Over time, more of the code that makes up Android will be released, but at this point, we have been concentrating on shipping an SDK that helps application developers get started. In short: Stay tuned.
If Microsoft ever get Windows on the OLPC... They will destroy the possibility for a better future for many children worldwide.
The open nature of OLPC is what makes it great. A new generation of highly skilled computer users who can use technology to help themselves and their society out of poverty. Microsoft want to destroy all that just because they want another generation of MS-tax paying customers.
This is not just ugly and immoral, it is also both sad and sickening. I will never by a Microsoft product again. I considered the Xbox 360, but there is no way I can get myself to buy it now.
Don't underestimate the power of knowledge. OLPC is targeted to give kids that knowledge.
I do not live in USA, but if Ron Paul becomes president it will at least be an option in a few years. For now I will stay in Norway where politicians are sensible and work for the good of the people.
Why do I care at all? If USA implements Real ID it can spread to other countries. If the dollar crashes it will cause worldwide economic chaos. If the US keeps building bases all over the world, terrorism will become a increasingly bigger threat to the western world. If Iran gets attacked by the US nobody knows what is going to happen. If US politician keeps ignoring their constitution, the world's biggest super power may soon be a police state.
The only reason for me to buy CDs is that I can't get it online in good enough quality. When I get all the documentaries, pictures and lyrics with a FLAC encoded download, I won't touch a record store ever again.
I just ripped my newest CD in different formats using Sound Juicer. First I used the standard setting, 160kbps OGG Vorbis. It sounded good, but I decided to re-rip in FLAC. After all it takes only 5 minutes to rip it, and I have lots of free HD space.
The difference was huge. Even with my poor $150 speakers I could hear the difference. The biggest difference was the bass. My subwoofer was a lot more active, and the music sounded richer.
If you did some research you would know that Android is all about the APIs, and that it is open source. It also has an interesting scheduler that I look forward to seeing in action. There are some introduction videos floating around, but I can't remember where.
Yeah, politics in the US are working out just fantastic, aren't they?
In a state of war? No hostile foreign soldier have been in the US firing a weapon in the last century. There is no need to abandon the constitution when the war is fought somewhere else.
OpenMoko and LiSP are too little, too late. Android is in the works, and they got it all: Branding, a prototype GUI, and the right members (Open Handset Alliance Project).
Android will be the Linux on mobile phones, and it will be great.
1. If you still believe that the US constitution applies, you are naive. The habeas corpus is suspended, the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth and tenth amendments are contradicted by several laws (the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. act, amongst others). Bush has more powers than a president should ever have. IANAL, but I can see that the US legal system is broken.
2. New elections doesn't help when the voting system is broken. Do you really think the people decides in the US now?
3. No nations should have nukes. But that does not give anyone a reason to go to war. The US should stay with the UN and give appropriate sanctions of Iran fails to comply with UN demands (witch they haven't, AFAIK).
You should really watch this interview (all parts of it)...
Iran is still years from being anywhere close to a nuclear bomb. They know they will fail if they attack Israel. Do you think the only purpose of a supercomputer is simulating nuclear weapons?
While reading your post I honestly thought you were talking about the US government......Until you said that the current presidents religion is OK. But what you should realize is that it is equally or more dangerous to have religious nuts in the white house compared to other governments. And if you look at the current president race, you can see that it isn't going to get any better in a few years...
Nukes should be regulated on a world wide basis, not for specific countries. You can elect crazy people anywhere.
That is because Microsoft has bought ads on sites with the keyword "Linux" as a part of their FUD campaign also known as Compare. For more FUD, visit Microsoft.com/compare.
Tasers are supposed to be a replacement for guns. Instead is has become a replacement for "Stop!". I have seen videos of people been tased several times for not being able to show a drivers license.
The US has become a weapon-loving country. Both the public and the police love guns. Here in Norway police don't even carry guns unless there is a case where the suspect has a gun or other equally dangerous weapon. We can keep it like this because most people don't have access to guns, and if they do it is mostly shotguns or rifles for hunting. We also have the lowest crime rate in the world here.
Now don't come complaining about how we are a smaller country, because it doesn't matter (you could enforce it at a state level in the US). The biggest problem in the US now is that people are so used to having weapons, and of course that it is in the constitution (though people seem to have given up that anyway).
Back on topic: Tasers would be okay if they are only used in dangerous situations (where people can get killed or seriously injured). But since they are not, it should be regulated if not banned.
Since when has linux won against Microsoft? Mac hasn't even "won". Linux is just gaining a more substantial fringe market. Even Vista's many failures aren't enough to drop the prior market share- considering they have new product out within 2 years.
I would estimate that linux is more prevalent in the cell phone market than in the desktop market, so you're likely backwards here.
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While you are modded funny, it is actually easy to install IE in Wine (IEs4Linux).
If Microsoft ever get Windows on the OLPC... They will destroy the possibility for a better future for many children worldwide.
The open nature of OLPC is what makes it great. A new generation of highly skilled computer users who can use technology to help themselves and their society out of poverty. Microsoft want to destroy all that just because they want another generation of MS-tax paying customers.
