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  1. Re:You can buy unlocked phones from Nokia today on Nokia Fears Carriers May Try To Undermine N900 · · Score: 1

    Probably because that's not what their supply channels are geared for - vast majority of Nokia phones get sold through carriers or some local distribution in "3rd world" countries.

  2. Re:First on Ubuntu 9.04 On Kindle 2 · · Score: 1

    Check Pixel Qi screens (don't forget to look at youtube videos of them) - you should get soon what you want (well, me too). Especially if in one of upcoming ARM netbooks/smartbooks.

  3. Re:Learning to land on NASA Robots and Rovers At Play In the Desert · · Score: 1

    Uhm...those are typically two different vehicles, one being the carrier to the other (sure, you have to build the rover within certain mass & size specs, compatibility generally, but that's all, roughly)

  4. Re:Snappiest beast out there on Opera 10.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Why Opera Mobile for Symbian would use Java instead of...native Symbian APIs? It almost seems like you're confusing Opera Mini & Mobile...they are two different beasts. Mini uses Opera engine running on Opera servers which sends reformatted/compressed webpages to it. Mobile runs the engine natively on the phone.

  5. Re:Snappiest beast out there on Opera 10.0 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While Opera is indeed also quite fast in those benchmarks, I believe what OP was talking about is overall feel when using it, and how heavy treatment it can stand gracefully. It's far beyond any other browser in that regard (and yeah, I like that aspect of it a lot).

  6. Re:The sins of youth... on We're In the Midst of a Literacy Revolution · · Score: 1

    I'd say it's much more general than you suggest; those opinions could be, in large part, simple projections (to "whole world" scale) of the fact that, for old people, their world is indeed at the end.

    Throw in some grief when looking at possibilities of youth (especially when times are better now), and there you go...

  7. Re:What do you mean the sky isn't falling? on We're In the Midst of a Literacy Revolution · · Score: 1

    That's just what getting old means.

    And yes, not falling into this BS, beeing able to realise that current times are better than ever (also for you!), is a large part of staying young much longer that most people around...but then you have to also find more mature way to not hate new generations ("we're the best one, now it's only decline" is IMHO simply a byproduct of jealousy and/or hate, or at least sorrow)

  8. Re:You use that word... on First European Provider To Break Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    But that definition talks about major backbones, about enforcing such rules on wider scale; it doesn't fit this scenario, sorta fits to what jmknsd says.

    Yeah, I think he's right - while not a correct behavior, let us not put this into "net neutrality" bag. If only because it trivialises the issue of net neutrality to "those damn leechers soaking everybody's bandwidth" (if you think about it, those pushing for "real" net neutrality breaches would very much like that...)

  9. Re:Missing Details on Xbox 360 Failure Rate Is 54.2% · · Score: 1

    Small nitpick: PS2 is the most used console out there.

  10. Re:Missing Details on Xbox 360 Failure Rate Is 54.2% · · Score: 1

    "deprive"? There's was nothing in those 20 years except Nintendo?

  11. Re:Not representative on Criminals Prefer Firefox, Opera Web Browsers · · Score: 1

    OK, that's better - it's just that your first post named the story like it's presenting, on flawed method, supposedly huge popularity of Opera (accidentally, that might be somewhat correct - Opera has 40% in Russia, not much less in Ukraine; still, methodology is bogus)

  12. Re:Not representative on Criminals Prefer Firefox, Opera Web Browsers · · Score: 1

    And you think it's not representative only for Opera...why exactly?

  13. Same with Opera on Criminals Prefer Firefox, Opera Web Browsers · · Score: 1

    You think that only FF can turn of js...why exactly?

  14. Re:Trackball on New Logitech Dark Field Mice Operate On Glass · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not all trackballs are tailored to using them with a thumb, look up "Logitech Marble Mouse". It's quite different...I hate thumb-operated trackballs, but love this one.

