From TFA: "The update will be gradually rolled out to existing Windows Phone owners".
Is the update coming direct from Microsoft (like all desktop Windows updates do), or from the cell provider (ATT/Verizon/etc)? It would be nice if it came from Microsoft, to avoid the (days/months/years) of delay for the provider to supply it.
The other option would be: submit a proposal which includes Microsoft Office. I'm sure that Google can figure out how to package and resell it, while making money on their cloud services.
Unless, of course, Office cannot run on their cloud for some technical reason - which means it is broken, and they should concentrate on fixing it, not suing.
An Atom-based CPU + motherboard costs roughly $75. The Raspberry is supposed to be $25/$35 but is nowhere near as capable (no hard disk interface, fewer USB ports, slower graphics). The Atom is a fully usable, if a bit slow, desktop; the Raspberry is brilliant for what it is designed to do, but would not be usable as your one and only computer.
If Raspberry added the components to make it usable, and charged market price for the CPU, then it would be $75 - and would still be slower than the Atom. So, what exactly is the point of an ARM desktop?
100% agreed. The commercial alternative - MKS Toolkit - integrates seamlessly with Windows, and is both more complete and faster than Cygin. Yes, it costs money, and no, it is not open source - but if you need to do Unix-like stuff on Windows, it actually makes life tolerable.
Anybody else seeing an ad for Roller Coaster Creator in the top right of the Slashdot page?
Yes. Very fitting.
The roller coaster simulator at Epcot Centre (where you designed a roller coaster on a SGI box, and then rode your design in a full-motion simulator) had a software check that warned you if you exceeded safe G-limits (something about not wanting to kill their customers). Maybe, for an extra fee, Disney could remove that software override? Much easier to off yourself in a simulator than having to build a real roller coaster.
In any case - isn't Futurama's "Suicide Booth" a much more reasonable solution?
My real question in all of this is, Who is asking for this information?
Google would like to know where the traffic jams are. Stores would like to know who drives by and does not stop. Your insurance company would like to know how fast you are driving. The police would like to know who was driving away from the bar at closing time. And your wife's divorce lawyer would like to know where you were late Tuesday night.
Does anyone know exactly what data the Snapshot collects?
I can see it tracking vehicle speed, for instance - but it can't tell whether I took that offramp at 40 MPH normally, or sliding sideways with the rear tyres smoking. And unless it has an accurate GPS, it can't tell if I was doing 65 on the interstate, or in a school zone.
NASA is famous for paying $10,000 for a toilet seat. Can you imagine how much they pay for the food? Sure, it would be cool if they had it for sale - but I don't think they'll sell many meals if they are $1,000 each.
Building guitars in Mexico would be pointless - to sell them in the USA, they would still need to cross the border, and so would be subject to the same import regulations, and so would still need to have the correct paperwork filled out.
How is this a 'feature of the OS', and not just another bundled app?
Apple seems to call it an app if you install it after the OS, from their store; but call it a feature of the OS if it is installed at the same time. Huh?
This depends on your location - but his right to see it is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, and the laws and regulations of many other countries. Your right to not see it isn't even in the Bible.
Real work gets done with a real keyboard. Sure, tablets are "cool", but try typing quickly on one without looking. For 12 hours straight.
And last I checked, a tablet doesn't have any of the typical vi/compiler/linker/debugger toolset, or even a decent terminal and ssh to connect to a real computer. But then I don't check very often, since the lack of a physical keyboard makes those tools unusable in any case.
The Internet is not DIFFERENT than anything else, people there are EXACTLY THE SAME as everywhere else.
People are the same, but what they are allowed to do is different. At one time public stonings were universally accepted; now they are frowned upon in most countries. However, on the Internet, they are still a common occurence.
Domain names are extremely similar to company names. There already exists legal precedent to consider your company name the legal property of the company.
For example: that large company up in Redmond is called Microsoft. Some guy named John Microsoft brings them to court, claiming that he has the legal right to the company name of "Microsoft", since it is his legal name. The courts would disagree, and rule that the name "Microsoft" belongs to Bill Gates & co.
A similar case has been going on for many, many years here, over the domain name nissan.com. Details here.
Clearly the developers of this web app had to get it to work on Safari, because that's the only vector to get it onto an Apple device.
So, Apple locks out downloading/running any other web browser? How come you didn't say "Clearly the developers had to get it working on IE, because that's the only vector to get it onto a PC"??
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Wow. Completely awesome. You have a far, far better backup strategy than most companies I've seen!
It comes from the providers
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It comes from Microsoft
sigh.
Isn't this a repeat from yesterday?
Or are we going to see this story once per core?
From TFA: "The update will be gradually rolled out to existing Windows Phone owners".
Is the update coming direct from Microsoft (like all desktop Windows updates do), or from the cell provider (ATT/Verizon/etc)? It would be nice if it came from Microsoft, to avoid the (days/months/years) of delay for the provider to supply it.
The other option would be: submit a proposal which includes Microsoft Office. I'm sure that Google can figure out how to package and resell it, while making money on their cloud services.
