um...I don't want MS documents in my palm. I want appointments, contacts, some email maybe, the ability to link all this to my cell so that I don't have the same data in 4 different locations.
MS has created "pocket" versions of their office suite, so that you can zap your latest presentation over to your handheld and present at your marketing meeting. The only problem with this approach (I've tried to use it, believe me) is that it fails miserably. The interface on a PC is totally different than on a handheld.
I'm not a microsoft basher. They've got to have smart people working for them, it just seems that the effort to make their products feature rich outweighs common sense. I think palm is doing this better than anyone has. I'd like to see em stick to it. I think a move to more powerful hardware and support for some next generation technology, like bluetooth and wireless connectivity, is a step in the right direction. I just hope that it doesn't result in "bloat-palm"
Palm doesn't seem to be sacrificing simplicity in their interface for new functionality with the OS upgrade. It's not like they're adding the ability to import word documents and powerpoint presentations, like some other companies. I think they're doing the right thing to remain competitive and to add the functionality that users are going to be looking for, namely bluetooth and compatibility with other devices, like cell phones.Just because Palm is adding support for 16-bit color screens and an ARM processor doesn't mean that they're sacrificing simplicity.
If the point is that releasing mozilla as open source is only "lining Netscape's pocket", what's your point. The point to me is that they released the damn thing. I mean, isn't the idea of open source that anyone can use it for anything they want to? Who cares if they just point back to their own crappy travel services. The source is out there--if you don't like it, write your own!
Furthermore, open source software is used across the board for profitable operations. What about Apache? This is a true community project, that is used left and right for commercial purposes (ahem...Slashdot?). Should we bitch and complain that Apache is being used by nefarious corporate entities with the sole purpose of making a buck?
So, now that the playstation II is the hottest shit on the planet (I got one, I know), it's time slashdot updates it's icon from the N64 controller to the PS2.
Last week the Jurassic 5 reference, this week Barenaked Ladies (the band). Is it coincidence that I'm seeing them both in concert this week?
Broke into the old apartment,
Tore the phone out of the wall
is the line that the quickies headline comes from. Rock on!
Incoming freshmen at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill are required to own a laptop beginning this year. Known as the Carolina Computing Initiative, the idea is to get laptops into the classroom and promote a greater "intellectual climate" (their words, not mine). However, there are a number of flaws with the program and I'm not so sure I agree with it. First of all, the program specifically states that students have PC's running Windows and certain other software, such as MS Office.
I'm not even going to start on why this is a bad idea. Another sore spot is that the university partnered with IBM to give students a "great deal" on a pretty well loaded thinkpad, which have been having problems since just about day one. My biggest problem with the whole thing is that they are forcing a computer platform on students. Sure, the 10% of businees/econ kiddies we have here may love their stinkpad with Excel. But what about graphic design students? Of course we want our macs, with big huge monitors and optical mice. What about CS students? Is windows the best platform to learn programming? When I took CS classes, I did all my development on a my linux machine. The point of my little epistle here is that forcing a single scheme on students is a very bad idea, especially in public universities that are supported by your taxes.
I'm currently living in almost this exact setup. There are four of us living in a 4 bedroom apartment (although only 2 of us qualify as geeks) 3 guys and a girl. Beautiful Chapel Hill, NC, home of the TarHeels and iBiblio. CAT5 running throughout the apartment. DSL connection, squid proxy, junkbuster to get rid of ads (sorry slashdot) a central cd-burner and mp3 server so that we get some true file sharing going on. It's a pretty mixed environment--PPC Linux, macOS9, Windows 98, Windows 95, RedHat 6.2. Using NFS, netatalk and SMB, we all talk pretty well together. I'd recommend a dedicated firewall and a dedicated "media" server if you're going to run a similar setup--the one linux firewall box that we have pulls double duty and it hurts.
The important thing to remember is, people gotta get along before you introduce things like dedicated, high speed internet.
Just to clarify, the OMF is heavily based on Dublin Core. We actually generate a subset of DC metadata, formatted in XML using a DTD that we developed in house. The theory behind dublin is that you can extend it or create a subset to fit your needs, which is what we did. Thanks for the heads up on OMF, though
Moderate this UP. This actually isn't as flaming as it comes off to be. Everyone is saying "use XML" but the reality, XML doesn't define anything. XML just makes it standard. In the real world, DTD's need to be written, and this is a HARD task. Fortunately, there are already metadata standards for XML, most notably RDF and Dublin Core. Check out purl.org for Dublin Core info.
