I see a whole lot things that were inevitable due to general research, research in the aeronautics industry, and research in unmanned space exploration.
Of what knowledge gained from exploring the problem of keeping astronauts alive, is any of it worth the billions that manned exploration has cost over unmanned? And how do you account for what have we not learned because we've focused so much on protecting heavy bags of water?
Holy fucking fuck, why are people so fucking stupid? You're not paying Google an early termination fee, you're paying for the rest of your phone. T-Mobile is charging a termination fee, because you signed a two year contract, and you're backing out of that contract, and they want to recoup the expenses lost on your fickle ass. Yes, they're probably making money on it either way, that's kind of the whole point! When has a cell phone carrier ever not dinged you for reneging on their contracts?
You wanted an unlocked phone but you still wanted the discount for selling your soul for two years. You made yourself their bitch, so take it like a bitch.
Ask yourself who gains by spreading all this inaccurate bullshit about two termination fees? Google is selling directly to the customers, cutting carriers out of the loop. The only one optionally in the loop is T-Mobile, which is the carrier most friendly to unlocked and uncrippled phones. If this keeps up, pretty soon people might start thinking that a cell phone is simply a computer. Who buys a computer that only works with one company's internet? That's crazy. It's like a car that only works with one company's gas.
> Do you honestly think some nasty comments at a priest's blog is somehow going to usher in a glorious new era of atheism? Seriously?
All the religious people whining about the so-called "new atheist movement" seem to think so. A few prominent atheists publish books at the same time, and suddenly we're on the warpath. What has actually changed is the internet, which isn't controlled by television producers and newspaper editors. Religion has no leverage where people aren't afraid of offending customers or voters.
> There is open source religion, its called a bunch of arrogant atheists, grouped together on electronic machines spewing their hatred for something they don't care about, just wanting to destroy it for their own selfish pleasure.
The idea that doing something for the greater good should feel like a sacrifice is a particularly stupid religious delusion.
I predict none of that will come to pass, because it will take at least ten years for the infrastructure build out to make it feasible. I could see the next generation MMOs doing something like this, however. It might actually save bandwidth, since you could scale up the number of objects without having to send deltas for every single one.
If you spent five minutes looking at this outfit's methodology you'd realize that the test is sound
I spent less than five minutes watching the video and I realized I had been wasting my time, because this "test" is an absolute joke. He isn't balancing his finger against a straight edge, he isn't moving it at a constant rate, and the results in the video don't correspond to the images on the web site.
Before I watched the video, I thought it had some legitimacy, as I got wavy lines when I drew on my Nexus One. But then I tried it with my finger against a pen laid diagonally across the screen, and it produced a perfect straight line, at every speed. The whole article is a fanboy blowing smoke, relying on the twitchy human nervous system.
I think Martin Sheen said it best:
Willard: They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound. Kurtz: Are my methods unsound? Willard: I don't see any method at all, sir.
If you have to "decipher" code, it is wasn't good to begin with. I used to believe the comment religion, it was beat into us in school, but once I started working with people with similar or greater skill than mine, I noticed that comments became few and far between. Usually they are only necessary to explain the intersection with something external or poorly designed, such as an API call or hackish work-around. Comments are no substitute for not knowing the problem domain. If you need to educate a new hire, you should already have documentation that explains the architecture.
If you want to talk unprofessional, the absolute worst are comments that state the obvious. It's like watching a movie with an imbecile talking to the screen, telling himself everything that is happening. It goes without saying that those comments are usually uncapitalized, lacking punctuation, and full of misspellings.
I personally prefer the Avatar review by the inimitable Dr. Zero: The Suicide Fantasy. I would summarize his article, but frankly I could never do it justice.
It's easy: Wingnut complains of cliched villains with black-and-white morality in Avatar, then proceeds to demonstrate that the cliche and morality are accurate portrayals. His only real complaint is that his side loses.
The organization has applied for a $532,000 two-year grant from the Knight Foundation to expand the use of its secure, anonymous submission system by local newspapers.
Wouldn't that money be better spent on a prissy talking car?
Yeah, I've been googling those names, and every one I don't recognize is either running Windows Mobile (and most of those manufactured by HTC) or a rebranded Nokia device. Where are those amazing homegrown wonders that make the Japanese market so hard to crack?
Am I the only one suspicious that they're using a rigged definition of "smartphone"? That is an awfully small list of phones for Japan. What is their criteria? How the hell could a Windows Mobile device even be number two? Beating that is like winning the Special Olympics.
Man, remember when people were pretending the iPhone was a smartphone before it had third party software, just to get it out of the feature phone category? Those were the days.
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Which means there have actually been many exploits for the iPhone.
I see a whole lot things that were inevitable due to general research, research in the aeronautics industry, and research in unmanned space exploration.
Of what knowledge gained from exploring the problem of keeping astronauts alive, is any of it worth the billions that manned exploration has cost over unmanned? And how do you account for what have we not learned because we've focused so much on protecting heavy bags of water?
Like high energy physics, or astronomy, or nuclear engineering.
