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an anonymous reader has sent word of what palm's next handheld will look like. according to the reader, the new palm will be shipping in august and will sport a new ergonomic design that has a changeable faceplate, 2 mb of memory, a plastic digitizer (instead of the glass one currently in use), a black and white display (gray scale), an ir port, and a non-flashable os. in addition, it will ship with all of palm's standard applications and a new application that can convert your regular writing to text.
the device, codenamed calvin, is expected to sell for $149 and will ship with a serial cable and no cradle.
at this time none of these details have been confirmed by palm.
joel's opinion
well, i think i've managed to piece together all of the information that i've received so far. from what i've gathered it sounds like calvin will replace the palm iiie.
i like the fact that you can change the faceplate instead of just changing the cover for the screen. i'm also wondering about that new handwriting recognition program. does this mean that palm is finally going to ship with something like jot? jot's been around for a long time and features the ability to write in your regular writing instead of graffiti. i wonder what prompted the release of this new writing recognition tool? perhaps it's to combat all of the pocket pcs coming to market?
this palm is poised to launch at the perfect time. after all, who wouldn't want to buy their child a new palm for under $150 that allows the user to completely customize the look of the casing, too? it's definitely the coolest back-to-school gadget that i've heard of so far.
i just wish that it would feature some sort of expansion ability. i'd hate to spend $150 on a device that can't be flashed or added to in the future.
user comments (78 comments)
why not buy a visor (9:21am est tue jul 18 2000)
why not just buy a handspring visor basic that has a springboard slot for expansion for the same price? – by trevor
palm calvin (10:20am est tue jul 18 2000)
it will replace the palm iiie. the app to change test to writing is actually like a post it… no character recognition at all. it looks great and should destroy the handspring. – by —
handspring killer? (11:00am est tue jul 18 2000)
why would the new palm kill the visor? the new palm doesn't offer support for springboards like handspring. – by chief geek
great (11:05am est tue jul 18 2000)
m$'s offering is getter more feature rich, and palm's is going backwards. way to go palm. – by loccohombre
hmmm (11:05am est tue jul 18 2000)
getter+ing-r=ok – by loccohombre
handspring's response? (11:11am est tue jul 18 2000)
this sounds interesting (bad job by palm keeping their secrets by the way!) but i can't wait for handsprings next units! i'm sure we won't hear any leaks from them though until the product is about to be announced (maybe a day before the announcement if we're lucky!) – by petro
why not handspring? here's why:. (11:13am est tue jul 18 2000)
they are going to have to ship a lot of replacement units out as a fix for the recently discovered addressing problem between the os and the 8mb modules. palm's fix involved a little patch that you could download and flash your os with. handspring does not offer a flash-able os. this combined with the fact that the handspring customer service policy requires employees to have a room temperature i.q… if i worked for palm, i'd be more concerned with the pocket pc camp. handspring is not in this for the long haul. – by stucco
why palm or handspring? (11:25am est tue jul 18 2000)
didnt you read, the new calvin wont have a flashable os either. i have read up on both and i would much rather buy one that i can turn into a walkman or gps….. – by j.o.
visor 8mb patch (11:35am est tue jul 18 2000)
you can patch the os on the visor in ram, just like you can on the palm professional and other palm handhelds without a flashable os. handspring has a patch coming:
"once handspring has completed testing of the patch it will be posted for customers to download from the software and updates download page."
– by browren
palm professional os upgrade – no (12:53pm est tue jul 18 2000)
the palm professional cannot have an os upgrade. the only thing that can happen with the palm professional is the memory chip can be reseated in the back but thats something unsupported these days by palm. – by palm tech agent
— (12:58pm est tue jul 18 2000)
last i checked the visor had a selection the size of my right hand for handspring modules. i'd rather a tried tested and true palm over a handspring "lets go public asap and take the money and run" where are they now? company.
i can see it now, just like the old amiga users "hey! its the best unit ever! what? i can still get spare parts, what are you talking about?" – by —
need new better gadget (1:12pm est tue jul 18 2000)
ah this is like waiting for nintendo to come out with a new gamming machine. enough with the low balling already! – by pj
more sb modules comming! (1:18pm est tue jul 18 2000)
more springboard modules are comming out! the innogear minijam (mp3 player/mmc memory expansion for the visor/led alarm) is pre-ordering! also, there are already dozens of springboards out, and more are comming!
and if you're worried about "tried and true" products: jeff hawkins (the co-founder of handspring) invented the palm units that are currently being sold! i think he would know how to make the visor a reliable "tried and true" product! – by petro
handspring (1:39pm est tue jul 18 2000)
i do not know why everyone keeps blasting handspring. if it was not for handspring i do not believe we would have ever seen the price points on palms that we do today. about the time the visor was going to hit the retail shelves the iiixe came out to compete. i own a iiixe but wanted a visor and i would be happy with either one. the iiix was around $300 forever until the visor came along and forced a move on palms part. more is better and they are both working hard now to outdo one another. long live both companies!!! – by brh1
when are new device coming out? (1:46pm est tue jul 18 2000)
when are new devices coming out that inhance the user expericence? sony will not hit shelves in the us until nov-dec. handspring is dated and the palms are mideveil in design. the palm v i own is 2 years old. come on now….give us a reason to upgrade to a modern design and gui.
– by gordon mapes
new hwr would mean new cpu (2:14pm est tue jul 18 2000)
if they're planning on going to some sort of new "calligrapher" or "transcriber" type handwriting recognition (which i seriously doubt), it would take a new cpu to do the job nicely. there have been rumors for some time that palm wants to start moving to the strongarm family of cpus, but this thing is at a price level that would preclude use of that cpu.
my guess? this entire rumor is a bunch of bulls**t. – by tom boswell
and another thing…. (2:16pm est tue jul 18 2000)
one other thing that leads me to believe that this is a bogus posting is that palm recently announced that the next generation palm devices will come with smartmedia expansion slots. there is nothing listed in the supposed specs about this…
c'mon, geek.com – check your sources before you post rumors like this. – by tom boswell
this is probably true (2:28pm est tue jul 18 2000)
i have reason to believe that this rumor is right on the money. palm came out with the iiie just in time for students to go back to school. why not create another iiie-ish palm to compete in the market? – by chief geek
why not (2:31pm est tue jul 18 2000)
i wonder why radio shack hasn't made something like this yet???
call it the cocopalm
sigh.. – by mudguts
not smartmedia (2:46pm est tue jul 18 2000)
tom, check your sources. palm has announced that they will be incorporating secure digital slots into their devices, not smartmedia. this is a whole new standard being adopted by 500 plus partners. – by bubbahd
thanks palm but i'll wait! (3:02pm est tue jul 18 2000)
2 mb of memory? plastic instead of glass? non-flashable os? no cradle? sounds like palm's new 'el cheapo' model to me. when are pda's going to offer a ton of features for a reasonable price? i don't want to spend $400 for a decent pda. – by james
— (3:27pm est tue jul 18 2000)
your specs are right (except for the character recognition thing).. i have the new product listing in front of me.. its actually called the m100 – calvin was the pet name they gave it. as for the 2mb, this is an entry model geared towards "back to school" not "back to the lab" or "back to the hamptons" – by —
well… (3:36pm est tue jul 18 2000)
palm did state a couple months ago that a model would start at $99. expect the calvin to fill this void. however, the cable that will be shipped with it will be backwards compatible with the new $50 phone-to-palm cable. hence, a low priced wireless connection. expect more variants of the calvin as well, just like the palm iii line. – by palmdrake
kiss (3:40pm est tue jul 18 2000)
this sounds like the imac of palmtops. many palm users don't need springboards and don't download apps… it's the perfect stepping stone for people who just want a simple palm pilot – no gps, no bells, just a digital notepad. – by dna2z
can this be real? (4:01pm est tue jul 18 2000)
while the details of what would be in this future palm seem positive, better
email apps, a more modern case, usb, digital ink conversion to text are a
great advancement i simply doubt the validity of any of this. why? well why
would palm add a bunch of desired features to the bottom end of their
organizer line before adding it to the top end (ie. palm v, iiic series)? as
a iiic user and someone who would want the functionality of the "calvin"
palm how could i tolerate the technology being available only in a black and
white unit with no flash and 2 megs of ram? a much more realistic scenario is that palm will
at some point (not august) release replacements for the iiic, vx, and iiie
that share much of this new technology and custom case technology. – by david
m100 it is (4:19pm est tue jul 18 2000)
i see the m100 on the product listing page for my company, priced at $142, 4mb of ram, and a hotsync cradle. http://www.neutronet.com/script/prdinfo.cfm?prod_id=321285 – by stuffman
attn: handspring fans… (4:26pm est tue jul 18 2000)
i don't want to come off as excessively negative, but consider this. i still have an apple newton- a unit far ahead of it's time, and still unrivaled in the pda world in some attributes. [laugh if you must] this line went extinct for reasons you could argue at length, but they used standard pcmcia ports, not some springboard type technology. bottom line: i can still get a modem, nic, or the like even after all support for the device is gone. when the time comes for handspring to fade into the sunset, will you be so lucky? this is why i'm glad to hear about palm rumors mentioning smart media. now if they'd only get over this "non-flashable" os stupidity… – by stucco
— (4:28pm est tue jul 18 2000)
stuffman – part number is right but the descriptin is wrong – no cradle and 2mb
david – doubt the validity all you want – you'll be disappointed in august. – by —
anyday now (4:33pm est tue jul 18 2000)
so when is the new next-generation palm units coming out? no, not this lame duck one that is coming out in august, but the one with usb support, 200+ mhz proc, built-in bluetooth, multitasking os, sd slot, and no more silkscreen??
