NaDa 0.5 For Pocket PC 2003 Released!

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://www.bernardbelanger.com/computing/NaDa/index.html">http://www.bernardbelanger.com/computing/NaDa/index.html</a><br /><br />Bernard Bélanger has released the highly anticipated NaDa 0.5 and it is fully Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC compliant.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2003/20030711-nada.gif" /><br /><br />It is very small, taking up only one byte and works with all Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition and even Smartphone devices and all processors. It works well on storage cards too. Installation is simple. Just download it and copy it to the device. Nothing more to do, because it does nothing! No installation routine, no soft reset, no uninstallation feature. Nothing. Zilch. NaDa! It is free at <a href="http://www.bernardbelanger.com/computing/NaDa/index.html">the NaDa site</a>. <i>(affiliate link)</i><br /><br />Don't look for a full review of this product though in the future as I've just told you everything this will do. Simple. Elegant. Zen! :wink:

[JonnoB]

Oooooh, I can't wait to try out this great new software !!!!!! :?

[Janak Parekh]

And... it's FREE! :D Open-source too, from what I hear. :lol:

--janak

[Qman]

Thats NaDa funny! :mrgreen:

[acronym]

wait till the tinfoil hat wearers hear about this !

[Excalliber]

So, how much does each click for the affiliate link click get you? :rotfl:

[Paragon]

For once, something that doesn't screw up Audible, or Microsoft Reader! :roll:

Dave

[Don Tolson]

I'd like to know how come it took him until v0.5 (assuming there was a 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, etc.) to get it right!

[huangzhinong]

I'd like to know how come it took him until v0.5 (assuming there was a 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, etc.) to get it right!

Right, the degrading speed is not as fast as battery pack upgrading, let alone hack master.

[Reza]

I'd like to know how come it took him until v0.5 (assuming there was a 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, etc.) to get it right!
Actually the older version was 0.9, the new one 0.5 and they have already announced 0.0: "We hope to release NaDa™ 0.0 by the end of the year." :lol:

[JoshB]

You know, I read Ed's post, and all the replies so far, and no one has even made mention of what this software does! :?

I know, I could look at the developer's site, which is what I'm about to do, but I thought it was funny that everyone's talking about this program, with no mention of what it does, or what makes it so great.

Are we sure it's not called Ginger or IT? :wink:

EDIT: :oops: OK, I read the site, and re-read Ed's post, and now I feel dumb for not getting the joke. :oops:

But, I made up for it by installing NaDa 0.5 on my laptop and iPAQ right away. I felt better almost instantly. :)

[Pat Logsdon]

You know, I read Ed's post, and all the replies so far, and no one has even made mention of what this software does! :?
I believe that this line has the answer you need:

Nothing more to do, because it does nothing! :mrgreen:
I wonder what this was called when it was in pre-production? I can't have been vaporware, since that's what it is now...
:twak:

[frold]

Is it spam?

[dim_watt]

Hang on just a minute here; I've created at least 6 apps that accomplish exactly the same thing as NaDa. I've contacted SCO's Reverse Engineering department to look into whether we may have a copyright infringement situation here.... 0X

[Jeff Rutledge]

I'm already running Zilch 2.2.

Any compelling reason to switch over? I doubt I can run them together.

[isilver]

I think this is actually a virus. I installed it on my Dell Axim pocket PC. I then did a soft reset and it wouldn't reboot. I had to do a hard reset and start off from scratch.

Even though I don't know why it did this I just want to warn all of you. That 1 byte of data is dangerous.

Let me know if anyone else has had this same problem.

[jutae]

Is there a crack or serial for this fine app?
Will pay $150!!!

[Ed Hansberry]

For once, something that doesn't screw up Audible, or Microsoft Reader!
ROTFLMOA!!!!!!!! :rotfl:

[Paragon]

I posted that thought knowing you would appreciate it Ed. :)

Dave

[kcole]

Humph! Another bloatware. Two versions ago, it was taking a nibble, and now it's up to a whole byte! 8O

Microsoft Junior, I say. Not even Windows doubles in size so fast. OK, maybe it does...

[Kati Compton]

But, I made up for it by installing NaDa 0.5 on my laptop and iPAQ right away. I felt better almost instantly. :)
That's weird... I don't think that behavior is in the specs... :)

[Dermot81]

The program still has a long ways to go...

I'm not purchasing it until they can shrink the footprint down to 1 bit.

[T-Will]

ROFL! I was like what the heck is Nada, and I start reading the web site and I get halfway through before I figure out what the heck Nada is! :rotfl:

[sponge]

Am I the only one who's slightly intrigued by that "PPCT Trolls" document also there? :P

[GoldKey]

There is nothing else quite like this piece of software!

