Google is not "willing" they simply released the OS and let the carriers turn it into a unpolished turd and remove features because they released it as a Free OSS Operating System.
It's because you can get a cheap prepaid blackberry curve. IF there was a prepaid android phone that was $99.00 or a prepaid iphone that was $99.00 you would see them as well.
Teenagers typically get cheap phones with cheap prepaid plans. and right now that means crackberry.
It's a reason to stop being lazy and buy your meat from a small shop that uses local farmers. Only fools eat the crap sold at a supermarket meat counter.
Exactly, the cost of not testing may be a IT helpdesk position that can be eliminated by doing better software testing. It can also be loss of productivity, loss of work quality, etc....
Honestly, just because it's software does not make this hard, replace the word software with "business process" or "machine" and you have the exact same problems. Would a company buy a $250,000 machine without research or testing to see if it was the best fit for their solution? No.. yet many buy the crap Ticket system that is BMC Remedy for close to the same price just because everyone else does.
testing is not a IT process it's a business process. Lack of software testing is simply a indicator of a failure of the management in the company.
My Civic has climate control. Not really something that is a must have, but it's there.
Quieter and smoother ride? compared to a Si? yes. compared to a EX? nope. If you want quieter and smoother get a Caddilac. Civic is not about Quieter and smoother ride.
I am helping a friend make a "facebook game" and within 1 week in alpha status with ONE post to friends we already have 10,000 players. He is studying Zenga's money making setups and asking how we can replicate them. I suggested lower prices to entice the dollars out of the wallet faster.
Honestly, if you can find some half-assed coders and a http server with mysql and php on it and have a game idea that is somewhat fun you can get a million players easily. I suck at PHP,HTML5, JS and it's working. IF he actually hired some skilled people and some skilled artists, he would be doing far better.
The number of facebook games out there that are crap are amazing and they have players..
But herein lies the problem. These pants wil NOT be worn by a nerd. Nerds know they are 100% useless and wont work, Only rich yuppies with no IQ or education on the subject will buy them.
faster than the SHO and it get's 33.6mpg from the EPA rating.
Oh want proof?
SHO 365HP at 4102pounds. FocusRS 301HP at 3234pounds. In simple HP to weight, where it actually matters, the RS wins.
Plus the Rs has a lot less unsprung weight in it making it faster off the line. The handling on the RS is far FAR better than the SHO. This was simply staying inside the Ford product lines.
The SHO is a gas pig because it's too damn heavy, because it's too big and has too much garbage in it.
The SHO is NOT a "performance car" its a big heavy pig sedan.
Mustang Saleen is a mild performance car. Ford F40 is a REAL performance car.
a SHO is not by even the wildest stretch of anyone imagination a "performance car" it's a geezer boat.
Cars have not had a Cold Start injector for 20 years. current cars made withing the past 8 years have not done what you say either. This is true of older cars or cars that have a carb though.
Honestly, ECM systems in cars are way way smarter than you are used to, any modern car are within closed loop in 3 seconds, most cars have heated O2 sensors that are there instantly and the open loop is adjusted based on sensors that can be read instantly.
The cargather.com, aritcle is written by someone that knows nothing about cars.
"the cam is lubricated by crank splashes" That is so incorrect it's not funny and a glaring red flag that the author is making crap up. your Crank does not SPLASH anything, your oil level when running is far lower than the bottom of the crank, in fact you have overfilled the engine if the crank is splashing into the oil.
I get near the same gas mileage in my NON hybrid Civic. I average 40mpg, winter is averaging 38mpg because of the higher Ethanol content. I ruled out the Civic hybrid because it had no value added over the regular civic. comparing cost of purchase to fuel saved it was a net loss.
GM engineers, Built a LOT of cars with the main wiring harness connector UNDER the car and exit where salt and ice spray from the drivers tire will hit it. Causing a large number of GM cars to have a faulty wiring problem with this connector within 6-10 years. Gm engineer not using his brain at all.
There are a lot of other problems with cars designed up in this cold climate. Plus Detroit barely get's any snow compared to the middle of the state, they dont even know what snow really is in detroit. (call me when you get 2 feet overnight and dont even consider it a snow day.)
IT's not that "sucks" if you do it right. pull into garage, plug it in. I routed my plug so that when I leave in the morning I simply back up and it unplugs automatically. I'd rather haveto waste 3.2 seconds plugging it back in than the big SUCKS that comes with not plugging it in and it got really cold that night.
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Google is not "willing" they simply released the OS and let the carriers turn it into a unpolished turd and remove features because they released it as a Free OSS Operating System.
It's because you can get a cheap prepaid blackberry curve. IF there was a prepaid android phone that was $99.00 or a prepaid iphone that was $99.00 you would see them as well.
Teenagers typically get cheap phones with cheap prepaid plans. and right now that means crackberry.
(most of them live paycheck to paycheck)
News flash 90% of americans do that.
Wild Boar tastes way better than the farm raised pig. The industrial farm crap we eat is bland and non-tasty.
"You never see a bumpersticker that says 'save the tumors' or 'I brake for advanced melanoma.' No, "
Holy crap! I'm heading to CafePress right now to make those.. as well as fat-man XXXXL t-shirts that say "Anorexia Survivor."
Your ideas are gold man!
"That Sunni murdered that Shiite family in a human manner".
Fixed that for you. Muslims kill each other far more than every soldier over there could..
