World: r3wp

http://blog.cubeofm.com/why-im-investing-in-windows-phone-and-skippin
interesting blogpost about it

I wonder if this is a trend... I just saw a demo of Ribbon Hero for 
MS Office. Instead of having Clippy, you have a scoreboard and a 
list of "challenges" shaped like little games to help you use various 
features in Word, Excel and Powerpoint. You can share your scores 
on facebook just like any other game. It's very game oriented, but 
I wonder if this will help or hinder Office users in the future.

http://www.officelabs.com/ribbonhero

Haha, it seems MS over-engineered WM7 .... that happens, when marketing 
guy dictates system features :-) Info from MIX 2010 conference ....


- no real multitasking, apart from few exceptions you are left with 
a push-notification system

- only way of how to get your app to the device is marketplace. Devs 
will have exception, probably for testing purposes

- you will not be able to set 3rd party browser or mailer as a default 
one
- devices will most probably not  support storage cards
- system will not support 3rd party UIs

- system files will not be user accessible. Each app will be able 
to handle only its own directory
- no copy&paste

I thought the mail and browser _could_ be overriden - at least in 
the Engadget article is says this:
We can tell you that there won't be any silly 

duplication of functionality" rejections: Microsoft says it won't 
reject a Google Maps or Google Voice app, or replacement email clients 
-- or even browsers, if some dev manages to code one up in Sliverlight 
or XNA."

but I agree that they're making it lame - seems they think this is 
the winning formula as defined by Apple

$100 tablet prototype http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/marvell-teases-with-100-tablet-for-students/

Interesting touch keyboard assist http://www.thickbuttons.com/

it predicts the next letter you want to type and not the whole word

4x the sensitive performance of CCD and CMOS chips? http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10032201quantumfilm.asp

again, MS is following Apple and not realizing that Apple isn't MS. 
 ;-)

Python gets JIT for X86 32  bit - http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-March/098360.html

...again. There's a few Python implementations with JIT. This is 
just announcing that PyPy's JIT has become practical :)

Cool nosql blog article:  http://stu.mp/2010/03/nosql-vs-rdbms-let-the-flames-begin.html

Interesting read, Nick. Few other links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoSQL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_%28database%29


I think that with RIF we could go the NoSQL way too. In fact, Ashley 
did so already :-)

NoSQL is for people who need speed rather than acid.


I worked on stuff in the 1980s and 1990s that sacrificed guarantees 
of data consistency for higher rates of throughput. At the time, 
it was the only way to build those systems as we did not have the 
raw machine power needed to run large-scale real time systems.


These days, the same may still be true for some huge write-heavy 
applications. If so, people will do what they can get get the performance. 


But most applications need data consistency more than raw performance.

Of course it would be good if we could just have uptime ....

That's yet another priority that needs to be factored in!

I'm going to move my reply to ~ Chit Chat

http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/03/state-of-internet-operating-system.html
 ...  I hope Carl is paying attention :)

I'm going to move my reply to ~ Chit Chat

Google to bundle Flash with Chrome - http://www.osnews.com/story/23081/Google_To_Bundle_Flash_with_Chrome_Yup

AROS on Acer Aspire One 150 netbook - pretty decent performance - 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn8TW0gF5xQ

Microsoft will release Silverlight 4 in few months - makes it more 
regular dev platform, than "just" a RIA. Includes support for printing, 
webcams, microphones, local video recording support, drag&drop, clipboard, 
multitouch ...

Looks good ... is it hosted on windows or running native Aros?

I'm not sure but I think I've read somewhere that it's native

That seemed like a windows window that came up, and he talks about 
Aros native coming ...

but it looks like a multiboot loader

Dare I reformat my Acer Aspire one ??

he shows two versions, one is native and second is hosted under win

There are two versions - native AROS, and hosted AROS (Icaros desktop) 
- http://www.icarosdesktop.org/

well, I need rebol for it!

Hmmm bootable usb stick.

Find Carl somewhere, and ask him to finish R3 host kit, so that we 
can port it ;-)

The screen dragging is only available on hosted for now....pretty 
cool.


Its come a ways since last I tried it...Starting to look like a replacement 
for linux  on my  "kiosk" apps when R3 gets ported.

amacleod - you do any kiosk related work?

I say kiosk...I just mean dedicated computers running some rebol 
apps that I have at the firehouse....

A mapping app that locates fire boxes with directions, and a notification 
system for messages to members to their email and phones via text.

Not ready for prime time...hense the quotes.

Aros - can run 3.1 apps with UAE...wonder if R2 would run?

Dunno what is the last R2 version, which worked for Amiga ....

has anyone here tried out the GuruPlug?
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/c-4-guruplugs.aspx

the version with HDMI out seems interesting to create a nice home 
pc for an HDTV

I have a plug at home, that replaces the Ethernet share box from 
my NAT. Using the DroboShare gave me 5-10MB/s, using the Plug gives 
me 25MB/s over 1GB Ethernet.

So, plug-computer is really cool (and I remember that I wondered 
for what they are worth it...)

not bad transfer rate - uses USB2, no?

I wonder what you'd get with the GuruPlug's eSATA

Yes, USB 2. My Raid System doesn't has eSATA...

Microsoft will release Silverlight 4 in few months - makes it more 
regular dev platform, than 

just" a RIA. Includes support for printing, webcams, microphones, 
local video recording support, drag&drop, clipboard, multitouch .."


So in other words, they are doing what should have been done day 
one, make all hardware interfaces a library call so any browser can 
just "be aware" of what is going on.

Reichart - yes, I was wondering too ... what is so special about 
clipboard, drag&drop, or even their other mentioned functionalities.

They're all a good idea for applications that run outside of the 
browser, and that is the main focus of the Silverlight 4 update.

Why any "device" is treated differenly just confused me.  Why can't 
I drag a file from my desktop to a webpage, and if that page is set 
up to handle it, allow it to uploadload the file in the background?


Why can't  I just direct outlput of anything on my computer ot a 
path, a path that could be a website?

Why can't I simply PIPE things from one place to another?  


I get the security concerns, but this can be handled with a requester.

I'm tired of the silliness...