The problem is most people don't understand what's going on and believe all those fake reviews.
IMHO Amazon should do something about it, it hurts their reputation as well. Or maybe they receive a nice compensation from MS for turning a blind eye on astoturfing?
I went through a lot of Lumia 900 reviews on Amazon. Most of them repeat the same stuff. And for most of the reviews, Lumia 900 is the only review, nothing else ever reviewed. Several reviewers had the same text posted on different colors of Lumia 900 and had no other reviews.
My guess is that MS/Nokia shills are everywhere, not just on Slashdot...
I wonder how the jury will be selected: will owning an Android phone be considered a factor for disqualification? And what about owning an iPhone (apple fan => android hater => oracle sympathizer)?
It looks like the guy being sued (AlyoshaV) simply didn't read the post till the end (where the suicide note was), and commented on partial post with some stupid joke. Had he read the post till the end, the suit could be avoided (probably not the suicide).
This should be an important message to all slashdotters: always read all posts in their entirety before commenting. Always RTFA thoroughly till the very end, or you could be the next murderer.
Don't expect it to work well out of the box, but as a DIY project it should be fine. You can write a custom android app to control it, or install something like plex for android. For more possibilities, make sure you get a device with an available root access.
I had someone like this guy at my previous job. When he started preaching it was impossible to get rid of him. I installed a fake call application, but even that didn't always work.
Well, at least now everyone knows that this guy is not only a nuisance to others, but also a litigious bastard. I hope he loses quickly and no one ever hires him again.
First, my comment was a joke. But I wouldn't be surprised if children of homeless people (or formerly homeless) are more likely to become homeless than general population. Some behavioral traits, e.g. alcoholism, are believed to be genetic.
The wireless antennas will be placed near the reproductive organs and work at full power on as many channels as possible. All that in order to decrease the future homeless population.
Connect your phone to an external screen, keyboard and mouse, configure XDMCP - and you've got yourself a nice X terminal. NCD used to charge thousands of $ for them back in 199x...
Only those with IQ above certain threshold and with the basic ability of logical thinking should be allowed to vote. Of course, the latter constraint excludes all those with illogical belief in any kind of deity.
ZT-180 C71 has a slow single core AML8726-M CPU (despite being based on ARM A9 which is usually found in dual or quad core configurations), low resolution screen and just 512M of RAM. It costs 120$-130$ including international shipping.
There are much better Chinese tablets now (with higher resolution, 1GB ram, IPS screens. Even dual core cpus, though not as good as branded offerings).
You can happily live in any country without being involved with the legal system (though definition of happiness may vary substantially). The question is what happens if you do become involved, for one reason or another. Do you honestly think you'll receive the same kind of treatment in both?
Constitution by itself means nothing. All dark regimes (including Iran and N. Korea) have some kind of constitution - it doesn't prevent the governments from either completely ignoring it or adjusting the constitution to their needs.
What's really required for the constitution to work is an independent authority with power to enforce it, and much more importantly, people willing to stand for their freedoms.
Slashdot Mirror
s/won't/want/
Hmm, slashdot doesn't won't infringing code to be posted, it removed a few lines during posting.
Here's the original: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3951480
private static void rangeCheck(int arrayLen, int fromIndex, int toIndex) {
if (fromIndex > toIndex)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("fromIndex(" + fromIndex +
") > toIndex(" + toIndex+")");
if (fromIndex arrayLen)
throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(toIndex);
}
Hopefully Oracle won't sue me for this...
Whatever he wrote is so obviously wrong, that either he's deliberately spreading FUD, or just trolling.
In either case the moderation is correct.
Internet Water Army ?
The problem is most people don't understand what's going on and believe all those fake reviews.
IMHO Amazon should do something about it, it hurts their reputation as well. Or maybe they receive a nice compensation from MS for turning a blind eye on astoturfing?
s/for most of the reviews/for most of the reviewers/
I went through a lot of Lumia 900 reviews on Amazon. Most of them repeat the same stuff. And for most of the reviews, Lumia 900 is the only review, nothing else ever reviewed. Several reviewers had the same text posted on different colors of Lumia 900 and had no other reviews.
