Wondering the same but just watching at the current situation there little difference between kiddiporn and some 12 yo downloading the latest Biever POS.
Soon Facebook will be the sanctioned INTERNET (with it's own currency and all) and everything outside will be cast with a shadow of illegality. Prove me wrong.
People can choose, you know, to not use social networks if it can have real-world, physical consequences.
Last time I checked a $social_network account is not needed for anything in real world. Now what I don't get is the ethical problem, You mean like making your personal info available to some third party that can selfishly or accidentally leak it or abuse it? So, again, Why do you use a social network in the first place if you're so worried about that? And why is this just a Google+ problem? Can't diaspora pods be compromised if that SN ever become mainstream? Do you think your personal info is better on the hands of credit card issuers? right.
Really, who can tell if they didn't want this to be leaked? This is probably a disinformation gig, because such screw up it's just too lame to have happened on a such level, I mean, you can do it like it should be done in effing MS paint.
That would get over 9000 on reddit. But in reddit you know you're facing stupidity while in/. you really have to try to figure if the poster is sarcasm impaired or just plain idiot.
The fact that anyone believes that an 8mp camera and voice recognition is innovating on the mobile market pretty much tells you someone is getting payed by the word. The iPhone 4S seems like a dud, Jobs is Death (RIP) so you all can wait for an overdose of turf babble in the next weeks.
Yes, but Linux is almost untouchable in the servers, nobody sane would deploy a big gig on Win Server without having too much money to waste, even PHBs know they can instead save that bucks, hire competent Linux admins and still pocket some for the trip to Aruba.
Open source just need to deliver a competitive Exchange (AD?) alternative and see the market share for Win Server start to crumble.
I think is not meant for your "quality real use" market.
Irony is that the device is created to extend the penetration of distance education in India, not for bloggin about your sandwich or twetting about your facebook update about your blog post.
Being a piece or Really Crappy hardware theres no doubt it will be more useful to more people than every single iPad Galaxy Tab And DerpBook created.
Some people is scared that developing nations are getting access to education tech while in some places (USA, France and others) government is about to pay students to go to school and make good grades.
These are probably not "smartphones" but more like feature phones with linux and $intertubes and from that perspective and targeting them to the 90% [citation needed] of the market that don't care about "smarthphones" Nokia may be successful.
But yeah! as you put it and if I were a Nokia employee/stockholder/user, I'd be worried.
And thats data from the CIA WFB 2007, guess numbers are even higher nowadays. My bet is that mobile manufacturers create products for the sane-mobile-rest-of-the-world-market first, and then they devote some time to pamper the American mobile industry.
So they can go from 90% to 91% of market share? As if killing Linux would benefit the pockets for someone on MS. Get real, tech4 is righ MS is mostly meh about open source. Linux it's so good that this kind of patent "low self esteem" from the users is unwarranted and, in fact, harming Linux.
Nobody want to befriend that lone nutjob on the corner shouting to "the man" while theres no one else in the street.
You're right, the profit margin might be higher but you can sell a lot more of tablets or neetbooks. They also sell software and other intangibles so that reaffirms my opinion that Newegg and other estores will do just fine if they have the right people taking the pulse on the market.
Slashdot Mirror
No, the petition should be asking to the ARTIST what do they think about all this BS, they seem to go around like this is not their business.
Wondering the same but just watching at the current situation there little difference between kiddiporn and some 12 yo downloading the latest Biever POS.
Soon Facebook will be the sanctioned INTERNET (with it's own currency and all) and everything outside will be cast with a shadow of illegality. Prove me wrong.
Someone may be poaching someone..
"Yes, after you put this rant on your G+ and accidentally share it with everyone, we'll sign the contract. get it?"
I'm kidding that can't possibly happen this day and age, what I find shocking is to know about an employee not being satisfied by the company aims!! /s
Whatever "Facebook gets it" I don't want G+ to get it, and I don't even use G+.
People can choose, you know, to not use social networks if it can have real-world, physical consequences.
