What makes you think the Google SDK and iPhone SDK are incompatible?
I'm just guessing all of the statements that start with
import com.google.andoid.*
Besides, Apple does NOT want a truly open platform. They want to control the hardware (and software) that goes into/on the iPhone (or any of their products for that matter). I would actually be more shocked if 3rd party software doesn't have to be signed and sold *ONLY* through iTunes than if they actually allow people to put "whatever" they want on their phones...especially if that happens to be something that would cause them to get ATT upset (read voip).
Two different models, two different approaches, two different SDK's.
I've also been watching PGCluster. It currently looks the most promising for what I am wanting. Even though it does appear to be pretty stable the versions have been incompatible with each other (to some extent). So, I'm probably going to wait a little bit and let it mature before I put it into production.
This is an interesting area. On one hand, I would like the Postgres team to have something "official" for replication. On the other, there are so many different types of needs that it would be difficult to handle them all. Also, their time may be better spent working on the core feature (although replication is starting to become a core feature). I don't mind third party applications, but its also difficult to trust your entire operation to a (potentially) unsupported or stagnant project.
For the most part, I've moved on to Postgres (although master-master isn't that much better over there). Anyway, this is just another vote for this to be one of the questions asked as I think that is a very important area that is only now starting to be somewhat given the attention that it deserves.
They just got upgraded to Server 2003 - Web SP2 about 2 years ago. But from what I heard, they are evaluating Windows Server Vista Edition.
Personally, I can't wait for that. It will really improve the looks of the site (+1 for the eye-candy). I mean it is Areo for websites (took them long enough). I just can't wait till M$ releases SQL-FS so they can ditch MySQL. Probably shouldn't be saying this, but its been rumored that they are going to do a total re-write in F# so that everyone (even Joe Sixpack himself) can understand how a big website is coded.
It would never work. If there is too much incentive (or disincentive) for "income" then it will be worth people's time and effort to get around it. For instance in your hypothetical scenario, would Steve Jobs and his $1 salary only have to pay $0.05?
Concerning that exec, there are several things that probably happened. First, he could just pay the fine and not care since he is probably filthy rich anyway. Second, he could adjust how his "income" is calculated and then not worry about speeding fines at all. Third, he could wake up one day and realize that speeding is bad and vow never to exceed posted limits again. Fourth, hire a chauffeur to drive him really fast everywhere he went (and then just pay his cheap speeding tickets).
Out of those possibilities, I think the third is the least likely.
does spending the extra $90/meter on cable make sense? You'd be better off buying better speakers, amplifyer, player, etc... Well, I think you may have slightly missed the point. The people who are buying this stuff have probably already purchased the best of everything that money can buy. I mean if they are spending $7250 on just the cables, then they have probably already spent many times over that on the other equipment.
there might be.01% difference between the sound for... When money is no object, why not go ahead and obtain that elusive.01% that your other stupidly rich friends don't have? Just because you think that its an absurd amount of money doesn't mean that it isn't truly pocket change for someone else. I mean, there are people who make hundreds of dollars per year, so your ipod could essentially be equal to their entire years earnings. I guess what i am trying to say is that frivolousness is relative and that we are all just jealous that we don't have the cables in our systems, even if it is only for bragging rights.
Blaming the internet for spam is like blaming pig farmers for low quality hot dogs. Ok, now I'm just completely confused. I think that spam predated the internet, so it can hardly be blamed that delicious meat. If anything, I think pig farmers should be blamed(?) for spam.
First, SuperWaba. It is by no means a fully feature platform, but if you are just doing some basic programming and want to be able to support multiple platforms (WinMo, Palm, and Blackberry) then it is fairly easy to get up and running. Also, it based on java, so 90% of java examples will "just work" when programming with SuperWaba. FWIW, that is what we are using for our deployment of a mobile solution for our company. Also, it is GPL for the community version and if you purchase support, you can have the LGPL version.
Second, OpenMoko. It has been discussed on/. before, but it is basically a completely open source platform. You can program with GTK+ or now that Qtopia has been released for the Neo1973 you can also try your hand at Qt. Very volatile project right now, but quickly stabilizing and progressing.
I know that neither of those have the numbers of the 8 that the article evaluated, but for certain cases they are very viable platforms. Also, both have a lot more freedom than most of those platforms as well.
And mining in the mantle does not seem feasible to me. I think that was part of his point. We don't know what techniques are going to become available in the next 10,50,100,1000 years. So just because we don't currently have the technology to fully utilize all of the earth's resources now doesn't mean that we won't at some point in the future.
