While what was described in the article is extremely possible no where did the author mention any verification or attempts at such. Not even a "calls the Soehnge's credit card company were unreturned". The Providence Journal is a first class newspaper (one of few left) but still, it reads like something Mike Barnacle would've written for the Boston Globe (back in the day before they canned his ass).
I'm curious -- what do you use it for, and where do you use it?
Mostly quick trips (under two minutes) to news sites et al during the day, check the morning weather, streaming music (and soon video) from my desktop, RDPing into offsite XP/2k boxes and ebooks (right now Crome Yellow by Huxley from Gutenberg). I've heard it's really good for wardriving. The RSS reader gets a lot of use too. I also added an 1G RS-MMC card for music, videos and such.
... here were a couple of things that I really want a tablet computer for -- an animation app, a calendar app, and a chinese character learning app.
Animation app: One thing the 770 isn't is a speed demon (250Mhz TI/ARM CPU) and I think most any app would choke. Sorry.
calendar app: Better news here, while there isn't one already onboard (go figure) GPE-Calendar is being ported. I suspect something will come along in the next six months.
Chinese character learning app: Nothing.
I'm getting atleast three hours of heavy use (100mW 802.11g and the screen full blast) on my 770. Four plus without network usage and a dim screen. It also seems to take less than hour to get an almost full charge. Beautiful hardware and decent, but somewhat immature software. Time will fix that and the lack of apps. Many of the deb-arm packages work if you've rooted your 770.
IFAIK Gaim doesn't have a corporate sponsor but is an extremely successful OSS project. Corporate sponsorship is a great thing but not a requirement for a great project.
Say in the near future the SOCTUS says this is legal, so what's next? As the technology gets smaller and smaller how about:
- a built-in GPS receiver to track your moves 24/7, transfering said info back to the boss anytime you walk by a company RFID scanner. Jogging two hours a day gets you break on the health insurance while three hours a day on the couch gets you canned.
- monitoring your BAC (blood alcohol count), sending the on duty report to the boss and your company selling all the data to your insurance company or the State Police. Substitute the BAC for THC or anything else.
- Stores install RFID sensors at the checkout line so they can record your in-arm RFID and tie it to the credit/debit card you just paid with. Now since some stores are using LCD price signs, in theory, they could make price adjustments just for you according to your wealth, debt load, credit or anything else that let's them charge more.
Pretty outrageous ideas? Thirty years ago the whole idea of implanted tracking devices in humans would've been labelled evil or a Communist plot. RFIDs don't bother me, they're just a tool. What bothers me is what an army of PHBs will do with the data.
Long story short: RFIDs would be great if we could guarantee people's privacy. Of course we can't so IMO their use will only leave to revolt.
"If you look at the fossil record, organisms didn't gain new items like teeth and jaws gradually," Schwartz said. "It's not like fish developed bony teeth one piece at a time. It happened suddenly."
IMO you're right on the money. In Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc. the courts basicly said that the text of laws et al can not be subject to copyright restrictions. I think Diebold is going to hit the same wall. How can public data, like election records, truly be public if they can't be read?
So unless the US government is the government of the world (insert joke here) shouldn't.mil and.gov become.mil.us and.gov.us? It just seems time to make the switch.
... unfortunately need to use Windows at work in order to pay bills...
Yeah, I know, I've got a XP machine on the KVM. As I think about it it shouldn't be much of a problem running MS Windows on it. Either by tweaking OpenBIOS and adding a bootloader or by some kind of virtual machine software like Virtual PC or Bochs. The Open Firmware solution would give you native XP speed and (I'm guessing) about a 20% hit on the virtual machine solution (much slower on graphics).
IMO if someone does port OpenBIOS over a lot of XP users will be buying MacBook Pros. Even the Virtual PC solution will win over some XP users. Maybe they'll become the "new Thinkpads".
No, they have a standard bios, like the dev machines.
Couldn't one tweak OpenBIOS (which is written in Forth) to run on Apple's Open Firmware? It could even be modified to allow for simple and clean bootloader screen (like grub).
The potential for damage is when the disc is spinning fast enough for gyroscopic physics to try to torqe the disk at a right angle from the direction the console is moving, pushing the disk into things it really shouldn't come into contact with.
What about spin up and spin down? I have a 10 month PS2 (used mostly in the vertical position mounted on a Sony PS2 stand) and a very scratched copy of GTA:SA. The game was bought new and only played in the new PS2. Only three other new games have ever been played in the unit. A design flaw in the way the cd is seated could cause a rough takeoff and landing.
