AMCAS for AAMC applications (MD med school applications in the US) requires not only IE6, IE7, FF2 or FF3, but also that you are running WinXP, WinVista, or OS X. If you try accessing the site without one of these combinations, you are rerouted to an error page. It is really frustrating for someone that uses Linux PCs 90% of the time.
On top of that, there is no problem with using FF3.5 on any OS if you complement it with User Agent Switcher.
Well, if it is anything similar to the previous iterations installing another OS is possible, as there is already an installable community-created distro out there. It's called Mer.
Well, I also think that Google has shown that their vision for web apps extends into offline mode ala Google Gears and multitasking via tabs. In this particular instance, if the web app is not open on the iPhone, it cannot record your location. They thought if they could use it as a special app, it would be able to update your location while you are doing other things.
Heh, you have nailed why I dislike iTunes and the iPod firmware so much. I meticulously organize my music into the categories I want and iTunes will not properly categorize the music the way I want. Sure I could make a lot of playlists, but I cannot create "sub-playlists."
Oh I sympathize there. I live under the same type of blue laws. I'd like to be able to go to a bar after I get off work at 3am, or buy a six-pack of Guinness after 9pm.
There really does need to be a "sunset law" for all laws, a "fourth body", or even one committee in congress that focuses on repealing or revising outdated laws in national, state, and local governing bodies.
There really is no reason for whaling to be illegal in so many land-locked US states.
Hello, you obviously don't live here. There is ONE other national GSM carrier in the US besides AT&T, that is T-Mobile and their 3G network is weak at best (or at least is vastly less mature).
Nextly, that doesn't matter much if you want a subsidy from the sole official provider of the iPhone in the US.
I just wish there were a way to autohide toolbars or better yet, when they are detached make sure they stay where you put them when the program is restarted or refocused.
What BS. They only do this to make money....
I hope it works, but don't try to scam me into thinking it's for the good of the community.
Why are people so enraged over this? To me it sounds like they built a repository system where other repositories can be added, which is, in my opinion, essential for a remote-driven system. Why would you want to get up, go over to a keyboard, find the plugin from the site you want, download, and then install it when you can just click over to the 'app store' and push one button to download and install.
Also, if other people want to put a lot of time and effort into their plugins and then charge for them, why not? I wouldn't buy them anyway. If I was that upset that someone is charging for something that should be offered for free, I'd make my own damn plugin and release it.
Two of my friends bought bottom of the line netbooks. One encountered an OS that was so unstable that it crashed every other time she ran her favorite program. The other found he could not install any additional apps without the system becoming unstable.
The solution for both? Put an Ubuntu flavor on it and run one script to make everything compatible. I helped the technologically-disinclined girl put NBR on hers, and the guy put Xubuntu on his. Neither one has complained about them since.
Well, actually, I helped the girl put WinXP on her's first. She came back a month later with it so malware-infested that it was unusable, and I had her try Ubuntu. That was 6 months ago, and she is really happy with it and hasn't had to come back for help since.
I'm more interested in the $300 price tag, though still doesn't do much good without a set of specs to go with it.
However, I do like the idea of it being magnetic mountable to a refrigerator.
Here are those specs:
9.4" x 7" x 1.4" for 2 lbs (with keyboard)
ARM Texas Instruments OMAP3 chip
1024x600 8.9'' screen
Storage: 8GB micro SD card
Wifi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth
3-dimensional accelerometer
Speakers, micro and headphone
6 USB 2.0 (3 internal, 2 external, 1 mini)
10h to 15 hours of battery life
It is probably the same chip in the BeagleBoard and OpenPandora, so ARM Cortex-A8 at 600MHz that can go up to 900MHz with PowerVR SGX OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware.
The OpenPandora project has a 4.3" touchscreen (at 800x480) and is really exciting to follow. I'll probably purchase their second batch. Many of the indie game developers for the system are testing on the BeagleBoard while waiting for the Pandora to actually ship as the two platforms are so similar hardware-wise. Full specs available through the links.
Comcast and other cable/internet providers generally have a monopoly on critical services that I can't avoid.
I think you may need to turn down the rhetoric a little bit. Cable TV/High-Speed Internet is not really a "critical service". We would all survive just fine without them.
And what about those who work from the house via the internet? You need an income for food and shelter, no?
I think this is already possible. I believe that on http://www.mythbuntu.org/existing-ubuntu all I pushed was "Install Mythbuntu" and it opened up the package manager with a big install button. I pushed it, inserted my password, and let it run.
I'm excited about this. I have an old CF-28 touchscreen that I use for a "netbook" (internet terminal, notes, homework) that has a touchscreen, and I touch the screen all the time. When I borrow other peoples' laptops, I find I have to stop myself from touching the screen. When I upgrade to a new netbook, I will definitely be wanting a touchscreen.
I second Computer Organization and Design (the second link) It was a wonderful resource and really helped me understand computer architecture better. My only complaint was that Appendix B was on the disc instead of printed, and that section could have been more in-depth. I had to do a lot of critical thinking to connect some of the dots there.
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Huh, there is this funny little button that says "Buy" on the site.
Who bought this not knowing anything about the game, solely supporting this pricing model?
*slowly raises hand*
AMCAS for AAMC applications (MD med school applications in the US) requires not only IE6, IE7, FF2 or FF3, but also that you are running WinXP, WinVista, or OS X. If you try accessing the site without one of these combinations, you are rerouted to an error page. It is really frustrating for someone that uses Linux PCs 90% of the time.
On top of that, there is no problem with using FF3.5 on any OS if you complement it with User Agent Switcher.
Well, if it is anything similar to the previous iterations installing another OS is possible, as there is already an installable community-created distro out there. It's called Mer.
