We think that advertisements don't affect us because we don't immediately rush out and buy a Big Mac (Whopper, Coke/Pepsi/Shasta, Bud/Miller/Michelob, Ford/GM/Toyota, whatever)
and yet, even without a TV, you still know about Big Macs, Whoppers, Coke/Pepsi/Shasta, Bud/Miller/Michelob, and Ford/GM/Toyota.
I've read that India is already losing some outsourced projects to eastern Europe and Vietnam. India has a big advantage, though, because they speak English very well. Once the pay difference shrinks AND the language differences grow, I think US companies will start "outsourcing" to poorer US states in the Midwest and the South.
The FCC limits 802.11 power, but what are the regulations in other countries? When I installed my 802.11g hardware, it asked me what country I was in and threatened a severe penalty if I lied. Of course, this just means it must be hiding the GOOD STUFF. Can I increase the signal power or range of my 802.11g hardware by choosing a less regulated country??
YES! Getting Things Done (GTD) works very well for me. It is very pragmatic because it works bottom-up (from tasks to projects/goals), while Steven Covey's "Seven Habits" works top-down (from "values" to goals). GTD is especially popular and effective for ADD geeks like me. 43 Folders.
yes, you are absolutely correct. I also forgot that the Symbian requires that you use RAS/PPP to run the emulator on a second PC. You can't remote debug your phone, but you are REQUIRED to remote debug your emulator?! Yes, there are now hack DLLs (not from Symbian or Nokia, I believe) that allow you to run the emulator on just one machine.
Windows CE is not a hacked version of Windows 95. It is a completely new codebase based on two Microsoft project teams codenamed Pegasus and Pulsar.
I have coded for many Windows CE flavors (Pocket PC, Smartphone, CE.NET) and for Symbian (Nokia Series 60). The Windows CE dev tools are FAR superior to the Symbian dev tools. CE dev tools are free (beer). Symbian's are expensive. CE supports easy remote debugging. Symbian is rumored to support remote debugging, but you must buy some crappy Borland C++ compiler or futz around with gdb and even then remote debugging barely works. The Microsoft's ARM compiler is very good and highly optimizized. Symbian uses gcc, which is notorious for generating slow code. And to top it off, if you build with gcc -O, your Symbian app will randomly crash on the phone! So you are stuck with gcc's unoptimized, bloated code..:(
The US government "saves" government land by building roads for and PAYING for the timber companies to clearcut it? Otherwise the timber industry would "buy up all the land", i.e. pay the US government (instead of vice versa, as we currently have)?
How much of the land harvested by timber companies is actually owned by those companies? The timber companies have a strong incentive to clearcut... because it's often not their land. The US government PAYS the companies to harvest timber from PUBLIC forests.
Content companies don't need to break any hash algorithms to flood P2P systems with fake music. They could write a simulated P2P client that exposes REAL hashes of REAL music files, but then just upload white noise files when a real P2P client tries to download the music files.
Cell operators like Verizon spend BILLIONS on proprietary "3G" networks. Their networks require lots of towers, yet have poor coverage and lots of "signal shadows". WiMax access points have ranges from 30-50 MILES and don't have the same signal shadow problems. WiMax phone networks will steamroll cell operators with cheap networks yet better coverage and service.
And cell phone operators will lobby congress to label WiFi as a "telecommunications service", thus increasing regulation of WiFi. Will Joe User with an open WiFi access point have to pay taxes as a telecommunications service provider?
Someone tried to convince me Bill Gates funds the Gates Foundation, not because Bill might want to altruistically help people, but because he wants to create an army of ultra cheap programmers from poor Africans.
Slashdot Mirror
or Microsoft maybe could GEM Plus?
I know you said you don't use Orange, but they are launching the Treo 650 tomorrow:
"Official launch of the Treo 650 in the UK"
Only the government, with its threat of imprisonment, can censor. Is CNN "censoring" Bill O'Reilly because it does not broadcast his TV show?
At least you have multiple choices of corporations. There is only one government.
We think that advertisements don't affect us because we don't immediately rush out and buy a Big Mac (Whopper, Coke/Pepsi/Shasta, Bud/Miller/Michelob, Ford/GM/Toyota, whatever)
and yet, even without a TV, you still know about Big Macs, Whoppers, Coke/Pepsi/Shasta, Bud/Miller/Michelob, and Ford/GM/Toyota.
