TV, radio, swipe payment ability, quality camera: just a few of the common features in Japanese phones.
Thank you for the clarification. It should be noted the sort of features that make a phone 'complete' vary from place to place.
Part of the issue with the iPhone is that it is designed in North America. What I mean by this is that user surveys probably focus more on the immediate geography than stuff happening elsewhere. As to radio and TV, Apple has already hinted in the ways it approaches things that it sees the internet as the source for TV and radio, then again this is probably because in North America local radio doesn't have a good reputation. In the rest of the world the perception is very different, and I just wish Apple would wake up to this reality. I must admit I would be interested in any statistics on where people go to listen to broadcast audo and video (internet, radio, cable, etc).
The swipe payment ability (do you have a link?) is one I never heard of , but I have seen elsewhere the ability to send a text message from your phone to be able to pay for things such as parking.
To be honest, I love the japanese interface way over the iPhone one. I need to swipe and tap around. with a japanese interface all menus have shortcuts for the number keys. I am so fast to reply, write a mail, or do anything compared to when I try to do it on an iPhone.
- bob
- alsobob
- theotherbob
- notthatbob
- bobby
- bobbydoesdallas
- bobbob
Name them whatever you want, since chances are by the time you get enough computers you usually have someone who decides on boring names like:
- l00312
- l78302
Simply because it makes inventory easier. In the meantime decide amongst yourselves and choose something that you like. Remember to take into account how many names of the same theme you can come up with.
Sounds like they need to be sent the message by having all their logos and posters covered with something like "Censored for due to communication of existence of teams and stadium - they don't exist".
That is just an idea thrown to the wind, if you decide to really do it is your choice.
1.92 million dollars is some fucking criminal, life-ruining BULLSHIT. Bankruptcy and garnished wages for life is not an acceptable outcome for a truly petty crime.
It also reminds me of Doctor Evil in Austin Powers:
The difference is that people are returning the Windows netbooks because of technical reasons (broken hardware) and Linux netbooks because they don't want Linux.
I don't know if it applies to the Netbooks, but from experience I found that Dell would put Linux on a computer, neglecting to ensure all the hardware in the device has associated drivers. If Dell still hasn't fixed this issue, then this is a Dell issue and not a Linux issue.
What would be more enlightening, is why the computers are getting returned. If it is simply a fact that people were expecting to have MS-Windows and got something else, then it is is a fair reason. Had they given Linux a chance they might have stuck with it, but in certain cases the 'know' what they wanted and didn't get it.
XBMC is certainly the one that seems to be most fully featured. There is some stuff its MacOS X cousin, known as Plex, has that I would like to be ported over to XBMC. One of these is the 'Application store' which makes it easier to install add-ons to the application. There are also a few visual and usability touches that Plex has that I like.
If you want to use Windows then there is Windows Media Center and some of those listed for Linux. As for the Mac the basic list for Linux applies, plus the following:
- iTheater - CenterStage - MediaCentral - Front Row
I think you just need to play around with them and decide which one fits your needs best.
I got myself a Mac mini for my HTPC. The reason being is because for noise, size and features worked out to be cheaper than a similarly spec'ed non-Apple PC - I looked and none of the Mini ITXs even came close. The bonus is that I could install any OS I chose, though I ended sticking with MacOS X since I ended finding Plex generally to be to my liking. A Blu-Ray drive would have been nice, but I can wait.
The reason you can't do it on XP is because Apple hasn't bothered to release drivers for it.
This may be true, but remember their priority is MacOS X. Windows is more of an after thought. Likewise I don't see companies like Dell rushing out and adding good driver support for Linux on their machines.
Err, no. He probably made it impossible to run executables from non-trusted locations.
The exact reason is that while I have local admin rights, at the office and permission to install it, it conflicts with the rules for McAfee and for that I have don't have access or the permission to change its permissions. The settings for that are controlled by the company's security division and from previous experience getting water from a stone would be easier.
If Chrome installed in program files then I would not have these issues. The work around is simply to use SRWare Iron, which is probably not such a bad thing anyhow.
Has Google managed to get Chrome install in the "program files" director yet? The fact that it installs in "application settings" is the number one reason I can't install it.
HIV causes AIDS, but only the majority of cases (there are some cases where AIDS does not develop, but the people just end up being carriers). AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is essentially a disease that effects your immune system, so for this reason your body has a harder time dealing with all the other infections that eventually take it down.
From an evolutionary perspective its easier to leave no longer needed biological features in tact than it is to completely remove them. That is why creatures like snakes and whales have small remnants of legs.
