I would also remove his administrative privileges. Set up team viewer so you can connect remotely when he needs to install/make changes. My father was the same way. He had some sort of weird skill to always get immediately infected. Almost like he looked for some way to screw up his own life constantly.
Well I guess you could use Linux/BSD etc to avoid companies if you find they are ethically opposed to your wants and needs. Or you could "not give a shit" and use Windows 8, iOS or whatever flavor of control tickles your scrotum.
Idealism is not an easy burden to bear, just look at what its done to poor Richard Stallman!
Also, the average consumer isn't going to understand that they have to compensate their storage by something they need to buy in a store. If the lack of SD card is an issue, then don't buy what many consider a surprisingly affordable device. I am certain they will start appearing in the not too distant future.
Then get the 16 GB version and cache the files you think you are going to need locally, or spend a few dollars and get a hotspot. I enabled the hotspot feature on my phone and use it with this device on the train. It is cheaper than having an entirely separate bill from my carrier, and actually saves battery life on the phone (my VZW GNex is awful in the battery life category) If you absolutely need all your music and movies, then buy a bigger device at a higher cost. If they made this a 250 and 300 dollar device it would defeat the goal. With 16 GB you can have a lot of music and movies on the device. There are many manufacturers making more expensive models with more storage and MicroSD cards slots for people who need that scenario. For the price this is a good deal, and Google is selling them at cost.
I think the challenge for this device was to bring the price down to $200. Which means reduced storage. It is easy enough now to use cloud drives/music to avoid the necessity of of having the bulk of your library local. This tablet can compete with the Kindle Fire as a result, and it will greatly increase the footprint of Android in the tablet space. When the leading product is literally three times the price or the the aging model is double the price for the same storage, it begins to look pretty good. If you need to have your entire catalog of files locally, then this may not be the device you want/need.
When did you sign up? I did about three weeks ago. My email that allowed me to order came through today. I placed an order and sadly it said about 11 weeks to shipping. I can't imagine how backlogged it will be when they get larger orders coming through.
Gartner analysis has it at 73, and predicted to drop by 2015. You are looking at World Wide numbers. Sherman Anti Trust only pertains to US market share. Now there is room for error in counting methods, but it is damn near the 75 percent number that makes it special in the eyes of Anti Trust. Not that it ever really hurt MS.
Apple enjoys 73 percent of the Tablet market share, which makes them close to Sherman Anti Trust levels for being a Monopoly. It is interesting to see Nokia seeking the injunction rather than Apple on the Nexus 7. Maybe there is some credence to the speculative closed door agreements/negotiations with MS/Apple/Nokia.
There are regulators that can be wired to a car PC that will let it operate off of 12 volts. They can also be configured to help with a graceful shut down of the PC, when you turn of the vehicle.You will have better luck with SSD's than Laptop hard drives, and you will want to decide the fan/fanless scenario up front (noise, things that can break (bearings). I just deployed one for a yacht, and the regulator made it easy work for wiring to they system. The regulator ran about 130 dollars. I was set to build one myself because boat PC manufacturers take weeks of lead time, until i realized that a Car computer would be equally suited (corrosion wasn't a concern). have a look at the PCs at CappuccinoPC.com (the company I used) no affiliation with them. They had the PC ready the next day and I went and picked it up. You can build your own looking at the models they offer.
Motorola isn't exactly playing nice with their FRAND licensing on this, which probably hurts their case a bit as a result. I agree with you they are both abusing the system. Sadly this has become the norm for Apple to act like this and only us geeks seem to care about how it affects the larger tech landscape.
I was going to say the same, thing, except adding in iOS. Perhaps an html5 app that can be wrapped and used cross platform. Build a name, build something you are proud of, and if it is actually useful then you can make money both now and during school.
But your phone runs Android, and was able to be unlocked, have the bootloader replaced and use custom ROMs. RIMs security measures and efforts have been very strong to prevent jailbreaking and modding these devices. They have made certain that those who buy these devices are locked into their shrinking and smoldering ecosystem.
The Kindle Fire was basically a rebranded PlayBook. That was about 8 months ago released for $199. To drop the prices to $169 now is to pay actually what the hard is really worth. The OS on here really doesn't have a value add, as the App selection and the future of it are all grim looking. Even at $169, I couldn't suggest this to anyone when a new Google branded tablet is nearing release next week at Google IO.
Same agenda, only now the desktop isn't at stake, it is the mobile market sector. Same FUD, different day. Linux was proven and hardened after SCO, but in many ways it was too late, the tech world had moved on. MS is hoping for more of the same.
Microsoft obviously thought the risk of a class action lawsuit was significant enough to take your right to such away via their new EULA. If they aren't afraid of one why would bother? They hurt the offending copany greatly, and often due to increased visibility. The individual efforts to go and sue Microsoft will not get the same press, or same legal treatment as a class action.
Before Steve Jobs died he met with Larry Page and offered advice.
