I was originally going to post something negative here, but as I read the article, I came across this article on what Century Software has done working with the distro from handhelds.org. And other open software, like FLTK. FLTK is a neat tool kit that uses OpenGL as its window renderer, and pretty much works on any os that has OpenGL libraries.
I was impressed enough to revise my original opinion of Linux on a PDA. Which was the thought that it is neat to run Linux on a PDA, but why bother? I use a PDA to sync my calendar and emails. Everytime msoft changes express or whatever, the linux equivelants are broken, so why fight it?
But in reading what Century has done, well, it hasn't changed that opinion, but their package is cool enough that it makes me want to install it on my Ipaq anyway.
I bought a ceiva for my parents. The thing that made it attractive as the gift for them was specifically that thing which most slashdotters hate about it. The service, or more precisely, the way the service works--no end user interaction required.
As for viewing angle and picture quality, I thought they were both more than satisfactory. Most of the time, when you are looking at a picture--not because you are passing it by on somebody's desk, but because you actually want to see the picture--you look at it fairly straight on.
Exceptions would be if several people were looking at it at the same time, creating a small crowd around the picture. And this is a very reasonable thing to worry about. But I tried out the picture frame for a couple days before I sent it to my parents. I viewed it from different angles. Yeah, it did get dimmer and dimmer the more severe the angle, but it was still viewable and satisfactory at angles of 30-40 degrees.
This isn't a projection of a newspaper or something, it's a picture. A picture of a dog is still recognizable, even if a little dimmer, at various viewing angles on the ceiva.
I can just imagine some neurotic slashdotter checking out a ceiva at bestbuy or wherever. They'd hold a ceiva to a wall, and with their face pressed against the wall, complain in a muffled voice that the picture quality sucked at a 90 degree angle.
I'm glad someobody else feels that way about herbert. I haven't read any of his kid's books...but I gather you don't like them. anything in particular or just the work as a whole?
re-configurable computing is very useful in embedded systems with somewhat limited resources and real-estate. Satellite computers, for example.
It is very useful to have a chip to data gathering for a while, then reconfigure to do a DFT on the data, then reconfigure to spit this back to earth through telemetry.
I'm a little late posting here, so you probably won't get this...
Lucas has been saying the movies are for kids for a while now, but I don't buy it. Starwars episode 4 showed luke's foster parents as smoldering, smoking skeletons. That is not, in my opinion, kid stuff.
I wish these people would realise it's the price of a CD that was driving the Napster thing, not a willingness to steal.
I think only half of that statement was correct--the first half. Market economic forces are at work here. A given napster user might be weighing the cost of purchasing a CD vs the cost of stealing that CD. So that, to me at least, indicates a willingness to steal.
On the other hand, many napster users feel they aren't really stealing anything, they are just transferring information. Well the law says what they are doing is stealing, so again that seems to indicate a willingness to steal. Not because they decide the cost of stealing is low enough, but they convince themselves they aren't stealing.
My favorite are the napster users who believe they aren't stealing because "CDs are so expensive." Now that is just logical absurdity.
--Scott
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I've said this a few times already, so I may get a redundent -1 on this one. I got my ipaq (grayscale 16meg) at compusa for $150.
Personally, I don't like lexx at all... but they have quite a following and I doubt this will be the last season. I think last year's was supposed to be the last season too. It keeps coming back.
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Fucking Great. Fire Bad.
I believe 320 horsepower qualifies as "adding shit that will kill you even more to enhance addictive properties".
I think you guys should find something more important to worry about.
It is called hand shaking. It is done all the time.
Last night I dreamt of Natalie Portman. She was eating hot grits.
Thank you.
My friend, that was sweetness.
I was originally going to post something negative here, but as I read the article, I came across this article on what Century Software has done working with the distro from handhelds.org. And other open software, like FLTK. FLTK is a neat tool kit that uses OpenGL as its window renderer, and pretty much works on any os that has OpenGL libraries.
I was impressed enough to revise my original opinion of Linux on a PDA. Which was the thought that it is neat to run Linux on a PDA, but why bother? I use a PDA to sync my calendar and emails. Everytime msoft changes express or whatever, the linux equivelants are broken, so why fight it?