In many ways the DNA doesn't drop the coding and instead simply expresses a characteristic less. There might subtle behaviour where while something doesn't seem to be used, something else in the DNA coding depends on it being there in some form. In computer terms this would be like a jump instruction only being valid if the offset of the destination doesn't change (dropping a function could mean corruption elsewhere), and instead it is simpler simply to change the value of a variable to make that block used less.
Using other services like OpenDNS is a certainly one way to go, but last time I checked they had issues when it came to IPv6. Does anyone know any IPv6 friendly open DNS servers?
SVG is file format, where Canvas is an API. The difference is important, since without Javascript Canvas won't do anything. You can add Javascript to SVG, but that is like adding Javascript to HTML.
Normally to decide what to eat you would select stuff from a menu. Given the Vista and Windows 7 experience, will it be present but requiring you to do an easter hunt to find it?
Yes, he is dead. Apple built an animatronic replica to placate shareholders.
Wow, I thought Jonathan Ive had done a good job with Eve, but designing a life like Steve Jobs is amazing. How good a job did engineering do with the RDF?
I would have suggested BASIC around a decade ago, but I can't think of a modern BASIC implementation that's neither horrendously complex for a new programmer or insanely outdated.
The other issue is that it is less and less relevant. In the past I would have recommended Basic or Pascal, because they taught what people need to know and then could be used for practical development. In choosing a development language I think it is something that needs to teach and be practical at the same time, this is why I would recommend something like Java and then C++. I could have mentioned other languages but these are both cross-platform.
In fact for the person who has never programmed then LOGO is, IMHO, the best language to start with. There are still implementations and the fact that someone gets visual results from the get go gives them an idea of the logic and rewards them with instant results. Implementations:
Slashdot Mirror
You missed one:
- pad with spaces and then watch the dollars add up.
If you are interest or curious about flying saucers, of the form 'made on Earth', then this is an interesting documentary:
http://www.factualtv.com/documentary/Real-Flying-Saucers
it covers research done by Coander, the Germans and the Avrocar.
TV, radio, swipe payment ability, quality camera: just a few of the common features in Japanese phones.
Thank you for the clarification. It should be noted the sort of features that make a phone 'complete' vary from place to place.
Part of the issue with the iPhone is that it is designed in North America. What I mean by this is that user surveys probably focus more on the immediate geography than stuff happening elsewhere. As to radio and TV, Apple has already hinted in the ways it approaches things that it sees the internet as the source for TV and radio, then again this is probably because in North America local radio doesn't have a good reputation. In the rest of the world the perception is very different, and I just wish Apple would wake up to this reality. I must admit I would be interested in any statistics on where people go to listen to broadcast audo and video (internet, radio, cable, etc).
The swipe payment ability (do you have a link?) is one I never heard of , but I have seen elsewhere the ability to send a text message from your phone to be able to pay for things such as parking.
To be honest, I love the japanese interface way over the iPhone one. I need to swipe and tap around. with a japanese interface all menus have shortcuts for the number keys. I am so fast to reply, write a mail, or do anything compared to when I try to do it on an iPhone.
Could you point us to an example?
it's small and expensive. That beats "feature-rich" any day of the week.
It certainly is feature rich. What features are missing?
Ah well maybe everyone should participate in a flash crowd and dress up as birds in the stands and then tweet away about tweeting.
How about these:
- abcdef
- ghiklm
- nopqrs
- uvwxyz
Then there is always:
- bob
- alsobob
- theotherbob
- notthatbob
- bobby
- bobbydoesdallas
- bobbob
Name them whatever you want, since chances are by the time you get enough computers you usually have someone who decides on boring names like:
- l00312
- l78302
Simply because it makes inventory easier. In the meantime decide amongst yourselves and choose something that you like. Remember to take into account how many names of the same theme you can come up with.
Sounds like they need to be sent the message by having all their logos and posters covered with something like "Censored for due to communication of existence of teams and stadium - they don't exist".
That is just an idea thrown to the wind, if you decide to really do it is your choice.
1.92 million dollars is some fucking criminal, life-ruining BULLSHIT. Bankruptcy and garnished wages for life is not an acceptable outcome for a truly petty crime.
It also reminds me of Doctor Evil in Austin Powers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKKHSAE1gIs&feature=related
The difference is that people are returning the Windows netbooks because of technical reasons (broken hardware) and Linux netbooks because they don't want Linux.
I don't know if it applies to the Netbooks, but from experience I found that Dell would put Linux on a computer, neglecting to ensure all the hardware in the device has associated drivers. If Dell still hasn't fixed this issue, then this is a Dell issue and not a Linux issue.
