That's GP's point, the RAZR is a dumb phone, yet it can run arbitrary Java programs, so this functionality (to run arbitrary programs) should not be as important to classify a phone as a smartphone or not, as the OP said.
It goes a little further than that. The guy in a bar could be able to control his temper or snap the other guy's neck, but either choice would be the result of physical processes in his brain. Concious thought would be just an illusion.
This is IMO another instance of presenting the lack of a certain functionality in the product as a feature, like Apple did when the iPod Shuffle was released.
When a bank screws up a transaction, audits can track every penny to the point of failure and revert the process. In an election, your vote is anonymous; so the system is actually required to detach your vote from you, making it impossible to make an audit of every vote up to this point.
How many people under 30 bought any of that stuff - very few
About the DVD release of P.U.L.S.E., released on july 10th, 2006:
The DVD release entered the music DVD charts at #1 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Holland,
Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. Additionally, it has one of the top 3 best first week's DVD sales in the US.
Yes, very few. By the way, I'm under 30, bought the DVD and I have made copies of it for 4 of my coworkers, also under 30.
Even when a judge ruled p2p legal in that case, that doesn't rule p2p legal in general. This is because Spanish legal system is based on Civil or Roman Law, not in Common Law like the U.S. or Great Britain.
In Common Law, this ruling would have made a precedent which other judges in further cases should follow. In the Spanish system, judges are only required to follow what is stated in written law; rulings for previous similar cases are used only as a guide, but are not mandatory.
you know the old saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Apple is known for not following that rule. For instance, when the iPod nano was introduced, it replaced the iPod mini, which was doing very well on the market. Hardly any other company would have done that because of the conservative "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mindset of the corporate world.
Come to think of it, wouldn't it also be a DMCA violation if the government agency's version circumvented any VOIP encryption to eavesdrop?
Not really, because the DMCA is about criminalizing circunvention of measures taken to protect copyright, not just circunvention of any kind of encryption.
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Most clamshell/flip cell phones can be configured not to answer the call when the user opens it to see who's calling.
That's GP's point, the RAZR is a dumb phone, yet it can run arbitrary Java programs, so this functionality (to run arbitrary programs) should not be as important to classify a phone as a smartphone or not, as the OP said.
Not really, it's just this Reality Distortion Field (TM) thing...
It goes a little further than that. The guy in a bar could be able to control his temper or snap the other guy's neck, but either choice would be the result of physical processes in his brain. Concious thought would be just an illusion.
You: Hello?
Mark: Hello. My name is Mark. Is there any messages for me?
And what does the ozone layer have to do with An Inconvenient Truth?
(Ozone layer hole != global warming)
This is IMO another instance of presenting the lack of a certain functionality in the product as a feature, like Apple did when the iPod Shuffle was released.
Are you sure? I've heard that this 1394 thing is better.
judging from Google Ads on /. my targeted ad would be: "Next pope is John Paul II, impersonated"
When a bank screws up a transaction, audits can track every penny to the point of failure and revert the process. In an election, your vote is anonymous; so the system is actually required to detach your vote from you, making it impossible to make an audit of every vote up to this point.
Rule #1 of Slashdot: If you ask some post not to be moderated funny, it will get moderated that way.
Uphill both ways?
yvan eht nioj!
The DVD release entered the music DVD charts at #1 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. Additionally, it has one of the top 3 best first week's DVD sales in the US.
Yes, very few. By the way, I'm under 30, bought the DVD and I have made copies of it for 4 of my coworkers, also under 30.
Like actually sharing music over Wi-Fi and not this broken, DRM-incumbered implementation they did on the Zune?
In Common Law, this ruling would have made a precedent which other judges in further cases should follow. In the Spanish system, judges are only required to follow what is stated in written law; rulings for previous similar cases are used only as a guide, but are not mandatory.
It's the web equivalent to 'Bennifer', 'Brangelina' or 'TomKat'
Apple is known for not following that rule. For instance, when the iPod nano was introduced, it replaced the iPod mini, which was doing very well on the market. Hardly any other company would have done that because of the conservative "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mindset of the corporate world.
just to have the e-mail address satan@hell.com
(this is creepy, 'Sympathy for the devil' by the Rolling Stones happens to be playing on my winamp right now)
to the market share myth.
I sympathize with you and your problem, and I hope this scientific advance really benefits you.
But there's only one thing I don't underestand: Why do you shave your ass?
Don't kill us. Thanks.
Of course we do.They are very popular right now.
Not really, because the DMCA is about criminalizing circunvention of measures taken to protect copyright, not just circunvention of any kind of encryption.