Some people are saying apple has had this in their OS for a while. True. SOme people are saying its still amazing because it's a hand held.
Well get this: I bought Microsoft's voice recognition package back in 94. It ran on my 33mhz 486 with 6mb of ram, and worked alright ("close window", "next window", simple commands and sentences). All of this on windows 3.1.
Current hand helds are what, 400MHz with atleast 64mb ram.
I am not aware of any. That doesn't mean there isn't though.
Why? 2 part. 1) a more secure use model. Not many apps allow plugins or scripts to run arbitrarilly. However, if they wanted to, I'm sure people could find a way to write to the user's ~/.profile or.bashrc, etc files. Or atleast hijack Mozilla/etc.
2) Popularity. It's all in the numbers for the people who design spyware. Windows has a significant chunk of the market, and so that is who advertisers target. It's also why I think you don't see many commercials on TV specifically for gay people. 2% of the population isn't a suitable target.
Not saying Linux users are gay, just that both groups are similarly small:)
Unfortunatelly I can't remember the names of them right now, but I've encountered a few spyware things out there that hijack your browser. In other words, they set your homepage to their page (and reset it if you change it), add their links to your favorites, your desktop, and add a flash object to you Active Desktop.
Of course, they aren't applications you can easily remove through control panel.
If anyone knows the names of some of these, please tack a reply onto this:)
I had the same impression, and I figure this is either just tricky marketting as others have suggested, or since the book actually explains what it is, the author was reluctant to give out the contents of the book for free.
Similarly, how many book reviews say "Java is a programming language intended for cross platform compatibility" or "Apache is a webserver" or
See my point? If you wanna know what it is, google it.
And just why do you need to generate 2048x1536 images on your cell phone? That's twice the resolution of most people's monitors, and well above most quality monitors(1600x1200).
Plus, concidering you're probably going to be sending these images over the 3G network, where you'll be charged by bandwidth, I'd prefer to send a smaller image that gets the point across rather than a 4MB monster.
I don't see the point in anything higher than 1.5-2MP unless you're printing out your photos. They are too large to use as desktop wallpapers, too large to email or put on the web, and I HATE scrolling to see a whole image.
I hate these jack-of-all-trade things. I'd like a separate computer for web surfing, compiling, writing emails, word processing, watching movies, and playing games.
How tough is it to be a master of cell phone? Not too hard. Most of the "advanced" features of a cell phone exist in PDAs these days - reminders, address books, web surfing, bluetooth, etc. So why not combine them?
I concider this a kickass PDA with the feature of being a cell phone too. My only concern is size, it would feel a little odd to hold that sucker to your face, but I imagine most people would use a headset so they could also use the PDA functionality while on the phone.
Also, with that much ram and processing power, does it play MP3s? movies?
At work my cube sits next to our test bed which has roughly 100 (noisy) computers in it running 24/7. I come home and have 2 computers in my room, which is conciderably quieter, but still a far cry from silent.
Asside from the asthetic of a nice quiet work space and living space, there's a very good reason for a silent pc: Home Theater PC's. They're not popular yet, but a lot of people (myself included) have a PC dedicated as a PVR/DVD player/game emulator/etc. If that box is making much noise at all, it can be pretty distracting from your "media experience"
from the IGN article: At Nintendo's request, we have removed the package art from our site. With no official Nintendo announcement, this is still to be treated as a rumor.
Also, the link provided to EBGame's reference of this bundle has been taken down.
Well, wait around for Nov 18, when it's released, and I'm sure you'll be able to order it at any number of sites, or as someone else mentioned actually go to a Store {target, kmart, walmart, EBGames, Babbages, whatever}.
Being as how other such bundles have been very common, I think you can rest somewhat-assured that you can get it.
Keep in mind the 2 N64 zelda's were bundled with Wind Waker, and back when GC's were $150 they usually were bundled with a game like Metroid or Mario. Bundles aren't some crazy new idea.
Because video games are not a sport. The olympics are a celebration of the world's finest athletes, of people who push the capabilities of the human form to their farthest.
I highly doubt 72 straight hours of Everquest counts. nor does 20 headshots in a row. However, being grossly obese does push the human form... maybe being fat should be an olympic sport? America would have that one down pat.
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Has anyone else noticed lately that slashdot has had some popups? I don't know what they were, but my blocker did notify me that it blocked a efw from slashdot.org.
I would say it is dead. It has been out for a long long time now, and I have never personally seen a need to own a blue tooth enabled device. What few things are available supporting it are obscenely expensive ($60 for a cell phone bluetooth headset? just to avoid a wire?)
However, There are some driving forces behind it still. Like the screenshots for Longhorn that show Windows, a PDA, an MP3 player, and a digital camera all communicating wirelessly.
By the way, anyone notice that as of this comment there are roughly 140 comments already, and none were moderated above 2? weird.
Wow, so the open source community released a patch that wasn't well tested, that caused problems, and probably cost some people a bit of money.
How many times has slashdot bitched and moaned about a certain unnamed corporation doing something similar.
