The fact that Apple is very strict (not talking about the mature content thing which I find ridiculous) regarding how an app should behave or designed, makes that a lot of apps are easier to use because the learning curve is low. You don't need to learn things over & over again. Hence the reason - and imho correct - that a lot of users find it a more user friendly platform.
If I read the passages about why Steve Jobs was against Apps in the first place, he had the fear that it could lead to tainting the user friendly experience in which they invested a lot. Which I think - after seeing my share of bad designed software - was a valid fear.
I have an Android smartphone as I find iPhones ridiculous expensive. But if I look at the quality difference between what is available in the Google Play store on my smartphone & the iOS store on my iPad, there is a difference. And I do - personally - think that this is because Apple does run a very strict ship in guidelines, how an app should work, what you expect as behavior, etc. I don't think it is because iOS developers are so much more talented then their android counterparts.
This may come over as a nightmare for those who like to tinker or loves freedom to design or develop an app like they want it, but reality is that when it comes in designing good and consequent interfaces, 90% of the developers can't do it even if their live depended on it. Give them to much room and you really get some of the horrendous software available on the Google play store. Sometimes I find it a pity that Google doesn't enforce some basic guidelines because it is the only way some developers would put some sense in what they are developing.
So no is not the iOS concept that is flawed, it is that stubborn idea that a lot of techies have that they have the same needs or mindset as the general public.
You know that was well before Google acquired Motorola, right?
So why do I read in European newspapers that Motorola are still seeking sales ban on for example the Xbox AFTER Google acquired Motorola. I've seen that argument numerous times that this is before Google acquired it, but when they are today still seeking bans that doesn't make any sense.
Even with regard of the cases that started before Google acquired Motorola, there is no reason why you should go through with a lawsuit that goes against your "philosophy". You can settle at anytime and you are certainly not obligated to look for future sales bans... . So why is that when Apple (and I'm against it regardless who tries to enforce it) uses sales ban to block competition we get a whole discussion about how evil it is, but when Google/Motorola does it the outcry is a lot less.
It is even funny how people can be against patents but at the same time doesn't seem to find anything wrong in abusing FRAND patents. From my POV the whole Microsoft/h.264 ordeal is a way to make it less attractive then Google's WebM format. And regardless of what you feel about h.264 (which I'm not a big supporter of) I find it particularly strange that we tend to have discussions about how "evil" companies could abuse patents to play such games when the "don't do evil company" (which is pure marketing) does it and the whole "critical thinking" tends to flow away...
And then some have the nerve to talk about blind fanaticism of Apple users... .
The only way to distribute Metro apps (x86 or ARM) is via the Windows store. "Side loading" (with is just a funky name for installing Metro apps outside the windows store) is only available for Windows enterprise and server editions. See http://richfrombechtle.wordpress.com/tag/windows-8-sideloading/ or google for "sideloading windows 8"
I don't know you guys that are talking about tablets got the memo that Windows 8 also (unfortunately) runs on the desktop.
This is a path that goes a lot further then Apple as I'm still able to install software freely on my Apple desktop. With Windows also, but not the new Metro apps they are trying to push or I should run the enterprise version.
I have seen this remark a couple of times from Microsoft apologists but isn't this kinda ironic ?
The primary reason that Metro exists, is because big number of people are flocking to tablets that don't do Windows. If you see the popularity of tablets that virtually all don't run Windows and has zero similarity with the OS they are used to, I find it strange that Microsoft fans are the loudest in proclaiming that users don't like change.
I had numerous arguments with Belgian politicians (yeah I know, why bother sometimes) about the same thing. But here they rather open new Microsoft "innovation" centers (especially here in Flanders) and blow their own horn how "advanced" we are because of their exceptional thinking. It aggravates me sometimes because it isn't true at all and it only gets worse with the rise of Flemish nationalism. The government here clashes sometimes also with FOSS developers, look at the whole itextpdf tax debacle.
