By the way, since Slashdot seems to deem update problems with specific phone models newsworthy, where are the Slashdot posts on these Android update problems, and how come that isn't a 'saga'?
Kill what in court exactly? I don't think you understand what is actually happening here. The police are not using the GPS data to issue speeding tickets. They are using it to place cameras where the data says people are speeding. If the camera catches you speeding, the GPS data they bought has no bearing on what the camera says.
And even still, from then on when someone searches for your name the first page of results will contain the phrase "child pornography scandal" and your fate is sealed.
Since you're using Fedora 15 maybe you could explain something to me that I don't quite get about Gnome 3.
I played around with a Gnome 3 live CD based on suse, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to put items on desktop. It seemed like there was no right clicking on the desktop to create a file. Putting files in ~/Desktop didn't show up where I thought they should. Is the Gnome 3 desktop just for displaying wallpaper now? Or is there some new paradigm I'm completely missing?
I mean, I can kind of understand the whole no minimizing thing, and I can probably learn to get behind it, but my workflow is completely centered around files on my desktop. I can't get past that.
Besides, what is it exclusive to B&N that MS is attacking
Maybe other companies are licensing tech from MS. Or, maybe they have a large enough tech patent portfolio to assure mutual destruction if MS were to sue. I don't suppose a book retailer has too much in the way of ammo against MS, so they're a safe target.
Then I'm confused as to what exactly your complaint is. When you said "it pretty much says it all" I took it as a comment of the discoverability of the feature... namely no one would ever think to press ctrl+f1 in order to minimize the ribbon. To counter this point, I present a number of ways users could discover this.
I used ctrl+f1 before because it is easier than saying "click on that little triangle next to the help button as long as you're running Office 2010" or "right click somewhere on the ribbon that isn't a text box or expandable menu and select minimize ribbon"
If that's not your complaint, then I don't think Ctrl+f1 really doesn't say it all, and you have to elaborate. After all, it doesn't matter if the key combination is obscure as long as I'm telling him exactly what it is.
Or double click one of the ribbon tabs. Or right click on the ribbon and click "minimize ribbon." Or if you're using Office 2010 there's a little carrot pointing up on the ribbon bar which minimizes it. Or if you can't figure out any of these ways, they're all detailed if you search for "Minimize ribbon" in the help.
But a store that sells apps is an app store... so you can't call your store what it is? Is it like when you call a demon by its true name and it destroys itself?
You do know that you can minimize the ribbon, right? ctrl+F1. Regardless after you add all the toolbars you need in Office 2003, by converting to the ribbon you're only losing about 10px of vertical space. I don't know how that translates to only seeing a paragraph at a time unless you're running at 640x480.
With wide screen displays and netbook sizes, yes, yes they are. This is why Microsoft is getting all the deserved hate for the Ribbon interface.
Netbooks were a fad, being replaced by the new tablet fad. I use office 2007 on a 12" 1280x800 display and I never particularly lamented over the ribbon interface. If I ever though it took up too much space I could just minimize it anyway. BFD.
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It cost as much as a smartphone, but you couldn't get 3rd party smartphone applications like other phones.
Which is why he says if it cost $5 it might be a different story. You disagreed with him and then re-stated his point.
The trend is clearly in decline, so not only are the users not there, they're not ever going to be there.
Not sure how you got this from the data, which clearly shows monotonic growth in WP7, either looking at the native app or the facebook app.
Agreed. Make sure you turn off the features you don't want like the mail client, web server, torrent client, etc. It can get very slim.
http://gizmodo.com/#!5737002/the-problem-with-android-updates-part-seventeen-or-why-samsung-galaxy-phones-are-stuck-in-the-past
http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-fascinate-users-report-froyo-update-problems-and-solutions-20110422/
http://www.bgr.com/2011/02/24/sprint-pulls-epic-4g-android-2-2-froyo-update-data-connectivity-sd-card-issues-reported/
http://www.digitalhome.ca/2010/12/samsung-users-complain-android-2-2-update-is-bricking-phones/
By the way, since Slashdot seems to deem update problems with specific phone models newsworthy, where are the Slashdot posts on these Android update problems, and how come that isn't a 'saga'?
