"I have electric choice. It works great because I was able to hook-up to a company that only uses Hydro, Wind, and Solar power instead of my previous company that used 90% coal power."
Yup, and you had to have them come and lay new lines for that, right?
Dunno about where you are, but in the UK we manage to have public ownership of power lines and still have competition at the consumer end of the market. Ought to work that way for broadband too.
This is the same argument folks in the US use to justify the lack of public transport.
The fact is that the US is 80% urban and suburban, so getting decent services to those folks (in both broadband and public transport) shouldn't be a problem. What is the problem, with internet connectivity anyway, is the deeply entrenched telecoms companies with their local monopolies.
And destroy lots more in the following prohibition, which is kinda what we're talking about here. Where the balance lies, I don't know, but I do know that banning it would result in lots more run-ins with the law, lots more gang war, lots more explosions of bathtub gin, lots more folks dying or going crazy from badly distilled moonshine...
It's funny that the current government's reaction to those issues (or their parallels in illegal drugs) is to say "well you shouldn't do it then", and not take into account that they are harming so many lives through trying to deny human nature through the prohibition itself.
The problem I have with the whole situation is that, with alcohol tolerated, the population doesn't ever get to boiling point and demand more freedom to use whatever they wish. Which is a shame, because booze is worse than some of the illegal ones.
If you're the only one that doesn't get vaccinated then that's fine, but the moment it becomes popular then whooping cough rapidly becomes more common.
Well, the only bits I know of are in relation to the Neo Freerunner. koolu.com are a reselles aiming to put android on the freerunner, and they have a git repository. If you want a pre-built image then check out
I don't give a FUCK about Faraday. This guy isn't fucking faraday, he's a builder of electric automata and he's done FUCK ALL to advance any field of science.
They're not that pricy in europe, AFAICT. I think it's an artifact of their non-cooperation with the US telcos love of disbaling all the functions on the phone so they can squeeze you for more money.
Well, unlike the iPhone, the android phones have a micro SDHC slot, so you can put cards in. I consider this a strong point.
But yes, they ought to try and match or better apple's internal storage too.
My main problem with the G1 or HTC or whatever it is - It's ugly. The openmoko's not the world's prettiest device either. Apple have everyone beat on looks.
This thing has one of the biggest capacity batteries you can get in that sort of form factor and.... no. It barely lasts 12. One of the many not working things on Android is suspend, so it just sits there and burns power by illuminating its screen.
There's a long way to go. I love playing with it, but I have another phone for actual use. I tried for two months when on holiday and would gladly have taken a hammer to it several times.
Nah, it's just poor software as far as I can tell. The infuriating thing about the 2008.X stack (for me) was that the UI was unresponsive so that when you hit "pick up" it would take a while to register the button press. In the mean time I don't know if it's registered it or not so I hit it again. But then the hang up button appears in the same place and it's stored up the mouse click to apply to that...
Unfortunately the software stack written by the openmoko guys is (and it pains me to say this) in a total shambles, and until very recently the developers basically refused to do anything about it, preferring to "look to the future" and make shiny bells and whistles. I'm watching the android software on OM very carefully because it seems to me that when the porting is finished (and it's got a decent way there, it runs and makes calls) it'll turn the OM into a decent phone.
Yes, there are problems - no camera, no 3G - but it's interesting from a linux-geek perspective at the moment.
I have an openmoko freerunner running android, so IMHO that's the second android phone, though it's not on sale with android preinstalled yet, and not everything is working.
New image today - check out the Openmoko community discussion forum/mail list.
In most countrys the legal costs are limited to a reasonable level. The rich guy can't go and spend ten million on the best lawyers EVAR, just to punish you.
In a loser doesn't pay system you can be totally, utterly innocent and still be bankrupted by someone with more money. This is terribly unjust.
In loser pays you have a risk, but hey, you only pay if you're found guilty by the court. I like those odds far better.
Meh, Dosbox is a compatibility environment for running those games that aren't happy on modern windows versions. You should be ok to use that for your old gaming needs.
If you don't want your taxes spent on programs that you don't want, just remember, this is America: love it or leave it.
Yeah, thanks for that, I'm actually British.
And whilst I do have objections to the war, and to the other frivolous government spending, I have even more objection to my tax money being used to prop up the housing market or bail out mortgage borrowers that got in too deep. This is not just "OMG! Tax!", it's more like a direct slap in the face to those of us that were actually a little prudent. If my tax money is used to prop up other people's house prices, where's my fucking house?
I'm also a sucker. I similarly stayed out of debt, didn't take part in the dangerously overinflated housing market, used credit cards responsibly and generally lived within my means. Not that it was painful, I've got reasonable means as a software engineer. But I didn't join in the great-big-debt-party with everyone else.
Why am I a sucker? Because the government will now tax me to prop up people that did get too far in, that did take that dumbass high multiple on a house, that did get into debt. We can't have the people of the country actually paying for their actions, no. Rest assured, I really am a sucker for thinking that keeping my own finances in order was an advantage.
