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  1. Re:Platform in-fighting on Samsung Could Soon Start To Twist Google's Arm · · Score: 1

    "Easily updated to CyanogenMod", eh?
    So do you want to port it to all of the Samsung phones that don't have it now?

  2. Re:Ah, America! on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    I get 3% interest on my checking account for doing a few things, mainly using my debit card enough. Much higher than I can get in a savings account.
    The maximum balance you can earn interest on is $15k though.

  3. Re:Not about language preferences on Techrights Recommends An Apple Boycott · · Score: 1

    Pretty much the only phones you can download from Google's repos and build for are the Nexus phones. Anything else and there's no guarantee you'll ever be able to rebuild from source.
    Even then, all officially supported devices require binary blobs to run.

  4. Re:First post!! on ISO Updates C Standard · · Score: 1

    Guess we better all switch to Ada...

  5. Re:Or Just a Local Shell on Gaining a Remote Shell On Android · · Score: 1

    Are you talking about an existing "Android Perl" app that requires root permissions? Do you have a link?
    I don't see why you'd need root access. You can download one of the terminal emulator apps and run anything within the context of the app.
    You may need to figure out how to get it compiled, though.

  6. Re:Views from a software development shop on Why Everyone Hates the IT Department · · Score: 1

    Why do you need embedded systems on the main network? That just seems like an unnecessary security risk.
    I also work with embedded systems, but they are all connected via secondary network cards. They should at least be put behind an encrypted tunnel (ssh would do).

  7. Re:Netflix on Microsoft Killing Silverlight? · · Score: 1

    Flash supports hardware accelerated video, while Silverlight does not (at least not with Netflix). So Flash's performance is better for the one useful things that uses Silverlight. Silverlight 5 is supposed to have hardware accelerated video, but it doesn't work by default. Anyone know of any workarounds?

  8. Re:How about not admitting terrorist groups on US Defunds UNESCO After Palestine Vote · · Score: 1

    I was under the impression that all of the applications to the UN were being done by President Abbas of Fatah. Of course there are plenty of things you could criticize Fatah about as well.

  9. Re:Purely out of curiosity on Apple's Siri As Revolutionary As the Mac? · · Score: 2

    I just tried, it can't post updates to social networks or set up reminders/appointments. And the voice recognition still isn't that great. Hopefully this motivates Google to improve this.
    Also, Siri has access to Wolfram Alpha, which has some natural language abilities that Google lacks.

  10. Re:Forget versions if you're pumping them out this on Mozilla Contemplating Five Week Release Cycle · · Score: 1

    Chrome has a similar bug (at least I've experienced it in the dev version, possibly the beta version as well). Chrome was claiming my browser was at the latest version, despite being months out of date.
    I can't seem to find a page that lists the latest version of Chrome, so I have no idea if my browser is up to date now or not. Does one exist?

  11. Re:Want: Added to to the list on Hands-On Account of Amazon's Upcoming Color Kindle · · Score: 1

    That's not what the author of the article thinks:
    "My understanding is that the Kindle OS was built on top of some version of Android prior to 2.2"
    So it's at least two versions behind the latest open source release.

  12. Re:I am the author of the spreadsheet in question on A Custom Objectionable Word List Ate My Homework · · Score: 1

    Google is (apparently schools don't have to pay).
    I know my former school is now using Docs to let students easily collaborate with each other and give their teachers easy access for grading.

  13. Re:Why fix it? on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 1

    I can agree with this, daylight savings time always seems to confuse people.
    People will say a meeting is at 2PM EST but expect you to be there 2PM EDT.

  14. Re:F3 on Most People Have Never Heard of CTRL+F · · Score: 1

    But it doesn't work everywhere. In several programs (UltraEdit, Notepad++, Foxit PDF Reader) Ctrl+F bring up the find dialog while F3 only functions as "Find Next".

  15. Re:This wouldn't be a big deal except on Google+ Account Suspensions Over ToS Drawing Fire · · Score: 1

    Although you can't use Google+ with a Google Apps (paid or free) account. You also can't IM AIM contacts from Google Talk like regular GMail users can. I think there are a couple other things regular GMail users can do that Apps users can't as well.

  16. Re:distributing the private API key on Facebook Blocks KDE Photo App, Deletes Users' Pics · · Score: 1

    Not being able to link objects under GPL with proprietary objects is the whole point of the LGPL.

  17. Re:Vital Stats on Boot Linux In Your Browser · · Score: 1

    The PIT is not being emulated in realtime, so I'm guessing any benchmarks that use time as measured by the system will return the same results.
    He mentions the clock drift on the technical details page.

  18. Re:Apple? on Google Launching Music Service Without Labels · · Score: 1

    You have access to the Google service already? Kind of odd that they don't support Ogg Vorbis as that's what format all of the Android sounds are in.
    By the way, Audiogalaxy does support streaming Ogg Vorbis to Android/iOS. Not browsers though, as far as I know.

  19. Re:Changing TV channels on The Insidious Creep of Latency Hell · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing Microsoft does something like for their IPTV platform (used in U-Verse in the US). You receive a unicast stream until the multicast stream is joined (and presumably another keyframe reached). Although this isn't always seamless and you can't rewind to what you received in the unicast stream.

  20. Re:Theory #6 on Figuring Out Why Android Wins On Phones, But Not Tablets · · Score: 1

    Had anyone actually tried chrooting into a full Linux distro on the Transformer yet? This would make me quite a bit more likely to buy the device.
    From looking up a video of someone doing this on a Xoom, it appears that you need to use VNC to actually use X apps.

  21. Re:Samsung and Sprint do this with Android phones on Samsung Plants Keyloggers On Laptops · · Score: 1

    Wow, just checked my Intercept and sure enough I have this spyware on my phone as well. It is everywhere. Trying to disassemble/reassemble everything like that poster to remove it now...
    Apparently LG phones have this as well. How about the EVO line?

  22. Re:Not responding SIP traffic now on Google Voice Discovered Allowing Pure VoIP Calls · · Score: 1

    Why would they just start abusing it now rather than when it was introduced on GMail.com?

  23. Re:Silly Motorolla! on Motorola Xoom Won't Have Flash Support At Launch · · Score: 1

    Not all 2.2 phones support Flash (mine doesn't as I didn't want to pay $70/month for service). :(

  24. Re:CC is a shitty license for photography on Are Flickr Images Abused By Foreign Businesses? · · Score: 1

    You're assuming people actually want this "piggybacking".
    I've seen a lot of CC licensed music using the no derivatives license.

  25. Re:It doesn't replace a land line on When Should I Buy an Android Tablet? · · Score: 1

    I'm curious, what Pepsi products do you use to treat your mental condition? I've never heard of anything like that being done.
    The cheapest plan I've found for an Android phone in the US is Virgin Mobile's $25/month for "unlimited" data + 300 minutes. But there is only one phone you can use on it, and it's not very good. That's what I'm using now as I can't justify paying $70/month on phone service. Plus I'm not locked into a contract with LTE right around the corner.
    Verizon recently started offering prepaid data as well, but they force you to buy voice plans that are even more expensive than post-paid instead of PAYG. I'm guessing maraist got $40/month with T-Mobile based on 200MB usage; I need more than that.