looking at buying a pocket PC / PDA

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 08:43:36PM -0000, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: [...] Also: no ransomware. I have been using ballpen a lot. Problem was, when original ink holder ran out, the replacements I could buy were of mediocore quality. So I optimised and now go with disposables - like Stabilo. Also, Bic, if I have chance. Or anything from that shelve, I am not purist. As of ink leaks, perhaps holding pen in some hardened case would do? Maybe together with notepad? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Undeciphered_historical_codes_and_ci… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon#Pontifex_Cipher Those too have limitations, but should be above the height of average pickpocket/passerby. One of the limitations is, one requires quite a bit of practice to do them in memory. OTOH, when applied to short sequences of words, should be quite strong, from what I have read. When memorizing sequence of digits on paper, I could write a sentence of words of proper length, or have many words of diffent length all over the page and memorize the place of those which I need (just guessing, will have to try it one day). -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_rola at bigfoot.com **