Oh yes they do. Take a look at how many construction workers where dieing. It really is just a creepy evil place. At least in Washington you have the Smithsonian, monuments, and some good things happened there like the signing of the civil rights bills in the 60s. The only real sad thing about Washington is that it doesn't live up to our ideals. So we have a choice of lowering our ideals or to keep working towards them.
Actually I wonder about the health effects. Most adults don't get enough sleep. I live some what far out but I don't think it ever really gets all that dark. Then add in all the little lights that never turn off on our toys and I have to wonder if it just isn't good.
Make me wonder of you couldn't have a binary compiler. Treat X86 as the source and do a compile of the exe and any dlls to Arm. Not a JIT like a VM mind you but do it during the install process.
Yes. I have run GCC on an ARM. The latest ARM cpus are getting very fast. Some are clocking in over 1Ghz and have DSPs, FPUs, and even GPUs. Mainstream strategy game? Well if someone writes one for it I would say yes. A modern ARM system will be at least as powerful than the original XBox and that could play a lot of games. And yes Linux vs Windows CE will make a difference to you as a user. Linux is way cooler. Actually under Linux you will have a larger software selection and better hardware support than under WindowsCE.
Bollocks. One it is a Hummer. Two I think the EU has lost a lot of their sense of style. BMWs are ugly as are the new MBs. Only Audi seems to have any taste left of the German car makers. Remember Apple is an American company. Let's just hope they don't design cars. They will be very pretty but only 3 inches thick and you will have to get a new one when the battery dies.
It does amaze me that so many people on slashdot seem to heartless morons. There is nothing good or funny about this. Sometimes things just gang up on people. The loss of hs family members and now this just might have been too much for him. I hope none of his family I have to wonder just how many of the people posting have ever lost a love one or even have tried to support a family.
CNR is an interesting example. It sort of is an app store but it never really got a lot of traction. I wonder how hard it is to get your software in the store and how the revenue shareing system works. It has never really taken off.
As many people will say it is a just a repository. They may add reviews and ratings which will be a good thing but they shouldn't limit it to free as in beer software. There is nothing that says you can not sell FOSS if they feel that they must keep it open source. I would open it up to closed source software as well so you can create a real market for Linux software. If you have both open and closed source developers you will have MORE software choices. You may have both GIMP and Photoshop Elements. GnuCash and Quicken, and SQLedger and QuickBooks.
I know the many Linux users find the idea of paying for anything to be evil but if you want more Linux users you need to find a way to get more Linux software. One thing I really like about an app store is that it really seems to drive down the price of software. Look on the iPhone App store and you will find a lot of $1.99 to $5 software. Some of it is pretty good. There is also a lot of free as in beer software. It does offer a way for programmers to make money and offers the end user a large selection of software. And that is a great way to get more Netbook users happy with Linux and more developers developing for Linux. It could even help FOSS. A lot of professional developers do FOSS on the side. If they can make a living using Linux they will be motivated to do more FOSS projects as well.
Yep. But I kind of feel bad for a guy at work that just got an iPhone. I told him to wait but he decided I didn't know what I was talking about so it cost him $100 or an extra 8GB of ram and some new features. Oh well I told him.
Yes those are great enterprise features and will help to get the Mac and iPhone into more businesses. I was thinking more from an end user iphone only point of view. It does seem logical for Apple to target the RIM market with those iPhone features. Now if they could create an app that uses the camera to scan business cards I think that would be big for sales types. The lack of a camera free iPhone could be an issue.
In reality no. In marketing oh yeah... It also damages the market for used iPhones. Why buy used when you can get a new one for only $99? I see this really doing a job on the Nokia E71x which is also only $99. Too bad I would like to see Nokia get more traction in the US market. S60 is pretty nice.
Exactly. It is very easy to over look the monthly costs and look at the cost of the phone. I see a lot of parents getting their kids the $99 iPhone to be cool without looking at the new plan. Sprint offers a lot of savings over AT&T which is one of the reasons my wife wants to stay with Sprint.