All I was saying is that Dave sure did post like he knew beyond a shadow of doubt that everything he spoke was 100% truth and did not give any type of disclaimer, that was why I questioned him. If he doesn't have anything to back up what he is saying other than it being his opinion, then I do think that he should be questioned/challenged.
In regards to me having credibility, I don't need any. I just need Dave to show that he does.
TFA was about whether or not Apple would be infringing on the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. Dave didn't even mention that, he just talked about the DMCA and having the choice of whether or not to purchase the iPhone or not. It wasn't necessarily on or off-topic. Either way, my main point was that even though the base-band chip code was altered, I don't (again disclaimer about not being certain) see how that should be something that an Apple update should conflict with. Meaning, in my opinion, that if it does end up with bricking the device, then it was 100% intentional. That is my only point that I wanted added into the equation.
Considering how authoritative and absolute this post is, I'm going to have to assume (only for discussion purposes) that daveschroeder is an Apple employee who is *very* highly in "the know" about their corporate politics. Because if not, then this is just an Apple fanboi rant trying to save some face from what is a corporation knowingly reducing functionality of a device to (questionably) boost their own profits.
That said, I do agree that since the unlock process does take advantage of a buffer overflow problem that Apple should fix it, but I'm not sure why subsequent upgrades would be an issue.
I'll be upfront about me not being 100% sure about the following, so please correct if I am wrong. Considering that this only affects the baseband chip, which serves a single purpose...to communicate with the GSM/GPRS networks, and those methods are well understood and for the most part static. I would highly doubt that they would need to make any changes to that stack/chip. Most of the times when building phones, you just purchase the baseband chips and you can't directly interact with the firmware...there is that whole FCC licensing that they have to get after all (only the chips have to have the certification, i think). Anyway, if this next update does brick the phone I would be inclined to think that it was nothing other than 100% deliberate.
Web Vista will flop despite claims of being using on 100 bazillion websites.
However, luckily there will be a process in place to revert any Web Vista sites back to Web XP.
I hate when people use absolutes. It may be true that no two people have the same internal symbol system or whatever you want to call it. But to say that they will never be able to run a scan and determine what people are thinking...maybe, maybe not but never is still such a strong word. Just play along, but if they were able to "download" then entire symbol system, also (by then) they would have processing power equal to our super computers of today on site. Couldn't they just "brute force" some of the symbols and eventually have a decent picture of your brains layout? Then, after they know this whole symbol system it would be fairly easy for them to realize that you were secretly wishing that you had remembered to wear your tin-foil hat. Not so much because it would deter their scans, but simply for aesthetic purposes.
Nice try, but I would think that *if* this technology did exist and *if* it even works as how I/we are imagining (didn't read TFA) then I'm sure that they have though about this insurmountable problem (said in really sarcastic voice), and are working on ways around it.
One last thing. I know this is slashdot, and "attacks" against privacy are ever sensationalized (some rightly so), but couldn't their be other useful purposes for this tech? If we could accurately read minds (non-invasively), then what about new forms of computer input, or being able to control prosthetics, or tons of other beneficial applications??? Just because the first time you hear about this it is associated with privacy, doesn't mean that it will be only be used for that. Besides, we all know that only good guys will be able to use this against bad guys, right?
Children have to earn trust. If you truly practice what you preach, then you should give all children loaded guns to play with...because you can trust them not to harm anyone, right? The GP's method is one way to make it more difficult for the kid to see porn/whatever, but it doesn't eliminate it. Asking others for advice on how to raise your kids is easy, actually parenting (not just when it is convenient for you) is hard.
Easier solution. Just log sites at the source (the router). Then site them down and talk. Let them know that they can go wherever that they want on the internet, but that you will know where they have been. As long as they are comfortable with viewing site that they wouldn't mind their parents knowing about, then they have "free reign" over the internet.
Yes, there are still ways around this method too, but unless they were aware of where you were logging (router, not on the computer they are using) and didn't use a proxy of some sort...then you've got them.
But you are 100% right about the sitting down and talking part as that is the most effective way. No technology will replace good parenting.
I'm am hesitant to respond back as I lose all of the mystique...(did he really think it was a moo point, nah, well maybe, get off my porch!). But just to clarify, yes, it is from an episode of Friends. I was just throwing it out there, just in case someone else may have also been subjected to that particular episode.
