Where I live in Switzerland they turn off the power to the hot water heater, washer and dryer every weekday between 11am and 1215. (Supposedly to compensate for everyone cooking lunch at that time.)
If you RTFA (I know that's not really accepted practice) you will see that this is exactly what they are proposing. (i.e. a standardized negotiation protocol for all high usage appliances)
It looks like we are starting to get a better picture of the ability for legacy apps to run and it doesn't look good. Not encouraging that they will allow third party emulators but not provide one themselves.
I agree that the new paradigm is much different so legacy apps would probably look and run like a real kludge.
I'm in Europe also. They did say that a GSM version would be available. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later.
I don't think they mean to control distribution like the iTunes store complete lock down. We will have to wait and see for further details.
It's not clear from the announcement whether they are referring to data or program files. I would assume that reading data files would be a no brainer that wouldn't even merit an announcement. However, applications are difficult. Since the old PalmOS uses the same data structure to store program files, I assumed that they were referring to porting applications. We will have to wait and see what actually appears. I definitely won't spend time writing anything in the old PalmOS.
I happened to buy a new computer when WinME came out so I can testify to the problems. It was just very unstable. It crashed a lot (BSOD) even just running basic browser and MS Office applications. I was very happy to switch to XP when it came out. XP had early problems but was still much better than WinME.
Actually, there are many signs that even our 'high-end' health care is not good for you. The US tends to be very focused on performing procedures (surgery, diagnostic procedures, etc.) since these are reimbursed at absurdly disproportionate rates. (Thousands of dollars per hour).
Unfortunately, many of these procedures are harmful, causing more damage than they prevent. For instance, cardiac catheterization for diagnosis and stent placement (to treat heart disease) has not been shown to provide any long term benefit to patients but it does cause lots of complications (direct morbidity and mortality). The result is very high cost care that actually damages health.
My employer (8000 employees) mandates Windows servers and Windows desktops and crappy Outlook email. I wish it were otherwise but I can still get my work done. I don't work in IT so it's not my problem to keep it all running.
Oh, and Cheney:
1) Have job that pays millions
2) Give it up to earn $200K as VP, be vilified as Darth Vader
3) Profit???
Actually, quite a bit of profit.
Cheney continues to receive deferred compensation from Halliburton as well as having stock options which have mysteriously risen in value by 3,281% in just one of the past years.
This is not correct. You do not own the copyright to mail that is sent to you.
See this link for an amusing take on this situation. A Utah law professor estimates that he could be liable for several billion dollars of fines each year due to email copyright violations as well as other infringements.
Actually, the iPod requires two hands to operate. One to hold it and another to touch the screen. This makes it more difficult to use than my Blackberry where I can operate it with one hand (same hand that holds it operates the thumbwheel). Significantly better especially on the bus, train, driving (I don't do that), etc.
It's always interesting to see people who on the one hand will argue against paying teachers more but on other occasions will argue for the value of high salaries in attracting talented people in the 'free market'.
It seems that they have this cognitive dissonance about teachers who are underpaid compared to the private sector but still should be expected to produce miracles.
Huh? WTF has concerns about cookbook medicine to do with the need for universal access to health care?
I know it doesn't make any sense but their 'train of thought' (such as it is) usually goes from guidelines or best practices to cookbook medicine to fears that the government will start telling them how to practice medicine and patients won't have any choice and this is socialism and communism and worse.
Cookbook medicine has a bad rap. Most doctors would do much better for their patients if they followed solid evidence based guidelines and checklists rather than rely on their failing memories and their biased anecdotal experience.
I won't argue with you about patients asking for an exception to best practice. The drug companies never should have been allowed to advertise direct to patients.
I think that doctors have been undermined by the drug companies on one hand and by the HMOs and insurance companies on the other. They really need to push back and re-establish their authority. Unfortunately, they are not organized into an organization that can represent their interests and patients interests. The AMA sold out a long time ago.
It's amazing how resistant 'modern' medicine is to basic proven work flow improvements such as checklists, treatment guidelines. I think that doctors are the main problem here since they already know everything. The problem is that what they know is out of date, is not practice rigorously, and a lot of their experience is anecdotal evidence which skews their view.
They reflexively cry out against 'cookbook' medicine and 'socialized medicine' while ignoring sound scientific advice.
We really do need an attitude change here in the same way that Detroit needs an attitude change. (Throw the dinosaurs out.)
"Here's the rub: pay for the proprietary software and get service, deployment, and customization with varying degrees of quality. Or get open source projects..."
... and get service, deployment, and customization with varying degrees of quality.
There is still no substitute for doing your job. You still have to evaluate the software.
It's actually very safe to put a blue or white LED directly across a 3 volt battery. If you look at a graph of these diodes voltage versus light output, it's fairly linear in the area of 3 volts. The voltage drop across the diode is 3 volts so you don't need a resistor. It's not until you get above 4 volts that you get into the smoke generation range.