Aside from repairing the Hubble, what has putting people in space ever accomplished other than stealing resources from legitimate science?
Holy fucking fuck, why are people so fucking stupid? You're not paying Google an early termination fee, you're paying for the rest of your phone. T-Mobile is charging a termination fee, because you signed a two year contract, and you're backing out of that contract, and they want to recoup the expenses lost on your fickle ass. Yes, they're probably making money on it either way, that's kind of the whole point! When has a cell phone carrier ever not dinged you for reneging on their contracts?
You wanted an unlocked phone but you still wanted the discount for selling your soul for two years. You made yourself their bitch, so take it like a bitch.
Ask yourself who gains by spreading all this inaccurate bullshit about two termination fees? Google is selling directly to the customers, cutting carriers out of the loop. The only one optionally in the loop is T-Mobile, which is the carrier most friendly to unlocked and uncrippled phones. If this keeps up, pretty soon people might start thinking that a cell phone is simply a computer. Who buys a computer that only works with one company's internet? That's crazy. It's like a car that only works with one company's gas.
No WiMAX. Same storage as an iPod. Lame.
No, they won't. Nor will you provide intelligent input about pricing.
> Do you honestly think some nasty comments at a priest's blog is somehow going to usher in a glorious new era of atheism? Seriously?
All the religious people whining about the so-called "new atheist movement" seem to think so. A few prominent atheists publish books at the same time, and suddenly we're on the warpath. What has actually changed is the internet, which isn't controlled by television producers and newspaper editors. Religion has no leverage where people aren't afraid of offending customers or voters.
> There is open source religion, its called a bunch of arrogant atheists, grouped together on electronic machines spewing their hatred for something they don't care about, just wanting to destroy it for their own selfish pleasure.
The idea that doing something for the greater good should feel like a sacrifice is a particularly stupid religious delusion.
I predict none of that will come to pass, because it will take at least ten years for the infrastructure build out to make it feasible. I could see the next generation MMOs doing something like this, however. It might actually save bandwidth, since you could scale up the number of objects without having to send deltas for every single one.
Yes, but Linux is secure the same way OS X is secure - nobody cares enough to exploit it.
Noscript FTW.
Paying $50/month and my N1 works just fine.
180 + 350 = 530, which just so happens to be the price of the phone! Amazing!
T-Mobile fucking you for backing out a contract is their prerogative, and pretty typical of all carriers. Don't like? Don't sign a contract!
Pay is based upon accomplishment and achievement, not on feelings.
Wrong. Accomplishment and achievement get you pats on the back. Supply and demand get you paid.
If you spent five minutes looking at this outfit's methodology you'd realize that the test is sound
I spent less than five minutes watching the video and I realized I had been wasting my time, because this "test" is an absolute joke. He isn't balancing his finger against a straight edge, he isn't moving it at a constant rate, and the results in the video don't correspond to the images on the web site.
Before I watched the video, I thought it had some legitimacy, as I got wavy lines when I drew on my Nexus One. But then I tried it with my finger against a pen laid diagonally across the screen, and it produced a perfect straight line, at every speed. The whole article is a fanboy blowing smoke, relying on the twitchy human nervous system.
I think Martin Sheen said it best:
At least when Apple announces anything, you know you can order it from the Apple store the next day.
The iPhone was announced on January 9, 2007. It went on sale on June 29, 2007.
But hey, don't let a little thing like reality get in the way of your faith.
How do you do that? That's amazing!
Get a job, hippie.
If you have to "decipher" code, it is wasn't good to begin with. I used to believe the comment religion, it was beat into us in school, but once I started working with people with similar or greater skill than mine, I noticed that comments became few and far between. Usually they are only necessary to explain the intersection with something external or poorly designed, such as an API call or hackish work-around. Comments are no substitute for not knowing the problem domain. If you need to educate a new hire, you should already have documentation that explains the architecture.
If you want to talk unprofessional, the absolute worst are comments that state the obvious. It's like watching a movie with an imbecile talking to the screen, telling himself everything that is happening. It goes without saying that those comments are usually uncapitalized, lacking punctuation, and full of misspellings.
No, Reddit and Digg have killed Slashdot. What's the point of using editors as gatekeepers when they refuse to edit?
But not the console of the decade, not by a long shot.
There's still 23 hours left for the PS3 to outsell it! Go, fanboys, go!
It's easy: Wingnut complains of cliched villains with black-and-white morality in Avatar, then proceeds to demonstrate that the cliche and morality are accurate portrayals. His only real complaint is that his side loses.
Wouldn't that money be better spent on a prissy talking car?
Yeah, I've been googling those names, and every one I don't recognize is either running Windows Mobile (and most of those manufactured by HTC) or a rebranded Nokia device. Where are those amazing homegrown wonders that make the Japanese market so hard to crack?
Am I the only one suspicious that they're using a rigged definition of "smartphone"? That is an awfully small list of phones for Japan. What is their criteria? How the hell could a Windows Mobile device even be number two? Beating that is like winning the Special Olympics.
Man, remember when people were pretending the iPhone was a smartphone before it had third party software, just to get it out of the feature phone category? Those were the days.