Wow, I didn't know that this will get into slashdot (like the tag said: whoopdefuckingdo)
Sound is now supported, it is still not perfect yet, but you can hear "SeaDragon" and other games. If you don't like the sound emulation, just mute your TV.
I think this is great, right now, you can search for almost any o'reilly books on Torrent and Rapidshare, so this wont add anything to the already existing books in the pirated world. But this will give a chance to people who wants to buy their books but think that it is too expensive.
As as Symbian developer, who have developed several applications in almost all Symbian series since Symbian 6.0 (Series 60 1st and 2nd edition, Nokia 9210, Nokia 7710, Series 80, Series 60 3rd edition, UIQ 2.0, UIQ 3.0), I would say that any operating system would be better than Symbian. Here are the reasons why:
The design is terrible, and just 2 years ago (in Symbian 9) they start to fix some important issues in the design. Their design was created when memory is very limited, and the compiler has limited ability (for example: instead of exception, they use cleanupstack)
The documentation is really terrible. And it is not easy to learn from others, because not many open source software available for Symbian compared to other platforms (try looking at source forge).
Symbian 9 (S60 3rd edition and UIQ 3) introduces signing for application that requires special ability. The signing process takes a long time, expensive, and is a painful process. For freeware developers they give free service, but it takes a long time to process your request. Each time you release a new application you will need to go through signing process again and pay again (even if its just a small patch, or you just want to add a new translation to your package).
What constitutes as special ability is quite a lot (for example: creating a ping program is not possible without signing).
Some misconceptions about Symbian: it is free to develop a Symbian application, you can sell things directly to the user without cooperating with network operators.
But, however suck Symbian is, I am still and will program on that platform, and it has given me some wonderful experiences through the programs that I have written. Symbian is also getting better: full C++ exception support, Open C library, global data is now allowed, etc. They also plan to make the signing process easier and cheaper.
A client for Symbian platform also exist.
SymTorrent is a full-featured and complete BitTorrent client for Symbian OS 3rd edition http://www.aut.bme.hu/portal/SymTorrent.aspx?lang= en. s
This is a free/open source (GPL) program.
As a person who blogs about S60 3rd edition freewares, I have tested it, and it works very well.
If you are as you described "having a broad range of interests and wishing to dabble in everything", then you can learn practical things yourself while you study the computer science.
I am more interested in someone hacking the software (is it really OSX?, can you flash it, etc). But this may provide a good start, because they give quite detailed photos of most of the hardware.
the lack of transparency in privately held social networks and the risks we take as developers when we invest time in a company's platform.
Isn't the situation just the same if you depend to any 3rd party technology (operating systems, languages, platforms, etc) where you don't have a control?
It is still using the same method. The only difference is that they don't include spelling/grammar errors, and uses correct recipient and business name (how hard is that to find?). They are still using the same ".doc.exe" file names, which is very easy to spot.
I would like to know what brilliant innovations the Internet2 brings to its users. I just want to know the possibilities that lies in our future Internet, when it has the speed of Internet2.
1. To configure this device, you need to connect it with a computer 2. You cannot selectively upload photos 3. You can not control a camera with this (unless they try to sell this technology to camera makers, to specifically support their SD card). 4. You can not make your ordinary camera to be come a network camera. 5. You can not browse the web with this technology (unless..., same with point 3).
It is useful to automatically backup any shot that you made, in case someone grabs your camera (if they only asks you to delete the files, then it is recoverable using PhotoRec).
I never heard of the games mentioned in the article. But reading the article, I think it will be wonderful if there are coordinated efforts from the open source community to build more educational games for the kids (I know about edubuntu, and stuff, but I was hoping more like MECC).
The S60 webkit is a port of Webkit to the Series 60 3rd edition platform. Nokia has created a memory manager for this port that can make the webkit works with low memory. If only I can have the low memory footprint browser in my Mac.
You can always state a specific version of GPL license to your code. And if GPL v3 ever comes out, you can change the license on your next version (you can even rerelease your current software version with another license). Remember, even dual licensing is OK.
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Wow, I didn't know that this will get into slashdot (like the tag said: whoopdefuckingdo)
Sound is now supported, it is still not perfect yet, but you can hear "SeaDragon" and other games. If you don't like the sound emulation, just mute your TV.