But in reading what Century has done, well, it hasn't changed that opinion, but their package is cool enough that it makes me want to install it on my Ipaq anyway.
I bought a ceiva for my parents. The thing that made it attractive as the gift for them was specifically that thing which most slashdotters hate about it. The service, or more precisely, the way the service works--no end user interaction required.
As for viewing angle and picture quality, I thought they were both more than satisfactory. Most of the time, when you are looking at a picture--not because you are passing it by on somebody's desk, but because you actually want to see the picture--you look at it fairly straight on.
Exceptions would be if several people were looking at it at the same time, creating a small crowd around the picture. And this is a very reasonable thing to worry about. But I tried out the picture frame for a couple days before I sent it to my parents. I viewed it from different angles. Yeah, it did get dimmer and dimmer the more severe the angle, but it was still viewable and satisfactory at angles of 30-40 degrees.
This isn't a projection of a newspaper or something, it's a picture. A picture of a dog is still recognizable, even if a little dimmer, at various viewing angles on the ceiva.
I can just imagine some neurotic slashdotter checking out a ceiva at bestbuy or wherever. They'd hold a ceiva to a wall, and with their face pressed against the wall, complain in a muffled voice that the picture quality sucked at a 90 degree angle.
Well, I think earth has been pretty hard to inhabit by humans for a long time. That is why we have houses.
Rad Hard processors aren't hard to find. Rad Hard reconfigurable FPGAs are though.
I'm glad someobody else feels that way about herbert. I haven't read any of his kid's books...but I gather you don't like them. anything in particular or just the work as a whole?
re-configurable computing is very useful in embedded systems with somewhat limited resources and real-estate. Satellite computers, for example.
It is very useful to have a chip to data gathering for a while, then reconfigure to do a DFT on the data, then reconfigure to spit this back to earth through telemetry.
Sounds like you don't know that you can actually turn katz off in the user preferences. I'm not kidding.
I have cmdrtaco turned off, and soon to add katz to that list.
I'm a little late posting here, so you probably won't get this...
Lucas has been saying the movies are for kids for a while now, but I don't buy it. Starwars episode 4 showed luke's foster parents as smoldering, smoking skeletons. That is not, in my opinion, kid stuff.
and call it an M-Box (mame). Look out microsoft, your X-Box has some competition now. hehe
If you feel like you are talking to a wall, it is because you are.
I wish these people would realise it's the price of a CD that was driving the Napster thing, not a willingness to steal.
I think only half of that statement was correct--the first half. Market economic forces are at work here. A given napster user might be weighing the cost of purchasing a CD vs the cost of stealing that CD. So that, to me at least, indicates a willingness to steal.
On the other hand, many napster users feel they aren't really stealing anything, they are just transferring information. Well the law says what they are doing is stealing, so again that seems to indicate a willingness to steal. Not because they decide the cost of stealing is low enough, but they convince themselves they aren't stealing.
My favorite are the napster users who believe they aren't stealing because "CDs are so expensive." Now that is just logical absurdity.
--Scott
I've said this a few times already, so I may get a redundent -1 on this one. I got my ipaq (grayscale 16meg) at compusa for $150.
My gps (emap) only lasts about 12 hours. Now keep in mind, that is 12 continuous hours. Same with the ipaq.
My ipaq has never run out of juice on me--but I also have a cradle at work that charges as well as syncs.
Don't get me wrong, I would be happier if the ipaq batter lasted longer. But I haven't run into a problem with it as it is.
And for the people talking about price... I got my ipaq at compusa for $150. It is the grayscale/16meg version.
You're kidding right? I got my ipaq for $150 from comp usa. It is the grayscale 16meg version, but still very nice and functional.
cheese
Like we fucking care.
Personally, I don't like lexx at all... but they have quite a following and I doubt this will be the last season. I think last year's was supposed to be the last season too. It keeps coming back.
It's called property tax. Licensing and registration are the methods of keeping track of and collecting taxes.
Do you have two user names? Do you reply to yourself? My 'profoundly stupid' comment was in reply to Exceed.
I didn't initially see that you posted the comment he replied to, or I might have clarified sooner.
Your name would be near the top of the list. The best thing about it would be that you could then ignore me as well.
Then I wouldn't have to read moronic replies from people who think I am moronic.