Sprint won't let you activate a Pre without an unlimited data plan. Otherwise, my $0.03/KB * 235MB would have been a $7,219.20 bill. Who needs spammers?
I see a lot of mis-quoting going on here (welcome to Slashdot), so here from developer.palm.com are the basics of the pricing scheme, for those to lazy to read:
$99 - Official membership in the Palm Developer Program. $50 per App submission (one-time). Palm will review your applications, help you debug them, and offer them in the App Catalog. You may charge for your application, and you are paid "70% of revenues, net of applicable taxes". Visa and Mastercard accepted. You may also allow users to download your application with a special link to Palm's app repository.
$0 - Unofficial membership in the Palm Developer Program. $50 per App submission (one-time). Palm will NOT review your applications, help you debug them, or offer them in the App Catalog. You may NOT charge for your application, and you may ONLY allow users to download your application with a special link to Palm's app repository.
Not a bad deal, they give developers freedom (charge a nominal fee for maintenance; if it's going to cost $50 to list it better be worth it), and they're able to yank any malware/trojan BS once it's discovered, and possibly trace the author. I like it.
Why should kids learn to write by hand? In the words of the late George Carlin: "These are the kinds of things I'm thinking of when I'm sitting at home and the power goes out."
Probably because you'd jam the cell network by hogging a frequency on tons of towers at once, since you have almost unobstructed line-of-site to half the hemisphere, which is illegal, and also why your phone has "Airplane Mode".
That's why use of cell phones at altitude is illegal.
Which makes this inexpensive project a bad idea for middle-school science teachers to start doing all over the place, or a cheap way to take down a cell network.
Except those dongles can be emulated, and in fact have been for Cubase. Fail.
Plus, now if the dongle [dies|breaks|is lost|is stolen]*, a legit customer has to wait for another one in the mail (probably had to pay for it too), and the pirate is still rocking out.
If they let fans down with this one, it'll be the end of the brand, for sure. Sega cannot afford that. After all the recent letdowns, this looks promising seeing as (they say) they're looking to emulate the "old skool" Sonic feel. Play control is a must, and creativity as well. True to the Sonic Cycle, my hopes are up, but I'm not going to pass solid judgment until I know a lot more.
If I have Preview set up as my default PDF viewer, and I take an ordinary PDF file and change its extension from ".pdf" to ".doc", it might try to open in Word.
Not sure how it is in Snow Leopard (I'm still PPC), but I'm pretty sure when you change the filename extension, the Finder switches the UTI if it's known.
Filename Extensions where added to aid in compatibility with URL based documents, which also have a MIME system but can't seem to lose the extensions. We've had a viable alternative for 25 years, people. This is one idea I'd wouldn't talk any shit about if Microsoft stole it and everyone jumped on the bandwagon (well, maybe an "about f'n time!" or two).
That's a feature, not a bug. If I install a new app, I want it to open such-and-such file types. The only problem is apps that silently re-associate themselves with all their file types when they open, and anyone who writes such an application should be flogged and rubbed with salt IMHO.
Having your file types stolen by another application should be responded to with a warning popup specifying the file type(s), the apps with which they're now associated, and giving the following options: (1) Reassociate the types. (2) Don't reassociate, and stop checking these file types. Yes, popups are annoying as hell, but if two apps are fighting over the file type you'll only see the warning twice: once from each app. Consider it part of the installation process.
That would be good, but someone should really invent a system with some kind of flag in the file that would tell the OS which application to open the file with, unless the user specified another by right clicking, or setting the designation permanently from the Get Info window.
It's not a problem, it's a fix. This is the way it should work when the default application is not found
Fixed that for you. Can you please explain how saving a file in Photoshop and double-clicking it later only to have it open in Preview is anything but annoying? Now, I agree it's rather silly for JPEG files to behave that way, but I should be able to at least set a default there, as in "Files saved with Photoshop always open with Photoshop", and maybe even add an "Except JPEGs". They way it is now is going to surprise many users, and then annoy them until it's changed. Not a great example of "works as expected".
Normally I would say that this is not information that should be in the public domain as there are obvious security risks associated with it. However, the information should be obtainable if there is a suspicion of foul play.
I agree with your principals, but the problem here remains: Who's suspicion? Proven how? By what means can permission be obtained before perpetrators are alerted and evidence destroyed?
The only current solution is to de-centralize the information and keep it that way.
Halo was supposed to be the Mac's big break into the gaming world, and it held a lot of promise. Then Microsoft's embrace, extend, extinguish put a stop to that. Now, Halo is known as X-Box's breakout game, and an afterthought on the Mac. If that doesn't hurt the Mac, I dunno what does.
I kind of read it to be like he was receiving emails from Gmail accounts of his clients with stuff like "Oh, when I try to look up XYZ's file in our system I get an error message" type of thing. Still an absolutely blatant no-no.
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Sprint won't let you activate a Pre without an unlimited data plan. Otherwise, my $0.03/KB * 235MB would have been a $7,219.20 bill. Who needs spammers?
I see a lot of mis-quoting going on here (welcome to Slashdot), so here from developer.palm.com are the basics of the pricing scheme, for those to lazy to read:
$0 - Unofficial membership in the Palm Developer Program. $50 per App submission (one-time). Palm will NOT review your applications, help you debug them, or offer them in the App Catalog. You may NOT charge for your application, and you may ONLY allow users to download your application with a special link to Palm's app repository.
