What are "they" supposed to say" We picked up the alien bodies at Roswell and shipped em off to Area 51, where we have managed to keep one alive on a methane respirator?
Naaaa, who would believe that? Well, Besides Art Bell.
Whether or not the N900 reaches iPhone numbers is irrelevant to the fact that it will stand in computer history along with the Kaypro II, PDP-11, SORD IS-11, Altair 8080;
I don't care if AT&T likes it or not.
If you actually get your hands on one, you will understand that it feels good to actually own something, and not pay to carry the wireless equivalent of a cable box.
If people in America were "customers" and actually were allowed to decided what they wanted, and not "consumers" to be culled by the wireless carriers, then the N900 would on it's merits be the best selling mobile computer of all times.
Does anyone really like the fact that all you can get from the big wireless carriers is what they want you to have, and not what you want?
Those that go out and buy an N900 will understand.
My N95 8GB was the best "phone" I ever had. About 2 weeks after I bought my N97, I got the N95 back out of the drawer and switched back to it while I waited, and Waited for the N900. The evil malodorous N97 when into the phone drawer, never to emerge, except perhaps to burn it on the sidewalk in fron of the Nokia flagship store in Chicago.
Now that cell phones and mobile computers are merging, the old "phone" OS's like Symbian reall can not be stretched to fill the bill. I don't remember if anyone ever tried putting a GUI on top of CP/M, but that is analogous to trying to make Symbian work as a touch screen OS.
Symbian is a pig. QT on Symbian is lipstick on a pig. There is no other good way to say this. I had an N95 8GB, and Symbian 3 was actually fine on that, buttons and all. Symbian 5, ala N97 is just pushing Symbians limits to far. The best technical terms I can use to describe Symbian 5 (N97) is it's a "steaming pile of shit".
The N900 on the other hand is just phuquing unbelievable. Once they put QT on top of Maemo Linux, it will be so far away from any othe the other phone OS's, that there just will be no contest. (I say phone, but the N900 is really more of a mobile computer with cell capabilities than a phone).
I wrote to Senators Durbin, and Burris. They both responded in form letter that they are all for whatever is being negotiated to stop "piracy". Apparently either they didn't read or don't care that what is really happening (from what has been leaked) is the end of Fair Use, and First Sale. Along with DRM with no way out.
Nice to know both my Senators have our interest at heart.
Actually I think mono is viral, infusing evil M$.NET code into our beloved Linux. It is also a colossal wast of time because.NET sux in the first place.
I am wondering if the money being spent on a manned space program is just wasted. With the davances in robotics, we could be scooping up Martian soil, Europan ice, and goo from Saturn's moons and bringing it home for a fraction of putting a man on Mars.
Unless we get volunteers for a one way manned Martian mission, I think the money should be put into advanced robot probes.
The greed of the movie and recording industry, is only exceeded by the oil business. I have no sympathy for Hulu, and some archaic distribution scheme. The internet is across the globe. Maybe some one should have told one of these greedy media executives the the full URL www.hulu.com contains (www). Some one needs to tell the money grubbing teeth gnashing slime ball that means "World Wide Web".
I understand why the Chinese don't want to use Windows in their defense systems. I am sure there are back doors to encryption, and remote access, and all kinds of sneaky things that the CIA can do to anyone using Microsoft products.
Microsoft can say , no, its fine. Without the source code, how could you trust them?
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What are "they" supposed to say" We picked up the alien bodies at Roswell and shipped em off to Area 51, where we have managed to keep one alive on a methane respirator?
Naaaa, who would believe that? Well, Besides Art Bell.
Better yet, make them live here: http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/WCYLT.html/
Certainly not me.
I am an N900 Fanboi, and not associated with Nokia in any way. So there.
I am just happy I can now travel without a laptop. No "cell phone" could ever reall do that before the N900.
I can do online banking, Google Apps, everything. It has a "real" browser ( Mozilla based) and can accept plug ins like AddBlock +.
It's great.
Whether or not the N900 reaches iPhone numbers is irrelevant to the fact that it will stand in computer history along with the Kaypro II, PDP-11, SORD IS-11, Altair 8080;
I don't care if AT&T likes it or not.
If you actually get your hands on one, you will understand that it feels good to actually own something, and not pay to carry the wireless equivalent of a cable box.
