (I was formerly 18000 ft from central office) and now I can get their minimal package 1.5/0.5 for $15/mo.
I'll choose 'later'.
Already been done... Bat Bomb