We're well aware that people come here for the comments. That's why comments are at the top of our list of features that need more work on the Beta site.
If it doesn't properly implement the core functions, it's not "beta," it's a "concept". Like a "concept car". Sometimes, they're nothing more than empty shells to show off a design idea or interesting feature or collection of features. But it can't be driven, or at least not on a public street. It's for show, to solicit feedback, to entice perhaps. And if it's a dud, then no one gets hurt.
But it's called "Beta". It's the path that's been chosen. It's too late for "big picture" or "overall concept" feedback, just tweaks and bugfixes. It's gonna get crammed down our throats, like it or not.
Our only hope is that the term "beta" was misapplied.
The Republican bloc is unlikely to do anything that would curb military or intelligence related activities.
Unless there's a Democrat running those intelligence related activities. Then there's actually a good chance.
No. Unfettered spying ^B^B^B^B^B^B intelligence gathering is the most bipartisan issue there is. Repubs and Democrats have both controlled houses of Congress with the other party in the White House. Have they actually done anything, even to score political points? No. No, they haven't. Will they? No. No, they won't. And no, voting Ron Paul won't fix it either -- sorry guys. Basing the whole thing on the promise and integrity of one guy doesn't work if there's no one to hold him accountable. Until Congress is willing to do its job, this won't get fixed.
Mouth off to a cop and see how precious your fucking rights are in Amerikkka. Fags.
Mouthing off to a cop is pretty STUPID because there is *never* an upside to it. At best it is neutral if the cop decides to ignore you, but all other outcomes go down hill from there. It's best to just be respectful, stay calm and do what they tell you. You don't have to answer any questions or consent to any searches (and I suggest you not do either), but there is absolutely no sense in mouthing off.
If you're white and middle-aged enough, and you can bait the cop into doing something stupid enough, and you can get the ACLU involved, then you can actually get yourself a nice cash settlementand get the local "law enforcement" to go to anger management and remedial US Constitution classes. I wouldn't try it if you didn't meet enough of the above qualifications.
Thank you for that... from now on I will use that term in lieu of 'religion', at every opportunity.
Before you get too excited, the "absolution" part is just the "forgiveness" aspect of the confession example of privileged communication he used. It's just one aspect of some religions (particularly Roman Catholicism), and not a term for religion in general.
Darn, I'm sure Google was excited by the prospect of providing broadband access to the tens of people who live in municipalities in Kansas.
Actually, yes. KCK was the first municipality that Google fiber signed a deal with. Mostly because one entity (the city) owned all the plant and rights of way, so it was a simple arrangement between WyCo/KCK government and Google.
And this is why I avoid Twitter, GoDaddy & PayPal like the plague they are.
That's how to prevent this exact problem from happening to you. But why couldn't something similar happen with other parties involved? Just because we like to pick on GoDaddy here doesn't mean other companies don't have at least one employee answering the phone that can be fooled by some clever con man. The only sure way to prevent something of yours from being stolen or extorted away is not to have anything of any value to anyone else. And that solution has some obvious disadvantages . ..
Both senses ["without undue delay"] and ["at the present time"] are flourishing in current English, but many commentators have objected to sense 2 ["at the present time"]. Since this sense has been in continuous use since the 15th century, it is not clear why it is objectionable. Perhaps a note in the Oxford English Dictionary (1909) that the sense has been obsolete since the 17th century in literary English is to blame, but the note goes on to observe that the sense is in regular use in most English dialects. The last citation in that dictionary is from a 1901 Leeds newspaper, written in Standard English. Sense 2 is most common in contexts relating to business and politics (the fastest-rising welfare cost is Medicaid, presently paid by the states and cities — William Safire)
The American Heritage Dictionary's note:
Usage Note: An original meaning of presently was "at the present time; currently." That sense is said to have disappeared from the literary language in the 17th century, but it has survived in popular usage and is widely found nowadays in literate speech and writing. Still, there is a lingering prejudice against this use. The sentence General Walters is... presently the United States Ambassador to the United Nations was acceptable to only 48 percent of the Usage Panel in the 1999 survey.
And Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary:
The meaning “now” of presently dates back to the 15th century; it is currently in standard use in all varieties of speech and writing. The sense “soon” arose gradually during the 16th century. Strangely, it is the older sense “now” that usage guides sometimes object to. The two senses are rarely if ever confused. presently meaning “now” is most often used with the present tense (The professor is presently on sabbatical leave) and presently meaning “soon” often with the future tense (The supervisor will be back presently).
