The Motorola Xoom sold about 250,000 Xoom tablets in the first quarter after they were released. The sales steadily declined since then. I think after 6 or 7 quarters, they had sold around 500,000 of them. Still, it is not like Motorola is exiting the tablet market. I think they will do better now that they are part of Google.
Christianity is founded on moral relativism, though most Christians won't admit it. For example, if I throw people in lakes of fire it is frowned upon. But, if God does it, then it is moral.
Know any example of a Windows-compatible open source project that doesn't distribute binaries?
Almost all of the ones I have downloaded recently don't distribute binaries for Windows. Usually someone else forks the project and makes their own installer like http://rubyinstaller.org/ for example. Or, http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads or http://strawberryperl.com/ or http://dwimperl.com/windows.html . The makers of popular languages like Perl and Ruby don't bother making installers. They just put up links to other people who do it. Some times other projects lag significantly behind the main project.
Whatever language is used for introductory programming, I think a few bad features are automatic initialization of variables, and being case insensitive. If you learn to program on languages with these features, it is difficult to adapt to C. In other news, it is better to learn about addition before multiplication. Also, it is better to learn about summation before you learn about integrals.
U.S. judges have tended to draw the line between idea and expression in different places for games compared to other kinds of software. On the one hand, you have Lotus v. Borland and Oracle v. Google that weaken copyright in interfaces between a program and a user or between a program and other programs. On the other hand, you have Tetris v. Xio that strengthens copyright in the basic rules of a game.
I thought Oracle lost all of its claims except for the rangecheck funtion thing in Oracle v. Google. How did that weaken copyright in interfaces?
. ..but how many will remember it in 7 years ? Or get past HR, who tend to frown on things like a stint in prison and a dishonorable discharge. And even if he keeps his IT skills current (unlikely at Fort Leavenworth. ..) no employer will trust him for ANYTHING sensitive. .
No, for the most part, his prospects look pretty dim for anything significant. ..
I think he can get a job for WikiLeaks or a torrent search engine web site. He will also be able to give speeches and charge around $10,000 per speech.
But, if an IT administrator calls the terrorism task force and tells them that this ex-employee guy was being suspicious and Google for information on backpacks and pressure cooker bombs, then they have to at least make the appearance that they investigated it.
Linus thinks cursing is the best way to communicate sometimes. At times it is. But, on a developer mailing list, most of the time it isn't. The fact that Linus thinks it is needed shows his limitations as a manager. As a programmer and architect, he is awesome though. Anyway, someone should tell her to go to the OpenBSD mailing list...
As someone who lives in a rural area, even though I'm not rich, I can tell you that the quality of phone lines in rural areas are pretty much crap and you're better off going with a mobile phone. If the phone companies are being paid per active line, this whole thing will go away in a few years anyway.
Where my dad lives, there is no cell phone coverage at all. He does have a phone line though. Where my mom lives, they only got a cell phone tower maybe like 3 years ago. But they have had phone lines for a long time. Personally, I would rather see them build cell phone towers than phone lines.
But, if we are subsidizing phone lines, then all endpoints where a phone will be connected should be required to have an open public wifi access point if they are getting DSL or a cable modem. That way, the rest of us benefit more by having free wifi when we are out in the middle of nowhere.
You can't legalize unconstitutional activity with legislation. Either amend it to allow what you think is necessary, or scale back your concept of necessity. There are no alternatives.
Well, that is technically true. But there are all sorts of tricks you can do.
#1: Stop people from having standing to sue
#2: Prohibit any evidence that would prove the violation from being admissible
#3: Assert some state secrets privilege to make evidence inadmissible
IANAL, so there is probably a bunch of other stuff.
Apple could just install apps directly from the App Store. Android copied them. By the time Microsoft got around to even noticing, they had ceased to be relevant.
Um. Don't you mean, "Android allowed you to install apps directly from the Internet. Apple still doesn't have this ability." Or maybe, "Android allowed you to install apps directly from an App store over the internet. Apple copied this feature from Android." Because, as far as I know, you used to have to hook your iphone up to your computer to install apps.