It's just a name.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/31/2116245
I think this is great, right now, you can search for almost any o'reilly books on Torrent and Rapidshare, so this wont add anything to the already existing books in the pirated world. But this will give a chance to people who wants to buy their books but think that it is too expensive.
- The design is terrible, and just 2 years ago (in Symbian 9) they start to fix some important issues in the design. Their design was created when memory is very limited, and the compiler has limited ability (for example: instead of exception, they use cleanupstack)
- The documentation is really terrible. And it is not easy to learn from others, because not many open source software available for Symbian compared to other platforms (try looking at source forge).
- Symbian 9 (S60 3rd edition and UIQ 3) introduces signing for application that requires special ability. The signing process takes a long time, expensive, and is a painful process. For freeware developers they give free service, but it takes a long time to process your request. Each time you release a new application you will need to go through signing process again and pay again (even if its just a small patch, or you just want to add a new translation to your package).
- What constitutes as special ability is quite a lot (for example: creating a ping program is not possible without signing).
Some misconceptions about Symbian: it is free to develop a Symbian application, you can sell things directly to the user without cooperating with network operators. But, however suck Symbian is, I am still and will program on that platform, and it has given me some wonderful experiences through the programs that I have written. Symbian is also getting better: full C++ exception support, Open C library, global data is now allowed, etc. They also plan to make the signing process easier and cheaper.How do they get the number 43?
A client for Symbian platform also exist. SymTorrent is a full-featured and complete BitTorrent client for Symbian OS 3rd edition http://www.aut.bme.hu/portal/SymTorrent.aspx?lang= en. s
This is a free/open source (GPL) program.
As a person who blogs about S60 3rd edition freewares, I have tested it, and it works very well.
Ah, even lynx can be exploited (for example: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-206-1) to make room for malwares.
I want to use wget, but it is also has a history of bugs that can be exploited.
I'll stick with telnet, and parse it with my eyes. Although it is a bit difficult for HTTPS sites.
If you are as you described "having a broad range of interests and wishing to dabble in everything", then you can learn practical things yourself while you study the computer science.
I am more interested in someone hacking the software (is it really OSX?, can you flash it, etc). But this may provide a good start, because they give quite detailed photos of most of the hardware.
Don't worry, someone will be able to hack a player for Linux/Mac faster than BBC's official one.
It is still using the same method. The only difference is that they don't include spelling/grammar errors, and uses correct recipient and business name (how hard is that to find?). They are still using the same ".doc.exe" file names, which is very easy to spot.
They got more Holywood computer science fictions movies as their reference while China has more kungfu movies.
Strange, right now, ebay.co.th is still showing as Adwords ads in Google search.
I would like to know what brilliant innovations the Internet2 brings to its users. I just want to know the possibilities that lies in our future Internet, when it has the speed of Internet2.
So this could be a new historical Linus debate.
Everyone is doing that, why shouldn't they. Then we can fire managers that we hated the most.
If he pleaded guilty, can he get away with everything?
What does it mean to all of us slashdot readers?
The SDCard with WiFI is useless because:
..., same with point 3).
1. To configure this device, you need to connect it with a computer
2. You cannot selectively upload photos
3. You can not control a camera with this (unless they try to sell this technology to camera makers, to specifically support their SD card).
4. You can not make your ordinary camera to be come a network camera.
5. You can not browse the web with this technology (unless
It is useful to automatically backup any shot that you made, in case someone grabs your camera (if they only asks you to delete the files, then it is recoverable using PhotoRec).
I never heard of the games mentioned in the article. But reading the article, I think it will be wonderful if there are coordinated efforts from the open source community to build more educational games for the kids (I know about edubuntu, and stuff, but I was hoping more like MECC).
It seems that we have discussed this kind of things so many times. Hollywood are not meant to learn about real world. It is about entertainment.
The S60 webkit is a port of Webkit to the Series 60 3rd edition platform. Nokia has created a memory manager for this port that can make the webkit works with low memory. If only I can have the low memory footprint browser in my Mac.
You can always state a specific version of GPL license to your code. And if GPL v3 ever comes out, you can change the license on your next version (you can even rerelease your current software version with another license). Remember, even dual licensing is OK.