Me, I carry the Palm V around with me wherever I go... to track appointments and the like. I went with the Palm V and paid the extra $200 because of the small size. Carrying around the Palm III is a bit bulky...
Now, if you need to write a novel... they obviously aren't the best size. But for what many people (including me) use them for, small is better.
Hmm... sorry to burst your bubble... but there's a simpler way to do this. They are called "bookmark" or "favorites", you may have heard of them! =). Some people use them to mark their favorite sites on the web. From the browser, I can access them from the keboard by using the keyboard shortcut. For example, Slashdot is ALT-A-S. Three buttons... almost as convenient as memorizing a set of nicknames to type into the address bar! But I'm glad that you're happy with Opera... why get the best (Mozilla OR IE) for free when you pay money for a second rate program??
Hmm.... useless features, where would we be without them??
I'm against racial quotas as much as the next guy... but if Gervase does end up winning, it will have NOTHING to do with his skin color. He has survived thus far by using his charm, which is an amazing accomplishment. He's easy-going, and doesn't present a huge threat to anyone... so nobody votes him off -- the best strategy of all.
Still don't believe me?? Well, let me put it this way: each vote is done by contestants vying for $1M... and I would bet everything I know they won't save Gervase's butt for any sort of racial motive in order to jeopardize their shot at the grand prize.
: To me, it comes down to choice. If you feel you are free to disconnect at any time without penalty, thereis no issue.
To me, the issue comes down to a choice where I accept more money in exchange for more hours... a trade-off. I am the only programmer in the office, and am often the last to leave along with my manager. Strange how we are the top-paid people in the office.
Sure, I may never see the sun in the winter, but it is sure a nice paycheck. Face it, all of us tech-workers have made this implicit trade-off, otherwise we would be working at burger king by now.
At this rate, I'll be able to take off months at a time between jobs and still come out WAY ahead of the average bear. Come on people...
It's 'miracle' enough that they're yielding chips as fast as they are these days. Consider that if there's a 'clever trick' that can be used to squeeze more out of the chips, AMD is already doing so.
True... but not at the low end. I've read many an article telling how the low-end Slot-A Athlons (550-700 MHz) are really re-marked 750's, because they aren't much harder to make, and it's simpler to make them in large batches and mark 'em down as needed.
So while it's true that it's a 'miracle' that they can make the high-end clocks... the low end sometimes has a lot of room. That's why 1GHz t-bird only overclock to around 1.1GHz... and even that probably isn't altogether stable. Wherease a Slot-A 550 can be easily overclocked to 750Mhz, sometimes higher, depending on the batch.
I think that it's obvious (as kirkb mentioned above) that Intel has a lot of financial incentives to back Rambus. It's a good strategy, really: buy 10% of the company for dirt cheap, then force the technology down the throats of users. Now sales are up, the stock price skyrockets ("well, Intel says it's the next big thing and who would know better than Intel?") and their investement increases tenfold.
It's a classic scam... just not usually pulled by a company the size of Intel.
...that people start following my lead with spammers. When signing up with spam-friendly companies such as REAL or ADOBE, use the email address nospam@real.com or nospam@adobe.com. What do I mean by spam-friendly?? Well, when you download something for free, they won't let you without getting your email... and if you don't click off some checkbox you get flooded with spam. The only way to teach them a lesson is to spam their own servers. In mass numbers would be nicer!
okay... I'm still on modem (for another week) and I got totally sucked in by this one for a few seconds. Without the/. icons turned on I didn't realize it was a "its funny, laugh" article... and the first screenshot that loaded was the "look at the lighting and textures..." which almost looks real.
I always thought that the open-source progress was the fatal flaw in Red Hat's (and other commercial open-source vendors relying on support costs) business plan. As more people adopt the software and fix the bugs and improve the interface (especially reducing the reliance on the command line), there will be less need for support.
I mean, how many people need to call Microsoft for support installing Windows 98SE?? Not much because its so damn easy. Two years people wrote book after book on how to install Linux... now who needs it?? Improved driver support, improved ease-of-use... it's so simple that my grandparents could install most packages.