I moved out of the US. People constantly ask me why. My response has been "have you seen the news in the past 10 years?" Everyone knowingly nods after that, both American and otherwise. 1 more year until dual-citizenship. Maybe I'll try for a 3rd when I retire. US, OZ, and EU are the best 3 to have, and they all allow multi-citizenship (so long as you get the right EU one).
Oz allows you dual citizenship? I am surprised the Wizard who is in charge allows that.
If the industry's most prominent trade show looks like it was organized by teenage boys, it's not going to do much to dispel the stereotype that games are just something for teenage boys.
They don't care as much about the strereotype as they do selling products. And, while their male customers are influenced by such things, the impact on their female customers (and potential customers) is pretty negligible. Their market research shows, for example, that men generally like playing a male characters in RPGs. But most women don't mind playing a male character.
electric scooter or motorcycle maybe, but no flight via manual pedal-power-only means not a flying bicycle
That was my first thought too. My second thought is that if they put a charging device that worked off pedal power, then it would technically qualify. Of course, you might have to pedal for a whole week to power your six minute flight...
Which agencies are those? The IRS is a big problem, but that is being dealt with, although it will probably take a year or two. Other agencies are engaged in excesses, but not to the level that I would describe them as "powers unto themselves." If congress cuts their budget, they're done. If you have any other information, I'd love to hear it.
Well, The Fed comes to mind. While I suppose Congress could cut their salaries, the Fed can control whether the economy gets better before or after each election. So, they can make it really hard on politicians who are running for reelection...
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The Motorola Xoom sold about 250,000 Xoom tablets in the first quarter after they were released. The sales steadily declined since then. I think after 6 or 7 quarters, they had sold around 500,000 of them. Still, it is not like Motorola is exiting the tablet market. I think they will do better now that they are part of Google.
Moral Relativism! You are going to HELL!
Christianity is founded on moral relativism, though most Christians won't admit it. For example, if I throw people in lakes of fire it is frowned upon. But, if God does it, then it is moral.
Know any example of a Windows-compatible open source project that doesn't distribute binaries?
Almost all of the ones I have downloaded recently don't distribute binaries for Windows. Usually someone else forks the project and makes their own installer like http://rubyinstaller.org/ for example. Or, http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads or http://strawberryperl.com/ or http://dwimperl.com/windows.html . The makers of popular languages like Perl and Ruby don't bother making installers. They just put up links to other people who do it. Some times other projects lag significantly behind the main project.
Whatever language is used for introductory programming, I think a few bad features are automatic initialization of variables, and being case insensitive. If you learn to program on languages with these features, it is difficult to adapt to C. In other news, it is better to learn about addition before multiplication. Also, it is better to learn about summation before you learn about integrals.
Games are no different.
U.S. judges have tended to draw the line between idea and expression in different places for games compared to other kinds of software. On the one hand, you have Lotus v. Borland and Oracle v. Google that weaken copyright in interfaces between a program and a user or between a program and other programs. On the other hand, you have Tetris v. Xio that strengthens copyright in the basic rules of a game.
I thought Oracle lost all of its claims except for the rangecheck funtion thing in Oracle v. Google. How did that weaken copyright in interfaces?
The problem is that the rules are phenomenally complex.
They are phenomenally complex in the same way that programming "Hello World" is phenomenally complex. They should pay someone to do it for them.
. . .but how many will remember it in 7 years ? Or get past HR, who tend to frown on things like a stint in prison and a dishonorable discharge. And even if he keeps his IT skills current (unlikely at Fort Leavenworth. . .) no employer will trust him for ANYTHING sensitive. .
No, for the most part, his prospects look pretty dim for anything significant. . .
I think he can get a job for WikiLeaks or a torrent search engine web site. He will also be able to give speeches and charge around $10,000 per speech.
I've always been partial to the idea of having government officials selected from a lottery drawing of any citizen, similar to a draft.
Wow. Have you been to Walmart at 2AM? Do you want them in charge of your government?
how would voting for the other asshole have been any better?
There are more than two options.
OK. Then how do we know the other assholes would have been any better?
Well, at least in some states, if you brew beer you are already consenting to random searches of your property by the ATF.
But, if an IT administrator calls the terrorism task force and tells them that this ex-employee guy was being suspicious and Google for information on backpacks and pressure cooker bombs, then they have to at least make the appearance that they investigated it.