Unless, of course, Office cannot run on their cloud for some technical reason - which means it is broken, and they should concentrate on fixing it, not suing.
An Atom-based CPU + motherboard costs roughly $75. The Raspberry is supposed to be $25/$35 but is nowhere near as capable (no hard disk interface, fewer USB ports, slower graphics). The Atom is a fully usable, if a bit slow, desktop; the Raspberry is brilliant for what it is designed to do, but would not be usable as your one and only computer.
If Raspberry added the components to make it usable, and charged market price for the CPU, then it would be $75 - and would still be slower than the Atom. So, what exactly is the point of an ARM desktop?
100% agreed. The commercial alternative - MKS Toolkit - integrates seamlessly with Windows, and is both more complete and faster than Cygin. Yes, it costs money, and no, it is not open source - but if you need to do Unix-like stuff on Windows, it actually makes life tolerable.
Anybody else seeing an ad for Roller Coaster Creator in the top right of the Slashdot page?
Yes. Very fitting.
The roller coaster simulator at Epcot Centre (where you designed a roller coaster on a SGI box, and then rode your design in a full-motion simulator) had a software check that warned you if you exceeded safe G-limits (something about not wanting to kill their customers). Maybe, for an extra fee, Disney could remove that software override? Much easier to off yourself in a simulator than having to build a real roller coaster.
In any case - isn't Futurama's "Suicide Booth" a much more reasonable solution?
My real question in all of this is, Who is asking for this information?
Google would like to know where the traffic jams are. Stores would like to know who drives by and does not stop. Your insurance company would like to know how fast you are driving. The police would like to know who was driving away from the bar at closing time. And your wife's divorce lawyer would like to know where you were late Tuesday night.
Does anyone know exactly what data the Snapshot collects?
I can see it tracking vehicle speed, for instance - but it can't tell whether I took that offramp at 40 MPH normally, or sliding sideways with the rear tyres smoking. And unless it has an accurate GPS, it can't tell if I was doing 65 on the interstate, or in a school zone.
And besides, living in your parent's basement and contributing to free and open software all day is *much* more fulfulling and rewarding.
Stallman himself isn't exactly known for being adept at social interactions.
(And yes, you'll need to be reasonably careful to not do this if you are within wifi range of someone who's done it already).
NASA is famous for paying $10,000 for a toilet seat. Can you imagine how much they pay for the food? Sure, it would be cool if they had it for sale - but I don't think they'll sell many meals if they are $1,000 each.
Building guitars in Mexico would be pointless - to sell them in the USA, they would still need to cross the border, and so would be subject to the same import regulations, and so would still need to have the correct paperwork filled out.
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Of course, it doesn't stop them mistreating or firing US employees by the thousands.
So, if the Church and 4 out of 10 Americans believe the Biblical version of creation, why are they so dead set against incest?
How is this a 'feature of the OS', and not just another bundled app?
Apple seems to call it an app if you install it after the OS, from their store; but call it a feature of the OS if it is installed at the same time. Huh?
This depends on your location - but his right to see it is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, and the laws and regulations of many other countries. Your right to not see it isn't even in the Bible.
As much as I think computers are here to stay, tablets do have keyboards now.
Hey, a tablet, a keyboard, and some duct tape, and it's starting to look just like a netbook.
Real work gets done with a real keyboard. Sure, tablets are "cool", but try typing quickly on one without looking. For 12 hours straight.
And last I checked, a tablet doesn't have any of the typical vi/compiler/linker/debugger toolset, or even a decent terminal and ssh to connect to a real computer. But then I don't check very often, since the lack of a physical keyboard makes those tools unusable in any case.
Prevent MITM attacks. Query several notaries and make sure that they fetch and deliver the same certificate you got. OK, I'll buy this.
What if the wifi router at your local coffee shop is the 'man in the middle'? Then he can tweak every copy of the certficate you get.
The Internet is not DIFFERENT than anything else, people there are EXACTLY THE SAME as everywhere else.
People are the same, but what they are allowed to do is different. At one time public stonings were universally accepted; now they are frowned upon in most countries. However, on the Internet, they are still a common occurence.
Domain names are extremely similar to company names. There already exists legal precedent to consider your company name the legal property of the company.
For example: that large company up in Redmond is called Microsoft. Some guy named John Microsoft brings them to court, claiming that he has the legal right to the company name of "Microsoft", since it is his legal name. The courts would disagree, and rule that the name "Microsoft" belongs to Bill Gates & co.
A similar case has been going on for many, many years here, over the domain name nissan.com. Details here.
Yes. ORM-D items - which include compressed CO2 cartridges - are prohibited from airplanes. You cannot even ship them via air freight.
Clearly the developers of this web app had to get it to work on Safari, because that's the only vector to get it onto an Apple device.
So, Apple locks out downloading/running any other web browser? How come you didn't say "Clearly the developers had to get it working on IE, because that's the only vector to get it onto a PC"??
Since Firefox works on all computers, and has a higher market share than Safari, it seems that Firefox would have been the better choice.