I second this. It's probably a better bet for the OP. Companies won't hesitate hiring someone with a lot of experience that won't be on their permanent payroll when they need to. Of course, it also means having a bit of job-hopping but that is part of the consulting life.
As a developer of entirely free Android applications (free as in "beer" and in "free of ads"), I take offense at the overgeneralization of the article to "Free Applications".
If you are not a careful reader, this may lead you to think that ALL free apps are full of ads AND power eaters.
A lot of "free" apps don't have ads and don't use more power than any other app. Many behave actually way better than paid ones.
Stupid article is stupid.
Your parent poster is right. Things are just "different", only in the US, because of the "why should I?" mentality.
Also, your list of US companies supposedly ahead of the game is half moot: RIM is a Canadian company, Apple isn't involved in developing mobile technology - just integrating it, and Palm has never really took of.
I own a Xoom and a Transformer. I love both.
The Xoom feels less plastic and more sturdy than the Transformer, and since the 3.2 update, the Xoom is just as great as the Transformer as used as a tablet-only. I actually prefer it to the Transformer. Now, the Transformer with the keyboard is just another piece of awesome for daily stuff.
So for your usage pattern I will definitely recommend the Transformer with the keyboard.
"The Palestinians are like a family that wanders onto your property, sets up a tent on your lawn and then demands you give over your house to them because their ancestors once owned it. When you tell them to get off your lawn they then start terrorizing you and your family. What you do in response is not likely to be pretty."
This is not what History learned us. The "right to return" is a Jewish concept and not from Palestinians. That is actually Jews who are claiming back their "ancestor" land, not the other way around, and land was taken from Arabs after WWII to accommodate some people. Palestinians are being thrown away from lands they inhabited for hundred of years, just because a bunch of religious wackos read in a thousands-of-years book that this place was their holy land and they still own it. That's non-sense.
It is possible but I can tell from experience that it is not always the case. I am on medication and just quit my current job out of utter boredom and lack of innovation. Boredom at work is a well-known source of stress and depression too.
I can only speak for myself but the "cure" I've found to that problem is to learn Android (I'm a Java expert already, no sweat was produced) and create a publishable application on the Android Market.
After half a year I am back in enjoying coding for myself, the company I work for getting more hopeless in that regard every day, and I have a neat application that is successful enough in its own niche to make me a happy coder.
For the curious and for the sake of auto-promotion, the app is Evanova, an Eve Online companion.
Displacing or depriving people from basic resources, invading and killing civilians, that all sounds like terror to me. That is what Israel does to Palestine.
Maybe they aren't "terrorizing" you?
Now, regarding UN vs antisemitism, and all the bashing on your post is biased and has no actual valid source of reference.
Your point is moot.
Thanks for saving me the time to type my mind.
It is always sad (and worrisome) though when a country gives up on culture and education for the sake of political or monetary interests, whatever form they take.
Operator overloading? To end up with an operator mess like in C++ and not making the difference between apples and oranges? Hell no! If there is one thing that Java properly didn't incorporate, it's operator overloading and friend methods/classes.
Phew..
No, you're wrong. It IS old, but they descoverred it.
That would make it a new discovery, not a new particle.
I would go as far as to say it is neither a new particle, or a new discovery.
It is a confirmation that a particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model actually does.
Which will allow for (even) more confidence in this model and more discoveries to be made.
But what's the Android counterpart to an iPod touch?
The Nexus One comes to mind...They are both about the same size, same weight, same solid feel, same responsiveness...Sometimes I mistake one for another when they sit on my desk. The big Home button on the IPod Touch reminds me I cannot call with it, that's all there is,,
One advantage to the Nexus is that you don't need ITunes to put stuff on, and you can put any kind of stuff you want...so it's better than an IPod Touch because you can use it as a USB drive:P
Hitting the "Report" button would have taken that reviewer WAY less time than writing that assumption-full and misleading review, and reports help developers WAY more than a "It forces close" review. Anything other question?
"The customer is always an idiot" is true much more often than the other one.
I would actually sort of debate that too;-)
Misinformed people are misinformed people, wherever they are a 'customer' or not. In all matters of life, they are the ones who need to be worked on the most. Sometimes it is just not worth the cost in time or anything you may invest in them.
I remember a company who was in difficulties by not being able to sell enough products. It went into litigation mode trying to sue the hell out of everyone or everything that moves, hoping to generate revenues from those patent enforcements. This company no longer exists because that mode ended up not being sustainable as a good business.
