HTC puts its own custom interface on top of the generic Android OS (that's why Eris had stuff like pinch and zoom before the standard Android did). Every time the OS is updated, they have to update their custom interface, and that takes time. That's the reason for the delay.
Well, at least HTC is upgrading (albeit slowly). I just got the 2.1 upgrade on the Eris. After all, they don't *have* to upgrade at all. Plus their interface is quite nice. I had pinch and zoom on my Eris when a lot of other Android users were still waiting for it.
Of course, just when I was getting psyched about having 2.1, wouldn't you know they would come out with 2.2 and Flash support? Sigh...well looks like I'll be waiting again.
We don't need to be able to point Pakistan out on a map to know that over 300 women are killed there every year by their own family for having premarital sex or actually wanting to marry someone for love and not by arrangement, or that rape wasn't even recognized as a prosecutable offense there until 2006. But yeah, we're all equal. We in the west are no better just because we have a legal system that doesn't imprison women for adultery or disobeying their husbands.
Oh, I'm afraid you've committed the ultimate sin of political correctness--you've DARED imply that one country/religion/belief-system is even the slightest bit superior to another! It's off to a Western prison for you--and, of course, I'm not implying that Western prisons are in any way superior to those of the Asia, Africa, or any other part of the world--which are all equals and equally deserving of our respect. In in no way by posting this in English did I mean to impose cultural hegemony of any other language.
Actually, even the most backwards U.S. states are starting to look downright liberal compared to Australia these days. Not sure what's going on down under, but they seem to be dipping fast.
There are reasonable limits to how far you go with that, though. The harsh reality is that some people, and some groups of people, just aren't ready for the internet. And if you're the kind of person who thinks that the proper response to seeing a pornographic picture is to kill the person(s) who posted and host it--you should not be welcome on the internet of the civilized world. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I wish we could ban backwards countries from the ENTIRE internet. We could use a few less Nigerian scams and terrorist recruitment websites. We should establish a rule that if it's legal in your country to kill a woman for showing her face in public, you're not ready for the internet (or television or radio for that matter). You can give your people the internet when you get them sewers and a secular government first.
It doesn't surprise me a bit that CEO's play it. It seems to be a game almost custom built to attract sociopaths, and that means a lot of politicians and business leaders would naturally love it.
The evidence is pretty clear that he stole code from UConnect. They even caught him openly bragging about it (which also provides further evidence that he wasn't bright enough to code in the first place). If you're going to steal, at least put some distance between yourself and the people you stole from--and keep your mouth shut about it.
Australia has become the world's equivalent of Alabama in recent years. Every month, we get a new batch of batshit crazy shit from down under. I fully expect them to announce they're outlawing music any day now.
At one meeting I suggested that documenting the legacy processes would go a lot faster if everyone in the room were to take a piece of the process, write up a short description of it and bring it to the next meeting. At the next meeting, we had about 10 people in attendance.
I've got to remember that trick in the future. I could have used it many times in the past myself. About every committee I've ever been on has been loaded with a small core of people actually doing something and a large bloat of people who are just looking for something to kill time (and who usually aren't paying attention, know nothing about the subject at hand, and just get in the way of the real work).
Basically, once the devs themselves were caught cheating and stealing REAL money, there was no way to ever really recover. Whatever they do from now on, it will ALWAYS be viewed by suspicion and distrust from the players. Once a casino is caught rigging the machines, the only way to ever fully recover is to fire *everyone* from the top on down and bring in entirely new management. Since CCP isn't going to do that, players will always have to wonder which CCP employees are rigging the game in their favor. This just adds some token players to the mix (who will also now be viewed with suspicion by the other players).
The first thing that came to my mind when I read this was "And how many people on this council are going to use their new power to further their own personal interests in the game?" Eve is such a cutthroat environment that *anything* that blurs the line between player and developer will only cause problems and bring into question the developers' objectivity. There have already been several scandals involving CCP employees caught playing the game. This will only cause more problems.
The problem is that the U.S. doesn't have a "loser pays" system like some European countries do. So a non-profit or individual forced to defend itself in court can be pushed into bankruptcy even if they're 100% in the right and win the case. This means that it's very easy for a powerhouse like Apple, MS, Sony, Adobe, etc. to scare an OSS foundation into abandoning their codec or software with even the THREAT of a patent lawsuit.
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Haven't you heard? The new buzzword today is RAD design, which means that EVERYONE has a bunch of meetings and tells you how to do it--over and over again. It's like playing baseball with the stadium hot dog vendor and loudmouth fans right there on the team with the players.
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It's funny you should say this. I'm taking a course in system design even as we speak. It's one of my degree requirements. So, yes, it is actually required today as part of a software engineering curriculum (at my university anyway).
Voyager 2 is tough because it was designed back in the 70's, when there were still a few engineers at NASA left who actually knew what they were doing.
Do it twice and Steve Jobs disappears you. You end up on the island with the engineers who lost their iPhone prototypes and some journalists who criticized the iPad.
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HTC puts its own custom interface on top of the generic Android OS (that's why Eris had stuff like pinch and zoom before the standard Android did). Every time the OS is updated, they have to update their custom interface, and that takes time. That's the reason for the delay.
