As I understand it, Jack Kerouac typed "On the Road" on a continuous roll of paper, without page and paragraph breaks. Because of that innovative way he used it, I think his typewriter would be a little more interesting than most.
Just about any software, or any product for that matter, gets its share of reviews in the press, blogs, forums, whatever. With a little bit of searching, a buyer is going to find out all the good and bad about the current version, regardless of its version number.
The analogy fits, this way: there is a bell for the fire department, one for the FBI, one for the CIA, one for DHS...they don't share their information. Then there's a special black bell for Dick Cheney alone. God knows what weird messages he hears!
I'm typing this on my HP zv5000 laptop I got about 1 1/2 years ago. It's a heavy old thing -- not the best for carrying around a lot, but I got it for a good price. It runs Ubuntu just as well as my desktop -- which means there are some of the headaches you'll find with any given distro, but I'm mostly happy with it. I partitioned the 40GB disk into two, first thing after I got it, so it dual-boots to the original Windows XP. Actually, the desktop machine and this laptop are running Kubuntu (KDE), but I've had the Gnome version running too. Either one works -- just the usual idiosyncracies of KDE vs. Gnome.
The built-in Broadcomm wireless works, with ndiswrapper and the Ubuntu (Debian) wireless tools. I've never had the extra buttons working (volume control, "www", "email" etc.), but that's not a big problem to me.
My advice -- what I did when I bought this laptop -- is bring a Knoppix CD and ask to see it boot up before you buy.
Looking behind my desktop computer, I see: two power strips, with wall warts for router, network switch, USB hub, printer server, printer, external drive, speakers, and phone. Couldn't all that be in one box?
IMP Ltd just want to beat this one:
(Also from icWales site)
"MEET the first Welsh owner of the new £130,000 super-Ferrari.
Used-car salesman Andrew Williams, has coveted the iconic Italian car brand since he first saw one on TV aged 12.
But yesterday, 30 years on, he picked up his fifth and most eagerly-awaited Ferrari, an F430 - the first of its kind in Wales."
Wales is a principality, part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is not a county; Wales itself is composed of several counties.
I don't know if a real word processor would work with such a cheap little processor. My computer dealer tells me I really can't live without word processing software at least as powerful as Microsoft Word. Word is, of course, the choice of most professionals, who do have a lot of money to spend to get the very best. I did once have an older version of Word (Word 6.0), but it wouldn't open any of the newer documents that my friends write with their newer Word 2000, and MS Office XP. (I'm sure I need something with an "X" in it.) It would cost only about $200 or so to upgrade. But I'm told I would need a much faster computer, and at least 512MB of memory, as well as an upgrade to Windows XP. (I do need an "X"!)
I know it sounds expensive, but do really want to be able to add all the fancy stuff (icons and pictures and sounds!) to emails and letters that I write. And I want to be sure to have all the features that the best word-processors are capable of, like macros that run in the background and record my credit-card numbers, then use them to order stuff that I may really, really need -- before I even know that I need it!
I just don't think a cheap little gadget like you're talking about is going to be sufficient.
Just wondering -- could there be such a thing as Morse-to-text translator software for Blackberries etc., for sending messages to people who don't know Morse code?
Qwest price for DSL only, bring your own ISP, is $15/month (for 256K service). Plus $3/month if you rent the modem from them. Not bad compared to cable rates.
This just came to me yesterday, though it's probably not new. Just thought it was funny in this context. (For those who don't look it up, the best route from Haugesund to Trondheim, Norway is through England, Belguim, etc.)
Subject: The risk of using MSN for Route planning (would be
humour except it is true)
Route finders are fantastic. They save so much time and effort.
Try this to see what I mean:
1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the list box and
enter "Haugesund" into the "City" field
3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the list box and
enter "Trondheim" into the "City" field
4. Click on "Get Directions"...
Well done Microsoft.
What's wrong with pencil and paper voting? It takes too long to count the votes. Although now they try to refrain from declaring a winner before the election even starts, the TV networks keep everyone's attention by promising to be the first to report results the instant the polls close. If votes had to actually be counted, we would have to wait (Heaven forbid!) for the morning newspaper.
There's another side of this coin. I used TurboTax in years past and was happy with it. I recommended it to my mother, sister, mother-in-law, and other friends. I didn't give them a copy to use, I told them to buy a copy, and that the time saved, and possibly new-found deductions would be well worth the relatively low cost.
Then last year, after the activation experience, and finding out that I had to wait for a rebate for the State program, and finding that some of the helpful tax advice formerly included with the program was replaced with advertising for third party services... I told everyone I knew who was considering tax software NOT to get TurboTax.
They lost not one customer, but several.
Vonage probably didn't contribute enough to the election campaigns of Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Attorney General Mike Hatch, like a traditional phone company should.
http://news.mpr.org/features/2003/08/13_khoom_hatc hgop/
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As I understand it, Jack Kerouac typed "On the Road" on a continuous roll of paper, without page and paragraph breaks. Because of that innovative way he used it, I think his typewriter would be a little more interesting than most.
Just about any software, or any product for that matter, gets its share of reviews in the press, blogs, forums, whatever. With a little bit of searching, a buyer is going to find out all the good and bad about the current version, regardless of its version number.
