I noticed in the Q&A that they will be working on a world phone Android model in the near future (both GSM/CDMA). This will be a great feature for people who travel internationally, or to be able to switch networks at home.
For this current model, I think the voice feature will be the most significant: every text field is voice enabled, making the touchscreen-only keyboard a bit less painful.
Given your assumptions of "correctly set-up network" and "sysadmins have been doing their jobs", I would agree.
However, most of us know that many networks are vulnerable to attack because they're neither correctly set-up nor are their admins doing their jobs. In these cases, even a no-talent script kiddie could break in easier than a government could launch a nuclear attack.
I think most of us could've told them that without all of the silly research.
Seriously though, for most people, unless they know there's a risk of being fired if they don't comply, chances are that they're not going to care about corporate IT policies. Most companies don't actual police them, so what benefit do they have in following them?
While people should be responsible enough to do what their job requires, it falls back on the corporate IT folks to make sure their policies are enforced.
All of the reviews I've read thus far, including Ars, have been very positive. It's amazing how much can be done in a corporate/development culture like Apple in 2.5 years compared to the debacle that is Vista, which MS took 5+ years to produce (not that there's nothing at all positive about Vista, but looking in comparison).
Hopefully a good step forward for Apple that will lead to larger market share. I'll be installing as soon as my job gets its site license worked out.
I'm a student at the University of Michigan, and there may be a policy against P2P file sharing of copyrighted material, but the University has done nothing to enforce it since I've been here (this is my 4th year). Policy doesn't do jack, and never will. Unless they're planning on going through each dorm room and checking each computer, they just shouldn't bother.
I really don't understand how people can criticize Red Hat as becoming like Microsoft. Red Hat may have made some mistakes in their 7.0 release, but I challenge anyone to find a new release that has no issues. At least Red Hat is willing to admit it, and, more importantly, immediately move to fix the problem.
Now on to my real point...
In order for Linux usage to grow, Red Hat, and companies like it, need to grow into larger corporate entities. No, I'm not saying distros like Debian shouldn't exist. Competition between distros is good. However, the corporate world will not embrace Linux until there is enough "official" support for it. Sure, there are millions of places to find help on the internet, and people like us can find them quite easily, but try to explain that to your boss when you're trying to convince him to let you put Linux on that new server. I am constantly trying to get my boss to at least _try_ using Linux, but the answer is always the same: not a chance in hell until there is better support. So basically, I really love seeing Red Hat grow, because it means that someday soon, I might actually be able to use Linux at work.
Can't they friggin make the backspace key take me back a page already? Microsoft figured it out a while ago; can't these guys, free of the evil that is Bill, get it right, too?!
The average windows user can figure out how to use linux once it's all set up, but it can be damn hard for a newbie to set the stuff up. Stuff like RedHat's RPMs are a start, but they also need to make it do stuff like add icons to the desktop in KDE or Gnome. Things like that would make it lots easier for people to start out. The basic system install really isn't very hard to do, it's mainly the programs that will be added later that need some ease-of-install improvement.
I never found much appeal in Diablo. How bout we get some more real role playing games back? It's been a long time since a decent one came out. We need a return to the days of D&D. Games now have absolutely no variation in the plot. Everyone who plays it does the exact same thing and nothing unique ever comes out of it. Ruins all the fun.
Where I work, and at a number of other places, I've noticed that most people aren't so much dependent upon windows as they are on office. If MS ported office to linux, people would be able to smoothly make the transition to linux without having to lose all of the files they've made with MS office on windows. They also would not have to spend a lot of time learning a new office suite. I personally like the other office suites out there right now for linux, but I think this would help bring the average joe over more quickly.
I'd love to be a citizen of such a nation, but where would we go? A few hundred years ago there was still a lot of unclaimed territory in the world, and room to start new nations. Now I think we have to either improve our existing gov't. (an insurmountable task IMHO), or try to force it to dole out some land for a new country. I just wish that our government hadn't become so controlled by economics. Personally, I don't think gov't should be allowed to do a damn thing unless someone tries to use force to gain some illegal end (physical force or extortion).
It wouldn't really matter to me. I build my own computers, and I usually order the stuff from out of state so I don't have to pay tax anyways. Would definitely be nice if I ever did decide to buy a pre-made rig though...
I'm a student at a University myself, and students have to pay for their ethernet access. This is equivalent to a cable company deciding that you could watch TV, but only if it was the Discovery channel. These sudents deserve to get their money's worth. I wonder what moron thought the idea up in the first place. If students can't do what they want on the internet, they'll just find something else to waste their time with. I've gotten it down to an art =)
Does it have to be? no. Will we ever get one for Linux and many other OS's if it is not? no. Do you truly think that the actions of the MPAA recently indicate that they want to give some people the code so they can make DVD decoders for all the different OS's people use? If you want to try to convince them, by all means go right ahead.
All these guys wanted to do was to make the code available to programmers so that they could make DVD software decription for Linux, BSD, etc. If the idiots out in hollywood would just make the source available to some people so they could get the job done, nobody would've had to get arrested and bad-mouthed by every news agency in existence. Give the guy a break MPAA. He was only trying to let more people watch yer stinking DVDs.
I've read some articles recently about a new protocol in development which is meant to replace TCP/IP as the standard. If this new protocol is ever implemented, do you think that it will be more open to manipulation (ie. cracking) than TCP/IP because it hasn't had the years of testing that older, proven protocols have? Thanks.
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The most significant ones to me are:
TTS
1GHz Snapdragon processor
Android 2.1
5MP camera
Actually, there will be a CDMA version for Verizon, so it's possible it could also work on Sprint. T-Mobile and AT&T use GSM sim cards.