Well, at least HTC is upgrading (albeit slowly). I just got the 2.1 upgrade on the Eris. After all, they don't *have* to upgrade at all. Plus their interface is quite nice. I had pinch and zoom on my Eris when a lot of other Android users were still waiting for it.
Of course, just when I was getting psyched about having 2.1, wouldn't you know they would come out with 2.2 and Flash support? Sigh...well looks like I'll be waiting again.
We don't need to be able to point Pakistan out on a map to know that over 300 women are killed there every year by their own family for having premarital sex or actually wanting to marry someone for love and not by arrangement, or that rape wasn't even recognized as a prosecutable offense there until 2006. But yeah, we're all equal. We in the west are no better just because we have a legal system that doesn't imprison women for adultery or disobeying their husbands.
Oh, I'm afraid you've committed the ultimate sin of political correctness--you've DARED imply that one country/religion/belief-system is even the slightest bit superior to another! It's off to a Western prison for you--and, of course, I'm not implying that Western prisons are in any way superior to those of the Asia, Africa, or any other part of the world--which are all equals and equally deserving of our respect. In in no way by posting this in English did I mean to impose cultural hegemony of any other language.
Actually, even the most backwards U.S. states are starting to look downright liberal compared to Australia these days. Not sure what's going on down under, but they seem to be dipping fast.
There are reasonable limits to how far you go with that, though. The harsh reality is that some people, and some groups of people, just aren't ready for the internet. And if you're the kind of person who thinks that the proper response to seeing a pornographic picture is to kill the person(s) who posted and host it--you should not be welcome on the internet of the civilized world. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I wish we could ban backwards countries from the ENTIRE internet. We could use a few less Nigerian scams and terrorist recruitment websites. We should establish a rule that if it's legal in your country to kill a woman for showing her face in public, you're not ready for the internet (or television or radio for that matter). You can give your people the internet when you get them sewers and a secular government first.
It doesn't surprise me a bit that CEO's play it. It seems to be a game almost custom built to attract sociopaths, and that means a lot of politicians and business leaders would naturally love it.
The plaintiffs are alleging that he knowingly overstated the value of Facebook stock in his earlier settlement. That's definitely a SEC no-no.
The evidence is pretty clear that he stole code from UConnect. They even caught him openly bragging about it (which also provides further evidence that he wasn't bright enough to code in the first place). If you're going to steal, at least put some distance between yourself and the people you stole from--and keep your mouth shut about it.
If I wanted to play real life I wouldn't need a game console.
You obviously haven't been paying attention lately.
Australia has become the world's equivalent of Alabama in recent years. Every month, we get a new batch of batshit crazy shit from down under. I fully expect them to announce they're outlawing music any day now.
I've got to remember that trick in the future. I could have used it many times in the past myself. About every committee I've ever been on has been loaded with a small core of people actually doing something and a large bloat of people who are just looking for something to kill time (and who usually aren't paying attention, know nothing about the subject at hand, and just get in the way of the real work).
Basically, once the devs themselves were caught cheating and stealing REAL money, there was no way to ever really recover. Whatever they do from now on, it will ALWAYS be viewed by suspicion and distrust from the players. Once a casino is caught rigging the machines, the only way to ever fully recover is to fire *everyone* from the top on down and bring in entirely new management. Since CCP isn't going to do that, players will always have to wonder which CCP employees are rigging the game in their favor. This just adds some token players to the mix (who will also now be viewed with suspicion by the other players).
The first thing that came to my mind when I read this was "And how many people on this council are going to use their new power to further their own personal interests in the game?" Eve is such a cutthroat environment that *anything* that blurs the line between player and developer will only cause problems and bring into question the developers' objectivity. There have already been several scandals involving CCP employees caught playing the game. This will only cause more problems.
The problem is that the U.S. doesn't have a "loser pays" system like some European countries do. So a non-profit or individual forced to defend itself in court can be pushed into bankruptcy even if they're 100% in the right and win the case. This means that it's very easy for a powerhouse like Apple, MS, Sony, Adobe, etc. to scare an OSS foundation into abandoning their codec or software with even the THREAT of a patent lawsuit.
In this day and age of patent trolls and so many broad, convoluted, and contradictory patents; is such a thing even possible?
So it's basically like MySpace then?
Haven't you heard? The new buzzword today is RAD design, which means that EVERYONE has a bunch of meetings and tells you how to do it--over and over again. It's like playing baseball with the stadium hot dog vendor and loudmouth fans right there on the team with the players.
It's funny you should say this. I'm taking a course in system design even as we speak. It's one of my degree requirements. So, yes, it is actually required today as part of a software engineering curriculum (at my university anyway).
Voyager 2 is tough because it was designed back in the 70's, when there were still a few engineers at NASA left who actually knew what they were doing.
Just do what American private industry does...outsource it to aliens.
Do it twice and Steve Jobs disappears you. You end up on the island with the engineers who lost their iPhone prototypes and some journalists who criticized the iPad.
That was my daughter surfing on my computer, I swear!