Well, I also think that Google has shown that their vision for web apps extends into offline mode ala Google Gears and multitasking via tabs. In this particular instance, if the web app is not open on the iPhone, it cannot record your location. They thought if they could use it as a special app, it would be able to update your location while you are doing other things.
Heh, you have nailed why I dislike iTunes and the iPod firmware so much. I meticulously organize my music into the categories I want and iTunes will not properly categorize the music the way I want. Sure I could make a lot of playlists, but I cannot create "sub-playlists."
Why did you include iD Software in that list? iD is pretty damn good about supporting linux. I agree with the rest of what you say.
Since stupid rights managements mean they're only usable in one country.
Uhm, Boxee has the BBC iPlayer for use in the UK, is actively trying to get Canadian content, and has many "Apps" that are location agnostic.
Legalizing marijuana is a good idea not because it's popular, but because it's rational.
Fixed that for you.
Oh I sympathize there. I live under the same type of blue laws. I'd like to be able to go to a bar after I get off work at 3am, or buy a six-pack of Guinness after 9pm.
I wish I had mod points right now.
There really does need to be a "sunset law" for all laws, a "fourth body", or even one committee in congress that focuses on repealing or revising outdated laws in national, state, and local governing bodies.
There really is no reason for whaling to be illegal in so many land-locked US states.
Hello, you obviously don't live here. There is ONE other national GSM carrier in the US besides AT&T, that is T-Mobile and their 3G network is weak at best (or at least is vastly less mature).
Nextly, that doesn't matter much if you want a subsidy from the sole official provider of the iPhone in the US.
Woosh!
I just wish there were a way to autohide toolbars or better yet, when they are detached make sure they stay where you put them when the program is restarted or refocused.
Yeah, that is hit or miss a lot of the time, though. Works fine on my desktop, but my laptop won't run it no matter what I try...
What BS. They only do this to make money. ...
I hope it works, but don't try to scam me into thinking it's for the good of the community.
Why are people so enraged over this? To me it sounds like they built a repository system where other repositories can be added, which is, in my opinion, essential for a remote-driven system. Why would you want to get up, go over to a keyboard, find the plugin from the site you want, download, and then install it when you can just click over to the 'app store' and push one button to download and install.
Also, if other people want to put a lot of time and effort into their plugins and then charge for them, why not? I wouldn't buy them anyway. If I was that upset that someone is charging for something that should be offered for free, I'd make my own damn plugin and release it.
Or maybe it is that Linpus Lite is a horrid affair. I would wish it on no one.
Mod parent up.
Two of my friends bought bottom of the line netbooks. One encountered an OS that was so unstable that it crashed every other time she ran her favorite program. The other found he could not install any additional apps without the system becoming unstable.
The solution for both? Put an Ubuntu flavor on it and run one script to make everything compatible. I helped the technologically-disinclined girl put NBR on hers, and the guy put Xubuntu on his. Neither one has complained about them since.
Well, actually, I helped the girl put WinXP on her's first. She came back a month later with it so malware-infested that it was unusable, and I had her try Ubuntu. That was 6 months ago, and she is really happy with it and hasn't had to come back for help since.
Think of it as a BeagleBoard laptop.
http://beagleboard.org/
600MHz OMAP3 with 256 RAM.
Update from Gizmodo info:
256MB RAM
600 MHz TI OMAP3 processor (like I suspected)
Future plans for GPS and 3G connectivity
So yeah, it looks like a Pandora or BeagleBoard with a different form factor. I like.
I'm more interested in the $300 price tag, though still doesn't do much good without a set of specs to go with it. However, I do like the idea of it being magnetic mountable to a refrigerator.
Here are those specs:
9.4" x 7" x 1.4" for 2 lbs (with keyboard)
ARM Texas Instruments OMAP3 chip
1024x600 8.9'' screen
Storage: 8GB micro SD card
Wifi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth
3-dimensional accelerometer
Speakers, micro and headphone
6 USB 2.0 (3 internal, 2 external, 1 mini)
10h to 15 hours of battery life
It is probably the same chip in the BeagleBoard and OpenPandora, so ARM Cortex-A8 at 600MHz that can go up to 900MHz with PowerVR SGX OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware.
Do these other systems you're talking about have touch screens? Do you have a link?
Here are those links.
http://beagleboard.org/
http://openpandora.org/
The OpenPandora project has a 4.3" touchscreen (at 800x480) and is really exciting to follow. I'll probably purchase their second batch. Many of the indie game developers for the system are testing on the BeagleBoard while waiting for the Pandora to actually ship as the two platforms are so similar hardware-wise. Full specs available through the links.
Comcast and other cable/internet providers generally have a monopoly on critical services that I can't avoid.
I think you may need to turn down the rhetoric a little bit. Cable TV/High-Speed Internet is not really a "critical service". We would all survive just fine without them.
And what about those who work from the house via the internet? You need an income for food and shelter, no?
I think this is already possible. I believe that on http://www.mythbuntu.org/existing-ubuntu all I pushed was "Install Mythbuntu" and it opened up the package manager with a big install button. I pushed it, inserted my password, and let it run.
I'm excited about this. I have an old CF-28 touchscreen that I use for a "netbook" (internet terminal, notes, homework) that has a touchscreen, and I touch the screen all the time. When I borrow other peoples' laptops, I find I have to stop myself from touching the screen. When I upgrade to a new netbook, I will definitely be wanting a touchscreen.
I second Computer Organization and Design (the second link) It was a wonderful resource and really helped me understand computer architecture better. My only complaint was that Appendix B was on the disc instead of printed, and that section could have been more in-depth. I had to do a lot of critical thinking to connect some of the dots there.