When we say that the universe is expanding, do we simply mean that stuff like stars and galaxies are getting further apart, or are our X, Y, and Z dimensions expanding (stretching)?
Secondly, you can set up a wiki server pretty easily. It is extremely useful for self-help and internal process documentation. Easy to add videos, screenshots and keep the documentation up to date.
Thirdly, if you don't have an office collaboration server, you can also run your own Jabber server.
Both Wiki and Jabber services have their own documentation at the aforementioned link.
Android development doesn't require you to buy hardware?
Awesome, do they recommend you use punch cards, or do you compile your code in the public library?
Purchasing a used Mac mini for $500 to get access to world's largest mobile app store really is an unsurmountable barrier, that only the mightiest of giants can overcome.
This may be viable for shops with enough manpower to support multiple OSs and devices, but many one, two or three man shops may not have the resources to deal with support for some low-spec phone so far removed from the basics they can count on iOS.
You must not be a "serious", or "hardcore", or a "real" user who needs to get any "serious work done". I suspect you and I are using the same device to have this conversation;)
I just yesterday figured out how to turn the classic comment selection on. It's in the account preferences under comments. Works with this too, thankfully.
The switch was for notifications, volume rocker for other, normal volume. iPad doesn't get that many notifications, so it was kind of a waste. I look forward to switching it back, and using the new gestures.
They are either realizing that either: 1. they are becoming increasingly irrelevant on the desktop as people are using mobile devices more and more for their needs (iPad/Android for email and facebook)(and Apple computer sales have been growing handsomely), and therefore need to compete for customers for the first time in 20 years, or 2. it is a good opportunity for them to pull the old Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.
Why is it always assumed that people who spend $2500 on a computer have an unlimited amount of money?
We hear far too often, "If they have money for a hummer, they have enough for gas" too.
Maybe they got a $3000 check for tuition and they blew it on a computer, and otherwise don't have a dime to their name.
Sure, a small minority of people have an unlimited supply of $$, but I wouldn't be surprised if vast majority took out some line of credit to buy a $2500 "multimedia" PC for their college kid, simply because a highschooler from BestBuy told them that that computer will totally help them with photos, and movies, and homework...
You're right, it's not just Ballmer, the whole company is a behemoth, and overall can't move the needle fast enough. But if they were to split the search, xbox, and phone and concentrate on just OS and Office, they'd have a chance for some rapid movement. But what do I know. I do know that Ballmer should stop taking marketing and PR advice from Spongebob, and run his ass around a block a few times.
How does a completely substanceless comment by an AC get to a 5 informative?
an AC thinks the interface is very sleek, and that is enough to save the phone the riducule? wtf mods? Here's the summary of AC's post:
application interface is pretty good it does do a good job current version of OS do not provide support for SQL-CE DB or multi-tasking or even copy & paste.net provides pretty good infrastructureto concoct a rudimentary in-memory db Other things would have been really useful Despite these deficiencies I think, this is a pretty good OS
In a world dominated by iPhone and it's mighty App Store, Android and it's openness and Blackberry and it's enterprise qualities, in your opinion a "pretty good" phone from Microsoft is a contender? This is why young people don't take slashdot seriously anymore.
Wow, I never thought that now, for Thanksgiving, instead of spending time with my family, I'll be able to fix both my mom's computer *and* her cellphone!!!! Sweet, sign me up!
OK, I've compiled the 3+ posts, (reflecting the collective wisdom of slashdot) to send as a list of grievances to Steve Jobs. I think after seeing the IT elite's overwhelming support for Flash, he will have no other recourse but to stop selling iPads at a million devices/month, until Flash runs on the iDevices. Yes, they are selling like crazy, and yes people love using them, and not having to worry about technical details, and nerd-talk, but seriously, if all those devices run it, then his Steveness could bring it to his pet platform too, right?
Sign up below this post if you agree!!