Disclaimer: It is one of my wife's favorite shows, so I guess I've actually seen more episodes than the "average slashdotter" that you speak of.
That is until some type of technology comes out that allows you to "see inside" the wires. I don't know how it would work, but who's to say that it can't be done? Anyway, your probably right for the foreseeable future, but "always" is a word that I try to not use especially concerning technology.
Just being pedantic, but you said that as if it were a fact. There is nothing that keeps us from being able to increase the data processing rate faster than our storage growth rate. The statement should have been something like this. Trends show that our ability to store data has grown at a faster rate than the ability to process that data.
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I've also been watching PGCluster. It currently looks the most promising for what I am wanting. Even though it does appear to be pretty stable the versions have been incompatible with each other (to some extent). So, I'm probably going to wait a little bit and let it mature before I put it into production. This is an interesting area. On one hand, I would like the Postgres team to have something "official" for replication. On the other, there are so many different types of needs that it would be difficult to handle them all. Also, their time may be better spent working on the core feature (although replication is starting to become a core feature). I don't mind third party applications, but its also difficult to trust your entire operation to a (potentially) unsupported or stagnant project.
For the most part, I've moved on to Postgres (although master-master isn't that much better over there). Anyway, this is just another vote for this to be one of the questions asked as I think that is a very important area that is only now starting to be somewhat given the attention that it deserves.
They just got upgraded to Server 2003 - Web SP2 about 2 years ago. But from what I heard, they are evaluating Windows Server Vista Edition.
Personally, I can't wait for that. It will really improve the looks of the site (+1 for the eye-candy). I mean it is Areo for websites (took them long enough). I just can't wait till M$ releases SQL-FS so they can ditch MySQL. Probably shouldn't be saying this, but its been rumored that they are going to do a total re-write in F# so that everyone (even Joe Sixpack himself) can understand how a big website is coded.
It would never work. If there is too much incentive (or disincentive) for "income" then it will be worth people's time and effort to get around it. For instance in your hypothetical scenario, would Steve Jobs and his $1 salary only have to pay $0.05?
Concerning that exec, there are several things that probably happened. First, he could just pay the fine and not care since he is probably filthy rich anyway. Second, he could adjust how his "income" is calculated and then not worry about speeding fines at all. Third, he could wake up one day and realize that speeding is bad and vow never to exceed posted limits again. Fourth, hire a chauffeur to drive him really fast everywhere he went (and then just pay his cheap speeding tickets).
Out of those possibilities, I think the third is the least likely.
Just want to throw a couple more into the mix.
/. before, but it is basically a completely open source platform. You can program with GTK+ or now that Qtopia has been released for the Neo1973 you can also try your hand at Qt. Very volatile project right now, but quickly stabilizing and progressing.
First, SuperWaba. It is by no means a fully feature platform, but if you are just doing some basic programming and want to be able to support multiple platforms (WinMo, Palm, and Blackberry) then it is fairly easy to get up and running. Also, it based on java, so 90% of java examples will "just work" when programming with SuperWaba. FWIW, that is what we are using for our deployment of a mobile solution for our company. Also, it is GPL for the community version and if you purchase support, you can have the LGPL version.
Second, OpenMoko. It has been discussed on
I know that neither of those have the numbers of the 8 that the article evaluated, but for certain cases they are very viable platforms. Also, both have a lot more freedom than most of those platforms as well.
All I was saying is that Dave sure did post like he knew beyond a shadow of doubt that everything he spoke was 100% truth and did not give any type of disclaimer, that was why I questioned him. If he doesn't have anything to back up what he is saying other than it being his opinion, then I do think that he should be questioned/challenged.
In regards to me having credibility, I don't need any. I just need Dave to show that he does.
TFA was about whether or not Apple would be infringing on the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. Dave didn't even mention that, he just talked about the DMCA and having the choice of whether or not to purchase the iPhone or not. It wasn't necessarily on or off-topic. Either way, my main point was that even though the base-band chip code was altered, I don't (again disclaimer about not being certain) see how that should be something that an Apple update should conflict with. Meaning, in my opinion, that if it does end up with bricking the device, then it was 100% intentional. That is my only point that I wanted added into the equation.
Considering how authoritative and absolute this post is, I'm going to have to assume (only for discussion purposes) that daveschroeder is an Apple employee who is *very* highly in "the know" about their corporate politics. Because if not, then this is just an Apple fanboi rant trying to save some face from what is a corporation knowingly reducing functionality of a device to (questionably) boost their own profits.
