Sorry, missed the part about Australia, hadn't had my morning caffeine.
In any case, I do Android development on the side, and while the device I do most of my work on was a G1 at one point in it's life, there is nothing left to indicate that it still is. As far as the way it connects whenever it wants, you're right, it does assume you have an unlimited cellular data plan. Part of this is likely due to carrier pressure, the limited number of worldwide carriers, and the limited number of "supported" service plans for the device. I'm certain that as development continues for more devices, this will open up, because you're right, it is unreasonable to assume that anyone with a SIM card has unlimited data usage at their disposal. As far as VOIP goes, there is a Skype client, though I have yet to use it. Interestingly, in the US, the T-Mobile "hotspot calling" VOIP service does not work with the Dream/G1/ADP1, but with every other wifi-equipped phone they support.
Basically for now, since the device is offered under exclusivity agreements based on geography, the carriers can dictate the usage of the device, just like with the iPhone. However, by the end of this year, there will be competing Android based devices, forcing more openness in the platform and more capability.
And I do agree that for someone who knows what they are doing with an Android device, not having root access and an engineering bootloader would be very frustrating.
As much as I despise Sony, I have to say that I did enjoy my Picturebook C1X that I was given for work in the late 90s, that definitely counts as a netbook. I remember it was the first device I'd ever used with builtin wifi. It looked cool and worked decently. On the down side, the battery life on the machine was atrocious, its motherboard fried three days before the warranty was up (which would have cost $2200 to replace, and the machine cost $2500 to buy), and the hard drive died shortly after I got the machine back from the motherboard replacement. But the bragging rights of having the smallest laptop out of everyone I knew was pretty neat.
Why on earth did you buy a smartphone if not to use the "smart" part of it that requires internet access? T-Mobile has the cheapest unlimited 3G service for handsets in the US and you're complaining? When you were told "you are required to have a gmail account to use this" what did you think it was going to do with your gmail?
Well, I have three views of which I need to check out 5000 files from each first, so I might be able to get around to replacing your keyboard for you in 2012.
What are you talking about? StarTeam is a great SCM tool! I'm in charge of all the StarTeam Linux users where I work. It *always* works and never faiglibc detected ***/usr/java/jre1.5.0_09/bin/java: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0882ee78 *** ======= Backtrace: =========/lib/libc.so.6[0xaf5ac1]/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xaf90f0]/usr/java/jre1.5.0_09/lib/i386/motif21/libmawt.so(Java_sun_awt_motif_X11DropTargetContextPeer_dropDone+0x70)[0x9ba1a970]
I was going to mod comments in this thread but felt I should reply.
There are some excellent public schools in the US, and I was lucky to attend one. The overwhelming majority of our teachers were dedicated, thoughtful, professional, and cared about their students. I was part of the centennial class of students, and in celebration, alumni from all over the world came back to show their appreciation for what the school did for them. You would actually recognize most of the high profile alumni; actors, writers, musicians, senators, congressmen, ambassadors, presidential cabinet officials, novel successful businessmen, scientists, even a Nobel prize winner, all from a public school that demanded excellence of its students and faculty. I'm from a tiny little dot on the map, a 4 mi^2 town of 12,000, but more often than not, when someone discovers this about me, they immediately have an idea of what formed me, how I learn, and what I can do. This isn't due to some magic about me (and the plethora of other high performing graduates) but due to the superb teachers we had and the freedom they were granted to be effective educators.
Because that stuff is really, really hard. I am an aerospace engineer and a pilot. Helicopter controls are HARD. GPS is great, but only accurate to a few feet at best, wifi RSSI measurement and triangulation is atrocious...how do you hover if you don't know where you are? You need a full 6DOF model of the helicopter, 3-axis magnetometers, 3-axis acclerometers, and Kalman filtering to assist with GPS. Photogrammetric navigation is also not trivial and is the stuff of graduate engineering research projects. For obstacle avoidance on a small helicopter UAV, sonar and lidar are what you need. Obstacle avoidance and automated landing are similarly difficult tasks. Use a gumstix or PC104 computer, it will do this kind of work, and be easier to program than an iphone.
"When it is not about the Chinese it is about Venezuela. Or Cuba. Brazil and Iran. Good old (ex)Soviet Russia. The french and the european in general."
