AMD isn't hurting that much from even the HPaq and eMachines stinks, are they?
I do remember that they are (not so much now, though) hurting from the stinks of things like VIA MVP3 chipsets back in the K6 days. So much so, that the trolls STILL say "AMD is unstable, and Athlons are made in Chip Hell" (in case you don't know, it's from the adequacy.org archives).
IBM? I won't even try to speak to that - partially because I'm not sure WHY they dropped out of the PC business (NOT the server business - all they've got now is CPUs and servers).
However, HP and Compaq had two problems. First, they had eMachines syndrome - they made shitty hardware, and people were starting to realize it. Second, as somebody else said, HP is an ink delivery mechanism for their printers. They're not a computer company. They're not a camera company. They're not even a printer company. They're a flipping ink company.
Dell hardware is MUCH better than HPaq hardware (not saying much, mind you - I'd rather avoid Dell, given the chance). Sure, HPaq and IBM use(d) AMD. (Servers only, for IBM, though, last I checked - the PC division, which was the only one sold off, used all Intel, IIRC) However, there are other factors leading to the downfall of those companies.
15. If these things are digital film, should I keep them out of the airport X-ray machines? X-rays can damage photographic film because they are a form of energy similar to light energy, but we cannot see it. Film will "see" X-rays and record them. The energy is not enough to affect flash media, so they are safe for the X-ray equipment used in airports. Very large doses of radiation, however, such as those proposed as security for U.S. postal letters, will destroy flash media as well as any information on them.
Hmm... enough radiation to fry the media, but not enough to fry the employee...
A degausser won't work, as flash media isn't magnetic (it'll kill a USB hard drive, though). MAYBE a HUGE amount of ESD would do the trick, but it could also be lethal.
FWIW, I found a laptop with IR, and downloaded some games over to my phone. I know that I can download stuff over the Internet with my phone (haven't tried that, though - don't have the Vision plan, and they charge $0.01/kB if you don't have the plan), though.
You are currently using 2 MB (0%) of your 2057 MB.
Now, it'll NEVER hit infinity, but this is nice.
However, the more interesting thing (to me, anyway) is that they appear to properly sniff for Opera 8, and let it into the standard view (before, they saw "Opera", and forced it into basic HTML (unless you ID'd as IE)).
RealNetworks removed wmplayer.exe (or whatever it's called nowadays). However, they did NOT remove the DirectShow framework, which Microsoft did. Word requires DirectShow to view videos. XP RME, from what I've heard, does not have DirectShow. They should try installing WMP on RME, and try again.
First off, Opera's still innovating. Who has voice? Not Firefox, that's for sure... Who has small screen rendering? Not MiniMo (yet, anyway)...
And, I've heard Opera's biggest moneymaker is NOT the desktop, where one can pay $0 and get text ads instead. It's mobile, where they're the only good game in town on some OSes (and they're working on Windows Smartphone - Pocket PC and Palm will be the only major OSes lacking Opera).
Verify that the user agent ignores target names that do not start with an alphabetical character (a-z, A-Z)
Test for assertion 6.16-1
This is 6_16-BF-01c.html
When you click on this link, 6_16-BF-01f.html should load in THIS WINDOW, NOT in the window where 6_16-BF-01d.html is now. According to the spec, user agents must ignore target names that do not begin with an alphabetic character.
(puts it in the D window)
7_4_2-BF-02 The TITLE element (fails miserably - but does any browser actually PASS that one?)
11_2_6-BF-02 Table cells: The TH and TD elements (on columns, colspan = 0 is set to 1, not all)
13_3-BF-01 Generic inclusion: the OBJECT element (no image displays)
13_3_1-BF-01 Rules for rendering objects (renders the object anyway, even though it shouldn't be able to)
13_5-BF-01 Notes on embedded documents (text didn't show)
13_6_1-BF-02 Client-side image maps: the MAP and AREA elements (fails - some parts are clickable)
16_2_2-BF-02 The FRAME Element (fails - cells are not vertically resizable if in the same row as nonresizable cells, even if noresize isn't set)
They're under 4, with all features except voice (they've been holding at 3.5-3.6, actually, since the 6.0 days, IIRC). Firefox is at 4.5, last I checked, with much less features than Opera.
I've got a friend who uses Hotmail that I tried to give an invite to. Her reasons for not switching: Hotmail was a better domain name, and she had 250MB - why bother switching to 1GB?
(And that was BEFORE I told her GMail was by Google - for some reason, she hates Google, yet uses MSN).
However, one thing to think of - little kids will almost certainly have web browsers and Notepad (or the Mac equivalent) at home. JavaScript (although it's a BITCH to debug) could do the job...
