The real problem is internet access. To make full use of a wearable computer, it needs to be connected to the network. I should be able to real time monitor my servers, be alerted of email, read slashdot, send email, fix my servers, post to slashdot... all while riding in the car, on the train, in the restauraunt. Cell modems are simply too expensive
Perhaps something like the OmniSky service currently available for Palm PDA's would be perfect for this sort of thing if the hardware issue could be worked out. Right now coverage is spotty at best outside of major cities, but it's wireless and has a fairly inexpensive flat-rate plan at $50/month. Also, Bluetooth would be perfect for wireless connectivity while wandering around the office.
Yes, does seem like alot on the surface. But shockwave.com sure did get alot of publicity today with this deal alone. Before today, how many of you had actually visited shockwave.com? And you can bet that there are a ton of SP fans that will be regularly check shockwave.com to check for new material that probably would have never visited shockwave.com. How much would shockwave.com be worth without the publicity and content generated with this deal? I'm betting they'll capitalize on this and more than make up the 10% they gave up.
Too bad that IE is as crash prone - if not more so - as Navigator.
Funny...I've maybe a total of 4 IE5 crashes in the last 3 months on the 4 systems I regularly use. But then again I'm apparently an exception to the anti-MS rule since I rarely reboot any of my 5 NT4 servers, yet many of the pro-Linux advocates that frequent/. insist that NT must be rebooted something like every 4 hours. I can't believe how wild some imaginations run when trying to sway opinions.
Its not even a name, but a description, and besides how can something be powered by itself?
Exactly, it is a description, and it's exactly how MS is using it. The device itself will be referred to as "Windows Powered" because it is a device that is running the Windows CE operating system. Technically, I guess you could say that a desktop PC running Win9x or NT is "Windows Powered" as well. I can't believe how many people really missed the point with this "Windows Powered" thing, I guess the marketing-droids at MS didn't do a good job. To recap, the OS is still called Windows CE, the devices will be described as being "Windows Powered"
I also saw something (this morning, I think, but I can't remember where) saying that companies are sending HTML mail which downloads an image which sets a cookie. The agency then has your e-mail address associated with a cookie, giving them (potentially at least) a lot more information about you.
Could this be from our beloved Doubleclick as well, considering they just announced they're moving into email spamming? Fortunately my computer resolves doubleclick.net as 127.0.0.1
As far as I can think of, using this cookie, the ad provider company will know which page I viewed their ad, can they get more info out of this?
Well, they can then match up this cookie with other cookies from them that you have, giving them a pretty good history of your web travels. And they may even eventually grab your personal information from a survey, contest, or other source and match that up to your web travels in a nice database. Who knows what other companies this ad provider might buy/merge with in the future and what the info in this database will be used for?
You apparently aren't aware of the bill that was passed last week that allows the satellite companies (DirecTV and Dish at least) to carry offer local networks to residents in select cities. For instance, DirecTV now offers the New York networks to New York customers over their DirecTV receiver and LA networks to LA customers. More cities are on the way and Dish is offering a similar service. It doesn't do much for people is smaller cities whose networks DirecTV and Dish won't be carrying since you still can't legally receive a network from another city if you are in the Grade B countour. It also allows people outside of the Grade B countour to receive the national network feed from NY or LA, depending on time zone.
There may not be an obvious appeal, but the reason the NAB has been dreading this day is because it allows people to bypass their local monopolies when receiving network feeds. As it is now, you cannot legally receive distant networks if you are within range of a local broadcaster (70 miles I believe). Your local CBS has decided to stick a college basketball game on during your favorite program? Tough, nothing you can do about it since you only have 1 CBS station. Your house is next to a giant power station or some other source of interference? The only way you'll be getting television programs is by paying the local cable-opoly. People on the outskirts of the range also sometimes have no cable company serving them and also may not get a very good feed from a rooftop antenna. Get a satellite dish you say? Sure, but no networks for you unless the local stations are feeling generous and will grant a waiver. Granted, the ability to receive poor transmissions of a couple of Canadian stations may not be very appealing now, but it is a start to a whole new ballgame. AOL is salivating over this ability for a very big reason and fought very hard to be sure this ability wasn't outlawed in the recent satellite TV bill that passed. Imagine the day where the technology allows you to receive full-screen, 30fps pictures of any channel in the world.
I've also found the K6/K7 450's to be unreliable, with the kernel randomly crashing after halfway through...
I doubt you had this experience with the K7 (aka Athlon) considering it does not ship at speeds as low as 450. I do believe the problems with K6 as I had some similar stability with the K6. I have not heard of similar problems with the K7 line however.
Roblimo's summary is a bit inaccurate. Microsoft is not renaming the Windows CE OS. Rather, the handheld devices that are running Windows CE will be stamped and referred to as "Windows Powered devices" rather than "Windows CE devices." They'll still be running the operating system known as Windows CE.
