I guess the coverage is pretty good around here because I get great battery life on my Galaxy Nexus. Full in the morning lasts until bedtime with typical usage reading emails and checking my calendar at work all day....a little RSS reading inbetween. Push enabled...
I'd love to change the world, but I'm reading 10 year old second-hand knowledge on slashdot. Really, if you're reading slashdot and didn't have this knowledge fully integrated into your consciousness...head on over to digg.
"On the Nexus One, only 190 megabytes of its total 4.5 gigabytes of memory is allowed for storing apps. On the $199 iPhone, nearly all of the 16 gigabytes of memory can be used for apps."
It's a bit disheartening to see garbage FUD like this make its way into a slashdot summary. It's been known for quite some time that the Android OS allow developers to store app resources on the SD card. A number of Android apps do this, already. An official update to make it easier for developers to do what they're already doing is in the works.
Lucky for you, Mossberg is dead wrong about the 'only 190mb for apps' piece of info. Only the minimal binary requirements are restricted to the apk that must be stored in the 190mb of space. Other app resources like images, videos, music, what have you.... All of those can be stored outside the 190mb. Pure FUD.
No GSM on the verizon version... It's likely they had the CDMA-only version primed and ready for release until Verizon balked at the idea of google selling the phone themselves. It was originally supposed to come out in December.
http://www.google.com/support/android/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=166507
Actually, I don't think this is entirely correct. Phones in europe are quite often only available on specific carriers. The hardware is designed to work with 3g networks on specific wireless bands, and I don't think every carrier runs the same stuff. Your networks are most definitely more standardized and free than ours are, but it's still a problem.
As for the droid... Yep, right now it is only available as a CDMA phone...and Verizon's pretty much got a lock on it. The GSM version just passed through the FCC a few weeks ago. Tragically, it'll probably end up over in europe only...
To me, this is a shameful topic for Linux... There may be others, but this is the only one that bothers me. It's truly the only reason I haven't made at least a 90% switch to linux as a desktop...with windows basically acting as a game console on another partition.
Yea, especially if you haven't been paying attention to stove technology... In ten years, stoves may be able to return to room temperature in an instant when exposed to living tissue. I'd hate to miss out on cool tech like that just because of assumptions based on old info.
Ahh, the good ol' days...
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Flashnet, 33.6, Quake 1 with a 250 ping, shugashack, betanews, they heyday of efnet IRC, coveting extra time at work to abuse the T1, wanting to punch ISDN friends in the face...
Before you tell me that increased production within the US will bring down price, please review the potential impact on supply represented by increased US production and tell me what happens when supply is increased by a fraction of a percent.
it's an issue of trying to better understand where they are now and where they are likely to be going.
You do that type of analysis with an honest assessment possibilities that isn't polluted unfounded presumption. Rather than a definitive claim based on a simplistic gut feeling...a balanced analysis of opposing ideas.
Speak for yourself. I've downloaded far more games than I've purchased, but I've purchased all of the games I've ever played enough to warrant purchase. I've actually been burned a couple of times when I decided to make the purchasing leap of faith before trying the games out(bioshock, quake IV, and a couple of others). The one exception is gears of war...which I rented to play for 2 weeks straight on a borrowed x-box, and then downloaded for my PC to play halfway through. I almost feel like I should buy that one considering I loved it enough to beat it 5 times before finally downloading it.
Everything else I've downloaded for my pc has either been a complete bust or a later purchase.
In actuality, it's only more complicated than your perception of what Google's management thinks. It's just as likely they recognize the intricacies of 'meatspace' just as well as you. It's just that they wish to change these conventions and create new ones. Sometimes they move too fast, but personally, I think it's a good thing for them to be doing.
The point is there's not a whole lot of interesting discussion around this topic. Router with 2 wan ports? Computer with multiple nics and a normal router? Pick your poison. It's the simplest of simple questions.
I never had any problems assembling full parties. Also, the threat of griefers just makes the game more fun for me. Bnet's matchmaking system and thriving community basically made all of the things you mentioned a non-issue for me...
First contact with uncontacted tribes is often catastrophic resulting in numerous deaths as a result of common diseases like cold and flu viruses for which the they have no immunity. Better wear a hazmat suit when you visit them to provide medical treatment... That's just one of many serious considerations that factor into protection policies like this.
Q3A had a specific purpose.... To fulfill that purpose, it needed a big enough graphics boost with blazingly fast framerates to support practically the first viable deathmatch-only FPS. He had to make sure the audience would be large enough to make it viable, and in the case of q3a's stated purpose, the fastest way was definitely the best way.
The original? No, it goes much deeper... The Source Engine is nothing but a continuation of Valve's modifications to Quake engine. Sure, there's probably not a single line of Quake code left, but it's still just a metamorphosis.
That is a ridiculous assertion. Even with wildcards and 90wpm, I couldn't match the speed of drag/dropping files with a command-line entry... There are some actions that simply aren't efficient (or even possible) in a GUI, and for those, I still resort to the command-line. Otherwise, dragging/dropping or even copy/pasting does the job.
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I guess the coverage is pretty good around here because I get great battery life on my Galaxy Nexus. Full in the morning lasts until bedtime with typical usage reading emails and checking my calendar at work all day....a little RSS reading inbetween. Push enabled...