Then again, Python IS Free (but (IIRC), the Python-2.4.msi on my UFD is about 12-13MB).
Or, you could use LogMeIn for free, and not have to worry about getting through firewalls and fighting dynamic IPs (and dynamic DNS services), because it does all the hard work for you.
Now, if you DON'T mind doing this (I was already working with that, because I was running a web server), Ultr@VNC is the way to go on Windows. TightVNC on everything else.
Well, keep in mind, IBM could switch to the commodity PowerPC 970(FX), and use cheaper components. Here's specs on the cheapest one, for those too lazy to click the link:
As I said, cheaper components. PowerPC 970FX instead of POWER4+, commodity GPU instead of proprietary, SATA HDD instead of SCSI, and then you could actually get away with a cheap DVD burner, and a 5.1 sound card.
Hmm... are you thinking a really cheap version of this?
1-way SMP with 1.0GHz or 1 or 2-way 1.45GHz POWER4+ microprocessor
1.5MB L2 and 8MB ECC L3 cache
Up to 16GB of ECC SDRAM memory with Chipkill
Up to 4 Ultra320 SCSI hot-swap 10K or 15K RPM disk drives
Six PCI-X adapter slots
Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100 Ethernet standard
Select from 2D and 3D graphics accelerators
IBM's CATIA V4 performance leader.
STUPID, STUPID, STUPID PEOPLE (although PrecisionTime seems to be popular on Windows XP, and Windows XP has a (semi-neutered) NTP client built-in, not needing PrecisionTime or any other time app)...
On my Nokia 6225 (not a Symbian phone), I can change that setting from Menu>Settings>Time settings>Auto-update of date & time. Grabs it from the network, auto time zone compensation.
Actually, on Sprint, they've already got flat-rate MMS (actually, I'm not sure whether it's true MMS, but it has the same effect). $15/mo with $10/mo free downloads for the regular Vision plan, $15/mo with $5/mo free downloads and unlimited Picture Mail (MMS-like service) for the Vision Picture plan.
Should SBC, Verizon, or Sprint pay for the international calls that the dialer that snuck onto your PC when you downloaded that "download this program for the best XXX" thingy made? NO!
Should Cingular or T-Mobile pay for the MMS messages that this Trojan/worm uses to replicate, especially after you told it "Yes, I KNOW this thing is unsigned and may be dangerous, but I want to install it anyway"? NO!
I once got spammed at my phone number @messaging.sprintpcs.com, and it never showed up on my bill as a recieved text message (and my phone didn't have any text message packages on it).
FWIW, it got sent from "miriam at hotmail dot com", and was advertising some update at some background check service. (I spamproofed it because it was almost certainly spoofed, and don't want to hurt innocent people.)
Opera's close to being small enough on J2ME, but many devices don't have enough memory, even for Opera.
BREW is simply a framework on top of J2ME, so everything that applies to J2ME applies here, but apparently most BREW devices have enough memory, and Opera got paid enough.
MiniMo is TRYING to shrink. That said, Opera is by FAR the best.
On Pocket PC, there ARE some PIE alternatives (some of which embed PIE).
You are totally correct on Smartphone, I was just saying that RIGHT NOW, PIE is the only real option (Opera previews aren't always the greatest thing to run - betas, on the other hand, are OK).
I was trying to say that Opera should watch out, and make sure they keep ahead of MiniMo (PIE is so hopelessly behind, all they need to do is port to Pocket PC, in addition to Smartphone, and they'll have at LEAST PIE, if not MiniMo killed). Not hard for Opera to keep innovating - try Opera 8 Beta 2;-)
On my Nokia 6225 (Sprint), I can press the left arrow, and get a menu that says the following:
Create text message this is SMS Create Picture Mail IIRC, this is MMS Messages folders for SMS and MMS Voicemail msgs. self-explanatory E-mail Link to PCS Vision mail
I can get to the same menu by entering the main menu, and going down to "Messaging".
FWIW, my old Nokia 3588i (also Sprint) was the same way, except it didn't have the picture mail (no camera), and it didn't have the E-mail (no WAP support).
Something kinda interesting: You can send/recieve e-mail from the SMS/MMS system. Your normal e-mail address for the phone is (your Vision user name)@sprintpcs.com. However, if I want to send it as a text message, I can send it to (phone number (no dashes, IIRC))@messaging.sprintpcs.com. I can also put an e-mail address in as a recipient on a text message.
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AMD isn't hurting that much from even the HPaq and eMachines stinks, are they?
I do remember that they are (not so much now, though) hurting from the stinks of things like VIA MVP3 chipsets back in the K6 days. So much so, that the trolls STILL say "AMD is unstable, and Athlons are made in Chip Hell" (in case you don't know, it's from the adequacy.org archives).
