That's when I'd be using my phone and annoyed with anything larger - though for me personally even that would have to be kept very brief as I get sick in an automobile if I don't look out the windows.
I bought my Acer for travel, as I got tired of lugging my 6 pound Latitude around. And my main laptop is too big to use on an aircraft. The Aspire is a great little machine for the road and would probably even make a decent little home entertainment box, it has hdmi out. But I don't use it at home or work. That's why I don't get the tablet thing. I've yet to see an app that makes me think, "Oh- I have to have that, it is so much better than using a mouse/keyboard/trackpad/etc."
When I'm at home watching Hulu or Netflix I'm using my television or my laptop with a large screen. I'm not watching movies on a 10/11 inch screen unless I'm traveling. Reading on an lcd is reading on an lcd. It doesn't bother me and I read a lot of books on my laptop but I don't need a special device for that. If I'm going to go with something smaller, my phone is fine and more convenient.
Maybe I'm a weird edge case, but I check out tablets every so often to see if things have changed and every time I'm under no compulsion to get one. The new announcements of this last few months, including the ipad do nothing to change that.
I've yet to see a compelling reason to pay more for a tablet. My Acer Aspire cost less than any tablet I've seen yet but does quite a bit more. The only thing it is missing is the touch component but I have yet to find an app that makes me care.
If someone comes out with a tablet that is prices competitively with notebooks and has the same level of features, I'd think about it more seriously.
It's a list of CMS's. He has a CMS. Why shouldn't it be in the list?
It sounds more like you are saying someone needs to do a better job of keeping the list current. I'm not sure why that means people with active projects shouldn't add them at all.
Flames and downmods just come with the territory here, though I don't think it would be as bad as you think. But you can't let it stop you. (You can actually, but I recommend against it.) Maybe you've actually posted what it is somewhere I'll look - but if not I would still like to know. If you are dead set against mentioning it here at all - I would appreciate if you would email me a url - bittercode@gmail.com
If not I would see about getting it added. This is the top hit when googling open source cms. I haven't used it in a little while as I'm pretty heavily into Drupal now, but when I was still figuring that out I always went there first.
If there were any info. on what the project is and where to check it out. (I realize a lot of people would have made snarky comments if that info had been included too. A regular catch 22 -- but this is a great opportunity and you should post a description and link to the project in this thread.)
Without any specifics I would think most answers are going to be just as generic. Post about it in different message boards, post about it at aggregator type sites (reddit, digg) - use twitter, facebook or whatever else might help people find out about it.
Who are the intended users? Where would those people be that you might show up and promote your project? Are their user groups that might be a good place to frequent?
Would a publication/site that deals with FOSS or whatever problem your project solves be interested in doing a write-up? Will they accept one from someone on the project or one of the users?
If it runs on Linux is it available through the package management systems of the major distros?
I'm definitely not female. I'm pretty sure my wife will vouch for me on that.
I'm not a "political-correctness" fanatic either. I pick the things I'm fanatical about and pretty much none of those things are political in any fashion.
It's been a bit since I wrote the review. I don't labor over these for days or anything. I usually knock them out in a couple hours or so. So I don't actually remember putting 'she' in there. It might have been a mistake. I do the original in google docs and I don't think it does any auto-correction so maybe not. Or I might have been thinking of my daughter and done it subconsciously. We've done python together working through "Hello World!".
Right now the phrase that's coming to mind is tempest in a teapot -- but I'm probably using that incorrectly too.
that's pretty much the difference. when people talk about US/Cuba relations without acknowledging it, it's pretty safe to assume they don't really know anything about the situation.
Ushahidi uses, in part, FrontlineSMS which also another great project doing some great work to help people world wide.
There are so many ways for people with tech skills to get involved it is overwhelming. NGOs, RMOs, all your nonprofit type organizations operating in the developing world are pretty much always in need of skilled workers on just about every level. They can't usually pay all that high or just have limited funds in general.
Those financial restraints also lead to the heavy use of FOSS projects. If you contribute to open and free software or solutions, there is a good chance your work will be used to help others.
No - a cvn can't support landing craft like that - but the gator navy stuff will. The USS Bataan is an amphib - the USS Fort McHenry and USS Carter Hall are dock landing ships. They'll be able to get significant equipment and material to land. And I'm sure the airforce will be bringing heavy lifters in to the airport.
mobile is almost everywhere and will effectively be everywhere soon. it's actually a key ingredient to solving some of the challenges present in the developing world. FOSS is a big part too - such as the Ushahidi folks who are helping out in numerous ways with the situation in Haiti - from their base of operations in Nairobi.