This is not just ugly and immoral, it is also both sad and sickening. I will never by a Microsoft product again. I considered the Xbox 360, but there is no way I can get myself to buy it now.
Don't underestimate the power of knowledge. OLPC is targeted to give kids that knowledge.
I don't care what his personal beliefs are.
I do not live in USA, but if Ron Paul becomes president it will at least be an option in a few years. For now I will stay in Norway where politicians are sensible and work for the good of the people.
Why do I care at all?
If USA implements Real ID it can spread to other countries. If the dollar crashes it will cause worldwide economic chaos. If the US keeps building bases all over the world, terrorism will become a increasingly bigger threat to the western world. If Iran gets attacked by the US nobody knows what is going to happen. If US politician keeps ignoring their constitution, the world's biggest super power may soon be a police state.
HUGE FUCKING OVERKILL?
This is why you Americans need Ron Paul...
Didn't find any of the bands I like that I could think of in the top of my head.
The only reason for me to buy CDs is that I can't get it online in good enough quality. When I get all the documentaries, pictures and lyrics with a FLAC encoded download, I won't touch a record store ever again.
It's called Firefox 3 and it will be here soon. The beta is much better than FF2 already.
I can see that Kubuntu 8.04 will be released without LTS. Fair enough.
But this is just confusing. Will it use KDE 3.5, or will it use KDE 4.0?
I just ripped my newest CD in different formats using Sound Juicer. First I used the standard setting, 160kbps OGG Vorbis. It sounded good, but I decided to re-rip in FLAC. After all it takes only 5 minutes to rip it, and I have lots of free HD space.
The difference was huge. Even with my poor $150 speakers I could hear the difference. The biggest difference was the bass. My subwoofer was a lot more active, and the music sounded richer.
If you did some research you would know that Android is all about the APIs, and that it is open source. It also has an interesting scheduler that I look forward to seeing in action. There are some introduction videos floating around, but I can't remember where.
Yeah, politics in the US are working out just fantastic, aren't they?
In a state of war? No hostile foreign soldier have been in the US firing a weapon in the last century. There is no need to abandon the constitution when the war is fought somewhere else.
OpenMoko and LiSP are too little, too late. Android is in the works, and they got it all: Branding, a prototype GUI, and the right members (Open Handset Alliance Project).
Android will be the Linux on mobile phones, and it will be great.
1. If you still believe that the US constitution applies, you are naive. The habeas corpus is suspended, the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth and tenth amendments are contradicted by several laws (the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. act, amongst others). Bush has more powers than a president should ever have. IANAL, but I can see that the US legal system is broken.
2. New elections doesn't help when the voting system is broken. Do you really think the people decides in the US now?
3. No nations should have nukes. But that does not give anyone a reason to go to war. The US should stay with the UN and give appropriate sanctions of Iran fails to comply with UN demands (witch they haven't, AFAIK).
You should really watch this interview (all parts of it)...
Great, keep spreading the FUD...
Iran is still years from being anywhere close to a nuclear bomb. They know they will fail if they attack Israel. Do you think the only purpose of a supercomputer is simulating nuclear weapons?
While reading your post I honestly thought you were talking about the US government... ...Until you said that the current presidents religion is OK. But what you should realize is that it is equally or more dangerous to have religious nuts in the white house compared to other governments. And if you look at the current president race, you can see that it isn't going to get any better in a few years...
Nukes should be regulated on a world wide basis, not for specific countries. You can elect crazy people anywhere.
If you really want to practise your file sharing, go to Sweden. If you just want to get a better life, go anywhere in Scandinavia.
Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, or Denmark. May also include Finland, Iceland and Faroe Islands.)
If you look up each of those countries on Wikipedia (or any other place), you will find them to be much superior of USA in most ways.
That is because Microsoft has bought ads on sites with the keyword "Linux" as a part of their FUD campaign also known as Compare. For more FUD, visit Microsoft.com/compare.
Tasers are supposed to be a replacement for guns. Instead is has become a replacement for "Stop!". I have seen videos of people been tased several times for not being able to show a drivers license. The US has become a weapon-loving country. Both the public and the police love guns. Here in Norway police don't even carry guns unless there is a case where the suspect has a gun or other equally dangerous weapon. We can keep it like this because most people don't have access to guns, and if they do it is mostly shotguns or rifles for hunting. We also have the lowest crime rate in the world here. Now don't come complaining about how we are a smaller country, because it doesn't matter (you could enforce it at a state level in the US). The biggest problem in the US now is that people are so used to having weapons, and of course that it is in the constitution (though people seem to have given up that anyway). Back on topic: Tasers would be okay if they are only used in dangerous situations (where people can get killed or seriously injured). But since they are not, it should be regulated if not banned.
10000 is only english speaking results. You have a few hundred for each other language too.
Seems like more people are RTFA than you would think is normal on slashdot :)
Yeah how could something as irrelevant as this end up at politics.slashdot.org? It is outrageous!