Wait, it can't be art, since you can win at it.... Now I'm really confused, Perhaps we need a new word here..... NotArtNotSport? nans? So figure skating is nans....
* java nags to grant the app network access every time I launch a new session.
Don't know if you tried this (sometimes it doesn't work), but before you launch Opera Mini if you can get to the application properties, sometimes it lets you disable the nag.
At least my old Sony Ericsson had that option, though it only allowed me to set it for signed applications (worked for Opera Mini).
As for getting it, I'd wait till your here, you are mandated to provide your passport details to get any SIM card, so they probably can't service you overseas.
What? I've bought a few prepaid cards in Germany and never had to give my passport details. The ask for some personal details when you register, but it's automated and over the phone, so you can bullshit all you want (I did) and it'll still work.
You're probably thinking of contracts, but those wouldn't make sense for someone who just needs a few weeks worth of 3G.
People do not buy more "new" games because they've sold more used games.
Yes they do.
For many people the price point for new games is too expensive. One way to justify spending that much money on a new game for many people is by the knowledge that they will get a percentage back by selling it on the second-hand market after it's been played.
If the second-hand market didn't exist, then there would be a hell of a lot less people buying the game as it comes out, so yes, the primary market gets more business from the fact that the second-hand market exists. Maybe it doesn't get the money for the second-hand sales directly, but they got their percentage when they sold the game for those exorbitant prices.
I'd say that it's different: In FF and IE (and every other browser) you have to trust that the vendor hasn't put some sort of backdoor on the software.
Usually these kinds of schemes are found out sooner or later, either by someone checking the source (for the OSS browsers) or by looking at the network chatter.
With Opera Mini you're already sending all the data to them, so you really do need to trust them with it.
It's not like it's some big secret. From Opera Mini FAQ (http://www.opera.com/mini/help/faq/#security):
Is there any end-to-end security between my handset and — for example — paypal.com or my bank? No. If you need full end-to-end encryption, you should use a full Web browser such as Opera Mobile.
Opera Mini uses a transcoder server to translate HTML/CSS/JavaScript into a more compact format. It will also shrink any images to fit the screen of your handset. This translation step makes Opera Mini fast, small, and also very cheap to use. To be able to do this translation, the Opera Mini server needs to have access to the unencrypted version of the Web page. Therefore no end-to-end encryption between the client and the remote Web server is possible.
And
Can Opera Software see my passwords and credit card numbers in clear text? What is the encryption good for then? The encryption is introduced to protect the communication from any third party between the client (the browser on your handset) and the Opera Mini transcoder server. If you do not trust Opera Software, make sure you do not use our application to enter any kind of sensitive information.
if einstein became a creationist after his exposition of relativity, does that detract from his earlier genius?
Yes, because creationism is incompatible with the scientific process. It would put all of his work in doubt.
You're building a strawman -- a person who at two different times in his life thinks and behaves in oposite and incompatible ways. Yes, it does happen, but it is usually explainable by an accident, as in this poor lady: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauni-Leena_Luukanen-Kilde
Being someone that is deep into Android guts on the x86 level for a project of my own (android based car stereo)
Can you share more details on your project? This is something I'm interested in as well.
I've kind of been waiting on the sidelines for a commercial product (I guess it's inevitable, there are even microwaves running Android now), but I wouldn't mind building one myself.
Alternatively I was thinking of simply repurposing one of those Android tablets coming out.
How do you deal with the fact that you have to work a full day after swating in the morning?
Do you take a bath at work, or is it not that bad?
I'm seriously curious, because I'm considering taking the bike regularly (though not every day), but the logistics of having to bathe at work discourage me. For one, I'd always have to have a change of clothes at work.
Why should the family have a say in this? They have an obvious emotional investment in the case which precludes rational thought.
Continuing with your line of thought, why not let the family decide what the penalty for the crime should be? I'm guessing they think prison is too light a sentence for him.
Well, if they don't like Android, why do they keep releasing new models?
