This obviously isn't intended for you. Nobody said it was. Basic logic should cause you to skip over it since you've already made the transition.
This is intended for normal Sprint users who just use their phone as normal. Now instead of jumping through hoops and using apps or workarounds, they can simply flip a switch and suddenly receive all of the great Google Voice features for free. Free along with easy is a huge selling point.
A phone battery just has to last long enough to make it through a whole day of normal use, anything more would best be used to increase functionality or ease of use.
Most everyone will charge their battery overnight, resulting in a fresh start for a whole new day's worth of entertainment and productivity.
It may be different where you live, but here in the United States we sign two year contracts that come with subsidized phones. That means that the majority of churn on handsets is rated at two years per device.
Two years is a long time. I would not want to be stuck on Android 1.5 for two years when a fairly simple upgrade to 2.1 would unlock a huge new increase in functionality of my existing hardware such as turn by turn navigation and Google Goggles.
I much prefer the European model of unlocked phones, but changing the industry is a whole other topic in itself. I am hoping Google has the ability to change that, but we will see.
Keep in mind that Xmarks already does this as well as Opera Link.
Xmarks encrypts the passwords using a key only you know and they presumably use a pretty good form of encryption.
Your argument is basically that nothing is secure so don't even try it. With that attitude pretty much nothing in tech would ever be done. Most banks don't even let you store the password. I know Bank of America doesn't since I have to type it in each time. For the rest of the forums and websites I visit it is nice to have it stored and ready to be used as it saves me time. It is my choice to store my passwords and run the risk of them being broken. You can continue typing in everything by hand.
The biggest feature keeping me on Firefox right now is bookmark and password syncing. Xmarks does the job beautifully.
I love the fact that native bookmark syncing will be coming to Chrome, but nobody has mentioned password syncing. This is arguable just as important as bookmark sync and should be possible to release alongside bookmarks in this next release.
I wish they would mention it at least just to know that they are working on it. At the very least I can fallback on the Xmarks version for Chrome that will be available for Chrome 4, but I would much prefer a native solution.
Actually most people have been praising Drupal for its excellent security. You aren't going to find a CMS with a much better track record than Drupal.
What they were mainly saying is that Drupal is extremely popular with lots of people looking to exploit it, so it might theoretically be a high risk. A less well known CMS would not have many people looking (well, that would definitely change overnight if whitehouse.gov chose it:) and is therfore a lower risk, but also has tons of exploits not found yet.
Stick with Drupal if you want a tested, secure, and reliable CMS.
Only the first few gigs of space are free and then you can purchase plans. 2 gigs is not enough for major space junkies like me (I use it for sync and backup so it needs to securely backup all of my pictures and music so that's at least 60 gigs.) so we eventually use the paid plans.
The free space lets you try it and see how you can't live without it and then you order the $10 a month 50GB plan or the $20 month 100GB plan.
Cell phone towers normally have plenty of backup generators so your cell phone will still work even in a power outage. I've never understood that argument for landlines.
Not that many people use Adblock Plus to begin with. Also, Adblock Plus users tend to be more computer literate and wouldn't click the ads anyway.
Even if Firefox gains a huge marketshare in the future, the number of users that also have Adblock Plus would still be a small percentage of the total.
It's just not worth it to them to spend resources attacking Adblock Plus.
JInput for game controllers and other input: JInput
Java version of SDL for a complete game dev tool: SDLJava
Also, check out the pure Java implementation of the Quake 2 engine. Runs on every major platform with near native speed. Jake2
I doubt that Java will ever be used for mainstream games, but for small projects it is a great tool that will allow a game to run on any platform with AAA title graphics and sound.
10) ZFS is so great, we're giving it away. Wow excellent plan. XFS, JFS, ReiserFS, yup we need one more FS.
ZFS is a paradigm shift in file systems whereas the others are simply evolutions of the basic file system.
Don't be too quick to discount it as another piece of shiny tech that won't make any money. Someone has to provide support for it and support brings in cash.
I am fairly sure that Microsoft Anti-Spyware does not seek out Norton AV files specifically and flag them, but instead looks at what the files may do if run then alerts the user accordingly.
If this is true then it makes me wonder what exactly Norton Anti-Virus is doing to cause Microsoft Anti-spyware to flag it as malicious. Anti-virus software should not have anything to do with password storage or password mining, so if there is a file included that contains such code then it should be removed immediately from the product.
Considering they have http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/07/29/445242 .aspx already stated that IE is moving towards standards compliance, I think he is jumping the gun a bit here. Internet Explorer is just now moving towards being operable in a developer environment and should be recieving our blessings that it will succeed in order for web developer's nightmares to subside.
What connection are you running on?
Nobody I know seems to be affected by this. I view many sites each day that use ads that reference this server and the page plus add appear within a second.
There may be an entry in your http.host file that prevents access to it and causes a timeout before it will display. Many adblocking tools use this as does Kazaa Lite.
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This obviously isn't intended for you. Nobody said it was. Basic logic should cause you to skip over it since you've already made the transition.
This is intended for normal Sprint users who just use their phone as normal. Now instead of jumping through hoops and using apps or workarounds, they can simply flip a switch and suddenly receive all of the great Google Voice features for free. Free along with easy is a huge selling point.
Sadly, Google Voice is not yet VOIP without a lot of extremely technical hackery.
They are experimenting with VOIP support, but it might be a while and there is no guarantee it will be allowed by Sprint :(
A phone battery just has to last long enough to make it through a whole day of normal use, anything more would best be used to increase functionality or ease of use.
