It's a sequel to both the film Blade Runnner and the book Do Androids Dream by PKD. Jeter fused the two and tried reconcile inconsistencies (but did create more). All in all, it was an entertaining romp with a plot and ending that could easily be translated to Hollywood. Will need younger actors though as pretty much most the major players in BR are in it.
The more common term in the mobile industry is LBS (location-based service). It's supposed to be opt-in with some carriers, but I hear it's turned on by default on some.
So what's new? Everyone already knows that anyone who carries a mobile phone is tagging himself with a GPS.
Don't have any illusions of privacy either with your calls and SMSs.
All complaining and whining of that guy aside, I would like to mention that people who develop Blackberry Tablet OS apps right now that get accepted into the Blackberry app world (app store) by March 15 will receive *FREE* Blackberry Playbook tablets.
Looks like dev license fees will be a little hefty after this initial "seed" period, so take advantage now and sign up now for the developer program even if you don't plan to dev in the short term just to take advantage of the free license you'll get now.
For those who don't want to gamble it all on Blackberry Tablet with your time and money, Adobe AIR is an excellent solution as AIR apps are qualified for the ongoing FREE BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK FOR EACH ACCEPTED APP developer promo ongoing 'til March 15.
AIR runs on Windows, OSX, Linux, Android 2.2+, Blackberry Tablet OS and as Apple iOS native apps (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch via the Adobe iOS Packager) so your app will have a lot of bases covered. AIR is pretty nice too because Actionscript 3 syntax/structure is pretty much Java now and easy to pick up, and you can also create AIR apps using the free open source Flex SDK, which is pretty much like the JDK except you output.SWF or AIR apps with it. Here's a free PDF ebook from O'Reilly on getting started with Flex.
Here's some stuff to get you started on AIR/Blackberry Tab: 1, 2, 3.
From what I've heard, for each app you make that is accepted in the Blackberry App world, you will receive 1 free Blackberry Tab via a redeemable coupon at Amazon.com and all you will have to pay for is shipping. Hey, free blackberry tablet is free blackberry tablet right? Take advantage now! Cheerios and hope to have helped!:)
Flash is pretty much the go to guy for easy-to-build rich GUIs, which even AAA game titles (Like Starcraft II, Streetfighter IV, etc) use Flash for their GUIs via Scaleform technology.
In that case you should try Good Old Games -> download all the games you bought DRM-free, back up the installer files, re-install anytime you want, re-download anytime you want.
Hi. Just reminding everyone that the current default OLPC OS now allows dual-booting to Fedora+Gnome aside from initially booting into the kid-oriented Fedora+Sugar desktop environment, making it suitable for more traditional uses by older users as well as being capable dev machines.
Hi. Just reminding everyone that the current default OLPC OS now allows dual-booting to Fedora+Gnome aside from initially booting into the kid-oriented Fedora+Sugar desktop environment, making it suitable for more traditional uses by older users as well as being capable dev machines.
Hi. Just reminding everyone that the current default OLPC OS now allows dual-booting to Fedora+Gnome aside from initially booting into the kid-oriented Fedora+Sugar desktop environment, making it suitable for more traditional uses by older users as well as being capable dev machines.
Very interesting info, especially the one on ARM having been pursued for years.
AFAIK, on the Linux side, one thing OLPC did was go out of the way to customize the firmware that MS worked on *to be able* to dual boot to Linux, since the firmware of the Windows version MS worked on was made to be able to boot only Windows and not Linux.
On the Windows side too, it wasn't "selling out" on OLPC's part. Governments requested that the units be able to run windows, and one of the tenets of OLPC is the open hackability & ownership of the hardware by buyers, so OLPC complied. They bought them, they own them, they can do with the units what they want.
This is a big contrast to most corporate hardware/device manufacturers today which dictate what you can or cannot run on your own device that you bought, even going so far as to sue customers under the DMCA and treat them like criminals.
The current OLPC XO-OS now dual boots to either the Sugar learning environment (for kids) or the more traditional GNOME GUI for a more windows-like experience.
