True, but children don't have a lot of liberties to begin with. Can they get a license to drive a car (under 16)? Can they buy and consume alcohol, or cigarettes legally? Can they vote? Can they legally work at any age? etc.
I think one of the reasons there's an obesity epidemic in the U.S., particularly in children, is because parents are scared sh*tless to let their kids outside or out of their yards for fear that something bad would happen to them. So they end up staying home and watching TV or playing video games...leading a sedentary lifestyle and eating. It was quite a bit different many decades ago when I was a kid. So I think that having a way to track your kid isn't a bad thing if it will give parents peace of mind and allow kids to ride bikes and exercise more, the way dinosaurs like me did when we were kids.
I can't think of a way to stop it but I can think of a way to slow it down until more intelligent robocallers come out: a random sound/voice based capcha-like system that must be answered correctly for the call to be completed.
I downloaded and installed Cinnamon 1.6 DE for Ubuntu 12.04 a few weeks ago. I'm hooked on it. I've been reading up on Mint and it seems very appealing. That'll be my next desktop distro. I guess the next version is due out in a month.
The unique "feature" of the Nexus line is that it is comprised of stock Android phones. The line is not unique to Samsung, as the first Nexus was built by HTC, Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus built by Samsung, Nexus 7 tablet built by Asus. It isn't brand specific...the line is developed by Google in conjuntion with the aformentioned manufacturers.
BTW, I have a Galaxy Nexus and brand had nothing to do with my purchase. I wanted a pure Android phone. Galaxy Nexus is one of the few phones recommended by the Android Open Source Project for Android software development.
Personally, and this is just my opinion...I'd be hesitant to invest a lot of time and effort into making mobile apps development your new career choice. Yes, there are tons of open positions out there for IOS and Android developers and many software engineers seem to be flocking to these openings. However, at any time, I think this mobile apps bubble could burst. A year ago, I was fresh out of school and interviewing for a few mobile apps jobs. What I found was that many of the companies were start-ups with no existing product. To me, this echoes the precursors of the dotcom bust. I ended up taking a job doing back-end server app development, which I'm very happy with. I now do Android app development as a hobby, which I could make some money from, if and when I submit apps to the Play Store...but its not my career.
Exactly. Probably the most important advancement currently being pursued is self-driving cars. Google/Stanford are getting very close. It's only a matter of time. And guess what? It started as a DARPA challenge. The first couple of contests were a complete bust, but eventually advancements were made, and then Google took over.
I agree. If we can't have flying cars, we at least need self-driving cars. There's just too much time wasted on commuting as the roads become ever-more clogged with traffic. Wouldn't it be great if you could sleep, work, do homework, etc on your ride to work without having to focus on actual driving? I'm hoping self-driving cars will become commonplace within the next 10 years.
I don't like Gnome 3...Its almost as bad as Unity. Gnome 2 (forked as Mate) was simple but I never liked having both a top AND bottom bar. The Ginger shell looks and sounds nice and simple. As an added bonus, Mint repositories hold more than open source software so, I'm assuming I can install Oracle Java straight from the Mint repository rather than go through all the setup when downloading the tar.gzip straight from Oracle. Yes, I need Oracle Java specifically...not openjdk.
I like Ubuntu but I've become disenchanted with Unity so I'm going to give Linux Mint with Ginger a shot when it comes out in November. I hear it uses the Ubuntu repositories anyway. I just need to compile a list of questions I need answered by seasoned users before I make the switch.
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Who even watches DVDs on their PCs anymore? I rarely do. usually, I watch streaming video through Amazon.com.
the real challenge is to send your 70+ year old grandmother/grandfather to set it up. THAT would impress me.
True, but children don't have a lot of liberties to begin with. Can they get a license to drive a car (under 16)? Can they buy and consume alcohol, or cigarettes legally? Can they vote? Can they legally work at any age? etc.