Some people say "this could have been avoided if your named.conf was written properly." Yes, and most viruses and worms could be prevented if people would patch their desktops.
So what we have: A patch that caused a lot of problems. Users that could have prevented the problem if they had known better.
Sounds a lot like the kind of users all you eleet unix junkies diss on so often.
Hey assholes, listen up. This goes to everyone who participates in leaded material. This includes HL2 source, it includes the Doom3 leak.
Same goes to pirates of already-released material.
I used to do it too, I know... it's fun, it's a rush, whatever.
This is the consequence. Valve was making a huge effort to release a ground breaking product. HL2 is quite possible the most anticipated game to come out in a LONG time.
You motherfuckers had to steal the source, and this is what happened. Why? Was it worth it? You still can't play it, can you? You don't have the models, the textures, or anything.
All you did is hurt their business and the community.
I believe they were mentioned a little while ago, but they're the "We're a record company, but we're not evil" people.
Seriously. Asside from a few artists I absolutely love, I have started getting my music fix from mp3.com and magnatune. If you're gonna listen to them though, please do help them out financially. It takes a lot of bandwidth to stream mp3s.
Should Microsoft's software be treated any differently than, say, automobiles?
Que all the "If your car was designed by Microsoft" jokes. It would crash every day, you wouldn't be able to open the hood, blah blah blah, shut up people.
Seriously though, I think that not just Microsoft, but all "critical" level systems should be held accountable. Obviously machinery for hospitals are held accountable - if an XRay machine overdoses a patient with radiation and kills them you better believe the manufacturer is in deep shit.
Obviously games/etc don't have much at steak, but any product that is intended to have people depend on it (an Operating System, or a rendering package used in Hollywood, etc) should be aware of the dependency its costomers have on it, and yes - it should be held accountable if infact it causes the customers conciderable financial (or health, or whatever) damage.
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Some people are saying apple has had this in their OS for a while. True. SOme people are saying its still amazing because it's a hand held.
Well get this: I bought Microsoft's voice recognition package back in 94. It ran on my 33mhz 486 with 6mb of ram, and worked alright ("close window", "next window", simple commands and sentences). All of this on windows 3.1.
Current hand helds are what, 400MHz with atleast 64mb ram.
Lop.com is one of them. I just read someone else mention it here
Is there *nix spyware?
.bashrc, etc files. Or atleast hijack Mozilla/etc.
:)
Why not?
I am not aware of any. That doesn't mean there isn't though.
Why? 2 part.
1) a more secure use model. Not many apps allow plugins or scripts to run arbitrarilly. However, if they wanted to, I'm sure people could find a way to write to the user's ~/.profile or
2) Popularity. It's all in the numbers for the people who design spyware. Windows has a significant chunk of the market, and so that is who advertisers target. It's also why I think you don't see many commercials on TV specifically for gay people. 2% of the population isn't a suitable target.
Not saying Linux users are gay, just that both groups are similarly small
Unfortunatelly I can't remember the names of them right now, but I've encountered a few spyware things out there that hijack your browser. In other words, they set your homepage to their page (and reset it if you change it), add their links to your favorites, your desktop, and add a flash object to you Active Desktop.
:)
Of course, they aren't applications you can easily remove through control panel.
If anyone knows the names of some of these, please tack a reply onto this
I had the same impression, and I figure this is either just tricky marketting as others have suggested, or since the book actually explains what it is, the author was reluctant to give out the contents of the book for free.
Similarly, how many book reviews say "Java is a programming language intended for cross platform compatibility"
or
"Apache is a webserver"
or
See my point? If you wanna know what it is, google it.
If only I still had my mod points!
This hits a very good point: either you're for somethin, or you're against it.
If you hate the RIAA, don't buy CDs
If you hate the MPAA, don't go to their movies
If you hate Microsoft, don't buy their products.
If whatever reason you have for hating these organizations isn't good enough to keep you from supporting them financially, then shut the fuck up.
And just why do you need to generate 2048x1536 images on your cell phone? That's twice the resolution of most people's monitors, and well above most quality monitors(1600x1200).
Plus, concidering you're probably going to be sending these images over the 3G network, where you'll be charged by bandwidth, I'd prefer to send a smaller image that gets the point across rather than a 4MB monster.
I don't see the point in anything higher than 1.5-2MP unless you're printing out your photos. They are too large to use as desktop wallpapers, too large to email or put on the web, and I HATE scrolling to see a whole image.
Bigger is not always better.
I hate these jack-of-all-trade things. I'd like a separate computer for web surfing, compiling, writing emails, word processing, watching movies, and playing games.
How tough is it to be a master of cell phone? Not too hard. Most of the "advanced" features of a cell phone exist in PDAs these days - reminders, address books, web surfing, bluetooth, etc. So why not combine them?
I concider this a kickass PDA with the feature of being a cell phone too. My only concern is size, it would feel a little odd to hold that sucker to your face, but I imagine most people would use a headset so they could also use the PDA functionality while on the phone.
Also, with that much ram and processing power, does it play MP3s? movies?
Parent should be modded as a troll.
