I agree that MS is a losing proposition, but symbian will also quickly bring the company to an end. It is a truly terrible OS compared to a modern streamlined OS like iOS of Android.
Seriously, I dug out my old N95 to let a friend use it for the navi. Going through the one, it is astonishing just how bad the UI really it. It is such an unintuitive OS. Why they were so slow to jump into a modern OS is beyond me. Though..I would not have gone for MS Phone. That can only end in tears.
It is not illegal to offer a metering service without the customer has access to said meter? It was my understanding that such services, like the water company, electric and gas MUST have a meter available for their customer to read as well, not because they are super nice guys, but because US law mandates it. How is metered internet service different? If they insist on saying, well the utilities do it this way and that way, and when they insist on acting like utility, should they not also be bound by the same rules?
When you think about it, the tablet situation can only end in one way. There can be only one major platform in the end. Sure, you will have you niche products, but developers dont want to develop for 3 or 4 competing platforms. It costs time and money to do it. This is what RIM understands. This is why they built in support for Android Apps, and too be honest, it just makes sense.
Looks, we all love apple products right? (I personally hate the company and wont give them a dime, but hey, I do like the product) BUT, and it's a big but, who stands to make money from Apple products in the long run? Apple. Who else? Ah...Apple? There is a clear reason why Apple cannot win this battle. They are greedy bastards. They want to tie their SW to only their hardware. It's their right you say. Yes, of course it is! But who here thinks that Apple will beat collectively every other company in the world?? Not a chance. So..RIM says, there is no F'ing way that we can do it when apple can also not. So...bring on droid. I say, while driod may not be the final platform, it has a damn slight better chance of anything else right now. Well played RIM. Well played.
Why do people always say that there is no practical reason for space exploration? I just don't get it. Titan is a wonderful example. A planet with literally 100's of times more hydrocarbons than Earth. That seems like a reasonable excuse to go there and develop mining and extraction techniques. You can get never get to the point where space exploitation makes sense unless you start.
It is interesting that in nature, homosexuality is natural response in some species to over population conditions. It is even more interesting that you imagine humans to be outside nature.
A switch to GSM is irrelevant. All carriers will switch to LTE, which, right there in the name, is the long term evolution for GSM/UMTS.
What does this mean to you? Simple. Sprint (after they switch to LTE),Virizon and ATT will all be on the same tech. Of course, you will say that they are on separate bands. So what. Nearly all phones which you buy will support ALL implemented LTE bands. It wont matter a bit where you are with LTE> Basically, US is getting on board with the rest of the planet. Well..all but Japan who will stay with Nttdocomo version of LTE. Still ATT does suck for customer service and stealing your money. But hey...You guys in the US dont appear to give a fuck about what your elected officials do, so dont start crying when shit happens.
I, no doubt like most of you, enjoy reading about advancements in technologies. Especially those which can have a direct impact on computer performance! Lately though, it seems to me, that all of these headlines and articles are exactly the same article. Making some claim about a major breakthrough and how this will make my computer 100 times faster and use 100 times less power....maybe...in the future. It seems always to the case that in 10 years, "this" will enable us to use a lot less power and have much higher densities and so on and so on. Basically, why the techs are interesting, the articles are absolute crap. Sensationalizing everything where there is nothing worth do so about. Why can they not just explain the so-called break though, it's probable applications and realistically how long, if at all, until commercialization?
Ever hear of helium 3? Perhaps you are unaware that there is a severe shortage of it? Perhaps you are also unaware that it is used for lots and lots of stuff which make our modern world possible. Lastly, it seems that you are unaware that the moon contains shit loads of it. Seems to me like a practice and profitable reason.
Complete and total nonsense. Glass is a terrible insulator on its own. The vacuum between the glass panes however is a great insulator. In newer windows, there are even three panes with inert gasses between the panes which is even more effective than vacuum.
You dont test a computer case to FCC part 15b. You dont test for FCC at all. A computer case does not require any RF shielding. The parts sold which are active must be tested, like the power supply, motherboard and so on. For CE it is outside of the scope of R@TTE since it is not a radio device and most parts do not fall under the low voltage directive. EN50022 would be required for the power supply though, which is the same testing needed for FCC 15b in that case.
At least you in the UK know that you live in a Nanny state where the government is able to control every point of your life. Americans still think they are free.
IBM just complaining that China was over taking the US in the computer arms race and that the US would be behind when something is not done right away. I guess, by something needs to be done, they meant that they should build a giant Chinese data center to dwarf anything else in the world. USA! USA! USA!
I have no doubt that IBM's rationale was, hey, if we don't do it, another company will. We may as well get the cash. Of course, China walks away with the unearned know-how.
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in which your body needs constant corrections by your brain so that you dont fall down.
I agree that MS is a losing proposition, but symbian will also quickly bring the company to an end. It is a truly terrible OS compared to a modern streamlined OS like iOS of Android.
Seriously, I dug out my old N95 to let a friend use it for the navi. Going through the one, it is astonishing just how bad the UI really it. It is such an unintuitive OS. Why they were so slow to jump into a modern OS is beyond me. Though..I would not have gone for MS Phone. That can only end in tears.