I think one of the reasons there's an obesity epidemic in the U.S., particularly in children, is because parents are scared sh*tless to let their kids outside or out of their yards for fear that something bad would happen to them. So they end up staying home and watching TV or playing video games...leading a sedentary lifestyle and eating. It was quite a bit different many decades ago when I was a kid. So I think that having a way to track your kid isn't a bad thing if it will give parents peace of mind and allow kids to ride bikes and exercise more, the way dinosaurs like me did when we were kids.
great, now if only they could fry backup data on harddrives
Truecrypt
Isn't there already a national do-not-call list?
I can't think of a way to stop it but I can think of a way to slow it down until more intelligent robocallers come out: a random sound/voice based capcha-like system that must be answered correctly for the call to be completed.
I downloaded and installed Cinnamon 1.6 DE for Ubuntu 12.04 a few weeks ago. I'm hooked on it. I've been reading up on Mint and it seems very appealing. That'll be my next desktop distro. I guess the next version is due out in a month.
The big reason that Firefox managed to hold on for so long was the ad blocker plugin.
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Nexus isn't a brand...You don't get it. Parent poster doesn't get it either. Read my above post.
The unique "feature" of the Nexus line is that it is comprised of stock Android phones. The line is not unique to Samsung, as the first Nexus was built by HTC, Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus built by Samsung, Nexus 7 tablet built by Asus. It isn't brand specific...the line is developed by Google in conjuntion with the aformentioned manufacturers. BTW, I have a Galaxy Nexus and brand had nothing to do with my purchase. I wanted a pure Android phone. Galaxy Nexus is one of the few phones recommended by the Android Open Source Project for Android software development.
Personally, and this is just my opinion...I'd be hesitant to invest a lot of time and effort into making mobile apps development your new career choice. Yes, there are tons of open positions out there for IOS and Android developers and many software engineers seem to be flocking to these openings. However, at any time, I think this mobile apps bubble could burst. A year ago, I was fresh out of school and interviewing for a few mobile apps jobs. What I found was that many of the companies were start-ups with no existing product. To me, this echoes the precursors of the dotcom bust. I ended up taking a job doing back-end server app development, which I'm very happy with. I now do Android app development as a hobby, which I could make some money from, if and when I submit apps to the Play Store...but its not my career.
Exactly. Probably the most important advancement currently being pursued is self-driving cars. Google/Stanford are getting very close. It's only a matter of time. And guess what? It started as a DARPA challenge. The first couple of contests were a complete bust, but eventually advancements were made, and then Google took over.
I agree. If we can't have flying cars, we at least need self-driving cars. There's just too much time wasted on commuting as the roads become ever-more clogged with traffic. Wouldn't it be great if you could sleep, work, do homework, etc on your ride to work without having to focus on actual driving? I'm hoping self-driving cars will become commonplace within the next 10 years.
Not to be offtopic but whoa!...what do you need 28GB of memory for?
because XFCE looks better and is at least as good?
I'm also considering that and LXDE. The laptop is brand new though, so I don't really need a desktop environment designed in mind for older machines.
Just install in a VM first. Virtualbox works nicely.
VirtualBox is my favorite
I have Ubuntu 12.04 but I did not see Cinnamon in the repositories. I'm always reluctant to install from a 3rd party repos. Where is it?
Sorry, I meant Cinnamon...I keep calling it ginger :P
I don't like Gnome 3...Its almost as bad as Unity. Gnome 2 (forked as Mate) was simple but I never liked having both a top AND bottom bar. The Ginger shell looks and sounds nice and simple. As an added bonus, Mint repositories hold more than open source software so, I'm assuming I can install Oracle Java straight from the Mint repository rather than go through all the setup when downloading the tar.gzip straight from Oracle. Yes, I need Oracle Java specifically...not openjdk.
I like Ubuntu but I've become disenchanted with Unity so I'm going to give Linux Mint with Ginger a shot when it comes out in November. I hear it uses the Ubuntu repositories anyway. I just need to compile a list of questions I need answered by seasoned users before I make the switch.
True, but doesn't most of the crap bought in the U.S. come from China?
Even more impressive...I was first post.
That's nothing. I could do that as a kid with Spirograph. :P