As much as I love my N900, I've yet to find a proctor who would let me use my phone during an exam.
Well... I did get to use it on a test in Physics in high school, but only because my TI-84's batteries were dead and I had to use a TI-84 Emulator on it... And the teacher sat behind me the whole time...
Point is you're better off using the calculator and keeping a spare set of batteries around.
Yes it is, because I'm not holding an open map to examine as I drive because I simply memorize how to get where I need to go. Amazingly, people do not actually require a GPS to navigate.
They are not totally different at all.
Windows 8 is a super set of windows RT.
Windows 8 is windows RT + desktop mode.
Anything you buy for WinRT will also just work on Win8.
However, that's not correct.
Windows RT runs on ARM processors, and as a result all binary files (programs) have to be compiled to run on ARM. However, Windows 8 runs on what is called x86 processors, and it's binary files have to be compiled to run on x86.
And that's just the most basic difference, that completely ignores any other software differences.
What you buy for Windows RT will not just work on Windows 8.
Not yet released, but you might want to keep on top of what Jolla is doing. They're a group of ex-Nokia employees that were laid off when Nokia went full-on Windows phone that were responsible for the linux-based Nseries N900 and N9.
They're set to release information on their first phone in November, it'll be a linux phone like the Nseries phones, and while it's not likely to have the massive app market for native apps, it should do all the things you say you're looking for.
They're also saying it'll run android applications, but that's just icing on the cake for you.
I'll admit to being biased as a N900 owner, but perhaps you'll be interested to see what they offer? At the very least to compare to the windows 8 phones out there as well.
Knowing you're and AC and not entirely likely to see this response, I want to thank you for headed me down a better path and making me finally properly research fixed point maths. I'm no rockstar, but it's times like these where I get to find something I knew little of and expand my knowledge that make it worth it.
Thank you.
As a current N900 owner, I'm also very interested in what Jolla will produce, as I'm very much hoping that to be my next phone.
However, as a US citizen the radios they choose to put into the phone may prohibit me from using it, as I'm not keen on switching from TMobile because of my grandfathered data plan.
I'm also concerned about if their phone will have a physical keyboard or not, but it is said that there will be a developer edition, which may be more to my liking.
Unfortunately, I did not see the argument you first linked because you posted it after I made my comment. The second I did see, and I did not see that as a coherent argument as much as a link to another argument.
And again, you may have missed the point, which I only initially called you out on because you decided to make a comment that was irrelevant to the issue at hand. It does not matter whether it is Google or Bing, it matters that ISPs will make network upgrades in such a way that one may get an upper hand over another.
It has nothing to do with walled gardens, I only made my comment to show that you could have made a better argument against his actual point, not pick on him a small detail.
All that said, I am glad you have continued to clarify your point, even though I think you are not arguing on the point at hand.
I do believe sir, that you have missed the point of the grandparent post entirely.
Be it Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, or whoever Comcast is "in bed with", the point is that actions such as delayed upgrades will favor one company over another, which is not neutral. The problem, then becomes, if the internet is to be regulated, how does one identify when such actions are intended, or benign.
I see your many posts scattered across this article, and all of them are strongly anti-regulation, but you must make your argument in a coherent matter, not raising a red herring argument to any post you disagree with.
Unfortunately, nothing is that black and white in the world. Freedom does have a middle ground.
I have the freedom to drive a car. I do not have the freedom to drive a car on private property where I am not wanted, as doing so would infringe on the freedom of another to hold private property and keep it private. In the same way, those who write code have the freedom to keep their code private as they want.
Except that that overlooks the fact that most teaches will use the "Clear RAM" function to quickly wipe a TI, and that archived programs are saved from this wipe.
Archive programs, let teacher wipe calculator, un-archive programs, and there you go.
For some reason, your post seems a great deal more credible, and amusing, when read as if spoken by Dr. House; especially given the selective "quotations" and (snide side commentary).
Have you considered using your talents for sarcasm and wit elsewhere? Somewhere you can get paid for it?
Yes, but I must do so on port 21 as port 22 is blocked outright on the network.
FTP is left wide open because the IT department uses it for any sort of file transfer, as well as the fact that they heavily rely on Websense, and its default behaviour towards FTP is to allow all incoming and outgoing connections on that port.
But what if their tasks with no work-arounds are what they do all day long? They'll stay logged in as administrator all the time. So why even bother with the limited account in that case?
I don't have a long-form birth certificate, so by your reasoning, I must not be a natural born U.S. citizen. Nevermind the fact that there are photographs from my birth showing I was born in a Florida hospital. Nevermind the fact my parents last left the country two years before I was born. Nevermind any other facts or evidence I can find. It's long-form birth certificate or nothing, isn't it?
I think you need to find a new battle to fight, because this one is dead. You can pull whatever reasoning you want out, but in the end, it's all just bloggers and "reporters" pulling out the same arguments over and over with their own opinion. Your basis of argument is a fallacy, please let it go.
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I so very badly want this project to be completed. My N900 is dying, and I sorely need a new phone.
As much as I love my N900, I've yet to find a proctor who would let me use my phone during an exam.
Well... I did get to use it on a test in Physics in high school, but only because my TI-84's batteries were dead and I had to use a TI-84 Emulator on it... And the teacher sat behind me the whole time...
Point is you're better off using the calculator and keeping a spare set of batteries around.
Yes it is, because I'm not holding an open map to examine as I drive because I simply memorize how to get where I need to go. Amazingly, people do not actually require a GPS to navigate.