Plus you can trip balls all you want with free samples from your pharmacy.
I've read that India is already losing some outsourced projects to eastern Europe and Vietnam. India has a big advantage, though, because they speak English very well. Once the pay difference shrinks AND the language differences grow, I think US companies will start "outsourcing" to poorer US states in the Midwest and the South.
The FCC limits 802.11 power, but what are the regulations in other countries? When I installed my 802.11g hardware, it asked me what country I was in and threatened a severe penalty if I lied. Of course, this just means it must be hiding the GOOD STUFF. Can I increase the signal power or range of my 802.11g hardware by choosing a less regulated country??
I forgot to add that my favorite GTD-related blog is 43 Folders.
YES! Getting Things Done (GTD) works very well for me. It is very pragmatic because it works bottom-up (from tasks to projects/goals), while Steven Covey's "Seven Habits" works top-down (from "values" to goals). GTD is especially popular and effective for ADD geeks like me. 43 Folders.
Maybe you didn't laugh during "Napoleon Dynamite" because it hit too close to home?
yes, you are absolutely correct. I also forgot that the Symbian requires that you use RAS/PPP to run the emulator on a second PC. You can't remote debug your phone, but you are REQUIRED to remote debug your emulator?! Yes, there are now hack DLLs (not from Symbian or Nokia, I believe) that allow you to run the emulator on just one machine.
Windows CE is not a hacked version of Windows 95. It is a completely new codebase based on two Microsoft project teams codenamed Pegasus and Pulsar.
I have coded for many Windows CE flavors (Pocket PC, Smartphone, CE.NET) and for Symbian (Nokia Series 60). The Windows CE dev tools are FAR superior to the Symbian dev tools. CE dev tools are free (beer). Symbian's are expensive. CE supports easy remote debugging. Symbian is rumored to support remote debugging, but you must buy some crappy Borland C++ compiler or futz around with gdb and even then remote debugging barely works. The Microsoft's ARM compiler is very good and highly optimizized. Symbian uses gcc, which is notorious for generating slow code. And to top it off, if you build with gcc -O, your Symbian app will randomly crash on the phone! So you are stuck with gcc's unoptimized, bloated code..
The US government "saves" government land by building roads for and PAYING for the timber companies to clearcut it? Otherwise the timber industry would "buy up all the land", i.e. pay the US government (instead of vice versa, as we currently have)?
To save this village, we must destroy it.
How much of the land harvested by timber companies is actually owned by those companies? The timber companies have a strong incentive to clearcut... because it's often not their land. The US government PAYS the companies to harvest timber from PUBLIC forests.
and then we invade you?
Content companies don't need to break any hash algorithms to flood P2P systems with fake music. They could write a simulated P2P client that exposes REAL hashes of REAL music files, but then just upload white noise files when a real P2P client tries to download the music files.
To avoid the Firefox freeze, in the Tools > Options > Downloads menu, you can change Firefox's PDF handler from the plugin to the standalone player.
PDF supports JavaScript, too. PDF+JavaScript vs Flash? What's the difference?
Adobe *loves* the idea of lock-in. Remember, this is the company that had someone *arrested* for reverse-engineering Adobe's eBook format
and you can't get more "locked-in" than prison!
SVG is Flash's biggest rival, but Adobe has always supported it.
I guess you can say Adobe supports SVG.. if you mean a huge 5 MB plugin that has not been updated forever.
Porn is the killer app of the intarweb. oh, wait.. you already mentioned [porn] spam, [porn] piracy, and [porn] advertising.
Cell operators like Verizon spend BILLIONS on proprietary "3G" networks. Their networks require lots of towers, yet have poor coverage and lots of "signal shadows". WiMax access points have ranges from 30-50 MILES and don't have the same signal shadow problems. WiMax phone networks will steamroll cell operators with cheap networks yet better coverage and service.
And cell phone operators will lobby congress to label WiFi as a "telecommunications service", thus increasing regulation of WiFi. Will Joe User with an open WiFi access point have to pay taxes as a telecommunications service provider?
Someone tried to convince me Bill Gates funds the Gates Foundation, not because Bill might want to altruistically help people, but because he wants to create an army of ultra cheap programmers from poor Africans.
And he was 110% serious.