I just ditched my Epic 4G for an iPhone for this exact reason. I was able to root my Epic and put 4.0 on it myself just fine but Samsung refuses to push out software themselves. I will never again buy another Samsung product (I know Apple uses their parts, doesn't matter).
At least my iPhone will get some friggin updates from time to time and not come pre-loaded with CIQ. I was a diehard Android fan but the fragmentation and piss poor support of the handset developers has pushed me over to Apple. Enough is enough with this shit.
Google, Samsung, HTC, Motorola have all fucked their customers enough at this point that I can't imagine a situation in which I would ever hand over my money for one of their products again.
Siri processing is done server side. There have already been hacks released that let Siri run on older devices, from iPhone 3GS to iPad 1. Apple quickly put an end to that. There is no technical reason why Siri can't run on older devices. Apple chooses not to do it.
It's easier to make a living as a Navy SEAL or Olympic gymnast right now that it is as a writer. There are only some 300 full time authors out there, these are people who do nothing but write novels for a living with no side jobs, teaching jobs etc. Writers get shafted on what they earn. Unless you are JK Rowling or Stephen King of course.
The publishers take it all. Every penny. It's far worse in the publishing world than in the music world. At least a musician can make money playing venues.
Because he is a brilliant and positive influence in the community who is outspoken and contributes in a major way. Because if it weren't for him there wouldn't be a gnome or kde. The man has created more jobs than Obama with his "free" code. I may not always agree with him but I'll be damned if I don't lend him my ear.
Just copy the downloaded Lion to a thumb drive and install it on all the corporate computers. If anything, it's easier than windows. Complaining about each person downloading it is retarded. You only need to download it one time, copy it to a drive and use it all over the place. IT, once again, showing ignorant and lazy they can be.
In my opinion, computers just gave us a greater capacity to bitch and whine to a wider audience. All this junk science is just smart people bitching and whinig about other people bitching and whining on the internet.
Reagan won out the cold war without firing a shot. Jimmy Carter all but left us to the Soviets mercy and pretty much every one elses. Carter wanted to eliminate every single one of our nukes without even having a plan from Russia as to their disarmament. He still wants this. Grow up? You're in fantasy land where communists are nice people, just misunderstood. Never mind the hundred + million they've killed since the 1920's.
The above spending is just to create new nukes. It's to replace older aging ones, as well as create more accurate ones to minimize civilian casualties. It's about bunker busters and targeting systems, upkeep and maintenance.
The only fear monger is you "Oh God we're all gonna die!" Guess what, being well armed is the best means to keep your country safe. Responsible adults know this which is why Jimmy Carter lost in 1980 by epic proportions. But by all means, keep the juvenile fantasy alive that everyone in the world is just misunderstood and America is the great evil because we posses tactical nukes in our own defense.
"The consensus among military officials and bipartisan security experts is that nuclear reductions enhance US national security" citation needed for that.
I can't imagine cutting back while NK and Iran are arming up. Even Hugo Chavez is talking about going nuclear now. How does leaving us at the mercy of our enemies enhance our security? I'd like as much as the next person for nukes to go away entirely, but this Jimmy Carter attitude that the rest of the world is a cute cuddly place is horribly misguided.
Stop Iraq, Libya and Afghan wars. There is your savings and cost reductions. Keep our military strong here at home to DEFEND us.
That doesn't follow my logic in any way shape or form. You should learn some of the basics of biology before attempting to make that analogy. Interaction with other species and contract germs/viruses is a far cry away from mating with them. But lets take your example anyway and then point out the Mule and the Liger. There are of course other examples.
You trust them to take action. You verify they did in fact do as they say later and that it provided the agreed upon results. The same way your boss trusts you to do your job, then later when time permits, verifies you did it correctly and takes appropriate action.
Blind trust is what fools do. Trust as you put it, is built up over time through verification.
Point taken, but I think that you're looking at the little picture and not the big one. Viruses have been evolving with us for millions of years (ok hundreds of thousands in our case). While a "curve ball" as you say is possible, it's also very unlikely. The last major curve ball was probably the "black plague" which put a big dent in society but was also highly treatable, only our ignorance kept us from treating it properly. We're much better about these things now.
You could say that AIDs was a curve ball. It's certainly killed enough people. We didn't handle it well in the beginning and as a result we're now seeing many people die from it which could have been avoided. But AIDS taught us a great deal. Combating these illnesses isn't just about the immune system. We have tools a simple virus can never have; intelligence.