Last time I checked a $social_network account is not needed for anything in real world. Now what I don't get is the ethical problem, You mean like making your personal info available to some third party that can selfishly or accidentally leak it or abuse it? So, again, Why do you use a social network in the first place if you're so worried about that? And why is this just a Google+ problem? Can't diaspora pods be compromised if that SN ever become mainstream? Do you think your personal info is better on the hands of credit card issuers? right.
aka "I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter"
I chuckled several times, thank you Mr troll, maybe in post-Taco /. trolls will start to deliver again.
Information wants to be leaked.
Really, who can tell if they didn't want this to be leaked? This is probably a disinformation gig, because such screw up it's just too lame to have happened on a such level, I mean, you can do it like it should be done in effing MS paint.
Hijacking the thread to inform that the form got slashdotted:
Error 503 Service Unavailable
Service Unavailable
Guru Meditation:
XID: 332514008
Varnish cache server
Been like that for the past 20 minutes.
That would get over 9000 on reddit. But in reddit you know you're facing stupidity while in /. you really have to try to figure if the poster is sarcasm impaired or just plain idiot.
The fact that anyone believes that an 8mp camera and voice recognition is innovating on the mobile market pretty much tells you someone is getting payed by the word. The iPhone 4S seems like a dud, Jobs is Death (RIP) so you all can wait for an overdose of turf babble in the next weeks.
LG Prada 2006
Rectangle: check
Rectangle with rounded corners: check
rectangle with rounded corners and capacitative touchscreen: check
Who is copying whom, again?
So you saying thats company that can produce fucking cargo ships have to cave to a company that make toys?
Yes, but Linux is almost untouchable in the servers, nobody sane would deploy a big gig on Win Server without having too much money to waste, even PHBs know they can instead save that bucks, hire competent Linux admins and still pocket some for the trip to Aruba.
Open source just need to deliver a competitive Exchange (AD?) alternative and see the market share for Win Server start to crumble.
A $35 tablet that can replace $500 worth of textbooks educational material / year?? How do they dare!?
I think is not meant for your "quality real use" market.
Irony is that the device is created to extend the penetration of distance education in India, not for bloggin about your sandwich or twetting about your facebook update about your blog post.
Being a piece or Really Crappy hardware theres no doubt it will be more useful to more people than every single iPad Galaxy Tab And DerpBook created.
DethPad as in DethNote?
What could possibly go wrong?
*swipe over a name to kill him/her - pinch to specify details*
Some people is scared that developing nations are getting access to education tech while in some places (USA, France and others) government is about to pay students to go to school and make good grades.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1929454,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/nyregion/19schools.html
These are probably not "smartphones" but more like feature phones with linux and $intertubes and from that perspective and targeting them to the 90% [citation needed] of the market that don't care about "smarthphones" Nokia may be successful.
But yeah! as you put it and if I were a Nokia employee/stockholder/user, I'd be worried.
For less than $100 you can't expect too much, but maybe xterm?
Just put EMACS and let the users sort the text editor in "the cloud"
USA is hardly the 8% of the total mobile phone market.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_mobile_phones_in_use
And thats data from the CIA WFB 2007, guess numbers are even higher nowadays. My bet is that mobile manufacturers create products for the sane-mobile-rest-of-the-world-market first, and then they devote some time to pamper the American mobile industry.
Windows OTOH isn't Windows unless it has windows.
Zen moment
If a windows closes and theres nobody to see it, does it make a rootkit?
So they can go from 90% to 91% of market share? As if killing Linux would benefit the pockets for someone on MS. Get real, tech4 is righ MS is mostly meh about open source. Linux it's so good that this kind of patent "low self esteem" from the users is unwarranted and, in fact, harming Linux.
Nobody want to befriend that lone nutjob on the corner shouting to "the man" while theres no one else in the street.
don't forget speed holes! a lighter and a clip is enough for a 10x advantage over plain old Cds
Space food stamps?
Yes, wake me up when Apple delivers something like the W700d a real machine for CAD and designers.
You're right, the profit margin might be higher but you can sell a lot more of tablets or neetbooks. They also sell software and other intangibles so that reaffirms my opinion that Newegg and other estores will do just fine if they have the right people taking the pulse on the market.