Actually, I don't care how they feel about the platform. Once you release a product you're responsible for supporting your customers, at least for a reasonable time frame (they are still selling this model).
Worse case, open up the platform so that at least the community can take up their work. Actually that would improve Samsung's image a lot more than if they were to release an Android 2.x update.
Exactly. My hopes regarding this phone was exactly because the software wasn't developed by Samsung, and the hardware seemed nice.
Don't get me wrong, I still love this phone, and the Android platform is amazing (though it could benefit from more memory and a faster processor), but it's frustrating watching it become outdated just because Samsung won't either support it or allow the community to do so.
I bought an Android-based Samsung Galaxy which is great hardware-wise (standard connectors, 8GB flash built-in and still the best-looking Android phone out there, in my opinion), but looks to be basically abandoned software-wise.
Just this week Samsung pushed another small update for the same Android 1.5 which came with the system at a time when Android 2.1 devices are already available from other vendors. There have been rumours that Samsung has no intentions of upgrading the system software to even 1.6, and they're not communicating anything to the community.
This sucks since more and more apps are coming out requiring at least 1.6, such as the google maps navigation and google goggles. Hell, at least they could allow changes to the baseband so that the community could build their own system. It kind of defeats the whole purpose of having an open-source OS when you can't use the radio because it's locked down.
In fact, unlike other Android phones, you need Samsung's crappy, bloated, windows-only software just to upgrade the system's firmware. The other get automatic over-the-air updates.
My advice to anyone considering an Android phone is to go with HTC (they're still supporting the G1) or Motorola (they have their future riding on Android). Samsung isn't getting my money again.
Typically this access will go through the standard Android permission system, so the user will see when they install the app that it's requesting permission to read their SMS logs or whatever.
Which to me is a missing feature in Android -- the ability to enable/disable each permission individually. As it stands now, you're presented with a laundry list of permissions which the app requests upon installation, and you either accept it wholesale, or cancel the installation.
I think Java ME does it correctly. You can look at the app's properties and enable/disable each policy, and even set it to ask once, or everytime that feature runs.
Sure, this would break the business model of most of those advertisements-supported apps (just disable internet access if it's not required for anything else), but the user would get much better control and security in return.
Correction: most autobahns (or all of them?) have stretches without speed limits, but all of them have stretches with speed limits, usually near exits or service areas, and in areas where high winds are expected, such as bridges.
Not to mention that Germans are very fond of performing construction and maintenance on the autobahns, where the speed limit is usually low (~80km/h). I think this is where the swede exceeded the speed limit so much that it warranted the 2000€ fine.
The mythbusters had a program where they tested all kinds of interference in a small aircraft. They couldn't get anything to noticeably affect the flight equipment.
Of course they ended the program by saying that even though they couldn't prove it, it's still safer to follow the flight regulations and turn off your equipment "just in case". I suspect the FAA would've been pissed if they didn't.
+1 for the Hacker's Diet. Worked excelently for me, and continues to do so.
I actually made an application based on the book's charting tools for JavaME-enabled mobile phones (http://www.cachapa.net/?page_id=117), and am currently porting it to the Android platform (http://code.google.com/p/weightwatch-android) if anyone is interested / wants to help.
Probably because it's not enabled in the first place. Try visiting http://www.google.com/history and see if the page suggests that you turn the service on.
Just out of curiosity why are so many slashdotters pro Pirate Bay. Even if they may not breaking the letter of the law they are going against the intent of the law.
I'd say that when the people of Tokyo are being assholes, you may find yourself rooting for Godzilla.
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Wait, it can't be art, since you can win at it.... Now I'm really confused, Perhaps we need a new word here..... NotArtNotSport? nans? So figure skating is nans....
Kung-Pow fan, I see :-)
What about snooker? Do you consider that a sport?
If so, then what about chess? Checkers?
Lifting of the beer glass?
* java nags to grant the app network access every time I launch a new session.