The airborne Ebola is interesting though. I am by no means an expert on the subject but it fascinates me. Microscopic killers are always an interesting study.
All viruses are mutations of past ones. It's called evolution. Whether it's from one species to another, they are all mutations of past virii. We call them new because they are new mutations, not because God suddenly said "Let there be Virii!" Even species jumping virii have to do battle with our "pre-primed" immune system because there is very little it hasn't seen before, in one form or another. You act as if our bodies have never come into contact with virii from other species before.
Avian flu, swine flu, the list goes on and on. Virii are just as, if not more, resilient than we are. We share genetic similarities in enough species than jumping from one to another happens frequently among virii. Everything from AIDS and Ebola to influenza. We are every bit a part of the animal kingdom as pigs, dogs, cats, apes and birds. We're subject to all the same biological curiosities and horrors.
Why would it "wipe out the bulk of the human race"? We encounter new viruses every year and our immune systems adapt. The workers in question didn't die either. How do you make the leap from a simple virus in an ape jumping to a few isolated humans to it wiping out the human race? Been watching too many movies? How would this be different than say, avian or swine flu? Somehow because it comes from an ape suddenly we're all doomed? Grow up.
My food prices went up 50% in the last 2 years, gas prices 30%. Rent is up, prescription meds are up. Even my pets food is up. That "latte" or two is a big effing deal to people like me right now.
Why the focus on Ubuntu from Google? Is it purely marketshare driven? Calling Android a linux desktop is also a stretch. It makes for a fine portable device OS but it is nowhere near a desktop OS. It's barely usable on tablets so far.
You aren't "investing" your time in a game. You're spending it there. Change your logic and you'll see how stupid the entire thing is. There is now end pay off in an MMO. Once you wasted your time in it, it's gone, forever.
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I just ditched my Epic 4G for an iPhone for this exact reason. I was able to root my Epic and put 4.0 on it myself just fine but Samsung refuses to push out software themselves. I will never again buy another Samsung product (I know Apple uses their parts, doesn't matter).
At least my iPhone will get some friggin updates from time to time and not come pre-loaded with CIQ. I was a diehard Android fan but the fragmentation and piss poor support of the handset developers has pushed me over to Apple. Enough is enough with this shit.
Google, Samsung, HTC, Motorola have all fucked their customers enough at this point that I can't imagine a situation in which I would ever hand over my money for one of their products again.
Siri processing is done server side. There have already been hacks released that let Siri run on older devices, from iPhone 3GS to iPad 1. Apple quickly put an end to that. There is no technical reason why Siri can't run on older devices. Apple chooses not to do it.
It's easier to make a living as a Navy SEAL or Olympic gymnast right now that it is as a writer. There are only some 300 full time authors out there, these are people who do nothing but write novels for a living with no side jobs, teaching jobs etc. Writers get shafted on what they earn. Unless you are JK Rowling or Stephen King of course.
The publishers take it all. Every penny. It's far worse in the publishing world than in the music world. At least a musician can make money playing venues.
Go with Arch. Its up to date and very user configurable and you really can't go much lighter.
This is my UID. I'm pre and post Taco, does that mean I win something?
Because he is a brilliant and positive influence in the community who is outspoken and contributes in a major way. Because if it weren't for him there wouldn't be a gnome or kde. The man has created more jobs than Obama with his "free" code. I may not always agree with him but I'll be damned if I don't lend him my ear.
Just copy the downloaded Lion to a thumb drive and install it on all the corporate computers. If anything, it's easier than windows. Complaining about each person downloading it is retarded. You only need to download it one time, copy it to a drive and use it all over the place. IT, once again, showing ignorant and lazy they can be.
In my opinion, computers just gave us a greater capacity to bitch and whine to a wider audience. All this junk science is just smart people bitching and whinig about other people bitching and whining on the internet.
Reagan won out the cold war without firing a shot. Jimmy Carter all but left us to the Soviets mercy and pretty much every one elses. Carter wanted to eliminate every single one of our nukes without even having a plan from Russia as to their disarmament. He still wants this. Grow up? You're in fantasy land where communists are nice people, just misunderstood. Never mind the hundred + million they've killed since the 1920's.
