Drone's RF communications probably failed or were disrupted, so it couldn't receive the self destruct command. Without RF, drone's location is also unavailable, and Iran is very good at hiding stuff. What exactly are you going to blow up?
Forget the US army, if Iranians copy the drone, they'll have to deal with the notorious MAFIAA! They really don't understand what mess they are getting into!
I wonder if the drone is statically linking any GPL libraries. If so, Iran should demand the source code for the entire drone and ask FSF to back them.
It will surely make the cloning, or rather forking, efforts much easier!
There are plenty of x86 Intel Atom based tablets that will run any Linux distribution you like. For example Viewsonic ViewPad 10 is ~$470, comes with preinstalled Windows/Android x86, and there are several guides on how to add all the missing tablet stuff to Ubuntu/Fedora.
But are you sure tablet is really what you want? Virtual keyboards are real pain under Linux, and if you are planning to actually use OpenOffice - maybe netbook would be a cheaper and better choice?
Well, if you thought you couldn't use a calculator, it means you failed a comprehension test (the text clearly stated you could use one). Maybe that was the real test?
The parent post was meant to be a joke, but after posting I decided to check if there is any truth to it. It turns dx does have many different devices, and some people compare the 10$ hearing aids to 1k$+ branded ones, and even find them very good.
Instead of complaining, developers should write better apps. The app quality on Android does suck, and bad refund policy won't make it any better. As a developer myself, I would be ashamed to release many of the applications present in the market.
Maintaining several different versions of apps also has its cost - each version should be tested and updated simultaneously.
In addition it happened to me in the past that a feature missing in the lite version, but promised in the full one simply didn't work. Thankfully it was in 24-hours refund period. Nowadays I just wouldn't buy such an app.
And how much money will you lose by doing nothing but playing for 7 days?
Oh, you were fired from your last job a year ago for being an anonymous coward, and still unemployed for the same reason? Sorry, this question doesn't apply to you then...
15 minutes is usually not enough to fully evaluate application (unless it's complete junk). People hesitate to buy with such policy, which hurts developers and forces them to maintain separate evaluation versions. On the other hand 1 day or 7 days refund will be abused by very few dishonest customers only. Majority of those who don't want to pay for the app, would just pirate the app in the first place.
So I don't understand why Google is doing it. Is it really slowly becoming another evil empire? Or it just can't cope with high rates of refunds caused by low Android app quality?
It would be a monkey specially trained to guide the ICBM (disguised into a space ship) to a particular place on earth and then activate its nuclear warhead. Using a trained monkey is the only way to make sure no computer worm will interfere with their nuclear program.
- HGST drives quality is above the rest of the industry, it may easily change after the acquisition.
- HGST are often willing to invest in relatively niche products (recent example is 3TB 7.2k drives with SAS interface, no one else makes them). WDC will probably kill any product line that doesn't sell really huge quantities.
What he says is that this kind of vulnerability is actively exploited by hackers, not necessarily on this particular site. It's not something very specific to the site, but a common technique, so the site is under very high risk.
The problem is that most of the "Jews" that ended up in Israel after WW2 would best be termed "carpet baggers". Most of them were from other well-to do places. It was founded as a "fairy tale" religious state... like if Pat Robertson and Dick Cheney had their own country. I think part of why Americans are starting to find it so vulgar is that it mirrors what the Americans did to the Indians not that long ago... and they're starting to realize it was a mistake.
From a purely "biblical" point of view, the land being squabbled over is the same land Israel failed to take back in the time of King David and the Philistines. There is a prophesy that it would NEVER be their land... and 4000 years later it's still the case. They are trying to take land their OWN religious text says they won't ever get.... They're trying to starve them out, to cheat on their peace treaties, etc, etc. when 60 years ago those people were just "folks" of the land. In ANY western country (like Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, etc) we'd call out Israel for "Ethnic Purges" which is exactly what they're doing. It's high time they stop getting a free pass to randomly execute residents of their country... we overthrew Saddam for the same kind of crap.
You clearly don't know what you are talking about. All you wrote doesn't make even the tiniest sense. On the other hand, since when an outright propaganda should make any sense or be based on any facts?
If it's not certified - it's not signed by Microsoft. No unmodded xbox360 will play that game. Why would ThriXXX make and market Xbox360 game that won't play on Xbox360?
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Drone's RF communications probably failed or were disrupted, so it couldn't receive the self destruct command. Without RF, drone's location is also unavailable, and Iran is very good at hiding stuff. What exactly are you going to blow up?
Forget the US army, if Iranians copy the drone, they'll have to deal with the notorious MAFIAA! They really don't understand what mess they are getting into!
