EXACTLY!
As a former 3GS owner, I love the fact that I have widgets again. I like the idea that if I didn't really like the UI that Samsung gave me, I could download several Launchers and choose the one that I liked the most (LauncherPro), then decide how many pages I wanted, change the background and the style of the icons.
With my 3GS, I had to jump through some hoops to jailbreak it, then I got a little more control over the UI, not as much as I have on the Galaxy, but more than the iPhone.
Once I started with smart phones I never looked back at a dumb/feature phone:
Treo650, HTC Touch, Neo Freerunner, NOKIA e71, HTC G1, iPhone 3GS then finally the Samsung Galaxy
I really liked the idea of the Freerunner, however it never really panned out for me (the battery life was never there). The G1 had the same problem after a forced update from Rogers. In hindsight, Android 1.5 was never going to take on iOS, however it did have widgets and a really configurable UI.
seriously, I didn't really lose anything truly. Maybe a couple of songs. I do back up, in fact I have a backup server here at the house. I just didn't like syncing my phone all of the time. If apple allowed wireless sync, perhaps then it would be more convenient. Of course I really was just annoyed at how my stuff behaved. In fact the last time I lost some songs, Apple reset the download flags and let me re-download them. I suppose I could chalk up the wretched, twisted policies to the Music Industry, who really want us to buy multiple digital copies of the same song to play on multiple devices.
I agree. I usually don't bother to read all of the dialog boxes, because I see so many of them when I'm setting up a computer. It is like the uac in windows. You get used to seeing so many, that you just click through.
My point was, I'm tired of the idiosyncrasies of the Mac world. Why do I have to use iTunes? Why do I have to jump through hoops to sync a damned mp3 player with a new computer? Why can't I sync it with more than one computer? I'm pretty sure there are work-arounds, however I thought Macs and Apple products were just supposed to work?
That's funny. I have seen news on both sides of the fence, and for once, this tidbit was presented with apparently no bias. I was expecting some analysis to go with the facts but there was none.
This my friends, is what I actually look for in news. Usually I have to read several biased stories about a particular event to figure out what is actually happening.
I really appreciated iTunes when it deleted all of my music from my iPhone when I synced up with a new Laptop. I thought I had authorized the computer, but then during the first sync, instead of transfering my purchased songs to the computer it just removed them from the phone. I know if was my fault somehow, I missed something along the the way. In the end, I figured that it would be just easier to get a new phone that I could control easier.
Six months ago, I was the owner of mini-Mac, iPad and a iPhone. Now, I no longer have the Mac, (back to windows and mostly Linux), have a Galaxy S Captivate, and the newest device is a eLocity A7 Android tablet. I will not say that there haven't been some bumps in the road, but I will say I'm happier overall.
Now, I would still recommend a Mac to some of my Family/Friends who don't like configuring their computers. In fact as one of the major techies in my family I encourage them all to adopt Macs, because then my life is a lot easier!
-My mistakes are just those, please accept my apologies. Tks
I am the Instructor Supervisor for a Course in the Air Force. All of our students are issued with laptops. The class size is small (up to 12 Students). They range in age from 18-40ish.
At the beginning of each lecture, the instructor will issue a control statement detailing the acceptable behavior in the class.
Most instructors ask the students to close their laptops. Notes are generally provided on the topics covered.
The Laptops are not connected to an outside network, however it has been noticed that cell phones are becoming very popular, esp with the younger folks. After no small discussion, it was decided to ban the phones, and leave the laptop issue up to each instructor.
I think at the end of the day, it is a respect issue, and that is student to student and student to instructor. With small classes it is easy to see who is getting distracted. I remember when I was in first year lectures with a class size of 200+. It was impossible for the professor to monitor everybody. Those that were interested in learning migrated to the front of the room. Those of us who weren't, stuck near the back where we could act as we wanted without disturbing those who were there to learn.
I agree that communications is the key, I don't think a school has to step in unless the students can't police themselves.
But the classes are very small. 8-12 The Instructor will give a control statement at the beginning of the class, allowing the students, or not to use their laptops.
They are not connected to the net, so the students really don't care usually.
We have had very few problems in our classes.
I think it is a respect thing. It's one thing to take notes/record a lecture, but another to twitter/facebook. Ultimately I think it is plain rude.
