I don't understand. You can use android with the Google stuff disabled. You don't even need to use a Google account. All you really lose out on is the Google play store. But here's the best part: you can install other app stores! Like the Amazon one, or F Droid, or one of those porn ones that Steve Jobs griped about.
Hell, you could forego an app store altogether and just download apks from websites if you wanted. That's the beauty of Android. Ulike iPhones or Windows Phones, you're free to install what you want. It's like an actual PC in your pocket.
Here's an interesting thought in regards to mosquitoes. The only ones that bite are the females when they're going to lay eggs, since they need tho protein for the eggs.
So when one bites you, and then goes off to lay eggs, the new mosquitoes that originate are created from *your protein* Like was created from your blood!
The article caused me to experience a Flashback to the worst Mosquito related incident I've ever been through.
Basically, the wife and I were driving through the Everglades one night, when the car got a flat tire. It didn't take *that* long to change it, but between me sweating from changing the tire and the wife holding a source of light, we got MASSACRED by mosquito. And these weren't your typical, run of the mill mosquitos. These were EVERGLADES mosquitos. I even had tons of bites on my feet--how the hell did they bite my feet when I was wearing shoes + socks? A week later, we were still scratching.
The moral of the story: keep a can of mosquito spray in your trunk (Those things don't exceed 120F right?) if you're going to drive through anywhere swampy.
"Authorities charged him with making a terrorist threat. If convicted, he will face eight years in prison."
Greetings, humans. I am a traveler from another world, trying to study your civilization. You humans are a strange race. In all my travels I've never seen a single race capable of such altruism and beauty as humans. And yet, conversely, I've also never seen a race capable of such evil and ugliness. One wonders your future: will both sides even out, resulting in mediocrity? Or will one side triumph out over the other, either blessing--or cursing--the entire galaxy and all life as a whole?
Such a peculiar species.
Another mystery, which has been solved just now, was the bizarre and disproportionate punishments and reactions to certain speech, such as this pre-adult being arrested for an obviously ficticious statement of no malicious intent. But I understand now! If something gets labeled "terrorism", then regular laws and common sense do not apply! Authority figures are allowed to do anything they want, arrest anyone they want, or attack anyone they want. All that is needed is the "terrorist" label.
I don't see the sense in this personally. In fact, it seems awfully silly. But then again, it's your civilization--you should be free to explore your own destiny. I'm just here to observe. (This statement won't be interpreted as terrorism will it?).
What's funny is that if you remove the "the" from the query, you see the real autocompletes naturally generated by the algorithm. They're not nearly as positive.;)
Mobile games just aren't involving. Most of them are just shallow time wasters. There's never any real story, the gameplay can be mastered in about 5 minutes, and worst of all (to me, anyway) is that there is no immersion. You're never presented a world where you can just lose yourself in. Kind of how you can lose yourself in a book or a movie. The only mobile game that I ever found myself getting lost in was Survival Craft, and that's just because it's Minecraft on your mobile device (Note, Survival Craft is more like the PC version of Minecraft than Minecraft Pocket Edition is)
I don't feel they redeemed themselves in any way. They tried to do something terrible, there was massive backlash that guaranteed a failed product, so they reacted. Kind of how how an animal would run away from you if it tried to take your food, and you caught it and it scared it off.
The only redemption I would have accepted is if the people responsible for the terrible, anti-consumer decisions of the XBone were fired or re-positioned. That would tell me they're serious in regards to "we messed up badly, but we're making sure this doesn't happen again". Of course, that didn't happen and it never will happen (after all, Ballmer is likely one of those people; he may not have had the ideas himself, but he sure as hell must have given them the greenlight).
So, the best thing that could happen for consumers and the industry is that the XBone fails and dies. Next gen is a Nintendo/Sony thing once again. The fact that MS even *tried* to be so anti-consumer in unforgivable. It needs to be clear that trying to pull that shit will get your product killed.
Will this Slashdot discussion focus on Google's responsibility for its autocomplete algorithm, or the ethics of buying drugs/medicine online and the questionable reasons some things require prescriptions at all (basic antibiotics, contact lenses, etc.)
Either way, I hope we see some good car analogies!
