Now, before I get flamed for what I have written, let me remind everyone that what I have written reflects my personal opinion...and I am entitled to that.
And remember...I am not alone. When will these GNOME folks produce a shell that is a beauty to look at by default?
...I just wanted to say..."He's one hell of a programmer..." He definitely has lots of ambition. Google should pull him into Android programming for his [incredible] talent will be a plus to Android development.
Just because you happen to survive to get old doesn't mean you should be worshiped.
Who asked that the 'old' be worshiped? I haven't seen any [yet]. What I have seen is a salient call for respect. No wonder our older population are so depressed and stressed out.
You should visit some retirement homes to see for yourself. It's sad. The bad thing is that we're all headed there. God help us.
Facts like these amaze me. This is mainly because even with their revelation, Americans will continue to see themselves as people having a nation where everyone would want to be.
American college students are hooked on cellphones, social media and the Internet and showing symptoms similar to drug and alcohol addictions, according to a new study. This probably falls under the no-big-surprise category.
It's not only cell phones. It's the 'bad' habits as well. Things like not respecting parents or elders, the 'me, me, me' attitude the teen pregnancies, the spending beyond our means for both government and a good chunk of the population.
These are some of the myths I have come across: Disclaimer: These statistics are a bit aged but still relevant.
Ranking of Student Science Ability: #19 Ranking on Women's Rights Scale: #17 Position on Timeline of Gay Rights Progress: # 6 Ranking on Life Expectancy: #29 UN Human Development Report 2005 USA Ranking on Journalistic Press Freedom Index: #32 Ranking on Political Corruption Index: #17 Transparency International 2005 USA Ranking on Quality of Life Survey: #13 Ranking on Environmental Sustainability Index: #45 Ranking on Overall Currency Strength: #3 Ranking on Infant Mortality Rate: #32 Ranking on Adult Literacy Scale: #9 Ranking on Healthcare Quality Index: #37 Ranking of Student Reading Ability: #12 Ranking of Student Problem Solving Ability: #26 Ranking on Student Mathematics Ability: # 24
These days, when Microsoft, Apple, and others are abusing software patents, it's nice to see one large company calling them junk.
Before you call them 'junk' in the courts of law, where it matters, things might not be in agreement with your line of view.
I will quote Gosling...
"In Sun's early history, we didn't think much of patents. While there's a kernel of good sense in the reasoning for patents, the system itself has gotten goofy. Sun didn't file many patents initially. But then we got sued by IBM for violating the "RISC patent" - a patent that essentially said "if you make something simpler, it'll go faster". Seemed like a blindingly obvious notion that shouldn't have been patentable, but we got sued, and lost. The penalty was huge. Nearly put us out of business. We survived, but to help protect us from future suits we went on a patenting binge."
So you're sleeping or hibernating? Anyway, it's just a joke. Here's what I wanted to say. Remember that the majority of Android phone buyers do not care what OS it runs. All they want is a phone of great value or from a particular OEM.
I personally, will avoid Motorola no matter what phone they develop, and will seek out HTC or Samsung whenever I can. What OS will come with the phone I choose will be a question I ask just before I pay.
However, the report points out that a growing volume of research publications does not necessarily mean in increase in quality...
Let's remember that although the USA discovered the silicon chip via Bell Telephone Laboratories USA, it was not until the Japanese came around and showed us what to do with it.
Guess what, several decades later, all our electronics are Asian made! What a shame! And the recent quake in Japan exposes how dependent we are on those Asians when it comes to sophisticated chips...forget INTEL and AMD.
I am afraid this story will be repeated but with China this time.
'In general, the accuracy of IP address tracing varies depending on the type of user behind the IP address...'
I whole heatedly agree with this statement. This is one of the few times this has happened with a Slashdot premise.
As a young graduate more than 10 years ago, I NATed a few of my employer's computer IPs, including the internal 192.168.X.X up to 3 levels and asked the then ISP support dude to find out what was going on. He could not, despite having the 'latest' software.
This gives defense lawyers one item they could use to challenge the DA. Trust me on this.
If this report is true, then something is surely wrong at Motorola. How can you ditch an OS that is licensed for free, and is 'open' to tweaking to your taste? This boggles my mind.
Let's look at the iOS for a second. If Motorola wishes to replicate even half of iOS' success, they must understand that iOS is selling on it's merits. I just do not get it. Geeks don't like the iOS because it's "closed." But the rest of the world doesn't care, because it [just] works and it's a very good price for what it is. And it runs their favourite apps. Simple as that.