I completely agree with the students policing themselves at College/Uni. Quite frankly, they are the ones that will pay in the end.
Here are my scores:
Galaxy S Captivate ('droid Cellphone): 2158
eLocity A7 ('droid Tablet): 3969
Acer L100 (GeForce 6150/Linux Mint 9)
(Athlone 6400 x2 w/ 2Gb Ram)
Mozilla 3.6.13: 4938
Opera 10.60: 6335
Safari 531.2: 6410
I have some Windows boxes around, but they are shut down right now. Not really sure how good these scores are
So, what does this mean? I'm not sure. I can say that IE does not fare well. My Cell Phone compared closely to IE, my Tablet, beat it.
Interesting results.
I agree it was an exceptional situation. However, it was not by choice. The security requirements were imposed on us by a higher level.
Today, I would set up a server to conduct the patching automatically once the patches were tested.
Back then, we even had to download virus defs and burn them on to a cd to bring them in.
Now, I do have issues with any software that is required to connect to the net in order to run. I think that is unreasonable. Once registered, software should be able to run in isolation.
I used to administer a system that was segregated. There was no connection to the internet. A couple of times we had to really jump through hoops to get software that was paid for up and running. Hour long phone calls, cut and pasting activation codes into emails on an online computer.
It was often messy. In fact, we started to carefully consider the software we were buying in order to make life easier. We only had 2 sys admins, a couple of times it took as a week to get software running.
Recently, I bought a game that needed a connection every time it was played. It was so cumbersome, I don't play it any more. I understand why companies invest in DRM/licensing schemes. For some systems, it's not worth the hassle.
(My 2 cents)
As a Canadian who has spent a fair bit of time down in the States, I can say that I purchased local cell service, not because of the service, but rather that it was a ton cheaper. My roaming fees from Rogers is $1.45 per minute, texts are 75 cents, and for data: 3 cents per Kb! And in some cases I have to accrue data in 20 Kb chunks! Quite frankly, sometimes its just easier to get a throwaway phone at Walmart especially if I'm in town for more than 4 weeks.
I don't think so. But you know, they are not the only folks charging setup fees in Canada. Future Shop has had the "let us install this for you" stickers on not just hard drives but usb sticks as well. I recently bought a laptop from them, and they were really pushing the setup fees, which on my laptop ran about $300 (about 30% of the original price of the computer).
I know they are owned by the same folks, but even Office Depot is jumping into the game.
And while I'm starting to get upset, lets talk about the extra warranties they push on everything. If I pay $30 for a crummy keyboard, I really don't need a warranty. I heard rumors that the Sales People at these places get a commission on every warranty they sell. Can anyone confirm this?
My guess is, as margins have shrunk, they have had to create other ways of generating money. Some people will say that it's worth it, tech savvy people generally won't. Sometimes, I think a line is crossed, and many customers will never realize it.
I guess that it is all a matter of cost. How much will it take to ship something, and how long will it take? For perishables, it might very well be so expensive that we will no longer ship subsidized produce over incredible distances because the true costs will just pile up and and make it impossible to compete with locally produced food.
Please don't forget that houses in the North are generally much better insulated, so that even a small inefficient source may have a great effect. Besides, we are not talking about lightbulbs as a sole heating source, although take a look at incubators. I have seen these based on relatively small incandescent bulbs.
"For a given quantity of light, an incandescent light bulb produces more heat (and consumes more power) than a fluorescent lamp. Incandescent lamps' heat output increases load on air conditioning in the summer, but the heat from lighting can contribute to building heating in cold weather. [Prof. Peter Lund, Helsinki University of Technology, [http://www.tkk.fi/Units/AES/staff/lund.htm] on p. C5 in Helsingin Sanomat Oct. 23, 2007.]"
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/30164
I cannot find the original story, but will keep looking here.
I live in Canada, in the winter it can get quite cold. A study in Winnipeg, showed that incandescent bulbs were more efficient during the cold winter than CFCs. They said that the heat produced assisted the furnace in keeping the houses warm.
So, the best thing to do is switch the lights. While it is warmer, use LED's and lower the load on the air conditioner, and when it is colder, use the conventional bulbs and assist the furnace.