I've been anxiously awaiting the release of the unit from Pine, but they couldn't even manage to get a prototype to Comdex for display? Ouch! Sounds like it's going to remain vapor for the next few months at least.
The email address of David Orton, ArtX's president, is deo@artxinc.com. You might also want to drop a line to Nintendo since ArtX's main claim-to-fame (before this fiasco anyways) is they'll be providing the graphics chip for the Dolphin, and shouldn't be too happy to hear about these tactics. Nintendo of America's email address is nintendo@nintendo.com.
Now you can purchase a Sharp Internet MiniDisc bundle or you can create your own Internet MiniDisc solution by purchasing any Sharp MiniDisc digital recorder/player and the VOQ-070201/MD package separately.
I know next to nothing about MD players, but since Voquette apparently works with *all* Sharp recorder/players, what would prevent it from working with *any* MD recorder/player (such as Sony, Aiwa, etc.)?
It's amazing that M$ manages to have these backward-compatibility issues any time a new version of Office is released. Will they never learn that most companies can't afford in either money or man-hours to upgrade hundreds or thousands of workstations at the exact same time and compatability with older versions is very important? Guess not, they've had plenty of chances to learn.
Click here for a scanned photo of the upcoming Visor that was published by Tap Magazine. I happened upon a link from a Palm newsgroup. Looks remarkably similar to a Palm Pro/III and surely wouldn't embarrass any "self-respecting business person."
Ironically, Sprint PCS just launched their data network today that allows several cell-phone models that they support to browse with a mini-browser, including a model from Nokia. I know most of the other digital PCS carriers have similar plans ready to roll in the next few months.
Actually Tom caught some heat not all that long ago when he began running an nVidia logo saying his site was "nVidia approved" or something to that effect. He lost alot of credibility in many people's eyes with that move. Since then, I've taken everything he's had to say with a grain of salt, that is, when he manages to get around to posting something new and/or worthwhile. Tom sells a few books and gets too lazy to update his site...
I have a feeling that these will be the first kegs to be officially "slashdotted". Let's hope that they aren't using Tap2K from M$ or it could be a very dry party.
"But since the introduction of the automated teller machine, people have accumulated an arsenal of passwords, access codes and personal identification numbers to use everything from answering machines to office bathrooms."
I'll be going home a little early today because I forgot my bathroom PIN and soiled my pants.
This is probably a bit OT, but this story reminds of the movie I watched over the weekend, Enemy of the State. While some of what they depicted may have been over-the-top, it is quite scary to think of the ease with which the government (NSA in particular) could monitor and track every activity and conversation of anyone they wanted with a couple of keystokes. Orwell wasn't too far off in his predictions.
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The real problem is internet access. To make full use of a wearable computer, it needs to be connected to the network. I should be able to real time monitor my servers, be alerted of email, read slashdot, send email, fix my servers, post to slashdot... all while riding in the car, on the train, in the restauraunt. Cell modems are simply too expensive
Perhaps something like the OmniSky service currently available for Palm PDA's would be perfect for this sort of thing if the hardware issue could be worked out. Right now coverage is spotty at best outside of major cities, but it's wireless and has a fairly inexpensive flat-rate plan at $50/month. Also, Bluetooth would be perfect for wireless connectivity while wandering around the office.
Yes, does seem like alot on the surface. But shockwave.com sure did get alot of publicity today with this deal alone. Before today, how many of you had actually visited shockwave.com? And you can bet that there are a ton of SP fans that will be regularly check shockwave.com to check for new material that probably would have never visited shockwave.com. How much would shockwave.com be worth without the publicity and content generated with this deal? I'm betting they'll capitalize on this and more than make up the 10% they gave up.
Funny...I've maybe a total of 4 IE5 crashes in the last 3 months on the 4 systems I regularly use. But then again I'm apparently an exception to the anti-MS rule since I rarely reboot any of my 5 NT4 servers, yet many of the pro-Linux advocates that frequent
You're not comfortable carrying an AC Delco car battery on your back?
Exactly, it is a description, and it's exactly how MS is using it. The device itself will be referred to as "Windows Powered" because it is a device that is running the Windows CE operating system. Technically, I guess you could say that a desktop PC running Win9x or NT is "Windows Powered" as well. I can't believe how many people really missed the point with this "Windows Powered" thing, I guess the marketing-droids at MS didn't do a good job. To recap, the OS is still called Windows CE, the devices will be described as being "Windows Powered"
Could this be from our beloved Doubleclick as well, considering they just announced they're moving into email spamming? Fortunately my computer resolves doubleclick.net as 127.0.0.1
Novell announced an NDS product at Comdex called eDirectory that is OS independent and will run on Linux. And it sells for $2/user.