The vast majority of those that buy Android phones have no idea who makes the OS, and they just do not care. Motorola released a 'half-baked' XOOM tablet which hanged many many times on me, and was unresponsive for a while, which reminds me of another operating system, also licensed and widely used. But those were the nineties. I hope Android will not need a decade to mature on the tablet...and Motorola should understand that it is the price, the apps, the support and the look and feel of the product that will sell it.
And ohh, I had forgotten the hype (with ads) built around that product as well. Showing machine like creatures zooming across the screen with graphics that irritate the eyes is not way to advertise a product. Be simple and actually show us how the product can simplify one's life. That's what Apple does and it works.
But releasing a half baked ugly product will not and does not cut it. Someone should be fired at Motorola.
...but dozens of other electronics makers require critical components only manufactured in Japan."
What could these critical components be really? Just want to know. With this datum, can someone convince me that Japan is manufacturing these components because it's cheaper than to manufacture them in the USA?
US based venture capitalists, step in and do something here. You will be handsomely rewarded.
As an always sceptical individual, I am inclined to ask whether all past Summers of Code have been fruitful or have produced good helpful outcomes.
To be convinced, I'd like some dude to point me to specific results that past Summers of Code have yielded...My hope is to see useful tangible results. I anxiously await. Thanks.
I would like to see projects that would specifically improve the Android experience for users.
As we all might now know, Android 3.0 got the not-so-appealing label as one OS that by interpretation, was born a bit early. Projects that could address this prematurity would be welcome for Android.
...is that their fonts are not clear at all, though readable. With today's technology, I expected a much better looking font regime from a powerful company like Google.
Sadly, there is virtually no competition yet in this area.
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Now, before I get flamed for what I have written, let me remind everyone that what I have written reflects my personal opinion...and I am entitled to that.
And remember...I am not alone. When will these GNOME folks produce a shell that is a beauty to look at by default?
...I just wanted to say..."He's one hell of a programmer..." He definitely has lots of ambition. Google should pull him into Android programming for his [incredible] talent will be a plus to Android development.
Just because you happen to survive to get old doesn't mean you should be worshiped.
Who asked that the 'old' be worshiped? I haven't seen any [yet]. What I have seen is a salient call for respect. No wonder our older population are so depressed and stressed out.
You should visit some retirement homes to see for yourself. It's sad. The bad thing is that we're all headed there. God help us.
I am sure one can add or remove some metrics used in coming up with these figures to mane any nation come #1.
Those parts are increasingly coming from China. Wake up!
Facts like these amaze me. This is mainly because even with their revelation, Americans will continue to see themselves as people having a nation where everyone would want to be.
It's no wonder that 85% of US soldiers in Iraq believe that they are there to get revenge for 9/11.
American college students are hooked on cellphones, social media and the Internet and showing symptoms similar to drug and alcohol addictions, according to a new study. This probably falls under the no-big-surprise category.
It's not only cell phones. It's the 'bad' habits as well. Things like not respecting parents or elders, the 'me, me, me' attitude the teen pregnancies, the spending beyond our means for both government and a good chunk of the population.
These are some of the myths I have come across:
Disclaimer: These statistics are a bit aged but still relevant.
Ranking of Student Science Ability: #19
Ranking on Women's Rights Scale: #17
Position on Timeline of Gay Rights Progress: # 6
Ranking on Life Expectancy: #29
UN Human Development Report 2005 USA Ranking on Journalistic Press Freedom Index: #32
Ranking on Political Corruption Index: #17
Transparency International 2005 USA Ranking on Quality of Life Survey: #13
Ranking on Environmental Sustainability Index: #45
Ranking on Overall Currency Strength: #3
Ranking on Infant Mortality Rate: #32
Ranking on Adult Literacy Scale: #9
Ranking on Healthcare Quality Index: #37
Ranking of Student Reading Ability: #12
Ranking of Student Problem Solving Ability: #26
Ranking on Student Mathematics Ability: # 24
Apart from the knowledge we obtain from these vehicles...can we justify these expensive ventures in these recession times?
Here is the evidence:
These days, when Microsoft, Apple, and others are abusing software patents, it's nice to see one large company calling them junk.
Before you call them 'junk' in the courts of law, where it matters, things might not be in agreement with your line of view.
I will quote Gosling...
"In Sun's early history, we didn't think much of patents. While there's a kernel of good sense in the reasoning for patents, the system itself has gotten goofy. Sun didn't file many patents initially. But then we got sued by IBM for violating the "RISC patent" - a patent that essentially said "if you make something simpler, it'll go faster". Seemed like a blindingly obvious notion that shouldn't have been patentable, but we got sued, and lost. The penalty was huge. Nearly put us out of business. We survived, but to help protect us from future suits we went on a patenting binge."