That website sounds like a support group for women with a disease called droids.
Kill what in court exactly? I don't think you understand what is actually happening here. The police are not using the GPS data to issue speeding tickets. They are using it to place cameras where the data says people are speeding. If the camera catches you speeding, the GPS data they bought has no bearing on what the camera says.
Slashdot has an icon for Apple, iPhone, and iOS, and yet this gets tagged with handhelds?
So where is the consumer's power to resist such a thing if every phone company uses it (which clearly they will)?
He's implying that civil engineering isn't engineering, and biology isn't science.
Can you name one?
Why yes! I believe OP was referencing this recent /. story:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/25/1415259/Bizarre-Porn-Raid-Underscores-Wi-Fi-Privacy-Risks?utm_source=rss1.0&utm_medium=feed
Ah! Thanks for that!
then you are guilty until proven innocent.
And even still, from then on when someone searches for your name the first page of results will contain the phrase "child pornography scandal" and your fate is sealed.
Since you're using Fedora 15 maybe you could explain something to me that I don't quite get about Gnome 3.
I played around with a Gnome 3 live CD based on suse, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to put items on desktop. It seemed like there was no right clicking on the desktop to create a file. Putting files in ~/Desktop didn't show up where I thought they should. Is the Gnome 3 desktop just for displaying wallpaper now? Or is there some new paradigm I'm completely missing?
I mean, I can kind of understand the whole no minimizing thing, and I can probably learn to get behind it, but my workflow is completely centered around files on my desktop. I can't get past that.
Then there would be no room on the homepage for important announcements like an iPhone color change!
And in the end they'll put it in a case to avoid marring its perfect form.
Because if you buy the plan without getting a new phone you still pay the exact same price.
This just means you are subsidizing someone else's phone.
Besides, what is it exclusive to B&N that MS is attacking
Maybe other companies are licensing tech from MS. Or, maybe they have a large enough tech patent portfolio to assure mutual destruction if MS were to sue. I don't suppose a book retailer has too much in the way of ammo against MS, so they're a safe target.
Aren't patents by definition anti-competitive?
Check your inbox. My friend literally just got an e-mail from Sony about this.
Then I'm confused as to what exactly your complaint is. When you said "it pretty much says it all" I took it as a comment of the discoverability of the feature... namely no one would ever think to press ctrl+f1 in order to minimize the ribbon. To counter this point, I present a number of ways users could discover this.
I used ctrl+f1 before because it is easier than saying "click on that little triangle next to the help button as long as you're running Office 2010" or "right click somewhere on the ribbon that isn't a text box or expandable menu and select minimize ribbon"
If that's not your complaint, then I don't think Ctrl+f1 really doesn't say it all, and you have to elaborate. After all, it doesn't matter if the key combination is obscure as long as I'm telling him exactly what it is.
Or double click one of the ribbon tabs. Or right click on the ribbon and click "minimize ribbon." Or if you're using Office 2010 there's a little carrot pointing up on the ribbon bar which minimizes it. Or if you can't figure out any of these ways, they're all detailed if you search for "Minimize ribbon" in the help.
But a store that sells apps is an app store... so you can't call your store what it is? Is it like when you call a demon by its true name and it destroys itself?
Anyway, computers are conclusively better if only for the fact that you can play MP3s while you game.
Xbox can do this.
You do know that you can minimize the ribbon, right? ctrl+F1. Regardless after you add all the toolbars you need in Office 2003, by converting to the ribbon you're only losing about 10px of vertical space. I don't know how that translates to only seeing a paragraph at a time unless you're running at 640x480.
With wide screen displays and netbook sizes, yes, yes they are. This is why Microsoft is getting all the deserved hate for the Ribbon interface.
Netbooks were a fad, being replaced by the new tablet fad. I use office 2007 on a 12" 1280x800 display and I never particularly lamented over the ribbon interface. If I ever though it took up too much space I could just minimize it anyway. BFD.