1. How is a nexus 7 locked down?
The bootloader is unlocked and you don't have to stick with android.
Exactly. You can, for instance, install Ubuntu on it. There are some issues, but the Nexus 7 is surely the most ARM-based tablet on the market right now.
I was going to joke about hoping for a Google Child Finder (Beta), but had to give up after considering the unfortunate child molestation implications...
I'm sorry about that mistake, but my point still applies: ZTE, a Chinese manufacturer, launched two Windows Phone 7.5 devices. WP is also a generic, vulnerable to Chinese competition, platform.
Android is generic, so they have no edge over Chinese manufacturers.
I really don't get why this argument applies against Android but misteriously doesn't apply against Windows Phone. Hello, WP is also a generic, third-party licensed operating system, not a in-house solution. After all, HTC is a Chinese manufacturer and also uses Windows Phone...
Dear Cyanogenmod developers,
Please, PLEASE, be very careful in not letting the "get.cm" domain expire. Otherwise, it will be a real security nightmare.
The real Islamic people are not bothered by words, because their education level is higher than the fifth grade.
May I present you to the No True Scotsman fallacy? Those people are real Islamic people too, just like the Christian loonies who want to force Creationism into our schools also are (unfortunatelly) real Christians. We have to deal with it.
I'm surprised that no one here has linked the Michael Shermer article on the cat-and-mouse game that is drug testing on high performance athletes: http://www.dhbc.org.au/files/Scientific.American.April.2008.pdf, by Michael Shermer (Scientific American). Warning: PDF link. On the plus side, PDF contains Game Theory discussion.
It seems that ARM will soon release open source drivers for those babies...
Unfortunatelly, they will not be *fully* open source:
For the ARM Mali T6xx Linux enablement, they are only using a DRM driver for driving the display controller while they have their own separate kernel driver for poking and handling the GPU itself. ARM though isn't being too open-source friendly in terms of a fully open stack or providing proper documentation.
You're right. In contrast, finding Chewbacca would prove that evolution doesn't make sense.
Do you know what would disprove the evolution? This is Chewbacca. Now think about that for one moment -- that does not make sense. Why am I talking about Chewbacca when a man's life is on the line? Why? I'll tell you why: I don't know. It does not make sense. If Chewbacca does not make sense, you must acquit!
Note that the peer review process does not need to be facilitated by academic publishing companies. Universities could organize peer review, and universities could publish journals online at no cost.
Exactly. And this is how research in Brazil is published. Universities mantain open access e-journals with peer reviews. I can't believe that more developed countries are still bullied by academic publishing companies.
Please ignore this comment. I'm posting to this thread because I've mismodded the parent's comment (tried to click "insightful", but clicked "redundant" instead).
I have a Motorola Milestone 1 (the international locked-bootloader version of the "Droid") and I can tell you that a lot of complex games are unavaliable to my device in the Android Market.
What? I can play DLNA just fine over my wireless network (last-year Samsung Smart TV accessing my NAS). I can open mkv, avi and other file formats just fine.
DLNA does _not_ restrict file formats. It _mandates_ a small list of file formats (h264 and such), but the manufacturer is free to support more formats, as Samung does.
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1. How is a nexus 7 locked down? The bootloader is unlocked and you don't have to stick with android.
Exactly. You can, for instance, install Ubuntu on it. There are some issues, but the Nexus 7 is surely the most ARM-based tablet on the market right now.
I was going to joke about hoping for a Google Child Finder (Beta), but had to give up after considering the unfortunate child molestation implications...
I'm sorry about that mistake, but my point still applies: ZTE, a Chinese manufacturer, launched two Windows Phone 7.5 devices. WP is also a generic, vulnerable to Chinese competition, platform.
Android is generic, so they have no edge over Chinese manufacturers.
I really don't get why this argument applies against Android but misteriously doesn't apply against Windows Phone. Hello, WP is also a generic, third-party licensed operating system, not a in-house solution. After all, HTC is a Chinese manufacturer and also uses Windows Phone...