I wrote a journal entry earlier today about some of what the organization I work for is doing in Haiti. There are a lot of others in play too and some great ways to help. Hopefully after this stops being the story of the hour, the assistance will continue so that country can come out of this with some kind of up side to it all.
The Navy is on the way and as a former sailor I'm pretty proud to see them rushing to help as they so often do. Helicopters are going to be key for quite a while I think.
We'll see the world step up in a big way here I think, and once again we'll see one of the nicer sides of America and how this country can be very generous in times of crisis - not just our government but in the direct giving and participation of the citizenry.
I agree. Right now I don't have an HD tv - so it's a non-issue for me at the moment. I was going to buy the top end Roku player, as when my current tv dies my situation will change. But this is great for me because it buys me more time to get the capability I wanted without having to buy new hardware now. By the time I get a new TV, there will probably be all kinds of alternatives that don't exist yet. Or I'll have saved enough to put together a very nice multimedia pc.
I've been going back and forth on getting a roku player and this makes it a lot easier to hold off. What I like about this is that it pushes the set top box folks to go ruther to justify their systems. Roku has Pandora, that's nice. If they support playing local files that would help too, and I'd be interested in getting one again.
My phone is tmobile - and I can't speak to cost, it's a company phone. But probably the two things I like about it most are the fact that I can use it pretty much anywhere ( couldn't during my last layover at Narita - but I don't go to Japan much anyway and I think there are only maybe a couple other countries that run CDMA ) and having the sim card is nice. I busted the lcd on my current phone so I ordered a new one, moved my sim to a G1 while I waited and then just switched back after I got the part and fixed the phone. No problems - everything worked.
So I've been happy with tmobile as a corporate customer.
Sounds like a dangerous place to work. And really - just knowing that would indicate to me that it's best not to rely on a phone period if getting to the hospital is a matter of urgency.
Yes. They'll also fail if a Vogon constructor fleet takes over every communication device on the planet. Never forget that one - but POTS wouldn't then either I think.
You know - sometimes there's nothing you can do to cover every eventuality. We all play the odds. I've never lived in a high rise but if I ever do I'll try to remember this and try to think of some kind of back up plan for collapsing alone and needing help - able to dial the phone but nothing else.
Of course this wont cover the zombie apocalypse, an alien invasion or some kind of crafty, coordinated velociraptor attack.
I'm in Orlando - so the hurricane threat is low. The safety I see in VOIP is very specific - it is that my kids can more easily dial 911 on a regular phone compared to a cell phone. And my VOIP provider will provide my address to the operator even if my kids are too flustered to do so. They would in all likelihood be flustered since the only reason I can envision them being the ones to make the call is something has happened to one or both of their parents.
Once my kids are old enough to calmly dial 911 on a cell - we'll drop VOIP. By that time my cell provider should be able to give very specific location information to the 911 folks.
Yes - I'm sure they will be able to use a cell phone when the power is out.
The rest of your question is based on a situation that will have ceased to exist by the time I drop VOIP.
Though I find the likelihood of intruders holding my kids hostage to be extremely unlikely. I plan for a wide range of contingencies, but if someone has overcome everything else, I don't think the lack of a land line will be a major factor in any outcome.
When I moved to where I lived I had POTS go down 3 times due to storms. The last time, a lightning strike near my house (I live in Florida) really jacked it up. Through it all my internet was available. That's what convinced me to make the jump. Since I did switch, I've never had it go down.
If my power drops, or my VOIP isn't working for any reason, the calls to my home phone are forwarded to our cell phones. And we can still call out on those until power comes back.
If our cell phones don't work - then as you have said, there are bigger problems to worry about.
But really, I don't need the VOIP either except as I mentioned, I worry about my kids reliably dialing 911 on a cell phone. Once they are old enough to do that VOIP goes too.
I've found cell phones to be dependable enough for my needs. Google Voice pretty much clears up the few shortcoming there.
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Android seems to be moving along nicely solving the text entry problem with voice recognition. I think that is the way to go in the long run.
That's when I'd be using my phone and annoyed with anything larger - though for me personally even that would have to be kept very brief as I get sick in an automobile if I don't look out the windows.
