That means there's libre-free software and a service provided by a non-distro company which is, for selected distros, gratis-free. For now.
I like your Latin-based distinction of "free" better than the free-as-in-beer v.s. free-as-in-speech method.
I'll have to remember it for the next time I give a speech on OSS at the Roman senate.
I met a gentleman last night who recently purchased a Droid phone and claimed that it's the first mobile phone that he's ever owned. When I asked him why he didn't own one before, he responded:
"I thought cell phones were only useful for buying drugs."
It feels like your head is going to explode at the end, and the final pass is the sound of brain matter splattering across the pages of your algorithms textbook.
According to TFA, you would need to plant cookie seeds, take part in cookie tasting parties, cook cookie soup, and watch Sesame Street in order for Cookie Monster to affect your diet.
The iPhone is also enticing for developers because you only have to develop for AT&T's network and its restrictions.
When you develop an application for the BlackBerry, you could find that a feature that works on AT&T doesn't work on Verizon, or behaving entirely differently on T-Mobile or Sprint.
FTA: "The developer laments issues with the market interface [...] and a lax return policy (24-48 hour returns, no questions asked). But the issue of piracy is also raised, [...] A cursory search of popular torrent sites reveals bundles of Android games for download."
For a prospective developer, those are some serious issues... I was hoping that the second half of the article would mention some changes in the platform that would solve those issues, but the only solution that is offered is to "monetize apps through advertising."
Investing time to master the Android SDK seems exciting because it's a chance for everyone who missed out on the initial iPhone app wave to catch a new wave. However, after reading this article it seems like it would be more advantageous invest time creating an awesome app for the iPhone.
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I compensate for this by writing in Hebrew.
Try adjusting to that, righties.
Interestingly, that was the same point made by the first comment posted to the story that TFA references.
http://dvice.com/archives/2010/09/holy-moly-tract.php [dvice.com]
Yes, but only supernovae from the Champagne region in Françe may call themselves Champagne supernovae.
I'm a drupal developer, and I agree.
Agreed. But someone has to find a use for unreasonable devices like the iPad.
The homosexual community distorted the word in the first place. It used to just mean 'happy'.
Was it the gay community that "distorted" those words, or was it the straight community that forced them upon the gay community?
That means there's libre-free software and a service provided by a non-distro company which is, for selected distros, gratis-free. For now.
I like your Latin-based distinction of "free" better than the free-as-in-beer v.s. free-as-in-speech method.
I'll have to remember it for the next time I give a speech on OSS at the Roman senate.
I've always been curious about this quote ... are communists, trade unionists, and Jews the only groups of people known to speak up?
I'd like to believe that monarchists, Zen Buddhists, the PTA, and a few Presbyterians would get involved before I need to leave my couch.
This is the very reason I don't have a cell phone
I met a gentleman last night who recently purchased a Droid phone and claimed that it's the first mobile phone that he's ever owned. When I asked him why he didn't own one before, he responded:
"I thought cell phones were only useful for buying drugs."
I think he also has a 5-digit slashdot user id
"Hey everybody! We're all gonna get laid!"
"3G" is how y'all in the South write shorthand for "did you eat, did you eat, did you eat?"
The Selection Sort's soundtrack was quite fun!
It feels like your head is going to explode at the end, and the final pass is the sound of brain matter splattering across the pages of your algorithms textbook.
"One and a half million Facebook users die each year."
That's about 3 times as many annual deaths as tobacco users!
Where's the Bureau of Alcohol, Twitter, and Facebook when you need them?
...neither of which would satisfy the users that are still happy with Drupal 5.
I bet Edmond Dantès feels like an asshole for planning such an unnecessarily elaborate escape after reading TFA.
According to TFA, you would need to plant cookie seeds, take part in cookie tasting parties, cook cookie soup, and watch Sesame Street in order for Cookie Monster to affect your diet.
I'm from Tahiti so I might have missed something in the translation, but what is wrong with this planet?
Haha. This reminds me of an old image describing an early hands-free cellphone system:
http://spiro10.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/hands-free-cell-phone.jpg
Thanks for the clarification. I was horrified to think that chewable H1N1 vaccine was suspended.
Can a Keyblade be used to crack open this Keychest?
The iPhone is also enticing for developers because you only have to develop for AT&T's network and its restrictions.
When you develop an application for the BlackBerry, you could find that a feature that works on AT&T doesn't work on Verizon, or behaving entirely differently on T-Mobile or Sprint.
FTA: "The developer laments issues with the market interface [...] and a lax return policy (24-48 hour returns, no questions asked). But the issue of piracy is also raised, [...] A cursory search of popular torrent sites reveals bundles of Android games for download."
For a prospective developer, those are some serious issues... I was hoping that the second half of the article would mention some changes in the platform that would solve those issues, but the only solution that is offered is to "monetize apps through advertising."
Investing time to master the Android SDK seems exciting because it's a chance for everyone who missed out on the initial iPhone app wave to catch a new wave. However, after reading this article it seems like it would be more advantageous invest time creating an awesome app for the iPhone.
Europeans work?