Q1: Name said company
Q2: Name a company that is adopting the same "I'm losing it" tactics
Yes, and the inability to answer to comments on the Android Market is a major pain. There is nothing more frustating to see comments such as "I couldn't do this or that - UNINSTALLED!!!!" where it is obvious that a few lines of explanations would make one clumsy user happy.
I went through your first lines of misinterpretations of TFA, but then I stopped there. This doctrine is ridiculously outdated. If you constantly listen to the unwashed masses, you get non-sense most of the time.
And yes, that review was wrong and paranoid with far reaching consequences. Another example of an idiot who will be trusted by others. That is way too much power to leave it to a "customer" - who thinks "is always right".
I could spend hours replying inline to your arguments, but another slashdotter summed it all by pointing at your login name. Add it that your post is factless and you reference "people" that you have no statistics about. We probably do not revolve around that same 'people' according to what you say.
Keep telling yourself that. And keep telling yourself you didn't make a mistake.
So in light of a lawsuit, the USPTO finds out that a granted patent should not have been granted. Or many.
Everyone is focusing on the impact this may have on the case, but no question asked about the USPTO? (besides Slashdotters?)
I've got a XOOM and an Asus EEE Transformer. The hardware and performances are basically the same. The Asus one can have a keyboard extension, which is great as it transforms it into a small notebook and back to a tablet, but without the extension, the Asus one is disappointing. On the other hand, the XOOM feels more solid and much less plastic than the Asus, and the dock extension is totally useless. However Motorola doesn't seem in a hurry in fixing the SD card issue and upgrading us to 3.1 (I live in a remote country, north of "America", it takes time to bring anything here apparently)
All in all, it's hard to tell which is the best. If you're looking for an hybrid, go for the EEE. If you're looking for a tablet-tablet, go for the XOOM. I would not consider the Cisco one unless it's geared toward business usage, and your business use Cisco phones.
Exactly. We aren't asking for tablet apps because we don't need them. Everything works and looks decent.
No they don't. Most applications look smallish, still have the ugly phone workflow with stacks of activities and endless pressing of the "Back" button. Tablets have much more screen estate that applications written for phones don't use and should.
Oh and to the OP
I'm guessing no-one on this thread owns an Android tablet.
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Starcraft? Seriously? That breeds killers?
Well...have you seen how those zergs reproduce and eat everything on their path? I'd answer "Yes"....
I second this. It's probably a better bet for the OP. Companies won't hesitate hiring someone with a lot of experience that won't be on their permanent payroll when they need to. Of course, it also means having a bit of job-hopping but that is part of the consulting life.
As a developer of entirely free Android applications (free as in "beer" and in "free of ads"), I take offense at the overgeneralization of the article to "Free Applications". If you are not a careful reader, this may lead you to think that ALL free apps are full of ads AND power eaters.
A lot of "free" apps don't have ads and don't use more power than any other app. Many behave actually way better than paid ones.
Stupid article is stupid.
If I had mod points, I would hammer you with them.
Your parent poster is right. Things are just "different", only in the US, because of the "why should I?" mentality. Also, your list of US companies supposedly ahead of the game is half moot: RIM is a Canadian company, Apple isn't involved in developing mobile technology - just integrating it, and Palm has never really took of.
I own a Xoom and a Transformer. I love both.
The Xoom feels less plastic and more sturdy than the Transformer, and since the 3.2 update, the Xoom is just as great as the Transformer as used as a tablet-only. I actually prefer it to the Transformer. Now, the Transformer with the keyboard is just another piece of awesome for daily stuff.
So for your usage pattern I will definitely recommend the Transformer with the keyboard.
"The Palestinians are like a family that wanders onto your property, sets up a tent on your lawn and then demands you give over your house to them because their ancestors once owned it. When you tell them to get off your lawn they then start terrorizing you and your family. What you do in response is not likely to be pretty."
This is not what History learned us. The "right to return" is a Jewish concept and not from Palestinians. That is actually Jews who are claiming back their "ancestor" land, not the other way around, and land was taken from Arabs after WWII to accommodate some people. Palestinians are being thrown away from lands they inhabited for hundred of years, just because a bunch of religious wackos read in a thousands-of-years book that this place was their holy land and they still own it. That's non-sense.
It is possible but I can tell from experience that it is not always the case. I am on medication and just quit my current job out of utter boredom and lack of innovation. Boredom at work is a well-known source of stress and depression too.
