The Linux kernel codebase is bloated, but very flexible. Code from the same codebase runs on home WiFi routers with 4MB of RAM and on some of the largest supercomputers and mainframes. You can't say that about the Windows codebase.
My Nokia 5800 already has text to speech. And speech to text! It can e.g. say the name of someone if that someone calls me. And it can recognize a name that I speak into the microphone, without me previously recording it. That feature surprised me, and from my experience works very well.
Symbian has that feature, but I don't think maemo has got it yet. Based on what I've read so far, TTS on Android seems to be much more comprehensive. For example, you can do browser form filling through speech-to-text.
Yes, I should have made that distinction of J2ME vs full Java. Although I think that full Java on Android is definitely possible with those specs. (And on the iPhone too. But I read a statement from Jobs, that he personally thinks Java is crap and therefore the iPhone will not have it. Which as a Java developer, I find pretty arrogant, considered that every single phone of the last 10 years that is out there, except for the iPhone, supports J2ME. In fact is it so common, that software often is not even labeled as being J2ME anymore. Also on at least all modern Nokia phones, you get accelerated OpenGL ES, accelerated EAX-HD-like sound effects, and every important API exposed. It’s all in all a great development platform.)
I don't think Apple will ever allow Java on their handhelds. For one thing, it breaks their appstore model and I think they simply don't like VMs. So no Java, no Adobe Flash.
I'm in the market for a new phone and have pretty much made up my mind on N900. But N1 does look very interesting
they'll be paid crap for their work, etc. Despite it being a so-called "economic powerhouse", only about 60k of its inhabitants have more than US $1 million net worth. It has over 5.8 million people living there. It makes the wage gap in this country look postively equalitarian.
Let me introduce something for you... Purchasing Power Parity. I hope you are merely making an observation and not being judgmental. If the latter, I should point out that more people are moving in to the middle-class than ever before. Places in South America and the Near East probably have a wider gap, but what's the point in fixating on one little metric.
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More than the broken packages, the one thing that stops me from trying KDE4 on (K)ubuntu is the broken intel video drivers. Kwin compositing using EXA is awful, X crashes frequently and UXA is just not ready. Which made me run all the way back to Lenny.
Do you have anecdotes for Symbian rejecting freeware?
Even if Symbian reject something, it might be because of security reasons. They would not have been forced to make that decision by the service provider. And they would definitely not throw a non-compete clause in your face.
I bought an R61 several months ago. I wanted the Linux pre-installed model, but the hardware choice I had for Linux was very limited; there was nothing with bluetooth and integrated camera. So, I had to go for the Windows model. I chose Vista Home Basic so that the M$ tax was relatively lesser.
Vista is still sitting on my hard disk taking up a few GBs, for the rare needs say when I need to update my Nokia N73's firmware. Kubuntu has become the bread and butter.
I ended up paying ~$50 less for the Vista machine which had a marginally better configuration than the Linux model. Maybe, it's because of the crapware that Lenovo loads in their Windows machines.
Developing countries dont have an option other than to move to IPv6 due the apparent shortage of IP numbers. And if that's the way, then the rest have to go for IPv6 because, they say v6 cannot inter-operate with v4.
And what if Asteroid 2004 MN4 comes head-on towards earth?
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news146.html
We may become extinct along with the other species on earth.
May be that's paranoid. But there is a possibility. Having an extra-terrestrial colony is a safe bet in such situations.
The amount of knowledge we gain from these missions justifies the funds we put into them.
Homo Sapiens are not a perfect species. We have our problems. We always had. But that should not stop us from exploring. This exploring habit is one of the traits which makes us fit for survival.
I accept your thought that we should try to alleviate the hazards facing our planet, but that should not be at the cost of these explorations.
That's very optimistic. That's the mentality that can take people through the worst recessions.
One point worth mentioning is that one should concentrate on mastering the fundamentals of the field you choose, rather than jumping on to a topic which is deemed as hot by the industry. Once you have the foundation right, you can build whatever you want, and which best suits you.
If you are in an undergraduate course, you should give equal importance to your non-technical skills. People skills are equally important as a big brain.
One last point. An american saying goes this way: the way of life is `always becoming, rather than being'. That's a fair saying, but that *becoming* should come natural to you. Become a person you aspire to be by being what you are.
You have educated me. I think double superlatives are more common among non-native English speakers. `most deadliest' did not look very odd to me. I'm sure it is used in speech even by native speakers
I think you need to correct your history.
Muslim invasion of India started only in the 11th century A.D. And Algebra existed even before that.
Rather, ancient Indian mathematicians contributed substantially towards number theory (having invented Zero and all). That knowledge spread to Europe through Persia and the Moorish kingdom.
It's a sad fact that the scientific output of India dwindled starting from the 11th century. May not be a coincidence.
An interesting question about nuclear wastes. The vehicles may not come back to Mother, with the A-energy they can be at space for long periods. What can they do with the wastes. Just let it float away in space?
It may be a 6' X 6' box, but it still gives an eerie feeling to leave it there. They can someday reach our orbit, or even our atmoshpere
May be I am just paranoid?
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Did you mean this? This was not a ejection; their seat belt harnesses just ruptured because of the aircraft break-up.
The Linux kernel codebase is bloated, but very flexible. Code from the same codebase runs on home WiFi routers with 4MB of RAM and on some of the largest supercomputers and mainframes. You can't say that about the Windows codebase.
It's a weird thing to say about a for-profit corporation, but I should say that I am proud of them putting principles before profits.
