Yeah, I originally bought it as a travel phone: this was the Lumia 550, one of 3 models that came preinstalled w/ Windows 10 Mobile, not tied to any carrier, but something that would work in any GSM network. I did use it for not just phone & texts, but also things like email. At this point, I'm most likely to hand it down to someone who just knows & uses dumb phones - the typing will be easier in SMS, and the phone can work in driving mode.
Not really the same thing. On an old desktop, one could install some Linux distro on it and run it. Not something one can do on a Lumia, since those phones are locked down
I do agree w/ you on your second statement, though. People typing w/ their thumbs have totally dumbed down the language, sounding like bots on TMZ
speech made not on US soil by non-citizens is covered by the 1A how, exactly?
Ain't it something like how foreigners who're not in the US have the right to come here nonetheless - an argument the Left was using during the travel ban?
I said nothing about Apple v Samsung. I was commenting on the piece of 'Engineering' done by this guy. Usually, Engineers look for cost effective ways to improve a product in ways not available elsewhere: this guy blew thousands to make an iPhone 7 something like an iPhone 6 w/o actually achieving it. Anybody who wants what he wants should just shop for an iPhone 6s w/ the configurations similar to the 7 that one's targeting, and buy that. Only thing lacking might be camera resolution.
Precisely, how about making it clear to Zuckerburg, Dorsey, Pichai, Nadella, et al that EU restrictions on speech better not apply to US citizens, and if they do, those 4 companies should be banned from operating in the US?
I know, the First Amendment doesn't apply to private organizations, which are at liberty to ban whatever they like. However, when something starts out as an open (as in free speech) platform and then morphs into something else at the behest of governments outside the US and that gets universally applied as a simple 'one-size-fits-all' implementation of those governments' requirements, it's not a bad idea to step in. It would be different if we had dozens of FaceBooks, Twitters, mobile platforms and so on, but since we don't, it's worth looking at carefully!
The new Slashdot standard modelled after the great Sir Richard Stallman - rejoice at someone's death while playing word acrobatics in pretending not to! As Ron Burgundy would say, Stay Classy, AC!!!
No comments on what you think of his politics - to each his own, but how did his appearance in BYTE have anything to do w/ its decline? He just had a 1-2 page essay at the end of every magazine. If one bought it for just that, it'd be one thing, but typically, one would go there after reading the bulk of the issue - the cover story, any articles on subjects of interest, be it the latest CPU, Y2K, workstation lineups, et al. I myself didn't often read them: I mainly found a few articles of his where he described his experience w/ OS/2 Warp 3.0 when it surfaced.
BYTE declined partly due to the 'consolidation' of the industry, and also the fact that it seemed geared towards a niche readership. The print edition was doing badly, and in its last 2 years, it was considerably thinner than it used to be.
Same here! I was a regular subscriber to BYTE, until the magazine went out of print. Like the GP said, the potential was endless. That was before companies started dropping left and right like flies, and our personal information replaced great computers as major sources of revenue. I participated in the magazine's online blog hosted by Jon Udell months after BYTE fired most of its staff, but after the end of Windows NT on the Alpha, my interest faded.
Within BYTE, I'd occasionally read Pournelle's column, although my main attractions were articles by Tom Halfhill or anything on the latest RISC microprocessors out there - Alpha, PA-RISC, MIPS, PowerPC, SPARC et al.
He simply traded the barometric sensor and water resistance for the ability to avoid taping an INCLUDED adapter to his favorite headphones. Even if he wanted to have the choice of multiple headphones/earbuds for different occasions, an additional adapter or two would take care of that, too.
You can buy a LOT of $9 Lightning to 3.5 mm adapters for what this guy spent,must so he could THINK he was going neener neener neener to Apple.
THIS!!! Absolutely this! Also, after all his 'engineering', this is what he came up w/:
The final product works by using a lightning to headphone adaptor that's incorporated into the internal structure of the phone. However, because the headphone jack is powered via the phone's lightning jack with a circuit board switching between the two depending on whether headphones or a charger are plugged into the phone, you can't actually listen to music and charge the phone at the same time.
