I've never used AdBlock. I only use FlashBlock and NoScript. Yet I never see Ads.
It's bizarre beyond belief. I'll go to numerous sites where they attempt to mess up noscript by blanking out the entire site. Never though do I see image banners or even simple text ads. Website owners constantly whine about NoScript but never ever attempt to work around it.
I'm hardly being pendantic. My statement has always been that it's easier to just emulate. Googles code as you agree is dependent on posix.
The idea of porting all those systems is ludicrous. Running an emulator is far easier. The only hicup is ARM vs x86. That is a lot simpler to solve.
When you see "native" dalvik that is what they mean. x86 dalvik running on an emulated posix layer.
What do you have against an emulator in the first place? A proper vm is only going to be a very small performance hit. People run linux in vm boxes all the time.
This is the same method used to handle distributed computing with untrusted nodes. Simply hand off the same problem to multiple nodes and recompute if differences arise.
The real solution is going to involve hardware as well. The nodes themselves will become supernodes with built in redundancy.
You are fundamentally misunderstanding the difference between a bytecode virtual machine and what Java does. Java isn't just a language. It's an entire computer with an entire operating system. The Java language is a small subset of that. Android uses that small subset (language + language libraries) and uses entirely different systems for the rest. Saying Android is Java is like saying Windows is C#.
So to run Android on windows. You need Dalvik. You need Android systems. You need the Android security model. You need the Android API. You need the Android windowing system. Dalvik is a very small part of it all.
ALL of that is written on posix. Porting it to Windows is not a simple compiler flag.
Android isn't a Java environment at all. The code for Dalvik apps is written in java then compiled to java bytecode. That bytecode is then compiled to Dalvik bytecode. The actual systems/api of the two have nothing in common either.
It's possible to port it but it's fairly reliant on Posix to work. Far easier to just use an emulator. Dalvik is a register based runtime though so I'm unclear about it's performance on an x86 system.
The way things are setup on stock android is a nightmare. The supposed "Walled Garden" doesn't even exist. Android doesn't have malware/viruses because "legit" apps can walk right in and do whatever they want. Want to steal all your users contacts and use them for spam? There's a built-in API for that.
I was trying to download a widget for screen brightness and 99% of the free ones wanted internet access permissions. It was just absolutely atrocious.
The only redeeming feature is how easy it is to root and fix.
NASA was impressive, when it was committed to human exploration. They already lost that legacy. They replaced it with the shuttle, and then started doing an endless stream of space research.
Sometimes you have to shoot the scientists and turn it over to the engineers.
The problem with looking at coding this way is too many people will fail. When you're looking for a vocation/apprenticeship the last thing you want is something risky.
It's also way too volatile. Training to be a "microsoft.net programmer" is insane. You're whole profession could get flushed down the toilet instantly.
All that education is necessary to constantly retrain yourself.
Now when it comes to energy storage to deal with renewables the problem is the shear amount of energy storage needed as well as energy lost to inefficiency. The technology exists, but the cost would be prohibitive.
RTFA and all that. The interesting thing about this is the electrolyte is supposedly cheap as hell. Thus the idea is making some long lasting batteries the size of a house on the cheap.
Kidding you? Who cares who's fault it is? We need a solution no matter who takes the blame. Pointing at the dangerous poor people is just the best way to make the conservative rich understand the problem.
Carbon emissions are a real problem. We don't need a bunch of zealots claiming the sky is falling unless we do things their way.
With the third world getting ready to ramp up energy production the idea of conservation is a pipe dream. China is already ignoring us and the rest will do the same.
We need to globally spend trillions of dollars on energy research and we need to do it yesterday. It's the only answer left.
Pumping increasing tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is going to do something heinously bad. There's no point trying to convince people the planet is going to overheat.
Just look at China's carbon emissions on the chart and then imagine that happening with every third world country.
Start discussing the situation as "those dirty poor people ruining it for the rest of us" and all the nay sayers will suddenly understand the problem.
I love how everyone acts like this really has something to do with Apple. The reality is it would of happened no matter what. Nobody wants to carry an extra device.
The moment selling graphically powerful phones became normal was the moment handhelds were doomed. Apple brought this about earlier perhaps but Moore's law said it was going to happen no matter what.
I must admit we don't seem to be getting what we want out of Android. If Google isn't going to use their market share to force a better phone market then it's pointless to care about them losing to MSFT.
This isn't a social site. It sounds more like a "here's my web card" or something sort of site. Why would you even use it if you wanted that info private?
I hate apple and despise them for their lockdowns. Whining about this is just bullshit though. Basically all Apple has done is shown it's not stupid to keep cash on hand.
Other companies are free to continue their blatantly retarded path of buying up shitty companies for far more than they are worth. That's apparently the "proper" use of extra cash.
I don't understand how geeks could consider using the web without noscript. I shudder at the thought of letting Slashdot actually run all the shitty scripting stuff they want to run.
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A cap of $5000 is not going to discourage them from phoning you up and pushing you into a quick settlement.
I've never used AdBlock. I only use FlashBlock and NoScript. Yet I never see Ads.
It's bizarre beyond belief. I'll go to numerous sites where they attempt to mess up noscript by blanking out the entire site. Never though do I see image banners or even simple text ads. Website owners constantly whine about NoScript but never ever attempt to work around it.
