make it more like 600MB for the photosmart C6180 I have. I finally removed it, and downloaded a 30MB one from their support site. It works actually better than the CD one because it does not complain once a week with a false alarm about updating.
On the other hand, on my fedora laptop, installing the printer is plug and play (something like: add new printer / HP / Photosmart 6180 / DONE)
Linux 1 / HP 0
Msoft is desperate to not totally fail in the phone market.
Msoft has just seen how kinect pc hack has created so much buzz.
Msoft Windows is reasonably open, at least more than ipod, or google chrome.
Smartphones are hardware devices which Do Stuff. Connected is a service package choice. The offline apps are still neat.
Absolutely. In fact I have a little Samsung Naos (android 2.1) that I got for close to 0$ but never plugged a sim card in it (prefer my iphone 3G).
The point is that this Android smart-phone has wifi, so it's a nice toy for gmail, podcasts, radios, photos, games, ssh terminal etc... and without even a data plan.
My kids want to steal it from me!
agreed it's a smart move for the US to be buying petrol from abroad while it lasts and is not too expensive. Then in the years 2020 maybe use more US oil plus sell some at extreme prices!
But maybe Saudi Arabia is starting to have the same strategy
you either go with Linux and waste valuable time or go with the Windows/MacOS oligopoly and waste dollars.
I just had to fix a vista machine and an xp machine, both had stupid problems connecting to a Windows CIFS NaS server from Synology.
No error message that i could use to search in forums.
I ended up deleting the user accounts, recreating them, then restoring user data from backups.
I know it sounds stupid, but what do you do when there is no error message...
During that time, my Linux laptop was working fine, including accessing that Synology file share.
Main reason to stick to Windows or Mac is the warm feeling of doing what the others do.
Main reason, for me, to stick to Linux is the sense of freedom, the higher wage for Linux specialists.
Now to answer the bloatware point, hardware vendors do it because they make money this way. You're free to buy and install Windows from scratch, with the drivers, etc... but you really have to love microsoft and hate bloatware for that...
Oh by the way, why do people keep the stickers "nvidia in here" "triple core hydrogen turbo boost"...
wikipedia's user interface and page syntax is definitely for geeks today.
== sub title ==
look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table#Simple_example for a "simple example".
So don't be surprised to get a big proportion of geeks using it. Geeks being mainly boys...
If it had a "facebook-like" ui, you might see more girls.
Ok, maybe don't go that far, but you get the idea. And I think Wikipedia is planning to improve it's UI, so...
The most misused word these days is 3D, as in 3D screen.
It should be called stereo screen.
3D technology has been around since the beginning of the 80s. The new thing is that so called tvs do not display one image, but 2 images, one for each eye.
When TV is holographic, that's when they can call it 3D!
Wait a minute, the subject of the post is Apps? oh well!...
Google has had the feature, even if not totally dummy-friendly, for a long time.
Also, what is really important is the spam filter. And there, Google rules.
so, it "looked potentially habitable" 2000 years ago.
If we could go there at the speed of light, we'd be there 4000 years after what we've seen.
If any-one is living there, I hope they take good care of their planet during those 4000 years, or else...
the people telling us the world's weather is going to be a specific number of degrees hotter or colder in a decade. They can't even accuratly predict a week out.
Then explain why it's hard to tell the temperature in New York in 15 days, but it's easy to tell that the summer is warmer than the winter...
The 1 year forecast is well known.
The 11 year Sun cycle is also known.
I see no problem in researching longer cycles. Now let's recognize that linking long-term weather pattern with human activity is something that we are not comfortable with, and also is not always done honestly.
I'll be 100 in 2060. May I ask that this "invention" waits until then to hit the shops.
Seriously, people pretend to do this for the sake of ecology. But I see this as the opposite of ecology.
Plus it reminds me of the ersatz people made during the second world war (sugar from tissue, etc...)
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make it more like 600MB for the photosmart C6180 I have. I finally removed it, and downloaded a 30MB one from their support site. It works actually better than the CD one because it does not complain once a week with a false alarm about updating.