In other words, there exists a small cadre of Grammar Nazis that are presently objecting to the original usage of "presently" for the sake of objecting. Because for an "obsolete" word, it's still getting pretty good mileage.
For serious music production use MacOS, its the right tool for the job. Get Logic Pro or Pro Tools for audio/midi recording, and Sibelius or Finale for score editing. If you want pain & suffering welcome to use open source alternatives.
You say that like pain and suffering in the creation of music is a bad thing.
So, I now wonder if the Neo900 upgrade replaces the audio bits so that the audio improves too. Do you know?
You mean phone audio, right? That wasn't so great, but it was also a little quiet, so the quality problem wasn't that noticeable. The Neo900 specs don't really address audio quality/hardware except to note (a little obtusely, in the "feasibility" document):
The RX51 uses a separate audio codec (tlv320aic34?) maybe because the one in the
TWL4030 did not work at market launch.
The TPS65950 is available in the third redesign of the original TWL4030 and works well
for all functions in the GTA04. So there does not seem to be any need for a separate
solution.
Due to audio management in fremantle is mostly closed blobs we may need the original
TLV320AIC34, since reverse-engineering of the complete audio management seems
impossible.
Risk to miss mission goal when changing this detail to work different than in RX51: high!
TLV320aic34: ~[$]10, available but duplicates the same functions as are already available
in TPS65950 ~[$]5.
So it sounds like the original audio chip will be replaced with a newer version of an integrated device . . . or not.
It was shit. I didn't really realise quite how shit it was until I upgraded to an iPhone. Never looked back since.
It's not a phone for the general population. The N900 was a phone for hackers, developers, etc.: people who needed a pocket computer with phone functionality. Sort of the "anti-iPhone" in its philosophy. You were clearly not in the (tiny) target demographic, and whoever sold you yours was not your friend, didn't know you very well, or didn't as the right questions. (I just described a salesman, didn't I?)
There's a Neo900 project attempting to make a modernized version of the N900, software and hardware. I don't know if they'll succeed and be able to do it at a price one can afford, but you might check it out if interested. If you don't visit maemo.org forums you might wish to.
I like my N9, but not the way I loved my N900. I especially miss the h/w keyboard.
There's also the Jolla phone, but its availability and network compatibility is limited now (e.g. current version might work in the US but as 2G only, the only modem offered in it is designed for European market, or part thereof, no idea what rest of the world situation would be like). And again, no h/w keyboard.
Yeah, but that would mean that Kansas would have to admit that lesbians are people with equal rights and responsibilities. Not likely.
Kansas and most Kansans don't really have a problem with gays and lesbians. The anti-gay (and anti-poor, anti-education and anti-local control) thing is pretty much all on "governor" Brownback and his attempts to purify the Kansas republican party of moderates for good. He may succeed, but Democrats + Moderate Republicans = more than 50% of the electorate, and he's gonna end up "anti-governor" in November.
Considering the population of the USA the percentage of the population killed each year by this is 0.00022300095%. On the other hand deaths for the flu have been as low as 3000 yearly so that's 23.3% of deaths. Still, the number of deaths compared to the population makes it comparable to winning the lottery in any case.
As low as 3000 deaths? If people knew the flu killed 3000 people (in an off year!), we could justify interment camps for infected people and monitor all phone calls to find out who complains of symptoms. We could create a cabinet level government department with a multi-billion-dollar budget just for battling the flu.
Or not. Because the flu generally doesn't also commit spectacular acts of property destruction and it kills its victims quietly in homes and hospital beds with no one to watch or mourn except the victims' actual friends and family.
Cleaning, Lubrication & Adjustment? Canadian Lacrosse Association? Carry Look-Ahead Adder? Certified Legal Assistant? Cigarette Lighter Adapter? College of Liberal Arts? Communist League of America? Cuban Liberator Army?
Somebody help me out here
Number one Google result -- actually most of the first page's sorth -- is "Conjugated Linoleic Acid". Some kind of bodybuilding supplement also sold as an anti-cancer agent.
Wikipedia says the health claims are bunk, so Linus is probably right to oppose it.
