I installed the FB app when I first received my Galaxy Nexus, and the battery life dropped from 3 days to 1, so I axed it, and added a desktop shortcut to their mobile site, which seems to work well enough for me.
^ This
I've been using the mobile website instead of the Android app for about a year. It's not quite as good as the app, but is more than adequate for my needs and has no battery impact. The only notifications I care about get emailed to me.
Agreed. When I was younger I worked at a buffet-style restaurant. At the end of each shift we would throw into a dumpster barrels of cooked, perfectly fine food (after the staff took what we wanted, of course). This restaurant was downtown, with a number of homeless people nearby. One day I asked why we don't give it away to them. The answer I received was "liability".
I've spent the past 45 minutes reading technical hardware details about the SNES of my past that I likely wouldn't have thought to look into if this post didn't exist, and enjoyed every minute of it. Personally, I'm happy that the OP brought up this question since I learned something.
Other industries are starting to be hit by a similar problem as flash manufacturers ever-increase the density of the chips and start EOL-ing their lower density models. This comparatively extreme density makes them unreliable for certain high-integrity, critical data logging applications.
One technique the manufacturers seem to employ (I have seen this first hand but am not an EE) is to stack multiple dies within a single IC with some type of very thin metallic(?) padding material between them. This padding in turn wreaks havoc on the IC when subjected to high temperatures (>200C), which other chips could handle just fine in terms of not losing data.
Some people don't like to have half a dozen devices connected to their TV's if one device is capable of performing most of those tasks. I fondly recall the "debates" I had with the gf over where to put the DVD player I insisted we buy after I got frustrated with our PS3's lack of IR remote-control support when I have an otherwise homogeneous system with my Logitech Harmony.
Others, still, do not have enough input sockets on their TV's to support new devices. If I somehow only have one component input, to which my DVD player is currently connected to, and later buy a Wii, it would be nice to not be forced to balance like a monkey trying to reach behind the TV to rewire each time I switch devices.
How exactly does adhering to government regulation for sale and use of a radio device equate to "hide behind [FCC restriction]"?
Please explain how a closed-source driver which supports WPA is worse than an open-source driver which supports only WEP? How about how a closed-source driver which gives my X 3d-accel is better than one that does not?
Probably, however keep in mind that all they would get is a disassembly at best. I'm not sure how the AV companies operate, but it would be a difficult/tedious/perhaps-impossible task of making proper sense of that.
Go dis cat or something and attempt to trace it's execution; not so fun.
Not thirty minutes ago I was listening in on a live call in training for technical support at insert major PC vendor here. The customer was a woman, perhaps in her mid-thirties. To make a long story short, she was having IE problems and switched to Netscape. The real surprising bit, was she inquired about replacing Windows XP with an alternative OS (no names were mentioned, however). Unfortunately, the support agent she was speaking with informed her that would void her warranty, and that ended the discussion.
Most unfortunate for them, but perhaps this will be a wake-up call: STANDARDS ! Then the world (web) would be a better place for all of mankind. In the long run, that outweighs the losses (IMO).
Agreed. A few months ago my not-so-computer literate brother came to me asking me to install Linux for him; he had just gotten screwed around by some spyware or some such. He had never really used it before. Now he uses it for everything except the odd video game.
My father switched to Mozilla sometime last year without prompting from me.
Just two small examples.. But it's true; awareness is slowly coming around. It will be interesting to see just how far it goes, especially in light of the recent browser issues.
When you get to the core of windows you are still talking about MS DOS. And for all of you that will say that the MS DOS has been phased out I would argue that MS DOS is still the primary CLI for windows.
How's that? The kernel is completely rewritten, there is no other "core" to speak of. Everyone knows that Windows is GUI first and foremost; so what if cmd.exe is the primary CLI for Windows? Choosing to install a Bourne shell and use that instead seems to have little impact..
It is much, much more than that. The problem I find with a "well-sorted collection of individual tools" in this case is the complexity/difficulty/impossibility to do what dtrace can do. Check out this usenet posting for some examples.
I've been using it for a little while, it's a very interesting tool.
Point me towards some where I can rent some software. Ooops, wait, not legal.
It most certainly is. Haven't you ever rented a Nintendo game from the local video store?
Regardless, when I was younger, my father would always rent many cool games from the local software library, a store dedicated solely for that purpose. They were in business for many years, however they went out of business during the period when all good games required CD's, but CD burners were not around yet;)
The only requirement was that you could not keep a copy, and even that might be questionable, because to my understanding with Canadian copyright law, I can legally copy say a CD, any CD, like from a library, for a personal-only copy, provided it's made from the original media.
Last I checked a few years ago, some smaller video rental shops carried PC games as well. Last one I rented was Wing Commander 4, IIRC.
I was actually a little ticked at Sun that they didn't put the "Free Solaris 9" ISOs on BitTorrent. Downloading them via HTTP felt so passe.
That is because they are not "free" in that sense. You have to license it for developer/educational use, at no cost.
Not quite always true. I recently returned a notebook to Future Shop (here in Canada) where the hinge had broken (on it's own! Honest!) and it was not covered under my three year, presumably catch-all extended warranty.
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I installed the FB app when I first received my Galaxy Nexus, and the battery life dropped from 3 days to 1, so I axed it, and added a desktop shortcut to their mobile site, which seems to work well enough for me.
^ This
I've been using the mobile website instead of the Android app for about a year. It's not quite as good as the app, but is more than adequate for my needs and has no battery impact. The only notifications I care about get emailed to me.
The rifle was an AR-15, and AR-15's are semi-auto only. It doesn't matter what the official called it, it was not an assault rifle.