anything less is only released to milk some $$$ or for the sake of having something "new" to offer up.
-10bt – by 10basetom
could be wrong… (4:33pm est tue jul 18 2000)
i may be wrong, but this is what it says here. after all, none of us really know if it is true (if there is a part for it, i guess it must be, though). i highly doubt that there will be no cradle and only 2 megs of ram, but i also doubted that pocketpc's would be a viable alternative to palm, but look at them now, mp3, video, 16 bit color, the whole works. oh well, we will just have to wait untill august i guess… – by stuffman
what's an "m100" ? (4:34pm est tue jul 18 2000)
i can't find any reference to it at palm.com… – by blind i guess
— (4:37pm est tue jul 18 2000)
stuffman – played with one a month ago. no cradle. cable only with mac support. – by —
cable is ok, i guess. (4:52pm est tue jul 18 2000)
if it comes with a cable, then who cares? so what if it is not a big chunk of plastic that sits on your desk? i would rather have a cable for on my laptop anyways, it's easier to carry. as for the two megs, well i don't know what to say. my palm iii has 2mb. it seems to do fine i guess. remember that this is the low end, no 8 megs down here. – by stuffman
non-flash (6:22pm est tue jul 18 2000)
there has been a severe shortage of flash in the industry for a while now. it's very hard to come by.
palm appears to be targeting this to a low-price, high quantity market. they likely don't want to get killed because they can't ship units (b/c of flash procurement problems)
they've already been bitten by component shortages this year.
thus it makes sense to me they left it out of this el cheapo model. i would still expect to see it in anything over $200, though. – by turboprophead
urgh (6:58pm est tue jul 18 2000)
let's all be a little less concerned about what brand the bloody thing is, and a little more concerned about data exchange. anybody ever watch la femme nikita? you notice how the spy-guys pda's always plug into everything and vice versa? that's the real goal. not whether the bloody thing adapts imac colors. and as for 2 megs of mem….my palm v has 2 megs…and i regret not having bought the vx. next pda i buy, i want memory, color screen, and sound. whoever can offer the best of these three items gets my buck. – by the cobol
the best of those three: trgpro (7:38pm est tue jul 18 2000)
8 megs, the best sound of any palm, uses standard compact flash cards. no color (yet), it is as good as you can get for now. – by don
calvin (9:13pm est tue jul 18 2000)
i've got it…apda the size of the vx with eapansion slots for the os(palm, wince, nt, unix) and one for memory (2, 4, 8, 16….). realisticly the market place will sort all this out. i have both a palm and a wince and follow both. it's interestin to read both sides of the literature. some speculate that the palm is winning because of simplicity, some say the wince will ultimately take over because of richness. who knows i bet we are all using something different in 3 years. for me i'll just sit back and enjoy? – by george
palm: an os in the past (9:19pm est tue jul 18 2000)
everyone believes that a palm is an inexpensive pda, when in reality…palm is quite costly! no matter what palm model there is, they are just too expensive for the competition! a palm iiie costs $149, while you can get the same features in the casio pv series for as little as $89. you can get the same features in a palm iiix/iiixe ($249-$299) that you can get in a royal davinci for only $99!!! as for the palm v/vx/vii, i consider them terribly overpriced (especially the vii) for their limited functionality. as for the palm iiic ($449), all you get is a palm iii with color! that's it!!! for just $50 more, you can get pocket pc, which has has word processing/spreadsheet editing, mp3/wma (unlike any of the palms), higher resolution screens, and full internet capabilities (unlike the palm vii). don't get me wrong, palm pda's are great at what they do, but believe it or not, they're the most overpriced limited function pda's i've ever seen. either the palm os is gonna have to beef up like pocket pc os has or palm is going to have to lower prices because pocket pc is catching up to palm and fast. to your surprise, no, i'm not a pocket pc user, nor am i a palm user. i am currently looking for a pda to suit me, but after extensive research…i am very dissappointed in palm, trgpro, & ibm. if i ever consider to purchase a palm os device (which is unlikely at this moment), it will definately be a handspring. until then…full speed ahead pocket pc! – by pda shopper
the iiie's already gone. (10:41pm est tue jul 18 2000)
before introducing a new model, it's now common practice for tech product companies to "clear the pipeline" of inventory rather than leave stores (and itself) with a lot of junk. it looks like palm already stopped shipping the iiie. store after store has been out of stock for months: staples, officemax, online sites i've checked–even the palm store. expect something within a few weeks. (note: the palm site shows a clear-cased "iiie special edition," but gives no price or way to order.) – by sweaty palms
palms do what they *need* to do (12:58pm est wed jul 19 2000)
palm os units are built because they are for users that don't really need mp3's, word processing, spreadsheets, etc… and by the way, you *can* do some pretty impressive word processing and spreadsheet editing with a few thrid party apps out there. if you really want mp3's on a pda, wait another month or so, sony's palm unit is sure to have some sort of feature like that, and the handspring keeps teeling us their's is comming soon.
i use my palm for things i don't need a computer for. it's better than a paper org. and *that's* the reason i bought it. as for the price tag, well, my paper org. couldn't do e-mail or wireless web browsing like my vx can, it also could not give me an instant recall of events, names, numbers, or dates the way my palm can. i can load dozens of spec sheets and loads of data onto my unit for instant recovery and refrence. this was somthing that would have ment hauling around a sack in the past. if i had wanted a less expensive unit i would have bought one. besides, walk into a franklin covey store or office depot and you'll see just how much a paper org. can cost you. not to mention having to get refills for it.
palm units were not ment to replace laptops, they were ment to replace paper org. and it's a job that they excell at. – by gatsby
not dead yet (2:01pm est wed jul 19 2000)
i will admit that the pocketpc platform offers more bells and whistles than the palmos. nevertheless, the palmos is a more carefully designed gui and that fact alone makes it popular.
handwriting recognition as a priority presumes learning graffiti is too much of a burden. if you've used it, you know this isn't true. if you haven't, don't talk about it. however, the processing overhead required for handwriting recognition is not a subjective matter and it's a waste of processing time that could be better used in other areas of the os. graffiti is essentially a pen-based keyboard and it works. if it didn't palm wouldn't hold 70% of the market. period.
hawkins didn't intend to develop a new standard to replace desktop computers. the early 80s were filled with competing 8-bit computers and the shakeout killed a lot of smaller companies' efforts to entrench themselves.
those of you who own or owned day-timers or other 6-ring organizers understand a little better what a palm is supposed to do. take down and organize information you need at your fingertips, then sync it to your desktop.
anything else you get your palm to do is frosting. the reason palms have modems is to facilitate remote syncing, not to turn it into a handheld porn browser.
about the only reason i could see to have mp3 capability would be as a method of storing compressed voice recordings.
