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That may be true, but the market starts with 13 year olds buying cell phones. That is where the money is so until they can convince pre-teens to buy PDAs is will be brain damaged cell phones slowly getting PDA functions. Does anyone have the PDA vs cell phone units sold?
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Yes, I agree. My subject line should have said cellphones will get PDA functions.
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Good points, I'm sure a product will come out that can do it. Perhaps they will need a separate small battery to drive the PIM side that could power on instantly like the palm. The phone people haven't figured this out but it is only a matter of time.
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Before you get worked up about the CE threat. Ask yourself how many carry and phone and a PDA. If you had to choose one which would it be?
As devices get smaller, the PDA functions will migrate to the phone so look to phone manufacturers to set the trends.
1. Doctors frequently biopsy the center of the tumor so they are sure to get the right spot. However, the center of the tumor is the most similar to healthy tissue and may lead to misdiagnosis. Ask your doctor if s/he checked the edge of the tumor, that is where the most malignant tissue lies.
2. Chemo doesn't work well on large tumors. It only takes off the outer layer of cells.
It is all their fault. The internet has made it too easy to outsource. The positive side is that millions of Indians and Chinese are begin lifted out of poverty. Is that so bad?
The same thing happened in this country 100 years ago. Labor standards were lousy until workers organized. The same thing will happen in Asia as long as we don't interfere and support authoritarian regimes like we did in Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Iran, Iraq and other countries.
The whole point of using computers is to save you time. Does it make sense to require millions of users to "learn" the same esoteric trivia to get their sound cards working? No, hence the low market penetration of linux.
The number one function of an operating system is hardware. Unless that problem is solved in a user friendly way, Linux will remain in the world of geeks.
I read an average of 1 paper per day and like writing in the margins and would love something where I didn't have to rape trees.
Can't do it until someone makes a screen that fits 8.5x11" page without zooming/scrolling. Why is that so hard?
Does Spirit have multiple CPUs/memory like the shuttle? Seems like an obvious thing to do on a multi million $ project with a single point of failure.
You could even have two different software teams to avoid bugs. Of course deciding who gets control is tricky. Perhaps alternating cpus everytime there is a reset would ensure a good cpu 50% of the time.
It is a little known fact that cable companies were ruled as not common carriers. That means that customers have very little protection from lack of service, privacy issues... Once we allow them to provide phone service without those protections we will erode those rights even further. $20/month for a phone line is a good deal. Do you think that will last if the phone companies are driven under?
Not if you buy from the supported list. If you don't, you have only yourself to blame
Both the Matrox G450 and SoundBlaster 16 and microsoft ps2 mouse are listed as supported on Redhat's and Debian Hardware compatiblity lists. So they should work and I'm sure they do given enough time and coffee.
My complaint is the complexity of configuration after installing the driver. This is not the responsibility of the hardware vendor. Even the mouse config had them scratching their heads for a while.
Office 2000 has been out for years and still I can't edit a paper that my coworker sent me (MS word) to open properly in open office. The tables and math get messed up. You would think 3 years would be enough time to catch up.
One of the main purposes of an O/S is to provide device support. Even basic stuff like sound cards, video cards are still a major headache to get working.
Simple is why MS is winning marketshare. Lets face the fact that most IT staff are not as smart as Linux admins.
I forgot to mention that I'm on unstable. Stable was actually working fine. I'm kicking myself now, but I really want the suspend to Ram feature of 2.6. RedHat 8 was ok also, I don't remember which Xfree it had.
I also downloaded the latest drivers from Matrox. I sure it is just a config issue. I'm unwilling to troll through endless documentation. Windows works, as much as I hate to say it. I still connect to linux servers for all of my development. I can't imagine running a 1000 node cluster on windows.
Matrox G400 dual head. Worked fine on XFree86 4.1. Problems started when I went to 4.2.1. It won't load DRI on the 2nd monitor. The resolution was great on single monitor. I can send you the config offline if you want to peek.
After spending 6 hours at a Linux Install Fest with 2 Linux guru's, my dual monitor is limping along 800x600. Windows config took 15 minutes. What good is great software if the bar for entry is too high?
Perhaps it is just Debian. I did have more luck with RedHat. I guess it is another 6 hours for me. Argh.
The good news is the echo 3 >/proc/acpi/sleep worked.
Linux is still the best server O/S. Hardware device and applications will probably always lag on Linux.
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That may be true, but the market starts with 13 year olds buying cell phones. That is where the money is so until they can convince pre-teens to buy PDAs is will be brain damaged cell phones slowly getting PDA functions. Does anyone have the PDA vs cell phone units sold?