At work my cube sits next to our test bed which has roughly 100 (noisy) computers in it running 24/7. I come home and have 2 computers in my room, which is conciderably quieter, but still a far cry from silent.
Asside from the asthetic of a nice quiet work space and living space, there's a very good reason for a silent pc: Home Theater PC's. They're not popular yet, but a lot of people (myself included) have a PC dedicated as a PVR/DVD player/game emulator/etc. If that box is making much noise at all, it can be pretty distracting from your "media experience"
wow, a FP that doesnt suck! congrats
from the IGN article:
At Nintendo's request, we have removed the package art from our site. With no official Nintendo announcement, this is still to be treated as a rumor.
Also, the link provided to EBGame's reference of this bundle has been taken down.
Well, wait around for Nov 18, when it's released, and I'm sure you'll be able to order it at any number of sites, or as someone else mentioned actually go to a Store {target, kmart, walmart, EBGames, Babbages, whatever}.
Being as how other such bundles have been very common, I think you can rest somewhat-assured that you can get it.
Keep in mind the 2 N64 zelda's were bundled with Wind Waker, and back when GC's were $150 they usually were bundled with a game like Metroid or Mario. Bundles aren't some crazy new idea.
Because video games are not a sport. The olympics are a celebration of the world's finest athletes, of people who push the capabilities of the human form to their farthest.
I highly doubt 72 straight hours of Everquest counts. nor does 20 headshots in a row. However, being grossly obese does push the human form... maybe being fat should be an olympic sport? America would have that one down pat.
Has anyone else noticed lately that slashdot has had some popups? I don't know what they were, but my blocker did notify me that it blocked a efw from slashdot.org.
I would say it is dead. It has been out for a long long time now, and I have never personally seen a need to own a blue tooth enabled device. What few things are available supporting it are obscenely expensive ($60 for a cell phone bluetooth headset? just to avoid a wire?)
However, There are some driving forces behind it still. Like the screenshots for Longhorn that show Windows, a PDA, an MP3 player, and a digital camera all communicating wirelessly.
By the way, anyone notice that as of this comment there are roughly 140 comments already, and none were moderated above 2? weird.
Wow, so the open source community released a patch that wasn't well tested, that caused problems, and probably cost some people a bit of money.
How many times has slashdot bitched and moaned about a certain unnamed corporation doing something similar.
Some people say "this could have been avoided if your named.conf was written properly." Yes, and most viruses and worms could be prevented if people would patch their desktops.
So what we have:
A patch that caused a lot of problems.
Users that could have prevented the problem if they had known better.
Sounds a lot like the kind of users all you eleet unix junkies diss on so often.
Oh, you mean THIS super secret interface named Aero?
I was thinking maybe eleventyoneium
The best Ad-ware / Spyware removal tool I've found is
SpyBot Search & Destroy
There is also Ad-Aware though.
Other stuff (non spyware related):
Winamp(2x is best)
Trillian/Gaim
Browsers (and mail): IE6, Mozilla, Opera are all fine
I've found both SlickRun and PopupPopper from Bayden Software to be useful as well.
Hey assholes, listen up. This goes to everyone who participates in leaded material. This includes HL2 source, it includes the Doom3 leak.
Same goes to pirates of already-released material.
I used to do it too, I know... it's fun, it's a rush, whatever.
This is the consequence. Valve was making a huge effort to release a ground breaking product. HL2 is quite possible the most anticipated game to come out in a LONG time.
You motherfuckers had to steal the source, and this is what happened. Why? Was it worth it? You still can't play it, can you? You don't have the models, the textures, or anything.
All you did is hurt their business and the community.
Go die somewhere.
MagnaTune
I believe they were mentioned a little while ago, but they're the
"We're a record company, but we're not evil" people.
Seriously. Asside from a few artists I absolutely love, I have started getting my music fix from mp3.com and magnatune. If you're gonna listen to them though, please do help them out financially. It takes a lot of bandwidth to stream mp3s.
So we have the cigarette burn marks...what's next?
:)
Pictures of a big, fat, cock spliced into family films?
Actually YOU're wrong too.
quoting them means they have to occur next to each other in exactly that order.
If you want to require a word, put a + before it.
+speaker +bracelet +two
Should Microsoft's software be treated any differently than, say, automobiles?
Que all the "If your car was designed by Microsoft" jokes. It would crash every day, you wouldn't be able to open the hood, blah blah blah, shut up people.
Seriously though, I think that not just Microsoft, but all "critical" level systems should be held accountable. Obviously machinery for hospitals are held accountable - if an XRay machine overdoses a patient with radiation and kills them you better believe the manufacturer is in deep shit.
Obviously games/etc don't have much at steak, but any product that is intended to have people depend on it (an Operating System, or a rendering package used in Hollywood, etc) should be aware of the dependency its costomers have on it, and yes - it should be held accountable if infact it causes the customers conciderable financial (or health, or whatever) damage.
This person (FannyMinstrel) was warning the rest of us about a goatse.cx link and got modded Troll.
The person posting the goatse link got an offtopic.