as far as palm crushing handspring in the entry-level market… it could happen, except that the lack of flashable os puts them on a level playing field. i think the greater threat to handspring is the fact that palms can run under 3.5, which offers programmers some improved and simplified services that handspring's 3.1h2 may not, and in the near term lead to incompatibility issues. as a visor deluxe owner, i regret not having ir hotsync capability.
an expansion module for handspring that accommodated palm's answer to springboard would resolve the expansion wars. – by orrin
m100 was the name of (3:23pm est wed jul 19 2000)
the original newton messagepad – by newton
at wal*mart!! (4:33pm est wed jul 19 2000)
i just unloaded a shipment from our distribution center with boxes from palm computing that said "reserve inventory special/ august 13"
i was told not to open it and my manager wouldn't answer my questions about it… – by lou in ca
typical palm (4:49pm est wed jul 19 2000)
who cares? when is palm going to introduce soemthing really interesting and useful? when are they really going to innovate??? the sad truth is that they have neither the management or technical staff to innovate anything. anyone with half a brain left and went to handspring. – by terry
totally agree terry! (5:08pm est wed jul 19 2000)
exactly my thoughts! when you concider that hawkins invented every one of the palm pdas, i'm curious as to if palm can even make any pdas that are innovative anymore. thanks palm, but i'll wait for handspring's next products (next pdas should be due out by christmas sales time!) – by -petro
sounds like a good idea (7:08pm est wed jul 19 2000)
it's nice to see palm starting to treat their pda as a consumer product, instead of an executive toy. i understand why this device won't be attractive to the average geek, but it does sound like a nice attempt to bring palms to the masses.
(btw, since palm is the only pda with hebrew support, any more inexpensive model is welcome for those of us who need it.)
– by et
i just want to know. . . (11:26pm est wed jul 19 2000)
when will palm come out with a color vx and when palm is going to release their os 3.5 upgrade?
visor is okay. my opinion is that they look really cheap but i do like the springboard idea.
i have had a palm since day one. i am not a "geek," i realize that my palm is not a laptop but it is awesome device for storing information – 2 bibles, 1 thesarus (see, i do need a dictionary), 450+ product catalog, notes, books, etc.
i don't want to go browsing the web on a 3×3 screen but i do want my information, reference materials, e-mail, more memory, and color.
i don't want my phone to be my day planner, writing stuff down while talking on the phone with your planner to your ear just doesn't cut it. taking notes would entail writing them on a piece of paper, then recopying them into your planner between calls. why have the stupid thing.
just give me a new palm vx in color with the new palm os 3.5 or greater. a little twicking on the grafitti would be nice to. don't change it, just enhance it so it recognizes better. – by jean robinson
linux will rule (12:33am est thu jul 20 2000)
a linux hpc will rule the roost. it is being worked on by several major companies. it's stable and has no royalties attached to the os. – by hughes yurdaddi
i own 4 palm os products (12:52am est thu jul 20 2000)
i own a palm iiixe, palm iii, handspring visor, and a palm iiic. my take:
if you want color for $350, go with the palm iiic from www.mercata.com . they have it for around $450 but new customers get $100 to take 20% off the price. it comes and goes every week or two, so check early in the morning.
if you don't want color, go with the visor for two reasons. they are all pretty much the same, yet the springboard module offers options unavailable to all the others.
however, the biggest plus for the visor is out-of-the-box usb synching. a last minute synch of avantgo drags on and on with a serial port. i just ran a test with a palm iiixe and a visor with 100% identical set-ups. they are using the exact same avantgo account. the visor synched in 38 seconds and the palm took 1 minute and 35 seconds. the handspring took 38% of the time the palm took – by real facts
palms are dead (1:44am est thu jul 20 2000)
$450 for palm iiic? why? palm has not offered any significant improvements since the conception of its breakthrough product, which was years ago. u can get a compaq ipaq at the same price, except its powered by a 206 mhz processor, 16 mb flashable rom, 32 mb ram, 320×240 tft 12-bit color display with an automatic ambient light adjuster that will adjust the screen for optimal visibility under any light, instant recording capabilities, stereo speakers for mp3 playback, microsoft office software for wordprocessing, spreadsheets, and outlook, mpeg video playback, usb connecton for instant sync, expandable w/ devices like wireless modem and gps…why settle for an antique that has been refurbished with superficial features that lazy developers at palm have simply slapped on new stickers and reshipped? palm only controls 70% of the pda market because the average consumer is ignorant and doesn't know that there are far superior alternatives. they buy things that they know other people have…but look what's happening now. most pocket pcs are sold out in north american stores (the ipaq never even made it to conventional retailers because it sold out on the internet in pre-oreders) while the palms and handsprings r collecting dust, still available at electronic stores everywhere. – by kultofcows
visor okay, hwr not gonna happen (1:53am est thu jul 20 2000)
first, the visor's lacking flash is no problem: the os can be patched, something that is in the works for the 8mb chip problem. check their website. major upgrades are not possible, but major "flashed" upgrades by palm have made many apps incompatible. as for hwr on the new palm, all i can say is that someone saw handwriting on the screen and thought it was handwriting on the wall about hwr. they were incorrect, and they shouldn't have seen it in the first place. and the first newton was called the mp100 (for message pad), not m100. regardless, i don't know what they're thinking if they've used a name like that. – by someoneintheknow
this is progress? (5:58pm est thu jul 20 2000)
ok, while i agree that a price tag of $149 is nice, but give me a break. palm just glues new beads and shiny buttons on an archaic platform and everyone eats it up. 2mb vs. 4mb? don't refrigerators come with 8mb of ram by now? this new machine is just a nicer disposable address book, and woohoo, you can change faceplates to match your earrings and cell phone. however, it has no expandability, no ram when compared to wince machines, runs a processor that is a fraction of the speed of those available, and it has a smaller monochrome display??? did palm screen designers fall out of the stupid tree? buying a pda these days with a monochrome display is just silly!!! – by bill_gates_666
compaq ipaq v palm (6:11am est fri jul 21 2000)
sounds great but if i wanted a mp3 player i'd buy a diamond rio. the problem with the pocket pc is that that all the xtras make them seem like toys. also, there's a serious lack of software for these ce machines. i use my palm to run my business, takes e-mail (via my ericsson mobile), surf the net ( usimg wap or proxy browser), send sms. database (mobiledb0, avantgo, vindigo. finally, with my portable keyboard, i have nearly ditched my laptop. the palm isn't perfect(what is) but it allows me to get my jobs done, for me it's the best. – by glad
compaq ipaq v palm (6:12am est fri jul 21 2000)
sounds great but if i wanted a mp3 player i'd buy a diamond rio. the problem with the pocket pc is that that all the xtras make them seem like toys. also, there's a serious lack of software for these ce machines. i use my palm to run my business, takes e-mail (via my ericsson mobile), surf the net ( usimg wap or proxy browser), send sms. database (mobiledb), avantgo, vindigo. finally, with my portable keyboard, i have practically ditched my laptop. the palm isn't perfect(what is) but it allows me to get my jobs done, for me it's the best. – by glad
low end? iow marketability,,,, (7:41am est fri jul 21 2000)
i'm relatively new to pdas. i got the palm iiie se. i just got tired of little bits of paper… in my wallet. my boss has the hp jornada. we were comparing notes on third party software. he has 16 mb ram and i have 2mb. i can still get a bible in there and download via avantgo my daily paper as well as salon, and wired and a summary of other uk dailies. (my boss keeps looking with envy at the size of the operating system (13k) with respect to the overall available ram (2000k))
i got a mobile phone recently and beamed all the entries across.
if i ever get round to using documents to go (when they bring out editing..) i guess i'll have to cut down on the number of web pages i bring down.
but to answer someone else's point, a low end machine gets the kids buying it or other people who just want something (like me) that unifies their address and memo requirements. then if they are going to grow in pda usage heck, chances are they are gonna get another palm device…! hook 'em early! – by oriental hero
calvin/m100 connection (12:00pm est fri jul 21 2000)
do we have any confirmation of the type of cable being provided? there was a reference above of usb and another reference to mac support. so will it be usb or are we stuck with serial? – by poopsicle
why visor w/ the dumb springboard??? .trgpro!!!! (2:13pm est fri jul 21 2000)
puh-leezzz..everyone raves about handspring…..first off, you're locked into buying handspring's proprietary springboard modules (well, if you can even find any…like how many are there so far that you can actually buy……..maybe, uhhh, 4)???
trgpro has 8 mg of memory on board and has a non-proprietary cf slot…for memory, applications, modems, ibm 340 mg drives (yup, it's supported) – by pupflow
coolest back to school gadget? (8:44pm est fri jul 21 2000)
c'mon geek! give me a break! what did palm pay you for the glowing praise? the m100 is a joke. lets take a barely legible screen and shrink it 25%. what size fonts will it use – 4pt?? how would anyone with any kind of schedule use this silly thing? what's next? the wrist-palm, with 2 line, 20 character display? i can't believe a snap on cover bowled you over so easily.
this must be evidence of palm's plan to scrap organizer products and sell wap/pda phones. even the rinky dink wap phones will have a bigger screens.
if you want to see what palm should have built, go to franklin.com and look at the ebookman. that's a back to school device that will actually do something. its a palm pda clone with a greyscale screen that has 87% more pixels, avantgo, mp3, audible, and msreader ebook support (along with intellisync synch with msoutlook.)
