Actually, it copies the prc file from the SD card into storage RAM and runs it from there. When the app exits, the copy is deleted. If the app crashes, the copy is left in storage memory.
Why was this modded "Funny"? It's essentially what AMD PowerNow does and it's how I was able to re-purpose an old PC as a silent router by under-clocking it and removing the fans from the CPU and PS.
Sweet. Not to start a OS war, and at work we standardized on CentOS, but at home I use Ubuntu (Debian based) and I can say the same about Ubuntu with respect to VMWare Player. The Ubuntu (universe?) repositories have.deb packages for VMWare Player so there is no compilation necessary. However, to install VMWare Server, I had to run the install script that compiles the kernel module. Not that it was a big deal - it only tool a few minutes.
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It dramatically increased my productivity. Although I mostly use it for programming, I think the benefit can be realized by anyone. With Windows, I was constantly tweaking my setup and not getting as much work done. Things like defragging disks, scanning/cleaning viruses, reinstalling the whole OS from scratch every few months, etc. are just not issues with Linux. I haven't reinstalled Linux from scratch since I switched from Mandrake to Ubuntu but I've upgraded through 5 or 6 full releases with just the package manager and scarcely a reboot.
There are other nice things about Linux too, such as drivers for old hardware. Our old SCSI scanner hasn't been supported on Windows since 98 (HP stopped writing drivers after 98). Actually, this was the reason for switching my wife from Windows 98 to Linux many years ago. FWIW, she prefers Linux now too. Also, with Linux, we can share that scanner using SANE.
I also agree with what someone else said about pop-ups. Windows pop-ups (which are all too common) are modal and steal the input focus from the user. Sometimes I would be typing and accidentally agree (or disagree - who knows!) to a pop-up that I didn't have time to read. On Linux, such pop-ups are rare and they don't steal the input focus.
Best of luck, if you do decided to make the switch.
What's not so common (though it's seemingly becoming so) is a scenario where the person you're training is transparently there to be trained because they're going to do the job on the cheap. What's not so common is the egregious in-your-face requirement to train someone to replace you when you had not been planning to leave!
Actually, it was very common occurrance to those of us layed off in the early 2000's.
Rebates (and more so with coupons) are a good way to maximize profit. Say you have rich customers who are willing to pay $100, and poor customers who can only afford $50 for the same product. You could set the price at $50 to attact both groups, or you can set the price at $100 and offer a $50 rebate. If you set the price to $50, you won't make as much profit as if you offer the rebate because the rich customers will pay full price to avoid the hassle. Also, pricing your product too low could change the customer's opinion of your product (causing them to think of it as "cheap") and you could risk losing part of the market.
I'm surprised nobody notice this except from an interview with the PalmSource CEO:
IDGNS: What exactly are you doing to ensure security?
Nagel: We support a capability for signed code. Imagine a piece of code that has a signature on it, basically saying that this is a trusted application. Unless the code has been signed by some legitimate signing agency, which often is the carrier or wireless operator, you can't load the application on the smart phone. We also provide a lot of the encryption capabilities as well as secure VPN technology.
While, it's not solving a problem for the customer, it is solving a problem for the manufacturer: reducing complexity in their product offerings. They now only have to manufacture and support one board instead of two.
Honestly, I don't know why more manufacturers don't do this other than eeking out as much performance as possible from the specific platform.
While PDA sales may be declining, smartphones (those with PDA attributes) are increasing. Besides, a plain phone doesn't sound an alarm when you have a meeting in 5 minutes. Also, web mail is clunky enough on a desktop. I imagine it's horrible on a crappy browser with a 2 inch screen.
Toshiba has one with a swivel screen. Thus, protecting the screen and it has a keyboard. http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cmo d.to?coid=- 26373&sel=0&rcid=-26367&ccid=1291021&seg=HHO&sel=1 &src=AMEM&WT.srch=1
Judging from the specs, I bet Linux would run fine on it. I don't own one (yet) but they appeal to me because it would be great for graphic editing and web browsing -- especially when used in the laptop configuration where you can type and touch hyperlinks on the screen.
Better question: Why is this a beta?
"Of course we have left some bugs inside, you will be pleased not to report the gorgious kernel panic at the end of installation..."
>(It still causes a 60s pause during bootup, but I'm happy that it works)
I had a similar delay with an on-board NIC. Worked fine with MDK 9.1 but not with 10. Unchecking the "enable hotswap" option in the networking configuration made it go away.
