From both personal experience and anecdotal evidence I lost my faith in Gizmodo a long time ago. Their policy of banning commenters for disagreeing with their contributors is just one of the ways they ensure their opinion is always reflected as the truth on Gizmodo.
I'd prefer to get trolled by 100/b/tards than see a site with just pure arsekissing & cocksucking by commenters.
In a corporate environment this can happen. It's quite easy to get some tradesman's clothes and pretend you're there to service a computer. You might want to read The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick.
Firstly, I would to apologize for, and clarify the title of this article. I wanted to use a title which would hold attention and encourage discussion while remaining true to the argument I make. I certainly don’t mean to imply that OpenBSD is a horribly insecure operating system – it isn’t.
Agreed, however the killing of the platform has started in minor ways, unless there's collaboration between carrier/manufacturer/Google it will end up as a platform that users don't want a bar of.
Let's face it, we're not talking about techies who can handle that some apps don't work, we're talking about users. They don't know the difference between a 1.6 & 2.1 device, they just see a phone with Android across the box. If it doesn't work they'll never buy another Android phone.
Sometimes it is difficult to step back and ask "What would a user do in this situation?". It's something that the IT industry seems to forget, that the users are what matters for a consumer device.
It's funny, I saw this article on my RSS and knew that the first post would be this. You don't give any reason as to why the fragmentation stories are FUD.
I am personally very hesitant to look at any android device due to the fragmentation. Hell, you have 1.6 devices being released alongside 2.1 devices. If this isn't fragmentation then what is?
As has been posted, read some comments from users about how pissed they are that their 1.6 device won't run certain apps or is lacking features that could be implemented by a 2.x release but their carrier won't deploy any updates.
While the fragmentation can't be squarely put at Google's feet, there's a shared responsibility between the hardware manufacturers, the carriers and Google to ensure that this doesn't happen. Unfortunately this hasn't happened and Android is headed squarely toward a cluster fuck.
You're so stuck on hating Apple that you don't even know what the other companies are.
Let's blame the Amazon or Microsoft, maybe Cisco or Nintendo. See where I'm going here.
While Apple has their products made by Foxconn, they make much more for other people. Maybe go knocking on their doors and asking them why they don't give their workers a 20% raise.
Just keep typing away with arrogance on your computer made by Foxconn.
When you consider the move will be around the $100 mark with a game, maybe $50 solo, you need at least 2 for a lot of the games that seem to have been used as demos - and that's just single player.
If you want to play their flagship MMA title with a friend that's at least $200 worth of controllers, and the camera.
The guy has been riding the media wave for some time now, I think he's due for a reality check. This is no longer the 1950's, media houses no longer control the information we get. Adapt or die out.
Yeh, I picked up a cheap laser because I got sick of having to buy new cartridges all the time. Pretty much every time I went to use the inkjet printer I had to get new cartridges because it was dried up, or just empty. I've yet to replace a toner 2 years later.
For AU$350 I got a networked colour laser printer. I would have spent that in the time I've owned the printer on cartridges for an inkjet.
The simpler your application the fewer issues you will have with it, the so called "issue" of fragmentation is only true for the most complex of applications, if you are writing a simple XML parser then you wont have a problem.
I think this is the whole point of the fear. When you invest in creating a complex app you want to know it's going to work for everyone. There's an inherently higher risk involved with developing for a platform with such varied hardware & software.
Saying that the fragmentation isn't an issue is glossing over the problem. Kind of like saying there's not fragmentation in desktop computers because you can run flash apps the same across different operating systems. Not every app developed is a fart soundboard.
I really don't think you've been to the places that this is suggested for. These people don't have electricity, running water, let alone a powerful computer at home.
Stop thinking about this in terms of what you have and what you would pay for.
More than likely these boxes wouldn't even cost the users, as they would be used in aid programs.
I have to agree. I've had experience installing Linux on ARM and other "exotic" systems, they all seem to be very picky about what systems will work and what won't. You will have to boot into CE just to get it to load, and it will run like a dog.
Drivers will be your biggest hurdle if you can actually get it to run, as between models they seem to change up hardware continually.
I'd pretty much drop the idea unless you want to build it from scratch or input man hours into helping a dying ARM Linux project.
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From both personal experience and anecdotal evidence I lost my faith in Gizmodo a long time ago. Their policy of banning commenters for disagreeing with their contributors is just one of the ways they ensure their opinion is always reflected as the truth on Gizmodo.
I'd prefer to get trolled by 100 /b/tards than see a site with just pure arsekissing & cocksucking by commenters.
In a corporate environment this can happen. It's quite easy to get some tradesman's clothes and pretend you're there to service a computer. You might want to read The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick.
First line of the blog.
Firstly, I would to apologize for, and clarify the title of this article. I wanted to use a title which would hold attention and encourage discussion while remaining true to the argument I make. I certainly don’t mean to imply that OpenBSD is a horribly insecure operating system – it isn’t.
Well, I'm not young, a heavy gamer, and fully understand what Chrome OS is for.
Your move troll.
I dare say by that stage it'd be abandonware.