Yes, I agree. My subject line should have said cellphones will get PDA functions.
Good points, I'm sure a product will come out that can do it. Perhaps they will need a separate small battery to drive the PIM side that could power on instantly like the palm. The phone people haven't figured this out but it is only a matter of time.
As devices get smaller, the PDA functions will migrate to the phone so look to phone manufacturers to set the trends.
1. Doctors frequently biopsy the center of the tumor so they are sure to get the right spot. However, the center of the tumor is the most similar to healthy tissue and may lead to misdiagnosis. Ask your doctor if s/he checked the edge of the tumor, that is where the most malignant tissue lies.
2. Chemo doesn't work well on large tumors. It only takes off the outer layer of cells.
Anyone have a better $150 solution?
the question is, will it run skype?
Dragon Naturally Speaking is only on Windows. Anything with similar performance on Linux?
http://pymol.sourceforge.net/
It is all their fault. The internet has made it too easy to outsource. The positive side is that millions of Indians and Chinese are begin lifted out of poverty. Is that so bad? The same thing happened in this country 100 years ago. Labor standards were lousy until workers organized. The same thing will happen in Asia as long as we don't interfere and support authoritarian regimes like we did in Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Iran, Iraq and other countries.
The whole point of using computers is to save you time. Does it make sense to require millions of users to "learn" the same esoteric trivia to get their sound cards working? No, hence the low market penetration of linux. The number one function of an operating system is hardware. Unless that problem is solved in a user friendly way, Linux will remain in the world of geeks.
Fork the code or at least provide your patch somewhere. THis is my main reason for staying on windows also.
Cool idea, but news is best online. I read scientific journal offline and I have to write on them to make sense of it and refer back later.
I read an average of 1 paper per day and like writing in the margins and would love something where I didn't have to rape trees. Can't do it until someone makes a screen that fits 8.5x11" page without zooming/scrolling. Why is that so hard?
Does Spirit have multiple CPUs/memory like the shuttle? Seems like an obvious thing to do on a multi million $ project with a single point of failure. You could even have two different software teams to avoid bugs. Of course deciding who gets control is tricky. Perhaps alternating cpus everytime there is a reset would ensure a good cpu 50% of the time.
It is a little known fact that cable companies were ruled as not common carriers. That means that customers have very little protection from lack of service, privacy issues... Once we allow them to provide phone service without those protections we will erode those rights even further. $20/month for a phone line is a good deal. Do you think that will last if the phone companies are driven under?
BTW: my video card and sound card are on the HCL. It is the XFree86 config that is stopping me.
Both the Matrox G450 and SoundBlaster 16 and microsoft ps2 mouse are listed as supported on Redhat's and Debian Hardware compatiblity lists. So they should work and I'm sure they do given enough time and coffee.
My complaint is the complexity of configuration after installing the driver. This is not the responsibility of the hardware vendor. Even the mouse config had them scratching their heads for a while.
Redhat 8 and windows have no problem. I'm sure it is not a limitation of the hardware.
One of the main purposes of an O/S is to provide device support. Even basic stuff like sound cards, video cards are still a major headache to get working.
Simple is why MS is winning marketshare. Lets face the fact that most IT staff are not as smart as Linux admins.
I forgot to mention that I'm on unstable. Stable was actually working fine. I'm kicking myself now, but I really want the suspend to Ram feature of 2.6. RedHat 8 was ok also, I don't remember which Xfree it had. I also downloaded the latest drivers from Matrox. I sure it is just a config issue. I'm unwilling to troll through endless documentation. Windows works, as much as I hate to say it. I still connect to linux servers for all of my development. I can't imagine running a 1000 node cluster on windows.
Matrox G400 dual head. Worked fine on XFree86 4.1. Problems started when I went to 4.2.1. It won't load DRI on the 2nd monitor. The resolution was great on single monitor. I can send you the config offline if you want to peek.
After spending 6 hours at a Linux Install Fest with 2 Linux guru's, my dual monitor is limping along 800x600. Windows config took 15 minutes. What good is great software if the bar for entry is too high? Perhaps it is just Debian. I did have more luck with RedHat. I guess it is another 6 hours for me. Argh. The good news is the echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep worked.
Linux is still the best server O/S. Hardware device and applications will probably always lag on Linux.
That argument may not hold if you use biodiesel to run the tractors and transport the fuel. I would like to see your numbers. Can you post them?