[David Prahl]

Microsoft just announced this morning that they plan to release Microsoft NadaNote .NET 2003.

Stever Ballmer said at a press conference this morning that "...NadaNote .NET 2003 is an integral part of Windows Server 2003. Increasing effciency, stability, and mobility, we're expecting sales to reflect the popularity of such a software product."

Available in both 32 and 64 bit versions, Microsoft expects the first copies of this product to be on store shelves this fall.

Although no offical price has been announced, experts believe $1,000,000,000,000 will be the starting price.














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[Howard2k]

LMAO! Excellent.

[easylife]

I think this is actually a virus. I installed it on my Dell Axim pocket PC. I then did a soft reset and it wouldn't reboot. I had to do a hard reset and start off from scratch.

Even though I don't know why it did this I just want to warn all of you. That 1 byte of data is dangerous.

Let me know if anyone else has had this same problem.

In case this is genuine concern, let me lay it to rest. The contents of the file is 0x0D, which is 00001101, which is the number 13... could it be simply unlucky? "13" isn't enough to tell your OS to do anything significant, much less dangerous... :wink:

[Howard2k]

Although it could be a "trigger" for a virus.. The virus looks for the existence of the file and if it see it, executes its payload. Or I could be paranoid.. 0X

[daninnj]

EDIT: :oops: OK, I read the site, and re-read Ed's post, and now I feel dumb for not getting the joke. :oops:

You're not the only one :oops:. I thought it had something to do with that ignore_my_docs file since it was in My Documents. I feel stupid.

[ctmagnus]

Am I the only one who's slightly intrigued by that "PPCT Trolls" document also there? :P

It got me too. I'm thinking it's either a list of editors/moderators or a list of people like me. :mrgreen:

[rocky_raher]

Long time ago, when I taught an intro DOS class, I pointed out that a 1 byte file took up an entire cluster on a disk (floppy or hard). How much of a CF card will this app REALLY occupy?

[ctmagnus]

Long time ago, when I taught an intro DOS class, I pointed out that a 1 byte file took up an entire cluster on a disk (floppy or hard). How much of a CF card will this app REALLY occupy?

I would guess a cluster also. How big a cluster is in this case, depends on the format of the CF Card. But you can always defrag.

[ombu]

I'll wait for a second release, ver 0.6 or up, so major bugs will be fixed, that's for sure, good luck early adopters. 8)

[darrylb]

I'll wait for a second release, ver 0.6 or up, so major bugs will be fixed, that's for sure, good luck early adopters. 8)

According to their site, they hope to release version 0.0 by the end of the year. :lol:

[BugDude10]

For those of you who didn't get it, I'm offering a special e-book guide called "NaDaClue". Contact me for pricing. :)

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

Am I the only one who's slightly intrigued by that "PPCT Trolls" document also there? :P

It got me too. I'm thinking it's either a list of editors/moderators or a list of people like me. :mrgreen:
It's a relatively large document too at over 1k?!?

[hollis_f]

Microsoft just announced this morning that they plan to release Microsoft NadaNote .NET 2003.

Stever Ballmer said at a press conference this morning that "...NadaNote .NET 2003 is an integral part of Windows Server 2003. Increasing effciency, stability, and mobility, we're expecting sales to reflect the popularity of such a software product."

Available in both 32 and 64 bit versions, Microsoft expects the first copies of this product to be on store shelves this fall.

Although no offical price has been announced, experts believe $1,000,000,000,000 will be the starting price.
Tempting - but I haven't got the twin Xeon, 5GB RAM machine that they list as a minimum spec.

[Fzara]

Am I the only one who's slightly intrigued by that "PPCT Trolls" document also there? :P

It got me too. I'm thinking it's either a list of editors/moderators or a list of people like me. :mrgreen:

I can bet you money my name is on that list. Guaranteed!

[Warwick]

On the its a trigger topic, I think it triggers the OS to send all your details to MS and all your credit card numbers to the developers.

Wait someone is looking over my sholder as i type!!!!!! 8O

[David Johnston]

This software is so good, I've installed it 255,909,888 times on my 256MB CF card. Just awesome.

No problems either, I mean, what are the chances of me installing something 255,909,888 times and NEVER encountering a problem? Nil, pretty much, but this software beat the odds. Amazing. Statistics will never be the same again.

[Paragon]

There is nothing else quite like this piece of software!

In functionality Pocket Word comes very close. :D

Dave

[quidproquo]

Ha!! :lol:
This thread is taking up more memory than that program!!

[David Johnston]

Ha!! :lol:
This thread is taking up more memory than that program!!

Your smiley takes up more room than that program.