IBM? I won't even try to speak to that - partially because I'm not sure WHY they dropped out of the PC business (NOT the server business - all they've got now is CPUs and servers).
However, HP and Compaq had two problems. First, they had eMachines syndrome - they made shitty hardware, and people were starting to realize it. Second, as somebody else said, HP is an ink delivery mechanism for their printers. They're not a computer company. They're not a camera company. They're not even a printer company. They're a flipping ink company.
Dell hardware is MUCH better than HPaq hardware (not saying much, mind you - I'd rather avoid Dell, given the chance). Sure, HPaq and IBM use(d) AMD. (Servers only, for IBM, though, last I checked - the PC division, which was the only one sold off, used all Intel, IIRC) However, there are other factors leading to the downfall of those companies.
A degausser won't work, as flash media isn't magnetic (it'll kill a USB hard drive, though). MAYBE a HUGE amount of ESD would do the trick, but it could also be lethal.
Ah... I misunderstood your post.
FWIW, I found a laptop with IR, and downloaded some games over to my phone. I know that I can download stuff over the Internet with my phone (haven't tried that, though - don't have the Vision plan, and they charge $0.01/kB if you don't have the plan), though.
I've actually got IrDA on my Nokia 6225, but haven't tried it...
Actually, I think I'll grab the software - I'm at my college, where they've got laptops in the library with IrDA ports...
What about non-BREW-based CDMA phones (like Sprint phones)?
I actually haven't tried, because a cable for my Nokia 6225 would cost a lot, and I can't even afford an el-cheapo USB IR dongle (the 6225 has IR).
However, the more interesting thing (to me, anyway) is that they appear to properly sniff for Opera 8, and let it into the standard view (before, they saw "Opera", and forced it into basic HTML (unless you ID'd as IE)).
Ah, I think here's what happened...
RealNetworks removed wmplayer.exe (or whatever it's called nowadays). However, they did NOT remove the DirectShow framework, which Microsoft did. Word requires DirectShow to view videos. XP RME, from what I've heard, does not have DirectShow. They should try installing WMP on RME, and try again.
First off, Opera's still innovating. Who has voice? Not Firefox, that's for sure... Who has small screen rendering? Not MiniMo (yet, anyway)...
And, I've heard Opera's biggest moneymaker is NOT the desktop, where one can pay $0 and get text ads instead. It's mobile, where they're the only good game in town on some OSes (and they're working on Windows Smartphone - Pocket PC and Palm will be the only major OSes lacking Opera).
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16_2_2-BF-03 The FRAME element (depends - no scrollbars are shown on scrolling="no", but wheel still scrolls it)
18_2_1-BF-02 The SCRIPT element (fails)
18_2_3-BF-14 Intrinsic events (fails)
Whew...
However, there is no CSS test suite, or a JavaScript test suite (some JavaScript is tested in this, but not much).
6_16-BF-01 Frame Target Names (part C/D/F(puts it in the D window)
7_4_2-BF-02 The TITLE element (fails miserably - but does any browser actually PASS that one?)
11_2_6-BF-02 Table cells: The TH and TD elements (on columns, colspan = 0 is set to 1, not all)
13_3-BF-01 Generic inclusion: the OBJECT element (no image displays)
13_3_1-BF-01 Rules for rendering objects (renders the object anyway, even though it shouldn't be able to)
13_5-BF-01 Notes on embedded documents (text didn't show)
13_6_1-BF-02 Client-side image maps: the MAP and AREA elements (fails - some parts are clickable)
16_2_2-BF-02 The FRAME Element (fails - cells are not vertically resizable if in the same row as nonresizable cells, even if noresize isn't set)
They're under 4, with all features except voice (they've been holding at 3.5-3.6, actually, since the 6.0 days, IIRC). Firefox is at 4.5, last I checked, with much less features than Opera.
I've got a friend who uses Hotmail that I tried to give an invite to. Her reasons for not switching: Hotmail was a better domain name, and she had 250MB - why bother switching to 1GB?
(And that was BEFORE I told her GMail was by Google - for some reason, she hates Google, yet uses MSN).
Gotta agree with you there...
However, one thing to think of - little kids will almost certainly have web browsers and Notepad (or the Mac equivalent) at home. JavaScript (although it's a BITCH to debug) could do the job...
Then again, Python IS Free (but (IIRC), the Python-2.4.msi on my UFD is about 12-13MB).
Or, you could use LogMeIn for free, and not have to worry about getting through firewalls and fighting dynamic IPs (and dynamic DNS services), because it does all the hard work for you.
Now, if you DON'T mind doing this (I was already working with that, because I was running a web server), Ultr@VNC is the way to go on Windows. TightVNC on everything else.
