I don't recall Google suing suing anyone for patent infringement. After doing a (admittedly quick) search on the topic, the closest I got was something on an Apple fan site about Motorola sung for some hardware patents supposedly with Google's blessing, although it looks like it started before they were bought.
You can quite easily use an Android phone with *any* Google applications, although few do as the Google apps are quite good. There are lots of third party replacements for all of the mentions apps. If you install a custom ROM you must actually download all the Google apps separately.
Don't they also need to be 'approved' by Microsoft? ( or is this no longer the case?) I was actually half expecting them to do what Apple does and block other browsers. The precedent seems to have been set.
I find the speed at which you can enter text using Swype on Android is also incredible... up there with typing for me, although I'm not the greatest typist.
For laptops, I use a scheduled rsync to a central server mounted using sshfs. For offsite, an rsync to an EncFS filesystem on a portable drive. If bandwidth limits ever get reasonable, I'll switch to using DropBox or SpiderOak, but the bandwidth limitations remove that as a solution for all but important data.
I'm not sure this is actually a loss. I think it's probably a bonus that they'll only be doing fixes and not adding more features. The new features are not likely to be used and generally only end up adding more potential exploits.
You can install the advanced configuration program and turn extensions on and off through that as well. There's even an extension that adds it to the user menu.
Well said. Most of the things I need are now handled, or are at least configurable. The speed is good (I find Unity extremely slow on my low-powered laptop, while Gnome Shell is fast). The Gnome Live extensions integration is quite nice, but a better grouping/searching facility would be nice. I do find that Gnome shell leaks memory, but at least it can re re-started quickly and easily if required with no application closing required. I find the notifications are still not quite as nicely integrated as in Gnome 2 or even Unity.
You're right... I think I've pretty much written off Nintendo as a major player in any market, which may be short-sighted. The problem is that I know too many people who bought a Wii and it collected dust. I was thinking that people won't make the same mistake with their next platform, but I may be giving people way too much credit.
You buy from Sony *and* Apple and say you're not a masochist? They're the two biggest offenders when it comes to control of content, proprietary formats and connectors and abuse of customers. You may be in denial.
I was under the impression that with NetFlix in Canada, they only reduced the default bandwidth due to the ISPs reducing bandwidth caps. I read when it first happened that you could change it back. This may no longer be true, but I remember it when the bandwidth drop was first implemented.
"We have used some of our cash to make great investments in our business through increased research and development, acquisitions, new retail store openings, strategic prepayments and capital expenditures in our supply chain, and building out our infrastructure,"
Hmmmm... strange there's no mention of their legal department. They seem to be investing more there than in research and development.
It will likely never be "Not worth it". Limiting what software can be installed and how it can be installed guarantees them 30% (for now) of _everything_ sold on the device. Opening it up would mean that there could be stores other than theirs. This is the same reason they don't allow languages or compilers to be installed. Out of curiosity, does anyone know if Apple will licence the female version of their dock connector for use in other phones, etc? There's tons of docks, etc, that lock people into Apple... could a competitor licence their connector for use in a phone?
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Personally I wouldn't blame the degrading quality of modern music on compression. Even with a high dynamic range, there's a higher ratio of crap out there than during the disco era.. Of course, you may be standing on my lawn.
From what I've seen, many standalone players do support FLAC. Last time I checked, I think it may have had more support than AAC, but it's been a couple of years.
I thought that's what Congress was. I had just assumed they hadn't got the 'highly intelligent' part working yet, and had opted for an extra measure of 'easy to control'.
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I don't recall Google suing suing anyone for patent infringement. After doing a (admittedly quick) search on the topic, the closest I got was something on an Apple fan site about Motorola sung for some hardware patents supposedly with Google's blessing, although it looks like it started before they were bought.
You can quite easily use an Android phone with *any* Google applications, although few do as the Google apps are quite good. There are lots of third party replacements for all of the mentions apps. If you install a custom ROM you must actually download all the Google apps separately.
You can get arrested in India for offending someone? I'm glad it's not like that here (yet). I'd have a multitude of sequential life sentences.
Don't they also need to be 'approved' by Microsoft? ( or is this no longer the case?) I was actually half expecting them to do what Apple does and block other browsers. The precedent seems to have been set.
I find the speed at which you can enter text using Swype on Android is also incredible ... up there with typing for me, although I'm not the greatest typist.
Yes I do ... meant ssh, and thanks.
For laptops, I use a scheduled rsync to a central server mounted using sshfs. For offsite, an rsync to an EncFS filesystem on a portable drive. If bandwidth limits ever get reasonable, I'll switch to using DropBox or SpiderOak, but the bandwidth limitations remove that as a solution for all but important data.
I'm not sure this is actually a loss. I think it's probably a bonus that they'll only be doing fixes and not adding more features. The new features are not likely to be used and generally only end up adding more potential exploits.
You can get a more powerful Android phone new, so unless you have your heart set on Apple, there are probably better choices.
An iOS style lock-down wouldn't help. It could just as easily been another piece of software, they tend to pick those that are widely deployed.
You can install the advanced configuration program and turn extensions on and off through that as well. There's even an extension that adds it to the user menu.
Well said. Most of the things I need are now handled, or are at least configurable. The speed is good (I find Unity extremely slow on my low-powered laptop, while Gnome Shell is fast). The Gnome Live extensions integration is quite nice, but a better grouping/searching facility would be nice. I do find that Gnome shell leaks memory, but at least it can re re-started quickly and easily if required with no application closing required. I find the notifications are still not quite as nicely integrated as in Gnome 2 or even Unity.
You're right ... I think I've pretty much written off Nintendo as a major player in any market, which may be short-sighted. The problem is that I know too many people who bought a Wii and it collected dust. I was thinking that people won't make the same mistake with their next platform, but I may be giving people way too much credit.
You buy from Sony *and* Apple and say you're not a masochist? They're the two biggest offenders when it comes to control of content, proprietary formats and connectors and abuse of customers. You may be in denial.
I was under the impression that with NetFlix in Canada, they only reduced the default bandwidth due to the ISPs reducing bandwidth caps. I read when it first happened that you could change it back. This may no longer be true, but I remember it when the bandwidth drop was first implemented.
"We have used some of our cash to make great investments in our business through increased research and development, acquisitions, new retail store openings, strategic prepayments and capital expenditures in our supply chain, and building out our infrastructure,"
Hmmmm
It will likely never be "Not worth it". Limiting what software can be installed and how it can be installed guarantees them 30% (for now) of _everything_ sold on the device. Opening it up would mean that there could be stores other than theirs. This is the same reason they don't allow languages or compilers to be installed. Out of curiosity, does anyone know if Apple will licence the female version of their dock connector for use in other phones, etc? There's tons of docks, etc, that lock people into Apple ... could a competitor licence their connector for use in a phone?
An easier way to express this is also "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
They've restricted the contest to people who already have an Apple Developer ID, so they be used to this kind of abuse.
On the other hand, success is not guaranteed, and this way at least they won't have to give $30,000 of their money to Apple.
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Personally I wouldn't blame the degrading quality of modern music on compression. Even with a high dynamic range, there's a higher ratio of crap out there than during the disco era.. Of course, you may be standing on my lawn.
From what I've seen, many standalone players do support FLAC. Last time I checked, I think it may have had more support than AAC, but it's been a couple of years.
I thought that's what Congress was. I had just assumed they hadn't got the 'highly intelligent' part working yet, and had opted for an extra measure of 'easy to control'.
It is a walled garden, but you're not supposed to tease the plants.