Wasn't that the main issue w/ the absence of a 3.5mm slot - that one couldn't charge and listen via a wired headphone/speaker at the same time? One still can't!
Or the other thing he could have done for a lot less money was buy an iPhone SE, or even an iPhone 6s/+, if the camera resolution and phone size were important to him
Okay. But the last time the Microsoft Store had them, I noticed just 3 models - the 950/XL, 640XL and 550. So thought that the 640XL came preloaded w/ it. Incidentally, the upgradable phones won't go as far as Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update: only the ones that started w/ Windows 10 Mobile - the 950 and 550 will
You're talking about desktops, where Windows 7 to Windows 10 was not an upgrade. But for phones, Windows Phone 8 to Windows 10 Mobile was definitely an upgrade, albeit a rather minor one.
Rather than discourage robots & automation, a better idea would be to make robots earn money for everybody. That way, everybody can stay home w/ family & do actual important things that matter, while robots do all our work for us, earn all our money for us, and government too gets all its money from them (maybe bitcoin generation) and stops bothering us! Win-win-win for everybody involved!
Funny how they'd like Intel to have all that extra real estate on a chip to help them monitor the rest of us, but don't want that same capability turned on them. Sauce for the goose is ketchup for the gander!
Slashdot Mirror
Interesting, given that the phone series in question - the Lumia - started off w/ Nokia
Yeah, I originally bought it as a travel phone: this was the Lumia 550, one of 3 models that came preinstalled w/ Windows 10 Mobile, not tied to any carrier, but something that would work in any GSM network. I did use it for not just phone & texts, but also things like email. At this point, I'm most likely to hand it down to someone who just knows & uses dumb phones - the typing will be easier in SMS, and the phone can work in driving mode.
Not really the same thing. On an old desktop, one could install some Linux distro on it and run it. Not something one can do on a Lumia, since those phones are locked down
I do agree w/ you on your second statement, though. People typing w/ their thumbs have totally dumbed down the language, sounding like bots on TMZ
Kim can have his engineers install Red Star Linux on it }:-)
I have usually handed phones down. Like I had an iPhone 5s, which I handed over to my niece when I upgraded to a 7
There's no headphone jack issue on any Windows phone. But Raven is right - one can't just install any Android on a Lumia
speech made not on US soil by non-citizens is covered by the 1A how, exactly?
Ain't it something like how foreigners who're not in the US have the right to come here nonetheless - an argument the Left was using during the travel ban?
I said nothing about Apple v Samsung. I was commenting on the piece of 'Engineering' done by this guy. Usually, Engineers look for cost effective ways to improve a product in ways not available elsewhere: this guy blew thousands to make an iPhone 7 something like an iPhone 6 w/o actually achieving it. Anybody who wants what he wants should just shop for an iPhone 6s w/ the configurations similar to the 7 that one's targeting, and buy that. Only thing lacking might be camera resolution.
Free speech, anyone?
Precisely, how about making it clear to Zuckerburg, Dorsey, Pichai, Nadella, et al that EU restrictions on speech better not apply to US citizens, and if they do, those 4 companies should be banned from operating in the US?
I know, the First Amendment doesn't apply to private organizations, which are at liberty to ban whatever they like. However, when something starts out as an open (as in free speech) platform and then morphs into something else at the behest of governments outside the US and that gets universally applied as a simple 'one-size-fits-all' implementation of those governments' requirements, it's not a bad idea to step in. It would be different if we had dozens of FaceBooks, Twitters, mobile platforms and so on, but since we don't, it's worth looking at carefully!
The new Slashdot standard modelled after the great Sir Richard Stallman - rejoice at someone's death while playing word acrobatics in pretending not to! As Ron Burgundy would say, Stay Classy, AC!!!
Again, how does ONE 2-page article near the end of a magazine 'dilute its essence'?