Of course if one must choose door #1 or door #2 you can argue that one is better than the other. But I think your black and white world has a better grayer option:
We try and live the "gaia" way to give ourselves more time to invest and figure out how to fix the problem or in this case replace the resource with another one.
This is the way to get to the future without destroying our society. Our society may change, but hey, if you want to rush headlong into disaster, hoping that a solution will be found in time, feel free.
Ummm, since when have they ever lowered the tax on something? Aside from a reduction on the Canadian GST, which will most likely be raised again in the near future anyways, I have never seen a tax like that lowered.
don't forget that oil is not just used for fuel. We make many synthetics with it as well. At some point we may well decide that it is too valuable to burn, hopefully, as the price of gas goes up, alternatives will be found to replace the gasoline buring internal combustion engine.
I think transportation will get so expensive, that the 100 mile economy will become fact. This will destroy the economy of scale because we will just not be able to afford to transport goods over long distances. The good news is that there will be jobs all over the place, the bad news is we will be living in the 19th Century again.
Sadly I have seen that all too often. Working as a Sys Admin, a few years back, we were on Outlook 2000, and the PST's failed regularly. Sometimes we were able to restore a file from backup, but invariably the more recent emails that were needed were just not there.
At the time we were not subject to any requirements that made mail restoration mandatory. I am sure that these have made life much easier for those that keep everything, and need them restored from time to time.
I have to say that PST's can be convenient. However, I have seen many corrupted PST's over the years, and yes I know that there are tools to fix this, but the name of the game here is to actually get your emails out with a minimum of fuss. Also, as to compatibility, I know MS has arbitrarily changed the format of Word. There is nothing to stop them from doing the same to the PST format, and there are several versions of that in existence now. Add this to the fact that as the PST's get bigger, performance drops off. As a really easy expedient solution, using PST's will work, but not well. Using them as a solution for the problem however, I think it will only compound the issues in the long run.
Put out a few pictures of nothing, and let the geeks speculate on what it is.
Then mine the responses for the best ideas. Voila, a plan for the future!
So, does anyone else taste the deliciously sweet irony?
Canola was created by man by selectively breeding varieties of rapeseed to produce an edible oil product. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola)
So Monsanto genetically modified it, to promote the use of Round-UP (tm) - not to improve individual plant yields/nutrition, but to make it easier to control weeds. 80%+ farmers have planted it, and now it has escaped into the wild.
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With my 3GS, I had to jump through some hoops to jailbreak it, then I got a little more control over the UI, not as much as I have on the Galaxy, but more than the iPhone.
Once I started with smart phones I never looked back at a dumb/feature phone:
Treo650, HTC Touch, Neo Freerunner, NOKIA e71, HTC G1, iPhone 3GS then finally the Samsung Galaxy
I really liked the idea of the Freerunner, however it never really panned out for me (the battery life was never there). The G1 had the same problem after a forced update from Rogers. In hindsight, Android 1.5 was never going to take on iOS, however it did have widgets and a really configurable UI.
seriously, I didn't really lose anything truly. Maybe a couple of songs. I do back up, in fact I have a backup server here at the house. I just didn't like syncing my phone all of the time. If apple allowed wireless sync, perhaps then it would be more convenient. Of course I really was just annoyed at how my stuff behaved. In fact the last time I lost some songs, Apple reset the download flags and let me re-download them. I suppose I could chalk up the wretched, twisted policies to the Music Industry, who really want us to buy multiple digital copies of the same song to play on multiple devices.
My point was, I'm tired of the idiosyncrasies of the Mac world. Why do I have to use iTunes? Why do I have to jump through hoops to sync a damned mp3 player with a new computer? Why can't I sync it with more than one computer? I'm pretty sure there are work-arounds, however I thought Macs and Apple products were just supposed to work?
There is a difference between presenting the news and an editorial.
This my friends, is what I actually look for in news. Usually I have to read several biased stories about a particular event to figure out what is actually happening.
Six months ago, I was the owner of mini-Mac, iPad and a iPhone. Now, I no longer have the Mac, (back to windows and mostly Linux), have a Galaxy S Captivate, and the newest device is a eLocity A7 Android tablet. I will not say that there haven't been some bumps in the road, but I will say I'm happier overall.