– by mheikka
let's have some real advances (4:12pm est sat jul 22 2000)
the m100 seems quite a gadgetty stop-gap. what would make the palm most useful is a new os with larger screen support. colour is nice, but the iiic display isn't nearly as crisp as the iiie's. rather than shrinking the overall size of the unit, palm should move to accept the 240×320 standard used by wince, and perhaps make the overall unit thinner.
i heard a rumour somewhere that next-gen palms would be shipping with a strongarm processor in the range of 70 mhz. the 16 mhz dragonball currently in use is fine, but that larger screen i've been dreaming about would need a better processor.
i'm an ardent palm supporter, but lately it seems they really haven't done anything right, and are merely coasting on their original platform. it isn't that revolutionary anymore. here's hoping that the competition gets a little stiffer. – by kurt
palms vs. pocketpc (1:16am est mon jul 24 2000)
i see some people trying to make arguments for each side, but the most important was left out: battery life. a pocket pc runs 7 hours, at best, between charges, while a palm, more than 2 weeks. to me, that's a really important thing, because not once i was away with my nino and the batteries went dead on me. palm does good in not incorporating all these battery-hungry applications. – by daniel i.
why it works (10:46am est mon jul 24 2000)
the high-school student child of a friend of mine saw pictures of the m100 and wanted one right away, having somewhat liked his dad'd iiix. that is who this is for, and there are a lot more high school/college students out there than executive/high-tech geeks. they aren't going to care about the smaller screen, they are going to like the small size and changable covers, which i'm sure there will be tons more made. why do so many students use nokia phones? – by jack
|palm's new entry. (12:53am est tue jul 25 2000)
the palm m100 doesn't look as nice as the iii series. it actually looks stupid. – by caneron
|when can palm get it right? (3:12am est tue jul 25 2000)
common, a smaller screen and non-flashable os? what a joke? when are the guys at palm going to wise up at last and can come up with a new palm that's as sleek as the palm v series, bigger screen (color not important), longer battery life and expandability? until then, handspring is the way to go. – by disappointed user
|the handheld computer craze… (5:27pm est tue jul 25 2000)
personally, i am not a palm user. i have been surfing the net to find something that would make my life easier. i figured a simple electronic organizer would be best, but there are just so many to choose from. after doing some research i decided on maybe getting a palm. i always thought that palm made the best. now i'm not so sure. really, all palm wanted to do at first was make a stupid little machine to replace the average notepad. they succeeded this goal and went on to surpass it. i just wish the priced weren't so goddam high. i also wish i knew what product was the honest to goodness best buy; all around. i mean which machine can do the most things, quickly, quietly, and sufficiently. is that so much to ask?!i'd like to see a palm that had fast access to the internet, good memory, a lot of storage, maybe a gps system, color would be nice(however not necessary), and maybe some real software. just adding a new look isn't going to cut it. there are many different palms that offer different features. i'd like to see one with everything, not just certain things. – by lauri(curious)
|my hair (2:44am est wed jul 26 2000)
what is the deal with my hair?
why do i sweat so much?
have you heard about my new cd?
i rock the world!
i love palm pilot!
you go girl!
joe sabolick – by joe sabolick
|this crazy joe guy (2:50am est wed jul 26 2000)
i don't know what your problem is,bro.
but seriously,this website is about palmpilots
not your stinking hair or cd.
greg denham – by greg denham
|pictures of m100 (12:03pm est wed jul 26 2000)
this is for jack or anyone out there, where exactly can i find pictures of the new palm-m100? doing some research on palm pilots. pretty hard to locate sources on it. – by s2pid
|zdnet article (2:54pm est wed jul 26 2000)
there's an article over at zdnet – it's been there for a while now (21st july?)
it has photographs of the m100. one thing that seems quite nice is this unit is 3/4 the size of a palm iii series which should make it quite sleek. there's nothing on there about memory or flashability (is that a real word?) of the os. is does however mention that palm are working on a few expansion devices.
definitely a consumer device, not really designed with geeks in mind. palm do this kind of thing extremely well, their success is down to not cramming tons of crap into a unit (a la windows ce,) just including the essentials and a couple of goodies. i'll consider purchasing one of these as a replacement for my palm iii, it's smaller to carry around and should look good when linked up to my pimped out nokia. perfect for checking mail and reading slashdot on the train!
– by gregor
|correct way (2:33pm est thu jul 27 2000)
i think palm's m100 must be a hit in the market. i am sure palm will roll out new solid model which target to this student/kids market. i will sure buy 2 m100 for my daughters.
and handspring is just a bit slow to catch up with it.
anyway, both handspring and palm is much better than those craps like microsoft pocketpc(horrible user experience). – by ken
|m100 or the vx? (4:44pm est sun jul 30 2000)
i like the fact that the low end palm is going to be more like the size of the v series.. but will it have 2 megs of ram or 4? if it has 4 i'd want that for sure.
what makes me want to buy the vx is the size and memory.. but do you think the price will go down after the m100 is released? – by doc
|calvin is a palm m100 (7:17am est mon aug 28 2000)
the "new modle" palm is called the m100 and only has 2megs of space for storage no upgrade. but for ateenager who deletes old news very quickly i think this would be a great buy and for only $150
nice going plam – by caleb
|nonvolatile ram shortages (3:44pm est sat sep 02 2000)
sheesh.. why can't they just put everything in a socket?
worried about nonvolatile ram shortages? fine, ship with an os on a socketed rom, with an option to remove it and replace it with a nonvolatile ram chip yourself, if you *need* to upgrade your os so bad.
furthermore, make the screen easy to just snap off, so you can buy it in monochrome and later snap on color if you're feeling rich. if they just designed these things to be a little more modular, you could get whatever *&()*# options you want, need, and/or can afford.
the circuitry is already mounted on two boards- the "motherboard", and the video controller. just seperate the motherboard into two halves, connected by a small edge connector. place the processor and the i/o controller on one piece, and the ram/rom on the other. give it an empty ram slot fo future expansion. then, also have a rom/nvram slot that holds the os and stock applications, and is flashable if one puts nvram in it. then, attach the video controller to the processor through a small 24 pin dip connector, and design the case so that front and back can be snapped apart fairly easily, like one would remove a faceplate from a cellphone. ram and rom would be accessed from the rear sliding panel.
then, if i'm not bloody rich, i could buy an $89 palm with 2 megs, os in rom, a 16mhz processor and a lousy monochrome display. later, when i get a new ceo position, or after i save up my lunch money, i could decide for myself what's most important and expand it.
f the thing were truly modular like that, you could very well keep upgrading from the cheapest model in town until you have top-of-the-line, and the only part of it that would *have* to remain the same is the design of the inside of the case where the two halves meet.
hell, i don't know about you, but i'm pretty happy that my machine has pci slots and an atx motherboard. why can't i have the equivalent in my palmtop?
android606@spa – by andrew mark
|i'm ut (10:07am est thu nov 30 2000)
the beautifuls meet i want hope. but she very hope. – by ut
|hi ut (12:51pm est fri feb 01 2002)
have you gone crazy? – by utututuuu
|palm iiixe battery door (3:56pm est tue dec 10 2002)
need a replacement battery door for my palm iiixe…any idea where i can get one? they don't even list it on palm's website.