The analogy fits, this way: there is a bell for the fire department, one for the FBI, one for the CIA, one for DHS...they don't share their information. Then there's a special black bell for Dick Cheney alone. God knows what weird messages he hears!
So what do you want "Alan" to do about it? Send another replacement parts?
http://www.controlselectric.com/
until I go out and find an F16 in the garage.
My largest TV is 19 inch, and the chairs aren't all that comfy. The cat's the only one who watches TV anyway.
What the hell does an office computer have to do with a voting machine? A reporter should know better than to ask a question like that.
This "Premium" or "Aero" thing -- that's a new paperclip, right?
I'm typing this on my HP zv5000 laptop I got about 1 1/2 years ago. It's a heavy old thing -- not the best for carrying around a lot, but I got it for a good price. It runs Ubuntu just as well as my desktop -- which means there are some of the headaches you'll find with any given distro, but I'm mostly happy with it. I partitioned the 40GB disk into two, first thing after I got it, so it dual-boots to the original Windows XP. Actually, the desktop machine and this laptop are running Kubuntu (KDE), but I've had the Gnome version running too. Either one works -- just the usual idiosyncracies of KDE vs. Gnome. The built-in Broadcomm wireless works, with ndiswrapper and the Ubuntu (Debian) wireless tools. I've never had the extra buttons working (volume control, "www", "email" etc.), but that's not a big problem to me. My advice -- what I did when I bought this laptop -- is bring a Knoppix CD and ask to see it boot up before you buy.
Looking behind my desktop computer, I see: two power strips, with wall warts for router, network switch, USB hub, printer server, printer, external drive, speakers, and phone. Couldn't all that be in one box?
IMP Ltd just want to beat this one: (Also from icWales site) "MEET the first Welsh owner of the new £130,000 super-Ferrari. Used-car salesman Andrew Williams, has coveted the iconic Italian car brand since he first saw one on TV aged 12. But yesterday, 30 years on, he picked up his fifth and most eagerly-awaited Ferrari, an F430 - the first of its kind in Wales."
Wales is a principality, part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is not a county; Wales itself is composed of several counties.
I'll just go nude. Then nobody will be tracking me.
I don't know if a real word processor would work with such a cheap little processor. My computer dealer tells me I really can't live without word processing software at least as powerful as Microsoft Word. Word is, of course, the choice of most professionals, who do have a lot of money to spend to get the very best. I did once have an older version of Word (Word 6.0), but it wouldn't open any of the newer documents that my friends write with their newer Word 2000, and MS Office XP. (I'm sure I need something with an "X" in it.) It would cost only about $200 or so to upgrade. But I'm told I would need a much faster computer, and at least 512MB of memory, as well as an upgrade to Windows XP. (I do need an "X"!)
I know it sounds expensive, but do really want to be able to add all the fancy stuff (icons and pictures and sounds!) to emails and letters that I write. And I want to be sure to have all the features that the best word-processors are capable of, like macros that run in the background and record my credit-card numbers, then use them to order stuff that I may really, really need -- before I even know that I need it!
I just don't think a cheap little gadget like you're talking about is going to be sufficient.
Just wondering -- could there be such a thing as Morse-to-text translator software for Blackberries etc., for sending messages to people who don't know Morse code?
Qwest price for DSL only, bring your own ISP, is $15/month (for 256K service). Plus $3/month if you rent the modem from them. Not bad compared to cable rates.
Every time I go to Google I see the same thing: ©2005 Google - Searching 8,058,044,651 web pages Always the same number of pages. Don't they ever add new information?
This just came to me yesterday, though it's probably not new. Just thought it was funny in this context. (For those who don't look it up, the best route from Haugesund to Trondheim, Norway is through England, Belguim, etc.) Subject: The risk of using MSN for Route planning (would be humour except it is true) Route finders are fantastic. They save so much time and effort. Try this to see what I mean: 1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx 2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the list box and enter "Haugesund" into the "City" field 3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the list box and enter "Trondheim" into the "City" field 4. Click on "Get Directions" ...
Well done Microsoft.
"Mars" is just a cover story. It's really in Afghanistan. They're looking for Osama hiding behind those rocks.
$200 is more than I would pay for a new TV.
What's wrong with pencil and paper voting? It takes too long to count the votes. Although now they try to refrain from declaring a winner before the election even starts, the TV networks keep everyone's attention by promising to be the first to report results the instant the polls close. If votes had to actually be counted, we would have to wait (Heaven forbid!) for the morning newspaper.
There's another side of this coin. I used TurboTax in years past and was happy with it. I recommended it to my mother, sister, mother-in-law, and other friends. I didn't give them a copy to use, I told them to buy a copy, and that the time saved, and possibly new-found deductions would be well worth the relatively low cost. Then last year, after the activation experience, and finding out that I had to wait for a rebate for the State program, and finding that some of the helpful tax advice formerly included with the program was replaced with advertising for third party services... I told everyone I knew who was considering tax software NOT to get TurboTax. They lost not one customer, but several.
Vonage probably didn't contribute enough to the election campaigns of Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Attorney General Mike Hatch, like a traditional phone company should. http://news.mpr.org/features/2003/08/13_khoom_hatc hgop/
Oh, I now have to worry about thieves casing my house to steal my valuable razor blades.