Re:Tab syncing: first thing I'll disable
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Google I/O Day Two
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Yes -- Sorry, my notes were sketchy as I fired them off, but you're right -- you have to explicitly choose to grab / activate the tabs from the other device, rather than them appearing automatically and unbidden on the one you're at.
Audio latency is one of the improvements named for Jellybean over ICS at a session later in the day, actually. The presenters said that this is a moving target, though, and that this is one thing where there are device (I took by that "chipset") specific bugs / hangups / fixes needed, so it sounded like more improvements should arrive with updates to Jellybean.
Well, it is a demo and therefore something well past "suspect," but of course the claim is utter smoothness, and depending on just how rigged the demo is, they at least have the visual aids to support that... real proof will need something other than on-stage ready-made pitch, though.
Except CSPAN wasn't on hand, as far as I could tell;)
Various other networks local guys were, though, and for all I know CSPAN is happy to buy footage from any of them.
One thing that was funny to me: the stereo in the Fox van that pulled up next to my car was blasting Rush Limbaugh... that somehow seemed like an intentionally in-character thing for them to blast.
Yeah -- sorry about that, now fixed. I'd deleted it (the Yahoo version was wrapped in a spammy wrapper), inadvertently not put in the clean version until just now.
Actually, this is a glitch / weakness in the backend system.
"Linux" is actually the primary topic that it's marked with, but some of our topics and section names interact with each other in ways that are... let's call it "interesting." It's a bit frustrating sometimes, and I'm sorry for the glitch.
We (the editors) are really looking forward to user-submitted videos; I think that's the hook that has us most interested in total, actually.
However, getting engineering time to implement that hasn't been possible yet. Frustrating to everyone, including the engineers, the editors, and the people who sell the ads that pay the bills that keep the data center lit, the Corporate Overlords, etc... having at least a working player in place (imperfect though it is) and the thus-far videos is a major step toward making user-submitted videos possible, though.
When users can submit videos, you'll hear a big whoop of joy from the various places in which we work...
Data centers, esp. ones with notable features, would definitely be interesting -- if they're willing to take part;) At least some data centers are -- reasonably -- not interested in anyone taking pictures without their strong control.
Production facilities, likewise -- would enjoy learning of any that would be willing subjects!
We've been very grateful for your transcripts -- I hope you've gotten some ad-free pages as a (heartfelt but I realize inadequate) token of our gratitude. If not, ping:)
Pretty hard to avoid I-10, really, at least for a big chunk of the state. It's the main way to get to central Texas (or anywhere east), unless you want to take some pretty big detours, if you're following at least certain otherwise obvious paths from pts. west of El Paso. You could go way north, but otherwise... well, it's pretty bleak: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sierra%20Blanca,%20Texas
I've been through that stop quite a few times, but I guess I just look too clean-living to even bother with the dogs...
Internal would be cooler, I agree, but (sorry, it didn't make the video), the Pwnie Express works with both Wi-Fi and 3G dongles. (Not as stealthy, but this is already big enough it wouldn't exactly disappear without camouflage anyhow;))
Not sure about the model you have, but the Casio I have also has a "document" feature (not sure whether that's the word they use to label it, though, and it's not in front of me to check), which allows you to shoot a rectangular document and have it run a rectangularization algorithm on it, which can make the result look more "scan-like" rather than "just a photo." Not that it should matter for most purposes, in a sane world...
It's not perfect, though; sometimes I enjoy taking normal pictures -- that is to say, snapshots that *aren't* rectangular documents, or anything close -- just to see what the rectangularization will choose to do; sometimes the camera just balks, and sometimes the results are just plain weird;)
Other than pointing out that I bought it (and where from, disclosing that ThinkGeek's a related company to Slashdot) and suggesting two other places to buy it, I'm not sure how much else there is for me say -- I think it was pretty darn aboveboard:)
It's a Tom Bihn -- forget the exact model name. Has been with me for a few years; a little bigger than I'd like, but a decent compromise, and thoughtfully designed;)
It's tricky - knew that even before posting this one;)
You're right: it's community. Between the 4 of us who choose the stories on the site, we've got something near 40 years (!) of being part of it, and we're pretty jealous of the community aspect.
What's hard is that there's cool stuff in the world it's fun to learn/talk about, some of it made by companies (whose goal is to make money by making stuff people want more than they want to spend the same money elsewhere). Sometimes companies even send stuff *for* review, solicited or unsolicited (and that's fine), but in this case, I just thought it looked interesting. As far a I know, Scottevest has never bought ads from Slashdot / Geeknet (though I don't follow the ad contracts, and mostly see ads only when they break the page and it's time to file a bug report on them).
It's very hard to convince anyone (who thinks otherwise already) that a positive review of a product *isn't* the result of nefarious collusion. Of course, there's the option of trashing everything;)
Actually, I bought the jacket myself (mostly because one of my coworkers raved about the company's products); if it were provided by the company, I would have said so. Scottevest has / had no idea that I was going to review this, and there's no connection between Slashdot and them (except for the obvious one disclosed -- ThinkGeek is one vendor of their gear, and Slashdot and ThinkGeek share a parent organization). Maybe one day they'll send me a great big gold-plated crate of dubloons, or special anti-gravity pants, but not yet.
My continuing impression is positive, btw, having worn this thing a lot in the last few weeks. I am skeptical about some of the pockets' longevity, but then, I'm hard on pockets, pretty bad about leaving pokey things in there (keys, etc). So, I'm hoping I still like it 6 months or a year from now.
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Yes -- Sorry, my notes were sketchy as I fired them off, but you're right -- you have to explicitly choose to grab / activate the tabs from the other device, rather than them appearing automatically and unbidden on the one you're at.
Thanks for raising that.
timothy
Audio latency is one of the improvements named for Jellybean over ICS at a session later in the day, actually. The presenters said that this is a moving target, though, and that this is one thing where there are device (I took by that "chipset") specific bugs / hangups / fixes needed, so it sounded like more improvements should arrive with updates to Jellybean.
timothy
Well, it is a demo and therefore something well past "suspect," but of course the claim is utter smoothness, and depending on just how rigged the demo is, they at least have the visual aids to support that ... real proof will need something other than on-stage ready-made pitch, though.
timothy
Hey -- She shares my birthday! Funny discovery, thanks for the WP link ;)
timothy
"A bunch of road warriors I know use that and a cell phone and they've been happier."
How much happier? ;)
... and I think HTTPS snooping is just fine!
Your friendly fork-tongued pal down under,
Satan
p.s. heh, sure hope I remember to anonymize this comment, so no one knows the real truth -- Al Pacino was only *playing* the Devil!
Except CSPAN wasn't on hand, as far as I could tell ;)
Various other networks local guys were, though, and for all I know CSPAN is happy to buy footage from any of them.
One thing that was funny to me: the stereo in the Fox van that pulled up next to my car was blasting Rush Limbaugh ... that somehow seemed like an intentionally in-character thing for them to blast.
timothy
Yeah -- sorry about that, now fixed. I'd deleted it (the Yahoo version was wrapped in a spammy wrapper), inadvertently not put in the clean version until just now.
timothy
Here's the shouting-at-disks bit ;)
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/01/02/0626201/why-not-to-shout-at-your-disk-array
timothy
Actually, this is a glitch / weakness in the backend system.
"Linux" is actually the primary topic that it's marked with, but some of our topics and section names interact with each other in ways that are ... let's call it "interesting." It's a bit frustrating sometimes, and I'm sorry for the glitch.
timothy
A bit detail oriented? Holy Moley! You even went to the trouble to identify songs. This is ridiculous, in the best possible way.
timothy
We (the editors) are really looking forward to user-submitted videos; I think that's the hook that has us most interested in total, actually.
However, getting engineering time to implement that hasn't been possible yet. Frustrating to everyone, including the engineers, the editors, and the people who sell the ads that pay the bills that keep the data center lit, the Corporate Overlords, etc ... having at least a working player in place (imperfect though it is) and the thus-far videos is a major step toward making user-submitted videos possible, though.
When users can submit videos, you'll hear a big whoop of joy from the various places in which we work ...
timothy
Data centers, esp. ones with notable features, would definitely be interesting -- if they're willing to take part ;) At least some data centers are -- reasonably -- not interested in anyone taking pictures without their strong control.
Production facilities, likewise -- would enjoy learning of any that would be willing subjects!
timothy
Only temporarily quite so much of that one guy -- I was just the first one to have an available camera.
timothy
We've been very grateful for your transcripts -- I hope you've gotten some ad-free pages as a (heartfelt but I realize inadequate) token of our gratitude. If not, ping :)
timothy
We'll be right in touch ... Anonymous :)
Seriously, pop an email to feedback at slashdot with more details, if you have any video pitches to present :)
timothy
Heh, I meant "as escape vehicles per se," to leave a wounded ISS. That would be ... stressful.
timothy
Pretty hard to avoid I-10, really, at least for a big chunk of the state. It's the main way to get to central Texas (or anywhere east), unless you want to take some pretty big detours, if you're following at least certain otherwise obvious paths from pts. west of El Paso. You could go way north, but otherwise ... well, it's pretty bleak: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sierra%20Blanca,%20Texas
I've been through that stop quite a few times, but I guess I just look too clean-living to even bother with the dogs ...
timothy
Internal would be cooler, I agree, but (sorry, it didn't make the video), the Pwnie Express works with both Wi-Fi and 3G dongles. (Not as stealthy, but this is already big enough it wouldn't exactly disappear without camouflage anyhow ;))
timothy
Not sure about the model you have, but the Casio I have also has a "document" feature (not sure whether that's the word they use to label it, though, and it's not in front of me to check), which allows you to shoot a rectangular document and have it run a rectangularization algorithm on it, which can make the result look more "scan-like" rather than "just a photo." Not that it should matter for most purposes, in a sane world ...
It's not perfect, though; sometimes I enjoy taking normal pictures -- that is to say, snapshots that *aren't* rectangular documents, or anything close -- just to see what the rectangularization will choose to do; sometimes the camera just balks, and sometimes the results are just plain weird ;)
Other than pointing out that I bought it (and where from, disclosing that ThinkGeek's a related company to Slashdot) and suggesting two other places to buy it, I'm not sure how much else there is for me say -- I think it was pretty darn aboveboard :)
timothy
It's a Tom Bihn -- forget the exact model name. Has been with me for a few years; a little bigger than I'd like, but a decent compromise, and thoughtfully designed ;)
timothy
I get Elton John, Waldo, and Harry Potter in about equal proportion, and Andre the Giant just about never.
I just like round glasses is all ...
timothy
It's tricky - knew that even before posting this one ;)
You're right: it's community. Between the 4 of us who choose the stories on the site, we've got something near 40 years (!) of being part of it, and we're pretty jealous of the community aspect.
What's hard is that there's cool stuff in the world it's fun to learn/talk about, some of it made by companies (whose goal is to make money by making stuff people want more than they want to spend the same money elsewhere). Sometimes companies even send stuff *for* review, solicited or unsolicited (and that's fine), but in this case, I just thought it looked interesting. As far a I know, Scottevest has never bought ads from Slashdot / Geeknet (though I don't follow the ad contracts, and mostly see ads only when they break the page and it's time to file a bug report on them).
It's very hard to convince anyone (who thinks otherwise already) that a positive review of a product *isn't* the result of nefarious collusion. Of course, there's the option of trashing everything ;)
timothy
Actually, I bought the jacket myself (mostly because one of my coworkers raved about the company's products); if it were provided by the company, I would have said so. Scottevest has / had no idea that I was going to review this, and there's no connection between Slashdot and them (except for the obvious one disclosed -- ThinkGeek is one vendor of their gear, and Slashdot and ThinkGeek share a parent organization). Maybe one day they'll send me a great big gold-plated crate of dubloons, or special anti-gravity pants, but not yet.
My continuing impression is positive, btw, having worn this thing a lot in the last few weeks. I am skeptical about some of the pockets' longevity, but then, I'm hard on pockets, pretty bad about leaving pokey things in there (keys, etc). So, I'm hoping I still like it 6 months or a year from now.
timothy