I love it when I'm out in the woods and my buddies are gathered around an aggressive hill with their trucks and jeeps, crawling up gnarly terrain at a snails pace. Meanwhile, I tear up that same hill in about 1/100th of the time on my KTM 450XC.
Don't get me wrong, offroad trucks are a lot of fun, but more so when you have a friend who owns it (and pays for the cost of maintenance and repairs). My bike is much cheaper to maintain, and if there's a major mechanical failure, I still have a way to get to work at the start of the workweek.
I like the fact that it comes with a USB stick instead of the standard "recovery disc"...good call on that one, Apple.
Don't go giving Apple credit for developing this novel installation method; us hackintosh users have been using this method for almost two years to install OS X onto our (non-Apple) netbooks!
All somebody needs to do is write an iPad app, and polling locations could be fitted with iPads behind the curtain booths. What could possibly go wrong?
Ah, Second Life. I remember that time when Slashdot was batshit insane about it, with a story or two popping up every single day. I though the concept sounded interesting, but never got around to trying it (did I have to install some software on my computer or was it web-based)?
And isn't Minecraft the new Second Life?
Facebook has been around for quite a few years and has a huge user base. The entire MySpace crowd jumped ship and went to Facebook because anybody who is anybody is on Facebook now. If you would have suggested to me five years ago that most myspace users would migrate to Facebook I would have thought you were crazy. It's just a matter of time until something cooler, more hip, and more trendy comes along to steal people away.
Facebook has a much bigger user base than Second Life and a much bigger price tag* so it will take a little longer for the media attention to wear off.
*IMO that's why there's so much attention when it comes to Facebook; they're big time, with an extremely high estimated value
It has been a great service for keeping track of friends from high school and family on the other side of the country/world. I can share pictures, stories, articles, links, lolcats and memories on one unified platform.
Facebook came out just a short while after I finished college. Back when registrations were restricted to.edu addresses, there was no check for "@alumni.xxxxxx.edu" so I got in early.
Does anyone remember Friendster? Shortly before Facebook and MySpace there was a thing called Friendster that was very similar. It had a plain vanilla template (no myspace style wild and crazy customized css hackery pages), and I found it quite useful for staying in touch with people. For some reason it never caught on like Facebook.
And on the other hand he would be almost merciless in terms of rejecting their work until he felt it had reached the level of perfection that was good enough to go into – in this case, the Macintosh.
So what the hell happened with System 7 and then OS 8? So much for "perfection."
That was one device in question, and as far as I can tell there's still a lot of speculation surrounding that claim; the last I read, one prominent developer implied that 'feature' is actually a bug courtesy of HTC that prevents writing to the NAND on the handset, and HTC doesn't want to bother fixing it.
I currently own a HTC android handset that is rooted and I'm very happy with; running a lean and clean custom ROM where I have the freedom to do what I want. No walled gardens or concentration camps here.
I didn't understand that one myself. An app written for Android 2.2 should run on 2.2, regardless of what custom ROM was included.
The underlying platform is the same; the only major differences among the custom ROMs is the inclusion of extras/themes/kernels or removal of crapware. The underlying android platform is the same, I think.
I've been using RealCalc which is available for the Android platform. While it doesn't do graphing, it's still a pretty powerful scientific calculator.
It doesn't solve the problem of not being able to take it into an exam with you, however it sure beats lugging around a cell phone and a netbook (or separate calculator).
Fair enough. I'm using Launcher Pro at the moment; I wasn't sure if I could use it with the stock Sensed-up ROM. I heard LP is not OSS like ADW, however it I like it better.
As far as I know you're still stuck with the Sense lockscreen on the stock ROM, but that's not necessarily a bad thing (sliding down is much easier for one handed operation than sliding to the right).
It's seriously nice to be able to install my own APKs. The one gripe I have with Android is that there's no built-in file explorer or terminal emulator. I know there are plenty of good third party explorers or terminals, however I wonder why Android didn't just take the extra step and bundle one of their own.
That's precisely why I hate Verizon. I don't like any carrier-specific services; they're typically not nearly as good and don't have the same support that third party products/services do. It's been a while since I looked at Verizon, but the last time I checked they wanted to charge extra to use their navigation. At the time, Sprint had a pretty sweet deal on a Blackberry curve that had absolutely no restrictions; I could load my own ringtones, share files, MMS, use Google Maps to nagivate, etc.
Now having said that, I know that most other carriers do the same thing. Sprint pushes their garbage pretty hard, especially on their Android phones (NFL, Nascar, SprintTV). Fortunately there are many modified ROMs available that cut the junk; another added benefit is that most of those ROMs have more support than the official ROMs from Sprint.
Expensive cables can make a difference! Check out some of the reviews on the Denon AKDL1 Dedicated Link Cable and see for yourself. (I know it's an old internet meme but it still continues to amuse me)
This connection isn't sound. If my calculations are correct, it should be sometime around 2007 for whomever is reading this. DO NOT USE THESE CABLES. Something... happens with them. Something came through, something from somewhere else. We were overrun in days, not many of us are left. WE LIVE UNDERGROUND! ONLY YOU CAN STOP IT NOW. SAVE US. DO NOT USE THESE CABLES.
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No worries, the Doomsday Machine will take care of that for us.
Sure, right after the TRON light cycle is released.