From a society point of view Open Source software within the government (or government services) makes a lot of sense. It gives more (local) companies a change to compete and every euro that goes to improvement of OSS software also benefits companies and the general public as they can freely download the software (with the improvements) for their own use.
Another thing is also that OSS is also a lot more "leaner" maybe even "greener". In a lot of government agencies I see bulky beefy PC's just to be able to run properiate (mostly Microsoft) stuff. Think about the savings (in hardware and electricity) you can have if you convert those thousands of workplaces to cheaper less demanding systems just because you use an OS that uses less resources or is more efficient. And seeing how efficient Linux sometimes works on ARM hardware, it has a lot of potential. And it not that they do heavy calculations on most of those machines or they have high demands regarding multimedia or games... .
Personally I rather have my tax money to go the companies that uses or develops OSS solutions, then some big multinational shareholders.
Acer Inc. (Taiwan)[40]
Amazon.com (United States)[7]
Apple Inc. (United States)[41]
Cisco (United States)[42]
Dell (United States)[43]
Hewlett-Packard (United States)[44]
Intel (United States)[45]
Microsoft (United States)[9]
Motorola Mobility (United States)[43]
Nintendo (Japan)[46]
Nokia (Finland)[41]
Sony (Japan)[8]
Toshiba (Japan) [47]
Vizio (United States)[48]
You don't care about these workers, you are only bothered with your Apple hate so that you even ignore the facts. Only on slashdot this can be modded up. Sickening !
If anything should be learned from this it is that education is key to maturity.
That is not what happened here in Belgium last night when 230 people were arrested. Most of those people are born here and have got an education. We have one of the best school systems here and education is virtually free here. By law anybody under the age of 18 needs to be in school.
I have sometimes have the feeling they just riot because of the "fun" of it and it has less to do with religion or lack of education. Today it is about Mohamed, then there was a riot about the niqnab, then we got a riot because they arrested a Muslim woman who attacked a cop, etc. Every reason seems to be OK just to create mayhem and destruction.
If 30cm wire means that I don't need 5 meters of ethernet to stream a movie, that is a small price to pay. And it is not that uncommen. You have wifi sticks with a wired antenne you can place anywhere for better reception.
This will cost me karma... but what is up with the double standards. I have seen more questionable "news" articles about Apple where the cry about "proof" or "single source" aren't that loud. Talking about hypocrisy ! Or are most people that naive that when a company has a "don't do evil" tagline, that it certainly must be true ?
If I read the original Reuter article, it makes perfectly sense why they would do that and if I see some of reuters own experience with related events, somethings is stinking. Alibaba seems to be one of china biggest e-commerce site. If it can leverage its popularity to push its own operating system on the market, that is very bad for Google. The chinese market are a lot of people to track and create personalized advertisements for. And Acer is a relative small player that can pushed a lot easier then the big names like Samsung, etc. So while I want to wait the reaction of Google and Acer, it seems a plausible scenario.
And Google wants to have a piece of the Chinese cake and go as far as to "do (necessarily sic) evil" for it... . So please spare me "the Google is holier then the pope" attitude. It's an advertisement company with shareholders and business targets, it isn't a fricking humanitarian movement. On the end of the line it is the same as every other company, all about the money.
The new controller has a big touch/video screen in it...it's half a tablet
I can buy a full tablet for a lot less than that price these days. Not iPad quality but at least multitouch with a capacitive screen and not a single touch resistive screen... .
While I do acknowledge that the screen/touch will make it more expensive than a "classic" controller, everything above 100 euro's for a serious hampered tablet device seems really expensive.
Then again this is Nintendo. I still don't have 2 nun-chucks because of the ridiculous high prices they ask.