A couple of months ago I would have claimed that beer. But now I'm back in rainy old England. Maybe when the Aus residency visa comes through next year.
Glad you like 'em, I'm not much of a project manager myself, but did a bit of searching around to see if I could read MS Proj files on Linux as I've left it so long since I booted windows that I forgot the password.
"1. Classes were segregated based upon academic ability."
that's now frowned upon in the UK for PC reasons. Everyone must get the same education and nobody should be disheartened by being put in the academically weaker division.
"2. Parents took part in their children's education, wherever applicable (Possibly moreso than the private school down the road, where the students' parents tended to be more obsessed with their careers than their families)"
Good for them. Not the way in a lot of the state schools around the country I'm afraid.
"3. We could get rid of children that were legitimately disruptive, or get them special assistance where applicable."
Please tell me how, my mother (works in state schools) would love to know. Special Assistance where she has worked seems to involve sticking the disruptive kids in a special "unit" and effectively keeping them in prison all day.
"4. The unions kept salaries reasonable. (This varies by state, and generally actually is an issue)"
Ok
"5. We had adequate, albeit spartan facilities. Facilities like the library and science labs were well-maintained."
I'm not disputing that state schools can provide a decent education, I just think that there are several conditions that make public schools more able to do so, and this is reflected in the academic grades they achieve.
"I have extremely little sympathy for private schools."
Why would they need your sympathy?
"They're little more than a playground for the wealthy, and a gateway to the Ivy League."
Now you've given yourself away as an American. I don't know much about the system in the US. Here they achieve well academically and yes, they are a gateway to the top Universities. I don't see that as a failing though!
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"I have electric choice. It works great because I was able to hook-up to a company that only uses Hydro, Wind, and Solar power instead of my previous company that used 90% coal power."
Yup, and you had to have them come and lay new lines for that, right?
Dunno about where you are, but in the UK we manage to have public ownership of power lines and still have competition at the consumer end of the market. Ought to work that way for broadband too.
This is the same argument folks in the US use to justify the lack of public transport.
The fact is that the US is 80% urban and suburban, so getting decent services to those folks (in both broadband and public transport) shouldn't be a problem. What is the problem, with internet connectivity anyway, is the deeply entrenched telecoms companies with their local monopolies.
"You'd save lots of lives."
And destroy lots more in the following prohibition, which is kinda what we're talking about here. Where the balance lies, I don't know, but I do know that banning it would result in lots more run-ins with the law, lots more gang war, lots more explosions of bathtub gin, lots more folks dying or going crazy from badly distilled moonshine...
It's funny that the current government's reaction to those issues (or their parallels in illegal drugs) is to say "well you shouldn't do it then", and not take into account that they are harming so many lives through trying to deny human nature through the prohibition itself.
The problem I have with the whole situation is that, with alcohol tolerated, the population doesn't ever get to boiling point and demand more freedom to use whatever they wish. Which is a shame, because booze is worse than some of the illegal ones.
And you miss out the prisoner's dilemma.
If you're the only one that doesn't get vaccinated then that's fine, but the moment it becomes popular then whooping cough rapidly becomes more common.
Seeing as how .com is international?
Well, I was thinking 20s London, with the silly dancing, flappers and colourful cocktails.
Forgot about the US prohibition thing, we have a totally different image of the 20s over here I reckon.
Well, the only bits I know of are in relation to the Neo Freerunner. koolu.com are a reselles aiming to put android on the freerunner, and they have a git repository. If you want a pre-built image then check out
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:Seanmcneil3
I haven't tried to get the source from google themselves.
The G1 isn't completely open, however android is, and already runs on a couple of other platforms.
Actually, there's more to PD music than the old, copyright-expired bits.
Having said that - a 20s theme bar? Damn good idea that man, you'd be raking in the cash!
I don't give a FUCK about Faraday. This guy isn't fucking faraday, he's a builder of electric automata and he's done FUCK ALL to advance any field of science.
RTFA and then go kick yourself in the head.
Are you in the US?
They're not that pricy in europe, AFAICT. I think it's an artifact of their non-cooperation with the US telcos love of disbaling all the functions on the phone so they can squeeze you for more money.
Well, unlike the iPhone, the android phones have a micro SDHC slot, so you can put cards in. I consider this a strong point.
But yes, they ought to try and match or better apple's internal storage too.
My main problem with the G1 or HTC or whatever it is - It's ugly. The openmoko's not the world's prettiest device either. Apple have everyone beat on looks.
24 hours?
You've gotta kidding right?
This thing has one of the biggest capacity batteries you can get in that sort of form factor and.... no. It barely lasts 12. One of the many not working things on Android is suspend, so it just sits there and burns power by illuminating its screen.
There's a long way to go. I love playing with it, but I have another phone for actual use. I tried for two months when on holiday and would gladly have taken a hammer to it several times.
Dunno about Qtopia though, never tried that one.