Not a bad deal, they give developers freedom (charge a nominal fee for maintenance; if it's going to cost $50 to list it better be worth it), and they're able to yank any malware/trojan BS once it's discovered, and possibly trace the author. I like it.
The Amazon MP3 store is built into the Pre's music player, FYI
Nothing about the Pre's iTunes sync process is going to allow you to update it's firmware.
...and that's exactly why Apple has their panties in a twist.
Pre doesn't sync firmware through iTunes
Why should kids learn to write by hand? In the words of the late George Carlin: "These are the kinds of things I'm thinking of when I'm sitting at home and the power goes out."
If I need a small, temporary ram-based file from a shell script, i just touch /tmp/whateverfile. Seems like that was the point here.
it's probably more like a comparison of Adobe programmers on different teams
The PPC team sure didn't used to work for Be Inc, I'll tell you that much.
Probably because you'd jam the cell network by hogging a frequency on tons of towers at once, since you have almost unobstructed line-of-site to half the hemisphere, which is illegal, and also why your phone has "Airplane Mode".
That's why use of cell phones at altitude is illegal.
Which makes this inexpensive project a bad idea for middle-school science teachers to start doing all over the place, or a cheap way to take down a cell network.
The purpose of the radar device is to help 'avoid crashes by sounding an alarm and flashing red lights when the driver gets too close to another car.
...as well as annoying the crap out of any driver with a radar detector you happen to be driving behind ;-)
Except those dongles can be emulated, and in fact have been for Cubase. Fail.
Plus, now if the dongle [dies|breaks|is lost|is stolen]*, a legit customer has to wait for another one in the mail (probably had to pay for it too), and the pirate is still rocking out.
If they let fans down with this one, it'll be the end of the brand, for sure. Sega cannot afford that. After all the recent letdowns, this looks promising seeing as (they say) they're looking to emulate the "old skool" Sonic feel. Play control is a must, and creativity as well. True to the Sonic Cycle, my hopes are up, but I'm not going to pass solid judgment until I know a lot more.
I suppose next he'll be telling us that BSD is alive, and that he can't imagine a beowulf cluster of anything...
If I have Preview set up as my default PDF viewer, and I take an ordinary PDF file and change its extension from ".pdf" to ".doc", it might try to open in Word.
Not sure how it is in Snow Leopard (I'm still PPC), but I'm pretty sure when you change the filename extension, the Finder switches the UTI if it's known.
Filename Extensions where added to aid in compatibility with URL based documents, which also have a MIME system but can't seem to lose the extensions. We've had a viable alternative for 25 years, people. This is one idea I'd wouldn't talk any shit about if Microsoft stole it and everyone jumped on the bandwagon (well, maybe an "about f'n time!" or two).
That's a feature, not a bug. If I install a new app, I want it to open such-and-such file types. The only problem is apps that silently re-associate themselves with all their file types when they open, and anyone who writes such an application should be flogged and rubbed with salt IMHO.
Having your file types stolen by another application should be responded to with a warning popup specifying the file type(s), the apps with which they're now associated, and giving the following options: (1) Reassociate the types. (2) Don't reassociate, and stop checking these file types. Yes, popups are annoying as hell, but if two apps are fighting over the file type you'll only see the warning twice: once from each app. Consider it part of the installation process.
That would be good, but someone should really invent a system with some kind of flag in the file that would tell the OS which application to open the file with, unless the user specified another by right clicking, or setting the designation permanently from the Get Info window.
It's not a problem, it's a fix. This is the way it should work when the default application is not found
Fixed that for you. Can you please explain how saving a file in Photoshop and double-clicking it later only to have it open in Preview is anything but annoying? Now, I agree it's rather silly for JPEG files to behave that way, but I should be able to at least set a default there, as in "Files saved with Photoshop always open with Photoshop", and maybe even add an "Except JPEGs". They way it is now is going to surprise many users, and then annoy them until it's changed. Not a great example of "works as expected".
If (hasBootedButWithoutFunctionalNetworkng()){ diaf(); //Network booting won't work without the network
}
FTFY
Was it built in Cleveland?
Forty-seven apps were submitted, each relying on Data.gov and providing a useful spin on government data.
Just what government data needs - more spin.
And how is this different from watching the Daily Show and jerking off to Bill Maher et al?
The Daily Show isn't serious. Glenn Beck means every fucking word he says and it's borderline hate speech.
Normally I would say that this is not information that should be in the public domain as there are obvious security risks associated with it. However, the information should be obtainable if there is a suspicion of foul play.
I agree with your principals, but the problem here remains: Who's suspicion? Proven how? By what means can permission be obtained before perpetrators are alerted and evidence destroyed?
The only current solution is to de-centralize the information and keep it that way.
Came for this, left satisfied.
Halo was supposed to be the Mac's big break into the gaming world, and it held a lot of promise. Then Microsoft's embrace, extend, extinguish put a stop to that. Now, Halo is known as X-Box's breakout game, and an afterthought on the Mac. If that doesn't hurt the Mac, I dunno what does.
I kind of read it to be like he was receiving emails from Gmail accounts of his clients with stuff like "Oh, when I try to look up XYZ's file in our system I get an error message" type of thing. Still an absolutely blatant no-no.