My guess is that MS/Nokia shills are everywhere, not just on Slashdot...
I wonder how the jury will be selected: will owning an Android phone be considered a factor for disqualification? And what about owning an iPhone (apple fan => android hater => oracle sympathizer)?
It looks like the guy being sued (AlyoshaV) simply didn't read the post till the end (where the suicide note was), and commented on partial post with some stupid joke.
Had he read the post till the end, the suit could be avoided (probably not the suicide).
This should be an important message to all slashdotters: always read all posts in their entirety before commenting. Always RTFA thoroughly till the very end, or you could be the next murderer.
For ~70$ you can buy a chinese box running Android with HDMI output, wi-fi and remote on sites like dealextreme, merimobiles, pandawill etc. Something like this
(it's just an example, there are literally hundreds of slightly different options):
http://www.merimobiles.com/GV_11A_VI6131_Android_2_3_TV_Box_1080P_1GHz_HDMI_p/meri3957.htm
Don't expect it to work well out of the box, but as a DIY project it should be fine. You can write a custom android app to control it, or install something like plex for android.
For more possibilities, make sure you get a device with an available root access.
I had someone like this guy at my previous job. When he started preaching it was impossible to get rid of him. I installed a fake call application, but even that didn't always work.
Well, at least now everyone knows that this guy is not only a nuisance to others, but also a litigious bastard.
I hope he loses quickly and no one ever hires him again.
First, my comment was a joke. But I wouldn't be surprised if children of homeless people (or formerly homeless) are more likely to become homeless than general population. Some behavioral traits, e.g. alcoholism, are believed to be genetic.
The wireless antennas will be placed near the reproductive organs and work at full power on as many channels as possible. All that in order to decrease the future homeless population.
Connect your phone to an external screen, keyboard and mouse, configure XDMCP - and you've got yourself a nice X terminal.
NCD used to charge thousands of $ for them back in 199x...
Only those with IQ above certain threshold and with the basic ability of logical thinking should be allowed to vote.
Of course, the latter constraint excludes all those with illogical belief in any kind of deity.
Are members of MSA (Microsoft Shills Anonymous) even allowed on Slashdot?
Apple still gets around 400$ for a "free" iPhone 3gs from the operators. Huge margin for Apple, not much less than from 200$ 4gs.
Non-subsidized iPad 2 for 200$ would hardly be breaking even, which is not the usual Apple strategy.
Try recent Allwinner based tablets, e.g. Ainol Novo 7 Aurora (1GB RAM, 16GB Flash, 1024x600 IPS screen, HDMI/USB host, dual cameras).
It's only beta. If it is the typical Google beta, ICS will be obsolete by the time Chrome is out of beta.
pandawill sells it for 126$. With coupon it's 116$ including shipping, which amounts to less than 90€.
ZT-180 C71 has a slow single core AML8726-M CPU (despite being based on ARM A9 which is usually found in dual or quad core configurations), low resolution screen and just 512M of RAM. It costs 120$-130$ including international shipping.
There are much better Chinese tablets now (with higher resolution, 1GB ram, IPS screens. Even dual core cpus, though not as good as branded offerings).
The amazing part is that iApps7 games are still on the market (as of this writing, 10PM PST).
It's obvious from the comments that they are total crap though. Anyone literate enough to read the comments wouldn't touch this stuff.
You can happily live in any country without being involved with the legal system (though definition of happiness may vary substantially). The question is what happens if you do become involved, for one reason or another. Do you honestly think you'll receive the same kind of treatment in both?
Constitution by itself means nothing. All dark regimes (including Iran and N. Korea) have some kind of constitution - it doesn't prevent the governments from either completely ignoring it or adjusting the constitution to their needs.
What's really required for the constitution to work is an independent authority with power to enforce it, and much more importantly, people willing to stand for their freedoms.