Some places dont get free phones:( Laptops and phones, both are available in shops, directly from the manufacturer outside of US I believe. They surely are in India
I believe that you can, just that its illegal. And, there are still a lot of other OS'es available Even having a dual boot Android/WinRT(8) phone would be awesome
That's the last thing manufacturers want. They saw what happened to the PC hardware market, which was basically a race to the bottom on price. If they can do ANYTHING to differentiate themselves from each other they will, even if it means they have to support hardware themselves. Unfortunately they want it both ways, selling commodity hardware with a "unique" wrapper.
IDK, different laptop manufacturers can differentiate themselves pretty well, XPS,Thinkpads,Elitebook,etc all of them have a reasonably well defined market
Mine is a Thinkpad R61, with a GMA950 onboard graphics Barring wifi issues (ubuntu asks for "restricted drivers"), havent had any problems w.r.t drivers
My laptop was a midrange one purchased in 2008. It runs WinXP to Win8 (tried the DP) flawlessly, only RAM was upgraded to 4GB Why cant phones have a similar level of stardardisation/compatibility across generations? I should just be able to load a version of Android/Windows phone/Symbian onto a memory card, pop it into my phone and install it like I do on a PC
I guess its the anonymity requirement of the vote that makes it difficult Otherwise, ATM's are secure, and the same technology could be applied to voting machines
Frankly Apple has NEVER been ahead of the curve, they are a brand, like Prada and Nike. You look at even the machines Apple releases on their refresh and you can get machines that very same day that have MOAR power, MOAR memory, MOAR speed, and cost less. the ONLY thing that sells Apple is the brand, because it'll never be hip to carry a Dell or an HP, that's all.
I dont have other examples, but the REALLY high res displays ("Retina") on their phones and laptops do kind of put them ahead of the curve While all the other manufacturers refused to listen to consumers asking for something better than 1366*768 or 1080p, Apple did go ahead and make a laptop and tablet with a higher res diaplay (and ofc the Macbook Air form factor)
Currently they store the from and to addresses of all emails sent, as well as the subject line, date stamp and IP address of the machine connecting to the server (usually your router, but not always). Encryption makes no difference as you can't encrypt the headers since obviously the server needs to read them.
But, if you are using say, Gmail over a https connection, how would UK find out the headers in that case? Your connection to GMail is encrypted, Gmail to destination(say, Hotmail) could happen outside UK, and destination(Hotmail) can be viewed over an encrypted connection again
You might not be so happy to find out that from now, every single thing you do online will be recorded and stored by the good old Internet Service providers (ISP). What do we mean by online activity? Well, everything. From exchanging emails, browsing history, instant messaging to the most important use of social networks.
For stuff like emails, wont encryption be an issue? And for other stuff, storing the MASSIVE amounts of data I have no stats to back this up, but on a national level, wont the storage requirement touch Petabytes per day? (or atleast 100's of Terabytes per day?)
Option 1: No hearing aid due to costs Option 2:: Cheaper hearing aid at the cost of compatibility with landline phones (some of them to have line out jacks as well) 2 seems to be better
Does a hearing aid carry nearly enough power to burn you? The 2nd one could be an issue, but its no different than badly designed headphones Phone compatibility should be possible with a Bluetooth Interface, or a 3.5mm jack (for the ones where you have an external part as well)
If I'm going to pay a premium for a laptop, I'd like to be able to upgrade the RAM and HDD. Or even replace the battery. Many users simply can't afford to buy the new model every year.
You want a T series Thinkpad (Maybe W and X is also similar)
Almost all come from former Soviet bloc countries. India isn't surprising either, as many American companies have found out from outsourcing.
Or these results don't reflect anything about the quality of the programmers from a country, and rather the bias of who found out about the Code Jam (lots of everyday Joe programmers, vs those in-the-loop).
For India, look at the GSoC numbers as well. India and USA seem to dominate it
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Because software doesnt "wear out"
So, if I'm reading this correctly, in America, its MORE expensive to take a SIM without a phone and its cheaper to take a SIM and a phone together???
Some places dont get free phones :(
Laptops and phones, both are available in shops, directly from the manufacturer outside of US I believe. They surely are in India
I believe that you can, just that its illegal.
And, there are still a lot of other OS'es available
Even having a dual boot Android/WinRT(8) phone would be awesome
The former could be solved by phones like Intels Xolo and the latter by having just the radio control as a part of ROM and controlled by API's?