Now of course there will always be support needs for the more advanced users, and for developers. But those are minor compared with most users, who can figure it out for themselves because of low requirements. How is Red Hat, or any other company, going to make much money off of that???
If they are opening up the source for inspection via the SCSL it should still be viewed as a derivitive of "open source" even if it is not perfect compared with the BSD license or the GPL.
Obviously he wasn't a preacher, but he still borrowed heavily from xian influences to con people. The article says he taught bible studies and led the singing at a local church, and used the trust gained in those settings to bilk people out of money. He might as well have been a preacher given the influence he obviously had over the investors he met in that setting.
Of course the obvious problem: ISPs have to carry the usenet channel which doesn't really seem viable in the long run either. Now they would be holding all the traffic downloaded, plus the RIAA would be after them to stop carrying the usenet channels.
It seems like it would cause too many problems... likely why it isn't already widely used (at least with my ISP there are not alt.mp3.* channels).
Given that Slashdot and a million other websites continue to use GIF *how many* ? years after PNG, I think MNG will take just as long to gain acceptance.
I think that after Mozilla comes out of beta, then sites will start moving to PNG quickly. As a web developer I still see a fair percentage of visitors with Netscape less than 4.5, which doesn't support PNG (*so far as I know... let me know if I'm wrong*)
We'll see a large-scale displacement of GIFs on my sites within a year, once the percentage of PNG incapable browsers on our sites drops below 10%. Don't hate me, but I subscribe to the theory that if you are a holdout against new technology you gotta roll with the punches and accept it (of course, text alternative menus are a must). MNG will be the same, if it's as good as they say. Like any new technology, if Microsoft and AOL/Netscape support it "out of the box" I'll be moving over again.
No offense, but there was a browser that acted as a rudimentary file manager before IE. That being Netscape Navigator. Now, the file manager functionalit was really underdeveloped, and not very useful, but it was there.
I think Microsoft deserves a lot of credit for actually making the web browser / file manager concept work. But I still remember reading Marc Andreasson (sp?) talking about "the browser is the new os" while MS was still pushing MSN.
I own a computer so that it can do some of my thinking for me.
Of course, one could argue that part of the usefulness (and therefore purpose) of computers is to automate mundane tasks. A simple script is a good way to save time and energy (not to mention boredom).
3. You can say the RRRR in Roll up the rim to win. Don't you love how advertisments have defined our national identity? Between Tim Hortons and Molsons we now have a stronger national culture than ever before! heheh.
I seem to recall that's what they had in the first place, which caused all the commotion. Plus, on top of that they made you enter in your area code (for telephones), so Americans would have to figure out some Canadaian area codes.
The long and the short of it is (so far as I know)that they ruled that it was so easy to circumvent the process that it was still intended to target Americans (and hence illegal).
This is the result of Eidos capping off the number of press copies to 500.
"Ha, reminds me of the movie "the Avengers". It was so bad that the studio didn't let critics see it in advance to slow down the bad reviews and at least maybe get a good weekend in.
I think they are referring to executable files in this case. At worst, a MP3 or JPG or MOV will offend you... we all know the worst that a VBS can do.
That's why you should use the "GLOBAL, utterly anonymous peer to peer file sharing network" to do what it was supposed to do (pirate music, video, etc)... not pick up.VBS files!
... look at slashdot.org. Does it pass the test?? Lets see, from the article: "offer consumers the four types of privacy protection the agency deems essential: a notice defining privacy policies, a choice as to how data collected by the site is used, access to that data and assurances that the data is secure. "
2) a choice as to how data collected by the site is used. NO, though the editors have talked about adding an option for opting-out of book publishing deals.
3) access to that data. NO, correct me if I'm wrong here...
4) assurances that the data is secure. NO, at least not that I can find in the FAQ or the about sections.
My point is that the criteria were pretty strict, as #2 and #3 are not readily available on most sites. I am really surpised that ANY sites offer #3. As for #4, it's pretty useless so I don't really care about it.
So before you get all upset about all those sites failing... remember that privacy-respecting firms like Andover.net (I hope) fail too.