Dear Cyanogenmod developers, Please, PLEASE, be very careful in not letting the "get.cm" domain expire. Otherwise, it will be a real security nightmare.
The real Islamic people are not bothered by words, because their education level is higher than the fifth grade.
May I present you to the No True Scotsman fallacy? Those people are real Islamic people too, just like the Christian loonies who want to force Creationism into our schools also are (unfortunatelly) real Christians. We have to deal with it.
Try this link instead. I think the submitter forgot to strip the URL junk...
I'm surprised that no one here has linked the Michael Shermer article on the cat-and-mouse game that is drug testing on high performance athletes:
http://www.dhbc.org.au/files/Scientific.American.April.2008.pdf, by Michael Shermer (Scientific American).
Warning: PDF link. On the plus side, PDF contains Game Theory discussion.
I do hope Mate moves to GTK3 though, as I like the toolkit.
Perhaps you should try the Cinnamon desktop alternative for GNOME3/GTK3.
(you can run an X client on Wayland, for when you still need the feature)
Nobody except MS really expects that will work any better, but they're going to try anyway.
Nobody except MS and the GNOME Shell (aka GNOME3) interface developers, that is.
I wish we could use all of our mod points in one big nuclear strike against a post. Secondly, I would like "Yawn" added to the list of mod choices.
Well, Firehose does have a "slownewsday" mod choice.
Unfortunatelly, they will not be *fully* open source:
For the ARM Mali T6xx Linux enablement, they are only using a DRM driver for driving the display controller while they have their own separate kernel driver for poking and handling the GPU itself. ARM though isn't being too open-source friendly in terms of a fully open stack or providing proper documentation.
Good grief.
Also, isn't that exactly what XChat currently does? Of course, there are a lot of unnoficial windows binaries (listed on Wikipedia and all).
You're right. In contrast, finding Chewbacca would prove that evolution doesn't make sense.
Do you know what would disprove the evolution? This is Chewbacca. Now think about that for one moment -- that does not make sense. Why am I talking about Chewbacca when a man's life is on the line? Why? I'll tell you why: I don't know. It does not make sense. If Chewbacca does not make sense, you must acquit!
Note that the peer review process does not need to be facilitated by academic publishing companies. Universities could organize peer review, and universities could publish journals online at no cost.
Exactly. And this is how research in Brazil is published. Universities mantain open access e-journals with peer reviews. I can't believe that more developed countries are still bullied by academic publishing companies.
On this theme, I prefer the obligatory PHDcomics: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1174
:)
Please ignore this comment. I'm posting to this thread because I've mismodded the parent's comment (tried to click "insightful", but clicked "redundant" instead).
I have a Motorola Milestone 1 (the international locked-bootloader version of the "Droid") and I can tell you that a lot of complex games are unavaliable to my device in the Android Market.
Which should be shortly since Chrome on Android will not support Flash either.
I didn't know that, and you unfortunately didn't provide a citation, but I think I've found the relevant news piece. Thanks for bringing that up.
Excuse me for a moment while I do the victory dance. Good riddance, Flash!
Which should be shortly since Chrome on Android will not support Flash either.
Citation, please?
What? I can play DLNA just fine over my wireless network (last-year Samsung Smart TV accessing my NAS). I can open mkv, avi and other file formats just fine. DLNA does _not_ restrict file formats. It _mandates_ a small list of file formats (h264 and such), but the manufacturer is free to support more formats, as Samung does.
Nice blogspam, but why don't we link to the original blog post from Michael Meeks (Libreoffice developer)?
Well, Avatar IS just "Dances With Giant Smurfs", 3D or not. Yes, I've watched it in 3D.
It kind of amazes me how no one saw the utility of a touch tablet running a mobile OS until Jobs showed it to them.
Perhaps, but the way was being paved. Have you ever heard of the Nokia 770 tablet?
Nokia's shortcoming wasn't lack of foresight, but not-so-stellar execution.