$i = 0 while $i = 0 wget ”http://www.google.com/search?q=Pressure+Cooker" wget ”http://www.google.com/search?q=backpack"
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This isn't something you do from *your* home network. You do it from your neighbor's network...
My advice is don't start in Kernel programming.
Linus thinks cursing is the best way to communicate sometimes. At times it is. But, on a developer mailing list, most of the time it isn't. The fact that Linus thinks it is needed shows his limitations as a manager. As a programmer and architect, he is awesome though. Anyway, someone should tell her to go to the OpenBSD mailing list...
As someone who lives in a rural area, even though I'm not rich, I can tell you that the quality of phone lines in rural areas are pretty much crap and you're better off going with a mobile phone. If the phone companies are being paid per active line, this whole thing will go away in a few years anyway.
You underestimate the power of lobbyists.
Where my dad lives, there is no cell phone coverage at all. He does have a phone line though. Where my mom lives, they only got a cell phone tower maybe like 3 years ago. But they have had phone lines for a long time. Personally, I would rather see them build cell phone towers than phone lines. But, if we are subsidizing phone lines, then all endpoints where a phone will be connected should be required to have an open public wifi access point if they are getting DSL or a cable modem. That way, the rest of us benefit more by having free wifi when we are out in the middle of nowhere.
You can't legalize unconstitutional activity with legislation. Either amend it to allow what you think is necessary, or scale back your concept of necessity. There are no alternatives.
Well, that is technically true. But there are all sorts of tricks you can do. #1: Stop people from having standing to sue #2: Prohibit any evidence that would prove the violation from being admissible #3: Assert some state secrets privilege to make evidence inadmissible IANAL, so there is probably a bunch of other stuff.
Are there still security issues with having JS enabled?
Yes. Most exploits of web browsers and plugins and such use JavaScript to set up and trigger the exploit.
Apple could just install apps directly from the App Store. Android copied them. By the time Microsoft got around to even noticing, they had ceased to be relevant.
Um. Don't you mean, "Android allowed you to install apps directly from the Internet. Apple still doesn't have this ability." Or maybe, "Android allowed you to install apps directly from an App store over the internet. Apple copied this feature from Android." Because, as far as I know, you used to have to hook your iphone up to your computer to install apps.
I moved out of the US. People constantly ask me why. My response has been "have you seen the news in the past 10 years?" Everyone knowingly nods after that, both American and otherwise. 1 more year until dual-citizenship. Maybe I'll try for a 3rd when I retire. US, OZ, and EU are the best 3 to have, and they all allow multi-citizenship (so long as you get the right EU one).
Oz allows you dual citizenship? I am surprised the Wizard who is in charge allows that.
If the industry's most prominent trade show looks like it was organized by teenage boys, it's not going to do much to dispel the stereotype that games are just something for teenage boys.
They don't care as much about the strereotype as they do selling products. And, while their male customers are influenced by such things, the impact on their female customers (and potential customers) is pretty negligible. Their market research shows, for example, that men generally like playing a male characters in RPGs. But most women don't mind playing a male character.
It's pretty sexist to assume that female gamers don't like booth babes. Many of them do.
electric scooter or motorcycle maybe, but no flight via manual pedal-power-only means not a flying bicycle
That was my first thought too. My second thought is that if they put a charging device that worked off pedal power, then it would technically qualify. Of course, you might have to pedal for a whole week to power your six minute flight...
This man may well be our Jesus. The government is going to crucify him in their fury.
Except, of course, he's unlikely to come back from the dead, or for his death to provide a means of eternal life.
But if you mean he's inspirational, no argument.
I would say that both of them are equally likely to come back from the dead.
Which agencies are those? The IRS is a big problem, but that is being dealt with, although it will probably take a year or two. Other agencies are engaged in excesses, but not to the level that I would describe them as "powers unto themselves." If congress cuts their budget, they're done. If you have any other information, I'd love to hear it.
Well, The Fed comes to mind. While I suppose Congress could cut their salaries, the Fed can control whether the economy gets better before or after each election. So, they can make it really hard on politicians who are running for reelection...