Agreed, however the killing of the platform has started in minor ways, unless there's collaboration between carrier/manufacturer/Google it will end up as a platform that users don't want a bar of.
Let's face it, we're not talking about techies who can handle that some apps don't work, we're talking about users. They don't know the difference between a 1.6 & 2.1 device, they just see a phone with Android across the box. If it doesn't work they'll never buy another Android phone.
Sometimes it is difficult to step back and ask "What would a user do in this situation?". It's something that the IT industry seems to forget, that the users are what matters for a consumer device.
It's funny, I saw this article on my RSS and knew that the first post would be this. You don't give any reason as to why the fragmentation stories are FUD.
I am personally very hesitant to look at any android device due to the fragmentation. Hell, you have 1.6 devices being released alongside 2.1 devices. If this isn't fragmentation then what is?
As has been posted, read some comments from users about how pissed they are that their 1.6 device won't run certain apps or is lacking features that could be implemented by a 2.x release but their carrier won't deploy any updates.
While the fragmentation can't be squarely put at Google's feet, there's a shared responsibility between the hardware manufacturers, the carriers and Google to ensure that this doesn't happen. Unfortunately this hasn't happened and Android is headed squarely toward a cluster fuck.
You're so stuck on hating Apple that you don't even know what the other companies are.
Let's blame the Amazon or Microsoft, maybe Cisco or Nintendo. See where I'm going here.
While Apple has their products made by Foxconn, they make much more for other people. Maybe go knocking on their doors and asking them why they don't give their workers a 20% raise.
Just keep typing away with arrogance on your computer made by Foxconn.
There's an option for that... drop out of society.
If you don't like the direction of science then don't participate. Throwing religious rhetoric around to stifle scientific advancement helps no one.
This is not strictly true. You can format an SD-card any FS you wish, providing your OS can format to that.
I've had a lot of luck using linux to write 0's to SD cards that are little "funny". But that is by no means a fix for fubar cards.
I'm glad they've put a stop to it too.
Fucking Aragorn in the Hobbit. What the fuck were they thinking.
Jackson fucked LotR, and was about to fuck the Hobbit (not a pretty thought). We should all rejoice with a handful of pipeweed.
Don't forget, this is Activision/Blizzard. They may run their own arm, but they can be screwed with by Kotick if he feels like it.
Yeh, I had a guy in my old guild get hacked. He came back to a lvl 85 with epic flying and 5k more gold than he had before.
Then you have others that get hacked, have their accounts transferred to other servers and lose everything.
It can go either way.
Either way, it's still not too bad a price.
When you consider the move will be around the $100 mark with a game, maybe $50 solo, you need at least 2 for a lot of the games that seem to have been used as demos - and that's just single player.
If you want to play their flagship MMA title with a friend that's at least $200 worth of controllers, and the camera.
He'll find some way of blaming Google then.
The guy has been riding the media wave for some time now, I think he's due for a reality check. This is no longer the 1950's, media houses no longer control the information we get. Adapt or die out.
You are a sick human being.
Pretty much. If I have a co-worker with an MCSE I tend to be very sceptical of their abilities.
Uhh, no, it's like comparing Boeing with Lockheed-Martin.
Have a look at Samsung. They're not too bad, you can pick up a network colour laser fairly cheap.
Yeh, I picked up a cheap laser because I got sick of having to buy new cartridges all the time. Pretty much every time I went to use the inkjet printer I had to get new cartridges because it was dried up, or just empty. I've yet to replace a toner 2 years later.
For AU$350 I got a networked colour laser printer. I would have spent that in the time I've owned the printer on cartridges for an inkjet.
I don't live in a "hatch" (wtf is that?) and I had no idea the series had ended. My media intake is not one of TV series that I have no interest in.
While I'm usually the first to defend some of the more edge of "nerd" articles, this is just stupid.
Offend me and then attempt to spark a conversation about something I don't know anything about. Nice one CmdrTaco.
The simpler your application the fewer issues you will have with it, the so called "issue" of fragmentation is only true for the most complex of applications, if you are writing a simple XML parser then you wont have a problem.
I think this is the whole point of the fear. When you invest in creating a complex app you want to know it's going to work for everyone. There's an inherently higher risk involved with developing for a platform with such varied hardware & software.
Saying that the fragmentation isn't an issue is glossing over the problem. Kind of like saying there's not fragmentation in desktop computers because you can run flash apps the same across different operating systems. Not every app developed is a fart soundboard.
I really don't think you've been to the places that this is suggested for. These people don't have electricity, running water, let alone a powerful computer at home.
Stop thinking about this in terms of what you have and what you would pay for.
More than likely these boxes wouldn't even cost the users, as they would be used in aid programs.
I have to agree. I've had experience installing Linux on ARM and other "exotic" systems, they all seem to be very picky about what systems will work and what won't. You will have to boot into CE just to get it to load, and it will run like a dog.
Drivers will be your biggest hurdle if you can actually get it to run, as between models they seem to change up hardware continually.
I'd pretty much drop the idea unless you want to build it from scratch or input man hours into helping a dying ARM Linux project.