– by kbcaptaincoin
|sony pic-1000 vs sweaty palm (11:15pm est wed jun 18 2003)
hello, suckers.as a developer i am pleased to have seen you purchaced palm piolt. this device was designed to be a hand held and limited device.
not a great and portable super computer to thwart
special agent moose & squirrle. to criticize "i
got it for my kid in high school." idiot. your kid just traded that palm to get high. and for a
world traveled student like him/her, what do you
expect for them to do with it. learn?
what do do with my palm? not a thing. i don't use one. i use an old sony magic link. it deals the cards i like. no b.s. . my sony has an old motorolla cpu that can cope w/ a deal of things. it is functional. all that it needs to be.
to joe sabolick:
joe, … you suck. you are not considered a part of society any more. you are listed as dead and are not alloecd to breed in accordance to u.s. law.
joe, i was told long ago that i would meet the avereg joe. years later i meet surfer joe….{yes, surfer & uncle there is aways a joe.) the joe i meet was always dense. you lead as lead & thus you gain nothing. – by darkhorseriding
|homeless pictures of teens (4:06am est tue mar 08 2005)
– by 1561homeless-picture
|thanks (3:36pm est sat jan 07 2006)
this is an excellent site thanks for the information! – by andy


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Public Arrest Report for: 5/30/2014
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Burbank Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest by the police does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can determine whether an offender is guilty or not guilty of the offence with which he or she has been charged.
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Public Arrest Report for: 5/23/2014
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Burbank Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest by the police does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can determine whether an offender is guilty or not guilty of the offence with which he or she has been charged.
Burbank police say they've recently seen an uptick in burglaries of motor vehicles. Division Chief Mike Dudlo said there have been approximately eight such reports in the last week.
Around 9:20 p.m. Friday, a citizen called police to report three suspicious men in the Kohl's parking lot, 7608 S. LaCrosse Avenue. The caller told police he observed the men walking down the aisles checking for unlocked car doors. The man called police after seeing the suspects enter an unlocked vehicle.
The caller described the three men as young black, males. When officers arrived they located and arrested the suspects.
Police say they have charged Devin Mills, 18, and Darryl Williams, 19, both of Chicago with burglary from a motor vehicle. Burbank police also arrested a juvenile in connection with the crime.
Approximately five other incidents occurred during the overnight hours last week throughout the residential areas of the city. In three of those five incidents, the offenders targeted work-style vans according to Dudlo.
Dudlo said, " The Burbank Police currently has several leads and is investigating those leads. In one of those incidents, a neighbor of a victim observed the incident as it was happening but thought it was workers just gathering tools from the vehicle. The witness did not call the police because she thought the incident was innocent in nature."
"Citizens are reminded to notify the police when they see something out of the ordinary occurring in their neighborhood. We are more than happy to investigate further. There have been several incidents in the last year where alert citizens called 911 to report some kind of suspicious activity. In a few of those instances, officers were able to make arrests ranging from burglary to drug possession. We welcome any help from the public when crimes occur. The citizens know their neighborhood and neighbors better than we do. When a citizen notices something that doesn't seem right, it is worth being checked out by our officers. "
Burbank PupScout Troop 8 gathered Sunday at the gazebo in Stevenson Park for a picnic to celebrate the success they've recently had earning money for local animal shelters.
PupScouts is an organization for dogs and their owners. PupScouts is similar to Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in the sense that canine members wear uniforms and earn badges. According to their website, "We are all about having fun, earning badges, helping others, meeting new friends and bonding with our parents."
In addition to Burbank Troop 8, there are many other troops throughout the country including an online troop for dog lovers that don't live near a regular troop.
PupScouts originated in New York five years ago and have been featured on Good Morning America, Nightline, Spoiled Rotten Pets, and Pet Talk.
Troop 8 was started last autumn by longtime Burbank Park District dog trainer Kimmy Bandusky. Bandusky said she organized the Burbank troop "Because PupScouts is something I believe in. Not only is it fun and rewarding for both the dog and owner as you work together to accomplish fun badges, you have the opportunity to make new friends and more importantly, we help our animal friends in need and are advocates for local shelters."
Burbank Troop 8 consists of Rockie Boo (leader), Ralphie (co-leader), Bella (secretary) Pita & Paco (treasurers), Zoey, Pixie, Chuppy, King Louie, Abby, Lizzy, and Moose-Freddy.
Troop 8 meets monthly. On Wednesday nights (weather permitting) members often meet at New Castle Park for an evening of dog walking. Recent holiday themed events celebrated by Troop 8 included "Pictures With Santa Paws" and a "Valentine Fashion Pawty."
Later this month PupScout Troop 8 will participate in the 68th Annual LaGrange Pet Parade. Billed as "America's Original Pet Parade," the procession will feature marching bands, floats, and clowns in addition to owners showcasing their pets.
Troop 8 welcomes new members. For more information visit their Facebook page Pupscouts of DPFamily Troop 8 or www.pupscouts.org.
Burbank PNC Bank Robbed Friday
Police are searching for a man who robbed a Burbank bank yesterday.
Officers responded to the PNC Bank located at 4900 W. 87th St. regarding an armed robbery about 6:00 p.m. Friday evening.
According to Division Chief Mike Dudlo, the suspect entered the bank and handed a teller a note claiming he had a gun and demanding money. After the teller gave the man an undisclosed amount of cash, the suspect fled the bank eastbound.
Dudlo said "No one was physically injured and a weapon was never displayed."
An extensive search of the area by Burbank police with assistance from Oak Lawn officers turned up no sign of the offender.
Dudlo said the FBI was notified and is assisting in the investigation.
Update Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, 30-40 years old, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, with facial hair. He was wearing a blue ball cap and grey sweatshirt.
A reward is being offered for information leading to his arrest. Anyone with information should contact the FBI Chicago office at 312-421-6700 or leave a tip at BanditTrackerChicago.com.
Search Warrant Leads To Arrest Of Juvenile
The Burbank Police Department was assisted by members of the South Suburban Emergency Response Team in executing a search warrant at a residence in the 8100 block of S. Lorel Ave. around 6:00 a.m. Friday morning.
Officers arrested a juvenile, who police believe to be a gang member, and recovered about 40 grams of marijuana - packaged and ready to sell.
The identity of the juvenile is being withheld because of his age.
Public Arrest Report for: 5/16/2014
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Thank you all so much for your compliments, suggestions, and encouragement! I finished the top and I must say, I am very very happy with it! This is my first-ever-completed quilt top.
I decided to use a royal blue mottled fabric from Moda for the sashing. It's the color I had in mind all along, so when I found it at my LQS, I knew it was meant to be. Then, I wanted to add something at the corners of each block, and found this adorable PP block called Geometry on Quilters Cache. It's a 4" block, but I re-sized it to 3" and used all the colors in the quilt. I think it ties everything together nicely. Finally, I wanted to cap the whole thing off with a little more of the rainbow colors, so I pieced a strip of each color together on the diagonal and bordered the whole quilt. I love it!!!
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Pictures of Unfamiliars
By Kevin Higgins
after Carolyn Forché
Beamed into one's living room via satellite,
or framed in syndicated photographs
on the quality papers' foreign pages, even
their black or missing front teeth
have a strange beauty.
The shanty town dwellers of La Paz,
in their hand woven red and green ponchos,
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scraggy mother of two, with change
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day drunkenness, and lack of imagination
which has seen them prosaically wander the roads
these past thousand years – just
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When they start mouthing Civil Rights
and municipal water cannon, or
police batons get over enthusiastic
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It seems like surgical options for patients with obstructive sleep apnea who can't tolerate CPAP oral appliances is growing rapidly. I haven't attended my annual Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Academy meeting since 2013. This year at our meeting in Dallas, there were significantly more presentations and surgical options compared to years past. The two most prominent high-tech options were tongue nerve stimulation (pacemaker) and robotic surgery for the tongue.
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Do you actually believe that is a adsolute cure for sleep apnea?
Hi Dr. Park
Thanks for the update. I think I wrote you a while ago that although I sleep much better after the procedures you performed, I think I still have something going on that blocks my breathing unless I'm in a perfect sleeping position. We discussed that it might be a good idea to check my innards with the scope while sleeping, and you suggested that my upcoming entry onto the Medicare roles could help with Montefiore's high costs.