I don't think that the poster said (or implied) that text programs are worthless... just not as flashy, which is what him kids seem to be looking for to start. I think its reasonable -- I know I started programming with simple games in Delphi and VB. You can write very little code and quickly see the results.
I read the article and am amazed at the lack of depth to the article. Meyer kept on ranting about RMS's hatred of commercial software vendors, and ESR's love of guns. Both of these are completely irrelavent to free software... they really are just two people with extreme views on a few topics. RMS and ESR are famous because they are extreme (of course they have made significant contributions as well). Would someone be a famous advocate for playing the middle line? How much do you hear Linus talking about these issues... odds are he tries to stay neutral -- so no article about him.
My point: the article should be considered an attack on the extreme views held by RMS regarding free softare, and ESR regarding guns. Nothing more to speak of there..
... it's really not an issue of free speech since the situation is dealing with copyrighted material, which seems to override free speech issues.
Slashdot's best hope here is to overturn the DMCA -- but eventually they will have to take down the posts that display copyrighted material because/. is an ISP. Really, think about it: even though "comments are owned by the poster" they are still hosted by Andover.net -- just like any ISP.
Obviously, Microsoft is being stupid by this (why not build the license into the executable?, why try to semi-publish the specs?) but in the end, hosting copyrighted material will never stand up in the courts. I'd say they have a good chance of maintaining posts with links tho... the EFF would likely be able to help with that.
Ya, WCOM owns MCI... and they handle a lot of web traffic. So does Sprint. And Qwest (US West). So the VAST majority of Net traffic will flow through 'em anyhow.
But at least now we are in an age where we aren't stuck with the local phone monopoly. Where I live we gots cable and DSL -- plus satellite. Now at least we got choices!
Slashdot Mirror
Me, I carry the Palm V around with me wherever I go... to track appointments and the like. I went with the Palm V and paid the extra $200 because of the small size. Carrying around the Palm III is a bit bulky...
Now, if you need to write a novel... they obviously aren't the best size. But for what many people (including me) use them for, small is better.
-rt-
Hmm... sorry to burst your bubble... but there's a simpler way to do this. They are called "bookmark" or "favorites", you may have heard of them! =). Some people use them to mark their favorite sites on the web. From the browser, I can access them from the keboard by using the keyboard shortcut. For example, Slashdot is ALT-A-S. Three buttons... almost as convenient as memorizing a set of nicknames to type into the address bar! But I'm glad that you're happy with Opera... why get the best (Mozilla OR IE) for free when you pay money for a second rate program??
Hmm.... useless features, where would we be without them??
-rt-
Hold on there for a second there big guy...
I'm against racial quotas as much as the next guy... but if Gervase does end up winning, it will have NOTHING to do with his skin color. He has survived thus far by using his charm, which is an amazing accomplishment. He's easy-going, and doesn't present a huge threat to anyone... so nobody votes him off -- the best strategy of all.
Still don't believe me?? Well, let me put it this way: each vote is done by contestants vying for $1M... and I would bet everything I know they won't save Gervase's butt for any sort of racial motive in order to jeopardize their shot at the grand prize.
-rt-
: To me, it comes down to choice. If you feel you are free to disconnect at any time without penalty, thereis no issue.
To me, the issue comes down to a choice where I accept more money in exchange for more hours... a trade-off. I am the only programmer in the office, and am often the last to leave along with my manager. Strange how we are the top-paid people in the office.
Sure, I may never see the sun in the winter, but it is sure a nice paycheck. Face it, all of us tech-workers have made this implicit trade-off, otherwise we would be working at burger king by now.
At this rate, I'll be able to take off months at a time between jobs and still come out WAY ahead of the average bear. Come on people...
-rt-
It's 'miracle' enough that they're yielding chips as fast as they are these days. Consider that if there's a 'clever trick' that can be used to squeeze more out of the chips, AMD is already doing so.
True... but not at the low end. I've read many an article telling how the low-end Slot-A Athlons (550-700 MHz) are really re-marked 750's, because they aren't much harder to make, and it's simpler to make them in large batches and mark 'em down as needed.
