> Also, am I the only one that would think twice before purchasing a phone like this for concerns over viruses, etc?
I'm not sure why you think this platform is any more susceptible than any others (apart from Microsoft ones, of course). There are plenty of Linux phones already (mostly Motorola ones and in China, IINM).
Of course, you should think twice about purchasing any phone (or anything else, for that matter) for that reason, but I don't think this one will be any different to others.
Anyway, I suspect doing so would be counter to their contracts.
Anyway, if Dungeons and Dragons is an RPG, then all the people I know who've been keen on it have been pretty smart people (and by 'smart', I mean 'clever', not well 'dressed'). Such people have also seemed to like a game called 'Go', and those strange questions with clever answers, about why there's a dead cow in the middle of a field...or something.
I never did quite understand though...but felt mildy like I was missing out.
works well as an anesthetic. It's commonly use in Gong Bao Ji Ding (US:Kung Pao Chicken) in China, and, along with ginger, makes it way more tasty than the poor imitation available in the west.
Well, perhaps that's a difference then, because a 'boy racer' car, in my time at least, was typically a Ford XR3i (USAian, but built in Spain, IINM), Peuguot 205GTI (French), or VW Golf GTI (German;USAians will know this as a VW Rabbit). The latter two actually had some performance - the Ford was well known to be all show and no balls (ie crap, like most Fords of the time, IMHO).
Actually, anything with 'i' on the end tended to qualify as a boy racer car. Mine would have qualified as both, since it was a Mazda 323 1.6i (not too slow either, actually).
I imagine the cars are all different now.
Yes, 'boy racer' describes the driver rather than the car, while 'ricer' seems to refer to the car, but they seem to be somewhat interchangable terms.
>...in the developing world. >...The best part: it has already been approved by the FDA so doctors can start using it immediately."
AFAIK, the USA's FDA has no authority over the developing world. Doctors in the developing world can start using any drug as soon as they like (or their own authorities allow)....or is the author only worried about people in the USA (where it isn't "spreading like wild fire")?
> Even for the whole damn week last August when we couldn't access our email at all?
You mean August last year? I was trying to remember when that was.
Yes, that was a low point, for sure. However, I found that their level of openness and the solutions they came up with to (hopefully) ensure it couldn't happen again maintained my custom. On the other hand, I had paid for 5 years of service, so it was easy for me.
If that had coincided with a renewal of subscription, then I suspect I may well have jumped ship to Google. Google not having imap would probably mean me jumping back again. Now, there's not much reason, technically, for me to not use Google. Now it's all about support and how they react when something goes wrong.
Is it fair to assume that something is less likely to go wrong with google's mail? Probably...
In any case, it's of significant value to me that there's someone to actually talk to (ok, email with) if I have a problem. Google is way too anonymous for my liking - and it's still beta with no guarantees of what future service will be like or cost.
Yes, there are still reasons to choose Fastmail, IMO; but I understand people not choosing them too.
> We still have better support at FastMail though:)
Indeed, support is excellent. I particularly appreciate the RSS feed to the status weblog, and the fact that is has accurate and honest commentary on any current problems - not that there's much traffic on there, but it happens from time-to-time (nothing that's affected me though - well, not recently).
Kudos on the Cyrus work too, btw. I had a go at implementing it at one point, but the project 'changed direction'[1]
Max.
[1] out-sourced to some provider called Luxsci (also pretty good, IMO) because running a server requires a fair amount of on-hand expertise that we couldn't rely on long-term. I really wanted to use FM - there were some options but you guys weren't geared up for the commercial setup we wanted.
I've been a satisfied Fastmail user for several years now. Apart from gmail being free (FM has free accounts too, but they're ad supported or something - I pay for their premium service), I don't see any advantage in their interface.
I wonder if this new imap service will help people who already have stuff in folders (like me) move to gmail? I tried gmail a while ago and it was a pain to set it up to do the same as fastmail was doing automatically (ie use plus-addressing). Perhaps I'll give it another try, afterall, free is good.
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Google are experts on the whole Web-2.0 thing - it's good to see them finally getting hang of the Email-1.0 thing too.
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> What cellphone(read: non-smartphone) has Flash?
Why would I read 'non-smartphone' instead of 'cellphone'? Why not just write 'non-smartphone' since they are indeed cellphones?
..or maybe they're using some kibihits or something.
...and the version for phones (S60 at least) doesn't do video (yet) either.
> Also, am I the only one that would think twice before purchasing a phone like this for concerns over viruses, etc?
I'm not sure why you think this platform is any more susceptible than any others (apart from Microsoft ones, of course). There are plenty of Linux phones already (mostly Motorola ones and in China, IINM).
Of course, you should think twice about purchasing any phone (or anything else, for that matter) for that reason, but I don't think this one will be any different to others.
> What sets this platform apart form the rest?
The license, and the license fee. Plus, I'll bet, the development environment.
...er no.
Anyway, I suspect doing so would be counter to their contracts.
Anyway, if Dungeons and Dragons is an RPG, then all the people I know who've been keen on it have been pretty smart people (and by 'smart', I mean 'clever', not well 'dressed'). Such people have also seemed to like a game called 'Go', and those strange questions with clever answers, about why there's a dead cow in the middle of a field...or something.