There's more to CPUs than x86. IBM has had 5GHz POWER processors for a while now. And while x86 servers were silly toys in the 90s, you had machines from Sun like my E6500/E4500 rack with 9GB RAM, comprised of lots of 128MB sticks. Modern laptops can hibernate just fine. I have a Dell D630 with 4GB RAM running Fedora 10, and it takes less than 30 seconds for it to hibernate, and less than one minute to come back up.
What does this have to do with premium gas? If you have a high compression engine, you need higher octane fuel, its simple. "Premium" isn't really an appropriate name for high octane fuel anymore since even Acuras have engines that are optimized for >91 octane.
Which is nothing compared to the 2,000,000 miles some diesel powered taxis have gone on powertrains that are simpler, cheaper, more efficient, easier to repair, and designed to last longer.
You've got the order backwards; the way the FBI is handling computer crimes these days, they don't turn agents into hackers, its the other way around. I'm dead serious. Of the two agents I worked with the most, one was specifically an IT guy whose work history included being a corporate sysadmin. They have far more up to date knowledge than you might expect, and an excellent network of civilian consultants for the things that they do need help with.
My office, from 8am-5pm, with soft music playing on the speakers, overhead lights off, desk lights on, door open half way (I'm in a somewhat quiet hallway).
"What makes you think they don't have a variant for Linux? User stupidity (i.e: bad/no security) isn't unique to Windows."
This is an excellent statement. Stupidity knows no bounds. Its also dangerous to assume that the FBI doesn't know what it is doing. When I worked in law enforcement, the FBI computer crimes agents I knew were well versed in operating systems other than Windows. The two I worked with most often had a solid knowledge of Linux and Cisco IOS.
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People being sniffing spray paint at airports. :(
Sorry, missed the part about Australia, hadn't had my morning caffeine.
In any case, I do Android development on the side, and while the device I do most of my work on was a G1 at one point in it's life, there is nothing left to indicate that it still is. As far as the way it connects whenever it wants, you're right, it does assume you have an unlimited cellular data plan. Part of this is likely due to carrier pressure, the limited number of worldwide carriers, and the limited number of "supported" service plans for the device. I'm certain that as development continues for more devices, this will open up, because you're right, it is unreasonable to assume that anyone with a SIM card has unlimited data usage at their disposal. As far as VOIP goes, there is a Skype client, though I have yet to use it. Interestingly, in the US, the T-Mobile "hotspot calling" VOIP service does not work with the Dream/G1/ADP1, but with every other wifi-equipped phone they support.
Basically for now, since the device is offered under exclusivity agreements based on geography, the carriers can dictate the usage of the device, just like with the iPhone. However, by the end of this year, there will be competing Android based devices, forcing more openness in the platform and more capability.
And I do agree that for someone who knows what they are doing with an Android device, not having root access and an engineering bootloader would be very frustrating.
As much as I despise Sony, I have to say that I did enjoy my Picturebook C1X that I was given for work in the late 90s, that definitely counts as a netbook. I remember it was the first device I'd ever used with builtin wifi. It looked cool and worked decently. On the down side, the battery life on the machine was atrocious, its motherboard fried three days before the warranty was up (which would have cost $2200 to replace, and the machine cost $2500 to buy), and the hard drive died shortly after I got the machine back from the motherboard replacement. But the bragging rights of having the smallest laptop out of everyone I knew was pretty neat.
"Android seems a lot like Linux."
Uh, because it is...
From my ADP1:
$ uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.27-00392-g8312baf #25 PREEMPT Fri May 1 01:14:35 CDT 2009 armv61 unknown
Why on earth did you buy a smartphone if not to use the "smart" part of it that requires internet access? T-Mobile has the cheapest unlimited 3G service for handsets in the US and you're complaining? When you were told "you are required to have a gmail account to use this" what did you think it was going to do with your gmail?
Well, I have three views of which I need to check out 5000 files from each first, so I might be able to get around to replacing your keyboard for you in 2012.
What are you talking about? StarTeam is a great SCM tool! I'm in charge of all the StarTeam Linux users where I work. It *always* works and never faiglibc detected *** /usr/java/jre1.5.0_09/bin/java: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0882ee78 *** /lib/libc.so.6[0xaf5ac1] /lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xaf90f0] /usr/java/jre1.5.0_09/lib/i386/motif21/libmawt.so(Java_sun_awt_motif_X11DropTargetContextPeer_dropDone+0x70)[0x9ba1a970]
======= Backtrace: =========
As someone who is on the team that manages StarTeam at a large company, I wholeheartedly agree. Bah, and I just made it through the 2008R2 upgrade...
