Not any more, at least not everywhere. This is in part because phones give off less radiation, as it were, and in part because the buildings and equipment is tested or shielded or both.
Don't throw in the towel too soon. See, I am in the same position, but have a different outlook. I *will* stay on the Palm platform for as long as I can still find devices that mr. Short is willing to refurbish. It's why I have two T3's, even though there's only one of me: for backup. I also plan to stock up at least one more 680 when I come across a good deal on it.
I don't *need* any of that newfangled stuff, all it does is drain battery. I don't *want* to learn a new OS -- for my "plastic brain" at least. It's not that I'm hopelessly stuck in the past, at home I'm trying out lots of things, but that's not as life-supporting.
No, just their devices. I have a good hunch that Palm will not die just yet. But "the old days" before they offered Windows-based devices are gone, and this means that the --in our opinion-- good devices will become ever harder to obtain. I am still very far from convinced that any of the devices coming out of Sony, Apple, or HTC are any better -- or even only just as good -- as a good ole Palm device.
I'm not ready to bury my trusty plastic brain just yet. In fact, I'm just now upgrading to the la(te)st PalmOS-based model, the Treo 680.
I've done a fair bit of Palm programming, too. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I will say that an API will always be something you have to take as it is and work with (or around) as best you can.
We'll see how the new Web OS API fares in comparison -- I'd hesitate to bash the old one until I've compared it to its successor.
As a couple of others at this thread level, I'm a devout Palm user. Actually, I've just bought a Treo 680 (competently refurbished of course) -- "just" as in "it it's still in the mail".
I've been using Palm PDAs for most of a decade, starting with a Palm III. My two beloved T3's are currently on their last legs; these things are nothing short of fantastic, keeping my mind and life functioning, but no matter how one cares for them they can only be expected to last for so long (which is why I'm upgrading to a Treo).
On a related note, my brother has been using Psion Series5's for 13 years -- and he still thinks they're the best things out there, although he recently threw in the towel and bought an iPhone.
It's such a shame that consumer electronics seems to be so ephemeral, it always has been. It means that the junk piles up on the landfill quickly, and it also means that the quality stuff is simply out of support long before the hardware is worn out.
I say "seems to be", because few people realise --truly, consciously-- that one's gear does not need to change if one's needs don't. Granted, for most (young) people it's at least as much about the fashion statement as the functionality, and so they buy into the ephemerality. Meanwhile, the stalwarts who cherish their devices for their usefulness quickly appear to be dinosaurs, as not keeping with the times.
I know that this Mac-like OS transition was necessary for Palm in order to be truly free to innovate, and I wish them luck, if for nothing else the market players need diversity to keep each other on their toes. I'm sure they're nervous about this gamble of leaving behind literally tens of thousands of 3rd-party applications; I know we are still many, many users out there who are -- even if we're being drowned out by others who don't feel the same.
What am I trying to say? I wish Palm luck with their new OS and device, and I hope they get to survive on that account. But I also hope that the PalmOS community survives, for one does not rule out the other, and the old tools will not suddenly, lose their usefulness.
You're over-thinking the problem. Your setup sounds nice, but all that's required --and a feature that's already implemented-- is just plain moseying over to the power switch and extending a finger at it. Any finger will do!;-)
Actually, the "Jesuses" (Jesii?) that are nailed to the walls of churches across the continents vary quite a bit in appearance, and this somewhat in accordance with the local natives. That's not to say that in all of Africa's churches he's a (negro|black|coloured|native African, I can never figure out the PC term), but he does have a distinctly more southern semblance in, say, Italy than he does in, say, Sweden.
That's actually an interesting idea. If you were to print that --in nearly any context, really-- you would, if nothing else, make people stop to think.
On further thought, I think I'll change my name to include "[citation needed]" as a middle name. Imagine the fun when discussing philosophy and identity with people!
Yeah, this reminds me of "the other Bruce",.Bruce Perens (150539) (note the dot prefix).
What's up with that? A poor pseudo identity for spewing garbage (which would be a strange thing to do), or an impostor who can't or hasn't been banned?
I think the clone segment will actually help Apple as well as Linux*. By making the OS more accessible, more people will use it, and there will be less inhibition for people to get a non-Windows pc.
Running Mac OS is far less stigmatized than Linux*, which is still regarded as "the nerd's choice". The most beneficial effect for "us" will not so much be that users will be moving to Mac OS, but that users will grow more accustomed to the idea that moving away from Windows is a real possibility. No doubt Psystar will like this -- but it helps Linux* as well.
* "Linux" in this context: (any|all) of the free and Free operating systems.