Don't know if you tried this (sometimes it doesn't work), but before you launch Opera Mini if you can get to the application properties, sometimes it lets you disable the nag.
At least my old Sony Ericsson had that option, though it only allowed me to set it for signed applications (worked for Opera Mini).
As for getting it, I'd wait till your here, you are mandated to provide your passport details to get any SIM card, so they probably can't service you overseas.
What? I've bought a few prepaid cards in Germany and never had to give my passport details. The ask for some personal details when you register, but it's automated and over the phone, so you can bullshit all you want (I did) and it'll still work.
You're probably thinking of contracts, but those wouldn't make sense for someone who just needs a few weeks worth of 3G.
None of that income goes to the primary market.
Yes it does.
People do not buy more "new" games because they've sold more used games.
Yes they do.
For many people the price point for new games is too expensive. One way to justify spending that much money on a new game for many people is by the knowledge that they will get a percentage back by selling it on the second-hand market after it's been played.
If the second-hand market didn't exist, then there would be a hell of a lot less people buying the game as it comes out, so yes, the primary market gets more business from the fact that the second-hand market exists. Maybe it doesn't get the money for the second-hand sales directly, but they got their percentage when they sold the game for those exorbitant prices.
I'd say that it's different: In FF and IE (and every other browser) you have to trust that the vendor hasn't put some sort of backdoor on the software.
Usually these kinds of schemes are found out sooner or later, either by someone checking the source (for the OSS browsers) or by looking at the network chatter.
With Opera Mini you're already sending all the data to them, so you really do need to trust them with it.
It's not like it's some big secret. From Opera Mini FAQ (http://www.opera.com/mini/help/faq/#security):
Is there any end-to-end security between my handset and — for example — paypal.com or my bank?
No. If you need full end-to-end encryption, you should use a full Web browser such as Opera Mobile.
Opera Mini uses a transcoder server to translate HTML/CSS/JavaScript into a more compact format. It will also shrink any images to fit the screen of your handset. This translation step makes Opera Mini fast, small, and also very cheap to use. To be able to do this translation, the Opera Mini server needs to have access to the unencrypted version of the Web page. Therefore no end-to-end encryption between the client and the remote Web server is possible.
And
Can Opera Software see my passwords and credit card numbers in clear text? What is the encryption good for then?
The encryption is introduced to protect the communication from any third party between the client (the browser on your handset) and the Opera Mini transcoder server. If you do not trust Opera Software, make sure you do not use our application to enter any kind of sensitive information.
if einstein became a creationist after his exposition of relativity, does that detract from his earlier genius?
Yes, because creationism is incompatible with the scientific process. It would put all of his work in doubt.
You're building a strawman -- a person who at two different times in his life thinks and behaves in oposite and incompatible ways. Yes, it does happen, but it is usually explainable by an accident, as in this poor lady: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauni-Leena_Luukanen-Kilde
Being someone that is deep into Android guts on the x86 level for a project of my own (android based car stereo)
Can you share more details on your project? This is something I'm interested in as well.
I've kind of been waiting on the sidelines for a commercial product (I guess it's inevitable, there are even microwaves running Android now), but I wouldn't mind building one myself.
Alternatively I was thinking of simply repurposing one of those Android tablets coming out.
Minuses:
Pluses:
So the price is bad, but it's good?
How do you deal with the fact that you have to work a full day after swating in the morning?
Do you take a bath at work, or is it not that bad?
I'm seriously curious, because I'm considering taking the bike regularly (though not every day), but the logistics of having to bathe at work discourage me. For one, I'd always have to have a change of clothes at work.
Why should the family have a say in this? They have an obvious emotional investment in the case which precludes rational thought.
Continuing with your line of thought, why not let the family decide what the penalty for the crime should be? I'm guessing they think prison is too light a sentence for him.
The problem with religion is that it provides a shortcut to the otherwise intelligent person's mind which bypasses their bullshit filter.
