You are perhaps referring to Heineken's Beertender, which is delivered via its own patented tubes.
WHAT ARE BEERTENDER TUBES?
Without our patented BeerTender® tubes, there would be no way to get the beer from the Heineken,® Heineken Premium Light® or Newcastle Brown Ale® DraughtKegTM to the BeerTender tap and into your glass. We don't even want to imagine a world like that. HOW OFTEN DO THEY NEED TO BE CHANGED?
BeerTender tubes must be replaced with each new DraughtKeg you load into BeerTender. It'll ensure that every glass of beer tastes as perfectly as it is poured.
Assange has requested asylum from Equador. We all know where he is. Last I heard, he was also on the ballot in Australia and has a TV show on hulu.com, so he's not exactly low-profile either.
I've only dabbled with it to date, but I spend a lot of time working as a Drupal developer so my understanding of it is decent. It is Drupal server software; what is called a 'distribution' of Drupal, or a flavor. If Drupal were Lego, then those 'Boeing 747 Lego-thangs' would be like a specialized Lego 'distribution' akin to one derived from Drupal; and released as open-source.
I hadn't really thought about it, but it is probably more like Google Reader than iGoogle when you really think about it. Also, like I read later in the thread NetVibes might make a better, more-close-to-iGoogle replacement. Still, for tinkerers Managing News is kinda neat.
Feed sources come from whatever RSS feeds you input. I don't think it comes with any, or if it does, they are *minimal*. As I recall it is super easy to allow it to use Google/ Gmaps to do a little geolocation of the news articles, so you can look at a pinpoint display, to see I don't know, trending airplane crashes or something.
If you wanted to re-publish some of the collected feed-nodes by editing and publishing it yourself, then MN becomes more valuable.
There's a Drupal module (that is not difficult to add), which recreates the little iGoogle squares. Oh wow, I haven't seen this in ages, it looks perfect. It is called HomeBox. https://drupal.org/project/homebox. Now I think you're ready to provide your own cloud solution which competes against both iGoogle and NetVibes. Well, NetVibes *is* pretty slick, so you'll need to pour some elbow grease into, but you've got a good start I think.
I prefer iGoogle, but I'll probably move to MN now; especially because I always wanted to tweak the fonts & display for use on my own mobile devices. Google is giving me the push I needed, even though my to-do list is big enough as it is. At least they're giving me time to get it done. Thanks Google!
Take A2DP bluetooth for example. Or copy & paste. Or MMS. Nokia offered all for several years before they finally appeared on an iPhone. It was iOS3 actually, released June 17, 2009 when Apple offered those features. The Nokia N95 had those features in March 2007.
At least you hopefully haven't bought a Nokia Lumia 900 that was just Osborned last week when Microsoft announced all current Win 7 phones on the market will not run Wp8 when it is released in the fall.
This happened the same week that Elop let go his entire 'stealth' low-cost linux-for-emerging-markets-sans-Microsoft-License project. Gotta love the guy for consistency.
But wait, current Lumia 900 owners will be able to enjoy a new Start Screen that sort of looks like a Windows 8 phone, although technically it will be known as 7.8.
Personally I am pleased as punch with my Nokia N9 that looks like a Microsoft-enabled Lumia 900 but with better hardware specs, like 64gb RAM, front-facing camera that works with Google Talk, SIP, SSH/PGP, Firefox 13, flash, Swipe (OS and) keyboard, and also its own html5 browser. Contact integration (with Google using MailForExchange gateway) in the Notification area is awesome; weather is a nice touch. It is a keeper, and thank goodness it is also durable as Hell. SportsTracker w/ bluetooth is also very good.
The Maemo guys are also supporting my N900 with regular OS updates, and the keyboard is solid. I'm invested for awhile, just sitting on the sidelines trying to get work done, (scripting via SSH FTW!).
Elop could raise a lot of cash if he'd ever sell the N950 properly, but that would be inconsistent.
When your job is no more than book-keeping at Joe's Garage you can pull this off. If you work in an organization of any size with measurable risk, then if you pull this stunt you will be escorted to the door. If you do not believe me, then I suggest your friendly search engine might help you, although the same has been stated on slashdot many many times.
Elop never fails to disappoint. Elop's strategy never fails to disappoint.
The Elop era reminds of the Spindler/Amelio era of Apple, and you should have seent he stock price and value of Apple at the time. Look up Michael Spindler or Gil Ameilo in wikipedia, as a way to 'document' the return of Steve Jobs to Apple.