So it's not over yet...not even close.
(I'm the proud owner of an HTC Desire, so I'm not bashing. Just stating something that has been on my mind lately..)
Have you had chance to compare that phone to another Android phone? What are your impressions?
Wake me up in six months...
So you're sleeping or hibernating? Anyway, it's just a joke. Here's what I wanted to say.
Remember that the majority of Android phone buyers do not care what OS it runs. All they want is a phone of great value or from a particular OEM.
I personally, will avoid Motorola no matter what phone they develop, and will seek out HTC or Samsung whenever I can. What OS will come with the phone I choose will be a question I ask just before I pay.
That's me and I an not a lone.
...he competed with, and beat the largest software company at its own game. He's doing pretty good in my opinion.
However, the report points out that a growing volume of research publications does not necessarily mean in increase in quality...
Let's remember that although the USA discovered the silicon chip via Bell Telephone Laboratories USA, it was not until the Japanese came around and showed us what to do with it.
Guess what, several decades later, all our electronics are Asian made! What a shame! And the recent quake in Japan exposes how dependent we are on those Asians when it comes to sophisticated chips...forget INTEL and AMD.
I am afraid this story will be repeated but with China this time.
...for and against before I provide my opinion.
Isn't Slashdot providing this dude a platform for [free] publicity? Why is this story even here? Nothing about it is substantiated at all.
The only thing I can guarantee is that there is a human being at the other end who is now in the news.
This is quite possibly the stupidest drivel I have ever read, and obviously he's an amateur programmer.
That line was unnecessary. Being civil would still have driven your point home as well. I think you agree....or do you not?
Those 'holes' are intentionally left there. They are for demo purposes as McAfee needs to constantly improve their product. Trust me.
They learn a lot from what users good intentioned and bad do via their site.
'In general, the accuracy of IP address tracing varies depending on the type of user behind the IP address...'
I whole heatedly agree with this statement. This is one of the few times this has happened with a Slashdot premise.
As a young graduate more than 10 years ago, I NATed a few of my employer's computer IPs, including the internal 192.168.X.X up to 3 levels and asked the then ISP support dude to find out what was going on. He could not, despite having the 'latest' software.
This gives defense lawyers one item they could use to challenge the DA. Trust me on this.
If this report is true, then something is surely wrong at Motorola. How can you ditch an OS that is licensed for free, and is 'open' to tweaking to your taste? This boggles my mind.
Let's look at the iOS for a second. If Motorola wishes to replicate even half of iOS' success, they must understand that iOS is selling on it's merits. I just do not get it. Geeks don't like the iOS because it's "closed." But the rest of the world doesn't care, because it [just] works and it's a very good price for what it is. And it runs their favourite apps. Simple as that.
The vast majority of those that buy Android phones have no idea who makes the OS, and they just do not care. Motorola released a 'half-baked' XOOM tablet which hanged many many times on me, and was unresponsive for a while, which reminds me of another operating system, also licensed and widely used. But those were the nineties. I hope Android will not need a decade to mature on the tablet...and Motorola should understand that it is the price, the apps, the support and the look and feel of the product that will sell it.
And ohh, I had forgotten the hype (with ads) built around that product as well. Showing machine like creatures zooming across the screen with graphics that irritate the eyes is not way to advertise a product. Be simple and actually show us how the product can simplify one's life. That's what Apple does and it works.
But releasing a half baked ugly product will not and does not cut it. Someone should be fired at Motorola.
...but dozens of other electronics makers require critical components only manufactured in Japan."
What could these critical components be really? Just want to know. With this datum, can someone convince me that Japan is manufacturing these components because it's cheaper than to manufacture them in the USA?
US based venture capitalists, step in and do something here. You will be handsomely rewarded.
Android is vacuuming up the mobile and tablet markets...
I think you know Android is not vaccuming up the tablet market...or is it? Where is the proof?
As an always sceptical individual, I am inclined to ask whether all past Summers of Code have been fruitful or have produced good helpful outcomes.
To be convinced, I'd like some dude to point me to specific results that past Summers of Code have yielded...My hope is to see useful tangible results. I anxiously await. Thanks.
I would like to see projects that would specifically improve the Android experience for users.
As we all might now know, Android 3.0 got the not-so-appealing label as one OS that by interpretation, was born a bit early. Projects that could address this prematurity would be welcome for Android.
...is that their fonts are not clear at all, though readable. With today's technology, I expected a much better looking font regime from a powerful company like Google.
Sadly, there is virtually no competition yet in this area.
That's Canadian English...just like an American would see an 'error' in the following words: neighbourhood, honour, colour and many others.