1. adjust word location by how frequently it's used in the past. So most frequently used words are shift to the front, making selection much faster. Typically they should fit into the first page (no scrolling required).
While it's in the long-term a preferred concept, it cannot be done constantly and too frequently. People who really do type a lot memorize the position of the characters on the list. If the position changes too frequently. It'll instead slow them down a lot.
Sometimes, it occurs to me that it's a sad thing that Microsoft doesn't seem to able to see that the tide has changed. And it - The corporation, needs to change to adapt to the changed environment for long-term survival.
Maybe it's "stupid" if you consider the case from a legal standpoint... But isn't it doubtful that successfully winning the case is really the original and foremost intent...?
In the long term, if people choose to buy Mac the machine, the market share of Windows will drop. The absolute number may still raise if PC sales is strong enough to offset the loss of market share.
I have a question regarding mounting NTFS partition as a sub-path. Basically, I have an external drive, and I mounted it under \My Documents for faster access.
However, I'm not so sure how programs treat such kind of relationships, I've configured Google Desktop and Picasa NOT to index the sub-path but to index the drive letter directly.
Do you have similar configurations...? Any suggestion for a better setup...?
There're certain risks involved when one buys 3rd party batteries, or genuine ones as claimed, from eBay or other sources but not from the official vendors or reputable sources. However, when one consider that the price differences, which can be as much as 4 times in some cases, and the number of reported cases of battery explosions, it could be hard to resist.
Of course, the number of cases which haven't been reported is unknown as well.
I can't tell exactly how you treat your notebooks just from your words, but it seems to me that you're asking too much for a traditional design, even that of a ThinkPad, which is renowned for its quality, durability, and occasionally fly-ability (like being thrown from the 2nd floor of an apartment but still survived...)
It seems to me as well that Palm is always killing itself.
It started off as a promising unit inside 3Com, which was then spun off. A nice move except that the major brains left soon after (and some of them started Handspring).
Not long after Palm started to stagnate and see other Palm OS licensees passing it by handily (at least technologically, even if not in terms of sales, Palm always has been favoured because of its name), it bought Handspring, which rejuvenated itself for a while.
Then, Palm again started to commit suicide. During the process the OS and device businesses were split-ted, which could have been good, but poor decisions drove both spun-offs ever downward again.
But all is not lost, based on what I've read lately about ALP (check out http://www.palminfocenter.com/ if you haven't), there's still hope in me that my next phone/PDA will run the Palm OS. One that has a complete different internals but shares the same philosophy, and improved interface.
Part of the problem is that some fundamentalists insist on holding their view or interpretation of the Bible as "the truth", and rule out all other conflicting but possible views or interpretations as God-offending.
Some Christians are afraid of being challenged. But if you believe in God, you shouldn't be afraid of being challenged, right?
Nevermind, anyway I think that such technology should be more widely-tested and obtain more public input before a mass adoption, especially for personal identification purpose. There are many concerns, which you may find in other posts, that don't seem to have been addressed yet.
For once, here in Hong Kong, such technology has been used for paying transportation fare for years and have been proven successful in the sense of adoption rate (well, the why is worthy of a case study).
The local government is pushing a similar technology but at least it is NOT contactless - You need put the card into a card reader to access the data on the chip (which, BTW, such technology can store much more data than magnetic strips, so I was told...), which said to be "very secure".
You asked what's the advantages of contactless cards, so I replied, straight to the point IMO.
Here is my reply:
1. I think what you meant was "You can't have one without (negatively affecting) the other." 2. Magnetic strips can be rendered useless if seriously scratched, which is a matter of time. However, I've no idea about the longevity (if there's any limit) of contactless cards. 3. I didn't.
I have no idea why are you talking so angrily, but no, I don't smoke, and have a nice day.
The Legend Holdings Limited (which itself is owned by the Chinese Academy of Science and Employee's Shareholding Society of Legend Holdings Limited) owns about 42.5% of Lenovo.
The Chinese Academy of Science was setup and under control by the State Council, which basically means the Chinese government.