Now, I would still recommend a Mac to some of my Family/Friends who don't like configuring their computers. In fact as one of the major techies in my family I encourage them all to adopt Macs, because then my life is a lot easier!
-My mistakes are just those, please accept my apologies. Tks
I think the key here, is to allow the students to learn the way they need to, so that everybody is covered.
Now, when someone is doing something in the class that is distracting everybody else, then perhaps they should try and be a little more considerate.
(I prefered the init 0) :-)
At the beginning of each lecture, the instructor will issue a control statement detailing the acceptable behavior in the class.
Most instructors ask the students to close their laptops. Notes are generally provided on the topics covered.
The Laptops are not connected to an outside network, however it has been noticed that cell phones are becoming very popular, esp with the younger folks. After no small discussion, it was decided to ban the phones, and leave the laptop issue up to each instructor.
I think at the end of the day, it is a respect issue, and that is student to student and student to instructor. With small classes it is easy to see who is getting distracted. I remember when I was in first year lectures with a class size of 200+. It was impossible for the professor to monitor everybody. Those that were interested in learning migrated to the front of the room. Those of us who weren't, stuck near the back where we could act as we wanted without disturbing those who were there to learn.
I agree that communications is the key, I don't think a school has to step in unless the students can't police themselves.
They are not connected to the net, so the students really don't care usually. We have had very few problems in our classes.
I think it is a respect thing. It's one thing to take notes/record a lecture, but another to twitter/facebook. Ultimately I think it is plain rude.
I completely agree with the students policing themselves at College/Uni. Quite frankly, they are the ones that will pay in the end.
HP tm2 (laptop)
i3 1.2GHz 4 Gb RAM
Intel Graphics
MSie 8.0: 2005
Mozilla 1.9.2.12: 4540
HP Pavilion
Athlone x3 425 (2.7 Ghz)
8Gb Ram/Radeon 4650
Mozilla 1.9.2.8: 7013
MSie 8.0: 2214
Here are my scores: Galaxy S Captivate ('droid Cellphone): 2158
eLocity A7 ('droid Tablet): 3969
Acer L100 (GeForce 6150/Linux Mint 9)
(Athlone 6400 x2 w/ 2Gb Ram)
Mozilla 3.6.13: 4938 Opera 10.60: 6335 Safari 531.2: 6410
I have some Windows boxes around, but they are shut down right now. Not really sure how good these scores are
So, what does this mean? I'm not sure. I can say that IE does not fare well. My Cell Phone compared closely to IE, my Tablet, beat it. Interesting results.
eLocity A7 ('droid Tablet): 3969
Acer L100 (GeForce 6150/Linux Mint 9)
(Athlone 6400 x2 w/ 2Gb Ram)
Mozilla 3.6.13: 4938 Opera 10.60: 6335 Safari 531.2: 6410
I have some Windows boxes around, but they are shut down right now. Not really sure how good these scores are
Today, I would set up a server to conduct the patching automatically once the patches were tested.
Back then, we even had to download virus defs and burn them on to a cd to bring them in.
Now, I do have issues with any software that is required to connect to the net in order to run. I think that is unreasonable. Once registered, software should be able to run in isolation.
I used to administer a system that was segregated. There was no connection to the internet. A couple of times we had to really jump through hoops to get software that was paid for up and running. Hour long phone calls, cut and pasting activation codes into emails on an online computer. It was often messy. In fact, we started to carefully consider the software we were buying in order to make life easier. We only had 2 sys admins, a couple of times it took as a week to get software running. Recently, I bought a game that needed a connection every time it was played. It was so cumbersome, I don't play it any more. I understand why companies invest in DRM/licensing schemes. For some systems, it's not worth the hassle. (My 2 cents)
As a Canadian who has spent a fair bit of time down in the States, I can say that I purchased local cell service, not because of the service, but rather that it was a ton cheaper. My roaming fees from Rogers is $1.45 per minute, texts are 75 cents, and for data: 3 cents per Kb! And in some cases I have to accrue data in 20 Kb chunks! Quite frankly, sometimes its just easier to get a throwaway phone at Walmart especially if I'm in town for more than 4 weeks.
