To what end? If the phone you purchased does what it says it can do on the box, then why is rooting it to run custom firmware an "important feature". Sure, it might be a desirable feature for a limited subset of users, but if it works as described/marketed, then I don't see how running custom unsupported firmware is an "important feature" other than for curiosity's sake.
Has any android handset been sold / had official marketing to say that "yes, you can run custom firmware"? If not, then don't be surprised if custom firmware is not supported.
If EITHER of the devices does what you want (i.e., in my case - make phone calls, check email, browse intarwebs and store contacts) then what is wrong with either choice?
To me, the phone is a tool just like a hammer or a screwdriver. I don't care whether or not the castings/tools are available for me to easily make my own screwdrivers or hammers, so long as the ones I can purchase do the job that I purchased them for with a minimum of fuss. My iPhone does that. I'm quite sure an android phone would do that, also.
Well given they were running apache 1.3 on various things, which was not really suggested as the basis for new installs even way back in 2003-2004, its no great surprise they're still vulnerable to shit that was popular / exposed back in 2005.
Evidently, the playstation 3 firmware/network isn't the only instance where sony totally fails at securing their shit. SQL injection? Really? In this day and age? I'm simply shocked that it hasn't happened a lot earlier; they've been pissing people off for years now, its amazing its taken this long for a collective group to make a serious effort to try and break in.
q: what is the point in bringing a machine in to work, if you're not connecting to the work network to access work related resources? And if the answer is to check facebook, then get fucked. You're there to work. If you want to do that, use your phone on your own damn 3g access.
At this point, if you're not comfortable working with a PC / Mac / Linux desktop and knowledgeable enough not to do stupid things, then you're a dinosaur just hanging on until retirement.
Or alternatively, your job is not to maintain computers, but generate revenue for the company by using more valuable knowledge.
Good luck spouting that shit at your company CEO next time his machine gets rooted - his level of importance to the company and ability to bring in revenue are far more important than yours.
Because that kind of defeats the purpose of bringing home machines in to work with. If you are connecting to the company mail server with your home machine, with valid credentials, it will be trusted to send mail. If that mail is garbage, it's potentially going out through your company mail server.
Unless you're on the corporate network, accessing company resources, what exactly is the point in bringing your machine to work? To fuck around with on facebook? Use your own 3g service.
News flash: Windows x64 will not run 16 bit Windows software. Windows (since Windows NT) will not run all DOS software. Windows 7 won't even run all Windows XP software. Besides, you can bet it will be called something like "Windows ARM" or "Windows SE" (starter edition, or small edition or whatever).
If it will run a variant of office, provide a decent browser, and run.net byte-code then it will be plenty for 99% of business users, particularly if they're chasing a low power device for use whilst on the plane, train, etc.
Thats your viewpoint. Mine is that the value of gold is massively high in USD due to the devaluation of your currency by printing it like mad to monetize debt.
So it can integrate with your Windows desktop without needing itunes or some other third party sync utility? So it can run applications developers with the familiar (to the millions of windows developers).net framework?
If the hardware is decent, battery life is decent, and the UI/integration is slick, the OS it runs is irrelevant. Instead of "why run windows", why not? Microsoft have Windows already developed and clearly cross architecture.
Given that its for tablets with a touch UI. I doubt there's a huge demand for x86 software from the 1990s to run natively on such devices. Most of the apps they'll run are likely to be web-based with processing performed on the remote machine.
Paper is a renewable resource, gold provides a usable end product with intrinsic value. If you're running a non-fiat currency, these things are used to back your money. Bitcoin? What useful product does "mining" provide, to actually give the bitcoin value?
I can understand if you were to get bitcoin credits for providing a useful product/service/processing, but processing for the sake of it simply to slow down bitcoin inflation seems brain damaged to me.
So, essentially, we're burning CPU cycles (and thus, electricity, and thus, fossil fuels in most cases) simply to give an electronic currency scarcity?
That's a shame, because I think the open source world could learn a lot from the way OS X does various things - beyond trying to copy the surface UI details like gnome seems to. I'm talking about systemwide automation tools like automator, applescript, etc. Application bundles. Various other small things that all add up.
Yes, the UI can be painful in some areas, but overall its no better/worse than Linux in my opinion, with its proliferation of a million different toolkits and UI paradigms. The problem with the linux UI is that no one seems to be able to decide on any sort of standard toolkit. So everything looks and behaves slightly differently. Sure, i can deal with it, but its irritating
I used to care - I ran desktop Linux as my primary work OS (I'm a network admin type) between 1996 and 2003. But now I'm more concerned about open standards (for interoperability) than explicitly free software. Apple use open standards for their stuff - thats good enough for me. If the product is decent then I'm willing to pay for polish.
If Linux works for you, great. I use it from time to time, also - and my PC hardware is likely to end up running either Linux or FreeBSD when its no longer capable of 3d gaming as well.
OK so i can plug my iPhone in and have it sync? I can plug my keyboard/synth in and have it just work? I can plug my camera in and have it just work? I can buy an external hard drive, plug it in, and have backups "just work"?
More to the point, when was the last time the apple repository got hacked?
When was the last time the debian repository got hacked? Oh yeah...
Point being: no OS is 100% secure. OS X has less exploits in the wild than Windows, yet provides proper hardware and a decent selection (far larger than Linux) of commercial software. You pick your priorities, and you make your choice.