I'd check out the Linux Software Maps, hosted at metalab (now ibiblio). Mor interesting is probably the Dublin Core Project. Although It's not set up specifically for software, it's extinsible. You could create an XML DTD (which many have suggested) using the Dublin Core standard for sucha purpose.
wtf indeed. wtf are you talking about? nowhere on the ibiblio maintained site (meaning pages that aren't simply hosted by but maintained by the ibib staff) is there any reference to christian culture and similar moral truths. help us find these and we'll take a look. BTW--several sunsite/metalab/ibiblio employees are Jewish, Hindu, Chrisitan, Zen Buddhist or just existing. In fact, it's one of the MOST tolerant places I've ever worked!
I was wrong about the iPaq not running X. It's just that the one I saw doesn't run X. My bad. And I humbly apologize to anyone who sold stock or divorced their significant other due to the fact that I had incorrect information on my post.
I pretty much agree with everything you've said. Linux, for the desktop, isn't ready for your plam. Which is why the Agenda is no good. However, Linux can work, if it's implemented correctly. Which is why (sigh) the PocketLinux guys kick ass. They did it and they did it RIGHT. Watch out palm. . .
First off, I have a gripe. The iPaq is NOT running X. It outputs directly to a frame buffer. Why would you want to run X?
Now, forget the damn agenda. Why bother? The hardware is WAY too underwhelming, it doesn't exactly work yet, and why the hell do you want a full distro on your handheld. pocektlinux. I wish I was as smart as these guys.
I was talking to the agenda guys yesterday. Nice folks and I wish them well. However, I have one problem with their product. I don't want a desktop linux on my handheld. This actually seemed to be one of the selling points for these guys. "Watch, you can run an ls command. This thing even has inetd!" Yeah, so? Do I want to mess around with configuring lengthy text files on my handheld? Sorry. It's fine to have these things as part of the system, but the interface is going to have to change. Accessing the command prompt from a 2"x3" screen is not going to work, even with the chiclet keyboard they seemed to be selling as well. Do yourselves a favor, go check out PocketLinux. With as much praise as I'm heaping on these guys, you'd think they were paying me. Have no fear, I'm just an OpenSource Documentation guy. I just think the pocket linux guys kick ass.
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I just want to publicly state what a complete idiot jesse berst is. I've never, EVER found a bit of worthwhile information in anything he's ever written. His opinions are nothing more than that, his opinions, and they are often wrong and backed by nothing more than his own ill-conceived speculation. We are all now dumber after reading any of the trash he writes.
Now, to mobile linux. Most of the embedded stuff here at (a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com">LinuxWorld is alright. There is one stellar exception that stands above the crowd--PocketLinux. These guys rock! First of all, unlike some of the other guys, they're not putting a desktop linux distro in my hand. Do I want to run X on a screen that's 2" x 3"? Hell no. They've built an incredibly fast system that will display full motion video (that's right) on the Compaq iPaq. It's completely open source, and the framework is standards based and it appears to be easy to write your own applications on. It scales as well. Everything from a handheld to a cellular phone to a set-top box is possible. This is where the future of mobile linux is going to be. These guys finally did it right. Anyone else considering an embedded solution would do themselves a favor to look over there. And one final note, this product is SHIPPING TODAY! Yesterday even. This is not vapor ware. Spend the $150 and start developing apps today!
isn't ironic that Jon Katz, who writes articles here on slashdot that no one has anything good to say about, is writing about a movie that now has anything good to say about.
It's good to see these guys keeping the community alive. I couldn't help but notice that their stock was up today, to the tune of something like 25 points. When am I going to be able to buy a VALinux PPC box??
Stock splits aren't always necessarily always helpful. True, they allow a larger number of people to buy in that wouldn't otherwise, but it's by no means a guarantee that the stock will continue to go up. Sometimes the stock will actually fall (it happened to disney) after a split. I'll go ahead and say that the inner workings of the stock market are a complete mystery to me. So some over paid analyst on wall street THINKS the company might or might not do well in the coming quarter--this is supposed to be a measure of actual worth? my dad thinks i might do well in my classes this semester--should i get a 4.0?
I'm no stock analyst by any stretch of the imagination, but I'd say that this move isn't as "bold" a bet as the article predicts. First off, Sony already has a huge base of support in the original playstation from folx like myself, who are waiting for the PS2 rather than jump the gun on the likes of a dreamcast. Secondly, Sony is a huge multinational conglomerate with interests all over the map. While the move to console type-systems and more integrated components is a step forward, it's not going to keep my discman from working. And finally, the PS2 is really gonna rock, imho. I think that this is a Good Thing. Sony doesn't make the very best components in the world, but they do have a tendency to serve the upper crust of the hoi poloi. I just hope and pray that they STANDARDIZE on something, so that all of these information "consoles" of the future can communicate.
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um...I don't want MS documents in my palm. I want appointments, contacts, some email maybe, the ability to link all this to my cell so that I don't have the same data in 4 different locations.