I don't think so. But you know, they are not the only folks charging setup fees in Canada. Future Shop has had the "let us install this for you" stickers on not just hard drives but usb sticks as well. I recently bought a laptop from them, and they were really pushing the setup fees, which on my laptop ran about $300 (about 30% of the original price of the computer).
I know they are owned by the same folks, but even Office Depot is jumping into the game.
And while I'm starting to get upset, lets talk about the extra warranties they push on everything. If I pay $30 for a crummy keyboard, I really don't need a warranty. I heard rumors that the Sales People at these places get a commission on every warranty they sell. Can anyone confirm this?
My guess is, as margins have shrunk, they have had to create other ways of generating money. Some people will say that it's worth it, tech savvy people generally won't. Sometimes, I think a line is crossed, and many customers will never realize it.
I guess that it is all a matter of cost. How much will it take to ship something, and how long will it take? For perishables, it might very well be so expensive that we will no longer ship subsidized produce over incredible distances because the true costs will just pile up and and make it impossible to compete with locally produced food.
Please don't forget that houses in the North are generally much better insulated, so that even a small inefficient source may have a great effect. Besides, we are not talking about lightbulbs as a sole heating source, although take a look at incubators. I have seen these based on relatively small incandescent bulbs.
"For a given quantity of light, an incandescent light bulb produces more heat (and consumes more power) than a fluorescent lamp. Incandescent lamps' heat output increases load on air conditioning in the summer, but the heat from lighting can contribute to building heating in cold weather. [Prof. Peter Lund, Helsinki University of Technology, [http://www.tkk.fi/Units/AES/staff/lund.htm] on p. C5 in Helsingin Sanomat Oct. 23, 2007.]"
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/30164
I cannot find the original story, but will keep looking here.
I live in Canada, in the winter it can get quite cold. A study in Winnipeg, showed that incandescent bulbs were more efficient during the cold winter than CFCs. They said that the heat produced assisted the furnace in keeping the houses warm.
So, the best thing to do is switch the lights. While it is warmer, use LED's and lower the load on the air conditioner, and when it is colder, use the conventional bulbs and assist the furnace.
Of course if one must choose door #1 or door #2 you can argue that one is better than the other. But I think your black and white world has a better grayer option:
We try and live the "gaia" way to give ourselves more time to invest and figure out how to fix the problem or in this case replace the resource with another one.
This is the way to get to the future without destroying our society. Our society may change, but hey, if you want to rush headlong into disaster, hoping that a solution will be found in time, feel free.
Ummm, since when have they ever lowered the tax on something? Aside from a reduction on the Canadian GST, which will most likely be raised again in the near future anyways, I have never seen a tax like that lowered.
I think transportation will get so expensive, that the 100 mile economy will become fact. This will destroy the economy of scale because we will just not be able to afford to transport goods over long distances. The good news is that there will be jobs all over the place, the bad news is we will be living in the 19th Century again.
Sadly I have seen that all too often. Working as a Sys Admin, a few years back, we were on Outlook 2000, and the PST's failed regularly. Sometimes we were able to restore a file from backup, but invariably the more recent emails that were needed were just not there. At the time we were not subject to any requirements that made mail restoration mandatory. I am sure that these have made life much easier for those that keep everything, and need them restored from time to time.
I have to say that PST's can be convenient. However, I have seen many corrupted PST's over the years, and yes I know that there are tools to fix this, but the name of the game here is to actually get your emails out with a minimum of fuss. Also, as to compatibility, I know MS has arbitrarily changed the format of Word. There is nothing to stop them from doing the same to the PST format, and there are several versions of that in existence now. Add this to the fact that as the PST's get bigger, performance drops off. As a really easy expedient solution, using PST's will work, but not well. Using them as a solution for the problem however, I think it will only compound the issues in the long run.
Put out a few pictures of nothing, and let the geeks speculate on what it is. Then mine the responses for the best ideas. Voila, a plan for the future!
Canola was created by man by selectively breeding varieties of rapeseed to produce an edible oil product. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola)
So Monsanto genetically modified it, to promote the use of Round-UP (tm) - not to improve individual plant yields/nutrition, but to make it easier to control weeds. 80%+ farmers have planted it, and now it has escaped into the wild.