Let's be serious about this here: download Portable Virtualbox, install it on a thumb drive, install whatever distro makes sense for the class (given A+, probably CentOS, Fedora, Debian, or Ubuntu) on the drive's VBox, and dd is your friend. Finished. Anyone who hoses the VM can get a fresh load.
The point is this: if I write my code outside XCode, moving to the new API is not simply "a recompile." I understand where you're coming from -- Apple said "use XCode" before the switch to Intel, and developers who followed that advice had easy lives on the switch, but that's not what Apple is saying here. Using C won't make my life easier if the API changes.
I'm pretty sure a large number of people lauded Sony for putting the "other OS" option on its PS3 and complained loudly when it was removed. These same people chose the PS3 over the Wii and XBox.
Face it: the iPad will be (and is already) a success, just like everything Apple has put out for the last 8 years was, except the Apple TV. I'm sure that would've been a success, too, if they took it seriously.
God, I hate Apple for being successful by selling stuff that's not as featureful as what's already on the market. Style shouldn't count for so much.
I just left Thailand, and can you guess what the new status symbols are in a country where most people make $6 a day??? A Macbook and an iPhone.
No one wants to install Slashcode. The Slashdot site itself sucks, and always did. Years ago people came here because all the smart and intelligent folk in IT were here. Now we just come out of habit. The site still sucks though.
Q: People are treating Google like their most trusted friend. Should they be?
A: I think judgement matters If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place. But if you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines including Google do retain this information for some time, and it’s important, for example that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act. It is possible that that information could be made available to the authorities.”
In this context, "doing it" now refers to "treating Google like their most trusted friend" because otherwise, the phrase would be "shouldn't have it."
People are too political about this issue and refuse to actually think. Screw grammar. The meaning is quite clear in context. If you don't want someone to find out about something you're doing, don't do it through Google (or any other search engine). They all keep records and can all be subpoenaed. Use some other method.
So, yeah, don't trust GOOG with your darkest secrets. Schmidt said it, himself. Also, if you're smoking pot, do it in you house and not in the public park.
After you have bought the device that doesn't fit your requirements is the wrong time to complain about it. Either don't buy it, or deal with the limitations.
Option C: justify your large purchase price by claiming (and convincing yourself) that you actually prefer a closed platform. Welcome, Stockholm Syndrome.
I don't have a problem (idealogically) with a locked-down iPhone. I don't want one, but that's my choice.
I don't have a problem with jail-breaking anything I might buy. It's my hardware, after all, and I take responsibility for the possible death of my hardware.
I do have a problem with jail-breaking being used as a way to weasel out of direct comparisons of hardware. "I can do that, too, if I jail-break...." It's like arguing with a second grader. "Yeah, well... my pretty princess has a robot eye that can see in the dark. You lose!"
Compare the fucking hardware in supported configurations.
They don't have any reason to learn how a computer actually works (or what a computer is), if they're just put in front of a computer that can load a game into the OS with a double-click. No reason to actually learn anything if that "just works".
This was a huge deal for me when I was working with teens in Korea. Just about every male's hobby was "computers." My heart would lift until they said that they just liked to play Starcraft. Every. F'ing. Time.
On my old Model I, I got a magazine every month with a couple of games in it. Printouts! I had to type them in and debug the inevitable typos to get the games to work. After a few months of data entry plus debugging, it was natural to start programming. Slightly different experience.
TFA (Shock! I read it) says that this is his new preferred method. Separate all the server and client-side logic. Push almost all the logic into the client.
They're completely different code bases and product lines with different kernels. Of course you can't. You should be mentioning whether NT4 drivers can be used by XP or not.
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It's not. Google's CEO Eric Schmidt stated very clearly that Google isn't interested in being in the hardware business at the Atmosphere event.
I can see the monologue now ...
The Microsoft data center became self-aware at 2:14 am Eastern Time on August 29th, 2011. In the ensuing panic and attempts ....
They're just going to buy thousands of SheevaPlugs!
Let's be serious about this here: download Portable Virtualbox, install it on a thumb drive, install whatever distro makes sense for the class (given A+, probably CentOS, Fedora, Debian, or Ubuntu) on the drive's VBox, and dd is your friend. Finished. Anyone who hoses the VM can get a fresh load.