I bought my Acer for travel, as I got tired of lugging my 6 pound Latitude around. And my main laptop is too big to use on an aircraft. The Aspire is a great little machine for the road and would probably even make a decent little home entertainment box, it has hdmi out. But I don't use it at home or work. That's why I don't get the tablet thing. I've yet to see an app that makes me think, "Oh- I have to have that, it is so much better than using a mouse/keyboard/trackpad/etc."
When I'm at home watching Hulu or Netflix I'm using my television or my laptop with a large screen. I'm not watching movies on a 10/11 inch screen unless I'm traveling. Reading on an lcd is reading on an lcd. It doesn't bother me and I read a lot of books on my laptop but I don't need a special device for that. If I'm going to go with something smaller, my phone is fine and more convenient.
Maybe I'm a weird edge case, but I check out tablets every so often to see if things have changed and every time I'm under no compulsion to get one. The new announcements of this last few months, including the ipad do nothing to change that.
I've yet to see a compelling reason to pay more for a tablet. My Acer Aspire cost less than any tablet I've seen yet but does quite a bit more. The only thing it is missing is the touch component but I have yet to find an app that makes me care.
If someone comes out with a tablet that is prices competitively with notebooks and has the same level of features, I'd think about it more seriously.
It's a list of CMS's. He has a CMS. Why shouldn't it be in the list?
It sounds more like you are saying someone needs to do a better job of keeping the list current. I'm not sure why that means people with active projects shouldn't add them at all.
Flames and downmods just come with the territory here, though I don't think it would be as bad as you think. But you can't let it stop you. (You can actually, but I recommend against it.) Maybe you've actually posted what it is somewhere I'll look - but if not I would still like to know. If you are dead set against mentioning it here at all - I would appreciate if you would email me a url - bittercode@gmail.com
Is it on http://php.opensourcecms.com/?
If not I would see about getting it added. This is the top hit when googling open source cms. I haven't used it in a little while as I'm pretty heavily into Drupal now, but when I was still figuring that out I always went there first.
Is it in the Wikipedia list of Content Management Systems?
If not I would try to get it added there.
Dude.
1 said that in the film 9.
An example to help, just in case that isn't clear enough.
People with ropes around their necks don't always hang. - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
If there were any info. on what the project is and where to check it out. (I realize a lot of people would have made snarky comments if that info had been included too. A regular catch 22 -- but this is a great opportunity and you should post a description and link to the project in this thread.)
Without any specifics I would think most answers are going to be just as generic. Post about it in different message boards, post about it at aggregator type sites (reddit, digg) - use twitter, facebook or whatever else might help people find out about it.
Who are the intended users? Where would those people be that you might show up and promote your project? Are their user groups that might be a good place to frequent?
Would a publication/site that deals with FOSS or whatever problem your project solves be interested in doing a write-up? Will they accept one from someone on the project or one of the users?
If it runs on Linux is it available through the package management systems of the major distros?
I'm definitely not female. I'm pretty sure my wife will vouch for me on that.
I'm not a "political-correctness" fanatic either. I pick the things I'm fanatical about and pretty much none of those things are political in any fashion.
It's been a bit since I wrote the review. I don't labor over these for days or anything. I usually knock them out in a couple hours or so. So I don't actually remember putting 'she' in there. It might have been a mistake. I do the original in google docs and I don't think it does any auto-correction so maybe not. Or I might have been thinking of my daughter and done it subconsciously. We've done python together working through "Hello World!".
Right now the phrase that's coming to mind is tempest in a teapot -- but I'm probably using that incorrectly too.
that's pretty much the difference. when people talk about US/Cuba relations without acknowledging it, it's pretty safe to assume they don't really know anything about the situation.
Ushahidi uses, in part, FrontlineSMS which also another great project doing some great work to help people world wide.
There are so many ways for people with tech skills to get involved it is overwhelming. NGOs, RMOs, all your nonprofit type organizations operating in the developing world are pretty much always in need of skilled workers on just about every level. They can't usually pay all that high or just have limited funds in general.
Those financial restraints also lead to the heavy use of FOSS projects. If you contribute to open and free software or solutions, there is a good chance your work will be used to help others.
They want money because when people send stuff it makes the situation worse rather than better.