Nah, it's just poor software as far as I can tell. The infuriating thing about the 2008.X stack (for me) was that the UI was unresponsive so that when you hit "pick up" it would take a while to register the button press. In the mean time I don't know if it's registered it or not so I hit it again. But then the hang up button appears in the same place and it's stored up the mouse click to apply to that...
Could have killed that damn phone right then.
"The problem is that you see the helping individuals caught by the housing bubble as a negative,"
When it's at my expense, and I denied myself a house due to my own foresight, yes.
The money my government spends on everything is on the radar. Nobody knows how to tax, borrow and spend the lot like good old Gordon Brown.
Have you tried todays image from Sean and the latest (oversize) kernel?
You'll need to mess around with uboot to get the large kernel going, but after that it has an onscreen keyboard and you can answer calls with it.
Far from perfect, but making progress. I do want to see what Koolu have done too.
It is.
Unfortunately the software stack written by the openmoko guys is (and it pains me to say this) in a total shambles, and until very recently the developers basically refused to do anything about it, preferring to "look to the future" and make shiny bells and whistles. I'm watching the android software on OM very carefully because it seems to me that when the porting is finished (and it's got a decent way there, it runs and makes calls) it'll turn the OM into a decent phone.
Yes, there are problems - no camera, no 3G - but it's interesting from a linux-geek perspective at the moment.
"I'd gladly shell out another $300 for an android device sans phone."
Android can successfully be run on the Nokia N810, An internet tablet with WiFi (and there's a WiMAX version too).
Maybe a little more than $300, but as a foreigner I don't know how to access google US to do a shopping search.
I have an openmoko freerunner running android, so IMHO that's the second android phone, though it's not on sale with android preinstalled yet, and not everything is working.
New image today - check out the Openmoko community discussion forum/mail list.
In most countrys the legal costs are limited to a reasonable level. The rich guy can't go and spend ten million on the best lawyers EVAR, just to punish you.
In a loser doesn't pay system you can be totally, utterly innocent and still be bankrupted by someone with more money. This is terribly unjust.
In loser pays you have a risk, but hey, you only pay if you're found guilty by the court. I like those odds far better.
Meh, Dosbox is a compatibility environment for running those games that aren't happy on modern windows versions. You should be ok to use that for your old gaming needs.
If you don't want your taxes spent on programs that you don't want, just remember, this is America: love it or leave it.
Yeah, thanks for that, I'm actually British.
And whilst I do have objections to the war, and to the other frivolous government spending, I have even more objection to my tax money being used to prop up the housing market or bail out mortgage borrowers that got in too deep. This is not just "OMG! Tax!", it's more like a direct slap in the face to those of us that were actually a little prudent. If my tax money is used to prop up other people's house prices, where's my fucking house?
Why is this a troll post?
Mod parent insightful.
I'm also a sucker. I similarly stayed out of debt, didn't take part in the dangerously overinflated housing market, used credit cards responsibly and generally lived within my means. Not that it was painful, I've got reasonable means as a software engineer. But I didn't join in the great-big-debt-party with everyone else.
Why am I a sucker? Because the government will now tax me to prop up people that did get too far in, that did take that dumbass high multiple on a house, that did get into debt. We can't have the people of the country actually paying for their actions, no. Rest assured, I really am a sucker for thinking that keeping my own finances in order was an advantage.
A couple of months ago I would have claimed that beer. But now I'm back in rainy old England. Maybe when the Aus residency visa comes through next year.
Glad you like 'em, I'm not much of a project manager myself, but did a bit of searching around to see if I could read MS Proj files on Linux as I've left it so long since I booted windows that I forgot the password.
"1. Classes were segregated based upon academic ability."
that's now frowned upon in the UK for PC reasons. Everyone must get the same education and nobody should be disheartened by being put in the academically weaker division.
"2. Parents took part in their children's education, wherever applicable (Possibly moreso than the private school down the road, where the students' parents tended to be more obsessed with their careers than their families)"
Good for them. Not the way in a lot of the state schools around the country I'm afraid.
"3. We could get rid of children that were legitimately disruptive, or get them special assistance where applicable."
Please tell me how, my mother (works in state schools) would love to know. Special Assistance where she has worked seems to involve sticking the disruptive kids in a special "unit" and effectively keeping them in prison all day.
"4. The unions kept salaries reasonable. (This varies by state, and generally actually is an issue)"
Ok
"5. We had adequate, albeit spartan facilities. Facilities like the library and science labs were well-maintained."
I'm not disputing that state schools can provide a decent education, I just think that there are several conditions that make public schools more able to do so, and this is reflected in the academic grades they achieve.
"I have extremely little sympathy for private schools."
Why would they need your sympathy?
"They're little more than a playground for the wealthy, and a gateway to the Ivy League."
Now you've given yourself away as an American. I don't know much about the system in the US. Here they achieve well academically and yes, they are a gateway to the top Universities. I don't see that as a failing though!