I think that the advice given was "Fuck off and Die. I will destroy your asses from the grave!" At least that is in line with everything we had heard him say about Google before. Steve Jobs turned into a self entitled little fucking brat. Sad really. He started out as an awesome dude. Then he got full of himself and decided he never needed a lic plate cause he was special. That he could park in handicapped spaces because "I am Steve Fucking Jobs". I do not like ego driven assholes ever really. But Steve started so high in my opinion and went and got so low that I have a special place of hatred for him.
I think Steve was always arrogant, started out that way, and died that way. From what I've read he denied the request initially but was reminded how many people offered him advice when he was starting and then he accepted. When faced with death people often look at the world a bit differently. My father was an angry man most of his life. When the reality of mortality became unavoidable it broke down a lot of barriers in his thoughts, and relationships with friends and family.
If anything in my comment was seen as a praise or support of Steve Jobs, it is your own hate clouding the interpretation. There is plenty to hate about Steve Jobs, Microsoft, Facebook, Sony, Google and especially Oracle.
I didn't say or suggest a thing about right or wrong. The Steve Jobs reference was suggesting part of the impetus to consolidate and unify the ecosystem, and the focus on fewer more refined products. Indirectly it was meant to suggest that the move to Google+ had origins outside of a square off with Facebook.
That is part of the misunderstanding people have about Google+. Google plus isn't a Facebook competitor.
I remember that earlier versions of Picasa had options on sharing your photos with Facebook. Those options got yanked not that long before Google Plus was launched. So I don't think the idea of competing with Facebook is that far from the truth.
I guess the wording could have been more precise on my part. let me restate it: Google+ isn't just a social network. It is the comprehensive unification of Google services into a more tightly knit ecosystem. Does it compete with Facebook? Yes, but in thinking of Google+ strictly a social network to compete with Facebook is missing the bigger picture. Maybe they will become more alike in the future as Facebook broadens it's scope.
That is part of the misunderstanding people have about Google+. Google plus isn't a Facebook competitor. The way Google has been spinning it is that it is the integration of all of Googles services into a more central account base. Youtube, maps, gmail, google+ accounts, gchat, google music, have been consolidated. they are all part of Google+. People want it to be a street fight between Facebook and G+, so they see it for what they want it to be. You can argue that Google muddies the water by doing this, but to not streamline these services is counter intuitive, and difficult to manage. Before Steve Jobs died he met with Larry Page and offered advice. Cutting the cruft and tying their products into a cohesive ecosystem are likely the advice he offered.
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I would also remove his administrative privileges. Set up team viewer so you can connect remotely when he needs to install/make changes. My father was the same way. He had some sort of weird skill to always get immediately infected. Almost like he looked for some way to screw up his own life constantly.
Well I guess you could use Linux/BSD etc to avoid companies if you find they are ethically opposed to your wants and needs. Or you could "not give a shit" and use Windows 8, iOS or whatever flavor of control tickles your scrotum. Idealism is not an easy burden to bear, just look at what its done to poor Richard Stallman!
Ethically it is hard to support any company which obviously has zero respect for user/consumer rights.
Too Soon.
Also, the average consumer isn't going to understand that they have to compensate their storage by something they need to buy in a store. If the lack of SD card is an issue, then don't buy what many consider a surprisingly affordable device. I am certain they will start appearing in the not too distant future.
It has neither and Bluetooth does not have the bandwidth/throughput for video.
Then get the 16 GB version and cache the files you think you are going to need locally, or spend a few dollars and get a hotspot. I enabled the hotspot feature on my phone and use it with this device on the train. It is cheaper than having an entirely separate bill from my carrier, and actually saves battery life on the phone (my VZW GNex is awful in the battery life category)
If you absolutely need all your music and movies, then buy a bigger device at a higher cost. If they made this a 250 and 300 dollar device it would defeat the goal. With 16 GB you can have a lot of music and movies on the device. There are many manufacturers making more expensive models with more storage and MicroSD cards slots for people who need that scenario. For the price this is a good deal, and Google is selling them at cost.
I think the challenge for this device was to bring the price down to $200. Which means reduced storage. It is easy enough now to use cloud drives/music to avoid the necessity of of having the bulk of your library local. This tablet can compete with the Kindle Fire as a result, and it will greatly increase the footprint of Android in the tablet space. When the leading product is literally three times the price or the the aging model is double the price for the same storage, it begins to look pretty good. If you need to have your entire catalog of files locally, then this may not be the device you want/need.
They want injunctions, not money. Easier to compete this way. Get the good products banned from being imported/exported.
When did you sign up? I did about three weeks ago. My email that allowed me to order came through today. I placed an order and sadly it said about 11 weeks to shipping. I can't imagine how backlogged it will be when they get larger orders coming through.
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/gartner_projects_apple_to_rule_tablet_market_through_2015/
Gartner analysis has it at 73, and predicted to drop by 2015. You are looking at World Wide numbers. Sherman Anti Trust only pertains to US market share.
Now there is room for error in counting methods, but it is damn near the 75 percent number that makes it special in the eyes of Anti Trust. Not that it ever really hurt MS.
Apple enjoys 73 percent of the Tablet market share, which makes them close to Sherman Anti Trust levels for being a Monopoly. It is interesting to see Nokia seeking the injunction rather than Apple on the Nexus 7. Maybe there is some credence to the speculative closed door agreements/negotiations with MS/Apple/Nokia.
