> Plus I have yet to see a smartphone (including the iPhone, Treos and Blackberries) that has a screen big enough to make web surfing practical, much less pleasant.
More than anything else, this is what turns me off Apple products. Apple has been this way ever since I first bought one of them - TiBook. I hate the whole 'menu-at-top-of-screen', 'click-to-focus', 'only-focus-in-foreground' menu system. I tried to get used to it, but after a few years, I gave up and loaded Ubuntu - which was a complete breath of fresh air. I could make the window manager behave the way *I* wanted to - no such functionality from Apple, of course, because they know better - not.
IMO, Apple is all about trying to impress other people.
Yes, I'd much rather have an N800 (or, perhaps, N810), than an iPhone.
In any case, I recently went to Maemo training, and they expressed how the target for this product isn't 'the masses', and that it's really a concept device - more from a software/platform point of view than hardware.
Of course, like the iPhone, it isn't likely to approach S60 sales anytime soon, but they don't expect that. They define the success more as a function of whether it enables their future use of Linux in a significant way....at least, that's *my* take on what they said.
"Likely"? So it *could* not be? Gotta love this statistics crap, eh?
In any case, like I said, he wasn't commenting on the distribution, but what drivers thought. Some of them have to be better than average...unless everyone is average, I suppose, which, I'd guess, is, frankly, unlikely.
Most people seem to think that they are better than average drivers, but that can't be true. I can be true, of course. 50% of people are better than average, 50% worse. That's not "most". In any case, he wasn't claiming that most people are better than average. He claimed that most people think they are better than average, and, of course, some of them have to be right.
What he probably meant to say was, "they can't all be right.", or something like that.
BTW, what's the 'average' of 9, 9, and 0? How many are above the 'average' and how many are below?
My point is: almost everyone does this. No they don't. I think most people drive at around the speed limit, The normal definition of 'around' includes both sides - ie above as well as below. I think you'll find that almost everyone indeed has exceeded the speed limit at some point.
Most people seem to think that they are better than average drivers, but that can't be true. I can be true, of course.
While what you say may have some merit (in some cases), a language is a set of rules for communication. If the rules aren't followed, communication breaks down and the language is worthless.
> He then went back to stroking his pussy, safe in the knowledge that his giant space laser would deal with Mr Bond.
I thought of 'Die Another Day', but it was the evil North Koreans in that one. Indeed, I guess we now know who the real Evil Ones are - most of the world at least suspected for a long time, but now they know for sure.
> WRT54 doesn't have a 40 GB hard drive for logging
It'll log to a remote machine though. Similar devices have USB for an external drive too.
> I don't know how much a WRT54 would cost if they added a 40 GB laptop drive,
I don't think you can add one, but others can...but it will log to an existing machine for centralised system management...and the wrt54g has 5 ports built in. It's pretty tricky to set them up for anything but the basic lan switching though.
'English' (noun) is just a shortened form of 'English language' and thus is English (adjective). English spoken in England is English, dialect spoken elsewhere (if they're different) aren't - they're dialects; eg US English, Canadian English, Australian English, Chinese English, Franglais etc. It's really quite simple.
I consider using the term 'British English' to be part of the 'embrace and extend' of other countries, particularly the USA. Yes, the USA is truely the Microsoft of the English language.
When a something is forked, you don't rename the original, you rename the new branch. Furthermore, if the original continues to change, it doesn't change it's name - it's still keeps the original name.
So, yes, there is one English (though it's not a dialect) that deserves the title of 'English'. Strangely, that is English (noun and adjective).
Actually, it's English, plain and simple. You'll find that what they speak in other parts of the UK (or Britain) is quite different - at times, unintelligably so. To group them together unnecessarily is assinine.
I think you'll find their pronunciation is more English (adjective).
When I traveled the US, I noticed that the further west I was, the more differences there were between the language used where I was and English (as in from England). I guess that's to be expected.
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I think the insightfulness was implied by the sarcasm, with which it was dripping. Well, I hope that's why it was marked 'insightful'.
Oh, sorry. You didn't mention price as a factor. Yes, it's expensive (though I didn't realise it was *that* expensive) :|
> Plus I have yet to see a smartphone (including the iPhone, Treos and Blackberries) that has a screen big enough to make web surfing practical, much less pleasant.
See Nokia E90.