If you're that concerned about not affecting other users, then either separate hardware or virtualization is the answer.
Exactly. Or even do both: Virtualize first, then throw more hardware at it if/when necessary. Just move the virtual machine to another physical machine as required. Also makes it easy to build and test in multiple versions of multiple distros of multiple OSs. Plus, you can now backup (or even version-control) your whole build environment as easily as saving a single file using whatever method you like.
I've never used an adblocker - Suppose I could, but can't be bothered.
I know ads drive the Slashdot crowd batshit bananas crazy, but f*ck, get over it. How does a 10 second ad for a Chevy ruin your life? I just tune them out...
Oh, my. That's a bit of an exaggeration, don't you think? It doesn't ruin my life. Are you projecting something on me, perhaps?
What it does ruin is that particular web browsing experience. Not for me. I certainly don't want to imply I'm being selfish, here. Oh, no. No, it ruins it for the advertiser. See, when I get hit with something jarring and unexpected, I simply close the whole thing: experience, ads, Chevy, promised content, and all. It's not personal -- I'm certainly not trying to upset you, oh my, no -- I just don't want to exert the effort at refocusing after watching some un-skippable video.
So, you see, it's me, not you. It's my aversion to switch focus. Nothing personal. Really, honestly, I don't mean to hurt your feelings. Okay?
You should continue doing what you like. You certainly don't need my approval or anyone else's. As a Slashdotter, I'm sorry if the Slashdot crowd implies that you are wasting your time. That is not our intention. Your time is your own to do with as you wish. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise.
Slashdot Mirror
Not with a bang, but with a whine.
fixed that for ya'
You "fixed" a topical parody of Eliot by substituting a lame rewording instead? That's a repair I could live without.
We're well aware that people come here for the comments. That's why comments are at the top of our list of features that need more work on the Beta site.
If it doesn't properly implement the core functions, it's not "beta," it's a "concept". Like a "concept car". Sometimes, they're nothing more than empty shells to show off a design idea or interesting feature or collection of features. But it can't be driven, or at least not on a public street. It's for show, to solicit feedback, to entice perhaps. And if it's a dud, then no one gets hurt.
But it's called "Beta". It's the path that's been chosen. It's too late for "big picture" or "overall concept" feedback, just tweaks and bugfixes. It's gonna get crammed down our throats, like it or not.
Our only hope is that the term "beta" was misapplied.
The Republican bloc is unlikely to do anything that would curb military or intelligence related activities.
Unless there's a Democrat running those intelligence related activities. Then there's actually a good chance.
No. Unfettered spying ^B^B^B^B^B^B intelligence gathering is the most bipartisan issue there is. Repubs and Democrats have both controlled houses of Congress with the other party in the White House. Have they actually done anything, even to score political points? No. No, they haven't. Will they? No. No, they won't. And no, voting Ron Paul won't fix it either -- sorry guys. Basing the whole thing on the promise and integrity of one guy doesn't work if there's no one to hold him accountable. Until Congress is willing to do its job, this won't get fixed.
Mouth off to a cop and see how precious your fucking rights are in Amerikkka. Fags.
Mouthing off to a cop is pretty STUPID because there is *never* an upside to it. At best it is neutral if the cop decides to ignore you, but all other outcomes go down hill from there. It's best to just be respectful, stay calm and do what they tell you. You don't have to answer any questions or consent to any searches (and I suggest you not do either), but there is absolutely no sense in mouthing off.
If you're white and middle-aged enough, and you can bait the cop into doing something stupid enough, and you can get the ACLU involved, then you can actually get yourself a nice cash settlement and get the local "law enforcement" to go to anger management and remedial US Constitution classes. I wouldn't try it if you didn't meet enough of the above qualifications.
Thank you for that... from now on I will use that term in lieu of 'religion', at every opportunity.
Before you get too excited, the "absolution" part is just the "forgiveness" aspect of the confession example of privileged communication he used. It's just one aspect of some religions (particularly Roman Catholicism), and not a term for religion in general.
Darn, I'm sure Google was excited by the prospect of providing broadband access to the tens of people who live in municipalities in Kansas.
Actually, yes. KCK was the first municipality that Google fiber signed a deal with. Mostly because one entity (the city) owned all the plant and rights of way, so it was a simple arrangement between WyCo/KCK government and Google.