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Back in the day, major version number increments were for significant functionality changes. Not simply because "oh well 40 is a big number".
Changing this number "just because" is quite likely going to break plenty of apps that check version number for various things - for what exactly?
Except HDMI has HDCP built in.
To what end? If the phone you purchased does what it says it can do on the box, then why is rooting it to run custom firmware an "important feature". Sure, it might be a desirable feature for a limited subset of users, but if it works as described/marketed, then I don't see how running custom unsupported firmware is an "important feature" other than for curiosity's sake.
Has any android handset been sold / had official marketing to say that "yes, you can run custom firmware"? If not, then don't be surprised if custom firmware is not supported.
If EITHER of the devices does what you want (i.e., in my case - make phone calls, check email, browse intarwebs and store contacts) then what is wrong with either choice?
To me, the phone is a tool just like a hammer or a screwdriver. I don't care whether or not the castings/tools are available for me to easily make my own screwdrivers or hammers, so long as the ones I can purchase do the job that I purchased them for with a minimum of fuss. My iPhone does that. I'm quite sure an android phone would do that, also.
99.9% of other end users don't care either.
Well given they were running apache 1.3 on various things, which was not really suggested as the basis for new installs even way back in 2003-2004, its no great surprise they're still vulnerable to shit that was popular / exposed back in 2005.
Evidently, the playstation 3 firmware/network isn't the only instance where sony totally fails at securing their shit. SQL injection? Really? In this day and age? I'm simply shocked that it hasn't happened a lot earlier; they've been pissing people off for years now, its amazing its taken this long for a collective group to make a serious effort to try and break in.
Then go through the proper channels and get it installed.
q: what is the point in bringing a machine in to work, if you're not connecting to the work network to access work related resources? And if the answer is to check facebook, then get fucked. You're there to work. If you want to do that, use your phone on your own damn 3g access.
Or alternatively, your job is not to maintain computers, but generate revenue for the company by using more valuable knowledge.
Good luck spouting that shit at your company CEO next time his machine gets rooted - his level of importance to the company and ability to bring in revenue are far more important than yours.
Because that kind of defeats the purpose of bringing home machines in to work with. If you are connecting to the company mail server with your home machine, with valid credentials, it will be trusted to send mail. If that mail is garbage, it's potentially going out through your company mail server.
Unless you're on the corporate network, accessing company resources, what exactly is the point in bringing your machine to work? To fuck around with on facebook? Use your own 3g service.
News flash: Windows x64 will not run 16 bit Windows software. Windows (since Windows NT) will not run all DOS software. Windows 7 won't even run all Windows XP software. Besides, you can bet it will be called something like "Windows ARM" or "Windows SE" (starter edition, or small edition or whatever).
If it will run a variant of office, provide a decent browser, and run .net byte-code then it will be plenty for 99% of business users, particularly if they're chasing a low power device for use whilst on the plane, train, etc.
Thats your viewpoint. Mine is that the value of gold is massively high in USD due to the devaluation of your currency by printing it like mad to monetize debt.
OS X -> PPC, Intel x86, Intel x64, ARM (iOS)
Windows -> x86, x64, and previously MIPS, Alpha, PPC
Just because its not released, doesn't mean its not maintained internally "just in case" (no doubt, as is the case with MS on ARM).
Give it 12 months and it won't be, even if it is today.
So it can integrate with your Windows desktop without needing itunes or some other third party sync utility? So it can run applications developers with the familiar (to the millions of windows developers) .net framework?
If the hardware is decent, battery life is decent, and the UI/integration is slick, the OS it runs is irrelevant. Instead of "why run windows", why not? Microsoft have Windows already developed and clearly cross architecture.
Zero, as most of them aren't actually printed but are stored electronically as a debt in china.
Given that its for tablets with a touch UI. I doubt there's a huge demand for x86 software from the 1990s to run natively on such devices. Most of the apps they'll run are likely to be web-based with processing performed on the remote machine.
Paper is a renewable resource, gold provides a usable end product with intrinsic value. If you're running a non-fiat currency, these things are used to back your money. Bitcoin? What useful product does "mining" provide, to actually give the bitcoin value?
I can understand if you were to get bitcoin credits for providing a useful product/service/processing, but processing for the sake of it simply to slow down bitcoin inflation seems brain damaged to me.
So, essentially, we're burning CPU cycles (and thus, electricity, and thus, fossil fuels in most cases) simply to give an electronic currency scarcity?
Sounds like a fine use of resources to me!
oh awesome, OL tags are broken...
If Linux works for you, great. I use it from time to time, also - and my PC hardware is likely to end up running either Linux or FreeBSD when its no longer capable of 3d gaming as well.
Who said his server is facing the internet, or even running sendmail?
OK so i can plug my iPhone in and have it sync? I can plug my keyboard/synth in and have it just work? I can plug my camera in and have it just work? I can buy an external hard drive, plug it in, and have backups "just work"?
More to the point, when was the last time the apple repository got hacked?
When was the last time the debian repository got hacked? Oh yeah...
Point being: no OS is 100% secure. OS X has less exploits in the wild than Windows, yet provides proper hardware and a decent selection (far larger than Linux) of commercial software. You pick your priorities, and you make your choice.
So, get out much?