MS has created "pocket" versions of their office suite, so that you can zap your latest presentation over to your handheld and present at your marketing meeting. The only problem with this approach (I've tried to use it, believe me) is that it fails miserably. The interface on a PC is totally different than on a handheld.
I'm not a microsoft basher. They've got to have smart people working for them, it just seems that the effort to make their products feature rich outweighs common sense. I think palm is doing this better than anyone has. I'd like to see em stick to it. I think a move to more powerful hardware and support for some next generation technology, like bluetooth and wireless connectivity, is a step in the right direction. I just hope that it doesn't result in "bloat-palm"
Palm doesn't seem to be sacrificing simplicity in their interface for new functionality with the OS upgrade. It's not like they're adding the ability to import word documents and powerpoint presentations, like some other companies. I think they're doing the right thing to remain competitive and to add the functionality that users are going to be looking for, namely bluetooth and compatibility with other devices, like cell phones.Just because Palm is adding support for 16-bit color screens and an ARM processor doesn't mean that they're sacrificing simplicity.
If the point is that releasing mozilla as open source is only "lining Netscape's pocket", what's your point. The point to me is that they released the damn thing. I mean, isn't the idea of open source that anyone can use it for anything they want to? Who cares if they just point back to their own crappy travel services. The source is out there--if you don't like it, write your own!
Furthermore, open source software is used across the board for profitable operations. What about Apache? This is a true community project, that is used left and right for commercial purposes (ahem...Slashdot?). Should we bitch and complain that Apache is being used by nefarious corporate entities with the sole purpose of making a buck?
The site says that the PS 2 requires a memory card for DVD playback. I watched the Matrix just fine without such accoutrement. Any word on that?
So, now that the playstation II is the hottest shit on the planet (I got one, I know), it's time slashdot updates it's icon from the N64 controller to the PS2.
Last week the Jurassic 5 reference, this week Barenaked Ladies (the band). Is it coincidence that I'm seeing them both in concert this week? Broke into the old apartment, Tore the phone out of the wall is the line that the quickies headline comes from. Rock on!
Incoming freshmen at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill are required to own a laptop beginning this year. Known as the Carolina Computing Initiative, the idea is to get laptops into the classroom and promote a greater "intellectual climate" (their words, not mine). However, there are a number of flaws with the program and I'm not so sure I agree with it. First of all, the program specifically states that students have PC's running Windows and certain other software, such as MS Office.
I'm not even going to start on why this is a bad idea. Another sore spot is that the university partnered with IBM to give students a "great deal" on a pretty well loaded thinkpad, which have been having problems since just about day one.
My biggest problem with the whole thing is that they are forcing a computer platform on students. Sure, the 10% of businees/econ kiddies we have here may love their stinkpad with Excel. But what about graphic design students? Of course we want our macs, with big huge monitors and optical mice. What about CS students? Is windows the best platform to learn programming? When I took CS classes, I did all my development on a my linux machine. The point of my little epistle here is that forcing a single scheme on students is a very bad idea, especially in public universities that are supported by your taxes.
I appreciate the J5 reference. It's good to know that even Taco listens to some quality tunes.
actually, i'm the mac user. nice generalization tho.
I'm currently living in almost this exact setup. There are four of us living in a 4 bedroom apartment (although only 2 of us qualify as geeks) 3 guys and a girl. Beautiful Chapel Hill, NC, home of the TarHeels and iBiblio. CAT5 running throughout the apartment. DSL connection, squid proxy, junkbuster to get rid of ads (sorry slashdot) a central cd-burner and mp3 server so that we get some true file sharing going on. It's a pretty mixed environment--PPC Linux, macOS9, Windows 98, Windows 95, RedHat 6.2. Using NFS, netatalk and SMB, we all talk pretty well together. I'd recommend a dedicated firewall and a dedicated "media" server if you're going to run a similar setup--the one linux firewall box that we have pulls double duty and it hurts.
The important thing to remember is, people gotta get along before you introduce things like dedicated, high speed internet.
Just to clarify, the OMF is heavily based on Dublin Core. We actually generate a subset of DC metadata, formatted in XML using a DTD that we developed in house. The theory behind dublin is that you can extend it or create a subset to fit your needs, which is what we did. Thanks for the heads up on OMF, though
Moderate this UP. This actually isn't as flaming as it comes off to be. Everyone is saying "use XML" but the reality, XML doesn't define anything. XML just makes it standard. In the real world, DTD's need to be written, and this is a HARD task. Fortunately, there are already metadata standards for XML, most notably RDF and Dublin Core. Check out purl.org for Dublin Core info.