So while it's true that it's a 'miracle' that they can make the high-end clocks... the low end sometimes has a lot of room. That's why 1GHz t-bird only overclock to around 1.1GHz... and even that probably isn't altogether stable. Wherease a Slot-A 550 can be easily overclocked to 750Mhz, sometimes higher, depending on the batch.
-rt-
I think Intel needs to come clean as to why...
I think that it's obvious (as kirkb mentioned above) that Intel has a lot of financial incentives to back Rambus. It's a good strategy, really: buy 10% of the company for dirt cheap, then force the technology down the throats of users. Now sales are up, the stock price skyrockets ("well, Intel says it's the next big thing and who would know better than Intel?") and their investement increases tenfold.
It's a classic scam... just not usually pulled by a company the size of Intel.
-rt-
...that people start following my lead with spammers. When signing up with spam-friendly companies such as REAL or ADOBE, use the email address nospam@real.com or nospam@adobe.com. What do I mean by spam-friendly?? Well, when you download something for free, they won't let you without getting your email... and if you don't click off some checkbox you get flooded with spam. The only way to teach them a lesson is to spam their own servers. In mass numbers would be nicer!
-rt-
okay... I'm still on modem (for another week) and I got totally sucked in by this one for a few seconds. Without the /. icons turned on I didn't realize it was a "its funny, laugh" article... and the first screenshot that loaded was the "look at the lighting and textures..." which almost looks real.
Then... "wait a second..." eheheh...
-rt-
I always thought that the open-source progress was the fatal flaw in Red Hat's (and other commercial open-source vendors relying on support costs) business plan. As more people adopt the software and fix the bugs and improve the interface (especially reducing the reliance on the command line), there will be less need for support.
I mean, how many people need to call Microsoft for support installing Windows 98SE?? Not much because its so damn easy. Two years people wrote book after book on how to install Linux... now who needs it?? Improved driver support, improved ease-of-use... it's so simple that my grandparents could install most packages.
Now of course there will always be support needs for the more advanced users, and for developers. But those are minor compared with most users, who can figure it out for themselves because of low requirements. How is Red Hat, or any other company, going to make much money off of that???
-rt-
If they are opening up the source for inspection via the SCSL it should still be viewed as a derivitive of "open source" even if it is not perfect compared with the BSD license or the GPL.
-rt-
Obviously he wasn't a preacher, but he still borrowed heavily from xian influences to con people. The article says he taught bible studies and led the singing at a local church, and used the trust gained in those settings to bilk people out of money. He might as well have been a preacher given the influence he obviously had over the investors he met in that setting.
-rt-
Of course the obvious problem: ISPs have to carry the usenet channel which doesn't really seem viable in the long run either. Now they would be holding all the traffic downloaded, plus the RIAA would be after them to stop carrying the usenet channels.
It seems like it would cause too many problems... likely why it isn't already widely used (at least with my ISP there are not alt.mp3.* channels).
-rt-
Given that Slashdot and a million other websites continue to use GIF *how many* ? years after PNG, I think MNG will take just as long to gain acceptance.
I think that after Mozilla comes out of beta, then sites will start moving to PNG quickly. As a web developer I still see a fair percentage of visitors with Netscape less than 4.5, which doesn't support PNG (*so far as I know... let me know if I'm wrong*)
We'll see a large-scale displacement of GIFs on my sites within a year, once the percentage of PNG incapable browsers on our sites drops below 10%. Don't hate me, but I subscribe to the theory that if you are a holdout against new technology you gotta roll with the punches and accept it (of course, text alternative menus are a must). MNG will be the same, if it's as good as they say. Like any new technology, if Microsoft and AOL/Netscape support it "out of the box" I'll be moving over again.
-rt-
No offense, but there was a browser that acted as a rudimentary file manager before IE. That being Netscape Navigator. Now, the file manager functionalit was really underdeveloped, and not very useful, but it was there.
I think Microsoft deserves a lot of credit for actually making the web browser / file manager concept work. But I still remember reading Marc Andreasson (sp?) talking about "the browser is the new os" while MS was still pushing MSN.
-rt-
I own a computer so that it can do some of my thinking for me.