"Just because most kids can't make up their minds until they are old farts who think they are still young doesn't mean that this budding genius should deliberately feign indecisiveness so that his peers feel good about themselves." Yes but is it even possible that an eleven year old really know what he wants to do. Even then interests change even after one becomes an adult. This young person as a great opportunity to gain a lot of knowledge in a variety of subjects. IMHO all knowledge has value even if the value is "I really don't like that subject". It will be a hard balance to strike for this person. To keep him interested and not push him into adulthood before he is ready.
As opposed to every other college grad that only has one degree? Yes that is why I suggested that he stay in community college for a few years. At least until he is 16 if not 18. That way he can stay at home with his parents and still have friends like a normal kid. He could develop new interests at the Community College. Maybe take some art classes, history, or even welding. If he wants to keep take science classes then that would fine as well but I do think he needs to gain age before he goes off to university.
Heck I question the amount of real-life experience of most people on Slashdot anyway. This kid for some odd reason seems to be infused with modesty and good manners. Two attributes that seem to hold no value on Slashdot.
Not great but good. The $99 phone is the big news the rest of it is just nice. I like the voice controls, compass, and video but nothing is earth shattering. I do think Palm will provide some much needed competition for the iPhone. The difference in a two year contract runs a few hundred dollars and the Pre offers a keyboard which some people really want. If you can not tether on AT&T then it is just a big slap in the face for US customers. I hope Palm/Sprint will enable that feature on the Pre when they see how bent people are at AT&T over it. Now we need Android on some networks besides T-Mobile and we can start seeing a real three way fight.
My GPS and Phone are accurate to a house. GPS can get you down to a meter or less so now the problem is with the maps. I would trust a GPS to get me to within a meter of a know reference point.
Of course I wonder if there is any reason except for cost that they couldn't add a high resolution time source to each cell tower and use them for a land based GPS system. It should work in buildings and should be more accurate than a GPS since the transmitters would be fixed and you wouldn't have to deal with the ionosphere. Of course you would have to have all the carriers agree on a standard and allow everyone to use the signal... So I just don't see it happening.
Some how I don't think he is done with his schooling. Yea I was going to make a joke about it just being a community college but thought better of it. So he has a two year degree at 11. I wonder if he will start adding a few more Associates degrees before he goes to a major university. By the time he is say 16 he could have several associates degrees in a variety of subjects. Actually that would probably be a better choice as long as he doesn't get board. He could actually end up a very well rounded person by the time he goes off to a major University.
Tracks take a lot of up keep. What I didn't see was this about freight or people. It could be that aircraft are better at moving people than rail when you look at the costs, resources used, and pollution. I don't see it for freight unless that freight is time sensitive.
Yes Blackberry has millions of devices in the hands of users. They now have an app store. I will go with that ecosystem thing. Palm and RIM have a lot of experience with Smartphones so yes I would say they are catching up. Android has a lot of developer love but right now in the US is limited to T-Mobile.
Also Verizon and Sprint are both CDMA networks so no issues. I think Apple will finally have a fight on it's hands with the Palm Pre. It doesn't just have web apps it uses javascript but that isn't just for web apps. Since the phone isn't out yet I don't think it is far to say the app store is crashy or that they have a lack of actual customers.
Apple has done a great job with the iPhone. It is a really good piece of kit. From the predictions I have seen the new iPhone is going to be a minor update. The big news will be if they release a 4GB one for $99 and an 8GB for 149 to go with the new 16 and 32 GB models.
For me the lack of voice dialing on the iPhone is a terrible omission. Heck that is a feature of my $49 cell phone. No stereo bluetooth? No video,? Think about everything that the iPhone lacks. Yes it is far from perfect device. The have done a lot to push smartphones and now we are seeing the fruits. More and better smartphones.
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Oh yes they do. Take a look at how many construction workers where dieing.
It really is just a creepy evil place. At least in Washington you have the Smithsonian, monuments, and some good things happened there like the signing of the civil rights bills in the 60s. The only real sad thing about Washington is that it doesn't live up to our ideals. So we have a choice of lowering our ideals or to keep working towards them.