I'm hardly being pendantic. My statement has always been that it's easier to just emulate. Googles code as you agree is dependent on posix.
The idea of porting all those systems is ludicrous. Running an emulator is far easier. The only hicup is ARM vs x86. That is a lot simpler to solve.
When you see "native" dalvik that is what they mean. x86 dalvik running on an emulated posix layer.
What do you have against an emulator in the first place? A proper vm is only going to be a very small performance hit. People run linux in vm boxes all the time.
This is the same method used to handle distributed computing with untrusted nodes. Simply hand off the same problem to multiple nodes and recompute if differences arise.
The real solution is going to involve hardware as well. The nodes themselves will become supernodes with built in redundancy.
You are fundamentally misunderstanding the difference between a bytecode virtual machine and what Java does. Java isn't just a language. It's an entire computer with an entire operating system. The Java language is a small subset of that. Android uses that small subset (language + language libraries) and uses entirely different systems for the rest. Saying Android is Java is like saying Windows is C#.
So to run Android on windows. You need Dalvik. You need Android systems. You need the Android security model. You need the Android API. You need the Android windowing system. Dalvik is a very small part of it all.
ALL of that is written on posix. Porting it to Windows is not a simple compiler flag.
Android isn't a Java environment at all. The code for Dalvik apps is written in java then compiled to java bytecode. That bytecode is then compiled to Dalvik bytecode. The actual systems/api of the two have nothing in common either.
It's possible to port it but it's fairly reliant on Posix to work. Far easier to just use an emulator. Dalvik is a register based runtime though so I'm unclear about it's performance on an x86 system.
For starters android doesn't support little things like a password file or a groups file. It's Linux but the devil is in the details.
HTC is having patent troubles. It's unclear if that's going to extend to Android in general.
The way things are setup on stock android is a nightmare. The supposed "Walled Garden" doesn't even exist. Android doesn't have malware/viruses because "legit" apps can walk right in and do whatever they want. Want to steal all your users contacts and use them for spam? There's a built-in API for that.
I was trying to download a widget for screen brightness and 99% of the free ones wanted internet access permissions. It was just absolutely atrocious.
The only redeeming feature is how easy it is to root and fix.
In English the word "triggered" is not related to cause. Humans merely finished tipping a wobbling domino.
NASA was impressive, when it was committed to human exploration. They already lost that legacy. They replaced it with the shuttle, and then started doing an endless stream of space research.
Sometimes you have to shoot the scientists and turn it over to the engineers.
Let us know when Ballmer successfully runs a software company.
The problem with looking at coding this way is too many people will fail. When you're looking for a vocation/apprenticeship the last thing you want is something risky.
It's also way too volatile. Training to be a "microsoft .net programmer" is insane. You're whole profession could get flushed down the toilet instantly.
All that education is necessary to constantly retrain yourself.
DRM is completely the choice of the publisher of the game being sold. Steam is not required for all applications to run.
Plus there's also an extensive "overlay" that can be brought up inside games. Sort of like dashboards on consoles (but much better since it's a PC).
The intent is more to get Steam users off Windows and onto Linux than to take advantage of the current Linux market.
With Windows 8 announcing an app shop and scaring the hell out of small time developers we could finally see a real push for Linux adoption.
RTFA and all that. The interesting thing about this is the electrolyte is supposedly cheap as hell. Thus the idea is making some long lasting batteries the size of a house on the cheap.
Kidding you? Who cares who's fault it is? We need a solution no matter who takes the blame. Pointing at the dangerous poor people is just the best way to make the conservative rich understand the problem.
Carbon emissions are a real problem. We don't need a bunch of zealots claiming the sky is falling unless we do things their way.
With the third world getting ready to ramp up energy production the idea of conservation is a pipe dream. China is already ignoring us and the rest will do the same.
We need to globally spend trillions of dollars on energy research and we need to do it yesterday. It's the only answer left.
Pumping increasing tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is going to do something heinously bad. There's no point trying to convince people the planet is going to overheat.
Just look at China's carbon emissions on the chart and then imagine that happening with every third world country.
Start discussing the situation as "those dirty poor people ruining it for the rest of us" and all the nay sayers will suddenly understand the problem.
I love how everyone acts like this really has something to do with Apple. The reality is it would of happened no matter what. Nobody wants to carry an extra device.
The moment selling graphically powerful phones became normal was the moment handhelds were doomed. Apple brought this about earlier perhaps but Moore's law said it was going to happen no matter what.
I must admit we don't seem to be getting what we want out of Android. If Google isn't going to use their market share to force a better phone market then it's pointless to care about them losing to MSFT.
This isn't a social site. It sounds more like a "here's my web card" or something sort of site. Why would you even use it if you wanted that info private?
I hate apple and despise them for their lockdowns. Whining about this is just bullshit though. Basically all Apple has done is shown it's not stupid to keep cash on hand.
Other companies are free to continue their blatantly retarded path of buying up shitty companies for far more than they are worth. That's apparently the "proper" use of extra cash.
What kind of freaking news is this? You could always play it for free. It's a FPS not an MMO.
I don't understand how geeks could consider using the web without noscript. I shudder at the thought of letting Slashdot actually run all the shitty scripting stuff they want to run.