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Is there a section to talk about Java ME? Apps, etc. (6)
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Same thing. The more money you have, the less important something has to be for you to buy it at the same price.
You could, if a Pandora was that important, live on less/cheaper food, buy on credit and find a job (even if it has to be an illegal sub-minimum-wage one), move out and go homeless, etc. In your situation, it sounds like considering a Pandora important enough to buy could get you committed to a mental institution, but it's still possible.
And good luck with said situation, by the way.
You could, if a Pandora was that important, live on less/cheaper food, buy on credit and find a job (even if it has to be an illegal sub-minimum-wage one), move out and go homeless, etc. In your situation, it sounds like considering a Pandora important enough to buy could get you committed to a mental institution, but it's still possible.
And good luck with said situation, by the way.
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
Please post some video when you have this working.
Got a Beagle, may get a Pandora later.
I think with the right OMAP3 server and the right OMAP3 hand held I could put all of my other toys away. That would be nice.
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Originally Posted by qole
The fact that I'm already $200 in the hole in the bank and my credit is maxed out with no other sources doesn't indicate that this is not a high enough priority for me. :P I am literally unable to afford to buy food until payday.
In the wealthy Western world, "I can't afford it," is similar to the excuse, "I don't have time for that."
They both mean, "That does not have a high enough priority for me to spend money / time on it."
Perhaps, more precisely, there is a priority / cost ratio, where the needed priority drops as the cost drops. So perhaps you could say, "that thing is too expensive for its perceived usefulness."
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
Huh, I thought you would have had one already. What else would you be doing with that thing? Think about the time lapse photography of dust settling. Well, that's what I would do; besides two chicks at once of course.
Only if you buy me one first.
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Originally Posted by Johnx
@migs: It's not x86, so no windows xp or vista. You should look at an MID if you're tied to Windows. I think the Aigo MID might get drivers for XP at some point...
FWIW, I got word from Aigo that XP drivers will be released within the next few weeks....
Not sure if I'll put XP on my Aigo MID P8860, dual booting Midinux and Ubuntu on it now....
On the other hand, might sell Aigo now as I pre-ordered Pandora the other day....
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Originally Posted by fpp
FWIW, pre-ordering has gone so well (over 2000 in the first 6 hours...) that they've bumped up first batch limit from 3000 to 4000, but order cut-off is this Sunday I think....check their website....
Well I see that I'm not in a majority position as usual, but that's OK, I can rationalize my way through :-)
I *am* tempted, as a former Psion and Zaurus user, by the clamshell design combined with state-of-the-art power, connectivity and battery life. Sorely tempted.
OTOH, I'm not really a hacker, not really a gamer, and a bit tired of being a beta-tester. After all I already have three tablets and a Zaurus, it's not like I *need* a fifth diamond in the rough to pass the time with...
So to save my sanity, and as an uncommon last resort, I try my hand at common sense :
* if there ISN'T a second batch, the platform will have failed, and I will have one less dust-gathering paperweight I can't bring myself to part with because I'm too weak...
* if there IS a second batch (and third, and...), which I hope for, at that time there will enough user feedback on what the gizmo is really capable of, what's available or not, where it's going, etc. Maybe even some uncovered glaring design error(s) may have been corrected in the new batches... I guess I can change my mind then :-)
Sorry, if this was posted before, as I've only skimmed other posts in this thread....
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I'll be interested to see the reviews, but won't order before then.
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Not sure if I'll put XP on my Aigo MID P8860, dual booting Midinux and Ubuntu on it now....
Sometimes, "can't afford it right now," means precisely what it says it means.