Yes, and every hobbyist now has to worry about being sued when their code breaks.
If you are a hobbyist, you should not sell your software. Leave it for the pros
only this single error in written english pisses me off. i don't care about any other things like coz, 2, 4, its/it's. please please everyone, no apostrophe when writing plurals!
i really dont understand how you can write "this software is sold as is. no liability, no warranty, blah blah" when you sell it. maybe now somebody will sue m$ and suckers like me who are still stuck with crappy vista will get a free upgrade to win 7. in the meantime, i have to run kde on ubuntu with crappy webcam and no fingerprint no hdd motion sensor support. and yeah, jerky audio from time to time. but still lots better/faster than vista, for which i stupidly paid good money.
its funny i know but i like fast changing text like "connecting to 8.8.8.8..." and "looking up host google.com" and "loading image 9 of 56 (243.6kbits/s)". it makes the wait seem even shorter. specially since i now know that many programs just keep incrementing the progress bar even if nothing is happening (like opera mobile). i keep worrying over if it is really working or not. similarly i dont like the loading logo animation of win7, i would prefer to have hundreds of lines of text scrolling on the screen, telling me as each file/driver/program is loaded.
it could be due to an old profile. sometimes you have to uninstall ff completely and delete the profile folder, then reinstall. i had ff1 profile carried on to ff3 and it was very slow. fixed when i started anew.
It forces the designer of the program to open the window big enough for all the content to fit in all the time. That is according to spec, not a design flaw. You can also click the green button on the left hand corner to resize it. Either way, there is hardly ever a reason to resize windows for most well-designed programs.
in continuation of that logic i declare that bsod is "according to spec, not a design flaw."
how are boot up times even relevant now? even vista had decent standby support. in every pc (win or lin), you just close the lid if you are on the laptop or press the sleep button in case of a desktop. and when you want to use it, you just open the lid or move your mouse. the login screen comes up in a second. ubuntu has been aiming wrong for a while now.
what exactly was the reason/logic in moving the buttons to the left? i tried to find some blog, some explanation but have come up with a blank everywhere. they just did it to amuse themselves. also, what is this shit about "instant-on"? my linux/windows pcs come up from suspend in about 1 second. i dare ubuntu "instant-on" to boot up faster. and you will have to count the bios also.
At some places, you do your job and keep your mouth shut, or find somewhere else to work.
If "do your job" involves surreptitiously photographing anyone without their or their parents knowledge through their own laptop, then "find somewhere else to work" is the correct option.
FTFY. Also, every laptop camera I have seen has a tiny LED next to it which glows whenever the camera is turned on. Didn't anyone notice that their webcam was on without them doing anything?
this is a major point, imo. about 4 years ago, i heard of flash. i promptly proceeded to download flash 5 from our favorite tpb. it was amazingly easy to create all sorts of animations and simple games. and actionscript is almost identical to javascrpt. i would like to know if there is such an easy and refined way to create html5 today?
I think India isn't doing the restrictions for Trust or Security reasons. Their politicians couldn't care less. For the right price, they will sell you a state or two.
sadly true for many state governments. but i think the government at the center is not that corrupt. this really is a security concern. the problem is that we don't have the kind of expertise to review each device individually for secret, kill-switch, call-home chips. on the other hand china requiring source code won't do much about security, since it is easier to incorporate a tiny chip. imo, this is simply about not having to develop their own software.
just having access to the software source is terribly inadequate to address security concerns. a kill switch can be easily implemented in hardware as a tiny, insignificant chip. now if you are going to have every single piece of equipment reviewed by hardware experts, then ok. but i dont think that is practical.
you are not basing your purchase on which product is better. you are trying to make a political statement with your purchase. this is unacceptable/unfair/uncapitalist to me. a product should sell based on it being better than the competition. and htc phones are better in every regard. hardware, software, design, features, everything. and htc is not closed either. people have dual booted android on hd2, originally a windows phone. that to me screams about openness of htc phones. if google ditches htc for its next flagship device, i have a feeling that it will be less compelling than nexus one. every non htc android phone is mediocre at best.
n900 is simply the best nokia phone ever made. much better than any s60/symbian.
but the level of usability just cannot be compared with iphone/android. it feels...crude.
htc beats the crap out of motorola in hardware quality. hold motorola droid in one hand and htc legend/hd2 in the other. then you will understand the level of quality of htc.
Apple is bi or multisexual, its customer love having unprotected sex with Apple (and Jobs by proxy... hmmmm... jobs, what kind of jobs I wonder) and you know, Apple's customers are of all genders I think.
why is tethering such a big issue for you people? even entry level phones from a decade ago were able to share their network with computers. first it was only over usb but when bluetooth became popular, it could use that too. in fact i don't think thee is a SINGLE nokia, sony, samsung, lg phone without tethering capability.
facebook today told me: "your account was accessed from an unusual place and has been blocked." then i had to do all sorts of things to prove i'm human and it told me to create a new password. i created such a strong password that i have forgotten it. now will have to change it again.
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Yes, and every hobbyist now has to worry about being sued when their code breaks.