Yeah, I can't really see this *not* happening: someone taking one look at the map for their (school|place of work) and saying to themselves, "gee, this would make for a fun after-hours match map..." This has been done since the days of Doom.
Ok, so I haven't exactly read all 24 pages, but I've given them a good skim and studied some of the notes.
It seems to me to be a good primer, but I don't for a second think that anyone who matters will pay it deserved consideration. (Such is my trust in and opinion of politicians.)
Anyway, Denmark, as I well knew already, is not really on the list except as part of the EU. But even so, we do have a central ID register that's represented in the form of a plastic card (no chip, only magstripe and barcode) with minimal info such as name, address, birthdate, and a few other things -- but nothing valid for getting you across a real border.
Still, this ID register --specifically, one's individual ID number-- is used *all over the place* where it's not s'posed to, solely because it's such a darn good unique ID for the customer database, you know? Wanna open a bank account or borrow a bucket of money? Fair enough, I'll need to give out my ID number so they can check I don't owe the Golden Gate Bridge worth in taxes. Wanna rent a video at Blockbuster? I have to give out my ID number as well, or entertain myself with my action figures instead. Nevermind that that's the key to privileged information which Blockbuster, bless 'em, just don't need. Making a statement to that effect is not going to get you a membership, as I suppose you've all guessed.
With this rant I really just mean to say that it's not about the KIND of key you have, it's how you USE it. And, given the (inter)national context, you don't get to decide how to use it, the politicians will take care of that for you -- and I don't think they've read this... or Little Brother for that matter. Of course, making sure it's not sniffable is important, but if the law requires us to have the thing glued to our foreheads it's going to be a pain anyway.
On a side note, though I realise that passports!=ID cards, our passports are going all "arphid'ey", and from what I've seen and read I'm very happy my old one still has a number of years left on it./rant off. Sorry.
I submit that back in those days, they really did not know any better; as with everything else there's a learning curve and you'll have to start out with "drafts" something you know in advance is less than ideal but the best you can currently do.
Let me just take this opportunity to mention Deep Time*, a quite riveting article about a vast underground nuclear waste facility. They surely have learned something since the 40s, but it seems there's still quite a ways to go to the top of that learning curve.
* Sadly, I only know of Part 1. If anyone knows of any sequels I'd be happy to hear. Thanks.
Please don't make me hand in my geek card for this...
Confusion: When you see
Fear: When you see B8 00 4C CD 21 and know what it means
and don't know what it means
Curiosity: When you want know what it means
Consequence: When you've googled it, still don't know what it means except that it seems to be pertinent to the writing and sharing of viruses... and you did it on your pc at work.
Pardon me, but pray tell: what does it mean? I mean, it seems that "B8 00 4C CD 21" prints characters to screen, but surely that in itself is not fearsome?
I wonder, if MS were to suddenly open source their OS but not actually stop existing... how many OSS volunteers would take up the stick? I'm guessing a very considerable portion of MS hackers would still be on the payroll, only working on source code that the rest of us can see, too.
If volunteers were free to attack some of the low hanging fruit, MS could focus on harder stuff instead of dealing with everything as they now do. Or, volunteers might fix some deficiencies which aren't "bugs" in the eyes of MS (such as boot loader mangling). Hey who knows -- Windows might become respectable!;-)
I'm late into this story, and a lot has been said about this subject by now. Suffice it to say that I use Dvorak (the Norwegian variant with æÃÃ¥) and like it a lot. I don't need to type any faster than I can think, but it's nice to type comfortably.
Here, take this test:
This page shows the (standard US) qwerty and Dvorak layouts side-by-side. Feed it some text and it displays some statistics.
The statistics very clearly show how most hits on a qwerty keyboard are on the top row, while Dvorak scores between half and two thirds of all hits on the home row.
Actually, this very post has 62% of its characters on the home row on Dvorak, compared to only 32% on Qwerty (and 22% on the top row on Dvorak, compared to 47% on Qwerty). Another (scientifically speaking less 'hard') piece of data is finger movement: figures are 16.5m and 25.8m for Dvorak and qwerty, respectively. In other words, Dvorak gets you the same result with 36% less effort.
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Not any more, at least not everywhere. This is in part because phones give off less radiation, as it were, and in part because the buildings and equipment is tested or shielded or both.
Don't throw in the towel too soon. See, I am in the same position, but have a different outlook. I *will* stay on the Palm platform for as long as I can still find devices that mr. Short is willing to refurbish. It's why I have two T3's, even though there's only one of me: for backup. I also plan to stock up at least one more 680 when I come across a good deal on it.