If the poster is really interested in switching the other way, here is the list that I will install for someone "not INTO computers":
Firefox AVG Free Any anti-spyware utility Google Desktop Search Google Toobar for IE (or for Firefox, if you use it) Picasa Miranda Skype (only if you has someone to chat with...) OpenOffice (only if an office suite is REALLY needed...) Flash and Shockwave players Mega Codec Pack Adobe Reader (or Foxit if the box is old and slow, but he's talking about Boot Camp so it's irrelevant...) Alt-Tab Powertoy PDFCreator (okay, depends...) FilZip (7-Zip is better IMO functionality-wise, but FilZip's interface is simpler) Gmail account (I mean a shortcut on the Start Menu)
BTW, these will be the things I uninstall:
Outlook Express (I know you can't REALLY remove it without some hacks, but just remove the shortcut will do...) MSN Explorer Windows Messenger
It's IMO that risk often, if not always, comes with using new tech. So long as it doesn't cause a run-away disaster, I think it will be fine in the long term.
However, it seems that nanotech, and also DNA engineering, are easier to get out of control that previous new tech.
I've to admit, back then I configured my box to hit the root straightly for all DNS request, for why I couldn't remember, I guess it's probably just stupid.
And I thought, "why is it always sooooo slow when I go from one site to another?" Not knowing that my box had to go a long way just to fetch the IP address.
I'm not so sure about this, since the long distance rates dropped like a falling stone after the local long distance call market opened up.
The end result: More choices, and lower prices. Service quality? In general, you pay for what you get. But even for the best quality you don't have to pay as much as you used to.
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Really, I suppose a lot of people out there are doing it, but rarely do they come upfront admitting it.
While it's in the long-term a preferred concept, it cannot be done constantly and too frequently. People who really do type a lot memorize the position of the characters on the list. If the position changes too frequently. It'll instead slow them down a lot.
Sometimes, it occurs to me that it's a sad thing that Microsoft doesn't seem to able to see that the tide has changed. And it - The corporation, needs to change to adapt to the changed environment for long-term survival.
Will it ever do so...?
Maybe it's "stupid" if you consider the case from a legal standpoint... But isn't it doubtful that successfully winning the case is really the original and foremost intent...?
Yes, but how many Mac users run Parallels?
In the long term, if people choose to buy Mac the machine, the market share of Windows will drop. The absolute number may still raise if PC sales is strong enough to offset the loss of market share.
I have a question regarding mounting NTFS partition as a sub-path. Basically, I have an external drive, and I mounted it under \My Documents for faster access.
However, I'm not so sure how programs treat such kind of relationships, I've configured Google Desktop and Picasa NOT to index the sub-path but to index the drive letter directly.
Do you have similar configurations...? Any suggestion for a better setup...?
Since he committed the cardinal sin of installing a devil Microsoft product on a saint Apple Mac, I think he should be tried for blasphemy.
May all his works perish.
There're certain risks involved when one buys 3rd party batteries, or genuine ones as claimed, from eBay or other sources but not from the official vendors or reputable sources. However, when one consider that the price differences, which can be as much as 4 times in some cases, and the number of reported cases of battery explosions, it could be hard to resist.
Of course, the number of cases which haven't been reported is unknown as well.
I can't tell exactly how you treat your notebooks just from your words, but it seems to me that you're asking too much for a traditional design, even that of a ThinkPad, which is renowned for its quality, durability, and occasionally fly-ability (like being thrown from the 2nd floor of an apartment but still survived...)
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Maybe a Toughbook or something like that will suite you more...? http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/home.
It seems to me as well that Palm is always killing itself.
It started off as a promising unit inside 3Com, which was then spun off. A nice move except that the major brains left soon after (and some of them started Handspring).
Not long after Palm started to stagnate and see other Palm OS licensees passing it by handily (at least technologically, even if not in terms of sales, Palm always has been favoured because of its name), it bought Handspring, which rejuvenated itself for a while.
Then, Palm again started to commit suicide. During the process the OS and device businesses were split-ted, which could have been good, but poor decisions drove both spun-offs ever downward again.