[theone3]

this is why palm is being left in the dust.. you just can't get quality applications like this on the palm platform. :(

[GoldKey]

There is nothing else quite like this piece of software!

In functionality Pocket Word comes very close. :D

Dave

Actually this is better, unlike Pocket Word, this software does exactly what I expect of it.

[Paragon]

:D

[Ed Hansberry]

this is why palm is being left in the dust.. you just can't get quality applications like this on the palm platform. :(
You joke about this, but I have a serious question. Can you put this on a Palm or must it be converted from its 1byte format to a relatively huge complex .PDB file with a desktop converter? :lol:

[mr_Ray]

I think I've spotted a bug, my copy is 2 bytes.

Where do I go to for tech support? 8O

[Steven Cedrone]

I think I've spotted a bug, my copy is 2 bytes.

That's very suspicious...

You may have the "NDTYCDAI" (NaDa damn thing you can do about it) virus... :wink:

Steve

[dannyoneill]

Ive just hacked the latest ver of NaDa, and ive managed to get it to not even display that character now and the size is.... 0 bytes.

Been working on this baby since I saw the post. Has a load of us on the warez channels working on this puppy but we done it.

NaDa_0.4.9 (unofficial haxors ver) is now ready if anyone wants it. Does even less than the original.

0X

[Janak Parekh]

Ive just hacked the latest ver of NaDa, and ive managed to get it to not even display that character now and the size is.... 0 bytes.
Next step... build a program that takes a negative amount of space. That is, installing it will release space. :lol:

Actually, there's a reasonably practical way of doing this. 8O

--janak

[ctmagnus]

On the its a trigger topic, I think it triggers the OS to send all your details to MS and all your credit card numbers to the developers.

Aren't you a developer?

:wink:

[WyattEarp]

It's got to be the first program to do everything it says it will do. That as got to be some kind of record in software history. :D

[mr_Ray]

It's got to be the first program to do everything it says it will do. That as got to be some kind of record in software history.

Not quite. You're forgetting CrashPro(tm).


Ive just hacked the latest ver of NaDa, and ive managed to get it to not even display that character now and the size is.... 0 bytes.
Next step... build a program that takes a negative amount of space. That is, installing it will release space. :lol:

--janak

OK, I've put my 1337 h4x0r skillz to work and hacked together NaDaPro Platinum Edition XP that will do just this. 100% increase in free disk space or your money back.

To download go to command prompt and type "format c:" 0X

[theone3]

this is why palm is being left in the dust.. you just can't get quality applications like this on the palm platform. :(
You joke about this, but I have a serious question. Can you put this on a Palm or must it be converted from its 1byte format to a relatively huge complex .PDB file with a desktop converter? :lol:

I suppose you could rename it :wink:

[Warwick]

On the its a trigger topic, I think it triggers the OS to send all your details to MS and all your credit card numbers to the developers.

Aren't you a developer?

:wink:

Shhhh, and your number was...... :lol:

[Warwick]

Ok on a serious note here, I object to this being refered to as a program. In my book a program is an executable which this is not. so at most it could be called a file, not a program unless renamed to exe or dll etc...

hehe :oops:

[rocky_raher]

Ok on a serious note here, I object to this being refered to as a program. In my book a program is an executable which this is not. so at most it could be called a file, not a program unless renamed to exe or dll etc...

hehe :oops:
OK, what's the hex of the ARM "NOP" command?

[ctmagnus]

Ok on a serious note here, I object to this being refered to as a program. In my book a program is an executable which this is not. so at most it could be called a file, not a program unless renamed to exe or dll etc...

hehe :oops:

Resco Explorer:

File -> Options -> Browser tab

Uncheck "Hide File Extensions"

Ok

Find file

tap'n'hold

select Rename

change extension to exe

Piece of pie :wink:

This file could be anything, really. A SQL database, a zip file, a nasty jpg of your neighbor's dog...

Just expect it to be rather benign and don't try to execute it once renamed.

[Icekilled]

HOLY
SMOKES

Finally something for my IPAQ that does what it's supposed to do, and I think this breaks Muphy's Law*1 as well
Finally something that does NOT Stink at anything
Finally something that does not need a soft-reset
Finally something you are sure will be there when you need it.



*1 (-Every Program*2 has a bug)
*2 ya ya, we'll call it a program!

[jim s]

Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I find this 'program' to be extremely overpriced. I am waiting for some one to write a clone and pay me $5-$10 minimum to install it. Plus another $20 for CD and documentation :!:

[WyattEarp]

It's got to be the first program to do everything it says it will do. That as got to be some kind of record in software history.

Not quite. You're forgetting CrashPro(tm).

Can't forget what I didn't know. You got me on that one. :D