On the other hand, on my fedora laptop, installing the printer is plug and play (something like: add new printer / HP / Photosmart 6180 / DONE)
Linux 1 / HP 0
maybe they got payed by the electricity provider ;)
Msoft is desperate to not totally fail in the phone market.
Msoft has just seen how kinect pc hack has created so much buzz.
Msoft Windows is reasonably open, at least more than ipod, or google chrome.
No matter how much web2.0, augmented reality, buzz, money, etc ... we're only human http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlQ6Ka4yg_8
Smartphones are hardware devices which Do Stuff. Connected is a service package choice. The offline apps are still neat.
Absolutely. In fact I have a little Samsung Naos (android 2.1) that I got for close to 0$ but never plugged a sim card in it (prefer my iphone 3G). ... and without even a data plan.
The point is that this Android smart-phone has wifi, so it's a nice toy for gmail, podcasts, radios, photos, games, ssh terminal etc
My kids want to steal it from me!
you must be joking, it was absolutely obvious there was something happening. All those institutions fighting Wikileaks must have been orchestrated!
they'll have died from death
believe me, we all will! :)
agreed it's a smart move for the US to be buying petrol from abroad while it lasts and is not too expensive. Then in the years 2020 maybe use more US oil plus sell some at extreme prices! But maybe Saudi Arabia is starting to have the same strategy
you either go with Linux and waste valuable time or go with the Windows/MacOS oligopoly and waste dollars.
I just had to fix a vista machine and an xp machine, both had stupid problems connecting to a Windows CIFS NaS server from Synology. No error message that i could use to search in forums. I ended up deleting the user accounts, recreating them, then restoring user data from backups. I know it sounds stupid, but what do you do when there is no error message ...
... but you really have to love microsoft and hate bloatware for that ...
Oh by the way, why do people keep the stickers "nvidia in here" "triple core hydrogen turbo boost" ...
During that time, my Linux laptop was working fine, including accessing that Synology file share.
Main reason to stick to Windows or Mac is the warm feeling of doing what the others do.
Main reason, for me, to stick to Linux is the sense of freedom, the higher wage for Linux specialists.
Now to answer the bloatware point, hardware vendors do it because they make money this way. You're free to buy and install Windows from scratch, with the drivers, etc
wikipedia's user interface and page syntax is definitely for geeks today. == sub title == look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table#Simple_example for a "simple example". So don't be surprised to get a big proportion of geeks using it. Geeks being mainly boys ...
If it had a "facebook-like" ui, you might see more girls.
Ok, maybe don't go that far, but you get the idea. And I think Wikipedia is planning to improve it's UI, so ...
sure, but posting here adds to the buzz ...
took me some time to understand this one. Thanks!
people are going to buy the cheaper one, "outsourcing" the manufacturing jobs
so true!
Here you are :)
The most misused word these days is 3D, as in 3D screen. It should be called stereo screen. 3D technology has been around since the beginning of the 80s. The new thing is that so called tvs do not display one image, but 2 images, one for each eye. When TV is holographic, that's when they can call it 3D! Wait a minute, the subject of the post is Apps? oh well! ...
Google has had the feature, even if not totally dummy-friendly, for a long time. Also, what is really important is the spam filter. And there, Google rules.
so, it "looked potentially habitable" 2000 years ago. If we could go there at the speed of light, we'd be there 4000 years after what we've seen. If any-one is living there, I hope they take good care of their planet during those 4000 years, or else ...
the people telling us the world's weather is going to be a specific number of degrees hotter or colder in a decade. They can't even accuratly predict a week out.
Then explain why it's hard to tell the temperature in New York in 15 days, but it's easy to tell that the summer is warmer than the winter ...
The 1 year forecast is well known.
The 11 year Sun cycle is also known.
I see no problem in researching longer cycles. Now let's recognize that linking long-term weather pattern with human activity is something that we are not comfortable with, and also is not always done honestly.
back in 2009, I said Android was going to win against Symbian. Starting with the smartphone part of the mobile market. So far I'm right!
I'll be 100 in 2060. May I ask that this "invention" waits until then to hit the shops. Seriously, people pretend to do this for the sake of ecology. But I see this as the opposite of ecology. Plus it reminds me of the ersatz people made during the second world war (sugar from tissue, etc ...)