Oh, wait a minute!
And THAT was copied from AM General... or was it the other way around?
I love it when I'm out in the woods and my buddies are gathered around an aggressive hill with their trucks and jeeps, crawling up gnarly terrain at a snails pace. Meanwhile, I tear up that same hill in about 1/100th of the time on my KTM 450XC.
Don't get me wrong, offroad trucks are a lot of fun, but more so when you have a friend who owns it (and pays for the cost of maintenance and repairs). My bike is much cheaper to maintain, and if there's a major mechanical failure, I still have a way to get to work at the start of the workweek.
Don't go giving Apple credit for developing this novel installation method; us hackintosh users have been using this method for almost two years to install OS X onto our (non-Apple) netbooks!
This could give a new definition to the term 'bugged.'
Just imagine the fun you could have with a remotely operated or autonomous flying reconnaissance/surveillance vehicle the size of an insect!
All somebody needs to do is write an iPad app, and polling locations could be fitted with iPads behind the curtain booths. What could possibly go wrong?
Ah, Second Life. I remember that time when Slashdot was batshit insane about it, with a story or two popping up every single day. I though the concept sounded interesting, but never got around to trying it (did I have to install some software on my computer or was it web-based)?
And isn't Minecraft the new Second Life?
Facebook has been around for quite a few years and has a huge user base. The entire MySpace crowd jumped ship and went to Facebook because anybody who is anybody is on Facebook now. If you would have suggested to me five years ago that most myspace users would migrate to Facebook I would have thought you were crazy. It's just a matter of time until something cooler, more hip, and more trendy comes along to steal people away.
Facebook has a much bigger user base than Second Life and a much bigger price tag* so it will take a little longer for the media attention to wear off.
*IMO that's why there's so much attention when it comes to Facebook; they're big time, with an extremely high estimated value
Facebook was the pioneer in making people 'open up' and reveal all their personal information, attributing it to their real name.
Especially for the advertisers.
Facebook came out just a short while after I finished college. Back when registrations were restricted to .edu addresses, there was no check for "@alumni.xxxxxx.edu" so I got in early.
Does anyone remember Friendster? Shortly before Facebook and MySpace there was a thing called Friendster that was very similar. It had a plain vanilla template (no myspace style wild and crazy customized css hackery pages), and I found it quite useful for staying in touch with people. For some reason it never caught on like Facebook.
So what the hell happened with System 7 and then OS 8? So much for "perfection."
Maybe so, but many of them can be un-crippled quite easily.
That was one device in question, and as far as I can tell there's still a lot of speculation surrounding that claim; the last I read, one prominent developer implied that 'feature' is actually a bug courtesy of HTC that prevents writing to the NAND on the handset, and HTC doesn't want to bother fixing it.
I currently own a HTC android handset that is rooted and I'm very happy with; running a lean and clean custom ROM where I have the freedom to do what I want. No walled gardens or concentration camps here.
I didn't understand that one myself. An app written for Android 2.2 should run on 2.2, regardless of what custom ROM was included.
The underlying platform is the same; the only major differences among the custom ROMs is the inclusion of extras/themes/kernels or removal of crapware. The underlying android platform is the same, I think.
As long as Android doesn't rely on CPU cycles for timing in games, I think it's still a step ahead of DOS.
"If you don't have the latest handset running the latest version of Android, you're not our target market and we don't want you using our app."
I've been using RealCalc which is available for the Android platform. While it doesn't do graphing, it's still a pretty powerful scientific calculator.
It doesn't solve the problem of not being able to take it into an exam with you, however it sure beats lugging around a cell phone and a netbook (or separate calculator).
Sort of like what Gulfstream Aerospace did on one of their Gulfstream V test flights.
In that case, don't bother so much about 'monitoring' the content of the text messages. Instead try teaching responsible behavior.
My kid is far too young to do anything like this, but I do have a nephew who is older and I'm teaching him about online privacy.
Fair enough. I'm using Launcher Pro at the moment; I wasn't sure if I could use it with the stock Sensed-up ROM. I heard LP is not OSS like ADW, however it I like it better.
As far as I know you're still stuck with the Sense lockscreen on the stock ROM, but that's not necessarily a bad thing (sliding down is much easier for one handed operation than sliding to the right).
It's seriously nice to be able to install my own APKs. The one gripe I have with Android is that there's no built-in file explorer or terminal emulator. I know there are plenty of good third party explorers or terminals, however I wonder why Android didn't just take the extra step and bundle one of their own.
That's precisely why I hate Verizon. I don't like any carrier-specific services; they're typically not nearly as good and don't have the same support that third party products/services do. It's been a while since I looked at Verizon, but the last time I checked they wanted to charge extra to use their navigation. At the time, Sprint had a pretty sweet deal on a Blackberry curve that had absolutely no restrictions; I could load my own ringtones, share files, MMS, use Google Maps to nagivate, etc.
Now having said that, I know that most other carriers do the same thing. Sprint pushes their garbage pretty hard, especially on their Android phones (NFL, Nascar, SprintTV). Fortunately there are many modified ROMs available that cut the junk; another added benefit is that most of those ROMs have more support than the official ROMs from Sprint.
I did this long ago; I will not give Best Buy any business whatsoever.
Somebody should set up a site there that sells used pinball machine parts.