> and a vendor that isn't a control freak.
...at least, that's *my* take on what they said.
More than anything else, this is what turns me off Apple products. Apple has been this way ever since I first bought one of them - TiBook. I hate the whole 'menu-at-top-of-screen', 'click-to-focus', 'only-focus-in-foreground' menu system. I tried to get used to it, but after a few years, I gave up and loaded Ubuntu - which was a complete breath of fresh air. I could make the window manager behave the way *I* wanted to - no such functionality from Apple, of course, because they know better - not.
IMO, Apple is all about trying to impress other people.
Yes, I'd much rather have an N800 (or, perhaps, N810), than an iPhone.
In any case, I recently went to Maemo training, and they expressed how the target for this product isn't 'the masses', and that it's really a concept device - more from a software/platform point of view than hardware.
Of course, like the iPhone, it isn't likely to approach S60 sales anytime soon, but they don't expect that. They define the success more as a function of whether it enables their future use of Linux in a significant way.
> their are
you misspelled 'arse'.
"Likely"? So it *could* not be? Gotta love this statistics crap, eh?
In any case, like I said, he wasn't commenting on the distribution, but what drivers thought. Some of them have to be better than average...unless everyone is average, I suppose, which, I'd guess, is, frankly, unlikely.
> For a large number of drivers (more than your "9 9 0" three) it's near enough 50/50.
Not near enough for you to be correct, unfortunately.
What he probably meant to say was, "they can't all be right.", or something like that.
BTW, what's the 'average' of 9, 9, and 0? How many are above the 'average' and how many are below?
You're at risk of being hit by any driver, speeding or not. ...and, no, average does not mean a 50/50 split.
give smart package manager a try :
http://labix.org/smart
I used in on FC6 and Ubuntu (though it's been a while since I last used Ubuntu).
..and there are alternatives too. EasyUbuntu was my choice (since it works for PPC too).
While what you say may have some merit (in some cases), a language is a set of rules for communication. If the rules aren't followed, communication breaks down and the language is worthless.
Well, how about getting more members - some who will actually turn up to vote - so that the one who don't turn up constitute less than 50%.
...but I went to MIT. Oh, I see, you're agreeing with me.
> He then went back to stroking his pussy, safe in the knowledge that his giant space laser would deal with Mr Bond.
I thought of 'Die Another Day', but it was the evil North Koreans in that one. Indeed, I guess we now know who the real Evil Ones are - most of the world at least suspected for a long time, but now they know for sure.
Max Waterman, S60 Software Engineer.
> WRT54 doesn't have a 40 GB hard drive for logging
..and the wrt54g has 5 ports built in. It's pretty tricky to set them up for anything but the basic lan switching though.
It'll log to a remote machine though. Similar devices have USB for an external drive too.
> I don't know how much a WRT54 would cost if they added a 40 GB laptop drive,
I don't think you can add one, but others can...but it will log to an existing machine for centralised system management.
'English' (noun) is just a shortened form of 'English language' and thus is English (adjective). English spoken in England is English, dialect spoken elsewhere (if they're different) aren't - they're dialects; eg US English, Canadian English, Australian English, Chinese English, Franglais etc. It's really quite simple.
I consider using the term 'British English' to be part of the 'embrace and extend' of other countries, particularly the USA. Yes, the USA is truely the Microsoft of the English language.
When a something is forked, you don't rename the original, you rename the new branch. Furthermore, if the original continues to change, it doesn't change it's name - it's still keeps the original name.
So, yes, there is one English (though it's not a dialect) that deserves the title of 'English'. Strangely, that is English (noun and adjective).
it doesn't half sound like some kind of fancy porn detector...
I'm not above responding to a troll :)
Actually, it's English, plain and simple. You'll find that what they speak in other parts of the UK (or Britain) is quite different - at times, unintelligably so. To group them together unnecessarily is assinine.
I think you'll find their pronunciation is more English (adjective).
When I traveled the US, I noticed that the further west I was, the more differences there were between the language used where I was and English (as in from England). I guess that's to be expected.
> I would kind of doubt that.. ..that it is the same for all OSes, or that other OSes have worked around it?
I think you meant the latter, right? Silly me for asking a question containing two opposite options.
> That would be AMD's fault for sending stupid APIC messages.
...or have other OSes worked around the problem?
So it would be the same for any OS?