They are $200 each. I have yet to see any of the new crop of netbooks reach this low price. The original Asus was hyped to have that low price but was introduced at twice the price.
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News in the local Swiss paper today had a picture of the new Swiss passport with (you guessed it) biometric RFID tag.
The state of Nevada in the US has an option for none of the above on every ballot. (sometimes 'none' wins).
Where I live in Switzerland they turn off the power to the hot water heater, washer and dryer every weekday between 11am and 1215. (Supposedly to compensate for everyone cooking lunch at that time.)
If you RTFA (I know that's not really accepted practice) you will see that this is exactly what they are proposing. (i.e. a standardized negotiation protocol for all high usage appliances)
Quad band (850, 900, 1800, 1900) chip sets cover everything and are common in most 'world phones' so I don't think this will be a problem.
I agree that the new paradigm is much different so legacy apps would probably look and run like a real kludge.
I'm in Europe also. They did say that a GSM version would be available. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later.
I don't think they mean to control distribution like the iTunes store complete lock down. We will have to wait and see for further details.
It's not clear from the announcement whether they are referring to data or program files. I would assume that reading data files would be a no brainer that wouldn't even merit an announcement. However, applications are difficult. Since the old PalmOS uses the same data structure to store program files, I assumed that they were referring to porting applications. We will have to wait and see what actually appears. I definitely won't spend time writing anything in the old PalmOS.
And good news for Palm OS developers! There are a number of ways to migrate data from a an existing PDB file to your new WebOS app.
I happened to buy a new computer when WinME came out so I can testify to the problems. It was just very unstable. It crashed a lot (BSOD) even just running basic browser and MS Office applications. I was very happy to switch to XP when it came out. XP had early problems but was still much better than WinME.
How does it know the TV is off... duh, if I haven't pressed any of the remote control buttons for a while, it assumes the TV is off... works a charm.
Unfortunately, many of these procedures are harmful, causing more damage than they prevent. For instance, cardiac catheterization for diagnosis and stent placement (to treat heart disease) has not been shown to provide any long term benefit to patients but it does cause lots of complications (direct morbidity and mortality). The result is very high cost care that actually damages health.
My employer (8000 employees) mandates Windows servers and Windows desktops and crappy Outlook email. I wish it were otherwise but I can still get my work done. I don't work in IT so it's not my problem to keep it all running.
Oh, and Cheney: 1) Have job that pays millions 2) Give it up to earn $200K as VP, be vilified as Darth Vader 3) Profit???
Actually, quite a bit of profit.
Cheney continues to receive deferred compensation from Halliburton as well as having stock options which have mysteriously risen in value by 3,281% in just one of the past years.
See this link for an amusing take on this situation. A Utah law professor estimates that he could be liable for several billion dollars of fines each year due to email copyright violations as well as other infringements.
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Actually, the common practice of including a copy of an email when replying violates copyright. We all violate copyright daily.
The government budget is controlled by corporate interests who bribe our politicians. The only role of the 'American people' is to pay for it.
Actually, the iPod requires two hands to operate. One to hold it and another to touch the screen. This makes it more difficult to use than my Blackberry where I can operate it with one hand (same hand that holds it operates the thumbwheel). Significantly better especially on the bus, train, driving (I don't do that), etc.
It seems that they have this cognitive dissonance about teachers who are underpaid compared to the private sector but still should be expected to produce miracles.
You get what you pay for.
I know it doesn't make any sense but their 'train of thought' (such as it is) usually goes from guidelines or best practices to cookbook medicine to fears that the government will start telling them how to practice medicine and patients won't have any choice and this is socialism and communism and worse.
Cookbook medicine has a bad rap. Most doctors would do much better for their patients if they followed solid evidence based guidelines and checklists rather than rely on their failing memories and their biased anecdotal experience.
I won't argue with you about patients asking for an exception to best practice. The drug companies never should have been allowed to advertise direct to patients.
I think that doctors have been undermined by the drug companies on one hand and by the HMOs and insurance companies on the other. They really need to push back and re-establish their authority. Unfortunately, they are not organized into an organization that can represent their interests and patients interests. The AMA sold out a long time ago.
They reflexively cry out against 'cookbook' medicine and 'socialized medicine' while ignoring sound scientific advice.
We really do need an attitude change here in the same way that Detroit needs an attitude change. (Throw the dinosaurs out.)
There is still no substitute for doing your job. You still have to evaluate the software.
It's actually very safe to put a blue or white LED directly across a 3 volt battery. If you look at a graph of these diodes voltage versus light output, it's fairly linear in the area of 3 volts. The voltage drop across the diode is 3 volts so you don't need a resistor. It's not until you get above 4 volts that you get into the smoke generation range.
They are $200 each. I have yet to see any of the new crop of netbooks reach this low price. The original Asus was hyped to have that low price but was introduced at twice the price.
From the weekly stories about Windows problems, I would have to conclude that it is "Not there yet."
DC license plate motto 'Taxation without Representation'. (BTW, to add insult to injury, federal workers in DC don't have to pay tax to DC.)