I don't *need* any of that newfangled stuff, all it does is drain battery. I don't *want* to learn a new OS -- for my "plastic brain" at least. It's not that I'm hopelessly stuck in the past, at home I'm trying out lots of things, but that's not as life-supporting.
No, just their devices. I have a good hunch that Palm will not die just yet. But "the old days" before they offered Windows-based devices are gone, and this means that the --in our opinion-- good devices will become ever harder to obtain. I am still very far from convinced that any of the devices coming out of Sony, Apple, or HTC are any better -- or even only just as good -- as a good ole Palm device.
I'm not ready to bury my trusty plastic brain just yet. In fact, I'm just now upgrading to the la(te)st PalmOS-based model, the Treo 680.
I've done a fair bit of Palm programming, too. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I will say that an API will always be something you have to take as it is and work with (or around) as best you can.
We'll see how the new Web OS API fares in comparison -- I'd hesitate to bash the old one until I've compared it to its successor.
As a couple of others at this thread level, I'm a devout Palm user. Actually, I've just bought a Treo 680 (competently refurbished of course) -- "just" as in "it it's still in the mail".
I've been using Palm PDAs for most of a decade, starting with a Palm III. My two beloved T3's are currently on their last legs; these things are nothing short of fantastic, keeping my mind and life functioning, but no matter how one cares for them they can only be expected to last for so long (which is why I'm upgrading to a Treo).
On a related note, my brother has been using Psion Series5's for 13 years -- and he still thinks they're the best things out there, although he recently threw in the towel and bought an iPhone.
It's such a shame that consumer electronics seems to be so ephemeral, it always has been. It means that the junk piles up on the landfill quickly, and it also means that the quality stuff is simply out of support long before the hardware is worn out.
I say "seems to be", because few people realise --truly, consciously-- that one's gear does not need to change if one's needs don't. Granted, for most (young) people it's at least as much about the fashion statement as the functionality, and so they buy into the ephemerality. Meanwhile, the stalwarts who cherish their devices for their usefulness quickly appear to be dinosaurs, as not keeping with the times.
I know that this Mac-like OS transition was necessary for Palm in order to be truly free to innovate, and I wish them luck, if for nothing else the market players need diversity to keep each other on their toes. I'm sure they're nervous about this gamble of leaving behind literally tens of thousands of 3rd-party applications; I know we are still many, many users out there who are -- even if we're being drowned out by others who don't feel the same.
What am I trying to say? I wish Palm luck with their new OS and device, and I hope they get to survive on that account. But I also hope that the PalmOS community survives, for one does not rule out the other, and the old tools will not suddenly, lose their usefulness.
For online pc games, a solution exists.
You're over-thinking the problem. Your setup sounds nice, but all that's required --and a feature that's already implemented-- is just plain moseying over to the power switch and extending a finger at it. Any finger will do! ;-)
Actually, the "Jesuses" (Jesii?) that are nailed to the walls of churches across the continents vary quite a bit in appearance, and this somewhat in accordance with the local natives. That's not to say that in all of Africa's churches he's a (negro|black|coloured|native African, I can never figure out the PC term), but he does have a distinctly more southern semblance in, say, Italy than he does in, say, Sweden.
That's actually an interesting idea. If you were to print that --in nearly any context, really-- you would, if nothing else, make people stop to think.
On further thought, I think I'll change my name to include "[citation needed]" as a middle name. Imagine the fun when discussing philosophy and identity with people!
That's not right. It's not even wrong.
Yeah, this reminds me of "the other Bruce", .Bruce Perens (150539) (note the dot prefix).
What's up with that? A poor pseudo identity for spewing garbage (which would be a strange thing to do), or an impostor who can't or hasn't been banned?
I agree, but would have worded it a bit broader:
I think the clone segment will actually help Apple as well as Linux*. By making the OS more accessible, more people will use it, and there will be less inhibition for people to get a non-Windows pc.
Running Mac OS is far less stigmatized than Linux*, which is still regarded as "the nerd's choice". The most beneficial effect for "us" will not so much be that users will be moving to Mac OS, but that users will grow more accustomed to the idea that moving away from Windows is a real possibility. No doubt Psystar will like this -- but it helps Linux* as well.
* "Linux" in this context: (any|all) of the free and Free operating systems.
Yeah, I can't really see this *not* happening: someone taking one look at the map for their (school|place of work) and saying to themselves, "gee, this would make for a fun after-hours match map..." This has been done since the days of Doom.
Because it's wrong that the take-away lesson seems to be that you're alone and you should open all possible doors?
I guess not! Good answer.
