Why do phone manufacturers lock bootloaders? Companies add huge technical complexity for trivial reason all the time and rarely take the cost of unexpected failures and consumer outrage into account.
It's also a win for all of those people who are stuck with Windows (or at least think they are). It's staill too dangerous to browse the web without protection in Windows.
I completely agree. It's completely unacceptable to force innocent students to used something as restricted and crippled as iOS. For once could someone actually think of the children.
I care far more about the proprietary nature of the Galaxy Gear than how it looks, or whether it's a stand-alone phone, and I would guess a decent percentage of others to as well. If I have an HTC or LG phone and was interested in this I'd be out of luck. It's a pretty arrogant or stupid move on Samsung's part.
I was, and bought a Pebble. Damn close to everything I'd want, and definitely worth the price. Yeah, it would be nice to have a 'smart' watch but I don't think the battery and screen tech currently exists to do it right. The Pebble as a second, low-power, always-on screen with a few controls is pretty much the best available right now.
How about these days where installing Windows will still kill your Linux boot. You'll either need to repair your boot configuration or install Linux after Windows instead of before. Microsoft does not play well with others, and in general is not to be trusted.
The problem that needs to be solved is closed products like Exchange. Sorry, but trying to get better integration with products like that at the cost of the ability to use other operating systems is a very bad idea.
That's really just code review, although if you're down to the level of formatting, you're probably micro-managing. As long as the formatting is close to your conventions and readable, let it go. Variable and method naming, testing, decoupling, security and a pile of other things are far more important. A good IDE will put the code into your favourite format if you really need it to. Yeah, it would be nice if everybody else's code was as pretty as yours, but you got to have a little flexibility. You may even pick up some better ideas on occasion.
Thanks, as I said, I was under the impression they were just ensuring it was not reduced. If there's no way an app could get the same speed then it is most definitely cheating. I'm surprised they don't overclock. If you're going to cheat you might as well do it right.
I'm a little confused about this. I was under the impression that what they were doing was ensuring that the clock speed was running at full, not slowed down for power saving, etc. From my point of view, that would just give a consistent reading of how fast the phone could run and wouldn't be considered 'cheating' unless they were boosting the clock speed up over normal running speeds. I assume some games and other applications also force the processor to full, but perhaps this is not the case. The whole thing seems to be a bit of an over-reaction, but perhaps I'm missing some information.
From what I remember from talking to some people working on it, it's common for many men in India to have multiple families and collect welfare for them, or collect it more than once. Even when this was first in place, apparently some had registered once with each eye. These could just be stories, but it's what I heard.
Unfortunately it's usually people who *think* they know their stuff that end up micromanaging. People that actually know their stuff end up contributing.
If they publish some basic specs they don't really need to roll out any hardware at all. For the 'console-only' crowd, they can buy a Steam Box... the rest can provide their own if they wish.
I would actually prefer if the information density of the existing site could be increased. There's still a bit more vertical whitespace than is required t make it readable.
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Relax, all the documents created are ISO standards. There's no lock-in here.
With the rise of tablets and consoles for gaming, I'm thinking those Linux/Steam installs are starting to look a little more profitable.
Why do phone manufacturers lock bootloaders? Companies add huge technical complexity for trivial reason all the time and rarely take the cost of unexpected failures and consumer outrage into account.
It's also a win for all of those people who are stuck with Windows (or at least think they are). It's staill too dangerous to browse the web without protection in Windows.
COBOL as well, because it's an acronym and to help make it more annoying.
I completely agree. It's completely unacceptable to force innocent students to used something as restricted and crippled as iOS. For once could someone actually think of the children.
I care far more about the proprietary nature of the Galaxy Gear than how it looks, or whether it's a stand-alone phone, and I would guess a decent percentage of others to as well. If I have an HTC or LG phone and was interested in this I'd be out of luck. It's a pretty arrogant or stupid move on Samsung's part.
I was, and bought a Pebble. Damn close to everything I'd want, and definitely worth the price. Yeah, it would be nice to have a 'smart' watch but I don't think the battery and screen tech currently exists to do it right. The Pebble as a second, low-power, always-on screen with a few controls is pretty much the best available right now.
Still not really worthy of a patent though.
kill interoperability to **force** users to use their software.
I was referring to this. Look at all the Apple specific protocols ... iMessage, FaceTime, iBooks.
How about these days where installing Windows will still kill your Linux boot. You'll either need to repair your boot configuration or install Linux after Windows instead of before. Microsoft does not play well with others, and in general is not to be trusted.
The problem that needs to be solved is closed products like Exchange. Sorry, but trying to get better integration with products like that at the cost of the ability to use other operating systems is a very bad idea.
This includes Apple as well.
Apple doesn't allow emulators. They'd allow you to run code they didn't get a cut of.
That's really just code review, although if you're down to the level of formatting, you're probably micro-managing. As long as the formatting is close to your conventions and readable, let it go. Variable and method naming, testing, decoupling, security and a pile of other things are far more important. A good IDE will put the code into your favourite format if you really need it to. Yeah, it would be nice if everybody else's code was as pretty as yours, but you got to have a little flexibility. You may even pick up some better ideas on occasion.
You shouldn't have to 'jailbreak' a device you own to install software you want.
Thanks, as I said, I was under the impression they were just ensuring it was not reduced. If there's no way an app could get the same speed then it is most definitely cheating. I'm surprised they don't overclock. If you're going to cheat you might as well do it right.
I'm a little confused about this. I was under the impression that what they were doing was ensuring that the clock speed was running at full, not slowed down for power saving, etc. From my point of view, that would just give a consistent reading of how fast the phone could run and wouldn't be considered 'cheating' unless they were boosting the clock speed up over normal running speeds. I assume some games and other applications also force the processor to full, but perhaps this is not the case. The whole thing seems to be a bit of an over-reaction, but perhaps I'm missing some information.
From what I remember from talking to some people working on it, it's common for many men in India to have multiple families and collect welfare for them, or collect it more than once. Even when this was first in place, apparently some had registered once with each eye. These could just be stories, but it's what I heard.
Religions die hard.
Unfortunately it's usually people who *think* they know their stuff that end up micromanaging. People that actually know their stuff end up contributing.
That's exactly what I'm saying. You really don't even need the controller, it's just easier to use in a typical 'living room' setup.
If they publish some basic specs they don't really need to roll out any hardware at all. For the 'console-only' crowd, they can buy a Steam Box ... the rest can provide their own if they wish.
Valve seems to have stirred things up a bit. I know some of this was in the works before, but the timing is nice.
I would actually prefer if the information density of the existing site could be increased. There's still a bit more vertical whitespace than is required t make it readable.