Is there some sort of timeline that correlates Hitler' rise to power with changes in the German judicial system? Seem I recall reading he gained power more through legal maneuvering than anything else. To a judge the law is interpreted as the law, to person the law is intepreted as "to how will this effect me?".
If the device you are referring had a hardware keyboard like the N900, arguably its most important feature, I'd agree with you. The N950 was only issued to developers from what I understand, a truly Microsoftian move if ever there was one.
Insightful point. Even on slashdot it's becomming harder and harder to find news for nerds that you might have missed elsewhere. I've always expected a few "infomercials" here, but recently it has become more and more blantent. And the war against anon posters here is totatally ridiculous. You can't speak free if you are worrying about having a job.
Nokia dug its own grave. Why they didn't concentrate on continuing to be the best phone hardware manufacturer instead of locking themselves in to a deal with Microsoft is a question for the ages.
The article says differently, but I suspect you may be right. Like many I don't regularly read articles. For the most part I find the comments much more informative, but with Nokia stories I can't help it. I just can't get rid of the hope that the maker of the best phone I've ever owned (N900) will come to its senses and market another and perhaps even freer one despite its deal with the devil.
Anyway, a little searching turned up this Bloomberg article that seems to back your assertion.
"University-led research projects to investigate graphene and the functioning of the human brain each won 1 billion euros ($1.35 billion) in European Union funding, the European Commission said.
Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University will lead a project to investigate graphene, the thinnest and toughest material ever produced which conducts electricity 30 times faster than silicon. Royal Philips Electronics NV, Alcatel- Lucent SA, Thales SA (HO) and Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) are among companies involved in the program. Another project simulating the way the human brain works is led by researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne, Switzerland, and includes SAP AG (SAP), Cray Inc. (CRAY) and International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) "
Sorry man, but PERL is just too damn scary. Perhaps a few mandatory rules could fix this problem? Doubt it though because it seems PERL programmers seem to value code over hardware..
Provide a list of companies that shows more of them succeded by partnering with Microsoft than failed and I'll consider admitting to short-sightedness. Nokia doing away with all but MS based phones is the most blatent result of doing deals with Microsoft.
Microsoft is about their bottom line, plain and simple. Even if open sourcing something today is profitable, they would not hesitate to close it tomorrow if it hurts profits.
Could this be why the general public doesn't trust science and instead rely on ancient mystical texts to make sense of the world they live in? Maybe a push to show the "hoi poloi" are perfectly capable of replicating the results researchers have observed would advance the cause of science?
A missle is a projectile, and can be used to launch bio, chemical, and nuclear weapons. The fact is most "pro-gun" fanatics are quite willing to limit the type of arms people may bear.
Because lots of drunk drivers would use the loophole of claiming not to be driving the vehicle when the police found them to try to escape prosecution.
The "loophole" is that they were in fact not driving? Not sure I get what your point is here.
Google makes the majority of its money gathering data on the users of its services so it is pretty obvious they will be "listening" in to every conversation that they can.
That is the moral of the story. If you get something for nothing then share it for nothing. Profiting from anothers work may be a crime, but freely sharing what you have with others is not, and is certainly in sync with the most followed world religions.
So you want to further dumb down the US population? At least having to convert from one base unit to another takes some minimal arithmatetic skills. Just think how far things would decline if all one had to do was divide or multiply by 10s!
Change it so that at 0 degrees you break out coats and 100 degrees you strip down to t-shirts and you might be on to something! People really do need a consistent system, just one they can relate to in their daitly lives. I'm actually serious here because I'm tired of having to convert things that are measured by volume to much more accurate weights. Please, just settle on something sensible.
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Is there some sort of timeline that correlates Hitler' rise to power with changes in the German judicial system? Seem I recall reading he gained power more through legal maneuvering than anything else. To a judge the law is interpreted as the law, to person the law is intepreted as "to how will this effect me?".
If the device you are referring had a hardware keyboard like the N900, arguably its most important feature, I'd agree with you. The N950 was only issued to developers from what I understand, a truly Microsoftian move if ever there was one.