No - a cvn can't support landing craft like that - but the gator navy stuff will. The USS Bataan is an amphib - the USS Fort McHenry and USS Carter Hall are dock landing ships. They'll be able to get significant equipment and material to land. And I'm sure the airforce will be bringing heavy lifters in to the airport.
mobile is almost everywhere and will effectively be everywhere soon. it's actually a key ingredient to solving some of the challenges present in the developing world. FOSS is a big part too - such as the Ushahidi folks who are helping out in numerous ways with the situation in Haiti - from their base of operations in Nairobi.
I wrote a journal entry earlier today about some of what the organization I work for is doing in Haiti. There are a lot of others in play too and some great ways to help. Hopefully after this stops being the story of the hour, the assistance will continue so that country can come out of this with some kind of up side to it all.
The Navy is on the way and as a former sailor I'm pretty proud to see them rushing to help as they so often do. Helicopters are going to be key for quite a while I think.
We'll see the world step up in a big way here I think, and once again we'll see one of the nicer sides of America and how this country can be very generous in times of crisis - not just our government but in the direct giving and participation of the citizenry.
I'm willing to bet that a significant number of Wiis are not connected to televisions capable of 1080p.
I agree. Right now I don't have an HD tv - so it's a non-issue for me at the moment. I was going to buy the top end Roku player, as when my current tv dies my situation will change. But this is great for me because it buys me more time to get the capability I wanted without having to buy new hardware now. By the time I get a new TV, there will probably be all kinds of alternatives that don't exist yet. Or I'll have saved enough to put together a very nice multimedia pc.
I've been going back and forth on getting a roku player and this makes it a lot easier to hold off. What I like about this is that it pushes the set top box folks to go ruther to justify their systems. Roku has Pandora, that's nice. If they support playing local files that would help too, and I'd be interested in getting one again.
My phone is tmobile - and I can't speak to cost, it's a company phone. But probably the two things I like about it most are the fact that I can use it pretty much anywhere ( couldn't during my last layover at Narita - but I don't go to Japan much anyway and I think there are only maybe a couple other countries that run CDMA ) and having the sim card is nice. I busted the lcd on my current phone so I ordered a new one, moved my sim to a G1 while I waited and then just switched back after I got the part and fixed the phone. No problems - everything worked.
So I've been happy with tmobile as a corporate customer.
Sounds like a dangerous place to work. And really - just knowing that would indicate to me that it's best not to rely on a phone period if getting to the hospital is a matter of urgency.
Yes. They'll also fail if a Vogon constructor fleet takes over every communication device on the planet. Never forget that one - but POTS wouldn't then either I think.
You know - sometimes there's nothing you can do to cover every eventuality. We all play the odds. I've never lived in a high rise but if I ever do I'll try to remember this and try to think of some kind of back up plan for collapsing alone and needing help - able to dial the phone but nothing else.
Of course this wont cover the zombie apocalypse, an alien invasion or some kind of crafty, coordinated velociraptor attack.
I'm in Orlando - so the hurricane threat is low. The safety I see in VOIP is very specific - it is that my kids can more easily dial 911 on a regular phone compared to a cell phone. And my VOIP provider will provide my address to the operator even if my kids are too flustered to do so. They would in all likelihood be flustered since the only reason I can envision them being the ones to make the call is something has happened to one or both of their parents.
Once my kids are old enough to calmly dial 911 on a cell - we'll drop VOIP. By that time my cell provider should be able to give very specific location information to the 911 folks.
Yes - I'm sure they will be able to use a cell phone when the power is out.
The rest of your question is based on a situation that will have ceased to exist by the time I drop VOIP.
Though I find the likelihood of intruders holding my kids hostage to be extremely unlikely. I plan for a wide range of contingencies, but if someone has overcome everything else, I don't think the lack of a land line will be a major factor in any outcome.
When I moved to where I lived I had POTS go down 3 times due to storms. The last time, a lightning strike near my house (I live in Florida) really jacked it up. Through it all my internet was available. That's what convinced me to make the jump. Since I did switch, I've never had it go down.
If my power drops, or my VOIP isn't working for any reason, the calls to my home phone are forwarded to our cell phones. And we can still call out on those until power comes back.
If our cell phones don't work - then as you have said, there are bigger problems to worry about.
But really, I don't need the VOIP either except as I mentioned, I worry about my kids reliably dialing 911 on a cell phone. Once they are old enough to do that VOIP goes too.
I've found cell phones to be dependable enough for my needs. Google Voice pretty much clears up the few shortcoming there.