It is kinda funny that some preemptive tries to block the "market share" argument while that is THE point and they do know it. It is a 'discussion' tactic that I have last seen 20 years ago when I was in preschool ! "I know there is a strong argument out their, but because I really really like to win the argument, you are not allow to use that argument. Lalalala. Fingers in the ears*
Microsoft market share is about 90% on the desktop, Apple's market share is no way near those percentages. When you speak about those percentages some actions have a market disruptive effect, which I think everyone with half a brain cell have does have that insight. BTW the same happens with European companies where they abuse their powers or possibilities to disrupt the markets even with fines higher then what Microsoft needed to pay.
But something tells me that you are aware of the difference, but this is the typical anti Apple kneejerk which gets modded up fast here on slashdot even to the point that it is pure irony that you get modded +5 'insightful'. Only on slashdot... .
And you deserved to be banned. You were hardly being constructive in that thread.
I wouldn't call your exactly without bias, you probably have the post of "David Braben" hanging above your bed. But even then, there was nothing wrong in what he said. It was harsh but it was to the point.
If it was something already known by a lot of people before the release, it is incompetence if they didn't spot it.
So what is helpfull ? Ignoring that there are problems , putting your head in the sand, minimizing things,... .
I find it unacceptable that the Raspberry Pi Foundation has yet to formally acknowledge that the Raspberry Pi has any problems whatsoever, meaning it's quite easy for people to purchase a Pi while being completely oblivious to the fact that it has a known issue in a critical area which will affect the majority of its users in some way and which may never be fixed.
And he is 100% right even if RPI fanboys dare to differ and they find it justified that for such a reaction you get banned. Some of the RPI foundation where born 50 years to late.
However, being right doesn't make some of what you came up with in that thread helpful or constructive.
I'm a big fan of netiquette and I have sometimes the feeling that its a shame that there is no more attention for the basic rules.
That being said but sorry but the people of the RPI foundation can take zero criticism, maybe that is a typical British thing to have such extreme small toes. Especially that LIZ woman is extreme and aggravates me like there is no tomorrow. If they would clone her and let the clones moderate everything on the internet, China doesn't need a great firewall. The guy stated his mind but he certainly wasn't trolling, it is just a typical way to silence a critical voice.
Slashdot has been supplying the RPI foundation with advertising for months and just because not everyone was a fan of the RPI, she began to post snarky remarks about slashdot. Can you ffs believe that ?
The RPI isn't an open device in the sense that it not only use closed drivers but you really can't state your mind without being called names. In some regards you can see the RPI is targetted at kids because how they handle criticism borders to immaturity and is just totally *not* done.
What I find strange that at first the whole idea was that the RPI was a vehicle to hopefully inspire others to produce similar cheap devices. But what I have seen is that every time mentions an alternative (which I was the point) they get totally in arms.
I have an RPI to play with, but I really hope alternatives will take over so we can have more "open" platform and "open" discussion.
Right, my strained red eyes are some kind of psychosomatic response.
Don't underestimate the mind and it influence, certainly if you believe something.
What am I going to trust, my own eyes or an article from the NY Times?
That professor isn't less credible because he got quoted by a NY Times article... .
I personally don't get red strained eyes. So what do you want me to say ? That he is wrong, that I suffer from strained eyes. That I have migraines or discomfort by reading on a tablet ? I don't, sorry for that.
It could also be that you have certain eye problems, if it as serious as you describe it I think this is the case.
Personally I don't have any "physical" problems of reading books on a tablet, although I seems people always tell that is "worst" for the eyes or that it is a much worst experience. That having a light source is bad for the eyes, that the refresh rate makes you eyes tired, etc. I don't experience those problems. The only thing where tablets do suck is reading outside and where e-ink sucks is comics and PDF's.
What I even find more remarkable is that every study or articles that I have read about the subject even refute the claims. I sometimes have the feeling that is something more then a psychological effect then a fact and maybe "facts" spread by e-ink manufacturers.