I think the grandparent might have a point. Yes, the Bernoulli Effect supports your comment but I still think spin up/down is a problem.
Google has been playing with image banner ads for a while which is why "http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad ?*" is in my Adblock kill file. Don't they realize that the only reason most people who can block ads haven't blocked them because the vast, vast majority of their ads are text only?
RB (Realbasic) is pretty sweet. One of the best parts is that you can code onGNU/Linux, MS Windows or Mac OS X and in one shot compile to GNU/Linux, MS Windows and Mac OS (carbon and/or classic). Plus they're giving away a six month time bomb (could be extended) but still a full version of RB Personal (no mysql support but still supports sqlite, cross compiles only run for a week as a demo) for
GNU/Linux. The Mac and MS Windows "demo" version time bombs any compiled apps (unlike the GNU/Linux version).
IMO if you need to crank out a cross platform app very, very quickly it's a nice way to go. Of course there are the pitfalls of the use of proprietary tools but the folks at RB have made a point of playing well with others.
BTW, I have no connection to RB other than a satisfied user since their beta days.
Years ago I worked for the State group that provided Internet service and support to Utah's k-12 schools. Each district controlled what was filtered and we reviewed/added/deleted any requests. While most requests were to block real porn sites other requests for blocking included sites including and like: now.org, mtv.com and the SI swimsuit issue.
The controlling interest in Utah will not be happy and will not stop until the State is blocked off with something like the Great Firewall of China. Look at who owns the newspaper in question. The Internet and it's ability to encourage people to be challenged by new ideas is not compatible with their interests. While the call is to stop "porn" now, we all know it's the first step down a slippery path.
Personally I think Zappa gives the best advice here:
From "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing":
Those Jesus Freaks
Well, they're friendly but
The shit they believe
Has got their minds all shut
An' they don't even care
When the church takes a cut
Ain't it bleak when you got so much nothin'
[...]
Do what you wanna
Do what you will
Just don't mess up
Your neighbor's thrill
'N when you pay the bill
Kindly leave a little tip
And help the next poor sucker
On his one way trip. ..
SOME TAKE THE BIBLE. ..
(Aw gimme a half a dozen for the hotel room!)
Discovery Institute Announces Challenge To The Periodic Table.
Tuesday November 22, 3:00 pm
Seattle, WA -- The Discovery Institute, Center for Science and Culture, well know for it's push to have Intelligent Design be recognized as a real science as opposed to a pseudo science like astrology, phrenology or paleontology, announced today a plan to challenge the use of the Mendeleev periodic table in public schools. The Center's Director Stephen Meyer, Ph.D. said "The current Mendeleev periodic table contains many myths and half truths. Has anyone ever really seen a single hydrogen or oxygen molecule? Of course not. All we ask is that our periodic table also be taught in public schools."
Here is a detailed chart of the proposed Stolidus periodic table:
Fire | Earth | Air | Water | Jesus
The Discovery Institute plans on distributing copies of the new periodic table to most Christian churches during the holidays. A special "picture book" version will be made available to Baptists.
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"Oh! Oh! Oh! I can take ugly but that's "circus ugly". Oh God, I can't see! Who opened the Ark of the Covenant?!" - paraphrased from Peter Griffin
I thought is was "Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning "can't install Gentoo". =)
And that's why when it says on your military ID "Property of the U.S. Government" they're not just talking about the ID card ... =)
Mostly quick trips (under two minutes) to news sites et al during the day, check the morning weather, streaming music (and soon video) from my desktop, RDPing into offsite XP/2k boxes and ebooks (right now Crome Yellow by Huxley from Gutenberg). I've heard it's really good for wardriving. The RSS reader gets a lot of use too. I also added an 1G RS-MMC card for music, videos and such.
Animation app: One thing the 770 isn't is a speed demon (250Mhz TI/ARM CPU) and I think most any app would choke. Sorry.
calendar app: Better news here, while there isn't one already onboard (go figure) GPE-Calendar is being ported. I suspect something will come along in the next six months.
Chinese character learning app: Nothing.
As you can guess it's still bleeding edge. Apps are coming, here's the list: http://maemo.org/maemowiki/ApplicationCatalog .
I'm getting atleast three hours of heavy use (100mW 802.11g and the screen full blast) on my 770. Four plus without network usage and a dim screen. It also seems to take less than hour to get an almost full charge. Beautiful hardware and decent, but somewhat immature software. Time will fix that and the lack of apps. Many of the deb-arm packages work if you've rooted your 770.
IFAIK Gaim doesn't have a corporate sponsor but is an extremely successful OSS project. Corporate sponsorship is a great thing but not a requirement for a great project.