    Now, if only Logitech somehow integrated proper scrollwheel into it... (or one day I will find that old MS one somehow similar to Marble Mouse, as far as which fingers you use)

  15. Re:Bah! on Nokia Leaks Phone With Full GNU/Linux Distribution · · Score: 1

    I think you'll looking at main Nokia business from a skewed perspective; Nokia 1100, 1202, 2330 classic, etc. are their main products, showing what they are capable of.

  16. Re:A NOOB!! on N00b Boyfriend · · Score: 2, Informative

    "chess is a game of skill only at novice and grandmaster levels"

  17. Re:Diablo III on Ask Blizzard About Starcraft2, Diablo III, WoW, or Battle.net · · Score: 1

    Well, you wanted next/more questions, right?

  18. Re:Open Source ? on Nokia Leaks Phone With Full GNU/Linux Distribution · · Score: 2, Informative

    Are you serious?...

    Ehhh...if Nokia owns Trolltech (nvm "if they can change license like that"), they also have access to commercial Qt license...for free.

    Why you all can't get over the fact that there were no short-term benefits for Nokia in making Qt LGPL-ed? (long-term, sure, probably...but that's the goal of OSS/free software, right? Right?!)

  19. Re:Open Source ? on Nokia Leaks Phone With Full GNU/Linux Distribution · · Score: 1

    Really, why can't you people, in the case of Nokia, understand that it takes time? After all...I was seeing much greater understanding in the case of Sun. Or Carmack and his engines.

    Check other post in this thread for part of Symbian that has already been open-sourced.

    And...you do realize that developing for Symbian will also rely on Qt, right? That it will get relegated to mainstream? That Sony Ericsson released their first S60 (OSS Symbian starts from S60) mobile phone JUST NOW? (and 10 years is a long time...a bit pointless to use such timescale in the case of rapidly evolving tech; also, Symbian has half of the market at this point, it's hard to go up with renewed interest/announcements/product releases...)

  20. Re:Open Source ? on Nokia Leaks Phone With Full GNU/Linux Distribution · · Score: 1

    Looks like you really wanted to click, out of two links, not the one with "OSS code" in its description, but the other - and trying to download things not yet open-sourced under Eclipse license (but somehow liberally available)

    Try here: http://developer.symbian.org/oss/

    Still?

  21. Re:Open Source ? on Nokia Leaks Phone With Full GNU/Linux Distribution · · Score: 1

    http://developer.symbian.org/
    http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentcontinuous.html

    Are you still confused now?

    PS. And please, don't give us that "I don't like it, therefore it's irrelevant" BS. Fact is, Symbian is the most used OS in mobile phones (at least in those where OS is of any concern to end-users). It will be migrating towards the segment currently occupied by S40. It will use Qt API (happy now?). Open sourcing it is very notable.

  22. Re:Open Source ? on Nokia Leaks Phone With Full GNU/Linux Distribution · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Uhm...don't forget that Nokia LGPL-ed Qt, and recently is open sourcing Symbian.

    So while of course there are also practical reasons for what Nokia is doing, don't, FFS DON'T, paint their actions like they're sleazy bastards that are conspiring against you!

  23. Re:Seat belts on Poor Design Choices In the Star Wars Universe · · Score: 1

    Evidently said dampeners don't do their job...why shun in this case proven (even if old-tech) solution?

  24. Re:Seat belts on Poor Design Choices In the Star Wars Universe · · Score: 1

    Any vessels that move as dynamically as ships in ST (so...probably only very high-perf motorboats) do have them.

  25. Re:Death Star on Poor Design Choices In the Star Wars Universe · · Score: 1

    Many small reactors powering one huge power sink is essentially no different to one huge power source & many receivers, which we do all the time.

    Also, contrary to popular belief, nuclear reactors don't explode (yeah, yeah, "fusion"...though I imagine one can engineer such reactor to also be safe)

    Now, planning all service routes/vents is another thing...