This is a really big improvement IMHO for "more traditional" and older users as it made a lot of Linux apps work out of the box on the XO. With Sugar, you need to "Sugarize" apps first to be able to run with the GUI if you didn't want to launch them via command line.
The hand cranks have been phased out. They're very tiring and inefficient & broke off from test laptops.
The human-powered solution is now currently a yoyo-like pull-string device (think starters on motorboat engines/generators).
For the XO-1, 1 minute of pulling = 10 minutes of battery life. Since switching to ARM cut a lot of power consumption, should last longer with the XO-1.75s.
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It's a sequel to both the film Blade Runnner and the book Do Androids Dream by PKD. Jeter fused the two and tried reconcile inconsistencies (but did create more). All in all, it was an entertaining romp with a plot and ending that could easily be translated to Hollywood. Will need younger actors though as pretty much most the major players in BR are in it.
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fixed that for you.
I found the official sequel, Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human by K.W. Jeter (one of Philip K. Dick's good friends and the guy who coined the term "steampunk") to be a pretty decent read. Why don't they option that?
The more common term in the mobile industry is LBS (location-based service). It's supposed to be opt-in with some carriers, but I hear it's turned on by default on some.
So what's new? Everyone already knows that anyone who carries a mobile phone is tagging himself with a GPS.
Don't have any illusions of privacy either with your calls and SMSs.
Hi guys.
.SWF or AIR apps with it. Here's a free PDF ebook from O'Reilly on getting started with Flex.
:)
All complaining and whining of that guy aside, I would like to mention that people who develop Blackberry Tablet OS apps right now that get accepted into the Blackberry app world (app store) by March 15 will receive *FREE* Blackberry Playbook tablets.
Looks like dev license fees will be a little hefty after this initial "seed" period, so take advantage now and sign up now for the developer program even if you don't plan to dev in the short term just to take advantage of the free license you'll get now.
For those who don't want to gamble it all on Blackberry Tablet with your time and money, Adobe AIR is an excellent solution as AIR apps are qualified for the ongoing FREE BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK FOR EACH ACCEPTED APP developer promo ongoing 'til March 15.
AIR runs on Windows, OSX, Linux, Android 2.2+, Blackberry Tablet OS and as Apple iOS native apps (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch via the Adobe iOS Packager) so your app will have a lot of bases covered. AIR is pretty nice too because Actionscript 3 syntax/structure is pretty much Java now and easy to pick up, and you can also create AIR apps using the free open source Flex SDK, which is pretty much like the JDK except you output
Here's some stuff to get you started on AIR/Blackberry Tab: 1, 2, 3.
From what I've heard, for each app you make that is accepted in the Blackberry App world, you will receive 1 free Blackberry Tab via a redeemable coupon at Amazon.com and all you will have to pay for is shipping. Hey, free blackberry tablet is free blackberry tablet right? Take advantage now! Cheerios and hope to have helped!
oops sorry!
umm...
Google is Evil and Adobe is LaZy!!!
The U.S. Department of Defense uses Flash/Flex as solutions for a number of their coordination tools, especially for mapping and data visualization.
Not kidding. Looks like a simplified real deal command-and-conquer RTS app.
Flash is pretty much the go to guy for easy-to-build rich GUIs, which even AAA game titles (Like Starcraft II, Streetfighter IV, etc) use Flash for their GUIs via Scaleform technology.
Obligatory XKCD Strip: http://xkcd.com/553 Pirate Bay
How about building computers that are meant to last instead of being meant to be thrown away and "recycled" after 3 years?
They don't make computers the way they used to. Older 486s and Pentium 1s were sturdier and lasted longer.