Not that I advocate banning religion, just saying.
Well, if they don't like Android, why do they keep releasing new models?
Actually, I don't care how they feel about the platform. Once you release a product you're responsible for supporting your customers, at least for a reasonable time frame (they are still selling this model).
Worse case, open up the platform so that at least the community can take up their work. Actually that would improve Samsung's image a lot more than if they were to release an Android 2.x update.
Exactly. My hopes regarding this phone was exactly because the software wasn't developed by Samsung, and the hardware seemed nice.
Don't get me wrong, I still love this phone, and the Android platform is amazing (though it could benefit from more memory and a faster processor), but it's frustrating watching it become outdated just because Samsung won't either support it or allow the community to do so.
I wish I'd known about this a few months ago.
I bought an Android-based Samsung Galaxy which is great hardware-wise (standard connectors, 8GB flash built-in and still the best-looking Android phone out there, in my opinion), but looks to be basically abandoned software-wise.
Just this week Samsung pushed another small update for the same Android 1.5 which came with the system at a time when Android 2.1 devices are already available from other vendors. There have been rumours that Samsung has no intentions of upgrading the system software to even 1.6, and they're not communicating anything to the community.
This sucks since more and more apps are coming out requiring at least 1.6, such as the google maps navigation and google goggles.
Hell, at least they could allow changes to the baseband so that the community could build their own system. It kind of defeats the whole purpose of having an open-source OS when you can't use the radio because it's locked down.
In fact, unlike other Android phones, you need Samsung's crappy, bloated, windows-only software just to upgrade the system's firmware. The other get automatic over-the-air updates.
My advice to anyone considering an Android phone is to go with HTC (they're still supporting the G1) or Motorola (they have their future riding on Android). Samsung isn't getting my money again.
I guess the app would install normally with full access, but you'd have an advanced preferences screen where you could set these options.
I don't agree with the idea of limiting important functionality because of novice users.
Typically this access will go through the standard Android permission system, so the user will see when they install the app that it's requesting permission to read their SMS logs or whatever.
Which to me is a missing feature in Android -- the ability to enable/disable each permission individually.
As it stands now, you're presented with a laundry list of permissions which the app requests upon installation, and you either accept it wholesale, or cancel the installation.
I think Java ME does it correctly. You can look at the app's properties and enable/disable each policy, and even set it to ask once, or everytime that feature runs.
Sure, this would break the business model of most of those advertisements-supported apps (just disable internet access if it's not required for anything else), but the user would get much better control and security in return.
It ruined Ralsky's.
Hopefully.
You mean Steve Jobs' phone.
Correction: most autobahns (or all of them?) have stretches without speed limits, but all of them have stretches with speed limits, usually near exits or service areas, and in areas where high winds are expected, such as bridges.
Not to mention that Germans are very fond of performing construction and maintenance on the autobahns, where the speed limit is usually low (~80km/h). I think this is where the swede exceeded the speed limit so much that it warranted the 2000€ fine.
The mythbusters had a program where they tested all kinds of interference in a small aircraft. They couldn't get anything to noticeably affect the flight equipment.
Of course they ended the program by saying that even though they couldn't prove it, it's still safer to follow the flight regulations and turn off your equipment "just in case". I suspect the FAA would've been pissed if they didn't.
+1 for the Hacker's Diet. Worked excelently for me, and continues to do so.
I actually made an application based on the book's charting tools for JavaME-enabled mobile phones (http://www.cachapa.net/?page_id=117), and am currently porting it to the Android platform (http://code.google.com/p/weightwatch-android) if anyone is interested / wants to help.
Probably because it's not enabled in the first place.
Try visiting http://www.google.com/history and see if the page suggests that you turn the service on.
Just out of curiosity why are so many slashdotters pro Pirate Bay. Even if they may not breaking the letter of the law they are going against the intent of the law.
I'd say that when the people of Tokyo are being assholes, you may find yourself rooting for Godzilla.