A backlit or nonbacklit display doesn't make a difference, Hornfeld says. And if you're reading a bright screen in the dark, your eyes will adjust. Your pupil gets large in the dark, so when you turn on a brightly lit display, it may bother your eyes at first, but they'll compensate. It's like when you wake up in the morning, open the shades, and are blinded by the light at first. But then you get used to it.LCD vs. e-ink: The eyestrain debate
From another article
Still, as regular readers of Bits comments know, there is a lively debate among fans of e-readers and paper books about which type of reading experience is most friendly to the eyes.
It turns out the answer isn’t as black-and-white as we might assume.
Doctors and researchers note that in most instances, paper can offer more visual sophistication than a screen. But certain types of paper, including inexpensive newsprint and the paper in softcover books, can actually provide an inferior reading experience for our eyes than the electronic alternatives.
Professor Alan Hedge, director of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory at Cornell University, said that reducing eye fatigue is less a matter of choosing a specific display than of taking short breaks from looking at the screen.
When we read, Dr. Hedge explained, a series of ocular muscles jump around and can cause strain, regardless of whether we are looking at pixels or paper. “While you’re reading, your eyes make about 10,000 movements an hour. It’s important to take a step back every 20 minutes and let your eyes rest,” he said.
Today’s screens are definitely less tiring to look at than older displays, which refreshed the image much less frequently, causing a flicker.
So please don't let the tablet horror stories discourage you, I would ask friends if you can't lend a tablet or E-ink device for a couple of hours and try it out for yourself.
If I remember correctly the whole Motorola vs Apple ordeal or war predicates that of any other cases regarding patents. I personally think it had a lot to do with the fact that Microsoft threaded Motorola with a lawsuit which ended in Motorola taken a license on those patents. Not long after that Motorola sued Apple.
So I have a bit of sour taste in my mouth when I see people telling that this is a "defensive" stance or "only because Apple has lawsuits". Or maybe Motorola also develops crystal balls that they can predict the future.
I'm of the opinion that cheerleading for Motorola is a bit hypocritical. You are against "software" patents (which I am) or you are not, software patents aren't suddenly good things because it is used against a company that you hate.
Really they removed it, but I swear to god that in the NYT article there was a part of Assange abusing a cat and not flushing the toilet when he took a dump... .
Is that an American media thing that those things are newsworthy ? Damn those are some weird standards.
t's officially not terrorism if a government does exactly the same things as, say, Hamas does.
Euhm didn't you contradict yourself as (I was not sure so I looked it up) Wikipedia states
after it won a majority of seats in the Palestinian Parliament in the January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections
Not that I want to argue about as this is an American centric website and the whole Israel thing has always been a touchy subject in the States, but it is part of a state and in your explanation aren't their actions not really terrorism.
Isn't it amazing, 60 years ago people wouldn't have believed if somebody told them, that America could become this....
I don't think America is that different then sixty years ago. The difference is that in these days of globalization, Americans aren't limited anymore to input from news sources who are strongly biased. It becomes harder to hide the truth about some things.
If you live in the rest of the world (even western) where you don't have "America #1" or "America the only free country" tagline which for me introduces a lot of ignorance by some Americans, you will rapidly see that America is quite a "normal" country as it has it faults and is certainly not perfect.
For me as European it even have a lot in common in some aspects with Russia or even China, especially in being raised with certain believes tied to nationalism.
It's a pretty reasonable open source license, actually.
It may be, but it can't be used by Blender for example because it is based on GPL v2 (like a lot of OSS software)
But the good news is that the project leader of Blender, Ton Roosendael, has met with Pixar director Bill Polson and he promised that they would work out the licensing issues.
Slashdot Mirror
The fact that Apple is very strict (not talking about the mature content thing which I find ridiculous) regarding how an app should behave or designed, makes that a lot of apps are easier to use because the learning curve is low. You don't need to learn things over & over again. Hence the reason - and imho correct - that a lot of users find it a more user friendly platform.
If I read the passages about why Steve Jobs was against Apps in the first place, he had the fear that it could lead to tainting the user friendly experience in which they invested a lot. Which I think - after seeing my share of bad designed software - was a valid fear.