Actually I wonder about the health effects. Most adults don't get enough sleep. I live some what far out but I don't think it ever really gets all that dark. Then add in all the little lights that never turn off on our toys and I have to wonder if it just isn't good.
Make me wonder of you couldn't have a binary compiler. Treat X86 as the source and do a compile of the exe and any dlls to Arm. Not a JIT like a VM mind you but do it during the install process.
Yes.
I have run GCC on an ARM. The latest ARM cpus are getting very fast. Some are clocking in over 1Ghz and have DSPs, FPUs, and even GPUs.
Mainstream strategy game? Well if someone writes one for it I would say yes. A modern ARM system will be at least as powerful than the original XBox and that could play a lot of games.
And yes Linux vs Windows CE will make a difference to you as a user. Linux is way cooler. Actually under Linux you will have a larger software selection and better hardware support than under WindowsCE.
Bollocks.
One it is a Hummer.
Two I think the EU has lost a lot of their sense of style. BMWs are ugly as are the new MBs. Only Audi seems to have any taste left of the German car makers.
Remember Apple is an American company.
Let's just hope they don't design cars. They will be very pretty but only 3 inches thick and you will have to get a new one when the battery dies.
I looked up and said to a friend. This town is so corrupt even the stars have left it.
It does amaze me that so many people on slashdot seem to heartless morons. There is nothing good or funny about this. Sometimes things just gang up on people. The loss of hs family members and now this just might have been too much for him. I hope none of his family
I have to wonder just how many of the people posting have ever lost a love one or even have tried to support a family.
CNR is an interesting example. It sort of is an app store but it never really got a lot of traction.
I wonder how hard it is to get your software in the store and how the revenue shareing system works.
It has never really taken off.
"I just wish that Palm would get the SDK out to everyone!"
Yea I signed up and have not heard a word.
I want it now.
As many people will say it is a just a repository.
They may add reviews and ratings which will be a good thing but they shouldn't limit it to free as in beer software.
There is nothing that says you can not sell FOSS if they feel that they must keep it open source. I would open it up to closed source software as well so you can create a real market for Linux software.
If you have both open and closed source developers you will have MORE software choices. You may have both GIMP and Photoshop Elements. GnuCash and Quicken, and SQLedger and QuickBooks.
I know the many Linux users find the idea of paying for anything to be evil but if you want more Linux users you need to find a way to get more Linux software.
One thing I really like about an app store is that it really seems to drive down the price of software. Look on the iPhone App store and you will find a lot of $1.99 to $5 software. Some of it is pretty good. There is also a lot of free as in beer software. It does offer a way for programmers to make money and offers the end user a large selection of software.
And that is a great way to get more Netbook users happy with Linux and more developers developing for Linux. It could even help FOSS. A lot of professional developers do FOSS on the side. If they can make a living using Linux they will be motivated to do more FOSS projects as well.
Yep. But I kind of feel bad for a guy at work that just got an iPhone. I told him to wait but he decided I didn't know what I was talking about so it cost him $100 or an extra 8GB of ram and some new features.
Oh well I told him.
Yes those are great enterprise features and will help to get the Mac and iPhone into more businesses. I was thinking more from an end user iphone only point of view.
It does seem logical for Apple to target the RIM market with those iPhone features. Now if they could create an app that uses the camera to scan business cards I think that would be big for sales types.
The lack of a camera free iPhone could be an issue.
And it is just like every other carrier on the planet if your renewal isn't up you pay full ticket for a phone.
This is a none story.
In reality no. In marketing oh yeah...
It also damages the market for used iPhones. Why buy used when you can get a new one for only $99?
I see this really doing a job on the Nokia E71x which is also only $99. Too bad I would like to see Nokia get more traction in the US market. S60 is pretty nice.
Exactly. It is very easy to over look the monthly costs and look at the cost of the phone. I see a lot of parents getting their kids the $99 iPhone to be cool without looking at the new plan.
Sprint offers a lot of savings over AT&T which is one of the reasons my wife wants to stay with Sprint.