The point is this: if I write my code outside XCode, moving to the new API is not simply "a recompile." I understand where you're coming from -- Apple said "use XCode" before the switch to Intel, and developers who followed that advice had easy lives on the switch, but that's not what Apple is saying here. Using C won't make my life easier if the API changes.
This is what you said:
The SDK is updated months before this change goes live, and all it takes to fix the problem if you made your app in XCode is to recompile.
The choice of languages has nothing to do with the API in the SDK.
Opportunity through obscurity? Can't count on it. ;)
Perens' Slashdot-alike, Technocrat? Oh, wait. It's gone.
The mod chip community disagrees with you.
Not trolling. Brainwashed.
I'm pretty sure a large number of people lauded Sony for putting the "other OS" option on its PS3 and complained loudly when it was removed. These same people chose the PS3 over the Wii and XBox.
But they don't require you to use XCode, AFAICT. I could write in C on Vi and pass the app requirements. Your argument makes no sense.
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
Face it: the iPad will be (and is already) a success, just like everything Apple has put out for the last 8 years was, except the Apple TV. I'm sure that would've been a success, too, if they took it seriously.
God, I hate Apple for being successful by selling stuff that's not as featureful as what's already on the market. Style shouldn't count for so much.
I just left Thailand, and can you guess what the new status symbols are in a country where most people make $6 a day??? A Macbook and an iPhone.
I read the article, and it sounded like it came out of Apple's PR department. Shock! It was written my a Mac designer.
You know what? Even the trolls were better then Now, all we get is recycled stuff from ten years ago or "This!" and "FTFY."
I think Schmidt said the same thing. ;)
If you are specifically targeted by a diligent and well-funded attacker, god help you.
No one wants to install Slashcode. The Slashdot site itself sucks, and always did. Years ago people came here because all the smart and intelligent folk in IT were here. Now we just come out of habit. The site still sucks though.
OK, more context:
Q: People are treating Google like their most trusted friend. Should they be?
A: I think judgement matters If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place. But if you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines including Google do retain this information for some time, and it’s important, for example that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act. It is possible that that information could be made available to the authorities.”
In this context, "doing it" now refers to "treating Google like their most trusted friend" because otherwise, the phrase would be "shouldn't have it."
People are too political about this issue and refuse to actually think. Screw grammar. The meaning is quite clear in context. If you don't want someone to find out about something you're doing, don't do it through Google (or any other search engine). They all keep records and can all be subpoenaed. Use some other method.
So, yeah, don't trust GOOG with your darkest secrets. Schmidt said it, himself. Also, if you're smoking pot, do it in you house and not in the public park.
More eyes make the bugs shallow, right? ;)
After you have bought the device that doesn't fit your requirements is the wrong time to complain about it. Either don't buy it, or deal with the limitations.
Option C: justify your large purchase price by claiming (and convincing yourself) that you actually prefer a closed platform. Welcome, Stockholm Syndrome.
I don't have a problem (idealogically) with a locked-down iPhone. I don't want one, but that's my choice.
I don't have a problem with jail-breaking anything I might buy. It's my hardware, after all, and I take responsibility for the possible death of my hardware.
I do have a problem with jail-breaking being used as a way to weasel out of direct comparisons of hardware. "I can do that, too, if I jail-break ...." It's like arguing with a second grader. "Yeah, well ... my pretty princess has a robot eye that can see in the dark. You lose!"
Compare the fucking hardware in supported configurations.
They don't have any reason to learn how a computer actually works (or what a computer is), if they're just put in front of a computer that can load a game into the OS with a double-click. No reason to actually learn anything if that "just works".
This was a huge deal for me when I was working with teens in Korea. Just about every male's hobby was "computers." My heart would lift until they said that they just liked to play Starcraft. Every. F'ing. Time.
On my old Model I, I got a magazine every month with a couple of games in it. Printouts! I had to type them in and debug the inevitable typos to get the games to work. After a few months of data entry plus debugging, it was natural to start programming. Slightly different experience.
TFA (Shock! I read it) says that this is his new preferred method. Separate all the server and client-side logic. Push almost all the logic into the client.
Learn the difference between the Linux kernel and Ubuntu. Ubuntu uses a modified kernel. Talk to your vendor.
you can't use Win 9X drivers on XP
They're completely different code bases and product lines with different kernels. Of course you can't. You should be mentioning whether NT4 drivers can be used by XP or not.