They are not totally different at all.
Windows 8 is a super set of windows RT.
Windows 8 is windows RT + desktop mode.
Anything you buy for WinRT will also just work on Win8.
However, that's not correct.
Windows RT runs on ARM processors, and as a result all binary files (programs) have to be compiled to run on ARM.
However, Windows 8 runs on what is called x86 processors, and it's binary files have to be compiled to run on x86.
And that's just the most basic difference, that completely ignores any other software differences.
What you buy for Windows RT will not just work on Windows 8.
Not yet released, but you might want to keep on top of what Jolla is doing. They're a group of ex-Nokia employees that were laid off when Nokia went full-on Windows phone that were responsible for the linux-based Nseries N900 and N9.
They're set to release information on their first phone in November, it'll be a linux phone like the Nseries phones, and while it's not likely to have the massive app market for native apps, it should do all the things you say you're looking for.
They're also saying it'll run android applications, but that's just icing on the cake for you.
I'll admit to being biased as a N900 owner, but perhaps you'll be interested to see what they offer? At the very least to compare to the windows 8 phones out there as well.
Knowing you're and AC and not entirely likely to see this response, I want to thank you for headed me down a better path and making me finally properly research fixed point maths. I'm no rockstar, but it's times like these where I get to find something I knew little of and expand my knowledge that make it worth it. Thank you.
I applaud your efforts to teach this class, and I just enrolled.
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I agree this a sad story but I fail see how you reach your conclusion from it.
If you add ten years to each of his original statements it makes a bit more sense...
I still have my n900. Gee, what could have been, if they hadn't been such cowards!
As someone still sticking to his N900, I think I'm going to pass on this latest offering.
That said, have you looked at what Jolla, a company of ex-Nokia employees is doing with MeeGo, the successor to the Maemo OS which our N900s runs?
Personally I'm looking forward to what they have to offer.
From the Black Mesa wiki, you don't need to buy any games to play the mod, as the Source SDK Base 2007 is free to download through steam.
As a current N900 owner, I'm also very interested in what Jolla will produce, as I'm very much hoping that to be my next phone.
However, as a US citizen the radios they choose to put into the phone may prohibit me from using it, as I'm not keen on switching from TMobile because of my grandfathered data plan.
I'm also concerned about if their phone will have a physical keyboard or not, but it is said that there will be a developer edition, which may be more to my liking.
They're also saying that the Jolla phone will be able to run Android applications, and if so that'll be an exciting development:
The people who have a Maemo device care, of course.
Unfortunately, I did not see the argument you first linked because you posted it after I made my comment. The second I did see, and I did not see that as a coherent argument as much as a link to another argument.
And again, you may have missed the point, which I only initially called you out on because you decided to make a comment that was irrelevant to the issue at hand. It does not matter whether it is Google or Bing, it matters that ISPs will make network upgrades in such a way that one may get an upper hand over another.
It has nothing to do with walled gardens, I only made my comment to show that you could have made a better argument against his actual point, not pick on him a small detail.
All that said, I am glad you have continued to clarify your point, even though I think you are not arguing on the point at hand.
I do believe sir, that you have missed the point of the grandparent post entirely. Be it Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, or whoever Comcast is "in bed with", the point is that actions such as delayed upgrades will favor one company over another, which is not neutral. The problem, then becomes, if the internet is to be regulated, how does one identify when such actions are intended, or benign. I see your many posts scattered across this article, and all of them are strongly anti-regulation, but you must make your argument in a coherent matter, not raising a red herring argument to any post you disagree with.
Except that the presence of his patent spurred the market into innovating in LED technology.
Unfortunately, nothing is that black and white in the world. Freedom does have a middle ground.
I have the freedom to drive a car. I do not have the freedom to drive a car on private property where I am not wanted, as doing so would infringe on the freedom of another to hold private property and keep it private. In the same way, those who write code have the freedom to keep their code private as they want.
It is a balancing act.
Except that that overlooks the fact that most teaches will use the "Clear RAM" function to quickly wipe a TI, and that archived programs are saved from this wipe.
Archive programs, let teacher wipe calculator, un-archive programs, and there you go.
Unfortunately, this case does not come out of the United States. The co.uk top level domain being your first clue.
For some reason, your post seems a great deal more credible, and amusing, when read as if spoken by Dr. House; especially given the selective "quotations" and (snide side commentary).
Have you considered using your talents for sarcasm and wit elsewhere? Somewhere you can get paid for it?
Yes, but I must do so on port 21 as port 22 is blocked outright on the network.
FTP is left wide open because the IT department uses it for any sort of file transfer, as well as the fact that they heavily rely on Websense, and its default behaviour towards FTP is to allow all incoming and outgoing connections on that port.
But what if their tasks with no work-arounds are what they do all day long? They'll stay logged in as administrator all the time. So why even bother with the limited account in that case?
I don't have a long-form birth certificate, so by your reasoning, I must not be a natural born U.S. citizen. Nevermind the fact that there are photographs from my birth showing I was born in a Florida hospital. Nevermind the fact my parents last left the country two years before I was born. Nevermind any other facts or evidence I can find. It's long-form birth certificate or nothing, isn't it?
I think you need to find a new battle to fight, because this one is dead. You can pull whatever reasoning you want out, but in the end, it's all just bloggers and "reporters" pulling out the same arguments over and over with their own opinion. Your basis of argument is a fallacy, please let it go.
I'm a humorless twat, you insensitive clod.