If people in America were "customers" and actually were allowed to decided what they wanted, and not "consumers" to be culled by the wireless carriers, then the N900 would on it's merits be the best selling mobile computer of all times.
Does anyone really like the fact that all you can get from the big wireless carriers is what they want you to have, and not what you want?
Those that go out and buy an N900 will understand.
My N95 8GB was the best "phone" I ever had. About 2 weeks after I bought my N97, I got the N95 back out of the drawer and switched back to it while I waited, and Waited for the N900. The evil malodorous N97 when into the phone drawer, never to emerge, except perhaps to burn it on the sidewalk in fron of the Nokia flagship store in Chicago.
Now that cell phones and mobile computers are merging, the old "phone" OS's like Symbian reall can not be stretched to fill the bill. I don't remember if anyone ever tried putting a GUI on top of CP/M, but that is analogous to trying to make Symbian work as a touch screen OS.
All you need to get FULL root privileges on the N900 is to download this -> http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/rootsh/
That's it, you PWN the device.
Symbian is a pig. QT on Symbian is lipstick on a pig. There is no other good way to say this. I had an N95 8GB, and Symbian 3 was actually fine on that, buttons and all. Symbian 5, ala N97 is just pushing Symbians limits to far. The best technical terms I can use to describe Symbian 5 (N97) is it's a "steaming pile of shit".
The N900 on the other hand is just phuquing unbelievable. Once they put QT on top of Maemo Linux, it will be so far away from any othe the other phone OS's, that there just will be no contest. (I say phone, but the N900 is really more of a mobile computer with cell capabilities than a phone).
The N900 rox!
Well, living in Illinois ...........
I wrote to Senators Durbin, and Burris. They both responded in form letter that they are all for whatever is being negotiated to stop "piracy". Apparently either they didn't read or don't care that what is really happening (from what has been leaked) is the end of Fair Use, and First Sale. Along with DRM with no way out.
Nice to know both my Senators have our interest at heart.
Not!
Actually, No.
The N900 is about to be launched. Come on over to http://www.maemo.org/
You will be welcome, and no one will tell you what you can, or cannot do.
Cheers!
Ok, lets try:
http://www.google.com/search?q=bing&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a/
Now the other way:
http://www.bing.com/search?q=google&go=&form=QBRE/
Does anyone actually trust Bing?
Actually I think mono is viral, infusing evil M$ .NET code into our beloved Linux. It is also a colossal wast of time because .NET sux in the first place.
The quote "since going forward would compromise "ongoing intelligence activities." makes me think the Obama administration is still doing this.
I don't care if it is easier. We need to respect our constitution, even if it makes our security agencies do a little more work.
Power is so hard to give up. Once people have it, it corrupts them.
Sad day in American history.
Asian bathroom pron, without buffering!
Here in Illinois, we just call them "corn fed". I had just assumed it was the climate.
I am wondering if the money being spent on a manned space program is just wasted. With the davances in robotics, we could be scooping up Martian soil, Europan ice, and goo from Saturn's moons and bringing it home for a fraction of putting a man on Mars.
Unless we get volunteers for a one way manned Martian mission, I think the money should be put into advanced robot probes.
Could this be the reason that the Apollo program was filmed in an abandoned aircraft hanger in Arizona?
The greed of the movie and recording industry, is only exceeded by the oil business. I have no sympathy for Hulu, and some archaic distribution scheme. The internet is across the globe. Maybe some one should have told one of these greedy media executives the the full URL www.hulu.com contains (www). Some one needs to tell the money grubbing teeth gnashing slime ball that means "World Wide Web".
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Microsoft Word+Sharepoint allows collaborative editing of documents, with an arbitrary number of people, although not simultaneous editing.
Microsoft One-Note allows collaborative simultaneous editing of documents.
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Not for free. Now does it?
I think I have a copy of K19 (movie) around here somewhere. Reading this make me want to watch it.
I understand why the Chinese don't want to use Windows in their defense systems. I am sure there are back doors to encryption, and remote access, and all kinds of sneaky things that the CIA can do to anyone using Microsoft products.
Microsoft can say , no, its fine. Without the source code, how could you trust them?
Neanderthal porn has to be better than so really weird Asian pron I have ...... heard of.
I'll bet the American Association of Asian Restaurants (AAAR) will be all over this.