Goddam culture of waste. Green my ass.
oh, and Nokia Plan S:
Do:
Nokia Plan A, Nokia Plan B, Nokia Plan C, Nokia Plan D, Nokia Plan E, Nokia Plan ES, Nokia Plan ET, Nokia Plan F, Nokia Plan G, Nokia Plan H, Nokia Plan I, Nokia Plan J, Nokia Plan K, Nokia Plan L, Nokia Plan M, Nokia Plan O, Nokia Plan P, Nokia Plan Q, Nokia Plan R, Nokia Plan S, Nokia Plan T, Nokia Plan V, Nokia Plan W, Nokia Plan X, Nokia Plan XP, Nokia Plan Y, Nokia Plan Z, Nokia Plan 0, Nokia Plan 2, Nokia Plan 5, Nokia Plan 9, Nokia Plan 10
Profit!
Of course. -> http://NokiaPlanA.com
Looks like they got taken out by Little Bobby Tables...
http://xkcd.com/327
So the solution to not having enough bandwidth is to chew up more bandwidth by pre-loading content which you might not need?
Only in Wikipedia do you have administrators outright declare that the actual games which *ARE* the game bundle itself (The Humble Indie Bundle -> the subject of the Wikipedia article) to be of low importance and distracting to the article.
In that case you should try Good Old Games -> download all the games you bought DRM-free, back up the installer files, re-install anytime you want, re-download anytime you want.
http://gog.com
No need for an internet connection and authentication once you've downloaded the installer files, unlike Steam.
Hi. Just reminding everyone that the current default OLPC OS now allows dual-booting to Fedora+Gnome aside from initially booting into the kid-oriented Fedora+Sugar desktop environment, making it suitable for more traditional uses by older users as well as being capable dev machines.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.3 Will be posting this multiple times here (please don't mod as redundant) as Slashdotters really need to be made aware of this fact.
Hi. Just reminding everyone that the current default OLPC OS now allows dual-booting to Fedora+Gnome aside from initially booting into the kid-oriented Fedora+Sugar desktop environment, making it suitable for more traditional uses by older users as well as being capable dev machines.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.3 Will be posting this multiple times here (please don't mod as redundant) as Slashdotters really need to be made aware of this fact.
Hi. Just reminding everyone that the current default OLPC OS now allows dual-booting to Fedora+Gnome aside from initially booting into the kid-oriented Fedora+Sugar desktop environment, making it suitable for more traditional uses by older users as well as being capable dev machines.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.3 Will be posting this multiple times here (please don't mod as redundant) as Slashdotters really need to be made aware of this fact.
Didn't this concept already win top vaporware /worst concept awards for a few years?
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Mod parent up please. Straight from source.
Very interesting info, especially the one on ARM having been pursued for years.
AFAIK, on the Linux side, one thing OLPC did was go out of the way to customize the firmware that MS worked on *to be able* to dual boot to Linux, since the firmware of the Windows version MS worked on was made to be able to boot only Windows and not Linux.
On the Windows side too, it wasn't "selling out" on OLPC's part. Governments requested that the units be able to run windows, and one of the tenets of OLPC is the open hackability & ownership of the hardware by buyers, so OLPC complied. They bought them, they own them, they can do with the units what they want.
This is a big contrast to most corporate hardware/device manufacturers today which dictate what you can or cannot run on your own device that you bought, even going so far as to sue customers under the DMCA and treat them like criminals.
Hand crank's been phased out in favor of a yoyo-like pull-string generator. More efficient and less tiring.
The current OLPC XO-OS now dual boots to either the Sugar learning environment (for kids) or the more traditional GNOME GUI for a more windows-like experience. This is a really big improvement IMHO for "more traditional" and older users as it made a lot of Linux apps work out of the box on the XO. With Sugar, you need to "Sugarize" apps first to be able to run with the GUI if you didn't want to launch them via command line.
The hand cranks have been phased out. They're very tiring and inefficient & broke off from test laptops. The human-powered solution is now currently a yoyo-like pull-string device (think starters on motorboat engines/generators). For the XO-1, 1 minute of pulling = 10 minutes of battery life. Since switching to ARM cut a lot of power consumption, should last longer with the XO-1.75s.
We still haven't seen Alien sex though. Just sayin
Which part of facehumper do you not understand?
lien vs. Predator was probably the low point
Probably??? *RAGEFACE*