I have an Android smartphone as I find iPhones ridiculous expensive. But if I look at the quality difference between what is available in the Google Play store on my smartphone & the iOS store on my iPad, there is a difference. And I do - personally - think that this is because Apple does run a very strict ship in guidelines, how an app should work, what you expect as behavior, etc. I don't think it is because iOS developers are so much more talented then their android counterparts.
This may come over as a nightmare for those who like to tinker or loves freedom to design or develop an app like they want it, but reality is that when it comes in designing good and consequent interfaces, 90% of the developers can't do it even if their live depended on it. Give them to much room and you really get some of the horrendous software available on the Google play store. Sometimes I find it a pity that Google doesn't enforce some basic guidelines because it is the only way some developers would put some sense in what they are developing.
So no is not the iOS concept that is flawed, it is that stubborn idea that a lot of techies have that they have the same needs or mindset as the general public.
You know that was well before Google acquired Motorola, right?
So why do I read in European newspapers that Motorola are still seeking sales ban on for example the Xbox AFTER Google acquired Motorola. I've seen that argument numerous times that this is before Google acquired it, but when they are today still seeking bans that doesn't make any sense.
Even with regard of the cases that started before Google acquired Motorola, there is no reason why you should go through with a lawsuit that goes against your "philosophy". You can settle at anytime and you are certainly not obligated to look for future sales bans... . So why is that when Apple (and I'm against it regardless who tries to enforce it) uses sales ban to block competition we get a whole discussion about how evil it is, but when Google/Motorola does it the outcry is a lot less.
It is even funny how people can be against patents but at the same time doesn't seem to find anything wrong in abusing FRAND patents. From my POV the whole Microsoft/h.264 ordeal is a way to make it less attractive then Google's WebM format. And regardless of what you feel about h.264 (which I'm not a big supporter of) I find it particularly strange that we tend to have discussions about how "evil" companies could abuse patents to play such games when the "don't do evil company" (which is pure marketing) does it and the whole "critical thinking" tends to flow away...
And then some have the nerve to talk about blind fanaticism of Apple users... .
The only way to distribute Metro apps (x86 or ARM) is via the Windows store. "Side loading" (with is just a funky name for installing Metro apps outside the windows store) is only available for Windows enterprise and server editions. See http://richfrombechtle.wordpress.com/tag/windows-8-sideloading/ or google for "sideloading windows 8"
I don't know you guys that are talking about tablets got the memo that Windows 8 also (unfortunately) runs on the desktop.
This is a path that goes a lot further then Apple as I'm still able to install software freely on my Apple desktop. With Windows also, but not the new Metro apps they are trying to push or I should run the enterprise version.
people don't like change
I have seen this remark a couple of times from Microsoft apologists but isn't this kinda ironic ?
The primary reason that Metro exists, is because big number of people are flocking to tablets that don't do Windows. If you see the popularity of tablets that virtually all don't run Windows and has zero similarity with the OS they are used to, I find it strange that Microsoft fans are the loudest in proclaiming that users don't like change.
I had numerous arguments with Belgian politicians (yeah I know, why bother sometimes) about the same thing. But here they rather open new Microsoft "innovation" centers (especially here in Flanders) and blow their own horn how "advanced" we are because of their exceptional thinking. It aggravates me sometimes because it isn't true at all and it only gets worse with the rise of Flemish nationalism. The government here clashes sometimes also with FOSS developers, look at the whole itextpdf tax debacle.
From a society point of view Open Source software within the government (or government services) makes a lot of sense. It gives more (local) companies a change to compete and every euro that goes to improvement of OSS software also benefits companies and the general public as they can freely download the software (with the improvements) for their own use.