My Nokia 5800 already has text to speech. And speech to text! It can e.g. say the name of someone if that someone calls me. And it can recognize a name that I speak into the microphone, without me previously recording it. That feature surprised me, and from my experience works very well.
Symbian has that feature, but I don't think maemo has got it yet. Based on what I've read so far, TTS on Android seems to be much more comprehensive. For example, you can do browser form filling through speech-to-text.
Yes, I should have made that distinction of J2ME vs full Java. Although I think that full Java on Android is definitely possible with those specs. (And on the iPhone too. But I read a statement from Jobs, that he personally thinks Java is crap and therefore the iPhone will not have it. Which as a Java developer, I find pretty arrogant, considered that every single phone of the last 10 years that is out there, except for the iPhone, supports J2ME. In fact is it so common, that software often is not even labeled as being J2ME anymore. Also on at least all modern Nokia phones, you get accelerated OpenGL ES, accelerated EAX-HD-like sound effects, and every important API exposed. It’s all in all a great development platform.)
I don't think Apple will ever allow Java on their handhelds. For one thing, it breaks their appstore model and I think they simply don't like VMs. So no Java, no Adobe Flash.
I'm in the market for a new phone and have pretty much made up my mind on N900. But N1 does look very interesting
Java support: yes | no | yes
Java on Android is Dalvik, right? You get "real" Java with N900 (not J2ME).
Nexus One's TTS seems like a killer feature
Even with just landlines, the time to hospital was 25+ minutes, whereas when my brother called my uncle for a ride, it was only 15.
But, there are other factors involved, like right-of-way etc.
That seems quite an important extension - any idea when (or if) it will be supported by TB3?
Try the lightning nightly builds. It worked with TB3 beta.
they'll be paid crap for their work, etc. Despite it being a so-called "economic powerhouse", only about 60k of its inhabitants have more than US $1 million net worth. It has over 5.8 million people living there. It makes the wage gap in this country look postively equalitarian.
Let me introduce something for you... Purchasing Power Parity. I hope you are merely making an observation and not being judgmental. If the latter, I should point out that more people are moving in to the middle-class than ever before. Places in South America and the Near East probably have a wider gap, but what's the point in fixating on one little metric.
More than the broken packages, the one thing that stops me from trying KDE4 on (K)ubuntu is the broken intel video drivers. Kwin compositing using EXA is awful, X crashes frequently and UXA is just not ready. Which made me run all the way back to Lenny.
Oh, not the little, brown, furry rodents.
How does suspend work for you?
That's not true. I know at least Opensuse was affected.
I guess that's true everywhere except the US. The only place I saw a mac in my college was in the media lab.
When you want to move the words around in a line you can do something like this.
Even if Symbian reject something, it might be because of security reasons. They would not have been forced to make that decision by the service provider. And they would definitely not throw a non-compete clause in your face.
Part of the reason is that the show Seinfeld was more or less the work of Larry David.
I bought an R61 several months ago. I wanted the Linux pre-installed model, but the hardware choice I had for Linux was very limited; there was nothing with bluetooth and integrated camera. So, I had to go for the Windows model. I chose Vista Home Basic so that the M$ tax was relatively lesser.
Vista is still sitting on my hard disk taking up a few GBs, for the rare needs say when I need to update my Nokia N73's firmware. Kubuntu has become the bread and butter.
I ended up paying ~$50 less for the Vista machine which had a marginally better configuration than the Linux model. Maybe, it's because of the crapware that Lenovo loads in their Windows machines.
Developing countries dont have an option other than to move to IPv6 due the apparent shortage of IP numbers. And if that's the way, then the rest have to go for IPv6 because, they say v6 cannot inter-operate with v4.
Apache
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MySQL
Blender
And what if Asteroid 2004 MN4 comes head-on towards earth?
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news146.html
We may become extinct along with the other species on earth.
May be that's paranoid. But there is a possibility. Having an extra-terrestrial colony is a safe bet in such situations.
The amount of knowledge we gain from these missions justifies the funds we put into them.
Homo Sapiens are not a perfect species. We have our problems. We always had. But that should not stop us from exploring. This exploring habit is one of the traits which makes us fit for survival.
I accept your thought that we should try to alleviate the hazards facing our planet, but that should not be at the cost of these explorations.
- One point worth mentioning is that one should concentrate on mastering the fundamentals of the field you choose, rather than jumping on to a topic which is deemed as hot by the industry. Once you have the foundation right, you can build whatever you want, and which best suits you.
- If you are in an undergraduate course, you should give equal importance to your non-technical skills. People skills are equally important as a big brain.
One last point. An american saying goes this way: the way of life is `always becoming, rather than being'. That's a fair saying, but that *becoming* should come natural to you. Become a person you aspire to be by being what you are.You have educated me.
I think double superlatives are more common among non-native English speakers. `most deadliest' did not look very odd to me.
I'm sure it is used in speech even by native speakers
I think you need to correct your history.
Muslim invasion of India started only in the 11th century A.D. And Algebra existed even before that.
Rather, ancient Indian mathematicians contributed substantially towards number theory (having invented Zero and all). That knowledge spread to Europe through Persia and the Moorish kingdom.
It's a sad fact that the scientific output of India dwindled starting from the 11th century. May not be a coincidence.
An interesting question about nuclear wastes. The vehicles may not come back to Mother, with the A-energy they can be at space for long periods. What can they do with the wastes. Just let it float away in space?
It may be a 6' X 6' box, but it still gives an eerie feeling to leave it there. They can someday reach our orbit, or even our atmoshpere
May be I am just paranoid?
Can anybody illustrate diffraction limit? The wikipedia definition is too geeky.