I wonder if the drone is statically linking any GPL libraries. If so, Iran should demand the source code for the entire drone and ask FSF to back them.
It will surely make the cloning, or rather forking, efforts much easier!
There are plenty of x86 Intel Atom based tablets that will run any Linux distribution you like. For example Viewsonic ViewPad 10 is ~$470, comes with preinstalled Windows/Android x86, and there are several guides on how to add all the missing tablet stuff to Ubuntu/Fedora.
But are you sure tablet is really what you want? Virtual keyboards are real pain under Linux, and if you are planning to actually use OpenOffice - maybe netbook would be a cheaper and better choice?
Well, if you thought you couldn't use a calculator, it means you failed a comprehension test (the text clearly stated you could use one). Maybe that was the real test?
MC6800 had about 4000 transistors. (5000 for MC6800D). The name of M6800 system is unrelated to the transistor count.
68000 had indeed close to 68k transistors (~70k), so its name could be influenced by both 6800 and the transistor count.
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/09/19/0315258/ask-slashdot-good-gigabit-80211n-home-router
Finally someone is not afraid to speak the truth.
You just saved me 50 bucks. Not sure if it compensates for thousands of hours wasted here, but thanks anyway!
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The parent post was meant to be a joke, but after posting I decided to check if there is any truth to it. It turns dx does have many different devices, and some people compare the 10$ hearing aids to 1k$+ branded ones, and even find them very good.
Just check these reviews: http://www.dealextreme.com/feedbacks/BrowseReviews.dx/sku.23194
(Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with DX or any other chinese site in any way)
Just get one on dealextreme for 5 bucks. Even better get a dozen, and pray for one of them not to be DOA.
Blame Israel for the heat as well. You'll feel much better immediately.
We don't need no social networks! What we need is a good anti-social network!
I hate it because I'm forced to use it.
Maintaining several different versions of apps also has its cost - each version should be tested and updated simultaneously. In addition it happened to me in the past that a feature missing in the lite version, but promised in the full one simply didn't work. Thankfully it was in 24-hours refund period. Nowadays I just wouldn't buy such an app.
And how much money will you lose by doing nothing but playing for 7 days?
Oh, you were fired from your last job a year ago for being an anonymous coward, and still unemployed for the same reason? Sorry, this question doesn't apply to you then...
Well, we all know what Apple is. The reason many chose Android is not to be (mis)treated by two companies run by Steves.
So I don't understand why Google is doing it. Is it really slowly becoming another evil empire? Or it just can't cope with high rates of refunds caused by low Android app quality?
It would be a monkey specially trained to guide the ICBM (disguised into a space ship) to a particular place on earth and then activate its nuclear warhead. Using a trained monkey is the only way to make sure no computer worm will interfere with their nuclear program.
Touch the screen in any way you prefer - this should bring the command line and keyboard.
Everything else should be done in command line like in the real OS. Problem solved.
Bad news, especially for the enterprise users:
- HGST drives quality is above the rest of the industry, it may easily change after the acquisition.
- HGST are often willing to invest in relatively niche products (recent example is 3TB 7.2k drives with SAS interface, no one else makes them). WDC will probably kill any product line that doesn't sell really huge quantities.
What he says is that this kind of vulnerability is actively exploited by hackers, not necessarily on this particular site. It's not something very specific to the site, but a common technique, so the site is under very high risk.
The problem is that most of the "Jews" that ended up in Israel after WW2 would best be termed "carpet baggers". Most of them were from other well-to do places. It was founded as a "fairy tale" religious state... like if Pat Robertson and Dick Cheney had their own country. I think part of why Americans are starting to find it so vulgar is that it mirrors what the Americans did to the Indians not that long ago... and they're starting to realize it was a mistake.
From a purely "biblical" point of view, the land being squabbled over is the same land Israel failed to take back in the time of King David and the Philistines. There is a prophesy that it would NEVER be their land... and 4000 years later it's still the case. They are trying to take land their OWN religious text says they won't ever get.... They're trying to starve them out, to cheat on their peace treaties, etc, etc. when 60 years ago those people were just "folks" of the land. In ANY western country (like Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, etc) we'd call out Israel for "Ethnic Purges" which is exactly what they're doing. It's high time they stop getting a free pass to randomly execute residents of their country... we overthrew Saddam for the same kind of crap.
You clearly don't know what you are talking about. All you wrote doesn't make even the tiniest sense. On the other hand, since when an outright propaganda should make any sense or be based on any facts?
No, they really have no choice, they can't make a working game. Only because Microsoft doesn't want them to, not for any technical reason.
If it's not certified - it's not signed by Microsoft. No unmodded xbox360 will play that game. Why would ThriXXX make and market Xbox360 game that won't play on Xbox360?