:(
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57559725/popular-ar-15-rifle-at-center-of-gun-control-debate/
It is, however, a rifle with good accuracy and little recoil, so it really doesn't matter if it was full auto or not against unarmed children
Also, FWIW, these rifles are restricted in Canada in the same way that handguns are.
Agreed. When I was younger I worked at a buffet-style restaurant. At the end of each shift we would throw into a dumpster barrels of cooked, perfectly fine food (after the staff took what we wanted, of course). This restaurant was downtown, with a number of homeless people nearby. One day I asked why we don't give it away to them. The answer I received was "liability".
I've spent the past 45 minutes reading technical hardware details about the SNES of my past that I likely wouldn't have thought to look into if this post didn't exist, and enjoyed every minute of it. Personally, I'm happy that the OP brought up this question since I learned something.
Other industries are starting to be hit by a similar problem as flash manufacturers ever-increase the density of the chips and start EOL-ing their lower density models. This comparatively extreme density makes them unreliable for certain high-integrity, critical data logging applications. One technique the manufacturers seem to employ (I have seen this first hand but am not an EE) is to stack multiple dies within a single IC with some type of very thin metallic(?) padding material between them. This padding in turn wreaks havoc on the IC when subjected to high temperatures (>200C), which other chips could handle just fine in terms of not losing data.
Some people don't like to have half a dozen devices connected to their TV's if one device is capable of performing most of those tasks. I fondly recall the "debates" I had with the gf over where to put the DVD player I insisted we buy after I got frustrated with our PS3's lack of IR remote-control support when I have an otherwise homogeneous system with my Logitech Harmony.
Others, still, do not have enough input sockets on their TV's to support new devices. If I somehow only have one component input, to which my DVD player is currently connected to, and later buy a Wii, it would be nice to not be forced to balance like a monkey trying to reach behind the TV to rewire each time I switch devices.
How exactly does adhering to government regulation for sale and use of a radio device equate to "hide behind [FCC restriction]"? Please explain how a closed-source driver which supports WPA is worse than an open-source driver which supports only WEP? How about how a closed-source driver which gives my X 3d-accel is better than one that does not?
..... I'm speechless!
You have to coolest provider ever.
s/US/NA/
I can buy them at nearly any store here in Canada.
Hmm.. Wasn't there? I can recall having an encylopedia on CD in '95 IIRC.
Probably, however keep in mind that all they would get is a disassembly at best. I'm not sure how the AV companies operate, but it would be a difficult/tedious/perhaps-impossible task of making proper sense of that.
Go dis cat or something and attempt to trace it's execution; not so fun.
Not thirty minutes ago I was listening in on a live call in training for technical support at insert major PC vendor here. The customer was a woman, perhaps in her mid-thirties. To make a long story short, she was having IE problems and switched to Netscape. The real surprising bit, was she inquired about replacing Windows XP with an alternative OS (no names were mentioned, however). Unfortunately, the support agent she was speaking with informed her that would void her warranty, and that ended the discussion.
Most unfortunate for them, but perhaps this will be a wake-up call: STANDARDS ! Then the world (web) would be a better place for all of mankind. In the long run, that outweighs the losses (IMO).
Lynx is for wimps. Links is for men!
Nay, telnet is for real men!
Agreed. A few months ago my not-so-computer literate brother came to me asking me to install Linux for him; he had just gotten screwed around by some spyware or some such. He had never really used it before. Now he uses it for everything except the odd video game.
My father switched to Mozilla sometime last year without prompting from me.
Just two small examples.. But it's true; awareness is slowly coming around. It will be interesting to see just how far it goes, especially in light of the recent browser issues.
Indeed it does. However, look at the growth it has had in the last six years, and project that into the next six years ...
When you get to the core of windows you are still talking about MS DOS. And for all of you that will say that the MS DOS has been phased out I would argue that MS DOS is still the primary CLI for windows.
How's that? The kernel is completely rewritten, there is no other "core" to speak of. Everyone knows that Windows is GUI first and foremost; so what if cmd.exe is the primary CLI for Windows? Choosing to install a Bourne shell and use that instead seems to have little impact..
I am begining to like professional unix more and Linux less.
:-)
...
I am interested to give this thing a spin.
Do it!
I tried it out for the first time four or five months ago, and just earlier today as a matter of fact I nuked my main home Linux install...
Yes, I got them memo, and I've already taken care of it ... so ... it's not really a problem anymore.
;-)
It is much, much more than that. The problem I find with a "well-sorted collection of individual tools" in this case is the complexity/difficulty/impossibility to do what dtrace can do. Check out this usenet posting for some examples.
I've been using it for a little while, it's a very interesting tool.
With Plan 9.
Point me towards some where I can rent some software. Ooops, wait, not legal.
;)
It most certainly is. Haven't you ever rented a Nintendo game from the local video store?
Regardless, when I was younger, my father would always rent many cool games from the local software library, a store dedicated solely for that purpose. They were in business for many years, however they went out of business during the period when all good games required CD's, but CD burners were not around yet
The only requirement was that you could not keep a copy, and even that might be questionable, because to my understanding with Canadian copyright law, I can legally copy say a CD, any CD, like from a library, for a personal-only copy, provided it's made from the original media.
Last I checked a few years ago, some smaller video rental shops carried PC games as well. Last one I rented was Wing Commander 4, IIRC.
I was actually a little ticked at Sun that they didn't put the "Free Solaris 9" ISOs on BitTorrent. Downloading them via HTTP felt so passe. That is because they are not "free" in that sense. You have to license it for developer/educational use, at no cost.
Not quite always true. I recently returned a notebook to Future Shop (here in Canada) where the hinge had broken (on it's own! Honest!) and it was not covered under my three year, presumably catch-all extended warranty.