PT Cruiser... that's one step up from the Pontiac Aztek at least.
The Aztek: what happens when a Grand Prix gets crushed by a falling Sunfire.
I thought you were going to tell us about the time you blew a seal. Or was that a walrus?
Just fix the damn thing and leave his private life outta this, OK, Pal?
And how about don't swim with sharks?
If he wasn't a social media (value = what exactly?) then this would never have happened anyway.
Don't get your desirable twitter handle stolen by not having it? I can think of a car analogy for that.
And this is why I avoid Twitter, GoDaddy & PayPal like the plague they are.
That's how to prevent this exact problem from happening to you. But why couldn't something similar happen with other parties involved? Just because we like to pick on GoDaddy here doesn't mean other companies don't have at least one employee answering the phone that can be fooled by some clever con man. The only sure way to prevent something of yours from being stolen or extorted away is not to have anything of any value to anyone else. And that solution has some obvious disadvantages . . .
As in it will happen presently.
Grrr.
Merriam-webster.com states this in usage notes:
Both senses ["without undue delay"] and ["at the present time"] are flourishing in current English, but many commentators have objected to sense 2 ["at the present time"]. Since this sense has been in continuous use since the 15th century, it is not clear why it is objectionable. Perhaps a note in the Oxford English Dictionary (1909) that the sense has been obsolete since the 17th century in literary English is to blame, but the note goes on to observe that the sense is in regular use in most English dialects. The last citation in that dictionary is from a 1901 Leeds newspaper, written in Standard English. Sense 2 is most common in contexts relating to business and politics (the fastest-rising welfare cost is Medicaid, presently paid by the states and cities — William Safire)
The American Heritage Dictionary's note:
Usage Note: An original meaning of presently was "at the present time; currently." That sense is said to have disappeared from the literary language in the 17th century, but it has survived in popular usage and is widely found nowadays in literate speech and writing. Still, there is a lingering prejudice against this use. The sentence General Walters is ... presently the United States Ambassador to the United Nations was acceptable to only 48 percent of the Usage Panel in the 1999 survey.
And Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary:
The meaning “now” of presently dates back to the 15th century; it is currently in standard use in all varieties of speech and writing. The sense “soon” arose gradually during the 16th century. Strangely, it is the older sense “now” that usage guides sometimes object to. The two senses are rarely if ever confused. presently meaning “now” is most often used with the present tense (The professor is presently on sabbatical leave) and presently meaning “soon” often with the future tense (The supervisor will be back presently).
In other words, there exists a small cadre of Grammar Nazis that are presently objecting to the original usage of "presently" for the sake of objecting. Because for an "obsolete" word, it's still getting pretty good mileage.
For serious music production use MacOS, its the right tool for the job. Get Logic Pro or Pro Tools for audio/midi recording, and Sibelius or Finale for score editing. If you want pain & suffering welcome to use open source alternatives.
You say that like pain and suffering in the creation of music is a bad thing.
So, I now wonder if the Neo900 upgrade replaces the audio bits so that the audio improves too. Do you know?
You mean phone audio, right? That wasn't so great, but it was also a little quiet, so the quality problem wasn't that noticeable. The Neo900 specs don't really address audio quality/hardware except to note (a little obtusely, in the "feasibility" document):
The RX51 uses a separate audio codec (tlv320aic34?) maybe because the one in the TWL4030 did not work at market launch.
The TPS65950 is available in the third redesign of the original TWL4030 and works well for all functions in the GTA04. So there does not seem to be any need for a separate solution.
Due to audio management in fremantle is mostly closed blobs we may need the original TLV320AIC34, since reverse-engineering of the complete audio management seems impossible.
Risk to miss mission goal when changing this detail to work different than in RX51: high! TLV320aic34: ~[$]10, available but duplicates the same functions as are already available in TPS65950 ~[$]5.
So it sounds like the original audio chip will be replaced with a newer version of an integrated device . . . or not.
to the barricades, comrades!
That would have to be: To the barricades, citoyens! then. The term comrades is distinctly communist.
I don't think that word's etymology is what you think it is . . .
It was shit. I didn't really realise quite how shit it was until I upgraded to an iPhone. Never looked back since.
