I think a lot of us, especially users of the N800 and N810 were excited. I know I'd of loved an upgraded version of my N800 -- which I still use every day. The price tag on the N900 and the network it was restricted to in the US were what eventually killed its possibilities. Nokia did a great thing by refusing to allow providers to put their mark on Maemo, now Meego, but it kept them from getting the notoriety they needed to make that phone popular, particularly on the provider subsidizing front. I would've bought one in an instant if it wasn't on AT&T.
Well, yes, but you can say that about any percentage based statistic. If something doesn't exist, its statistic will be filled in by something else. The fact is that according to distrowatch, Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based Debian derivatives dominate the leader board. Not to mention the inclusion of Ubuntu on cheap Dell laptops for a time and the evangelizing of Ubuntu converts who're more passionate than new Christians. Maybe that's why Ubuntu Christian exists?
You win with best comment. All we need in the Linux community is to have people tear apart the one distribution that has actually achieved any sort of "popular" success with over 4% of desktop Internet traffic now coming from Ubuntu. That being said. I use Arch, cause it's cool to use a distro that's harder.
It would be nice to think that an online catalog of everyone's lives would breed tolerance, but the chances of that are too slim. I'd have to go with the side that says the whole archive can only lead to people being hung up to dry for the smallest of offenses. Anyone with anything to lose and someone who wants to gain that from them will only find the archive as the starting point for any sort of personal attack.
I agree but would have to mention that the language has a tendency of moving from the lower-classes into the upper. The slang and supposed devolution of a language that eventually turns into the next generation of speech typically comes from the ground on up. This change effects primarily speech. The changes we are seeing with writing becoming more colloquial has a profoundly different effect. I think there will almost end up being multiple branches of communication; except the divider will no longer be speech v. prose but speech v. internet v. prose. We're seeing a new direction of language and writing develop, a sort of society-wide shorthand separate from how we write and how we speak. 'LOL' is only mentioned in conversation as a passing joke but it is a prolific phrase in text and internet speak. This kind of division is what the article seems to be referencing. The problem will become when people are proficient in internet speak but can't write a cover letter for their job application. Right now it is new enough that people can comprehend both and realize the time to utilize one or the other.
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Wait, wait, wait. What about ACTA? I thought that was supposed to get us all on the same page. The one treaty to, in the darknets, bind them.
I believe it uses Gorilla glass like all of the Galaxy S phones. It's thin and strong enough to use it for reprimands.
I think a lot of us, especially users of the N800 and N810 were excited. I know I'd of loved an upgraded version of my N800 -- which I still use every day. The price tag on the N900 and the network it was restricted to in the US were what eventually killed its possibilities. Nokia did a great thing by refusing to allow providers to put their mark on Maemo, now Meego, but it kept them from getting the notoriety they needed to make that phone popular, particularly on the provider subsidizing front. I would've bought one in an instant if it wasn't on AT&T.
Not just line men. We used to do that all the time as kids, just cause we figured out we could.
Well, yes, but you can say that about any percentage based statistic. If something doesn't exist, its statistic will be filled in by something else. The fact is that according to distrowatch, Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based Debian derivatives dominate the leader board. Not to mention the inclusion of Ubuntu on cheap Dell laptops for a time and the evangelizing of Ubuntu converts who're more passionate than new Christians. Maybe that's why Ubuntu Christian exists?
Ubuntu did contribute something: getting Linux to 5% of Internet traffic on OS Statistics. Isn't the increase in notoriety enough?
You win with best comment. All we need in the Linux community is to have people tear apart the one distribution that has actually achieved any sort of "popular" success with over 4% of desktop Internet traffic now coming from Ubuntu. That being said. I use Arch, cause it's cool to use a distro that's harder.
I'm sorry, but how many criminals carry iPhones? I thought criminals used Blackberrys to arrange their complex board meeting schedules.
Just moved 15 miles away from Gayville, SD. I'm glad it's on that list.
It would be nice to think that an online catalog of everyone's lives would breed tolerance, but the chances of that are too slim. I'd have to go with the side that says the whole archive can only lead to people being hung up to dry for the smallest of offenses. Anyone with anything to lose and someone who wants to gain that from them will only find the archive as the starting point for any sort of personal attack.
I agree but would have to mention that the language has a tendency of moving from the lower-classes into the upper. The slang and supposed devolution of a language that eventually turns into the next generation of speech typically comes from the ground on up. This change effects primarily speech. The changes we are seeing with writing becoming more colloquial has a profoundly different effect. I think there will almost end up being multiple branches of communication; except the divider will no longer be speech v. prose but speech v. internet v. prose. We're seeing a new direction of language and writing develop, a sort of society-wide shorthand separate from how we write and how we speak. 'LOL' is only mentioned in conversation as a passing joke but it is a prolific phrase in text and internet speak. This kind of division is what the article seems to be referencing. The problem will become when people are proficient in internet speak but can't write a cover letter for their job application. Right now it is new enough that people can comprehend both and realize the time to utilize one or the other.