There's usually very good reasons it goes wrong. If they tried re-writing SAP, tehy would have as well. I would guess they had very clear specifications for what they needed, and implemented only that, ideally in a concise maintainable well. Bad specs and scope creep kill most projects like this, yet people rarely seem to learn from past mistakes. They're far more likely skilled than lucky.
I was going to say the same. From what I can see, he did a disservice to parts of the government flagrantly violating the constitution. The did a very important service for the people of the country.
I wish KDE and Gone would do exactly the same thing, and ideally, at the same time. In general, everything's pretty stable, but there's always one little bug that everybody knows that interferes with their workflow. Imagine if we got to a state where almost all of those were gone.
I was actually thinking even older, although that era's Ford LTD and the like were generally not very save through any kind of twisty roads. Soft, sloppy suspension and way too much roll. The brakes were pretty sad for a car that heavy as well.
If you've ever driven an older car, at speed, you'll understand why the speed limits were set where they are. Many feel very 'floaty' at 100 MPH, their brakes suck, and they weight too much. Cars now, even cheap ones, are much more capable of being controleled at those speeds. This still leaves the human factor, but on a highway it's minimized. They really should raise some speed limits.
Unfortunately, they're all hoping to be the Apple of home automation and get a defacto monopoly. What's worse is that someone may pull it off, perhaps even Apple. People don't seem to understand that the reason the internet is so effective is that it's based on free, open protocols. Home automation needs to be approached the same way.
I've looked over soem code and said good things about it , then had the coder say they actually just copied some of my old code they found. I've also found older code of mine that I wouldn't pass in a code review in some cases. Hopefully we all learn and actually get better, setting a higher bar for ourselves. Sometimes it's hard to keep that in mind when we apply that bar to others.
I read a few of the patents. It's quite amazing that any of the ones I read were even considered non-obvious, or without prior art. These also don't seem related to just android. Any of Google's servers also infringe when supplying targeted ads as far as I can tell, even the one granted in 2011. The US patent office is obviously maintaining their quality level.
I think this would be a fantastic time to negate these patents, as well as the ones Microsoft has been using under NDA for their previous racketeering campaign.
Perhaps Google will win as most of these patents are quite obvious. Of course, it will probably end up being handed to Lucy Koh, at which point, good luck with anything approaching fairness.
Those prices are in line with North America as well. The Nexus 5 is a much better value than most Android phones though. The Samsung Galaxy S4 is in the same ballpark as the iPhone5. It's not just price, it's choice. You don't _have_ to buy a really expensive phone to get good performance, battery life, etc. Connectors follow standards. You can install software from different sources if you want. If you look at the iPhone 5c sales, I don't think price is what's hurting them, I think it's lock-in awareness as well. I hope Samsung is paying attention as they're sniffing at that as well.
I've never had a problem. I bought the Nexus 4 and said afterwards that it was the fastest $400 I'd ever spent. A friend texted that they were available again. I hit the site, bought and paid for it in under ten seconds. Sometimes things shouldn't be that easy...
Crap-weasels. Several suppliers here in Canada are doing the same. I asked one of them why and they responded "because we actually have stock". Supply and demand I guess.
And that's the reason I'm sticking to Nexus devices from now on. I love CyanogenMod, but I want to be able to run the latest stock ROM if I want. It sucks that I need to give up expandable memory, but I guess that's the price you pay for now. I hope the Nexus 5 does USB OTG this time. At least it's nice to actually have options.
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There's usually very good reasons it goes wrong. If they tried re-writing SAP, tehy would have as well. I would guess they had very clear specifications for what they needed, and implemented only that, ideally in a concise maintainable well. Bad specs and scope creep kill most projects like this, yet people rarely seem to learn from past mistakes. They're far more likely skilled than lucky.
You should Rush right out and get one.
I was going to say the same. From what I can see, he did a disservice to parts of the government flagrantly violating the constitution. The did a very important service for the people of the country.
I wish KDE and Gone would do exactly the same thing, and ideally, at the same time. In general, everything's pretty stable, but there's always one little bug that everybody knows that interferes with their workflow. Imagine if we got to a state where almost all of those were gone.
Yes, I know, but better than iOS doesn't mean it's good.
The good news is that there's a significant increase in battery life. The bad new is that it's still running Windows.
After the big mall shooting in Africa, I'm surprised this hasn't happened on a bigger scale already.
It could just be poor marksmanship.
I was actually thinking even older, although that era's Ford LTD and the like were generally not very save through any kind of twisty roads. Soft, sloppy suspension and way too much roll. The brakes were pretty sad for a car that heavy as well.
It 'Just Works'. Duh.
Exactly. That would frequently show that they;re paying attention.
Out of curiosity, what was the time difference, if you happen to remember?
If you've ever driven an older car, at speed, you'll understand why the speed limits were set where they are. Many feel very 'floaty' at 100 MPH, their brakes suck, and they weight too much. Cars now, even cheap ones, are much more capable of being controleled at those speeds. This still leaves the human factor, but on a highway it's minimized. They really should raise some speed limits.
Unfortunately, they're all hoping to be the Apple of home automation and get a defacto monopoly. What's worse is that someone may pull it off, perhaps even Apple. People don't seem to understand that the reason the internet is so effective is that it's based on free, open protocols. Home automation needs to be approached the same way.
I've looked over soem code and said good things about it , then had the coder say they actually just copied some of my old code they found. I've also found older code of mine that I wouldn't pass in a code review in some cases. Hopefully we all learn and actually get better, setting a higher bar for ourselves. Sometimes it's hard to keep that in mind when we apply that bar to others.
They tried to buy a large group of patents, not just these. Seriously, read these patents.
I read a few of the patents. It's quite amazing that any of the ones I read were even considered non-obvious, or without prior art. These also don't seem related to just android. Any of Google's servers also infringe when supplying targeted ads as far as I can tell, even the one granted in 2011. The US patent office is obviously maintaining their quality level.
I think this would be a fantastic time to negate these patents, as well as the ones Microsoft has been using under NDA for their previous racketeering campaign.
Expensive for Apple in that it would publicize the true situation? They weren't dealing with the problems in a manner acceptable to most users.
Perhaps Google will win as most of these patents are quite obvious. Of course, it will probably end up being handed to Lucy Koh, at which point, good luck with anything approaching fairness.
Those prices are in line with North America as well. The Nexus 5 is a much better value than most Android phones though. The Samsung Galaxy S4 is in the same ballpark as the iPhone5. It's not just price, it's choice. You don't _have_ to buy a really expensive phone to get good performance, battery life, etc. Connectors follow standards. You can install software from different sources if you want. If you look at the iPhone 5c sales, I don't think price is what's hurting them, I think it's lock-in awareness as well. I hope Samsung is paying attention as they're sniffing at that as well.
It's too bad too, it was an amazing deal for a great phone. Hope they don't repeat it, although it looks like they underestimated interest again.
From Google? They did for me ...
I've never had a problem. I bought the Nexus 4 and said afterwards that it was the fastest $400 I'd ever spent. A friend texted that they were available again. I hit the site, bought and paid for it in under ten seconds. Sometimes things shouldn't be that easy ...
Crap-weasels. Several suppliers here in Canada are doing the same. I asked one of them why and they responded "because we actually have stock". Supply and demand I guess.
And that's the reason I'm sticking to Nexus devices from now on. I love CyanogenMod, but I want to be able to run the latest stock ROM if I want. It sucks that I need to give up expandable memory, but I guess that's the price you pay for now. I hope the Nexus 5 does USB OTG this time. At least it's nice to actually have options.