[surur]

Originally Posted by Jonathon Watkins

ops: Ooops - sorry - I did not realise it had been posted on before. I saw the story myself while catching up with tech news. Guess I should read *every* story here at PPCT *carefully*.

6/10 - must try harder. :?

Dupe!

Now where do I get the high modded posts from before and copy to this thread!

1, 2 ,3 4) Profit!

I wont subscribe until I see one month without dupes! etc etc

Surur

[surur]

Originally Posted by Jonathon Watkins

ops: Ooops - sorry - I did not realise it had been posted on before. I saw the story myself while catching up with tech news. Guess I should read *every* story here at PPCT *carefully*.

6/10 - must try harder. :?

Dupe!

Now where do I get the high modded posts from before and copy to this thread!

1, 2 ,3 4) Profit!

I wont subscribe until I see one month without dupes! etc etc

Surur

[dh]

I can see this software being really good with a device like the OQO. Would make it a very nice product he it had instant access to some outlook data.

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Surur

I wont subscribe until I see one month without dupes! etc etc

Hey, at least we don't dupe on a daily basis like Slashdot.

--janak

[Ed Hansberry]

Originally Posted by Surur

I wont subscribe until I see one month without dupes! etc etc

It wasn't a dupe. It was a stereo broadcast! :lol:

[surur]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

Hey, at least we don't dupe on a daily basis like Slashdot.

--janak

Just for Jonathon, I wasn't ribbing on you, I was just making fun of the News for Nerds homepage /.

As Janak said, dupes there is so common, the editors dont even apologise for it any more. Its still one of the biggest sites in the geek universe though (right up there with PPCThoughts )

Surur

[Icebaron]

Originally Posted by Surur

As Janak said, dupes there is so common, the editors dont even apologise for it any more. Its still one of the biggest sites in the geek universe though (right up there with PPCThoughts )

Surur

You know, slashdot really amazes me. Not because of the articles or the nerdy news bias, you can get that anywhere. The amazing thing about slashdot is the complete chaos of the community they've built up. There are dedicated legions of trolls on slashdot who not only see who they can troll, but who organize trolling activities, who have contests for the most clever troll, who post in hidden secret forums on slashdot's very own site to discuss their latest trolling conquests. It reminds me a lot of the warez/virus/script kiddie communities, only it doesn't really do any actual harm. I wish more script kiddies would get into slashdot trolling instead of trying to pwn people :lol:

[surur]

Originally Posted by Icebaron

You know, slashdot really amazes me. Not because of the articles or the nerdy news bias, you can get that anywhere. The amazing thing about slashdot is the complete chaos of the community they've built up. There are dedicated legions of trolls on slashdot who not only see who they can troll, but who organize trolling activities, who have contests for the most clever troll, who post in hidden secret forums on slashdot's very own site to discuss their latest trolling conquests. It reminds me a lot of the warez/virus/script kiddie communities, only it doesn't really do any actual harm. I wish more script kiddies would get into slashdot trolling instead of trying to pwn people :lol:

Thats why I like slashdot. It reminds me of a frat party.. rowdy, immature and out of control. PPCThoughts reminds me more of a family get together, still nice, but a different kind of fun (more civilised). Its the two websites I always keep reloading.

Surur

[CTSLICK]

Why carry both a laptop and handheld around when you get instant access to the same data on the notebook?" Why indeed? What's your take on this and the 'eliminating the PDA' concept?

Laughable. There's no way I am lugging my laptop everywhere I take my PDA. Neat software and a useful idea but please...its a reach to think replaces the need for a PDA. Now maybe if someone really comes out with an pda-sized pc running XP or seomthing...then the playing field may change.

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Surur

Thats why I like slashdot. It reminds me of a frat party.. rowdy, immature and out of control.

Absolutely. Wikipedia has an excellent article on the Slashdot troll phenomenon.

PPCThoughts reminds me more of a family get together, still nice, but a different kind of fun (more civilised). Its the two websites I always keep reloading.

I also read both. I participate on PPCT a lot more, though, since my voice is less likely to get drowned. But for the no-holds-barred approach, Slashdot certainly is up there.

--janak

[jonathanchoo]

Isn't it quite obvious how it could work? It just load a super miniOS with a small application designed to read pst files.

Everybody knows you don't need to boot a PC in order to cache files of it and the same principal applies here. Still I doubt it would be instant access. Booting through my bios itself takes 10 seconds to go through the post.

This tech is similar to Linux LinDVD OS developed by Intervideo with Intel, IBM and Sony. LinDVD will enable instant start-ups on Windows Media center PCs. Of course who today shuts down their PC? I keep mine on all the time except on long trips.