I'd check out the Linux Software Maps, hosted at metalab (now ibiblio). Mor interesting is probably the Dublin Core Project. Although It's not set up specifically for software, it's extinsible. You could create an XML DTD (which many have suggested) using the Dublin Core standard for sucha purpose.
links:
iBiblio Linux archives
Dublin Core homepage
wtf indeed. wtf are you talking about? nowhere on the ibiblio maintained site (meaning pages that aren't simply hosted by but maintained by the ibib staff) is there any reference to christian culture and similar moral truths. help us find these and we'll take a look. BTW--several sunsite/metalab/ibiblio employees are Jewish, Hindu, Chrisitan, Zen Buddhist or just existing. In fact, it's one of the MOST tolerant places I've ever worked!
I can see the slashdot headline of 2024: Student gets electron confiscated for disributing illegal .mp9's over the hyperverse.
I was wrong about the iPaq not running X. It's just that the one I saw doesn't run X. My bad. And I humbly apologize to anyone who sold stock or divorced their significant other due to the fact that I had incorrect information on my post.
I pretty much agree with everything you've said. Linux, for the desktop, isn't ready for your plam. Which is why the Agenda is no good. However, Linux can work, if it's implemented correctly. Which is why (sigh) the PocketLinux guys kick ass. They did it and they did it RIGHT. Watch out palm. . .
First off, I have a gripe. The iPaq is NOT running X. It outputs directly to a frame buffer. Why would you want to run X? Now, forget the damn agenda. Why bother? The hardware is WAY too underwhelming, it doesn't exactly work yet, and why the hell do you want a full distro on your handheld. pocektlinux. I wish I was as smart as these guys.
I was talking to the agenda guys yesterday. Nice folks and I wish them well. However, I have one problem with their product. I don't want a desktop linux on my handheld. This actually seemed to be one of the selling points for these guys. "Watch, you can run an ls command. This thing even has inetd!" Yeah, so? Do I want to mess around with configuring lengthy text files on my handheld? Sorry. It's fine to have these things as part of the system, but the interface is going to have to change. Accessing the command prompt from a 2"x3" screen is not going to work, even with the chiclet keyboard they seemed to be selling as well. Do yourselves a favor, go check out PocketLinux. With as much praise as I'm heaping on these guys, you'd think they were paying me. Have no fear, I'm just an OpenSource Documentation guy. I just think the pocket linux guys kick ass.
I just want to publicly state what a complete idiot jesse berst is. I've never, EVER found a bit of worthwhile information in anything he's ever written. His opinions are nothing more than that, his opinions, and they are often wrong and backed by nothing more than his own ill-conceived speculation. We are all now dumber after reading any of the trash he writes.
Now, to mobile linux. Most of the embedded stuff here at (a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com">LinuxWorld is alright. There is one stellar exception that stands above the crowd--PocketLinux. These guys rock! First of all, unlike some of the other guys, they're not putting a desktop linux distro in my hand. Do I want to run X on a screen that's 2" x 3"? Hell no. They've built an incredibly fast system that will display full motion video (that's right) on the Compaq iPaq. It's completely open source, and the framework is standards based and it appears to be easy to write your own applications on. It scales as well. Everything from a handheld to a cellular phone to a set-top box is possible. This is where the future of mobile linux is going to be. These guys finally did it right. Anyone else considering an embedded solution would do themselves a favor to look over there. And one final note, this product is SHIPPING TODAY! Yesterday even. This is not vapor ware. Spend the $150 and start developing apps today!
isn't ironic that Jon Katz, who writes articles here on slashdot that no one has anything good to say about, is writing about a movie that now has anything good to say about.
And why should i vote for this person/group/piece of software in every single category. conspiracy, i think
It's good to see these guys keeping the community alive. I couldn't help but notice that their stock was up today, to the tune of something like 25 points. When am I going to be able to buy a VALinux PPC box??
Stock splits aren't always necessarily always helpful. True, they allow a larger number of people to buy in that wouldn't otherwise, but it's by no means a guarantee that the stock will continue to go up. Sometimes the stock will actually fall (it happened to disney) after a split.
I'll go ahead and say that the inner workings of the stock market are a complete mystery to me. So some over paid analyst on wall street THINKS the company might or might not do well in the coming quarter--this is supposed to be a measure of actual worth? my dad thinks i might do well in my classes this semester--should i get a 4.0?
I'm no stock analyst by any stretch of the imagination, but I'd say that this move isn't as "bold" a bet as the article predicts. First off, Sony already has a huge base of support in the original playstation from folx like myself, who are waiting for the PS2 rather than jump the gun on the likes of a dreamcast. Secondly, Sony is a huge multinational conglomerate with interests all over the map. While the move to console type-systems and more integrated components is a step forward, it's not going to keep my discman from working. And finally, the PS2 is really gonna rock, imho. I think that this is a Good Thing. Sony doesn't make the very best components in the world, but they do have a tendency to serve the upper crust of the hoi poloi. I just hope and pray that they STANDARDIZE on something, so that all of these information "consoles" of the future can communicate.