It's not a phone for the general population. The N900 was a phone for hackers, developers, etc.: people who needed a pocket computer with phone functionality. Sort of the "anti-iPhone" in its philosophy. You were clearly not in the (tiny) target demographic, and whoever sold you yours was not your friend, didn't know you very well, or didn't as the right questions. (I just described a salesman, didn't I?)
There's a Neo900 project attempting to make a modernized version of the N900, software and hardware. I don't know if they'll succeed and be able to do it at a price one can afford, but you might check it out if interested. If you don't visit maemo.org forums you might wish to.
I like my N9, but not the way I loved my N900. I especially miss the h/w keyboard.
There's also the Jolla phone, but its availability and network compatibility is limited now (e.g. current version might work in the US but as 2G only, the only modem offered in it is designed for European market, or part thereof, no idea what rest of the world situation would be like). And again, no h/w keyboard.
There's always something that does not work? Every thought of just building your own any way you please?
Well, that came full circle quickly.
Try reading articles.
On Slashdot? Good luck with that . . .
Yeah, but that would mean that Kansas would have to admit that lesbians are people with equal rights and responsibilities. Not likely.
Kansas and most Kansans don't really have a problem with gays and lesbians. The anti-gay (and anti-poor, anti-education and anti-local control) thing is pretty much all on "governor" Brownback and his attempts to purify the Kansas republican party of moderates for good. He may succeed, but Democrats + Moderate Republicans = more than 50% of the electorate, and he's gonna end up "anti-governor" in November.
Considering the population of the USA the percentage of the population killed each year by this is 0.00022300095%. On the other hand deaths for the flu have been as low as 3000 yearly so that's 23.3% of deaths. Still, the number of deaths compared to the population makes it comparable to winning the lottery in any case.
As low as 3000 deaths? If people knew the flu killed 3000 people (in an off year!), we could justify interment camps for infected people and monitor all phone calls to find out who complains of symptoms. We could create a cabinet level government department with a multi-billion-dollar budget just for battling the flu.
Or not. Because the flu generally doesn't also commit spectacular acts of property destruction and it kills its victims quietly in homes and hospital beds with no one to watch or mourn except the victims' actual friends and family.
Cleaning, Lubrication & Adjustment? Canadian Lacrosse Association? Carry Look-Ahead Adder? Certified Legal Assistant? Cigarette Lighter Adapter? College of Liberal Arts? Communist League of America? Cuban Liberator Army?
Somebody help me out here
Number one Google result -- actually most of the first page's sorth -- is "Conjugated Linoleic Acid". Some kind of bodybuilding supplement also sold as an anti-cancer agent.
Wikipedia says the health claims are bunk, so Linus is probably right to oppose it.
just answer the questions like you're talking to another human, because you are.
At some point, you'd begin to wonder, especially if it was a phone interview.
"Do you have any weaknesses?"
Blondes, brunettes and redheads.
If you're that concerned about not affecting other users, then either separate hardware or virtualization is the answer.
Exactly. Or even do both: Virtualize first, then throw more hardware at it if/when necessary. Just move the virtual machine to another physical machine as required. Also makes it easy to build and test in multiple versions of multiple distros of multiple OSs. Plus, you can now backup (or even version-control) your whole build environment as easily as saving a single file using whatever method you like.
I've never used an adblocker - Suppose I could, but can't be bothered. I know ads drive the Slashdot crowd batshit bananas crazy, but f*ck, get over it. How does a 10 second ad for a Chevy ruin your life? I just tune them out...
Oh, my. That's a bit of an exaggeration, don't you think? It doesn't ruin my life. Are you projecting something on me, perhaps?
What it does ruin is that particular web browsing experience. Not for me. I certainly don't want to imply I'm being selfish, here. Oh, no. No, it ruins it for the advertiser. See, when I get hit with something jarring and unexpected, I simply close the whole thing: experience, ads, Chevy, promised content, and all. It's not personal -- I'm certainly not trying to upset you, oh my, no -- I just don't want to exert the effort at refocusing after watching some un-skippable video.
So, you see, it's me, not you. It's my aversion to switch focus. Nothing personal. Really, honestly, I don't mean to hurt your feelings. Okay?
You should continue doing what you like. You certainly don't need my approval or anyone else's. As a Slashdotter, I'm sorry if the Slashdot crowd implies that you are wasting your time. That is not our intention. Your time is your own to do with as you wish. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise.