Right now, the app is an alert system designed to tell you when we have new campaigns
Okay, let me get this straight - the EFF has their knickers in a twist because they don't like Apple's terms for their walled garden. I'm sure Apple users are really upset that they can't download an app whose purpose is to spam them.
Having read the dev docs for Lollipop (which include screen shots of the new interface), and looking at the new "features", I'm sticking with Kitkat. The "material" theme is kind of ugly.
If your cellphone company let you, you could change that to. This is Linux folks... you should be able to do whatever you want with it.
Sure, but why bother - Kitkat does what I want. All I can say is that after seeing the "material" theme, I am definitely NOT a material girl:-)
Loved that story (and not for the obvious reasons). Heinlein tackled themes decades before they were mainstream, never mind acceptable. I guess that's one of the reasons his stories stand the test of time.
I plug my phone in every night, so it's not going to make any difference to me. I don't use it for playing games (tried a few games, uninstalled them right away), I don't need to be connected to everyone I know every minute of the day... its major uses are phone and text.
One of the advantages of compiling every time is that the code verifier has to make sure that the byte code is valid. If it's pre-compiled once, seems to me that's a lowering of security since the validity of byte-code and classes is only verified once. Someone's going to figure out how to exploit that at some future date, at which point we'll have to start installing anti-virus software, negating any benefits to battery life and speed.
Right out of school is when women are most likely to get pregnant and quit work, after their employer has spent perhaps $10,000 getting them up to speed in the company environment.
[citation needed]
The mean age of first birth in the US is 25.8 years. The number of people with at least one degree is over 30% - and people with more education tend to wait longer to have a kid. I believe that you're letting false stereotypes influence your views. Happy New Year!
Dads spending more time at home with their kids is a win-win-win-win situation.
The dads obviously get more time with the kids
The moms aren't "stuck" with them 24/7
The kid certainly benefits
Society benefits
We need to get away from the whole "Me Tarzan, you Jane" mentality and realize that both sexes have a lot to offer.
The "Information Age", "Information Superhighway", "Post-Industrial Era" was supposed to at least allow more people to work from home as a regular and normal state of affairs - now it's more of a "can't get a regular job so into the ghetto of contract work" thing.
Why is early adoption of new software deemed a good thing by BarbaraHudson?
I certainly didn't say that. I'm sticking with Kitkat because, after looking at the developer docs for the new "Material" theme, it looks more like a usability downgrade. I looked at the feature list of Lollypop, which includes a lot of stuff that's designed for TVs and large screens (useless to me on a phone) and there's simply nothing of added value. Kitkat 4.4.4 is "good enough" for me.
Having read the dev docs for Lollipop (which include screen shots of the new interface), and looking at the new "features", I'm sticking with Kitkat. The "material" theme is kind of ugly.
I know, for a fact, that you have been on/. in the past bitching about various riders on bills and how awful they are. But now that it's a project that you deem "worthy", well, the ends justify the means. Not surprised at all, fag.
which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein
That is not a mandate to educate people on the current geopolitical situation, which the poster is ranting on about:
Can the National Park Service be ignorant of the fact that missiles remain on station, nuclear weapons are still being stockpiled, and saber rattling did not end with the fall of the Berlin Wall?"
If this is the only way to get the sites maintained and cleaned up, that's one solution to lack of funding for the Superfund. As for the rest, it's a rant at the national park service for things outside its mandate. They're not some sort of historical society or museum.
Why does anyone need a self-driving car? What is the obvious technical or economic advantage of not having a human driver?
This is all about rich people creating playthings because that's the only reason this is even being discussed.
How about people with physical handicaps, such as really bad vision? Do you want them driving? Or the folks who, no matter how old they get, won't give up driving even though they're a danger to everyone, including themselves? Or used by under-age kids to get to a friend's place? Or someone who just now realizes they've drunk too much and wants to get home safely?
It doesn't even really assist in aiming. It just delays the actual firing of the round until its computer detects that the gun is actually aimed at the designated target.
That's one heck of an "assistance." Just point it about where the target is and wiggle it around until it shoots.
I'm not sure how long Dragon is allowed to remain in space. Would be nice if they could use it as an emergency exit as well.
The last paragraph in the article:
Dragon is expected to last up to 210 days while docked to the International Space Station, providing an escape route if astronauts need to leave the orbiting complex quickly.
Just trolls.../. should really autohide anything that is voted negative AND is AC.
But then APK would have to get an account to crap-flood multiple times after most of my posts, so his posts would start out visible to many others. This way, anyone who isn't logged in doesn't see them, same as anyone who uses the Simply Slashdot app, and he still gets to waste his time, which means he isn't doing it to someone else. "It's a tough job, but someone has to keep him from playing in traffic":-)
So how do you explain all those single moms who manage to do both?
Why should I? You are bringing the hypothesis so you should bring the evidence.
I was the one who challenged the hypothesis that men are hard-wired to work, and women are hard-wired to look after the kids, by pointing out that single moms (and single dads, btw) do both. I didn't make any hypothesis. Please stop with the silliness:-)
Slashdot Mirror
I have an app on my phone for slashdot, because slashdot has multiple interesting articles every day, as well as discussion about those articles.
The EFF? Nope. Their first petition is just hand-waving. What a waste of time.
Right now, the app is an alert system designed to tell you when we have new campaigns
Okay, let me get this straight - the EFF has their knickers in a twist because they don't like Apple's terms for their walled garden. I'm sure Apple users are really upset that they can't download an app whose purpose is to spam them.
Good point!
Having read the dev docs for Lollipop (which include screen shots of the new interface), and looking at the new "features", I'm sticking with Kitkat. The "material" theme is kind of ugly.
If your cellphone company let you, you could change that to. This is Linux folks... you should be able to do whatever you want with it.
Sure, but why bother - Kitkat does what I want. All I can say is that after seeing the "material" theme, I am definitely NOT a material girl :-)
Loved that story (and not for the obvious reasons). Heinlein tackled themes decades before they were mainstream, never mind acceptable. I guess that's one of the reasons his stories stand the test of time.
There was enough base material to work with / expand upon to make a good story without bringing in the "terr'rist" angle. Colour me sad :-(
Read the original here.
I plug my phone in every night, so it's not going to make any difference to me. I don't use it for playing games (tried a few games, uninstalled them right away), I don't need to be connected to everyone I know every minute of the day ... its major uses are phone and text.
One of the advantages of compiling every time is that the code verifier has to make sure that the byte code is valid. If it's pre-compiled once, seems to me that's a lowering of security since the validity of byte-code and classes is only verified once. Someone's going to figure out how to exploit that at some future date, at which point we'll have to start installing anti-virus software, negating any benefits to battery life and speed.
And meanwhile the target shoots at you?
No, in the meantime the target has no clue you even exist - and since your first shot will hit the target, he or she won't be warned by a near-miss.
Right out of school is when women are most likely to get pregnant and quit work, after their employer has spent perhaps $10,000 getting them up to speed in the company environment.
[citation needed]
The mean age of first birth in the US is 25.8 years. The number of people with at least one degree is over 30% - and people with more education tend to wait longer to have a kid. I believe that you're letting false stereotypes influence your views. Happy New Year!
Dads spending more time at home with their kids is a win-win-win-win situation.
The dads obviously get more time with the kids
The moms aren't "stuck" with them 24/7
The kid certainly benefits
Society benefits
We need to get away from the whole "Me Tarzan, you Jane" mentality and realize that both sexes have a lot to offer.
The "Information Age", "Information Superhighway", "Post-Industrial Era" was supposed to at least allow more people to work from home as a regular and normal state of affairs - now it's more of a "can't get a regular job so into the ghetto of contract work" thing.
Probably the best reason to use lollipop is that apps start faster
Is there a half-decent new phone that isn't quad core? If apps go from 0.4 of a second to 0.3 of a second to open, I'm not really going to care.
Why is early adoption of new software deemed a good thing by BarbaraHudson?
I certainly didn't say that. I'm sticking with Kitkat because, after looking at the developer docs for the new "Material" theme, it looks more like a usability downgrade. I looked at the feature list of Lollypop, which includes a lot of stuff that's designed for TVs and large screens (useless to me on a phone) and there's simply nothing of added value. Kitkat 4.4.4 is "good enough" for me.
Having read the dev docs for Lollipop (which include screen shots of the new interface), and looking at the new "features", I'm sticking with Kitkat. The "material" theme is kind of ugly.
I know, for a fact, that you have been on /. in the past bitching about various riders on bills and how awful they are. But now that it's a project that you deem "worthy", well, the ends justify the means. Not surprised at all, fag.
I'm not even an American, you ignorant clod.
which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein
That is not a mandate to educate people on the current geopolitical situation, which the poster is ranting on about:
Can the National Park Service be ignorant of the fact that missiles remain on station, nuclear weapons are still being stockpiled, and saber rattling did not end with the fall of the Berlin Wall?"
If this is the only way to get the sites maintained and cleaned up, that's one solution to lack of funding for the Superfund. As for the rest, it's a rant at the national park service for things outside its mandate. They're not some sort of historical society or museum.
Not looking forward to the selfies...
Well, you've got to admit, it would be an effective form of gun control :-)
Why does anyone need a self-driving car? What is the obvious technical or economic advantage of not having a human driver?
This is all about rich people creating playthings because that's the only reason this is even being discussed.
How about people with physical handicaps, such as really bad vision? Do you want them driving? Or the folks who, no matter how old they get, won't give up driving even though they're a danger to everyone, including themselves? Or used by under-age kids to get to a friend's place? Or someone who just now realizes they've drunk too much and wants to get home safely?
It doesn't even really assist in aiming. It just delays the actual firing of the round until its computer detects that the gun is actually aimed at the designated target.
That's one heck of an "assistance." Just point it about where the target is and wiggle it around until it shoots.
You know the cops are going to want these. Why risk a face-to-face encounter with someone when you can safely cap them?
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I'm not sure how long Dragon is allowed to remain in space. Would be nice if they could use it as an emergency exit as well.
The last paragraph in the article:
Dragon is expected to last up to 210 days while docked to the International Space Station, providing an escape route if astronauts need to leave the orbiting complex quickly.
You're welcome, and happy 2015 :-)
Just trolls ... /. should really autohide anything that is voted negative AND is AC.
But then APK would have to get an account to crap-flood multiple times after most of my posts, so his posts would start out visible to many others. This way, anyone who isn't logged in doesn't see them, same as anyone who uses the Simply Slashdot app, and he still gets to waste his time, which means he isn't doing it to someone else. "It's a tough job, but someone has to keep him from playing in traffic" :-)
So how do you explain all those single moms who manage to do both?
Why should I? You are bringing the hypothesis so you should bring the evidence.
I was the one who challenged the hypothesis that men are hard-wired to work, and women are hard-wired to look after the kids, by pointing out that single moms (and single dads, btw) do both. I didn't make any hypothesis. Please stop with the silliness :-)
You mean hard wired to sacrifice themselves to take care of their family?
Funny how single moms manage to do both, isn't it?
Wait, what? It's okay if a man sacrifices but not if a woman sacrifices? Who's being sexist now?
And where, pray tell, did I say that? Oh, I didn't.