Shortening copyright to 25 years would bring upon a cultural golden age. Just imagine what would be in the public domain: the vast majority of Kubrick's movies, early Simpsons episodes, Original Star Wars.... etc. All could be downl Pretty much all entertainment content created in the 20th century--which is probably like 95% of all entertainment consumed--is held hostage by huge corporations. There's effectively nothing--other than classical music, classic literature, and maybe some obscure TV/movies--that isn't owned by some company.
The problem with fusion is that we can't get it to produce more power than it uses up, getting gas to be hot enough so that it starts to fuse. That's what the appeal of "cold fusion" was supposed to be. It's not that it's actually 'cold', just that it supposedly would get fusion to occur without needing insane temperatures.
Finally, something to unify all Americans against climate change. Democrat or republican, poor or rich... It doesn't matter. We'll all stand together to stop this evil!
"Cameras, recording devices, and other electronic devices, such as smart phones, will not be permitted at the [2013 annual shareholder] meeting..."
Banned! Apple iPhone Prohibited at Shareholder Meeting Banned! Nintendo DS Prohibited at Shareholder Meeting Banned! Gameboy Camera Prohibited at Shareholder Meeting Banned! $25 dollar prepaid phones Prohibited at Shareholder Meeting Banned! Hubble Space Telescope Prohibited at Shareholder Meeting
It doesn't replace the stock browser as the system default. Also, it's still safari but with a different skin. Apple doesn't allow actual browsers in the app store. Also, it will have crippled js performance since only the built in safari is allowed to use built in optimizations.
Pages are magnitudes more complex now. The average page will be 1 to 3 MB in size with thousands of lines of js. If you disable js websites become incredibly fast.
Slashdot Mirror
I don't understand. You can use android with the Google stuff disabled. You don't even need to use a Google account. All you really lose out on is the Google play store. But here's the best part: you can install other app stores! Like the Amazon one, or F Droid, or one of those porn ones that Steve Jobs griped about.
Hell, you could forego an app store altogether and just download apks from websites if you wanted. That's the beauty of Android. Ulike iPhones or Windows Phones, you're free to install what you want. It's like an actual PC in your pocket.
That's what I read.
Oblig comic:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones
Here's an interesting thought in regards to mosquitoes. The only ones that bite are the females when they're going to lay eggs, since they need tho protein for the eggs.
:)
So when one bites you, and then goes off to lay eggs, the new mosquitoes that originate are created from *your protein* Like was created from your blood!
It's like you have little yous flying around
The article caused me to experience a Flashback to the worst Mosquito related incident I've ever been through.
Basically, the wife and I were driving through the Everglades one night, when the car got a flat tire. It didn't take *that* long to change it, but between me sweating from changing the tire and the wife holding a source of light, we got MASSACRED by mosquito. And these weren't your typical, run of the mill mosquitos. These were EVERGLADES mosquitos. I even had tons of bites on my feet--how the hell did they bite my feet when I was wearing shoes + socks? A week later, we were still scratching.
The moral of the story: keep a can of mosquito spray in your trunk (Those things don't exceed 120F right?) if you're going to drive through anywhere swampy.
Total number of iOS apps: 900,000
Total number of Android apps: 782,000
Total number of WP apps: 150,000
So what do all of these nearly 2 billion total apps have in common? They're all compiled for ARM, not x86.
I guess I'm breaking the law just by posting this :o
"In short, the more Ballmer tightens his fist, the more users will slip through his fingers."
He shouldn't be too proud of this technological terror he's constructed.
The power to run office software is insignificant next to the power of open source.
Just as long as you don't take it to space and make me smell Uranus.
The only real cure we have for this disease.
"Authorities charged him with making a terrorist threat. If convicted, he will face eight years in prison."
Greetings, humans. I am a traveler from another world, trying to study your civilization. You humans are a strange race. In all my travels I've never seen a single race capable of such altruism and beauty as humans. And yet, conversely, I've also never seen a race capable of such evil and ugliness. One wonders your future: will both sides even out, resulting in mediocrity? Or will one side triumph out over the other, either blessing--or cursing--the entire galaxy and all life as a whole?
Such a peculiar species.