Another thing is also that OSS is also a lot more "leaner" maybe even "greener". In a lot of government agencies I see bulky beefy PC's just to be able to run properiate (mostly Microsoft) stuff. Think about the savings (in hardware and electricity) you can have if you convert those thousands of workplaces to cheaper less demanding systems just because you use an OS that uses less resources or is more efficient. And seeing how efficient Linux sometimes works on ARM hardware, it has a lot of potential. And it not that they do heavy calculations on most of those machines or they have high demands regarding multimedia or games... .
Personally I rather have my tax money to go the companies that uses or develops OSS solutions, then some big multinational shareholders.
China Labor Watch reports worker abuse, underage employment at Samsung factories
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/5/3293674/china-labor-watch-samsung-labor-abuse-underage-employment
So how is that Nexus III going for you ?
You really claim that these days you can buy stuff that doesn't has one or mulitple components not manufactered in China ?
Major customers of Foxconn currently include:
Acer Inc. (Taiwan)[40]
Amazon.com (United States)[7]
Apple Inc. (United States)[41]
Cisco (United States)[42]
Dell (United States)[43]
Hewlett-Packard (United States)[44]
Intel (United States)[45]
Microsoft (United States)[9]
Motorola Mobility (United States)[43]
Nintendo (Japan)[46]
Nokia (Finland)[41]
Sony (Japan)[8]
Toshiba (Japan) [47]
Vizio (United States)[48]
You don't care about these workers, you are only bothered with your Apple hate so that you even ignore the facts. Only on slashdot this can be modded up. Sickening !
Maybe you should lookup in Motorola vs Apple who shot first.. It even predates any Android case. Hint it wasn't Apple...
If anything should be learned from this it is that education is key to maturity.
That is not what happened here in Belgium last night when 230 people were arrested. Most of those people are born here and have got an education. We have one of the best school systems here and education is virtually free here. By law anybody under the age of 18 needs to be in school.
I have sometimes have the feeling they just riot because of the "fun" of it and it has less to do with religion or lack of education. Today it is about Mohamed, then there was a riot about the niqnab, then we got a riot because they arrested a Muslim woman who attacked a cop, etc. Every reason seems to be OK just to create mayhem and destruction.
If 30cm wire means that I don't need 5 meters of ethernet to stream a movie, that is a small price to pay. And it is not that uncommen. You have wifi sticks with a wired antenne you can place anywhere for better reception.
This will cost me karma... but what is up with the double standards. I have seen more questionable "news" articles about Apple where the cry about "proof" or "single source" aren't that loud. Talking about hypocrisy ! Or are most people that naive that when a company has a "don't do evil" tagline, that it certainly must be true ?
If I read the original Reuter article, it makes perfectly sense why they would do that and if I see some of reuters own experience with related events, somethings is stinking. Alibaba seems to be one of china biggest e-commerce site. If it can leverage its popularity to push its own operating system on the market, that is very bad for Google. The chinese market are a lot of people to track and create personalized advertisements for. And Acer is a relative small player that can pushed a lot easier then the big names like Samsung, etc. So while I want to wait the reaction of Google and Acer, it seems a plausible scenario.
And Google wants to have a piece of the Chinese cake and go as far as to "do (necessarily sic) evil" for it... . So please spare me "the Google is holier then the pope" attitude. It's an advertisement company with shareholders and business targets, it isn't a fricking humanitarian movement. On the end of the line it is the same as every other company, all about the money.
The new controller has a big touch/video screen in it...it's half a tablet
I can buy a full tablet for a lot less than that price these days. Not iPad quality but at least multitouch with a capacitive screen and not a single touch resistive screen... .
While I do acknowledge that the screen/touch will make it more expensive than a "classic" controller, everything above 100 euro's for a serious hampered tablet device seems really expensive.
Then again this is Nintendo. I still don't have 2 nun-chucks because of the ridiculous high prices they ask.
