Personally I think public WiFi will go the same way as Hutchison Rabbit went when GSM phones became popular. We will use WiFi in the same way that we use cordless phones - good around the house, but you wouldn't consider using them on the move.
Except that they aren't really free, as HSDPA broadband typically costs £15 per month on its own, and at least £35 per month for two years if you take a "free" laptop.
I would have thought Xandros was the most popular desktop distro as it ships with the Eee, and most other netbooks. The HP one has SuSE. I haven't seen any with Ubuntu.
I am typing this on Ubuntu here, but Slashdotters who install their own OS are very much in the minority.
If anything, it is the lack of monopoly interests that keep it there. If there was a monopoly provider of email, then it could decide to change everything, and people would have to go along with it. They can't change things, because then it wouldn't work with other email providers' stuff, and that defeats the whole point of email.
If you are developing a business application, you probably want to sell it along with other applications for that line of business, and maybe along with the server-side part of the software. Apple's AppStore probably isn't the right place.
OK, how about the fact that he dances about the stage doing monkey impersonations and shouting "Developers developers developers developers developers"?
I think they are saying it is more important from a legal and newsworthiness point of view. That you can be prosecuted for knifing someone is not news. It happens many times every day at the local magistrates court, but nobody has been prosecuted for stealing virtual property before.
The ratings were based on the idea that house prices only ever go up, and that they could always foreclose and get their money back. The model didn't take into consideration that in places like Detroit, you might find that you can't even sell the foreclosed houses in some of the worst areas for $1.
There's still going to have to be a delay. You don't know what the word is until he's finished saying it, and you have to start your bleeper before he starts saying it.
egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam; spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam; Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.
In the US, yes that is true (Feist Publications Inc v Rural Telephone Co), but not in Europe where you can get database copyright. I don't know what the position in Australia is.
The point is that it doesn't matter if you are the only person who uses your fork.
Forking might be as simple as commenting out a feature you don't like.
A better analogy might be that there is an election every four years to decide what the national operating system is going to be, and everyone is forced to use that system.
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Can you get WiFi in hotel bedrooms? Without paying something silly like £15 per day for it?
Personally I think public WiFi will go the same way as Hutchison Rabbit went when GSM phones became popular. We will use WiFi in the same way that we use cordless phones - good around the house, but you wouldn't consider using them on the move.
Except that they aren't really free, as HSDPA broadband typically costs £15 per month on its own, and at least £35 per month for two years if you take a "free" laptop.
No, they're not stuck on a 900MHz pentium, but a lot of them are stuck on a 400MHz Arm chip.
They are using flash video at the moment. I guess this is for the download option, which currently is DRM infected wma.
I would have thought Xandros was the most popular desktop distro as it ships with the Eee, and most other netbooks. The HP one has SuSE. I haven't seen any with Ubuntu.
I am typing this on Ubuntu here, but Slashdotters who install their own OS are very much in the minority.
If anything, it is the lack of monopoly interests that keep it there. If there was a monopoly provider of email, then it could decide to change everything, and people would have to go along with it. They can't change things, because then it wouldn't work with other email providers' stuff, and that defeats the whole point of email.
You can copy the cab onto your memory card from any operating system that supports USB mass storage devices, and install it from there.
This is a good starting point for Windows Mobile apps - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/catalog/cataloghome.aspx
If you are developing a business application, you probably want to sell it along with other applications for that line of business, and maybe along with the server-side part of the software. Apple's AppStore probably isn't the right place.
That's because of a government freezing order. The bank can't decide to do that on their own.
OK, how about the fact that he dances about the stage doing monkey impersonations and shouting "Developers developers developers developers developers"?
I think they are saying it is more important from a legal and newsworthiness point of view. That you can be prosecuted for knifing someone is not news. It happens many times every day at the local magistrates court, but nobody has been prosecuted for stealing virtual property before.
They presumably charged them for armed robbery rather than grevious bodily harm, as it is a more serious offence.
Banks can decide they no longer want you as a customer. They do have to give you your money back though.
The ratings were based on the idea that house prices only ever go up, and that they could always foreclose and get their money back. The model didn't take into consideration that in places like Detroit, you might find that you can't even sell the foreclosed houses in some of the worst areas for $1.
Most people block port 139 at the firewall, so it shouldn't be an issue.
Which bank still uses Java these days?
It also works well on IE7. Cmd+Shift+arrow keys does the same trick in Safari, so this certainly isn't a unique selling point in Firefox.
Because unlike other inventions which need huge labs full of the latest gadgets, you can "invent" new software in your parents' basement.
There's still going to have to be a delay. You don't know what the word is until he's finished saying it, and you have to start your bleeper before he starts saying it.
Or how about
egg and bacon;
egg sausage and bacon;
egg and spam;
egg bacon and spam;
egg bacon sausage and spam;
spam bacon sausage and spam;
spam egg spam spam bacon and spam;
spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam;
spam spam spam egg and spam;
spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam;
Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.
In the US, yes that is true (Feist Publications Inc v Rural Telephone Co), but not in Europe where you can get database copyright. I don't know what the position in Australia is.
Post SP2, automatic updates are optional and on by default.
The point is that it doesn't matter if you are the only person who uses your fork.
Forking might be as simple as commenting out a feature you don't like.
A better analogy might be that there is an election every four years to decide what the national operating system is going to be, and everyone is forced to use that system.