No comments on what you think of his politics - to each his own, but how did his appearance in BYTE have anything to do w/ its decline? He just had a 1-2 page essay at the end of every magazine. If one bought it for just that, it'd be one thing, but typically, one would go there after reading the bulk of the issue - the cover story, any articles on subjects of interest, be it the latest CPU, Y2K, workstation lineups, et al. I myself didn't often read them: I mainly found a few articles of his where he described his experience w/ OS/2 Warp 3.0 when it surfaced.
BYTE declined partly due to the 'consolidation' of the industry, and also the fact that it seemed geared towards a niche readership. The print edition was doing badly, and in its last 2 years, it was considerably thinner than it used to be.
No, we live in the closet - like gays used to in the 70s
Same here! I was a regular subscriber to BYTE, until the magazine went out of print. Like the GP said, the potential was endless. That was before companies started dropping left and right like flies, and our personal information replaced great computers as major sources of revenue. I participated in the magazine's online blog hosted by Jon Udell months after BYTE fired most of its staff, but after the end of Windows NT on the Alpha, my interest faded.
Within BYTE, I'd occasionally read Pournelle's column, although my main attractions were articles by Tom Halfhill or anything on the latest RISC microprocessors out there - Alpha, PA-RISC, MIPS, PowerPC, SPARC et al.
RIP, Mr Pournelle
Or you could swipe right & see the entire list of apps there
But Apple WASN'T lying, you tool.!
He simply traded the barometric sensor and water resistance for the ability to avoid taping an INCLUDED adapter to his favorite headphones. Even if he wanted to have the choice of multiple headphones/earbuds for different occasions, an additional adapter or two would take care of that, too.
You can buy a LOT of $9 Lightning to 3.5 mm adapters for what this guy spent,must so he could THINK he was going neener neener neener to Apple.
THIS!!! Absolutely this! Also, after all his 'engineering', this is what he came up w/:
The final product works by using a lightning to headphone adaptor that's incorporated into the internal structure of the phone. However, because the headphone jack is powered via the phone's lightning jack with a circuit board switching between the two depending on whether headphones or a charger are plugged into the phone, you can't actually listen to music and charge the phone at the same time.
Wasn't that the main issue w/ the absence of a 3.5mm slot - that one couldn't charge and listen via a wired headphone/speaker at the same time? One still can't!
Or the other thing he could have done for a lot less money was buy an iPhone SE, or even an iPhone 6s/+, if the camera resolution and phone size were important to him
Yeah, do people plug in USB sticks formated w/ FAT32 and expect it to be read in Macs, and then brought back to a Windows laptop?
Okay. But the last time the Microsoft Store had them, I noticed just 3 models - the 950/XL, 640XL and 550. So thought that the 640XL came preloaded w/ it. Incidentally, the upgradable phones won't go as far as Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update: only the ones that started w/ Windows 10 Mobile - the 950 and 550 will
You're talking about desktops, where Windows 7 to Windows 10 was not an upgrade. But for phones, Windows Phone 8 to Windows 10 Mobile was definitely an upgrade, albeit a rather minor one.
Rather than discourage robots & automation, a better idea would be to make robots earn money for everybody. That way, everybody can stay home w/ family & do actual important things that matter, while robots do all our work for us, earn all our money for us, and government too gets all its money from them (maybe bitcoin generation) and stops bothering us! Win-win-win for everybody involved!
That's b'cos posting on /. using the app is a pain. One is better off doing it from a desktop
Israel. Something that Jew haters on Slashdot don't believe!
Does that still work if one uses an Ethernet-USB adaptor on a laptop, where one can't plug in a second NIC card?
So easy to do on a laptop or an AIO. Other than gamers, how many people still use desktops where one can plug in a NIC into a PCIe slot?
Funny how they'd like Intel to have all that extra real estate on a chip to help them monitor the rest of us, but don't want that same capability turned on them. Sauce for the goose is ketchup for the gander!