Laine Stump writes:
> Did Andrew mention - the keyboards on these things even have a key labelled
> "Pizza". What more could you ask for ;-)

Allegedly that would jump straight to Papa John's for an online order.
I haven't looked into the actual scancode for it though, I've been using
a regular keyboard for my hacking.

> I had ordered one on Saturday from the local CC (Somerville, MA), then
> immediately went over this morning and ordered another after reading
> Andrew's report.

Whew, the pressure. :-)  I will try to get at least a little more detail
up on my website.  My PPP connections were somewhat iffy due to the QNX
chat program not liking my scripts that work fine under NetBSD. 

Also, I happen to have a 7 extension mini-PBX (key system) at my house,
so I was able to do everything isolated from the PSTN.  The autodial
uses 'ATDT1800...' so an office without an extension 1800 would work also,
or more careful hacking. :)

> The sad part is that the company is almost surely losing money for every
> one they sell (and that this means the deal will probably be over soon,
> when they realize their mistake and start requiring a signup for service as
> part of the purchase, or alternately when they go belly up because their
> business model is flawed). I wonder how much they'd have to sell them for
> to make money (without their ISP)...

It is possible they will let the "boost in sales" continue for a bit, at
least until their IPO, then clamp down on it.  The flood of cash from the
IPO could easily buffer their current losses, while the /. effect may
actually increase the popularity of the IPO.
I'm not a stock market analyst, I don't know squat, don't listen to me, etc.

-Andrew
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