It is easy to take a great company straight into the ground, it has been done many times before. At least history has also shown us clear examples of what is possible under the right leadership and strategy. Exhibit A, Apple corp. and the stock price to proves it.
Hope for Nokia is all I got. Hope for Finland is all I got. And a really nice Nokia N95, N900, and N9 and use them all, all the time, (they all support SIP/VOIP right in the OS so battery life is really good. Some people have extension phones around the house, mine support email, calendars, web-browsing etc. With SIP baked into the OS for great battery life. http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/VoIP_support_in_Nokia_devices.)
I dig on my N900 so much, I bought an N9 to use as a *mobile* phone, (and I dig on that one too!), so I don't wear out the N900 client w/keyboard, around the house.
My biggest beef with Windows phone OS is it isn't nearly as nice as the Nokia linux OS phones, so I'm gonna hold on to these for awhile. (My pro-Nokia arguments are avaiable in my slashdot commenting history)
I voted with both feet. I'd vote yet again if it meant the end of Elop and Nokia got back into linux. Yes, I have N950 dreams.
Who will go first, Elop or Nokia? Who will go last? Like 'chicken and egg' this seems.
If the hardware was sold with an OEM license then the sticker taking notice of your license number is probably still on the hardware. So please look for it and take notice. This article takes pains to elaborate on the Microsoft 'process' of owning a license and acrtually getting it to function on your current machine; perhaps via replaced media as required; too bad Microsoft isn't more helpful here but you always have choicesc (even it means a boycott) FYI. http://arstechnica.com/features/2012/06/blowing-away-bloatware-a-guide-to-reinstalling-windows-on-a-new-pc. But then Bill and his buddies didn't get rich by being completely straightforward or non-manipulative.
That articles only links to Microsoft Windows 7 media, but if you have the v7 license, (please refer to the sticker on your hardware for which it is licensed to), those Windows media links above, plus your most-vaild license will direct you to restoring your software to factory conditions, minus the bloatware that the dells and their ilk sold you, (to lower the cost of your original purchase).
Torrents of Windows disks should never ever be trusted, and if you disagree with me, then I think you are only shooting yourself in the foot when you 'drive your Windows', in terms of actual security.
So what you're saying is the guy just wants to get in his car and drive somewhere, to do actual stuff that really needs to be done, but he can't. He can't because the DRM (the keys, if you will) authorizing the key to operate the car's ignition switch has been revoked by the machine's manufacturer?
Wait, maybe this was a rental unit while on vacation. Perhaps this is just some sort of licensing mixup maybe? Oh, I am so confused on./ lately.
Flick the window up and off the screen, and you're telling it to shut down.
You've also just described Harmatton, the linux OS behind the Nokia N9. Check out the 2nd thumbnailed video from the left, on the bottom of this page. FWIW Microsoft paid Nokia a billion dollars to bury this phone and OS so no one can choose it over Nokia's newer WP7 phones, like the Lumia 900 with very similar hardware, albeit with lighter specs. (no front-facing camera, no 64GB option, so you're stuck at 16GB with no expansion on WP7. That sort of thing. Still, you can use it as a hammer to pound nails.
Initially, only countries like Saudi Arabia and South Africa were allowed to sell it through their telcos. But I see Amazon USA has it, so no more need to import it yourself; however you'll never see a US ad campaign to tell you about it. OK, me, I'm like an ad but that's about all you'll hear otherwise. I've got one and now two friends do too, and they really like showing it off, and they aren't geeks at all. One of them is really impressing all the iPhone kids he knows, and then explaining the net-cost of the iPhone after the contract is paid for. And what SIP and companies like 12voip are all about.
Replying to un-do mod-points. This comment was at two when I tried to add points, and I tried to mod it insightful (and the confirmation said insightful) but the score registered was '4 funny'. This was NOT my intention when I applied those mod points. And this is not the first time I have witnessed this quirkiness on slashdot, however this instance is the most egregious violation.
The carriers weren't wild about Nokia/Microsoft *before* Microsoft bought Skype, and they really do not like Skype at all. You don't see a (subsidized!) Vodafone with Skype pre-installed, and you can bet Microsoft wants to bake Skype into the WP7 OS/ecosystem (i.e. pre-installed).
Talk about a train-wreck mobile sales strategy. But it won't last much longer I think.
Yeah, just remove the Elop and you've got a killer N9/N950 product-line to introduce into a hungry public. Even though he relegated the sales of the N9 to the nether-regions of the world (*not* the EU or US mind you!), sales of the N9 best sales of Wp7 phones.