Thats only in USA though. Other countries dont have the carrier model. I buy my phone from the manufacturer and a SIM from the telco
That's the last thing manufacturers want. They saw what happened to the PC hardware market, which was basically a race to the bottom on price. If they can do ANYTHING to differentiate themselves from each other they will, even if it means they have to support hardware themselves. Unfortunately they want it both ways, selling commodity hardware with a "unique" wrapper.
IDK, different laptop manufacturers can differentiate themselves pretty well, XPS,Thinkpads,Elitebook,etc all of them have a reasonably well defined market
Mine is a Thinkpad R61, with a GMA950 onboard graphics
Barring wifi issues (ubuntu asks for "restricted drivers"), havent had any problems w.r.t drivers
Win 7 and 8 werent too bad with 2GB either
Doesnt that void the warranty and carry a realistic risk of permanently bricking your phone?
My laptop was a midrange one purchased in 2008.
It runs WinXP to Win8 (tried the DP) flawlessly, only RAM was upgraded to 4GB
Why cant phones have a similar level of stardardisation/compatibility across generations?
I should just be able to load a version of Android/Windows phone/Symbian onto a memory card, pop it into my phone and install it like I do on a PC
I guess its the anonymity requirement of the vote that makes it difficult
Otherwise, ATM's are secure, and the same technology could be applied to voting machines
Maybe match sticks and candles should be banned as well?
Frankly Apple has NEVER been ahead of the curve, they are a brand, like Prada and Nike. You look at even the machines Apple releases on their refresh and you can get machines that very same day that have MOAR power, MOAR memory, MOAR speed, and cost less. the ONLY thing that sells Apple is the brand, because it'll never be hip to carry a Dell or an HP, that's all.
I dont have other examples, but the REALLY high res displays ("Retina") on their phones and laptops do kind of put them ahead of the curve
While all the other manufacturers refused to listen to consumers asking for something better than 1366*768 or 1080p, Apple did go ahead and make a laptop and tablet with a higher res diaplay
(and ofc the Macbook Air form factor)
torrent based DNS?
Does the Galaxy Beam qualify?
Currently they store the from and to addresses of all emails sent, as well as the subject line, date stamp and IP address of the machine connecting to the server (usually your router, but not always). Encryption makes no difference as you can't encrypt the headers since obviously the server needs to read them.
But, if you are using say, Gmail over a https connection, how would UK find out the headers in that case?
Your connection to GMail is encrypted, Gmail to destination(say, Hotmail) could happen outside UK, and destination(Hotmail) can be viewed over an encrypted connection again
You might not be so happy to find out that from now, every single thing you do online will be recorded and stored by the good old Internet Service providers (ISP). What do we mean by online activity? Well, everything. From exchanging emails, browsing history, instant messaging to the most important use of social networks.
For stuff like emails, wont encryption be an issue?
And for other stuff, storing the MASSIVE amounts of data
I have no stats to back this up, but on a national level, wont the storage requirement touch Petabytes per day? (or atleast 100's of Terabytes per day?)
Sounds like a win all around, then. The cheaters get their "special" world, and the non-cheaters don't have to deal with them. What's not to like?
False positives
Option 1: No hearing aid due to costs
Option 2:: Cheaper hearing aid at the cost of compatibility with landline phones (some of them to have line out jacks as well)
2 seems to be better
Does a hearing aid carry nearly enough power to burn you?
The 2nd one could be an issue, but its no different than badly designed headphones
Phone compatibility should be possible with a Bluetooth Interface, or a 3.5mm jack (for the ones where you have an external part as well)
If I'm going to pay a premium for a laptop, I'd like to be able to upgrade the RAM and HDD. Or even replace the battery. Many users simply can't afford to buy the new model every year.
You want a T series Thinkpad (Maybe W and X is also similar)
Almost all come from former Soviet bloc countries. India isn't surprising either, as many American companies have found out from outsourcing. Or these results don't reflect anything about the quality of the programmers from a country, and rather the bias of who found out about the Code Jam (lots of everyday Joe programmers, vs those in-the-loop).
For India, look at the GSoC numbers as well. India and USA seem to dominate it
Make it into a MMOG, with groups of players forming "governments" to run specified countries in the game, that'll be even more fun
Typically to the same Indian companies the other companies outsource to