I just got on Medicare, and although I'm currently still with (very conservative, not to say behind the curve) Kaiser Senior Advantage health plan, I have the option of changing to a Medicare plan with choice of provider once per year.
So, I'm encouraged by all that you're learning about new surgeries, tongue reduction and epiglottis factors. Please continue to keep me informed and maybe we could improve things further one of these days. I know I'm chronologically getting up in age for surgery candidates, but I'm not old physically and am very healthy.
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Every city has its own holiday celebrations. In Tampa's Ybor City, it's Guavaween. I strolled through this evening at the start of the festivities. Looks like it'll be a memorable night. Happy Guavaween, Ybor.
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Around the holidays, in every neighborhood, there's that one house. The one likely owned by a hoarder, compelled to pile excessive "decorations" on the lawn. A homeowner reveling in one of the few acceptable times a year to display their "festive" spirit all over the yard, no one judging the cobwebs on their overgrown hedges. […]
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I am currently reading Sherry Turkle's book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. It was on my mind as my husband and I re-did my website, which I invite you to visit. In making changes, I focused less on the site 'being my own' and more on it simply doing the job – […]


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It's taken me a crazy amount of time to fathom out how to add a blog roll, even my son who is far more computerate than me struggled with it. I've only added a few so far, but catching up on the tinpot one I found photos of me working at the museum.
Also I found on Jean Pierre Coasne's a photo of an embossing I gave them as a gift when we visited in May. It was a wood cut of Queen Anne's Lace (or Cow Parsley to give it it's common name) or Anthriscus sylvestris in Latin.


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How can we possibly understand what it means to be human when we only traverse our own lives? There are so many ways to see the world; so many experiences to shape our perspectives. Yet, we'll only know our own. Can we ever truly appreciate humanity and all it has to offer?
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LAIE, Hawaii – Min (Karen) Liu never lost a game to lead No. 2 BYU-Hawaii women's tennis to a 9-0 sweep of Southern New Hampshire University Wednesday at BYU-Hawaii Tennis Courts.
The Seasiders' (14-0) Nannan (Dallas) Zhang and Xin (Summer) Wen opened the team scoring with an 8-1 victory over the Penmen's (13-5) Kaitlyn Poje and Sofia Morais. Michelle Li Sha Khoo and Jeong-Min Jeon added an 8-1 victory of their own on court three, while Liu and Leah Heimuli rounded out doubles play with an 8-0 victory on court two.
No. 4 Liu completed her flawless day with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Morais. No. 2 Zhang also won in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 over No. 50 Abla Chadli and Wen was not far behind with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Anna Sala on court three.
The last three singles played pro sets with the light fading and the men's match still in the first set of singles play. Jeon, Heimuli and Khoo each won 8-0 to complete the sweep.
BYU-Hawaii will host Colgate at 1 p.m. HST Thursday at the BYU-Hawaii Tennis Courts. Live scoring will be available online.


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Last week we completed our fall 2017 Lands' End Business seasonal shoot featuring our new product and color collection. While the finished photos look natural and effortless, a lot goes into getting the perfect picture. Here's an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at what goes on at a Lands' End Business seasonal photo shoot.
The Prep
Months before the shoot even happens, the Lands' End team selects color palettes and textures, and develops the creative themes that will run through the season's catalogs by creating visual centers and mood boards. For this fall, we chose reds, oranges, and earthy browns to create a warm but still autumnal feeling. The imagery reinforces the comfort and professionalism of Lands' End Business apparel, not to mention the confidence you'll feel when you wear it.
The Place
At Lands' End we take pride in our Wisconsin roots—our headquarters are located in Dodgeville, about 50 miles west of Madison. For the fall 2017 season shoot, we decided to take advantage of the resources around us by shooting locally in downtown Madison.
We selected Atmosphere Interiors to shoot the associate level models—dressed very casually in jeans and polos. The color scheme of this facility was well aligned with the color palette our creative team envisioned, with warm reds and neutral tones that establish the visual aesthetics of the fall season. The unconventional office environment with plenty of open space gave this location an authentic "young professional" ambiance.
Located in the heart of Madison is EatStreet, a Madison-born tech food ordering and delivery company founded by University of Wisconsin students in 2010. This space felt both collaborative and sophisticated, with an open-concept layout that allowed us to capture our mid-level models—outfitted with button-down shirts and chinos—in realistic situations.
Our last stop was Ovation, a luxury apartment complex in downtown Madison and the location of Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA), an architecture firm specializing in designing workspaces, learning and living spaces as well as healthcare, science and technology environments. Ovation and EUA's high-end ambiance and natural light provided an authentic environment to shoot our executive models in tailored suiting, blazers, trousers and skirts.
The Perfect Shot
It is essential that our photography is relatable and inspires confidence in Lands' End apparel. It's why we avoid posed, artificial shots, preferring images that show models "at work." The props we use add to the authenticity of the scene, from colored pens, rugs, plants and throw pillows to abstract canvases painted on the spot to add color to the background. Our prop stylists even work their magic to turn a hot sunny day into the perfect fall afternoon—complete with rain and leaf piles!
The photography team hauls lighting equipment to each location, sets it up and breaks it down at the end of the shoot—a huge project in itself. With each new scene we take hundreds of photos from different angles so our creative team can choose the best shots for all usages within our cross-functional in-house design and marketing teams—from printed catalogs to digital graphics. Our lead photographer, Paul Wright, was friendly, enthusiastic, and captured our vision perfectly through his lens.
Stylists make sure that every piece of clothing matches the seasonal color palette, and bring in racks of apparel and accessories with extras on hand in case of a wardrobe malfunction. (Thanks to our great team based out of Dodgeville WI, led by Geralyn Wallace, we hardly ever have those!) On-site seamstresses provide last-minute hemming, buttons, and tailoring to make sure the clothes fit just right.
Makeup is kept natural for a realistic, everyday look. The team worked throughout the day ensuring clean skin for every shot, touching up blush or powder to match the lighting and color of the scene, and fixing any stray hairs.
The fall 2017 seasonal photo shoot was a lot of hard work but a lot of fun, too! With the help of everyone on our team we were able to capture some great imagery showcasing our new and existing styles that help outfit your team day in and day out. We would like to thank our awesome partners for allowing us to use their spaces. Look closely, and you'll notice them in Lands' End Business catalogs and online coming this fall.


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The U.S. Navy Studied How to Turn Fiberglass Into a Ghastly Weapon
Splinters would have cut anyone who came into contact, inside and out
American fighter bombers fly over across South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia dropping bombs filled with tiny fiberglass shards.
A few hours later, Viet Cong insurgents — and anyone else unfortunate enough to move into the contaminated areas — begin to develop maddening itches and painful sores. Some go blind from glass in their eyes.
This was the horrifying plan researchers at defense contractor HRB Singer developed for the Office of Naval Research in 1967. Part of a larger program nicknamed Project Poorboy during the Vietnam War, the Pentagon funded research into methods for stopping insurgents from moving down the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
"The technique and substance recommended are not absolute," the scientists explained in a 1968 review of the project. "[But] they do provide a means of identifying trespassers, of causing irritation and incapacitation as time progresses without engendering cries of bacteriological or chemical warfare."
Still, the new weapon would present its own appalling, indiscriminate and potentially deadly effects. Thankfully, the Navy never acted on the proposal.
The HRB Singer scientists were explicit in their descriptions of how the fiberglass weapon might work. The small shards would settle in treetops, plants or lie in wait on the ground. Light enough to be carried on the wind, insurgents would have kicked up the material as they passed through the jungle.
"The fibers pervade the extremities, clothing, eyes, and food of the infiltrator as he passes through the area," the scientists wrote in their proposal. "The infiltrator is not immediately aware of this pervasion but within a few minutes, when any activity is involved, he is physically irritated."
"There are no effective countermeasures to this procedure," the HRB Singer team added, predicting truly shocking results. Itchy, pus-filled sores would spring up on any exposed part of the body, especially the feet, within hours.