Heck, the N950 is an awesome N9 with a keyboard and Nokia hasn't even sold any(!) The N950 were *given* to developers to code N9 applications. Nokia could ditch Elop and start selling linux smartphones again with products ready to go. No, Elop sells the Linux-phone factories and now he's actually building new ones in Viet Nam. What a (wealthy) train-wreck that former-Microsoft guy is, what with his Microsoft/Nokia shares/cash.
My N9 came from Switzerland and it is awesome. My neighbor bought one too and I explained how to setup www.12voip.com as a SIP account so he'd save money on calls. He said how come everyone doesn't know about this awesome phone that looks just like a Microsoft Lumia phone?
The N9 has 64Gb possible (not 16Gb max as Lumia (00) front-facing camera (not Lumia) Swipe keyboard (awesome) SSH/VNC/PGP is a breeze
To me, this N9 is like knowing to buy and hold on to something like a 1963 Corvette, but then I use linux for work so what do I know?
Here's an argument for inches I try to impress illustrators I work with; especially in Europe. I show them my valuble-to-me steel 6" precision ruler with each inch etched into 100 divisible units. They are just small enough to actually see and use for measurements that are digitally input to make the illustration.
All the time we need to copy some part-of-something and make a drawing out of it, and that level of precision makes a difference, and eases the work. This trick I learned from older illustrators before me, back in the days before the 2d CAD systems arrived, (with their awful strobe-ing lightpen displays). We used ink on mylar with knives, and we liked it.
I still use that ruler all the time. I don't know where to get another, this baby is gold. It fits perfectly in my plastic pocket pen protector to help me be the fashionable engineer that I am..
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It is terrible when the acocunts gets frozen. Let's hope it doesn't come to this.
You are perhaps referring to Heineken's Beertender, which is delivered via its own patented tubes.
"I'm sorry, Dave's not here."
"Would you like me to search for Dave?"
You mean as in stenography?
Assange has requested asylum from Equador. We all know where he is. Last I heard, he was also on the ballot in Australia and has a TV show on hulu.com, so he's not exactly low-profile either.
I've only dabbled with it to date, but I spend a lot of time working as a Drupal developer so my understanding of it is decent. It is Drupal server software; what is called a 'distribution' of Drupal, or a flavor. If Drupal were Lego, then those 'Boeing 747 Lego-thangs' would be like a specialized Lego 'distribution' akin to one derived from Drupal; and released as open-source.
I hadn't really thought about it, but it is probably more like Google Reader than iGoogle when you really think about it. Also, like I read later in the thread NetVibes might make a better, more-close-to-iGoogle replacement. Still, for tinkerers Managing News is kinda neat.
Feed sources come from whatever RSS feeds you input. I don't think it comes with any, or if it does, they are *minimal*. As I recall it is super easy to allow it to use Google/ Gmaps to do a little geolocation of the news articles, so you can look at a pinpoint display, to see I don't know, trending airplane crashes or something.
If you wanted to re-publish some of the collected feed-nodes by editing and publishing it yourself, then MN becomes more valuable.
There's a Drupal module (that is not difficult to add), which recreates the little iGoogle squares. Oh wow, I haven't seen this in ages, it looks perfect. It is called HomeBox. https://drupal.org/project/homebox. Now I think you're ready to provide your own cloud solution which competes against both iGoogle and NetVibes. Well, NetVibes *is* pretty slick, so you'll need to pour some elbow grease into, but you've got a good start I think.
Managing News is fairly easy to setup and configure yourself. It is LAMP, free, and open-source.
http://managingnews.com/
I prefer iGoogle, but I'll probably move to MN now; especially because I always wanted to tweak the fonts & display for use on my own mobile devices. Google is giving me the push I needed, even though my to-do list is big enough as it is. At least they're giving me time to get it done. Thanks Google!
Yeah, but the only problem with that was that the BSOD was still just inconsistent enough that Microsoft has lasted this long.
Ordinances can be conducive to a great many things.
Take A2DP bluetooth for example. Or copy & paste. Or MMS. Nokia offered all for several years before they finally appeared on an iPhone. It was iOS3 actually, released June 17, 2009 when Apple offered those features. The Nokia N95 had those features in March 2007.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history#iOS_3.x:_third_major_OS_release
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N95#Multimedia_features
I stand corrected. Thanks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N9#Processors_and_memory
Nokia N9 Unlocked GSM Phone with 64 GB Internal Memory--International Version (Black)
At least you hopefully haven't bought a Nokia Lumia 900 that was just Osborned last week when Microsoft announced all current Win 7 phones on the market will not run Wp8 when it is released in the fall.