It is kinda funny that some preemptive tries to block the "market share" argument while that is THE point and they do know it. It is a 'discussion' tactic that I have last seen 20 years ago when I was in preschool ! "I know there is a strong argument out their, but because I really really like to win the argument, you are not allow to use that argument. Lalalala. Fingers in the ears*
Microsoft market share is about 90% on the desktop, Apple's market share is no way near those percentages. When you speak about those percentages some actions have a market disruptive effect, which I think everyone with half a brain cell have does have that insight. BTW the same happens with European companies where they abuse their powers or possibilities to disrupt the markets even with fines higher then what Microsoft needed to pay.
But something tells me that you are aware of the difference, but this is the typical anti Apple kneejerk which gets modded up fast here on slashdot even to the point that it is pure irony that you get modded +5 'insightful'. Only on slashdot... .
And you deserved to be banned. You were hardly being constructive in that thread.
I wouldn't call your exactly without bias, you probably have the post of "David Braben" hanging above your bed. But even then, there was nothing wrong in what he said. It was harsh but it was to the point.
If it was something already known by a lot of people before the release, it is incompetence if they didn't spot it.
So what is helpfull ? Ignoring that there are problems , putting your head in the sand, minimizing things,... .
I find it unacceptable that the Raspberry Pi Foundation has yet to formally acknowledge that the Raspberry Pi has any problems whatsoever, meaning it's quite easy for people to purchase a Pi while being completely oblivious to the fact that it has a known issue in a critical area which will affect the majority of its users in some way and which may never be fixed.
And he is 100% right even if RPI fanboys dare to differ and they find it justified that for such a reaction you get banned. Some of the RPI foundation where born 50 years to late.
However, being right doesn't make some of what you came up with in that thread helpful or constructive.
I'm a big fan of netiquette and I have sometimes the feeling that its a shame that there is no more attention for the basic rules.
That being said but sorry but the people of the RPI foundation can take zero criticism, maybe that is a typical British thing to have such extreme small toes. Especially that LIZ woman is extreme and aggravates me like there is no tomorrow. If they would clone her and let the clones moderate everything on the internet, China doesn't need a great firewall. The guy stated his mind but he certainly wasn't trolling, it is just a typical way to silence a critical voice.
Slashdot has been supplying the RPI foundation with advertising for months and just because not everyone was a fan of the RPI, she began to post snarky remarks about slashdot. Can you ffs believe that ?
The RPI isn't an open device in the sense that it not only use closed drivers but you really can't state your mind without being called names. In some regards you can see the RPI is targetted at kids because how they handle criticism borders to immaturity and is just totally *not* done.
What I find strange that at first the whole idea was that the RPI was a vehicle to hopefully inspire others to produce similar cheap devices. But what I have seen is that every time mentions an alternative (which I was the point) they get totally in arms.
I have an RPI to play with, but I really hope alternatives will take over so we can have more "open" platform and "open" discussion.
Why focus on that board when Via has the APC 8750 which isn't that much more expensive then a RPI - http://apc.io/
Right, my strained red eyes are some kind of psychosomatic response.
Don't underestimate the mind and it influence, certainly if you believe something.
What am I going to trust, my own eyes or an article from the NY Times?
That professor isn't less credible because he got quoted by a NY Times article... .
I personally don't get red strained eyes. So what do you want me to say ? That he is wrong, that I suffer from strained eyes. That I have migraines or discomfort by reading on a tablet ? I don't, sorry for that.
It could also be that you have certain eye problems, if it as serious as you describe it I think this is the case.
Personally I don't have any "physical" problems of reading books on a tablet, although I seems people always tell that is "worst" for the eyes or that it is a much worst experience. That having a light source is bad for the eyes, that the refresh rate makes you eyes tired, etc. I don't experience those problems. The only thing where tablets do suck is reading outside and where e-ink sucks is comics and PDF's.
What I even find more remarkable is that every study or articles that I have read about the subject even refute the claims. I sometimes have the feeling that is something more then a psychological effect then a fact and maybe "facts" spread by e-ink manufacturers.