That said, I do agree that since the unlock process does take advantage of a buffer overflow problem that Apple should fix it, but I'm not sure why subsequent upgrades would be an issue.
I'll be upfront about me not being 100% sure about the following, so please correct if I am wrong. Considering that this only affects the baseband chip, which serves a single purpose...to communicate with the GSM/GPRS networks, and those methods are well understood and for the most part static. I would highly doubt that they would need to make any changes to that stack/chip. Most of the times when building phones, you just purchase the baseband chips and you can't directly interact with the firmware...there is that whole FCC licensing that they have to get after all (only the chips have to have the certification, i think). Anyway, if this next update does brick the phone I would be inclined to think that it was nothing other than 100% deliberate.
I heard that was getting taken to court by Nike for being too close to their SWOOSH(tm) technology.
Web Vista will flop despite claims of being using on 100 bazillion websites.
However, luckily there will be a process in place to revert any Web Vista sites back to Web XP.
I hate when people use absolutes. It may be true that no two people have the same internal symbol system or whatever you want to call it. But to say that they will never be able to run a scan and determine what people are thinking...maybe, maybe not but never is still such a strong word. Just play along, but if they were able to "download" then entire symbol system, also (by then) they would have processing power equal to our super computers of today on site. Couldn't they just "brute force" some of the symbols and eventually have a decent picture of your brains layout? Then, after they know this whole symbol system it would be fairly easy for them to realize that you were secretly wishing that you had remembered to wear your tin-foil hat. Not so much because it would deter their scans, but simply for aesthetic purposes.
Nice try, but I would think that *if* this technology did exist and *if* it even works as how I/we are imagining (didn't read TFA) then I'm sure that they have though about this insurmountable problem (said in really sarcastic voice), and are working on ways around it.
One last thing. I know this is slashdot, and "attacks" against privacy are ever sensationalized (some rightly so), but couldn't their be other useful purposes for this tech? If we could accurately read minds (non-invasively), then what about new forms of computer input, or being able to control prosthetics, or tons of other beneficial applications??? Just because the first time you hear about this it is associated with privacy, doesn't mean that it will be only be used for that. Besides, we all know that only good guys will be able to use this against bad guys, right?
Children have to earn trust. If you truly practice what you preach, then you should give all children loaded guns to play with...because you can trust them not to harm anyone, right? The GP's method is one way to make it more difficult for the kid to see porn/whatever, but it doesn't eliminate it. Asking others for advice on how to raise your kids is easy, actually parenting (not just when it is convenient for you) is hard.
Easier solution. Just log sites at the source (the router). Then site them down and talk. Let them know that they can go wherever that they want on the internet, but that you will know where they have been. As long as they are comfortable with viewing site that they wouldn't mind their parents knowing about, then they have "free reign" over the internet.
Yes, there are still ways around this method too, but unless they were aware of where you were logging (router, not on the computer they are using) and didn't use a proxy of some sort...then you've got them.
But you are 100% right about the sitting down and talking part as that is the most effective way. No technology will replace good parenting.
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I'm am hesitant to respond back as I lose all of the mystique...(did he really think it was a moo point, nah, well maybe, get off my porch!). But just to clarify, yes, it is from an episode of Friends. I was just throwing it out there, just in case someone else may have also been subjected to that particular episode.
Disclaimer: It is one of my wife's favorite shows, so I guess I've actually seen more episodes than the "average slashdotter" that you speak of.
That is until some type of technology comes out that allows you to "see inside" the wires. I don't know how it would work, but who's to say that it can't be done? Anyway, your probably right for the foreseeable future, but "always" is a word that I try to not use especially concerning technology.
Just being pedantic, but you said that as if it were a fact. There is nothing that keeps us from being able to increase the data processing rate faster than our storage growth rate. The statement should have been something like this.
Trends show that our ability to store data has grown at a faster rate than the ability to process that data.
less is a good program. I also happen to like ls, cd, grep, and the occasional pwd.
Neither, he actually meant a real torch. Yet again, pissing off the cavemen!
Its amazing how "PC" we think we are/try to be, but somehow neanderthals still don't get the treatment they deserve.
Dang HTML Formatted default, forgot the <br>'s
ASCII art is lame
If you really want to blast them
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So in my rage, I wrote this (and used the code layout):
Today I posted
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It is Friday, beer
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