People working in the third world building toys aren't (usually) forced to - they do it because it actually improves theirs or their families' lives. And that's been consistently true in every country, from the Philippines to China.
People who refuse to buy from the third world and pay instead for stuff made in developed countries are actually doing much worse to those workers.
They won't be "weird" - they'll an ETSI approved standard, which means that all SIM cards, at least in Europe, will be like that. And if your current SIM doesn't fit, I'm sure your provider will be happy to send you a new one for a nominal fee. At least here they are - getting a replacement SIM is fairly cheap.
But are you sure that LED is not controlled by software (drivers)? Because otherwise, someone with control over the OS could disable that feature and record unannounced, while giving you a false sense of security.
You're mistaken. The SDK mentioned in that link is for Java (Dalvik). From your link:
Android will ship with a set of core applications including an email client, SMS program, calendar, maps, browser, contacts, and others. All applications are written using the Java programming language.
To code in C/C++ you need the NDK, and you can't even use it standalone:
The NDK is designed for use only in conjunction with the Android SDK.
Exactly: People are deciding when to wake up, not the government. Sure, they know that by changing the clocks most people will decide to change their wake up hours too, but they don't tell you when to wake up - it's still your decision.
Analogy: you knew that by posting you were incentivizing me to post in reply, but you still didn't tell me to post - I decided by myself.
PC vendors make their margins by pre-installing crapware on their machines. The lack of crapware for Linux means they'd lose money, even if they gained from not having to buy the Windows licenses.
So? Until the patch was released - and in this case, it was only with SP2, so full three years after XP was released - everyone was vulnerable. "Unpatched" are not only those machines that are poorly managed.
While I agree that videogames don't really cause violence, other stuff does. Like, for example, violence from others, sexual abuse, etc. It's not necessarily something "inherent" to the person.
No, that's not how prices work. If Apple thinks they could increase prices and make more money, they already would've. If they didn't, it's because they know it doesn't pay off (people would buy less).
That's not how prices work. If Apple thinks they could increase prices and make more money, they already would've. If they didn't, it's because they know it doesn't pay off (people would buy less).
How does Gentoo provide more of that capability than Debian? Even if you need to change the source, it's not like running an "apt-get source" and then a "dpkg-buildpackage" is a difficult process.
(This isn't a dig on Gentoo, which is obviously a great distro)
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People working in the third world building toys aren't (usually) forced to - they do it because it actually improves theirs or their families' lives. And that's been consistently true in every country, from the Philippines to China.
People who refuse to buy from the third world and pay instead for stuff made in developed countries are actually doing much worse to those workers.
http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/smokey.html
If you're constantly switching them in and out, why not just get a dual-SIM phone?
That's called a Digital Signature; it's used to prove that the data wasn't tampered with after it was signed.
They won't be "weird" - they'll an ETSI approved standard, which means that all SIM cards, at least in Europe, will be like that. And if your current SIM doesn't fit, I'm sure your provider will be happy to send you a new one for a nominal fee. At least here they are - getting a replacement SIM is fairly cheap.
But are you sure that LED is not controlled by software (drivers)? Because otherwise, someone with control over the OS could disable that feature and record unannounced, while giving you a false sense of security.
Paranoia ftw.
an invented medium of exchange
As opposed to dollars, which are mined from the Earth?
I think Bitcoin is irrelevant, but all currencies are invented, so that's hardly a problem.
That depends: would they still be legal tender?
Same here in Portugal in '94/95. Never really caught on, and they eventually killed the project in 2004.
Except Creation is not a scientific theory.
You're mistaken. The SDK mentioned in that link is for Java (Dalvik). From your link:
Android will ship with a set of core applications including an email client, SMS program, calendar, maps, browser, contacts, and others. All applications are written using the Java programming language.
To code in C/C++ you need the NDK, and you can't even use it standalone:
The NDK is designed for use only in conjunction with the Android SDK.
Exactly: People are deciding when to wake up, not the government. Sure, they know that by changing the clocks most people will decide to change their wake up hours too, but they don't tell you when to wake up - it's still your decision.
Analogy: you knew that by posting you were incentivizing me to post in reply, but you still didn't tell me to post - I decided by myself.
Tried andLinux? No reason you can't eat the cake and have it too.
In other news, the new version of X-Code, despite being marketed for Mac OS X, doesn't work for most Mac OS X users.
"Hardware abstraction" is hardly a reason why Linux distros are less successful. The rest are mostly true, though.
PC vendors make their margins by pre-installing crapware on their machines. The lack of crapware for Linux means they'd lose money, even if they gained from not having to buy the Windows licenses.
So? Until the patch was released - and in this case, it was only with SP2, so full three years after XP was released - everyone was vulnerable. "Unpatched" are not only those machines that are poorly managed.
I don't think a Windows computer that was sitting around doing nothing would get any viruses.
Yes, that did happen. Leave an unpatched Windows XP box directly connected to the net and it can get hacked in minutes: http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft-exec-calls-XP-hack-frightening/2100-7349_3-6218238.html
One of the problems is that Windows always left multiple services open by default, particularly netbios, which was a complex system.
Google essentially made a deal, they spent a lot of money creating Content-ID to please the copyright holders.
SOME people are inherently violent
While I agree that videogames don't really cause violence, other stuff does. Like, for example, violence from others, sexual abuse, etc. It's not necessarily something "inherent" to the person.
I think the Transformer shows that not even that will differentiate them.
No, that's not how prices work. If Apple thinks they could increase prices and make more money, they already would've. If they didn't, it's because they know it doesn't pay off (people would buy less).
That's not how prices work. If Apple thinks they could increase prices and make more money, they already would've. If they didn't, it's because they know it doesn't pay off (people would buy less).
You can always buy something from abroad, nobody stops you from intentionally screwing yourself.
Maybe you should read the Directive? If repairing imposes "disproportionate costs" on the seller, he can just give the money back.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31999L0044:en:HTML
How does Gentoo provide more of that capability than Debian? Even if you need to change the source, it's not like running an "apt-get source" and then a "dpkg-buildpackage" is a difficult process.
(This isn't a dig on Gentoo, which is obviously a great distro)