But all is not lost, based on what I've read lately about ALP (check out http://www.palminfocenter.com/ if you haven't), there's still hope in me that my next phone/PDA will run the Palm OS. One that has a complete different internals but shares the same philosophy, and improved interface.
to get it off the frontpage or Slashdot altogether, please let me know.
If the topic was "Yahoo! Opens up Their Instant Messenger Protocol/Network"...
Where is the interoperability...?
Well said.
Part of the problem is that some fundamentalists insist on holding their view or interpretation of the Bible as "the truth", and rule out all other conflicting but possible views or interpretations as God-offending.
Some Christians are afraid of being challenged. But if you believe in God, you shouldn't be afraid of being challenged, right?
is the model reviewed in the link.
No, but you need to phrase it more obfuscated so it will pass the 0.2s test by the patent examiner.
BTW... The technology of Smart ID is NOT contactless.
Nevermind, anyway I think that such technology should be more widely-tested and obtain more public input before a mass adoption, especially for personal identification purpose. There are many concerns, which you may find in other posts, that don't seem to have been addressed yet.
For once, here in Hong Kong, such technology has been used for paying transportation fare for years and have been proven successful in the sense of adoption rate (well, the why is worthy of a case study).
The local government is pushing a similar technology but at least it is NOT contactless - You need put the card into a card reader to access the data on the chip (which, BTW, such technology can store much more data than magnetic strips, so I was told...), which said to be "very secure".
For more information: http://www.smartid.gov.hk/en/faq/index.html
You asked what's the advantages of contactless cards, so I replied, straight to the point IMO.
Here is my reply:
1. I think what you meant was "You can't have one without (negatively affecting) the other."
2. Magnetic strips can be rendered useless if seriously scratched, which is a matter of time. However, I've no idea about the longevity (if there's any limit) of contactless cards.
3. I didn't.
I have no idea why are you talking so angrily, but no, I don't smoke, and have a nice day.
1. Convenience
2. Long lasting
3. More reliable
???
The Legend Holdings Limited (which itself is owned by the Chinese Academy of Science and Employee's Shareholding Society of Legend Holdings Limited) owns about 42.5% of Lenovo.
The Chinese Academy of Science was setup and under control by the State Council, which basically means the Chinese government.
http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/lenovo/shares_info.html
http://www.legendholdings.com.cn/intro_en.asp
http://english.cas.cn/Eng2003/page/home.asp
http://english.gov.cn/
If the poster is really interested in switching the other way, here is the list that I will install for someone "not INTO computers":
Firefox
AVG Free
Any anti-spyware utility
Google Desktop Search
Google Toobar for IE (or for Firefox, if you use it)
Picasa
Miranda
Skype (only if you has someone to chat with...)
OpenOffice (only if an office suite is REALLY needed...)
Flash and Shockwave players
Mega Codec Pack
Adobe Reader (or Foxit if the box is old and slow, but he's talking about Boot Camp so it's irrelevant...)
Alt-Tab Powertoy
PDFCreator (okay, depends...)
FilZip (7-Zip is better IMO functionality-wise, but FilZip's interface is simpler)
Gmail account (I mean a shortcut on the Start Menu)
BTW, these will be the things I uninstall:
Outlook Express (I know you can't REALLY remove it without some hacks, but just remove the shortcut will do...)
MSN Explorer
Windows Messenger
It's IMO that risk often, if not always, comes with using new tech. So long as it doesn't cause a run-away disaster, I think it will be fine in the long term.
However, it seems that nanotech, and also DNA engineering, are easier to get out of control that previous new tech.
I've to admit, back then I configured my box to hit the root straightly for all DNS request, for why I couldn't remember, I guess it's probably just stupid.
And I thought, "why is it always sooooo slow when I go from one site to another?" Not knowing that my box had to go a long way just to fetch the IP address.
My bad, forget it.
I'm not so sure about this, since the long distance rates dropped like a falling stone after the local long distance call market opened up.
The end result: More choices, and lower prices. Service quality? In general, you pay for what you get. But even for the best quality you don't have to pay as much as you used to.