Before hitting their victims, the fibers could easily become covered with bacteria or other pollutants. Fighters could be blinded after getting the spun glass in their eyes. Scratching would only drive the splinters deeper into the skin.
Guerrillas could inhale the "fiber floss" or inadvertently eat unsealed food covered with fragments. Once inside the body, the tiny bits of glass could cause ulcers or tiny cuts on the throat, stomach and intestines.
It'd be useless to try and pluck the glass out of clothing. Difficult to remove from the skin, the fibers would probably have been impossible to remove from areas inside the body without surgery.
"Fibers which penetrate a person's skin can be removed only by a tweezer and magnifying glass or by waiting until the penetrated area becomes infected and the splinter is forced out by the infection," the report noted.
Above — fiberglass. Pasa/Flickr photo. At top — an A-6 Intruder loaded with bombs during the Vietnam War. Navy photo
The idea behind the fiberglass bombs developed out of desperation. By 1968, the U.S. Navy and Air Force had already tried blowing up the Viet Cong's jungle pathways with regular bombs and using large, air-dropped mines to halt cargo trucks, but with little success.
In search for a solution, the Pentagon looked at more exotic options like artificially increasing rainfall, dumping chemicals to gum up dirt roads and building an electronic fence that would warn American jets of guerrilla activity. The Air Force and the U.S. Army both tried dropping huge tear gas bombs to make specific zones uninhabitable. Navy scientists considered using nonlethal bacteria or glowing chemicals to mark individuals passing through insurgent-controlled territory.
But as the HRB Singer team explained, these compounds might cause an international incident no matter how safe they might be in the end. Despite mixed results in combat, tear gas proved to be a focal point for criticism both in the United States and abroad.
"Most remarks have been highly critical and give the impression that these munitions have had widespread use and have caused many casualties," the top American headquarters in Saigon wrote in a report on the utility of the riot control agents in 1965. "However, when after action reports are studied, it is obvious that these munitions have had only limited effect on the enemy at best."
The Pentagon was still dealing with the fallout more than three decades later. In 1998, CNN ran a story that accused American troops of using sarin nerve gas during an operation in Laos. Subsequent reviews of the events by the news network and the Air Force showed that the weapons were actually tear gas cluster bombs.
Navy aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea get ready for combat during the Vietnam War. Navy photo
HRB Singer argued that because fiber floss was not a chemical or biological weapon, it would not meet the same public criticism. In addition to bombs, U.S. troops could simply dump the material out of cargo planes or fire it from artillery.
But an explosive charge scattering the fiberglass wouldn't make it any less dangerous. HRB Singer recommended using random sizes ranging from five thousandths of an inch up to a quarter of an inch in length. The researchers also suggested the Air Force consider mixing these needles into batches of plant-killing chemicals like the infamous Agent Orange.
But the problems with this plan should be screamingly obvious. It would have indiscriminately harmed insurgents, civilians and animals — and in a particularly appalling manner. The HRB Singer scientists did not appear to consider any potential environmental damage caused by scattering fiberglass all over Vietnam.
"Civilians who either assist the troops or pass through the impregnated areas themselves will also become impregnated," the researchers wrote matter-of-factly. "Civilians who give aid to victims may not be badly impregnated but recognition of these civilians can be accomplished by inspecting the persons' hands for small glass fibers imbedded in the skin."
Before receiving the report, the Navy sent a sample of fiberglass to the Marine Corps' Landing Force Development Center for further tests. But that appears to be as far as the project got.
In the end, the Pentagon focused on trying to shut down the Ho Chi Minh trail with traditional air strikes, defoliants and thousands of tiny land mines — the effects of which are still felt through Southeast Asia. The world is fortunate the Navy decided against adding a fiberglass storm to the mix.


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This course discusses the processes, methods, techniques and tools that organizations use to manage their information systems projects. The course covers a systematic methodology for initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing projects. This course assumes that project management in the modern organization is a complex team based activity, where various types of technologies (including project management software as well as software to support group collaboration) are an inherent part of the project management process. This course also acknowledges that project management involves both the use of resources from within the firm, as well as contracted from outside the organization.
Focus topic will be managing the system life cycle: requirements determination, design, implementation; system and database integration issues; network management; project tracking, metrics, and system performance evaluation; managing expectations of managers, clients, team members, and others; determining skill requirements and staffing; cost-effectiveness analysis; reporting and presentation techniques; management of behavioral and technical aspects of the project; change management. Software tools for project tracking and monitoring. Team collaboration techniques and tools.


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Baby Carrots with A Butter Dill Sauce is a fantastic choice in Side Dish Recipes to add to any Dinner Table. The popular Roast Turkey, or the Prime Rib Roast would be two of my choices. At your next Barbeque Party with either the Grilled Salmon or Grilled Halibut would be another suggestion.
This is one of my favorites for side dish recipes to add to any dinner. So easy to make with no fuss in peeling and chopping. These little tasty bites usually come already prepared, all you have to do is put them in a steamer, cook, add butter and fresh dill weed and voila, you have a fantastic favorite to add to your meal any time.
Baby Carrots go absolutely great with any meal choices. as one excellent pick in every day side dish recipes. I would say that this is always a favorite to enjoy at our Table! Another suggestion for this favorite would be the Prime Rib Roast and Yorkshire Pudding, always a favorite to enjoy at our Holiday Table!
Another suggestion might be to end your Holiday Recipes Feast with a fantastic pick in Dessert Recipes, a favorite, Strawberry Shortcake with Raspberry Sauce and Whipped Cream and a light Angel Food Cake is always a great winner for Holiday Recipes!
1 package baby carrots (2 cups)
2 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons fresh dill weed, chopped
1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper corns.
Place carrots in steamer and add water to bottom half of steamer bringing water to about half way up in bottom pan of steamer.
Cover top pan of steamer and bring to a boil over high heat.
Reduce heat medium low and simmer for about 10 -15 minutes until tender but still slightly firm when pierced with a knife.
Remove from heat, drain.
In medium sized fry pan add butter and melt over medium low heat, add drained carrots, dill weed, salt and pepper, stirring to coat.
Pour into serving dish, squeeze one half of a fresh lemon over top and sprinkle with more fresh dill weed if desired.
Makes 6 - 8 servings. Enjoy!
Back to Holiday Recipes like Baby Carrots With Butter Dill Sauce...
Baby Carrots with Butter Dill Sauce, a tasty pick for side dish recipes to serve with Main Dish Recipes. How about Roast Turkey with the trimmings and Twice Baked Potatoes or Mashed Potatoes?
A choice for an excellent pick in Dessert Recipes might be a Fantastic Strawberry Shortcake with Fresh Strawberries and Whipped Cream.
How about choosing one of the Drink Recipes for a perfect end to your evening sipping on a favorite pick!
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I Don't Care Who You Are … That's Funny
"Humor is just another defense against the universe." ~Mel Brooks
"Obama Man" by Greg Morton:
"Humor is just another defense against the universe." ~Mel Brooks
"Obama Man" by Greg Morton:
From a story last updated at about 8 p.m. Friday night (bolds are mine):
Detroit's Big Three is becoming Ford (F) and the other two.
While its rivals stay afloat with billions in government aid, Ford grabbed a bigger slice of the American car market in April with record sales of its fuel-efficient Fusion. Those results pushed it past Toyota to retake its post as the nation's No. 2 car seller.
Even though Ford's monthly sales tumbled 32% from a year earlier, it captured 16% of the total market. Most of those gains came at the expense of General Motors (GM) and Chrysler, which unlike Ford are dependent on federal help.
Somebody better tell the car czars before they dump more money into their pet industrial policy projects.
UPDATE: Here's more on how GM managed to stay number one in April.
First, consider this, from an LA Times report carried at the Houston Chronicle (bold is mine):
General Motors, which is trying to avoid bankruptcy as it faces a government-set restructuring deadline of June 1, said that its sales fell 34 percent to 173,007 in April compared with a year ago. However, fleet sales were running about 11 percent ahead of March.
Add this tidbit from Autoweek:
Sales to individual customers "continued at about the same selling rate as February and March," said Mark LaNeve, GM's North American sales chief, in a statement. GM's better results were "largely driven by a return to more normal volumes of fleet sales," the company said in a statement.