---- It's only when you see pages with lots of crap (ads) on them that performance becomes an issue. You can set the plug-in to On Demand, but when you select one flash object to load, I've noticed every flash objects loads and then performance suffers.
You need a minimum of a Cortex A8-family processor to run Flash and many lower-end and older Android phones just don't pack the horsepower to pull it off.
I'm actually using Beta 3 (the final version doesn't seem to be in the market despite what the article says). It is much better than the first beta and generally isn't too bad. All in all, I don't think anyone could have done a much better job, but the fact is no current flash movies were designed for use on phones, and it shows badly.
The N900 has a special "cursor mode" that, when enabled, changes the dragging from scrolling to moving a virtual cursor that allows sending drag events to the browser (flash or javascript). So, I've tried it on my Nexus One. It seems to play videos ok, but that's about it. You can't really interact with the flash because no flash videos are designed for touch input. On the BBC news video players you can't control playback because the clickable area on the time-line is far too narrow to hit. You also can't drag anything because this just scrolls the website. Conclusion: Steve Jobs was right; flash doesn't belong on phones and I'm glad he is killing it, even if he is still an annoying control freak.
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(Dear mods, the abovementioned post is heavy in what is called sarcasm.)
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Greenpeace is going to have a shitfit over them using chemicals, and ./ers will claim that Apple will now claim they invented solar power.
When we say that the universe is expanding, do we simply mean that stuff like stars and galaxies are getting further apart, or are our X, Y, and Z dimensions expanding (stretching)?
I wish I had mod points to mod you up...
Firstly, (and most importantly) read the documentation: http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/documentation.html
Secondly, you can set up a wiki server pretty easily. It is extremely useful for self-help and internal process documentation. Easy to add videos, screenshots and keep the documentation up to date.
Thirdly, if you don't have an office collaboration server, you can also run your own Jabber server.
Both Wiki and Jabber services have their own documentation at the aforementioned link.
Android development doesn't require you to buy hardware?
Awesome, do they recommend you use punch cards, or do you compile your code in the public library?
Purchasing a used Mac mini for $500 to get access to world's largest mobile app store really is an unsurmountable barrier, that only the mightiest of giants can overcome.
This may be viable for shops with enough manpower to support multiple OSs and devices, but many one, two or three man shops may not have the resources to deal with support for some low-spec phone so far removed from the basics they can count on iOS.
You must not be a "serious", or "hardcore", or a "real" user who needs to get any "serious work done". I suspect you and I are using the same device to have this conversation ;)
It's almost as if the parent was talking about android tablets, and not about android in general. Way to be on-topic
The last time my android knocked the sybian machine out... Oh wait, wrong forum. (it was quite a show, nevertheless)
I just yesterday figured out how to turn the classic comment selection on. It's in the account preferences under comments. Works with this too, thankfully.
I like the new design, thanks slashdot!
The switch was for notifications, volume rocker for other, normal volume.
iPad doesn't get that many notifications, so it was kind of a waste.
I look forward to switching it back, and using the new gestures.
They are either realizing that either:
1. they are becoming increasingly irrelevant on the desktop as people are using mobile devices more and more for their needs (iPad/Android for email and facebook)(and Apple computer sales have been growing handsomely), and therefore need to compete for customers for the first time in 20 years, or
2. it is a good opportunity for them to pull the old Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.
Only time will tell.
Now, off to RTFA.
The only way I could see this is if it had a retina display.
(pun not intended.)
Thank you and your family for your sacrifices. Deeply sorry for your losses.
Why is it always assumed that people who spend $2500 on a computer have an unlimited amount of money?
We hear far too often, "If they have money for a hummer, they have enough for gas" too.
Maybe they got a $3000 check for tuition and they blew it on a computer, and otherwise don't have a dime to their name.
Sure, a small minority of people have an unlimited supply of $$, but I wouldn't be surprised if vast majority took out some line of credit to buy a $2500 "multimedia" PC for their college kid, simply because a highschooler from BestBuy told them that that computer will totally help them with photos, and movies, and homework...
