I don't have a problem with the NX client or the free NX server. I love it, in fact. I just wish I could get a damned NX client for the iphone, perhaps with push. run a single app via NX and connect to it from anywhere, just like screen, but for X11.:-)
Actually I'm pretty sure that the iPhone push *is* all done through their own servers, albeit on the telco side. Apple is in the loop on push notification, which is awful.
Screw 1024x600; I want a 10" netbook with a 1920x1080 screen. I *WANT* high DPI. All that exists right now seem to be 1024x600 and even smaller (1024x576??!). I'll adjust my font size, just gimme my damn high res!
7.10 and 8.04 worked great with my intel GMA950 based laptop. 9.04 was a royal pain in the ass. Using the xorg-edgers driver fixed me right up, though.
I don't get his argument. Ubuntu (well Kubuntu, I don't like Gnome) is hands-down the best desktop distribution for Linux to date. I'm a die-hard Linux user, and up until I finally had enough of doing it the hard way, I was a dyed-in-the-wool Slackware user.
I'm thrilled with Kubuntu. I recommend it to anyone, even the proverbial grandma. It's fast, it's stable, it's pretty, it's easy to use. Anyone who can't see this is either a hater or has an agenda.
I can go farther than that. If you want to expand your brain power, or accomplish something with your brain, I can tell you how to achieve it.
Do tell. I've been interested in this very thing (natural limits of intelligence) for a while. I personally believe that everyone more or less has the same potential for learning and comprehension, but that personality and upbringing tend to either curb or enhance the individual's ability. Essentially if you're told you can't do something often enough as a young'un, you tend to believe it and create your own "cage."
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Um, what's wrong with selling the GPL code? If you're developing for a bunch of programmers, maybe you will have trouble, but seriously... how many business/home types will honestly take your work and maintain/support it on their own?
Nonsense. Neither of the GSM carriers in Canada will give you the MSL to unlock your phone, even after the contract has run out. It's their policy not to. We already know how this will play out.
I have zero problem with carriers locking the phones they're subsidizing. I have a big problem when they refuse to give you the keys to the lock when you've paid your dues.
If that's what the typical iphone owner does, then no, they really don't use the device. Then again, who am I to tell a person how to spend their money?
I listen to podcasts on my way to and from work. I use twitter, facebook, email and locly every day. Mobileterminal and palringo at least once a week. And yes, I do actually have earbuds in my coat pocket. I don't use them unless I'm going to the library or somewhere were I'd rather listen to music than the ambient sound.
I do have a bunch of other apps installed that get used much less frequently, but hey, it's a smartphone. I have a bunch of apps on my PC that I use the hell out of, and a ton more that I use infrequently... sounds like proper usage to me.
So let me get this straight. You buy empty perfume bottles and fill them with isoprop, giving them to your mom as gifts, since she can't tell the difference anyway?
Why not give her something she'd actually get some use out of, instead of playing to her weakness? I'm sure that if she wanted isoprop, she'd apply it without the trickery.
50/50 to clean undies? Only if you want them for Sunday. I think the recommendation is 125-250mL to an entire washing machine full of water, not 50/50.
I'm Canadian, and in fact living in the city RIM calls its home. Blackberries are great for businesses, they're solidly locked down, and by and large, they just work. I can't stand them. The Bold looks nice, a friend of mine works for them and has one for development. Same res as iphone, solid feel, but still just a damned Blackberry. Development is Java, the screen is tiny (as they have to make room for the keyboard), and all in all, continues in RIM's grand tradition. It will make them a fortune, of course. I am simply not their target market.
Nokia... they're a tougher nut to crack. If their N800 or N810 had a cell radio in it I'd have purchased one by now. I know I can tether to a cell phone, but I don't want to carry two devices in my pocket, let alone a second device to compliment the already large N800. Their N95 -- my god, they could have made such a small sleek device; why did they strap a brick to the back of an otherwise pretty phone? And Nokia's fonts I don't think have changed since their first devices. Even RIM learned their lesson with that!
I'm no fan of Apple, but my next phone will be an iPhone. It's open enough for me, I can buy accessories practically anywhere, and by and large it just works. Android looks it's shaping up to be a failure at launch, just as OpenMoko was. (My God... let's stretch out a hockey puck and call it a phone! What were they thinking?!) The HTC Touch Diamond is every bit as locked down as Apple (no expansion, oddball USB/audio connector) but they made the screen significantly smaller than their original Touch. And the Touch Pro (Raphael) is as thick as the original Treo 650! Sony X1 is in perpetual delay... it's a sad time for small all-in-one data access devices.:-(
No cell phone provider will allow you to tether your phone to a laptop without paying an extra fee. If the practice becomes mainstream, expect more bandwidth limitations or filtering.