I can only speak for myself but the "cure" I've found to that problem is to learn Android (I'm a Java expert already, no sweat was produced) and create a publishable application on the Android Market. After half a year I am back in enjoying coding for myself, the company I work for getting more hopeless in that regard every day, and I have a neat application that is successful enough in its own niche to make me a happy coder.
For the curious and for the sake of auto-promotion, the app is Evanova, an Eve Online companion.
Displacing or depriving people from basic resources, invading and killing civilians, that all sounds like terror to me. That is what Israel does to Palestine.
Maybe they aren't "terrorizing" you?
Now, regarding UN vs antisemitism, and all the bashing on your post is biased and has no actual valid source of reference. Your point is moot.
Thanks for saving me the time to type my mind.
It is always sad (and worrisome) though when a country gives up on culture and education for the sake of political or monetary interests, whatever form they take.
Operator overloading? To end up with an operator mess like in C++ and not making the difference between apples and oranges? Hell no! If there is one thing that Java properly didn't incorporate, it's operator overloading and friend methods/classes. Phew..
No, you're wrong. It IS old, but they descoverred it.
That would make it a new discovery, not a new particle.
I would go as far as to say it is neither a new particle, or a new discovery. It is a confirmation that a particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model actually does. Which will allow for (even) more confidence in this model and more discoveries to be made.
But that is just me being pedantic ;-)
But what's the Android counterpart to an iPod touch?
The Nexus One comes to mind...They are both about the same size, same weight, same solid feel, same responsiveness...Sometimes I mistake one for another when they sit on my desk. The big Home button on the IPod Touch reminds me I cannot call with it, that's all there is,, One advantage to the Nexus is that you don't need ITunes to put stuff on, and you can put any kind of stuff you want...so it's better than an IPod Touch because you can use it as a USB drive :P
Hitting the "Report" button would have taken that reviewer WAY less time than writing that assumption-full and misleading review, and reports help developers WAY more than a "It forces close" review. Anything other question?
"The customer is always an idiot" is true much more often than the other one.
I would actually sort of debate that too ;-)
Misinformed people are misinformed people, wherever they are a 'customer' or not. In all matters of life, they are the ones who need to be worked on the most. Sometimes it is just not worth the cost in time or anything you may invest in them.
Yes, and the inability to answer to comments on the Android Market is a major pain. There is nothing more frustating to see comments such as "I couldn't do this or that - UNINSTALLED!!!!" where it is obvious that a few lines of explanations would make one clumsy user happy.
I see no indication that he even investigated the problem
What can you investigate when the problem isn't described and assumptions are made about your application, which you know have absolutely no grounds.
Dear seller: [b]The customer is always right[/b].
I went through your first lines of misinterpretations of TFA, but then I stopped there. This doctrine is ridiculously outdated. If you constantly listen to the unwashed masses, you get non-sense most of the time.
And yes, that review was wrong and paranoid with far reaching consequences. Another example of an idiot who will be trusted by others. That is way too much power to leave it to a "customer" - who thinks "is always right".
In regard to your apparent blindness, one question comes to mind. Did you actually really tried any of the Android tablets?
Keep telling yourself that. And keep telling yourself you didn't make a mistake.
So far I am just fine, thank you.
So in light of a lawsuit, the USPTO finds out that a granted patent should not have been granted. Or many. Everyone is focusing on the impact this may have on the case, but no question asked about the USPTO? (besides Slashdotters?)
I've got a XOOM and an Asus EEE Transformer. The hardware and performances are basically the same. The Asus one can have a keyboard extension, which is great as it transforms it into a small notebook and back to a tablet, but without the extension, the Asus one is disappointing. On the other hand, the XOOM feels more solid and much less plastic than the Asus, and the dock extension is totally useless. However Motorola doesn't seem in a hurry in fixing the SD card issue and upgrading us to 3.1 (I live in a remote country, north of "America", it takes time to bring anything here apparently)
All in all, it's hard to tell which is the best. If you're looking for an hybrid, go for the EEE. If you're looking for a tablet-tablet, go for the XOOM. I would not consider the Cisco one unless it's geared toward business usage, and your business use Cisco phones.
Exactly. We aren't asking for tablet apps because we don't need them. Everything works and looks decent.
No they don't. Most applications look smallish, still have the ugly phone workflow with stacks of activities and endless pressing of the "Back" button. Tablets have much more screen estate that applications written for phones don't use and should.
Oh and to the OP
I'm guessing no-one on this thread owns an Android tablet.
You're overgeneralizing...I own two!