Perhaps I should have bolded "variant" "Personally" and "my" to make it clear that I was speaking about my own selection rather than generally.
While my choice of Linux distros (Debian) prioritises freedom, and as a result tends to be non-commercial, there are Linux repositories with paid software in them. Try an Ubuntu live CD if you'd like to preview the experience.
Which is one of the many reasons I don't use Apple products. That doesn't mean other vendors (hint: Amazon, Android, Microsoft et al) can't create competing products and stores.
So just like the app store people gravitate to frameworks for monetary gain.
You do understand that the "App Store" is just a variant of Linux repositories?
Apple's version is locked to particular hardware, and because they were the first commercial variant off the line, their approach has distorted the market and made lock-in seem normal. That doesn't mean a free market with a choice of stores can't develop, just that it hasn't yet.
Personally, my current main app store is ftp.au.debian.org/debian/, but I could always switch if I felt like it.
You might not notice, but just about every reviews, and lots of consumers, do.
Have YOU ever actually used one?
Many people have many reasons for saying things in online forums and reviews. The truth is just one of those reasons, and often not a very important one.
The UI is fine, don't be misled by this "laggy" FUD.
I have one of the Tegra 2 Transformers, while my phone is the original Huawei Ideos. Both are completely usable devices, despite the Huawei being massively underpowered on paper.
The Asus Transformer is silky smooth in normal use, easily as slick as the iPads I use at work. I'm sure it's possible for a determined professional to create edge-cases where it can bog down, but in for us mere mortals, that just won't happen.
The judge actually agree with Apple on almost all points, except the one that they would suffer irreparable harm.
Not really true.
To quote TFA;
"Nevertheless, Samsung raised questions of validity regarding Apple’s D’899 patent and Apple did not establish that it would likely to succeed at trial."
So GP didn't RTFA, you didn't RTFA. I guess everybody wins!
I read TFA, and can vouch for the fact that anyone who didn't read it won.
It most certainly wasn't an "Excellent piece" and showed almost nothing "about what renewables can and can't do". About the only truthful part of the summary is that it does appear to be written by Dawn Stover, though the lack of mention of whichever lobby group sponsored it is disturbing.
Low quality, factually misleading garbage. No wonder it's on the Slashdot front page.
But comparing a Hummer and a Prius is completely insane and can only lead to biaised results.
So how does that differ from suggesting solar power is only possible with photovoltaic panels or desert groundwater steam turbines?
Or that California's geothermal power is typical of all world installations and other types like HDR don't exist at all.
Or that the only possible type of wind turbine to use is the type installed in the US in 2009, ignoring newer tech like the blade tip generators (http://www.windtronics.com/honeywell-wind-turbine)
Or that Biomass is anything but another form of solar.
Or... Or... Or... But there's no point. This whole article is barely thought out, half-baked page-click bait. WHBT HAND.
Good wine snobs will test the nose of the wine (e.g., sniff it), then taste it. If it's too astringent to properly enjoy, they'll either let the glass sit for a while, or swirl the glass to aerate the wine.
I just blow bubbles through my straw. Does that make me a good or bad wine snob?
Me: "rely on your past experience battling viruses on Windows." Mom: "You're my least favorite son. I hate you."
I'm afraid you'll have to find other excuses for your Oedipal crises. The news stories are mostly FUD.
Modern smartphones are much more secure than old ones, and much more resistant than Windows, though you wouldn't know it given the hype in the news. Did anyone notice how there were no hard numbers of malware sources or infections, just the alarming percentage increase? Even the white paper it's based on has no details. The closest it gets to the truth is here:
Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile platforms are the oldest and most researched mobile platforms, and devices running those mobile operating
systems have been the targets of the most prolific and effective malware known to affect mobile devices. These platforms have been targeted by a range of malicious applications that run the full spectrum of known malware categories, including SMS trojans that send SMS messages to premium rate numbers unbeknownst to users, background calling applications that charge the victim for exorbitant long distance calls, keylogging applications, and self-propagating code that infects devices and spreads to additional devices listed in the address book. The Juniper Networks Global Threat Center also sees polymorphic malware, which changes its characteristics during propagation to avoid detection, on the Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile platforms.
Whoosh. You completely missed the point of my post.
I think you're the one missing everybody else's point.
Maybe it's different in the US, but virtually every HDTV sold over here already has at least one USB port. This thing would turn those TVs into a usable computer.
I mean what is the point of firing up an entire computer only to run ANOTHER full computer in a USB form factor?
I'm beginning to understand why you seem to be trolling all the time. It might help if you slowed down a little and read TFA (yeah, I know...)
Here, this might help:
"When connected to an HDTV, it uses the HDMI port for video, the USB for power, and Bluetooth to connect to a keyboard, mouse, or tablet for controlling the operating system."
Just slow down a little, understand what you're commenting on, and you'll come across as a much nicer person. I'm sure you're a good bloke at heart.
Personally, I'm looking at these things and thinking Amarino. If MIT can get it's act together and make it possible to include Amarino events in App Inventor, toys like this could really fire up home robotics. Imagine being able to use the voice control and face recognition in Ice Cream Sandwich to control real interactions!
These things are very cool, and they'll only get cheaper.
You can buy Huawei Ideos Android phones in supermarkets for less than $100. I sincerely doubt the per-unit cost of those are anything like similar to iPhones.
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While my choice of Linux distros (Debian) prioritises freedom, and as a result tends to be non-commercial, there are Linux repositories with paid software in them. Try an Ubuntu live CD if you'd like to preview the experience.
Which is one of the many reasons I don't use Apple products. That doesn't mean other vendors (hint: Amazon, Android, Microsoft et al) can't create competing products and stores.
So just like the app store people gravitate to frameworks for monetary gain.