Another mystery, which has been solved just now, was the bizarre and disproportionate punishments and reactions to certain speech, such as this pre-adult being arrested for an obviously ficticious statement of no malicious intent. But I understand now! If something gets labeled "terrorism", then regular laws and common sense do not apply! Authority figures are allowed to do anything they want, arrest anyone they want, or attack anyone they want. All that is needed is the "terrorist" label.
I don't see the sense in this personally. In fact, it seems awfully silly. But then again, it's your civilization--you should be free to explore your own destiny. I'm just here to observe. (This statement won't be interpreted as terrorism will it?).
It's also less likely to have fake auto complete like this:
;)
http://media.theweek.com/img/generic/xboxoneamazing.gif
What's funny is that if you remove the "the" from the query, you see the real autocompletes naturally generated by the algorithm. They're not nearly as positive.
These foods are naughty.
Yeah, I agree.
Mobile games just aren't involving. Most of them are just shallow time wasters. There's never any real story, the gameplay can be mastered in about 5 minutes, and worst of all (to me, anyway) is that there is no immersion. You're never presented a world where you can just lose yourself in. Kind of how you can lose yourself in a book or a movie. The only mobile game that I ever found myself getting lost in was Survival Craft, and that's just because it's Minecraft on your mobile device (Note, Survival Craft is more like the PC version of Minecraft than Minecraft Pocket Edition is)
I don't feel they redeemed themselves in any way. They tried to do something terrible, there was massive backlash that guaranteed a failed product, so they reacted. Kind of how how an animal would run away from you if it tried to take your food, and you caught it and it scared it off.
The only redemption I would have accepted is if the people responsible for the terrible, anti-consumer decisions of the XBone were fired or re-positioned. That would tell me they're serious in regards to "we messed up badly, but we're making sure this doesn't happen again". Of course, that didn't happen and it never will happen (after all, Ballmer is likely one of those people; he may not have had the ideas himself, but he sure as hell must have given them the greenlight).
So, the best thing that could happen for consumers and the industry is that the XBone fails and dies. Next gen is a Nintendo/Sony thing once again. The fact that MS even *tried* to be so anti-consumer in unforgivable. It needs to be clear that trying to pull that shit will get your product killed.
Will this Slashdot discussion focus on Google's responsibility for its autocomplete algorithm, or the ethics of buying drugs/medicine online and the questionable reasons some things require prescriptions at all (basic antibiotics, contact lenses, etc.)
Either way, I hope we see some good car analogies!
Shortening copyright to 25 years would bring upon a cultural golden age. Just imagine what would be in the public domain: the vast majority of Kubrick's movies, early Simpsons episodes, Original Star Wars.... etc. All could be downl Pretty much all entertainment content created in the 20th century--which is probably like 95% of all entertainment consumed--is held hostage by huge corporations. There's effectively nothing--other than classical music, classic literature, and maybe some obscure TV/movies--that isn't owned by some company.
The problem with fusion is that we can't get it to produce more power than it uses up, getting gas to be hot enough so that it starts to fuse. That's what the appeal of "cold fusion" was supposed to be. It's not that it's actually 'cold', just that it supposedly would get fusion to occur without needing insane temperatures.
Now if only it were reproduceable....
Obligatory XKCD:
http://xkcd.com/1162/
The "you can only skip six times an hour" does indeed suck!
Finally, something to unify all Americans against climate change. Democrat or republican, poor or rich... It doesn't matter. We'll all stand together to stop this evil!
"Cameras, recording devices, and other electronic devices, such as smart phones, will not be permitted at the [2013 annual shareholder] meeting..."
Banned! Apple iPhone Prohibited at Shareholder Meeting
Banned! Nintendo DS Prohibited at Shareholder Meeting
Banned! Gameboy Camera Prohibited at Shareholder Meeting
Banned! $25 dollar prepaid phones Prohibited at Shareholder Meeting
Banned! Hubble Space Telescope Prohibited at Shareholder Meeting
It doesn't replace the stock browser as the system default. Also, it's still safari but with a different skin. Apple doesn't allow actual browsers in the app store. Also, it will have crippled js performance since only the built in safari is allowed to use built in optimizations.
Why are researchers wasting time with non patentable medicine? This is madness!
Pages are magnitudes more complex now. The average page will be 1 to 3 MB in size with thousands of lines of js. If you disable js websites become incredibly fast.