I just hope (but don't really believe) that people do so *knowingly*...
Does it really, now? Is *wanting* to give away your freedom, as it were, really better than having it taken from you?
I think not.
It's like Science Fiction. It's not really about the technology; the tech just provides an interesting framework to examine the real issues.
That would make a great signature for email, or for the issue tracker at work for that matter.
Ok, so I haven't exactly read all 24 pages, but I've given them a good skim and studied some of the notes.
It seems to me to be a good primer, but I don't for a second think that anyone who matters will pay it deserved consideration. (Such is my trust in and opinion of politicians.)
Anyway, Denmark, as I well knew already, is not really on the list except as part of the EU. But even so, we do have a central ID register that's represented in the form of a plastic card (no chip, only magstripe and barcode) with minimal info such as name, address, birthdate, and a few other things -- but nothing valid for getting you across a real border.
Still, this ID register --specifically, one's individual ID number-- is used *all over the place* where it's not s'posed to, solely because it's such a darn good unique ID for the customer database, you know? Wanna open a bank account or borrow a bucket of money? Fair enough, I'll need to give out my ID number so they can check I don't owe the Golden Gate Bridge worth in taxes. Wanna rent a video at Blockbuster? I have to give out my ID number as well, or entertain myself with my action figures instead. Nevermind that that's the key to privileged information which Blockbuster, bless 'em, just don't need. Making a statement to that effect is not going to get you a membership, as I suppose you've all guessed.
With this rant I really just mean to say that it's not about the KIND of key you have, it's how you USE it. And, given the (inter)national context, you don't get to decide how to use it, the politicians will take care of that for you -- and I don't think they've read this ... or Little Brother for that matter. Of course, making sure it's not sniffable is important, but if the law requires us to have the thing glued to our foreheads it's going to be a pain anyway.
On a side note, though I realise that passports!=ID cards, our passports are going all "arphid'ey", and from what I've seen and read I'm very happy my old one still has a number of years left on it. /rant off. Sorry.
At home, eating dinner. :) Or watching tv.
Or ... reading FTA. Ok, ok, only kidding!
it implemented gestures using "hueristics".
Is a colour screen required in order to support hueristicts?
I submit that back in those days, they really did not know any better; as with everything else there's a learning curve and you'll have to start out with "drafts" something you know in advance is less than ideal but the best you can currently do.
Let me just take this opportunity to mention Deep Time*, a quite riveting article about a vast underground nuclear waste facility. They surely have learned something since the 40s, but it seems there's still quite a ways to go to the top of that learning curve.
* Sadly, I only know of Part 1. If anyone knows of any sequels I'd be happy to hear. Thanks.
Please don't make me hand in my geek card for this...
Confusion: When you see
Fear: When you see B8 00 4C CD 21 and know what it means
and don't know what it means
Curiosity: When you want know what it means
Consequence: When you've googled it, still don't know what it means except that it seems to be pertinent to the writing and sharing of viruses ... and you did it on your pc at work.
Pardon me, but pray tell: what does it mean? I mean, it seems that "B8 00 4C CD 21" prints characters to screen, but surely that in itself is not fearsome?
I wonder, if MS were to suddenly open source their OS but not actually stop existing ... how many OSS volunteers would take up the stick? I'm guessing a very considerable portion of MS hackers would still be on the payroll, only working on source code that the rest of us can see, too.
If volunteers were free to attack some of the low hanging fruit, MS could focus on harder stuff instead of dealing with everything as they now do. Or, volunteers might fix some deficiencies which aren't "bugs" in the eyes of MS (such as boot loader mangling). ;-)
Hey who knows -- Windows might become respectable!
Dude, you need Update Notifier, it wraps all those updates into a nice and tiny button, with a sensible reboot-at-MY-convenience option.
I'm late into this story, and a lot has been said about this subject by now. Suffice it to say that I use Dvorak (the Norwegian variant with æÃÃ¥) and like it a lot. I don't need to type any faster than I can think, but it's nice to type comfortably.
Here, take this test:
This page shows the (standard US) qwerty and Dvorak layouts side-by-side. Feed it some text and it displays some statistics.
The statistics very clearly show how most hits on a qwerty keyboard are on the top row, while Dvorak scores between half and two thirds of all hits on the home row.
Actually, this very post has 62% of its characters on the home row on Dvorak, compared to only 32% on Qwerty (and 22% on the top row on Dvorak, compared to 47% on Qwerty). Another (scientifically speaking less 'hard') piece of data is finger movement: figures are 16.5m and 25.8m for Dvorak and qwerty, respectively. In other words, Dvorak gets you the same result with 36% less effort.