Well, they can then match up this cookie with other cookies from them that you have, giving them a pretty good history of your web travels. And they may even eventually grab your personal information from a survey, contest, or other source and match that up to your web travels in a nice database. Who knows what other companies this ad provider might buy/merge with in the future and what the info in this database will be used for?
You apparently aren't aware of the bill that was passed last week that allows the satellite companies (DirecTV and Dish at least) to carry offer local networks to residents in select cities. For instance, DirecTV now offers the New York networks to New York customers over their DirecTV receiver and LA networks to LA customers. More cities are on the way and Dish is offering a similar service. It doesn't do much for people is smaller cities whose networks DirecTV and Dish won't be carrying since you still can't legally receive a network from another city if you are in the Grade B countour. It also allows people outside of the Grade B countour to receive the national network feed from NY or LA, depending on time zone.
There may not be an obvious appeal, but the reason the NAB has been dreading this day is because it allows people to bypass their local monopolies when receiving network feeds. As it is now, you cannot legally receive distant networks if you are within range of a local broadcaster (70 miles I believe). Your local CBS has decided to stick a college basketball game on during your favorite program? Tough, nothing you can do about it since you only have 1 CBS station. Your house is next to a giant power station or some other source of interference? The only way you'll be getting television programs is by paying the local cable-opoly. People on the outskirts of the range also sometimes have no cable company serving them and also may not get a very good feed from a rooftop antenna. Get a satellite dish you say? Sure, but no networks for you unless the local stations are feeling generous and will grant a waiver. Granted, the ability to receive poor transmissions of a couple of Canadian stations may not be very appealing now, but it is a start to a whole new ballgame. AOL is salivating over this ability for a very big reason and fought very hard to be sure this ability wasn't outlawed in the recent satellite TV bill that passed. Imagine the day where the technology allows you to receive full-screen, 30fps pictures of any channel in the world.
I doubt you had this experience with the K7 (aka Athlon) considering it does not ship at speeds as low as 450. I do believe the problems with K6 as I had some similar stability with the K6. I have not heard of similar problems with the K7 line however.
Roblimo's summary is a bit inaccurate. Microsoft is not renaming the Windows CE OS. Rather, the handheld devices that are running Windows CE will be stamped and referred to as "Windows Powered devices" rather than "Windows CE devices." They'll still be running the operating system known as Windows CE.
I've been anxiously awaiting the release of the unit from Pine, but they couldn't even manage to get a prototype to Comdex for display? Ouch! Sounds like it's going to remain vapor for the next few months at least.
The email address of David Orton, ArtX's president, is deo@artxinc.com. You might also want to drop a line to Nintendo since ArtX's main claim-to-fame (before this fiasco anyways) is they'll be providing the graphics chip for the Dolphin, and shouldn't be too happy to hear about these tactics. Nintendo of America's email address is nintendo@nintendo.com.
I know next to nothing about MD players, but since Voquette apparently works with *all* Sharp recorder/players, what would prevent it from working with *any* MD recorder/player (such as Sony, Aiwa, etc.)?
It's amazing that M$ manages to have these backward-compatibility issues any time a new version of Office is released. Will they never learn that most companies can't afford in either money or man-hours to upgrade hundreds or thousands of workstations at the exact same time and compatability with older versions is very important? Guess not, they've had plenty of chances to learn.
Florida's pretty nice, if it weren't for the hurricane thing. As far as I can tell, that's their only disaster-prone item.
Don't forget their forests that burn like kindling every summer.
Click here for a scanned photo of the upcoming Visor that was published by Tap Magazine. I happened upon a link from a Palm newsgroup. Looks remarkably similar to a Palm Pro/III and surely wouldn't embarrass any "self-respecting business person."
Ironically, Sprint PCS just launched their data network today that allows several cell-phone models that they support to browse with a mini-browser, including a model from Nokia. I know most of the other digital PCS carriers have similar plans ready to roll in the next few months.
Actually Tom caught some heat not all that long ago when he began running an nVidia logo saying his site was "nVidia approved" or something to that effect. He lost alot of credibility in many people's eyes with that move. Since then, I've taken everything he's had to say with a grain of salt, that is, when he manages to get around to posting something new and/or worthwhile. Tom sells a few books and gets too lazy to update his site...
I have a feeling that these will be the first kegs to be officially "slashdotted". Let's hope that they aren't using Tap2K from M$ or it could be a very dry party.
I'll be going home a little early today because I forgot my bathroom PIN and soiled my pants.
This is probably a bit OT, but this story reminds of the movie I watched over the weekend, Enemy of the State. While some of what they depicted may have been over-the-top, it is quite scary to think of the ease with which the government (NSA in particular) could monitor and track every activity and conversation of anyone they wanted with a couple of keystokes. Orwell wasn't too far off in his predictions.