It is not illegal to offer a metering service without the customer has access to said meter? It was my understanding that such services, like the water company, electric and gas MUST have a meter available for their customer to read as well, not because they are super nice guys, but because US law mandates it.
How is metered internet service different?
If they insist on saying, well the utilities do it this way and that way, and when they insist on acting like utility, should they not also be bound by the same rules?
If the facts were all right, it would not really be a joke then ha?
You do know that two billion does not hold a candle to the combined sales of every other hardware maker in the world right?
When you think about it, the tablet situation can only end in one way. There can be only one major platform in the end. Sure, you will have you niche products, but developers dont want to develop for 3 or 4 competing platforms. It costs time and money to do it.
This is what RIM understands. This is why they built in support for Android Apps, and too be honest, it just makes sense.
Looks, we all love apple products right? (I personally hate the company and wont give them a dime, but hey, I do like the product)
BUT, and it's a big but, who stands to make money from Apple products in the long run? Apple. Who else? Ah...Apple?
There is a clear reason why Apple cannot win this battle. They are greedy bastards. They want to tie their SW to only their hardware. It's their right you say. Yes, of course it is! But who here thinks that Apple will beat collectively every other company in the world?? Not a chance.
So..RIM says, there is no F'ing way that we can do it when apple can also not. So...bring on droid.
I say, while driod may not be the final platform, it has a damn slight better chance of anything else right now. Well played RIM. Well played.
I recall reading this more than week ago on Engadget.
Why do people always say that there is no practical reason for space exploration? I just don't get it.
Titan is a wonderful example. A planet with literally 100's of times more hydrocarbons than Earth. That seems like a reasonable excuse to go there and develop mining and extraction techniques.
You can get never get to the point where space exploitation makes sense unless you start.
It is interesting that in nature, homosexuality is natural response in some species to over population conditions.
It is even more interesting that you imagine humans to be outside nature.
I am sure that 3D will no longer be a gimmick when Apple releases a 3D notebook.
Apple fanboys are amazing.
When you need to keep rebooting on the mac, how is the dell slower? I guess a 486 would be faster in that case ;)
A switch to GSM is irrelevant.
All carriers will switch to LTE, which, right there in the name, is the long term evolution for GSM/UMTS.
What does this mean to you?
Simple. Sprint (after they switch to LTE),Virizon and ATT will all be on the same tech.
Of course, you will say that they are on separate bands. So what. Nearly all phones which you buy will support ALL implemented LTE bands. It wont matter a bit where you are with LTE>
Basically, US is getting on board with the rest of the planet. Well..all but Japan who will stay with Nttdocomo version of LTE.
Still ATT does suck for customer service and stealing your money.
But hey...You guys in the US dont appear to give a fuck about what your elected officials do, so dont start crying when shit happens.
I, no doubt like most of you, enjoy reading about advancements in technologies. Especially those which can have a direct impact on computer performance!
Lately though, it seems to me, that all of these headlines and articles are exactly the same article. Making some claim about a major breakthrough and how this will make my computer 100 times faster and use 100 times less power....maybe...in the future.
It seems always to the case that in 10 years, "this" will enable us to use a lot less power and have much higher densities and so on and so on.
Basically, why the techs are interesting, the articles are absolute crap. Sensationalizing everything where there is nothing worth do so about. Why can they not just explain the so-called break though, it's probable applications and realistically how long, if at all, until commercialization?
Ever hear of helium 3? Perhaps you are unaware that there is a severe shortage of it? Perhaps you are also unaware that it is used for lots and lots of stuff which make our modern world possible.
Lastly, it seems that you are unaware that the moon contains shit loads of it.
Seems to me like a practice and profitable reason.
Are you sure that this use of which is wrong? It is not a restrictive clause.
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx
Complete and total nonsense. Glass is a terrible insulator on its own. The vacuum between the glass panes however is a great insulator. In newer windows, there are even three panes with inert gasses between the panes which is even more effective than vacuum.
You dont test a computer case to FCC part 15b. You dont test for FCC at all. A computer case does not require any RF shielding.
The parts sold which are active must be tested, like the power supply, motherboard and so on.
For CE it is outside of the scope of R@TTE since it is not a radio device and most parts do not fall under the low voltage directive. EN50022 would be required for the power supply though, which is the same testing needed for FCC 15b in that case.
I did not know about that place. I live in Kettwig! Small world.
I would say stories can change quite a lot.
At least you in the UK know that you live in a Nanny state where the government is able to control every point of your life. Americans still think they are free.
87% of students in the pre-internet age copied directly from the encyclopedia.
How is it news that kids cheat? Teachers never had it so good. Google has made it so easy to catch them it is ridiculous.
the chair craps you!
IBM just complaining that China was over taking the US in the computer arms race and that the US would be behind when something is not done right away.
I guess, by something needs to be done, they meant that they should build a giant Chinese data center to dwarf anything else in the world. USA! USA! USA!
I have no doubt that IBM's rationale was, hey, if we don't do it, another company will. We may as well get the cash.
Of course, China walks away with the unearned know-how.
So has the sun, as it turns out. Also, for a bit longer I think.