Yeah, we know.
Dude....
I can not believe the amount of FAIL you packed in just two words.
That is a masterpiece.
You're right, it's not just Ballmer, the whole company is a behemoth, and overall can't move the needle fast enough.
But if they were to split the search, xbox, and phone and concentrate on just OS and Office, they'd have a chance for some rapid movement.
But what do I know.
I do know that Ballmer should stop taking marketing and PR advice from Spongebob, and run his ass around a block a few times.
How does a completely substanceless comment by an AC get to a 5 informative?
an AC thinks the interface is very sleek, and that is enough to save the phone the riducule? wtf mods?
Here's the summary of AC's post:
application interface is pretty good .net provides pretty good infrastructureto concoct a rudimentary in-memory db
it does do a good job
current version of OS do not provide support for SQL-CE DB or multi-tasking or even copy & paste
Other things would have been really useful
Despite these deficiencies I think, this is a pretty good OS
In a world dominated by iPhone and it's mighty App Store, Android and it's openness and Blackberry and it's enterprise qualities, in your opinion a "pretty good" phone from Microsoft is a contender?
This is why young people don't take slashdot seriously anymore.
Wow, I never thought that now, for Thanksgiving, instead of spending time with my family, I'll be able to fix both my mom's computer *and* her cellphone!!!!
Sweet, sign me up!
OK, I've compiled the 3+ posts, (reflecting the collective wisdom of slashdot) to send as a list of grievances to Steve Jobs.
I think after seeing the IT elite's overwhelming support for Flash, he will have no other recourse but to stop selling iPads at a million devices/month, until Flash runs on the iDevices.
Yes, they are selling like crazy, and yes people love using them, and not having to worry about technical details, and nerd-talk, but seriously, if all those devices run it, then his Steveness could bring it to his pet platform too, right?
Sign up below this post if you agree!!
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It's only when you see pages with lots of crap (ads) on them that performance becomes an issue. You can set the plug-in to On Demand, but when you select one flash object to load, I've noticed every flash objects loads and then performance suffers.
You need a minimum of a Cortex A8-family processor to run Flash and many lower-end and older Android phones just don't pack the horsepower to pull it off.
I'm actually using Beta 3 (the final version doesn't seem to be in the market despite what the article says). It is much better than the first beta and generally isn't too bad.
All in all, I don't think anyone could have done a much better job, but the fact is no current flash movies were designed for use on phones, and it shows badly.
The N900 has a special "cursor mode" that, when enabled, changes the dragging from scrolling to moving a virtual cursor that allows sending drag events to the browser (flash or javascript).
So, I've tried it on my Nexus One. It seems to play videos ok, but that's about it. You can't really interact with the flash because no flash videos are designed for touch input.
On the BBC news video players you can't control playback because the clickable area on the time-line is far too narrow to hit. You also can't drag anything because this just scrolls the website.
Conclusion: Steve Jobs was right; flash doesn't belong on phones and I'm glad he is killing it, even if he is still an annoying control freak.
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(Dear mods, the abovementioned post is heavy in what is called sarcasm.)
"the resolution/DPI is so dense that your eyes won't be able to distinguish individual pixels"
These are the words the average person does not understand:
-resolution
-DPI
-pixels
These are the words the average person isn't sure about:
-dense
-distinguish
-individual
That leaves the description as:
"the is so that your eyes won't be able to"
I think Steve will stick with Retina Display
Just as meaningless as your suggestion but 80% shorter, and it has marketing zing.
Thanks for noticing.
Been happening to me lately. And to many other people too.
I had it coming though, I didn't call anyone a Fanboi, nor put a "Goodbye Karma" disclaimer on it.
The app still seems to be available on the store. And it looks good too. Is this a slashvertisement? If so, it's a decent one.
linky
As far as the Android store being a wild west goes, sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but his Steveness didn't have anything to do with that.
Oh God, Apple should fracking buy it and call it Halo.