"Just because most kids can't make up their minds until they are old farts who think they are still young doesn't mean that this budding genius should deliberately feign indecisiveness so that his peers feel good about themselves."
Yes but is it even possible that an eleven year old really know what he wants to do. Even then interests change even after one becomes an adult.
This young person as a great opportunity to gain a lot of knowledge in a variety of subjects. IMHO all knowledge has value even if the value is "I really don't like that subject".
It will be a hard balance to strike for this person. To keep him interested and not push him into adulthood before he is ready.
As opposed to every other college grad that only has one degree?
Yes that is why I suggested that he stay in community college for a few years. At least until he is 16 if not 18. That way he can stay at home with his parents and still have friends like a normal kid. He could develop new interests at the Community College. Maybe take some art classes, history, or even welding. If he wants to keep take science classes then that would fine as well but I do think he needs to gain age before he goes off to university.
Heck I question the amount of real-life experience of most people on Slashdot anyway. This kid for some odd reason seems to be infused with modesty and good manners. Two attributes that seem to hold no value on Slashdot.
Not great but good. The $99 phone is the big news the rest of it is just nice. I like the voice controls, compass, and video but nothing is earth shattering. I do think Palm will provide some much needed competition for the iPhone. The difference in a two year contract runs a few hundred dollars and the Pre offers a keyboard which some people really want. If you can not tether on AT&T then it is just a big slap in the face for US customers. I hope Palm/Sprint will enable that feature on the Pre when they see how bent people are at AT&T over it. Now we need Android on some networks besides T-Mobile and we can start seeing a real three way fight.
My GPS and Phone are accurate to a house. GPS can get you down to a meter or less so now the problem is with the maps.
I would trust a GPS to get me to within a meter of a know reference point.
Of course I wonder if there is any reason except for cost that they couldn't add a high resolution time source to each cell tower and use them for a land based GPS system. It should work in buildings and should be more accurate than a GPS since the transmitters would be fixed and you wouldn't have to deal with the ionosphere.
Of course you would have to have all the carriers agree on a standard and allow everyone to use the signal... So I just don't see it happening.
Some how I don't think he is done with his schooling. Yea I was going to make a joke about it just being a community college but thought better of it.
So he has a two year degree at 11. I wonder if he will start adding a few more Associates degrees before he goes to a major university. By the time he is say 16 he could have several associates degrees in a variety of subjects. Actually that would probably be a better choice as long as he doesn't get board.
He could actually end up a very well rounded person by the time he goes off to a major University.
But not Android. It is set up for cell phones which have much smaller screens.
Tracks take a lot of up keep.
What I didn't see was this about freight or people.
It could be that aircraft are better at moving people than rail when you look at the costs, resources used, and pollution. I don't see it for freight unless that freight is time sensitive.
Engadget had a working on to try and no clicky screen. So in this case I would say we will see.
Well for one thing tht kind of in flight bandwidth is very new. Also it doesn't cover the poles.
Yes Blackberry has millions of devices in the hands of users. They now have an app store. I will go with that ecosystem thing.
Palm and RIM have a lot of experience with Smartphones so yes I would say they are catching up. Android has a lot of developer love but right now in the US is limited to T-Mobile.
Also Verizon and Sprint are both CDMA networks so no issues. I think Apple will finally have a fight on it's hands with the Palm Pre. It doesn't just have web apps it uses javascript but that isn't just for web apps. Since the phone isn't out yet I don't think it is far to say the app store is crashy or that they have a lack of actual customers.
Apple has done a great job with the iPhone. It is a really good piece of kit. From the predictions I have seen the new iPhone is going to be a minor update. The big news will be if they release a 4GB one for $99 and an 8GB for 149 to go with the new 16 and 32 GB models.
For me the lack of voice dialing on the iPhone is a terrible omission. Heck that is a feature of my $49 cell phone. No stereo bluetooth? No video,? Think about everything that the iPhone lacks. Yes it is far from perfect device. The have done a lot to push smartphones and now we are seeing the fruits. More and better smartphones.