Rogers in Canada does. I am typing this from an x950 expresscard which I pay $50/mo for 500MB transfer. I am switching the plan to $30/mo for 6G transfer, and I can use that 6G (or the current 500MB) for anything I want. I can slap the SIM in my L6 and tether it with bluetooth (although only at GPRS speeds), or I can slap the SIM into any other phone and tether. Rogers doesn't care.
Now granted, Rogers sucks hairy goat nut in other respects, but they don't give a damn about tethering. Data is data. In fact, I do not think that Bell, Telus (both CDMA) or Fido (GSM like Rogers) cares.
Fine, show me something else that's as useful as a jailbreak'd iPhone.
HTC Touch Diamond? Samsung i900? Sony X1?
I'm in the middle of trying to choose my next phone. I was going to get an iphone, but no DUN, HID nor A2DP put that one to bed real fast. Diamond or Raphael (with the keyboard) are my current picks. i900 was nice but 240x400, while nicer than the iphone's 320x240, is still kind of shite on a brand new phone. Sony looks *really* nice but again, proprietary connectors, pre-reviews foretelling of a shitty keyboard and delays delays delays... probably not.
The Diamond is here today though, and at 640x480 is head and shoulders above the iphone for resolution. It's also an Android target, should that matter to you (it does to me).
You don't have inductive losses; you have losses due to skin effect -- basically alternating current in a conductor tends to travel along the outer surface of the conductor, rather than through it. The higher the frequency, the less of the conductor is used to actually carry current. All major transmission lines run DC for this very reason (and also to facilitate synchronization of different generation "zones").
I'm not American, but I have always been surprised about these riders... Why on earth are riders legal? A bill about picking daisies can have a rider about nuclear weapons... there's no connection, they can be introduced any time, and they always seem to be used to sneak in unfavorable laws... Why are they allowed?
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I don't have a problem with the NX client or the free NX server. I love it, in fact. I just wish I could get a damned NX client for the iphone, perhaps with push. run a single app via NX and connect to it from anywhere, just like screen, but for X11. :-)
Actually I'm pretty sure that the iPhone push *is* all done through their own servers, albeit on the telco side. Apple is in the loop on push notification, which is awful.
Screw 1024x600; I want a 10" netbook with a 1920x1080 screen. I *WANT* high DPI. All that exists right now seem to be 1024x600 and even smaller (1024x576??!). I'll adjust my font size, just gimme my damn high res!
7.10 and 8.04 worked great with my intel GMA950 based laptop. 9.04 was a royal pain in the ass. Using the xorg-edgers driver fixed me right up, though.
I don't get his argument. Ubuntu (well Kubuntu, I don't like Gnome) is hands-down the best desktop distribution for Linux to date. I'm a die-hard Linux user, and up until I finally had enough of doing it the hard way, I was a dyed-in-the-wool Slackware user.
I'm thrilled with Kubuntu. I recommend it to anyone, even the proverbial grandma. It's fast, it's stable, it's pretty, it's easy to use. Anyone who can't see this is either a hater or has an agenda.
I keep an eye on the Canadian government surplus auctions. Every single computer going through there is sold WITHOUT hard drives.
I imagine they either re-use them internally or destroy them.
I can go farther than that. If you want to expand your brain power, or accomplish something with your brain, I can tell you how to achieve it.
Do tell. I've been interested in this very thing (natural limits of intelligence) for a while. I personally believe that everyone more or less has the same potential for learning and comprehension, but that personality and upbringing tend to either curb or enhance the individual's ability. Essentially if you're told you can't do something often enough as a young'un, you tend to believe it and create your own "cage."
Um, what's wrong with selling the GPL code? If you're developing for a bunch of programmers, maybe you will have trouble, but seriously... how many business/home types will honestly take your work and maintain/support it on their own?
Nonsense. Neither of the GSM carriers in Canada will give you the MSL to unlock your phone, even after the contract has run out. It's their policy not to. We already know how this will play out.
I have zero problem with carriers locking the phones they're subsidizing. I have a big problem when they refuse to give you the keys to the lock when you've paid your dues.
If that's what the typical iphone owner does, then no, they really don't use the device. Then again, who am I to tell a person how to spend their money?
I listen to podcasts on my way to and from work. I use twitter, facebook, email and locly every day. Mobileterminal and palringo at least once a week. And yes, I do actually have earbuds in my coat pocket. I don't use them unless I'm going to the library or somewhere were I'd rather listen to music than the ambient sound.
I do have a bunch of other apps installed that get used much less frequently, but hey, it's a smartphone. I have a bunch of apps on my PC that I use the hell out of, and a ton more that I use infrequently... sounds like proper usage to me.