Also, Google says they will be adding many other phone models and networks to their online store.
I noticed in the Q&A that they will be working on a world phone Android model in the near future (both GSM/CDMA). This will be a great feature for people who travel internationally, or to be able to switch networks at home.
For this current model, I think the voice feature will be the most significant: every text field is voice enabled, making the touchscreen-only keyboard a bit less painful.
Given your assumptions of "correctly set-up network" and "sysadmins have been doing their jobs", I would agree.
However, most of us know that many networks are vulnerable to attack because they're neither correctly set-up nor are their admins doing their jobs. In these cases, even a no-talent script kiddie could break in easier than a government could launch a nuclear attack.
I think most of us could've told them that without all of the silly research.
Seriously though, for most people, unless they know there's a risk of being fired if they don't comply, chances are that they're not going to care about corporate IT policies. Most companies don't actual police them, so what benefit do they have in following them?
While people should be responsible enough to do what their job requires, it falls back on the corporate IT folks to make sure their policies are enforced.
All of the reviews I've read thus far, including Ars, have been very positive. It's amazing how much can be done in a corporate/development culture like Apple in 2.5 years compared to the debacle that is Vista, which MS took 5+ years to produce (not that there's nothing at all positive about Vista, but looking in comparison).
Hopefully a good step forward for Apple that will lead to larger market share. I'll be installing as soon as my job gets its site license worked out.
I'm a student at the University of Michigan, and there may be a policy against P2P file sharing of copyrighted material, but the University has done nothing to enforce it since I've been here (this is my 4th year). Policy doesn't do jack, and never will. Unless they're planning on going through each dorm room and checking each computer, they just shouldn't bother.
I really don't understand how people can criticize Red Hat as becoming like Microsoft. Red Hat may have made some mistakes in their 7.0 release, but I challenge anyone to find a new release that has no issues. At least Red Hat is willing to admit it, and, more importantly, immediately move to fix the problem. Now on to my real point... In order for Linux usage to grow, Red Hat, and companies like it, need to grow into larger corporate entities. No, I'm not saying distros like Debian shouldn't exist. Competition between distros is good. However, the corporate world will not embrace Linux until there is enough "official" support for it. Sure, there are millions of places to find help on the internet, and people like us can find them quite easily, but try to explain that to your boss when you're trying to convince him to let you put Linux on that new server. I am constantly trying to get my boss to at least _try_ using Linux, but the answer is always the same: not a chance in hell until there is better support. So basically, I really love seeing Red Hat grow, because it means that someday soon, I might actually be able to use Linux at work.
Can't they friggin make the backspace key take me back a page already? Microsoft figured it out a while ago; can't these guys, free of the evil that is Bill, get it right, too?!
The average windows user can figure out how to use linux once it's all set up, but it can be damn hard for a newbie to set the stuff up. Stuff like RedHat's RPMs are a start, but they also need to make it do stuff like add icons to the desktop in KDE or Gnome. Things like that would make it lots easier for people to start out. The basic system install really isn't very hard to do, it's mainly the programs that will be added later that need some ease-of-install improvement.
They aren't bothering with making the game yet, they're just having fun making toys and thinking of the possibilities.
I never found much appeal in Diablo. How bout we get some more real role playing games back? It's been a long time since a decent one came out. We need a return to the days of D&D. Games now have absolutely no variation in the plot. Everyone who plays it does the exact same thing and nothing unique ever comes out of it. Ruins all the fun.
There's no way I'm going to delete all of my MP3's anyways, and I doubt it'll convince anyone else to either.
Where I work, and at a number of other places, I've noticed that most people aren't so much dependent upon windows as they are on office. If MS ported office to linux, people would be able to smoothly make the transition to linux without having to lose all of the files they've made with MS office on windows. They also would not have to spend a lot of time learning a new office suite. I personally like the other office suites out there right now for linux, but I think this would help bring the average joe over more quickly.
I'd love to be a citizen of such a nation, but where would we go? A few hundred years ago there was still a lot of unclaimed territory in the world, and room to start new nations. Now I think we have to either improve our existing gov't. (an insurmountable task IMHO), or try to force it to dole out some land for a new country. I just wish that our government hadn't become so controlled by economics. Personally, I don't think gov't should be allowed to do a damn thing unless someone tries to use force to gain some illegal end (physical force or extortion).
It wouldn't really matter to me. I build my own computers, and I usually order the stuff from out of state so I don't have to pay tax anyways. Would definitely be nice if I ever did decide to buy a pre-made rig though...
I'm a student at a University myself, and students have to pay for their ethernet access. This is equivalent to a cable company deciding that you could watch TV, but only if it was the Discovery channel. These sudents deserve to get their money's worth. I wonder what moron thought the idea up in the first place. If students can't do what they want on the internet, they'll just find something else to waste their time with. I've gotten it down to an art =)
Does it have to be? no. Will we ever get one for Linux and many other OS's if it is not? no. Do you truly think that the actions of the MPAA recently indicate that they want to give some people the code so they can make DVD decoders for all the different OS's people use? If you want to try to convince them, by all means go right ahead.
All these guys wanted to do was to make the code available to programmers so that they could make DVD software decription for Linux, BSD, etc. If the idiots out in hollywood would just make the source available to some people so they could get the job done, nobody would've had to get arrested and bad-mouthed by every news agency in existence. Give the guy a break MPAA. He was only trying to let more people watch yer stinking DVDs.
I've read some articles recently about a new protocol in development which is meant to replace TCP/IP as the standard. If this new protocol is ever implemented, do you think that it will be more open to manipulation (ie. cracking) than TCP/IP because it hasn't had the years of testing that older, proven protocols have? Thanks.