Most everyone will charge their battery overnight, resulting in a fresh start for a whole new day's worth of entertainment and productivity.
It may be different where you live, but here in the United States we sign two year contracts that come with subsidized phones. That means that the majority of churn on handsets is rated at two years per device.
Two years is a long time. I would not want to be stuck on Android 1.5 for two years when a fairly simple upgrade to 2.1 would unlock a huge new increase in functionality of my existing hardware such as turn by turn navigation and Google Goggles.
I much prefer the European model of unlocked phones, but changing the industry is a whole other topic in itself. I am hoping Google has the ability to change that, but we will see.
Uhh... just so you know: Dragon Age's lead SKU was the PC version.
The graphics are better on PC, the controls are better on PC, and the online elements integrate nicely on the PC.
"With the lead SKU (the PC version) of Dragon Age: Origins in its polish stage"
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dragon-Age-Man-Explains-Disney-Move-110223.shtml
I tried Weave. Weave is horribly buggy and not even close to beta yet. I might try it again sometime next year after it's had time to mature.
Xmarks works flawlessly and syncs within seconds. I don't even notice it. It also works on other browsers (such as Chrome) which is a nice feature.
Do you have a source for that? I've only ever seen talk of bookmark synchronization.
That would be wonderful news if true.
Keep in mind that Xmarks already does this as well as Opera Link.
Xmarks encrypts the passwords using a key only you know and they presumably use a pretty good form of encryption.
Your argument is basically that nothing is secure so don't even try it. With that attitude pretty much nothing in tech would ever be done. Most banks don't even let you store the password. I know Bank of America doesn't since I have to type it in each time. For the rest of the forums and websites I visit it is nice to have it stored and ready to be used as it saves me time. It is my choice to store my passwords and run the risk of them being broken. You can continue typing in everything by hand.
The biggest feature keeping me on Firefox right now is bookmark and password syncing. Xmarks does the job beautifully.
I love the fact that native bookmark syncing will be coming to Chrome, but nobody has mentioned password syncing. This is arguable just as important as bookmark sync and should be possible to release alongside bookmarks in this next release.
I wish they would mention it at least just to know that they are working on it. At the very least I can fallback on the Xmarks version for Chrome that will be available for Chrome 4, but I would much prefer a native solution.
Actually most people have been praising Drupal for its excellent security. You aren't going to find a CMS with a much better track record than Drupal.
What they were mainly saying is that Drupal is extremely popular with lots of people looking to exploit it, so it might theoretically be a high risk. A less well known CMS would not have many people looking (well, that would definitely change overnight if whitehouse.gov chose it :) and is therfore a lower risk, but also has tons of exploits not found yet.
Stick with Drupal if you want a tested, secure, and reliable CMS.
Only the first few gigs of space are free and then you can purchase plans. 2 gigs is not enough for major space junkies like me (I use it for sync and backup so it needs to securely backup all of my pictures and music so that's at least 60 gigs.) so we eventually use the paid plans.
The free space lets you try it and see how you can't live without it and then you order the $10 a month 50GB plan or the $20 month 100GB plan.
Cell phone towers normally have plenty of backup generators so your cell phone will still work even in a power outage. I've never understood that argument for landlines.
Not that many people use Adblock Plus to begin with.
Also, Adblock Plus users tend to be more computer literate and wouldn't click the ads anyway.
Even if Firefox gains a huge marketshare in the future, the number of users that also have Adblock Plus would still be a small percentage of the total.
It's just not worth it to them to spend resources attacking Adblock Plus.
I was under the impression that Java 3D was a dead project and would be replaced.
Did they resurrect the project?
Game programming I'd think would be doable, if they have good DirectX libraries and an SDK that works well.
Java has some pretty good libraries for game development.
Also, check out the pure Java implementation of the Quake 2 engine. Runs on every major platform with near native speed. Jake2
I doubt that Java will ever be used for mainstream games, but for small projects it is a great tool that will allow a game to run on any platform with AAA title graphics and sound.
10) ZFS is so great, we're giving it away. Wow excellent plan. XFS, JFS, ReiserFS, yup we need one more FS.
ZFS is a paradigm shift in file systems whereas the others are simply evolutions of the basic file system.
Don't be too quick to discount it as another piece of shiny tech that won't make any money. Someone has to provide support for it and support brings in cash.
Don't forget that drives use quite a bit of juice to spin the discs as well.
Who needs proof? He is on Slashdot.
What makes you think that AOL is powered by Google?
Looks like I will be stocking up on quite a few of these for my recreational porn collection
I am fairly sure that Microsoft Anti-Spyware does not seek out Norton AV files specifically and flag them, but instead looks at what the files may do if run then alerts the user accordingly. If this is true then it makes me wonder what exactly Norton Anti-Virus is doing to cause Microsoft Anti-spyware to flag it as malicious. Anti-virus software should not have anything to do with password storage or password mining, so if there is a file included that contains such code then it should be removed immediately from the product.
Considering they have http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/07/29/445242 .aspx already stated that IE is moving towards standards compliance, I think he is jumping the gun a bit here. Internet Explorer is just now moving towards being operable in a developer environment and should be recieving our blessings that it will succeed in order for web developer's nightmares to subside.
What connection are you running on? Nobody I know seems to be affected by this. I view many sites each day that use ads that reference this server and the page plus add appear within a second. There may be an entry in your http.host file that prevents access to it and causes a timeout before it will display. Many adblocking tools use this as does Kazaa Lite.