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Actually, it copies the prc file from the SD card into storage RAM and runs it from there. When the app exits, the copy is deleted. If the app crashes, the copy is left in storage memory.
Why was this modded "Funny"? It's essentially what AMD PowerNow does and it's how I was able to re-purpose an old PC as a silent router by under-clocking it and removing the fans from the CPU and PS.
Sweet. Not to start a OS war, and at work we standardized on CentOS, but at home I use Ubuntu (Debian based) and I can say the same about Ubuntu with respect to VMWare Player. The Ubuntu (universe?) repositories have .deb packages for VMWare Player so there is no compilation necessary. However, to install VMWare Server, I had to run the install script that compiles the kernel module. Not that it was a big deal - it only tool a few minutes.
It dramatically increased my productivity. Although I mostly use it for programming, I think the benefit can be realized by anyone. With Windows, I was constantly tweaking my setup and not getting as much work done. Things like defragging disks, scanning/cleaning viruses, reinstalling the whole OS from scratch every few months, etc. are just not issues with Linux. I haven't reinstalled Linux from scratch since I switched from Mandrake to Ubuntu but I've upgraded through 5 or 6 full releases with just the package manager and scarcely a reboot.
There are other nice things about Linux too, such as drivers for old hardware. Our old SCSI scanner hasn't been supported on Windows since 98 (HP stopped writing drivers after 98). Actually, this was the reason for switching my wife from Windows 98 to Linux many years ago. FWIW, she prefers Linux now too. Also, with Linux, we can share that scanner using SANE.
I also agree with what someone else said about pop-ups. Windows pop-ups (which are all too common) are modal and steal the input focus from the user. Sometimes I would be typing and accidentally agree (or disagree - who knows!) to a pop-up that I didn't have time to read. On Linux, such pop-ups are rare and they don't steal the input focus.
Best of luck, if you do decided to make the switch.
I shrunk the Roomba
You can also "sudo su". It's even the same number of keystrokes.
Rebates (and more so with coupons) are a good way to maximize profit. Say you have rich customers who are willing to pay $100, and poor customers who can only afford $50 for the same product. You could set the price at $50 to attact both groups, or you can set the price at $100 and offer a $50 rebate. If you set the price to $50, you won't make as much profit as if you offer the rebate because the rich customers will pay full price to avoid the hassle. Also, pricing your product too low could change the customer's opinion of your product (causing them to think of it as "cheap") and you could risk losing part of the market.
Read the rest of the interview here:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/02/14/HNpalms
While, it's not solving a problem for the customer, it is solving a problem for the manufacturer: reducing complexity in their product offerings. They now only have to manufacture and support one board instead of two.
Honestly, I don't know why more manufacturers don't do this other than eeking out as much performance as possible from the specific platform.
Simple solution:
ftp ftp.microsoft.com
Problem solved. Next?
While PDA sales may be declining, smartphones (those with PDA attributes) are increasing. Besides, a plain phone doesn't sound an alarm when you have a meeting in 5 minutes. Also, web mail is clunky enough on a desktop. I imagine it's horrible on a crappy browser with a 2 inch screen.
Toshiba has one with a swivel screen. Thus, protecting the screen and it has a keyboard.o d.to?coid=- 26373&sel=0&rcid=-26367&ccid=1291021&seg=HHO&sel=1 &src=AMEM&WT.srch=1
http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cm
Judging from the specs, I bet Linux would run fine on it. I don't own one (yet) but they appeal to me because it would be great for graphic editing and web browsing -- especially when used in the laptop configuration where you can type and touch hyperlinks on the screen.
"You ended that sentence with a preposition. You bastard!"
Do what I do, just google a store's reputation before shopping there:l ient=firefox-a&q=best+buy+sucks&btnG=Searc h s ucks&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=fire fox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c
http://www.google.com/search?q=fry's+electronics+
etc, etc...
I thought H1-B holders couldn't be given a job for which a US citizen was available to do.
Did I read the right article? Where does he advocate OO.o or ABIWord?
Better question: Why is this a beta? "Of course we have left some bugs inside, you will be pleased not to report the gorgious kernel panic at the end of installation..."
>(It still causes a 60s pause during bootup, but I'm happy that it works)
I had a similar delay with an on-board NIC. Worked fine with MDK 9.1 but not with 10. Unchecking the "enable hotswap" option in the networking configuration made it go away.
Unfortunately, a lot of titles use the old WinG API's (for cartoon animation) which to the best of my knowledge are not supported under WINE.