A backlit or nonbacklit display doesn't make a difference, Hornfeld says. And if you're reading a bright screen in the dark, your eyes will adjust. Your pupil gets large in the dark, so when you turn on a brightly lit display, it may bother your eyes at first, but they'll compensate. It's like when you wake up in the morning, open the shades, and are blinded by the light at first. But then you get used to it. LCD vs. e-ink: The eyestrain debate
From another article
Still, as regular readers of Bits comments know, there is a lively debate among fans of e-readers and paper books about which type of reading experience is most friendly to the eyes.
It turns out the answer isn’t as black-and-white as we might assume.
Doctors and researchers note that in most instances, paper can offer more visual sophistication than a screen. But certain types of paper, including inexpensive newsprint and the paper in softcover books, can actually provide an inferior reading experience for our eyes than the electronic alternatives.
Professor Alan Hedge, director of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory at Cornell University, said that reducing eye fatigue is less a matter of choosing a specific display than of taking short breaks from looking at the screen. When we read, Dr. Hedge explained, a series of ocular muscles jump around and can cause strain, regardless of whether we are looking at pixels or paper. “While you’re reading, your eyes make about 10,000 movements an hour. It’s important to take a step back every 20 minutes and let your eyes rest,” he said.
Today’s screens are definitely less tiring to look at than older displays, which refreshed the image much less frequently, causing a flicker.
Do E-Readers Cause Eye Strain
So please don't let the tablet horror stories discourage you, I would ask friends if you can't lend a tablet or E-ink device for a couple of hours and try it out for yourself.
If I remember correctly the whole Motorola vs Apple ordeal or war predicates that of any other cases regarding patents. I personally think it had a lot to do with the fact that Microsoft threaded Motorola with a lawsuit which ended in Motorola taken a license on those patents. Not long after that Motorola sued Apple.
So I have a bit of sour taste in my mouth when I see people telling that this is a "defensive" stance or "only because Apple has lawsuits". Or maybe Motorola also develops crystal balls that they can predict the future.
I'm of the opinion that cheerleading for Motorola is a bit hypocritical. You are against "software" patents (which I am) or you are not, software patents aren't suddenly good things because it is used against a company that you hate.
Really they removed it, but I swear to god that in the NYT article there was a part of Assange abusing a cat and not flushing the toilet when he took a dump... .
Is that an American media thing that those things are newsworthy ? Damn those are some weird standards.
t's officially not terrorism if a government does exactly the same things as, say, Hamas does.
Euhm didn't you contradict yourself as (I was not sure so I looked it up) Wikipedia states
after it won a majority of seats in the Palestinian Parliament in the January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections
Not that I want to argue about as this is an American centric website and the whole Israel thing has always been a touchy subject in the States, but it is part of a state and in your explanation aren't their actions not really terrorism.
Ordered one with farnell and after 4 days it was delivered , even if the website states 5 weeks.
Isn't it amazing, 60 years ago people wouldn't have believed if somebody told them, that America could become this....
I don't think America is that different then sixty years ago. The difference is that in these days of globalization, Americans aren't limited anymore to input from news sources who are strongly biased. It becomes harder to hide the truth about some things.
If you live in the rest of the world (even western) where you don't have "America #1" or "America the only free country" tagline which for me introduces a lot of ignorance by some Americans, you will rapidly see that America is quite a "normal" country as it has it faults and is certainly not perfect.
For me as European it even have a lot in common in some aspects with Russia or even China, especially in being raised with certain believes tied to nationalism.
OpenCL
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Webkit
Bonjour
Clang
libdispatch
So wat is the point you are trying to prove ?
It's a pretty reasonable open source license, actually.
It may be, but it can't be used by Blender for example because it is based on GPL v2 (like a lot of OSS software)
But the good news is that the project leader of Blender, Ton Roosendael, has met with Pixar director Bill Polson and he promised that they would work out the licensing issues.