Now let's mix in this tasty nugget from Bloomberg:
GM (down 34% per Bloomberg, 33.1% according to the Wall Street Journal's detail [may require subscription] — Ed.) beat the average estimate for a 37 percent sales decline, based on a survey of 5 analysts. Purchases by fleet customers buoyed results, while sales to individual consumers fell 45 percent, Detroit-based GM said..
Well, isn't that special?
The combination of those three factoids raises the legitimate possibility that Ford might have actually made more sales to individual customers in April than GM. Number-crunching and research is in progress to see if this is indeed the case, but there may not be enough facts on the table yet to reach a conclusion. Additional factoids that might help solve this riddle would be intensely appreciated. E-mail me whatever you've got. Fleet unit sales from April of either year or the mix of fleet vs. non-fleet sales from April of either year might be enough.
In the meantime, bask in the irony of this, from a spreadsheet downloaded from MotorIntelligence.com, which is the source for the WSJ's detail (click on the "New Vehicle Sales" link):
Which two companies are doing by far the worst at selling cars, and are the most dependent on those evil, gas-guzzling light trucks, including SUVs? Answer: The bailed-out companies in the red squares above.
Question: What if the only things keeping Chrysler and GM from disappearing into the ash heap of history are:
UPDATE 2: Just eyeballed the numbers, and realized that Chrysler's pathetic figure of 15,558 car sales represents less than 5% of the total of the "Big Six." — and it's even worse when looking at the entire car market:
Having sold fewer cars than Kia (16,588), and far fewer than Hyundai (27,406), Chrysler is — can you believe it? — Number 8 in cars. A year ago at this time, it was at number 6, with domestic sales very close to Nissan's, and total sales far ahead of Hyundai's and more than double Kia's.
Cars is where Obama and his car czars want to focus their energies in reviving Chrysler.
Echoing Glenn Reynolds's Obamantra, the bankrupt company is in the very best of hands. (/sarc)
UPDATE 3: Let's be clear here. Given enough taxpayer handouts and a healthy dose of magic from Fiat, which itself has awakened from the dead over the past five years or so, Chrysler could conceivably recover. But it looks like a long shot; it's not inconceivable that the factories shut down when the company filed for bankruptcy aren't going to reopen.
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A GRANDMOTHER has made international medical history by becoming the oldest person ever to donate stem cells – to save her younger brother's life.
Erica Henderson, 75, of Westward Ho! in North Devon, was allowed to transfer cells to Paul Hallowes despite being too old under medical guidelines.
Paul, 69, had been diagnosed with leukaemia and a high dose of chemotherapy had severely impaired his body's ability to produce blood cells.
He would have died without the stem cell therapy, but despite him having three children and five grandchildren, a suitable donor could not be found.
Doctors searched the national database of 600,000 blood donors but it returned a blank for his Omega Negative blood group.
Paul was told he had just two years to live until doctors discovered his big sister Erica was a "perfect match" for the procedure.
Medical rules state the life-saving cells can only be donated by people up to the age of 70 – meaning Erica was too old.
But doctors at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London passed her as "100 per cent fit" and the operation went ahead.
Paul is now in remission and doctors say Erica has made medical history as the world's oldest ever stem cell donator.
The grandmother-of-two said: "We tested the whole family and I was the only one who was an exact match. Paul had been given two years to live.
"Then they found I was a perfect match and it was just a question of whether I was well enough because of my age to donate the stem cells.
"The tests were very stringent, a bit like undergoing a full body MoT. When the doctors came back to us they said I was 100 per cent fit and gave us the go ahead.
"My brother had been extremely ill for a long time but we have just been told he is in remission which is amazing. I saved his life – it is wonderful, I'm just glad I was able to go through with it. If you love someone very much, you will do whatever you can.
"There was never any doubt in my mind. The doctors said we have made medical history because of my age."
The transfer took place at the hospital in October and two weeks ago Paul was told he is now in remission. …..
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Modulation of central cerebral pain processing by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) using ultra-high field functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at 7Tesla. .
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive method for selective modulation of cortical excitability. There is raising evidence that it has potential therapeutic applications in the field of pain disorders. The aim of this study is to investigate the central after-effects of tDCS on extracranial induced pain stimulation using functional 7 Tesla MRI. Polarity-dependent modulation of central pain processing will be assessed.
The contribution of axonal sensitization to pain and hyperalgesia. NGF- induced changes of signal transformation in human C-fibers.
Nerve growth factor (NGF) is involved in sensitization processes of peripheral C-nociceptors resulting in Hyperalgesia. A role for NGF in neuropathic pain has been proposed, too. In this project long-term effects of intradermal NGF injections on axonal and sensory properties of C-fibers will be assessed by single C-fiber recordings (microneurography) directly in humans. We intend to investigate whether NGF affects both transduction and transformation mechanisms in human nociceptors; whether the two relevant human nociceptor classes are differently affected by NGF and whether NGF effects spread to the untreated branches of the axon.
Examining the functional role of Kv7 sub-types in gastrointestinal pain using a novel human pre-clinical model.
At present, a major limitation in the development of effective therapies for the treatment of abdominal pain is the lack of translation between pre-clinical (animal/cell-based studies) and clinical studies. We propose the Kv7 family of channels, which are involved in somatic pain signaling, have a role in mediating pain within the gastrointestinal tract (GI). The aims of this study are to a) conduct an exploratory functional study examining the role of these channels in the gut using a novel pre-clinical model of visceral pain and b) examine receptor expression within the colon.
Genome-wide association study of pressure pain threshold - a step forward to uncovering genes underlying pain sensation.
This project will contribute to our understanding of the genetic basis of pain by performing genome-wide association study of the pressure pain threshold. Previously genotyped healthy subjects from three population cohorts in Croatia will be re-invited to participate. Expected final sample size for this project is 2,300 subjects. Repeated measurements regression and mixed models analysis will be used in order to adjust for the main confounding variables and familial structure, aiming to further uncover genetic basis of pain sensation.
Linking altered central pain processing and genetic polymorphism to drug efficacy in chronic low back pain.
We will test the hypothesis that there is a correlation between disturbances in specific pain mechanisms as assessed by quantitative sensory tests (QST) and analgesic efficacy after single-dose drug administration in patients with chronic low back pain. Genetic factors affecting drug metabolism and pain sensitivity will be analyzed as additional explanatory variables for drug efficacy. We are planning three randomized placebo-controlled sub studies on the antidepressant imipramine, the opioid oxycodone and the anticonvulsant clobazam, conducted in a total of 150 consecutive chronic low back pain patients, who will randomly be assigned to one of the three sub studies.
Pain Sensory Profiles in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain.
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a high profile public health concern because of its complications. Neuropathic pain (NP) is a frequent DM complication, but its pathophysiology is still unclear. Pain sensory profile (SP) (i.e.: the subjective and objective sensory changes associated with pain) may help understanding the pathogenesis of NP and select patients for therapeutic trials. By combining psychophysical, neurophysiological and functional neuroimaging measures, the contribution of peripheral, spinal and brain mechanisms to SPs will be explored in DM patients with NP. Follow-up will indicate whether SP may be predictor and/or marker of peripheral nerve damage in DM.
Investigation of the cerebral neuronal activity in pain-related brain areas of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and interleukin-4 deficiency using near-infrared spectroscopy.
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is characterized by chronic widespread pain, tenderness at defined points, and typical associated symptoms. There is evidence for a pathophysiological role of the central pain processing and the immune system. We are investigating the extent and the degree of cerebral activity upon painful stimulation using near-infrared spectroscopy and correlate the findings with systemic interleukin-4 (IL-4) expression as a potential biomarker for FMS. An augmented activation in pain-related cerebral areas is expected correlating with low IL-4 levels.
Pain sensitivity of children with Down's syndrome: Is it really different?
Children with Down's syndrome need frequent surgery for congenital anomalies. Adults with Down's syndrome show altered pain sensitivity compared to controls. Several genes involved in pain perception are known; six of these genes are located on chromosome 21 (ADAMTS5, GRIK1, S100B, RUNX1, KCNE1, KCNJ6). Pain sensation in children with Down's syndrome could be attenuated or intensified by polymorphisms in these genes. The aim of the project is to explore the relative contribution of these genes to the differences in pain sensitivity of children with Down's syndrome.