Of course, one could argue that part of the usefulness (and therefore purpose) of computers is to automate mundane tasks. A simple script is a good way to save time and energy (not to mention boredom).
-rt-
3. You can say the RRRR in Roll up the rim to win. Don't you love how advertisments have defined our national identity? Between Tim Hortons and Molsons we now have a stronger national culture than ever before! heheh.
-rt-
hmmmm....
I seem to recall that's what they had in the first place, which caused all the commotion. Plus, on top of that they made you enter in your area code (for telephones), so Americans would have to figure out some Canadaian area codes.
The long and the short of it is (so far as I know)that they ruled that it was so easy to circumvent the process that it was still intended to target Americans (and hence illegal).
-rt-
This is the result of Eidos capping off the number of press copies to 500.
"Ha, reminds me of the movie "the Avengers". It was so bad that the studio didn't let critics see it in advance to slow down the bad reviews and at least maybe get a good weekend in.
-rt-
"It's $29.99 at most stores."
Anybody else wondering if the above post was made by an Ion Storm employee? You gotta love AC's!
-rt-
I think they are referring to executable files in this case. At worst, a MP3 or JPG or MOV will offend you... we all know the worst that a VBS can do.
.VBS files!
That's why you should use the "GLOBAL, utterly anonymous peer to peer file sharing network" to do what it was supposed to do (pirate music, video, etc)... not pick up
-rt-
... look at slashdot.org. Does it pass the test?? Lets see, from the article: "offer consumers the four types of privacy protection the agency deems essential: a notice defining privacy policies, a choice as to how data collected by the site is used, access to that data and assurances that the data is secure. "
1) a notice defining privacy policies.
YES, at http://andover.net/privacy.html (link on the left of the page)
2) a choice as to how data collected by the site is used.
NO, though the editors have talked about adding an option for opting-out of book publishing deals.
3) access to that data.
NO, correct me if I'm wrong here...
4) assurances that the data is secure.
NO, at least not that I can find in the FAQ or the about sections.
My point is that the criteria were pretty strict, as #2 and #3 are not readily available on most sites. I am really surpised that ANY sites offer #3. As for #4, it's pretty useless so I don't really care about it.
So before you get all upset about all those sites failing... remember that privacy-respecting firms like Andover.net (I hope) fail too.
-rt-
I don't think that the poster said (or implied) that text programs are worthless... just not as flashy, which is what him kids seem to be looking for to start. I think its reasonable -- I know I started programming with simple games in Delphi and VB. You can write very little code and quickly see the results.
-rt-
I read the article and am amazed at the lack of depth to the article. Meyer kept on ranting about RMS's hatred of commercial software vendors, and ESR's love of guns. Both of these are completely irrelavent to free software... they really are just two people with extreme views on a few topics. RMS and ESR are famous because they are extreme (of course they have made significant contributions as well). Would someone be a famous advocate for playing the middle line? How much do you hear Linus talking about these issues... odds are he tries to stay neutral -- so no article about him.
My point: the article should be considered an attack on the extreme views held by RMS regarding free softare, and ESR regarding guns. Nothing more to speak of there..
-rt-
... it's really not an issue of free speech since the situation is dealing with copyrighted material, which seems to override free speech issues.
/. is an ISP. Really, think about it: even though "comments are owned by the poster" they are still hosted by Andover.net -- just like any ISP.
Slashdot's best hope here is to overturn the DMCA -- but eventually they will have to take down the posts that display copyrighted material because
Obviously, Microsoft is being stupid by this (why not build the license into the executable?, why try to semi-publish the specs?) but in the end, hosting copyrighted material will never stand up in the courts. I'd say they have a good chance of maintaining posts with links tho... the EFF would likely be able to help with that.
-rt-
Ya, WCOM owns MCI... and they handle a lot of web traffic. So does Sprint. And Qwest (US West). So the VAST majority of Net traffic will flow through 'em anyhow.
But at least now we are in an age where we aren't stuck with the local phone monopoly. Where I live we gots cable and DSL -- plus satellite. Now at least we got choices!
-rt-