So let me get this straight. You buy empty perfume bottles and fill them with isoprop, giving them to your mom as gifts, since she can't tell the difference anyway?
Why not give her something she'd actually get some use out of, instead of playing to her weakness? I'm sure that if she wanted isoprop, she'd apply it without the trickery.
50/50 to clean undies? Only if you want them for Sunday. I think the recommendation is 125-250mL to an entire washing machine full of water, not 50/50.
It may have been helpful to explain that IPA is isopropyl alcohol. :-)
if it's its, it's its; if it's it's, it's it is.
I'm Canadian, and in fact living in the city RIM calls its home. Blackberries are great for businesses, they're solidly locked down, and by and large, they just work. I can't stand them. The Bold looks nice, a friend of mine works for them and has one for development. Same res as iphone, solid feel, but still just a damned Blackberry. Development is Java, the screen is tiny (as they have to make room for the keyboard), and all in all, continues in RIM's grand tradition. It will make them a fortune, of course. I am simply not their target market.
Nokia... they're a tougher nut to crack. If their N800 or N810 had a cell radio in it I'd have purchased one by now. I know I can tether to a cell phone, but I don't want to carry two devices in my pocket, let alone a second device to compliment the already large N800. Their N95 -- my god, they could have made such a small sleek device; why did they strap a brick to the back of an otherwise pretty phone? And Nokia's fonts I don't think have changed since their first devices. Even RIM learned their lesson with that!
I'm no fan of Apple, but my next phone will be an iPhone. It's open enough for me, I can buy accessories practically anywhere, and by and large it just works. Android looks it's shaping up to be a failure at launch, just as OpenMoko was. (My God... let's stretch out a hockey puck and call it a phone! What were they thinking?!) The HTC Touch Diamond is every bit as locked down as Apple (no expansion, oddball USB/audio connector) but they made the screen significantly smaller than their original Touch. And the Touch Pro (Raphael) is as thick as the original Treo 650! Sony X1 is in perpetual delay... it's a sad time for small all-in-one data access devices. :-(
Is your iphone jailbroken? I would have thought Rogers would have zapped Cydia altogether if so.
No cell phone provider will allow you to tether your phone to a laptop without paying an extra fee. If the practice becomes mainstream, expect more bandwidth limitations or filtering.
Rogers in Canada does. I am typing this from an x950 expresscard which I pay $50/mo for 500MB transfer. I am switching the plan to $30/mo for 6G transfer, and I can use that 6G (or the current 500MB) for anything I want. I can slap the SIM in my L6 and tether it with bluetooth (although only at GPRS speeds), or I can slap the SIM into any other phone and tether. Rogers doesn't care.
Now granted, Rogers sucks hairy goat nut in other respects, but they don't give a damn about tethering. Data is data. In fact, I do not think that Bell, Telus (both CDMA) or Fido (GSM like Rogers) cares.
How is ssh on the iphone? Doesn't the on-screen keyboard get in the way of a decent (or even minimal 80x25) terminal screen?
Fine, show me something else that's as useful as a jailbreak'd iPhone.
HTC Touch Diamond? Samsung i900? Sony X1?
I'm in the middle of trying to choose my next phone. I was going to get an iphone, but no DUN, HID nor A2DP put that one to bed real fast. Diamond or Raphael (with the keyboard) are my current picks. i900 was nice but 240x400, while nicer than the iphone's 320x240, is still kind of shite on a brand new phone. Sony looks *really* nice but again, proprietary connectors, pre-reviews foretelling of a shitty keyboard and delays delays delays... probably not.
The Diamond is here today though, and at 640x480 is head and shoulders above the iphone for resolution. It's also an Android target, should that matter to you (it does to me).
If you don't mind my asking, what did you end up with in terms of hardware and software on the notebooks?
You don't have inductive losses; you have losses due to skin effect -- basically alternating current in a conductor tends to travel along the outer surface of the conductor, rather than through it. The higher the frequency, the less of the conductor is used to actually carry current. All major transmission lines run DC for this very reason (and also to facilitate synchronization of different generation "zones").
That's funny.. all of the reasons you list for using XP are the very reasons I use Linux INSTEAD of Windows.
Akgregator will work offline? awesome.
Downsize DC has an idea: the One Subject at a Time Act.
That's kind of what I was getting at; one bill, one subject. Treat each issue individually.
I'm not American, but I have always been surprised about these riders... Why on earth are riders legal? A bill about picking daisies can have a rider about nuclear weapons... there's no connection, they can be introduced any time, and they always seem to be used to sneak in unfavorable laws... Why are they allowed?