If you are a hobbyist, you should not sell your software. Leave it for the pros
only this single error in written english pisses me off. i don't care about any other things like coz, 2, 4, its/it's. please please everyone, no apostrophe when writing plurals!
i really dont understand how you can write "this software is sold as is. no liability, no warranty, blah blah" when you sell it. maybe now somebody will sue m$ and suckers like me who are still stuck with crappy vista will get a free upgrade to win 7. in the meantime, i have to run kde on ubuntu with crappy webcam and no fingerprint no hdd motion sensor support. and yeah, jerky audio from time to time.
but still lots better/faster than vista, for which i stupidly paid good money.
its funny i know but i like fast changing text like "connecting to 8.8.8.8..." and "looking up host google.com" and "loading image 9 of 56 (243.6kbits/s)". it makes the wait seem even shorter. specially since i now know that many programs just keep incrementing the progress bar even if nothing is happening (like opera mobile). i keep worrying over if it is really working or not.
similarly i dont like the loading logo animation of win7, i would prefer to have hundreds of lines of text scrolling on the screen, telling me as each file/driver/program is loaded.
it could be due to an old profile. sometimes you have to uninstall ff completely and delete the profile folder, then reinstall. i had ff1 profile carried on to ff3 and it was very slow. fixed when i started anew.
A BSOD is a much better user interface than a screen that merely does not respond. I don't see your point.
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its not the #1 but its quite close.
It forces the designer of the program to open the window big enough for all the content to fit in all the time. That is according to spec, not a design flaw. You can also click the green button on the left hand corner to resize it. Either way, there is hardly ever a reason to resize windows for most well-designed programs.
in continuation of that logic i declare that bsod is "according to spec, not a design flaw."
how are boot up times even relevant now? even vista had decent standby support. in every pc (win or lin), you just close the lid if you are on the laptop or press the sleep button in case of a desktop. and when you want to use it, you just open the lid or move your mouse. the login screen comes up in a second. ubuntu has been aiming wrong for a while now.
what exactly was the reason/logic in moving the buttons to the left? i tried to find some blog, some explanation but have come up with a blank everywhere. they just did it to amuse themselves.
also, what is this shit about "instant-on"? my linux/windows pcs come up from suspend in about 1 second. i dare ubuntu "instant-on" to boot up faster. and you will have to count the bios also.
and don't forget all those hundreds of gbs of games and music!
At some places, you do your job and keep your mouth shut, or find somewhere else to work.
If "do your job" involves surreptitiously photographing anyone without their or their parents knowledge through their own laptop, then "find somewhere else to work" is the correct option.
FTFY.
Also, every laptop camera I have seen has a tiny LED next to it which glows whenever the camera is turned on. Didn't anyone notice that their webcam was on without them doing anything?
my car visible from space.
do i get featured in a slashdot article?
this is a major point, imo.
about 4 years ago, i heard of flash. i promptly proceeded to download flash 5 from our favorite tpb.
it was amazingly easy to create all sorts of animations and simple games. and actionscript is almost identical to javascrpt.
i would like to know if there is such an easy and refined way to create html5 today?
I think India isn't doing the restrictions for Trust or Security reasons. Their politicians couldn't care less. For the right price, they will sell you a state or two.
sadly true for many state governments.
but i think the government at the center is not that corrupt. this really is a security concern. the problem is that we don't have the kind of expertise to review each device individually for secret, kill-switch, call-home chips.
on the other hand china requiring source code won't do much about security, since it is easier to incorporate a tiny chip. imo, this is simply about not having to develop their own software.
just having access to the software source is terribly inadequate to address security concerns. a kill switch can be easily implemented in hardware as a tiny, insignificant chip. now if you are going to have every single piece of equipment reviewed by hardware experts, then ok. but i dont think that is practical.
you are not basing your purchase on which product is better. you are trying to make a political statement with your purchase. this is unacceptable/unfair/uncapitalist to me. a product should sell based on it being better than the competition. and htc phones are better in every regard. hardware, software, design, features, everything.
and htc is not closed either. people have dual booted android on hd2, originally a windows phone. that to me screams about openness of htc phones.
if google ditches htc for its next flagship device, i have a feeling that it will be less compelling than nexus one. every non htc android phone is mediocre at best.
n900 is simply the best nokia phone ever made. much better than any s60/symbian.
but the level of usability just cannot be compared with iphone/android. it feels...crude.
htc beats the crap out of motorola in hardware quality. hold motorola droid in one hand and htc legend/hd2 in the other. then you will understand the level of quality of htc.
Apple is bi or multisexual, its customer love having unprotected sex with Apple (and Jobs by proxy... hmmmm... jobs, what kind of jobs I wonder) and you know, Apple's customers are of all genders I think.
I suppose there is an App for that, iSex anyone?
no, you should buy android for that.
no other way to say it:
LOL!!
why is tethering such a big issue for you people? even entry level phones from a decade ago were able to share their network with computers. first it was only over usb but when bluetooth became popular, it could use that too. in fact i don't think thee is a SINGLE nokia, sony, samsung, lg phone without tethering capability.
maybe i missed something but 2.99 doesn't sound much less than 3$.
facebook today told me: "your account was accessed from an unusual place and has been blocked." then i had to do all sorts of things to prove i'm human and it told me to create a new password. i created such a strong password that i have forgotten it. now will have to change it again.
it could be obfuscated if there was a lot of javascript. but since theres so little of it and clearly understood, there is no question of obfuscation.
...and the hotness of girls who visit these malls keeps on changing.
man you've got to visit high standard malls to see hot girls. have you gone to great india place in noida?