So, where can I find information about open source software to vote for?
Also, could some slashdotter please start a crowdsourced/crowdfunded lobbying platform like kickstarter? I'm tired of only big companies doing the real lobbying, and I would be happy to pay some dollars to people doing the lobbying for me.
And this, Apple fanboys, is how Apple will treat you if you ever (consciously or unconsciously) cross Apple's road. Or if Apple decides to cross your road. With contempt.
Draw rounded rectangle on your iPad? Forbidden. Make a successful iOS app? Apple will copy it, and reject your app from the app store.
It doesn't matter how many iDevices you own, Apple will bite you in the end. And it will make everybody believe that you were the bad guy.
So please, for your own sake and for ours, get off the bandwagon while you still can.
The annoying thing about it is, rubber banding works sometimes, but not always. The rule seems to be that rubber banding is activated only when the display contains scrollable content. They should make it behave the same way, regardless of whether the content is scrollable. Geez... it really gets me irritated, such basic UI concept and they can't even get it right.
1. A queer lock down experience. With resources found on the web you can root your device so that you can actually own it. Until they lock you down again in the next version. Very kinky indeed! 2. Privacy invasion. Now you can give your private information to big corporations with much more ease! And betray your friends too! 3. A large percentage of your money will be donated to lawyers. Help feed those poor bastards! 4. Spoil it for the nerds. With this laptop, you can help big corporations improve their new lock-in business models, and make generic computing devices more obsolete than ever! Soon, nerds will not even be able to find a brand of computer they can actually write code for freely! 5. Be laughed at by Apple users. Your not-so-round corners, and scientifically founded (thus not magical) features will make you an instant comedian!
If I were a god-fearing scientist, I would tell you that we live in an experiment designed to see how frequently RNA, DNA, and polypeptide-based life evolves.
Nah, the experiment is about creating silicon life. The hydrogens, carbons, nitrogens, oxygens and phosphors are merely catalysts.
What actually happens is that the publishers want BOTH: Google redirecting people to their sites and getting money from Google for doing so.
What google should do is the following: extend the robots.txt file format to include a way for publishers to say: this is how we'd like you to cite our website. That is, the literal text that google (or other indexers) may use to refer to a website.
It all looks impressive. But still Google seems unable to implement a simple "delete my history" button. (Chromium has one, so why not Google search or other Google products?)
That sounds ridiculous to me. I think those patent applicants should either enclose at least some details of the methods used, or change careers and become science fiction/fantasy writers instead.
The recording of this event, while impressive, missed one crucial bit of technology: a humidity meter. Now we'll never know if he was the first to make this jump without wetting his pants in the process.
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Never send an important e-mail when you've just been coding for several hours.
So, where can I find information about open source software to vote for?
Also, could some slashdotter please start a crowdsourced/crowdfunded lobbying platform like kickstarter? I'm tired of only big companies doing the real lobbying, and I would be happy to pay some dollars to people doing the lobbying for me.
And the Chinese galley slaves received a promise for better working conditions. Also very generous!
Actually, he reincarnated twice already. The last time was as a Foxconn employee, but that didn't turn out too well for him.
And this, Apple fanboys, is how Apple will treat you if you ever (consciously or unconsciously) cross Apple's road. Or if Apple decides to cross your road.
With contempt.
Draw rounded rectangle on your iPad? Forbidden. Make a successful iOS app? Apple will copy it, and reject your app from the app store.
It doesn't matter how many iDevices you own, Apple will bite you in the end. And it will make everybody believe that you were the bad guy.
So please, for your own sake and for ours, get off the bandwagon while you still can.
'I supposed you could design a car that flies and floats, but it wouldn't do those things very well.'
Or you could design a smart-phone that cannot make phone calls, but it wouldn't make phone calls very well.
Correct :)
Aaahh not another browser! We need fewer browsers, not more of them!
Please pull this story from Slashdot as soon as possible!
The annoying thing about it is, rubber banding works sometimes, but not always.
The rule seems to be that rubber banding is activated only when the display contains scrollable content.
They should make it behave the same way, regardless of whether the content is scrollable.
Geez... it really gets me irritated, such basic UI concept and they can't even get it right.
The difference is of course:
1. A queer lock down experience. With resources found on the web you can root your device so that you can actually own it. Until they lock you down again in the next version. Very kinky indeed!
2. Privacy invasion. Now you can give your private information to big corporations with much more ease! And betray your friends too!
3. A large percentage of your money will be donated to lawyers. Help feed those poor bastards!
4. Spoil it for the nerds. With this laptop, you can help big corporations improve their new lock-in business models, and make generic computing devices more obsolete than ever! Soon, nerds will not even be able to find a brand of computer they can actually write code for freely!
5. Be laughed at by Apple users. Your not-so-round corners, and scientifically founded (thus not magical) features will make you an instant comedian!
If I were a god-fearing scientist, I would tell you that we live in an experiment designed to see how frequently RNA, DNA, and polypeptide-based life evolves.
Nah, the experiment is about creating silicon life. The hydrogens, carbons, nitrogens, oxygens and phosphors are merely catalysts.
What actually happens is that the publishers want BOTH: Google redirecting people to their sites and getting money from Google for doing so.
What google should do is the following: extend the robots.txt file format to include a way for publishers to say: this is how we'd like you to cite our website.
That is, the literal text that google (or other indexers) may use to refer to a website.
There. Problem solved.
...but it's well known that they offer their customers...
And there I was, believing that as a customer of Google, I was actually the product...
Do/did you talk about religion on a first date?
It is pure magic! The thing doesn't obey the rules of physics.
Geez, what did they expect?
Then some organization ought to tell them to clearly advertise their services that way.
Unfortunately, his One Click (tm) model does not work for patent reform.
It all looks impressive. But still Google seems unable to implement a simple "delete my history" button.
(Chromium has one, so why not Google search or other Google products?)
Are you kidding me? Finally we have a tablet with a full-blown OS. Finally tablets can no longer be considered toys.
This is the point we have been waiting for. Not Steve Jobs introducing his half-baked device a couple of years ago.
Fuck people who ask questions when they don't know something, right?
In which case, let me ask: why are you so stupid? :)
Is there any proof that Google has acted like these companies did? I have not seen it.
They unilaterally changed their terms of use, recently?
That sounds ridiculous to me. I think those patent applicants should either enclose at least some details of the methods used, or change careers and become science fiction/fantasy writers instead.
The recording of this event, while impressive, missed one crucial bit of technology: a humidity meter.
Now we'll never know if he was the first to make this jump without wetting his pants in the process.
Let me get this straight. They didn't enclose an algorithm and a description of the implementation?
This should not constitute a valid patent.
This is like patenting the description "a method of transportation through the air" without even describing the "how" in any meaningful way.
A video on youtube IS commercial use. Because youtube makes money with ads.