It's a reason to stop being lazy and buy your meat from a small shop that uses local farmers. Only fools eat the crap sold at a supermarket meat counter.
Exactly, the cost of not testing may be a IT helpdesk position that can be eliminated by doing better software testing. It can also be loss of productivity, loss of work quality, etc....
Honestly, just because it's software does not make this hard, replace the word software with "business process" or "machine" and you have the exact same problems. Would a company buy a $250,000 machine without research or testing to see if it was the best fit for their solution? No.. yet many buy the crap Ticket system that is BMC Remedy for close to the same price just because everyone else does.
testing is not a IT process it's a business process. Lack of software testing is simply a indicator of a failure of the management in the company.
My Civic has climate control. Not really something that is a must have, but it's there.
Quieter and smoother ride? compared to a Si? yes. compared to a EX? nope. If you want quieter and smoother get a Caddilac. Civic is not about Quieter and smoother ride.
I dont have to wait for it to boot. It suspends and wakes nicely.
also the "wacom tablet" remark is way off. I CAN use my finger or a stylus. it's a resistive screen.
as for apps. I have far more apps available than the iPad. far FAR more.
I am helping a friend make a "facebook game" and within 1 week in alpha status with ONE post to friends we already have 10,000 players. He is studying Zenga's money making setups and asking how we can replicate them. I suggested lower prices to entice the dollars out of the wallet faster.
Honestly, if you can find some half-assed coders and a http server with mysql and php on it and have a game idea that is somewhat fun you can get a million players easily. I suck at PHP,HTML5, JS and it's working. IF he actually hired some skilled people and some skilled artists, he would be doing far better.
The number of facebook games out there that are crap are amazing and they have players..
GO to ebay, search Tablet PC. Pick one.
Download Ubuntu 10.10
Install Ubuntu 10.10 on the tablet.
Magical poof happens with a bright brown genie appearing and angels singing.... you have a ubuntu tablet! Something that nobody ever though of....
Granted, Tablet PC's have been around for decades, and running Linux on them has been happening for decades.... Ignore that.
Fujitsu stylistic works great, plus I can use a stylus so I can use it as a writing tablet. Too bad there is not a OS replacement for MSFT One Note.
It's right there on the website at the top...
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But herein lies the problem. These pants wil NOT be worn by a nerd. Nerds know they are 100% useless and wont work, Only rich yuppies with no IQ or education on the subject will buy them.
So they are "rob me" indicators.
I pay $0.08 sucker... Living in a city with a Nuke ROCKS!
Ford Focus RS is a
faster than the SHO and it get's 33.6mpg from the EPA rating.
Oh want proof?
SHO 365HP at 4102pounds.
FocusRS 301HP at 3234pounds.
In simple HP to weight, where it actually matters, the RS wins.
Plus the Rs has a lot less unsprung weight in it making it faster off the line. The handling on the RS is far FAR better than the SHO. This was simply staying inside the Ford product lines.
The SHO is a gas pig because it's too damn heavy, because it's too big and has too much garbage in it.
The SHO is NOT a "performance car" its a big heavy pig sedan.
Mustang Saleen is a mild performance car.
Ford F40 is a REAL performance car.
a SHO is not by even the wildest stretch of anyone imagination a "performance car" it's a geezer boat.
Cars have not had a Cold Start injector for 20 years. current cars made withing the past 8 years have not done what you say either. This is true of older cars or cars that have a carb though.
Honestly, ECM systems in cars are way way smarter than you are used to, any modern car are within closed loop in 3 seconds, most cars have heated O2 sensors that are there instantly and the open loop is adjusted based on sensors that can be read instantly.
You can disable that you know.
Unwire the power switch by unplugging it, disable the user ability of choosing shutdown. Really easy to do you know.
Now if SMART could make the cars reliable... They are notorious for having a shoddy electrical system.
The cargather.com, aritcle is written by someone that knows nothing about cars.
"the cam is lubricated by crank splashes" That is so incorrect it's not funny and a glaring red flag that the author is making crap up. your Crank does not SPLASH anything, your oil level when running is far lower than the bottom of the crank, in fact you have overfilled the engine if the crank is splashing into the oil.
It is a transmission we have here in the USA for people that cant figure out how to drive a car properly.
Me, I'm just lazy, I bought one so I can continue to shovel food in my face while I drive.
I get near the same gas mileage in my NON hybrid Civic. I average 40mpg, winter is averaging 38mpg because of the higher Ethanol content. I ruled out the Civic hybrid because it had no value added over the regular civic. comparing cost of purchase to fuel saved it was a net loss.
You would be suprised.
GM engineers, Built a LOT of cars with the main wiring harness connector UNDER the car and exit where salt and ice spray from the drivers tire will hit it. Causing a large number of GM cars to have a faulty wiring problem with this connector within 6-10 years. Gm engineer not using his brain at all.
There are a lot of other problems with cars designed up in this cold climate. Plus Detroit barely get's any snow compared to the middle of the state, they dont even know what snow really is in detroit. (call me when you get 2 feet overnight and dont even consider it a snow day.)
So nobody owns a toyota prius in Florida?
Because those do that right now.
IT's not that "sucks" if you do it right. pull into garage, plug it in. I routed my plug so that when I leave in the morning I simply back up and it unplugs automatically. I'd rather haveto waste 3.2 seconds plugging it back in than the big SUCKS that comes with not plugging it in and it got really cold that night.