- a built-in GPS receiver to track your moves 24/7, transfering said info back to the boss anytime you walk by a company RFID scanner. Jogging two hours a day gets you break on the health insurance while three hours a day on the couch gets you canned.
- monitoring your BAC (blood alcohol count), sending the on duty report to the boss and your company selling all the data to your insurance company or the State Police. Substitute the BAC for THC or anything else.
- Stores install RFID sensors at the checkout line so they can record your in-arm RFID and tie it to the credit/debit card you just paid with. Now since some stores are using LCD price signs, in theory, they could make price adjustments just for you according to your wealth, debt load, credit or anything else that let's them charge more.
Pretty outrageous ideas? Thirty years ago the whole idea of implanted tracking devices in humans would've been labelled evil or a Communist plot. RFIDs don't bother me, they're just a tool. What bothers me is what an army of PHBs will do with the data.
Long story short: RFIDs would be great if we could guarantee people's privacy. Of course we can't so IMO their use will only leave to revolt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibriu m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Jay_Gould
Yup. Why would they hire someone with such baggage? It's kinda like Apple hiring a CEO from Commodore ...
So unless the US government is the government of the world (insert joke here) shouldn't .mil and .gov become .mil.us and .gov.us? It just seems time to make the switch.
The guy was the MacGyver of his time. Imagine what he could've done with stuff like duct tape, gasoline or a Chevy small block 350.
Yeah, I know, I've got a XP machine on the KVM. As I think about it it shouldn't be much of a problem running MS Windows on it. Either by tweaking OpenBIOS and adding a bootloader or by some kind of virtual machine software like Virtual PC or Bochs. The Open Firmware solution would give you native XP speed and (I'm guessing) about a 20% hit on the virtual machine solution (much slower on graphics).
IMO if someone does port OpenBIOS over a lot of XP users will be buying MacBook Pros. Even the Virtual PC solution will win over some XP users. Maybe they'll become the "new Thinkpads".
No, they have a standard bios, like the dev machines. Couldn't one tweak OpenBIOS (which is written in Forth) to run on Apple's Open Firmware? It could even be modified to allow for simple and clean bootloader screen (like grub).
Running MS Windows on a MacBook Pro is like letting a retarded kid drive a Ferrari.
Autostitch home page:i tch/autostitch.html
http://www.cs.ubc.ca.nyud.net:8090/~mbrown/autost
Download via Coral cache:i tch/autostitch.zip
http://www.cs.ubc.ca.nyud.net:8090/~mbrown/autost
Autostitched photos on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/autostitch/
BTW, it's a MS Windows app but works great under wine.
What about spin up and spin down? I have a 10 month PS2 (used mostly in the vertical position mounted on a Sony PS2 stand) and a very scratched copy of GTA:SA. The game was bought new and only played in the new PS2. Only three other new games have ever been played in the unit. A design flaw in the way the cd is seated could cause a rough takeoff and landing.
I think the grandparent might have a point. Yes, the Bernoulli Effect supports your comment but I still think spin up/down is a problem.
BTW, get Adblock here: http://adblock.mozdev.org/
IMO if you need to crank out a cross platform app very, very quickly it's a nice way to go. Of course there are the pitfalls of the use of proprietary tools but the folks at RB have made a point of playing well with others.
BTW, I have no connection to RB other than a satisfied user since their beta days.
VB Express (.img file)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=54764
VB Express (.iso file)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=57033
The controlling interest in Utah will not be happy and will not stop until the State is blocked off with something like the Great Firewall of China. Look at who owns the newspaper in question. The Internet and it's ability to encourage people to be challenged by new ideas is not compatible with their interests. While the call is to stop "porn" now, we all know it's the first step down a slippery path.
Personally I think Zappa gives the best advice here:
Discovery Institute Announces Challenge To The Periodic Table.
Tuesday November 22, 3:00 pm
Seattle, WA -- The Discovery Institute, Center for Science and Culture, well know for it's push to have Intelligent Design be recognized as a real science as opposed to a pseudo science like astrology, phrenology or paleontology, announced today a plan to challenge the use of the Mendeleev periodic table in public schools. The Center's Director Stephen Meyer, Ph.D. said "The current Mendeleev periodic table contains many myths and half truths. Has anyone ever really seen a single hydrogen or oxygen molecule? Of course not. All we ask is that our periodic table also be taught in public schools."
Here is a detailed chart of the proposed Stolidus periodic table:
The Discovery Institute plans on distributing copies of the new periodic table to most Christian churches during the holidays. A special "picture book" version will be made available to Baptists.