In my area, the phones are labelled "TracFone (phone - either a Nokia something or a Motorola V120) CDMA".
Well, keep in mind, IBM could switch to the commodity PowerPC 970(FX), and use cheaper components. Here's specs on the cheapest one, for those too lazy to click the link:
;-))
CPU: 1x 1GHz POWER4+ (32-bit, it seems)
GPU: GXT135P (16MB VRAM) (2D GPU)
Net: Gigabit, 10/100
RAM: 1GB DDR
HDD: 36.4GB U320 SCSI 10,000RPM
Optical drive: NONE
Floppy drive: NONE (why bother, though?)
Sound card: NONE
Input devices: Keyboard, three button mouse (no wheel?
As I said, cheaper components. PowerPC 970FX instead of POWER4+, commodity GPU instead of proprietary, SATA HDD instead of SCSI, and then you could actually get away with a cheap DVD burner, and a 5.1 sound card.
Hmm... are you thinking a really cheap version of this?
1-way SMP with 1.0GHz or 1 or 2-way 1.45GHz POWER4+ microprocessor
1.5MB L2 and 8MB ECC L3 cache
Up to 16GB of ECC SDRAM memory with Chipkill
Up to 4 Ultra320 SCSI hot-swap 10K or 15K RPM disk drives
Six PCI-X adapter slots
Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100 Ethernet standard
Select from 2D and 3D graphics accelerators
IBM's CATIA V4 performance leader.
I've gotten the "cowardly way out" speech so... many... freaking... times...
STUPID, STUPID, STUPID PEOPLE (although PrecisionTime seems to be popular on Windows XP, and Windows XP has a (semi-neutered) NTP client built-in, not needing PrecisionTime or any other time app)...
On my Nokia 6225 (not a Symbian phone), I can change that setting from Menu>Settings>Time settings>Auto-update of date & time. Grabs it from the network, auto time zone compensation.
Actually, on Sprint, they've already got flat-rate MMS (actually, I'm not sure whether it's true MMS, but it has the same effect). $15/mo with $10/mo free downloads for the regular Vision plan, $15/mo with $5/mo free downloads and unlimited Picture Mail (MMS-like service) for the Vision Picture plan.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!
Should SBC, Verizon, or Sprint pay for the international calls that the dialer that snuck onto your PC when you downloaded that "download this program for the best XXX" thingy made? NO!
Should Cingular or T-Mobile pay for the MMS messages that this Trojan/worm uses to replicate, especially after you told it "Yes, I KNOW this thing is unsigned and may be dangerous, but I want to install it anyway"? NO!
I once got spammed at my phone number @messaging.sprintpcs.com, and it never showed up on my bill as a recieved text message (and my phone didn't have any text message packages on it).
FWIW, it got sent from "miriam at hotmail dot com", and was advertising some update at some background check service. (I spamproofed it because it was almost certainly spoofed, and don't want to hurt innocent people.)
Opera's close to being small enough on J2ME, but many devices don't have enough memory, even for Opera.
;-)
BREW is simply a framework on top of J2ME, so everything that applies to J2ME applies here, but apparently most BREW devices have enough memory, and Opera got paid enough.
MiniMo is TRYING to shrink. That said, Opera is by FAR the best.
On Pocket PC, there ARE some PIE alternatives (some of which embed PIE).
You are totally correct on Smartphone, I was just saying that RIGHT NOW, PIE is the only real option (Opera previews aren't always the greatest thing to run - betas, on the other hand, are OK).
I was trying to say that Opera should watch out, and make sure they keep ahead of MiniMo (PIE is so hopelessly behind, all they need to do is port to Pocket PC, in addition to Smartphone, and they'll have at LEAST PIE, if not MiniMo killed). Not hard for Opera to keep innovating - try Opera 8 Beta 2
On my Nokia 6225 (Sprint), I can press the left arrow, and get a menu that says the following:
Create text message this is SMS
Create Picture Mail IIRC, this is MMS
Messages folders for SMS and MMS
Voicemail msgs. self-explanatory
E-mail Link to PCS Vision mail
I can get to the same menu by entering the main menu, and going down to "Messaging".
FWIW, my old Nokia 3588i (also Sprint) was the same way, except it didn't have the picture mail (no camera), and it didn't have the E-mail (no WAP support).
Something kinda interesting: You can send/recieve e-mail from the SMS/MMS system. Your normal e-mail address for the phone is (your Vision user name)@sprintpcs.com. However, if I want to send it as a text message, I can send it to (phone number (no dashes, IIRC))@messaging.sprintpcs.com. I can also put an e-mail address in as a recipient on a text message.