Yeah, we have the same as well. With a minor upgrade recently that checks your speed and if you driving over speed limit it puts there red light right in front of you. Great for ecology, traffic fluence, safety... you name it!
Mind you, speed limit is enforced with no tolerance so even at 3AM driving 2 km/h over limit assures red light. Is rather bullying us then helping.
Yes but this is different matter here. One of the best Android out-of-the-box features is that you can lock it so that noone else can use that unless s/he knows your PIN/gesture/passwd/whatever. When the phone is locked, not even HW camera button works - and rightly so IMHO. Having soft camera button on the unlock screen kills it.
Furthermore I wonder if the camera launched by this soft button will still have that icon to get you to Gallery and browse all pictures taken in past...
For me, beside platform native look & feel, the beauty of native app is ability to read/work with info, news, etc. while offline. Try working with any of these web apps while on trans Atlantic flight.
maybe it's time for email providers to do the same: "no logging into my account from foreign ip blocks unless i tell you its ok"
How do you tell them once you have gone travelling abroad without telling them because you forgot/had no time/whatever reason?
What happens if you connect to some wifi that has internet connection routed via foreign gateway (think some mega corp)?
Sorry, but I beg to differ. To get access to IMEI etc. you need READ_PHONE_STATE permission. To WRITE to SD card you need WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE.
OTOH it is true that any app can read SD card content without any additional permissions.
Beyond that, one of the chief reasons that Germany was initially so successful was because of Stalin's purges of the Army in the 1930s had eliminated a good deal of talent in the Red Army.
True, on top of that they had bilateral treaty not to attack each other and Stalin was thinking everything was cool.
I have spent the past six months working on a software project, and while I can come up with ideas, I CAN sit down in front of the computer and I CAN concentrate.
Now, if I only knew how to code!
Hey, I know it is you, P, from my team. You are supposed to fix blockers for upcoming release by today and meanwhile you are bragging on Slashdot.
Seriously. After experimenting with multiple BT and IR wireless mice in the past I have returned to having one regular wired one for desktop and smaller one for the road.
Problems with both BT and IR:
you must have spare batteries ready. Otherwise your mouse will behave erratically and/or go dead at the most unconvenient moment
because of batteries it is heavier than wired one. After a full day heavy use you feel the difference.
IR mouse has further disadvantage that there must be visibility between the USB thingy and your mouse.
Therefore if you are organized (i.e. never forget to take spare batteries and never put anything between mouse and USB thingy) athlete (doing arm training) go for wireless.
If you are disorganized nerd like me, keep wired one.
I sincerely think (and do hope) EU won't join in this. Especially in the light of recent events around the gas, who would be crazy enough to jump into another dependency on that country?
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Audi did this in 2008 ... (the link is just some short enough FA that showed at first Google results page)
Yeah, we have the same as well. With a minor upgrade recently that checks your speed and if you driving over speed limit it puts there red light right in front of you. Great for ecology, traffic fluence, safety... you name it!
Mind you, speed limit is enforced with no tolerance so even at 3AM driving 2 km/h over limit assures red light. Is rather bullying us then helping.
... the other tweet in question was a Family Guy quote ...
Ah, copyright infringement. No wonder they were kicked out.
You made me laugh loudly here, thx!
So, how do I use your app/read data while offline? In airplane for example? Roaming users will kill you for extra costs, etc...
It's probably not the developers' fault, I think there is universal agreement that Android is much harder to develop for.
Citation needed. Really!
It is. Sorry for wasting bandwith by saying obvious and without reading TFA but hey...
How on Earth could they miss Mexico and end up in Finland instead?
Yes but this is different matter here. One of the best Android out-of-the-box features is that you can lock it so that noone else can use that unless s/he knows your PIN/gesture/passwd/whatever. When the phone is locked, not even HW camera button works - and rightly so IMHO. Having soft camera button on the unlock screen kills it.
Furthermore I wonder if the camera launched by this soft button will still have that icon to get you to Gallery and browse all pictures taken in past ...
Another company that did that (motorola?) paid MS $5 per phone.
HTC
For me, beside platform native look & feel, the beauty of native app is ability to read/work with info, news, etc. while offline. Try working with any of these web apps while on trans Atlantic flight.
maybe it's time for email providers to do the same: "no logging into my account from foreign ip blocks unless i tell you its ok"
How do you tell them once you have gone travelling abroad without telling them because you forgot/had no time/whatever reason? What happens if you connect to some wifi that has internet connection routed via foreign gateway (think some mega corp)?
I'd vote for Area-51 and Rosewell :)
The last time I looked at the market on 2.2, it showed everything in ~ USD amounts.
Actually no, it shows prices in my local currency, according to current FX rate.
by "sir, send me teh codez 4 secure OS, it is very urgent..."
Sorry, but I beg to differ. To get access to IMEI etc. you need READ_PHONE_STATE permission. To WRITE to SD card you need WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE. OTOH it is true that any app can read SD card content without any additional permissions.
Having everybody fly naked is an option while having everybody medicated .
There, fixed it for you.
My girlfriend is using Facebook in Incognito mode...
Beyond that, one of the chief reasons that Germany was initially so successful was because of Stalin's purges of the Army in the 1930s had eliminated a good deal of talent in the Red Army.
True, on top of that they had bilateral treaty not to attack each other and Stalin was thinking everything was cool.
Next thing you know you'll be saying I can't stop people watching me bang my wife in my front yard!
Did you consider banging her inside the house?
- it is right there above Linux Penguin.
This is Slashdot, we are not supposed to click on TFA link to see more details....
I have spent the past six months working on a software project, and while I can come up with ideas, I CAN sit down in front of the computer and I CAN concentrate.
Now, if I only knew how to code!
Hey, I know it is you, P, from my team. You are supposed to fix blockers for upcoming release by today and meanwhile you are bragging on Slashdot.
Come to my office, now!
Problems with both BT and IR:
IR mouse has further disadvantage that there must be visibility between the USB thingy and your mouse.
Therefore if you are organized (i.e. never forget to take spare batteries and never put anything between mouse and USB thingy) athlete (doing arm training) go for wireless.
If you are disorganized nerd like me, keep wired one.
I'm trying to think of a good car analogy here...maybe how fast your passenger side door closes?
...depends on what exactly you said to your girlfriend, in my experience. But YMMV.
whoosh
I sincerely think (and do hope) EU won't join in this. Especially in the light of recent events around the gas, who would be crazy enough to jump into another dependency on that country?