At this point wouldn't that imply the patent should be near expiration?
The Newton came out in what 1993? Nearly 20 years ago.
There are regulators that can be wired to a car PC that will let it operate off of 12 volts. They can also be configured to help with a graceful shut down of the PC, when you turn of the vehicle.You will have better luck with SSD's than Laptop hard drives, and you will want to decide the fan/fanless scenario up front (noise, things that can break (bearings). I just deployed one for a yacht, and the regulator made it easy work for wiring to they system. The regulator ran about 130 dollars. I was set to build one myself because boat PC manufacturers take weeks of lead time, until i realized that a Car computer would be equally suited (corrosion wasn't a concern). have a look at the PCs at CappuccinoPC.com (the company I used) no affiliation with them. They had the PC ready the next day and I went and picked it up. You can build your own looking at the models they offer.
Motorola isn't exactly playing nice with their FRAND licensing on this, which probably hurts their case a bit as a result. I agree with you they are both abusing the system. Sadly this has become the norm for Apple to act like this and only us geeks seem to care about how it affects the larger tech landscape.
I was going to say the same, thing, except adding in iOS. Perhaps an html5 app that can be wrapped and used cross platform. Build a name, build something you are proud of, and if it is actually useful then you can make money both now and during school.
App development skills are quite valuable.
But your phone runs Android, and was able to be unlocked, have the bootloader replaced and use custom ROMs. RIMs security measures and efforts have been very strong to prevent jailbreaking and modding these devices. They have made certain that those who buy these devices are locked into their shrinking and smoldering ecosystem.
The Kindle Fire was basically a rebranded PlayBook. That was about 8 months ago released for $199. To drop the prices to $169 now is to pay actually what the hard is really worth. The OS on here really doesn't have a value add, as the App selection and the future of it are all grim looking. Even at $169, I couldn't suggest this to anyone when a new Google branded tablet is nearing release next week at Google IO.
Same agenda, only now the desktop isn't at stake, it is the mobile market sector. Same FUD, different day. Linux was proven and hardened after SCO, but in many ways it was too late, the tech world had moved on. MS is hoping for more of the same.
Microsoft obviously thought the risk of a class action lawsuit was significant enough to take your right to such away via their new EULA. If they aren't afraid of one why would bother? They hurt the offending copany greatly, and often due to increased visibility. The individual efforts to go and sue Microsoft will not get the same press, or same legal treatment as a class action.
Before Steve Jobs died he met with Larry Page and offered advice.
I think that the advice given was "Fuck off and Die. I will destroy your asses from the grave!"
At least that is in line with everything we had heard him say about Google before.
Steve Jobs turned into a self entitled little fucking brat. Sad really. He started out as an awesome dude.
Then he got full of himself and decided he never needed a lic plate cause he was special. That he could park in handicapped spaces because "I am Steve Fucking Jobs".
I do not like ego driven assholes ever really. But Steve started so high in my opinion and went and got so low that I have a special place of hatred for him.
I think Steve was always arrogant, started out that way, and died that way. From what I've read he denied the request initially but was reminded how many people offered him advice when he was starting and then he accepted. When faced with death people often look at the world a bit differently. My father was an angry man most of his life. When the reality of mortality became unavoidable it broke down a lot of barriers in his thoughts, and relationships with friends and family.
If anything in my comment was seen as a praise or support of Steve Jobs, it is your own hate clouding the interpretation. There is plenty to hate about Steve Jobs, Microsoft, Facebook, Sony, Google and especially Oracle.
I didn't say or suggest a thing about right or wrong. The Steve Jobs reference was suggesting part of the impetus to consolidate and unify the ecosystem, and the focus on fewer more refined products. Indirectly it was meant to suggest that the move to Google+ had origins outside of a square off with Facebook.
That is part of the misunderstanding people have about Google+. Google plus isn't a Facebook competitor.
I remember that earlier versions of Picasa had options on sharing your photos with Facebook. Those options got yanked not that long before Google Plus was launched. So I don't think the idea of competing with Facebook is that far from the truth.
I guess the wording could have been more precise on my part. let me restate it: Google+ isn't just a social network. It is the comprehensive unification of Google services into a more tightly knit ecosystem. Does it compete with Facebook? Yes, but in thinking of Google+ strictly a social network to compete with Facebook is missing the bigger picture. Maybe they will become more alike in the future as Facebook broadens it's scope.
That is part of the misunderstanding people have about Google+. Google plus isn't a Facebook competitor. The way Google has been spinning it is that it is the integration of all of Googles services into a more central account base. Youtube, maps, gmail, google+ accounts, gchat, google music, have been consolidated. they are all part of Google+. People want it to be a street fight between Facebook and G+, so they see it for what they want it to be. You can argue that Google muddies the water by doing this, but to not streamline these services is counter intuitive, and difficult to manage.
Before Steve Jobs died he met with Larry Page and offered advice. Cutting the cruft and tying their products into a cohesive ecosystem are likely the advice he offered.
Excepting the Flash player and PDF reader inclusion, reader what is the difference between the two browsers?