I'd love to change the world, but I'm reading 10 year old second-hand knowledge on slashdot. Really, if you're reading slashdot and didn't have this knowledge fully integrated into your consciousness...head on over to digg.
"On the Nexus One, only 190 megabytes of its total 4.5 gigabytes of memory is allowed for storing apps. On the $199 iPhone, nearly all of the 16 gigabytes of memory can be used for apps." It's a bit disheartening to see garbage FUD like this make its way into a slashdot summary. It's been known for quite some time that the Android OS allow developers to store app resources on the SD card. A number of Android apps do this, already. An official update to make it easier for developers to do what they're already doing is in the works.
Lucky for you, Mossberg is dead wrong about the 'only 190mb for apps' piece of info. Only the minimal binary requirements are restricted to the apk that must be stored in the 190mb of space. Other app resources like images, videos, music, what have you.... All of those can be stored outside the 190mb. Pure FUD.
No GSM on the verizon version... It's likely they had the CDMA-only version primed and ready for release until Verizon balked at the idea of google selling the phone themselves. It was originally supposed to come out in December. http://www.google.com/support/android/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=166507
Thanks for clearing that up... I thought I might be wrong.
Actually, I don't think this is entirely correct. Phones in europe are quite often only available on specific carriers. The hardware is designed to work with 3g networks on specific wireless bands, and I don't think every carrier runs the same stuff. Your networks are most definitely more standardized and free than ours are, but it's still a problem. As for the droid... Yep, right now it is only available as a CDMA phone...and Verizon's pretty much got a lock on it. The GSM version just passed through the FCC a few weeks ago. Tragically, it'll probably end up over in europe only...
To me, this is a shameful topic for Linux... There may be others, but this is the only one that bothers me. It's truly the only reason I haven't made at least a 90% switch to linux as a desktop...with windows basically acting as a game console on another partition.
I'm pretty sure we can take care of the machines, but I really hope the immune system isn't watching.
Yea, especially if you haven't been paying attention to stove technology... In ten years, stoves may be able to return to room temperature in an instant when exposed to living tissue. I'd hate to miss out on cool tech like that just because of assumptions based on old info.
Flashnet, 33.6, Quake 1 with a 250 ping, shugashack, betanews, they heyday of efnet IRC, coveting extra time at work to abuse the T1, wanting to punch ISDN friends in the face...
Next three years? More like the next 70 years...
This is why software developers should unionize.
Latency is the issue for an FPS MMO. No 20 ping? No audience...
Before you tell me that increased production within the US will bring down price, please review the potential impact on supply represented by increased US production and tell me what happens when supply is increased by a fraction of a percent.
it's an issue of trying to better understand where they are now and where they are likely to be going.
You do that type of analysis with an honest assessment possibilities that isn't polluted unfounded presumption. Rather than a definitive claim based on a simplistic gut feeling...a balanced analysis of opposing ideas.
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Speak for yourself. I've downloaded far more games than I've purchased, but I've purchased all of the games I've ever played enough to warrant purchase. I've actually been burned a couple of times when I decided to make the purchasing leap of faith before trying the games out(bioshock, quake IV, and a couple of others). The one exception is gears of war...which I rented to play for 2 weeks straight on a borrowed x-box, and then downloaded for my PC to play halfway through. I almost feel like I should buy that one considering I loved it enough to beat it 5 times before finally downloading it.
Everything else I've downloaded for my pc has either been a complete bust or a later purchase.
In actuality, it's only more complicated than your perception of what Google's management thinks. It's just as likely they recognize the intricacies of 'meatspace' just as well as you. It's just that they wish to change these conventions and create new ones. Sometimes they move too fast, but personally, I think it's a good thing for them to be doing.
The point is there's not a whole lot of interesting discussion around this topic. Router with 2 wan ports? Computer with multiple nics and a normal router? Pick your poison. It's the simplest of simple questions.
I never had any problems assembling full parties. Also, the threat of griefers just makes the game more fun for me. Bnet's matchmaking system and thriving community basically made all of the things you mentioned a non-issue for me...
First contact with uncontacted tribes is often catastrophic resulting in numerous deaths as a result of common diseases like cold and flu viruses for which the they have no immunity. Better wear a hazmat suit when you visit them to provide medical treatment... That's just one of many serious considerations that factor into protection policies like this.
Q3A had a specific purpose.... To fulfill that purpose, it needed a big enough graphics boost with blazingly fast framerates to support practically the first viable deathmatch-only FPS. He had to make sure the audience would be large enough to make it viable, and in the case of q3a's stated purpose, the fastest way was definitely the best way.
The original? No, it goes much deeper... The Source Engine is nothing but a continuation of Valve's modifications to Quake engine. Sure, there's probably not a single line of Quake code left, but it's still just a metamorphosis.
I had a similar game that I LOVED: http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Sears/Touchdown.htm
That is a ridiculous assertion. Even with wildcards and 90wpm, I couldn't match the speed of drag/dropping files with a command-line entry... There are some actions that simply aren't efficient (or even possible) in a GUI, and for those, I still resort to the command-line. Otherwise, dragging/dropping or even copy/pasting does the job.