What would be more enlightening, is why the computers are getting returned. If it is simply a fact that people were expecting to have MS-Windows and got something else, then it is is a fair reason. Had they given Linux a chance they might have stuck with it, but in certain cases the 'know' what they wanted and didn't get it.
Does this patent not cover the same sort of things that RTF already does?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format
XBMC is certainly the one that seems to be most fully featured. There is some stuff its MacOS X cousin, known as Plex, has that I would like to be ported over to XBMC. One of these is the 'Application store' which makes it easier to install add-ons to the application. There are also a few visual and usability touches that Plex has that I like.
Other HTPC software includes:
- MythTV
- Boxee
- Moovida
- GeexBox
- SageTV
- Freevo
If you want to use Windows then there is Windows Media Center and some of those listed for Linux. As for the Mac the basic list for Linux applies, plus the following:
- iTheater
- CenterStage
- MediaCentral
- Front Row
I think you just need to play around with them and decide which one fits your needs best.
I got myself a Mac mini for my HTPC. The reason being is because for noise, size and features worked out to be cheaper than a similarly spec'ed non-Apple PC - I looked and none of the Mini ITXs even came close. The bonus is that I could install any OS I chose, though I ended sticking with MacOS X since I ended finding Plex generally to be to my liking. A Blu-Ray drive would have been nice, but I can wait.
The reason you can't do it on XP is because Apple hasn't bothered to release drivers for it.
This may be true, but remember their priority is MacOS X. Windows is more of an after thought. Likewise I don't see companies like Dell rushing out and adding good driver support for Linux on their machines.
Err, no. He probably made it impossible to run executables from non-trusted locations.
The exact reason is that while I have local admin rights, at the office and permission to install it, it conflicts with the rules for McAfee and for that I have don't have access or the permission to change its permissions. The settings for that are controlled by the company's security division and from previous experience getting water from a stone would be easier.
If Chrome installed in program files then I would not have these issues. The work around is simply to use SRWare Iron, which is probably not such a bad thing anyhow.
Has Google managed to get Chrome install in the "program files" director yet? The fact that it installs in "application settings" is the number one reason I can't install it.
HIV causes AIDS, but only the majority of cases (there are some cases where AIDS does not develop, but the people just end up being carriers). AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is essentially a disease that effects your immune system, so for this reason your body has a harder time dealing with all the other infections that eventually take it down.
From an evolutionary perspective its easier to leave no longer needed biological features in tact than it is to completely remove them. That is why creatures like snakes and whales have small remnants of legs.
In many ways the DNA doesn't drop the coding and instead simply expresses a characteristic less. There might subtle behaviour where while something doesn't seem to be used, something else in the DNA coding depends on it being there in some form. In computer terms this would be like a jump instruction only being valid if the offset of the destination doesn't change (dropping a function could mean corruption elsewhere), and instead it is simpler simply to change the value of a variable to make that block used less.
Using other services like OpenDNS is a certainly one way to go, but last time I checked they had issues when it came to IPv6. Does anyone know any IPv6 friendly open DNS servers?
bomb the damn HQ of the riaa already, where are the terrorists when you need them? fuck them
And here I was thinking the RIAA were the terrorists.
SVG is file format, where Canvas is an API. The difference is important, since without Javascript Canvas won't do anything. You can add Javascript to SVG, but that is like adding Javascript to HTML.
Normally to decide what to eat you would select stuff from a menu. Given the Vista and Windows 7 experience, will it be present but requiring you to do an easter hunt to find it?
Yes, he is dead. Apple built an animatronic replica to placate shareholders.
Wow, I thought Jonathan Ive had done a good job with Eve, but designing a life like Steve Jobs is amazing. How good a job did engineering do with the RDF?
No, you're safe. I know from personal experience...I haven't caught anything from her yet.
I take it your sudden taste in Celine Dion is unrelated?
It turns out there is even an LOGO interpreter in Javascript:
http://www.calormen.com/Logo/
I would have suggested BASIC around a decade ago, but I can't think of a modern BASIC implementation that's neither horrendously complex for a new programmer or insanely outdated.
The other issue is that it is less and less relevant. In the past I would have recommended Basic or Pascal, because they taught what people need to know and then could be used for practical development. In choosing a development language I think it is something that needs to teach and be practical at the same time, this is why I would recommend something like Java and then C++. I could have mentioned other languages but these are both cross-platform.
In fact for the person who has never programmed then LOGO is, IMHO, the best language to start with. There are still implementations and the fact that someone gets visual results from the get go gives them an idea of the logic and rewards them with instant results. Implementations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language)