I never did quite understand though...but felt mildy like I was missing out.
Rocket Propelled Grenades? Certainly not! Very dangerous things. ...oh, Role Playing Game, I see. Hrm, let me see.
Do Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, or Leisure Suit Larry count? If not, then, no, I don't think so.
If you're talking outside the computer world, then certainly not.
I'm a Christian and that is *not* the motto you're looking for.
It's "while *they're* young", not "while there young".
Tsk.
That post gets a 4/funny? Someone, please, give us dummies a hint - why is that funny?
mod parent up!
I noticed that too. I took it as emphasis on which part of the vehicle is dominant.
I mean, the boat part isn't so important, so long as it has a massive gun. Right?
I've found that this :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan_pepper
works well as an anesthetic. It's commonly use in Gong Bao Ji Ding (US:Kung Pao Chicken) in China, and, along with ginger, makes it way more tasty than the poor imitation available in the west.
Oh, Japanese eh?
Well, perhaps that's a difference then, because a 'boy racer' car, in my time at least, was typically a Ford XR3i (USAian, but built in Spain, IINM), Peuguot 205GTI (French), or VW Golf GTI (German;USAians will know this as a VW Rabbit). The latter two actually had some performance - the Ford was well known to be all show and no balls (ie crap, like most Fords of the time, IMHO).
Actually, anything with 'i' on the end tended to qualify as a boy racer car. Mine would have qualified as both, since it was a Mazda 323 1.6i (not too slow either, actually).
I imagine the cars are all different now.
Yes, 'boy racer' describes the driver rather than the car, while 'ricer' seems to refer to the car, but they seem to be somewhat interchangable terms.
For the information of non-US readers, a 'Ricer' is the US equivalent of a 'boy-racer' car.
I'd be interested in the etymology of 'ricer'.
I'd also be interested in the use of the word 'most all' where others use 'almost all'.
> ...in the developing world. ...The best part: it has already been approved by the FDA so doctors can start using it immediately."
...or is the author only worried about people in the USA (where it isn't "spreading like wild fire")?
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AFAIK, the USA's FDA has no authority over the developing world. Doctors in the developing world can start using any drug as soon as they like (or their own authorities allow).
> I thought Apple is going to open up the platform for developers.
Well, Steve said that, but he previously said he wouldn't. Why should we believe him now?
I say just wait and see, then believe it when it happens.
They missed Stephen Fry, who's the cleverest person I don't know, celeb or otherwise.
Here's a direct link to his web site (taken from the above article).
Well, if you apply the same principles to the web, then what we know as 'web 2.0' is probably more like 'web 102.0'.
I wonder why it's '2*.0*' anyway...
> Even for the whole damn week last August when we couldn't access our email at all?
You mean August last year? I was trying to remember when that was.
Yes, that was a low point, for sure. However, I found that their level of openness and the solutions they came up with to (hopefully) ensure it couldn't happen again maintained my custom. On the other hand, I had paid for 5 years of service, so it was easy for me.
If that had coincided with a renewal of subscription, then I suspect I may well have jumped ship to Google. Google not having imap would probably mean me jumping back again. Now, there's not much reason, technically, for me to not use Google. Now it's all about support and how they react when something goes wrong.
Is it fair to assume that something is less likely to go wrong with google's mail? Probably...
In any case, it's of significant value to me that there's someone to actually talk to (ok, email with) if I have a problem. Google is way too anonymous for my liking - and it's still beta with no guarantees of what future service will be like or cost.
Yes, there are still reasons to choose Fastmail, IMO; but I understand people not choosing them too.
I'm not sure what you mean. Looks good to me. Can you explain more?
> We still have better support at FastMail though :)
Indeed, support is excellent. I particularly appreciate the RSS feed to the status weblog, and the fact that is has accurate and honest commentary on any current problems - not that there's much traffic on there, but it happens from time-to-time (nothing that's affected me though - well, not recently).
Kudos on the Cyrus work too, btw. I had a go at implementing it at one point, but the project 'changed direction'[1]
Max.
[1] out-sourced to some provider called Luxsci (also pretty good, IMO) because running a server requires a fair amount of on-hand expertise that we couldn't rely on long-term. I really wanted to use FM - there were some options but you guys weren't geared up for the commercial setup we wanted.
I don't much like the labels either.
I've been a satisfied Fastmail user for several years now. Apart from gmail being free (FM has free accounts too, but they're ad supported or something - I pay for their premium service), I don't see any advantage in their interface.
I wonder if this new imap service will help people who already have stuff in folders (like me) move to gmail? I tried gmail a while ago and it was a pain to set it up to do the same as fastmail was doing automatically (ie use plus-addressing). Perhaps I'll give it another try, afterall, free is good.
Google are experts on the whole Web-2.0 thing - it's good to see them finally getting hang of the Email-1.0 thing too.
Nope, google beat them to it, even though they are gSlow. They really dropped the iBall on this one.
1M is a good start, but nothing more. Lets see how it does in places other than the US. That'll be more interesting.
I'm more interested in how good their SDK will be, and the effect that'll have on the SDKs available for other OSes (esp. S60, which is horrible).