Insightful point. Even on slashdot it's becomming harder and harder to find news for nerds that you might have missed elsewhere. I've always expected a few "infomercials" here, but recently it has become more and more blantent. And the war against anon posters here is totatally ridiculous. You can't speak free if you are worrying about having a job.
Nokia dug its own grave. Why they didn't concentrate on continuing to be the best phone hardware manufacturer instead of locking themselves in to a deal with Microsoft is a question for the ages.
The article says differently, but I suspect you may be right. Like many I don't regularly read articles. For the most part I find the comments much more informative, but with Nokia stories I can't help it. I just can't get rid of the hope that the maker of the best phone I've ever owned (N900) will come to its senses and market another and perhaps even freer one despite its deal with the devil.
Anyway, a little searching turned up this Bloomberg article that seems to back your assertion.
"University-led research projects to investigate graphene and the functioning of the human brain each won 1 billion euros ($1.35 billion) in European Union funding, the European Commission said.
Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University will lead a project to investigate graphene, the thinnest and toughest material ever produced which conducts electricity 30 times faster than silicon. Royal Philips Electronics NV, Alcatel- Lucent SA, Thales SA (HO) and Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) are among companies involved in the program. Another project simulating the way the human brain works is led by researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne, Switzerland, and includes SAP AG (SAP), Cray Inc. (CRAY) and International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) "
Sorry man, but PERL is just too damn scary. Perhaps a few mandatory rules could fix this problem? Doubt it though because it seems PERL programmers seem to value code over hardware..
Cowards would rather die for their beliefs instead of standing up for them.
So only creating a better product would have given them an advantage.
Provide a list of companies that shows more of them succeded by partnering with Microsoft than failed and I'll consider admitting to short-sightedness. Nokia doing away with all but MS based phones is the most blatent result of doing deals with Microsoft.
The BSD licencse is to blame for this. Apple could not hide improvements to the open source they improve and distribute under the GPL.
Microsoft is about their bottom line, plain and simple. Even if open sourcing something today is profitable, they would not hesitate to close it tomorrow if it hurts profits.
You worry too much about silly shit. Some of the best and most insightful posts here are from "Anonymous Cowards".
They have thousand of eyes looking at the source and working on ways to improve things. What are the Window's folks doing?
Does your research show why the general public supports all this "gayness" over whatever "otherness" you feel they should be supporting?
Could this be why the general public doesn't trust science and instead rely on ancient mystical texts to make sense of the world they live in? Maybe a push to show the "hoi poloi" are perfectly capable of replicating the results researchers have observed would advance the cause of science?
By that logic the only weapon protected by the 2nd Amendment would be a musket.
No, it's more like saying there are no shades of gray.
Sorry, I thought we were talking the US Constitution's second amendment here. As far as I'm aware, there is no mention of NATO in it.
A missle is a projectile, and can be used to launch bio, chemical, and nuclear weapons. The fact is most "pro-gun" fanatics are quite willing to limit the type of arms people may bear.
I'm for punishing criminals and leaving law abiding citizens the right to own whatever weapons they want.
Really? So you are okay with everyone who hasn't broken the law walking around carrying nukes?
Because lots of drunk drivers would use the loophole of claiming not to be driving the vehicle when the police found them to try to escape prosecution.
The "loophole" is that they were in fact not driving? Not sure I get what your point is here.
Google makes the majority of its money gathering data on the users of its services so it is pretty obvious they will be "listening" in to every conversation that they can.
That is the moral of the story. If you get something for nothing then share it for nothing. Profiting from anothers work may be a crime, but freely sharing what you have with others is not, and is certainly in sync with the most followed world religions.
So you want to further dumb down the US population? At least having to convert from one base unit to another takes some minimal arithmatetic skills. Just think how far things would decline if all one had to do was divide or multiply by 10s!
Change it so that at 0 degrees you break out coats and 100 degrees you strip down to t-shirts and you might be on to something! People really do need a consistent system, just one they can relate to in their daitly lives. I'm actually serious here because I'm tired of having to convert things that are measured by volume to much more accurate weights. Please, just settle on something sensible.