You do understand that the "App Store" is just a variant of Linux repositories?
Apple's version is locked to particular hardware, and because they were the first commercial variant off the line, their approach has distorted the market and made lock-in seem normal. That doesn't mean a free market with a choice of stores can't develop, just that it hasn't yet.
Personally, my current main app store is ftp.au.debian.org/debian/, but I could always switch if I felt like it.
You might not notice, but just about every reviews, and lots of consumers, do.
Have YOU ever actually used one?
Many people have many reasons for saying things in online forums and reviews. The truth is just one of those reasons, and often not a very important one.
I have also heard complaints on the responsiveness of the UI at times, is that still an issue?
Only to people who've never used one, and don't want anyone else to use one.
The UI might not be efficient,
The UI is fine, don't be misled by this "laggy" FUD.
I have one of the Tegra 2 Transformers, while my phone is the original Huawei Ideos. Both are completely usable devices, despite the Huawei being massively underpowered on paper.
The Asus Transformer is silky smooth in normal use, easily as slick as the iPads I use at work. I'm sure it's possible for a determined professional to create edge-cases where it can bog down, but in for us mere mortals, that just won't happen.
The judge actually agree with Apple on almost all points, except the one that they would suffer irreparable harm.
Not really true.
To quote TFA;
"Nevertheless, Samsung raised questions of validity regarding Apple’s D’899 patent and Apple did not establish that it would likely to succeed at trial."
Bought a decent mail server?
Devs want no management or antiviral software for their machines but are the ones that brake or get infected the most
While many devs may have evidence of skidmarks, it's unlikely to result from braking.
"They made me use Windows"
I feel your pain.
Don't worry, they'll be first up against the wall after the Ballmer Collapse.
http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-ballmers-nightmare-how-microsofts-business-really-could-collapse-2011-11?op=1
Does that make it Green?
If it's been under floodwater for months, very likely. Probably wouldn't draw much power either.
W... o... o... o... s... h... _.
What did I miss?
I wish I could tell you. Maybe if you weren't so locked down...
then they still burn less
You can't burn hybrids. They're green.
Duh.
So GP didn't RTFA, you didn't RTFA. I guess everybody wins!
I read TFA, and can vouch for the fact that anyone who didn't read it won.
It most certainly wasn't an "Excellent piece" and showed almost nothing "about what renewables can and can't do". About the only truthful part of the summary is that it does appear to be written by Dawn Stover, though the lack of mention of whichever lobby group sponsored it is disturbing.
Low quality, factually misleading garbage. No wonder it's on the Slashdot front page.
But comparing a Hummer and a Prius is completely insane and can only lead to biaised results.
So how does that differ from suggesting solar power is only possible with photovoltaic panels or desert groundwater steam turbines?
Or that California's geothermal power is typical of all world installations and other types like HDR don't exist at all.
Or that the only possible type of wind turbine to use is the type installed in the US in 2009, ignoring newer tech like the blade tip generators (http://www.windtronics.com/honeywell-wind-turbine)
Or that Biomass is anything but another form of solar.
Or... Or... Or... But there's no point. This whole article is barely thought out, half-baked page-click bait. WHBT HAND.
Good wine snobs will test the nose of the wine (e.g., sniff it), then taste it. If it's too astringent to properly enjoy, they'll either let the glass sit for a while, or swirl the glass to aerate the wine.
I just blow bubbles through my straw. Does that make me a good or bad wine snob?
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28160
Me: "rely on your past experience battling viruses on Windows." Mom: "You're my least favorite son. I hate you."
I'm afraid you'll have to find other excuses for your Oedipal crises. The news stories are mostly FUD.
Modern smartphones are much more secure than old ones, and much more resistant than Windows, though you wouldn't know it given the hype in the news. Did anyone notice how there were no hard numbers of malware sources or infections, just the alarming percentage increase? Even the white paper it's based on has no details. The closest it gets to the truth is here:
Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile platforms are the oldest and most researched mobile platforms, and devices running those mobile operating systems have been the targets of the most prolific and effective malware known to affect mobile devices. These platforms have been targeted by a range of malicious applications that run the full spectrum of known malware categories, including SMS trojans that send SMS messages to premium rate numbers unbeknownst to users, background calling applications that charge the victim for exorbitant long distance calls, keylogging applications, and self-propagating code that infects devices and spreads to additional devices listed in the address book. The Juniper Networks Global Threat Center also sees polymorphic malware, which changes its characteristics during propagation to avoid detection, on the Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile platforms.
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/local/pdf/whitepapers/2000415-en.pdf
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it.
Whoosh. You completely missed the point of my post.
I think you're the one missing everybody else's point.
Maybe it's different in the US, but virtually every HDTV sold over here already has at least one USB port. This thing would turn those TVs into a usable computer.
I mean what is the point of firing up an entire computer only to run ANOTHER full computer in a USB form factor?
I'm beginning to understand why you seem to be trolling all the time. It might help if you slowed down a little and read TFA (yeah, I know...)
Here, this might help:
"When connected to an HDTV, it uses the HDMI port for video, the USB for power, and Bluetooth to connect to a keyboard, mouse, or tablet for controlling the operating system."
Just slow down a little, understand what you're commenting on, and you'll come across as a much nicer person. I'm sure you're a good bloke at heart.
Personally, I'm looking at these things and thinking Amarino. If MIT can get it's act together and make it possible to include Amarino events in App Inventor, toys like this could really fire up home robotics. Imagine being able to use the voice control and face recognition in Ice Cream Sandwich to control real interactions!
These things are very cool, and they'll only get cheaper.
Is that close enough?
corporations are people!
So is Soylent green.
You can buy Huawei Ideos Android phones in supermarkets for less than $100. I sincerely doubt the per-unit cost of those are anything like similar to iPhones.