I was going to mod comments in this thread but felt I should reply.
There are some excellent public schools in the US, and I was lucky to attend one. The overwhelming majority of our teachers were dedicated, thoughtful, professional, and cared about their students. I was part of the centennial class of students, and in celebration, alumni from all over the world came back to show their appreciation for what the school did for them. You would actually recognize most of the high profile alumni; actors, writers, musicians, senators, congressmen, ambassadors, presidential cabinet officials, novel successful businessmen, scientists, even a Nobel prize winner, all from a public school that demanded excellence of its students and faculty. I'm from a tiny little dot on the map, a 4 mi^2 town of 12,000, but more often than not, when someone discovers this about me, they immediately have an idea of what formed me, how I learn, and what I can do. This isn't due to some magic about me (and the plethora of other high performing graduates) but due to the superb teachers we had and the freedom they were granted to be effective educators.
"One flu over the cuckoo's nest"
This is swine flu, not avian flu, duh, get it right. :p
Because that stuff is really, really hard. I am an aerospace engineer and a pilot. Helicopter controls are HARD. GPS is great, but only accurate to a few feet at best, wifi RSSI measurement and triangulation is atrocious...how do you hover if you don't know where you are? You need a full 6DOF model of the helicopter, 3-axis magnetometers, 3-axis acclerometers, and Kalman filtering to assist with GPS. Photogrammetric navigation is also not trivial and is the stuff of graduate engineering research projects. For obstacle avoidance on a small helicopter UAV, sonar and lidar are what you need. Obstacle avoidance and automated landing are similarly difficult tasks. Use a gumstix or PC104 computer, it will do this kind of work, and be easier to program than an iphone.
You do realize you are suggesting they bring back AtEase.
Over 9000 civil and aerospace engineers want to bludgeon you with rocks for the stupidity of your comment.
I've got Outlook 2003 running under Crossover Professional on Fedora 10 and it works quite well.
18 seconds or 18 microseconds.
Sounds like some Verizon math to me.
"When it is not about the Chinese it is about Venezuela. Or Cuba. Brazil and Iran. Good old (ex)Soviet Russia. The french and the european in general."
In Soviet Russia, its about YOU!
There's more to CPUs than x86. IBM has had 5GHz POWER processors for a while now. And while x86 servers were silly toys in the 90s, you had machines from Sun like my E6500/E4500 rack with 9GB RAM, comprised of lots of 128MB sticks. Modern laptops can hibernate just fine. I have a Dell D630 with 4GB RAM running Fedora 10, and it takes less than 30 seconds for it to hibernate, and less than one minute to come back up.
"The required current is then 318 Ampere."
Most houses in the US have electrical service of 200A or less.
What does this have to do with premium gas? If you have a high compression engine, you need higher octane fuel, its simple. "Premium" isn't really an appropriate name for high octane fuel anymore since even Acuras have engines that are optimized for >91 octane.
Which is nothing compared to the 2,000,000 miles some diesel powered taxis have gone on powertrains that are simpler, cheaper, more efficient, easier to repair, and designed to last longer.
"It may also have a shuffle feature that takes you to random destinations."
But it won't let you see out the windshield.
If it were Americans playing games with your country's satellites, you'd be up in arms about it.
You're right, it is insanity. Your insanity.
I hope you forget to lock your door one day and all your stuff disappears. After all, its your fault for having such an insecure residence.
You've got the order backwards; the way the FBI is handling computer crimes these days, they don't turn agents into hackers, its the other way around. I'm dead serious. Of the two agents I worked with the most, one was specifically an IT guy whose work history included being a corporate sysadmin. They have far more up to date knowledge than you might expect, and an excellent network of civilian consultants for the things that they do need help with.
My office, from 8am-5pm, with soft music playing on the speakers, overhead lights off, desk lights on, door open half way (I'm in a somewhat quiet hallway).
Why 8-5? Because its my job, not my life.
"What makes you think they don't have a variant for Linux? User stupidity (i.e: bad/no security) isn't unique to Windows."
This is an excellent statement. Stupidity knows no bounds. Its also dangerous to assume that the FBI doesn't know what it is doing. When I worked in law enforcement, the FBI computer crimes agents I knew were well versed in operating systems other than Windows. The two I worked with most often had a solid knowledge of Linux and Cisco IOS.