The above spending is just to create new nukes. It's to replace older aging ones, as well as create more accurate ones to minimize civilian casualties. It's about bunker busters and targeting systems, upkeep and maintenance.
The only fear monger is you "Oh God we're all gonna die!" Guess what, being well armed is the best means to keep your country safe. Responsible adults know this which is why Jimmy Carter lost in 1980 by epic proportions. But by all means, keep the juvenile fantasy alive that everyone in the world is just misunderstood and America is the great evil because we posses tactical nukes in our own defense.
"The consensus among military officials and bipartisan security experts is that nuclear reductions enhance US national security" citation needed for that.
I can't imagine cutting back while NK and Iran are arming up. Even Hugo Chavez is talking about going nuclear now. How does leaving us at the mercy of our enemies enhance our security? I'd like as much as the next person for nukes to go away entirely, but this Jimmy Carter attitude that the rest of the world is a cute cuddly place is horribly misguided.
Stop Iraq, Libya and Afghan wars. There is your savings and cost reductions. Keep our military strong here at home to DEFEND us.
That doesn't follow my logic in any way shape or form. You should learn some of the basics of biology before attempting to make that analogy. Interaction with other species and contract germs/viruses is a far cry away from mating with them. But lets take your example anyway and then point out the Mule and the Liger. There are of course other examples.
You trust them to take action. You verify they did in fact do as they say later and that it provided the agreed upon results. The same way your boss trusts you to do your job, then later when time permits, verifies you did it correctly and takes appropriate action.
Blind trust is what fools do. Trust as you put it, is built up over time through verification.
How about mine?
Point taken, but I think that you're looking at the little picture and not the big one. Viruses have been evolving with us for millions of years (ok hundreds of thousands in our case). While a "curve ball" as you say is possible, it's also very unlikely. The last major curve ball was probably the "black plague" which put a big dent in society but was also highly treatable, only our ignorance kept us from treating it properly. We're much better about these things now.
You could say that AIDs was a curve ball. It's certainly killed enough people. We didn't handle it well in the beginning and as a result we're now seeing many people die from it which could have been avoided. But AIDS taught us a great deal. Combating these illnesses isn't just about the immune system. We have tools a simple virus can never have; intelligence.
The airborne Ebola is interesting though. I am by no means an expert on the subject but it fascinates me. Microscopic killers are always an interesting study.
I happen to like the word. It's much nicer than "viruses"
All viruses are mutations of past ones. It's called evolution. Whether it's from one species to another, they are all mutations of past virii. We call them new because they are new mutations, not because God suddenly said "Let there be Virii!" Even species jumping virii have to do battle with our "pre-primed" immune system because there is very little it hasn't seen before, in one form or another. You act as if our bodies have never come into contact with virii from other species before.
Avian flu, swine flu, the list goes on and on. Virii are just as, if not more, resilient than we are. We share genetic similarities in enough species than jumping from one to another happens frequently among virii. Everything from AIDS and Ebola to influenza. We are every bit a part of the animal kingdom as pigs, dogs, cats, apes and birds. We're subject to all the same biological curiosities and horrors.
Why would it "wipe out the bulk of the human race"? We encounter new viruses every year and our immune systems adapt. The workers in question didn't die either. How do you make the leap from a simple virus in an ape jumping to a few isolated humans to it wiping out the human race? Been watching too many movies? How would this be different than say, avian or swine flu? Somehow because it comes from an ape suddenly we're all doomed? Grow up.
Closer to two decades actually. In fact I think Apple was above a 10% market share the last time we had news about Hurd.
My food prices went up 50% in the last 2 years, gas prices 30%. Rent is up, prescription meds are up. Even my pets food is up. That "latte" or two is a big effing deal to people like me right now.
Get some rabbit ears and get your live sports in HD for free
Plus you can stream Prime on a Linux box and aren't fucked over via Silverlight. Prime + Crackle is it for me now.
Why the focus on Ubuntu from Google? Is it purely marketshare driven? Calling Android a linux desktop is also a stretch. It makes for a fine portable device OS but it is nowhere near a desktop OS. It's barely usable on tablets so far.
You aren't "investing" your time in a game. You're spending it there. Change your logic and you'll see how stupid the entire thing is. There is now end pay off in an MMO. Once you wasted your time in it, it's gone, forever.
You could give yourself the offensive name and become a millionaire like "Tigole Bitties" at Blizzard Entertainment.