This happened the same week that Elop let go his entire 'stealth' low-cost linux-for-emerging-markets-sans-Microsoft-License project. Gotta love the guy for consistency.
But wait, current Lumia 900 owners will be able to enjoy a new Start Screen that sort of looks like a Windows 8 phone, although technically it will be known as 7.8.
Personally I am pleased as punch with my Nokia N9 that looks like a Microsoft-enabled Lumia 900 but with better hardware specs, like 64gb RAM, front-facing camera that works with Google Talk, SIP, SSH/PGP, Firefox 13, flash, Swipe (OS and) keyboard, and also its own html5 browser. Contact integration (with Google using MailForExchange gateway) in the Notification area is awesome; weather is a nice touch. It is a keeper, and thank goodness it is also durable as Hell. SportsTracker w/ bluetooth is also very good.
The Maemo guys are also supporting my N900 with regular OS updates, and the keyboard is solid. I'm invested for awhile, just sitting on the sidelines trying to get work done, (scripting via SSH FTW!).
Elop could raise a lot of cash if he'd ever sell the N950 properly, but that would be inconsistent.
When your job is no more than book-keeping at Joe's Garage you can pull this off. If you work in an organization of any size with measurable risk, then if you pull this stunt you will be escorted to the door. If you do not believe me, then I suggest your friendly search engine might help you, although the same has been stated on slashdot many many times.
Elop never fails to disappoint. Elop's strategy never fails to disappoint.
The Elop era reminds of the Spindler/Amelio era of Apple, and you should have seent he stock price and value of Apple at the time. Look up Michael Spindler or Gil Ameilo in wikipedia, as a way to 'document' the return of Steve Jobs to Apple.
It is easy to take a great company straight into the ground, it has been done many times before. At least history has also shown us clear examples of what is possible under the right leadership and strategy. Exhibit A, Apple corp. and the stock price to proves it.
Hope for Nokia is all I got. Hope for Finland is all I got. And a really nice Nokia N95, N900, and N9 and use them all, all the time, (they all support SIP/VOIP right in the OS so battery life is really good. Some people have extension phones around the house, mine support email, calendars, web-browsing etc. With SIP baked into the OS for great battery life. http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/VoIP_support_in_Nokia_devices.)
I dig on my N900 so much, I bought an N9 to use as a *mobile* phone, (and I dig on that one too!), so I don't wear out the N900 client w/keyboard, around the house.
My biggest beef with Windows phone OS is it isn't nearly as nice as the Nokia linux OS phones, so I'm gonna hold on to these for awhile. (My pro-Nokia arguments are avaiable in my slashdot commenting history)
I voted with both feet. I'd vote yet again if it meant the end of Elop and Nokia got back into linux. Yes, I have N950 dreams.
Who will go first, Elop or Nokia? Who will go last? Like 'chicken and egg' this seems.
If the hardware was sold with an OEM license then the sticker taking notice of your license number is probably still on the hardware. So please look for it and take notice.
This article takes pains to elaborate on the Microsoft 'process' of owning a license and acrtually getting it to function on your current machine; perhaps via replaced media as required; too bad Microsoft isn't more helpful here but you always have choicesc (even it means a boycott) FYI. http://arstechnica.com/features/2012/06/blowing-away-bloatware-a-guide-to-reinstalling-windows-on-a-new-pc. But then Bill and his buddies didn't get rich by being completely straightforward or non-manipulative.
That articles only links to Microsoft Windows 7 media, but if you have the v7 license, (please refer to the sticker on your hardware for which it is licensed to), those Windows media links above, plus your most-vaild license will direct you to restoring your software to factory conditions, minus the bloatware that the dells and their ilk sold you, (to lower the cost of your original purchase).
Torrents of Windows disks should never ever be trusted, and if you disagree with me, then I think you are only shooting yourself in the foot when you 'drive your Windows', in terms of actual security.
So what you're saying is the guy just wants to get in his car and drive somewhere, to do actual stuff that really needs to be done, but he can't. He can't because the DRM (the keys, if you will) authorizing the key to operate the car's ignition switch has been revoked by the machine's manufacturer?
Wait, maybe this was a rental unit while on vacation. Perhaps this is just some sort of licensing mixup maybe? Oh, I am so confused on ./ lately.
You've also just described Harmatton, the linux OS behind the Nokia N9. Check out the 2nd thumbnailed video from the left, on the bottom of this page. FWIW Microsoft paid Nokia a billion dollars to bury this phone and OS so no one can choose it over Nokia's newer WP7 phones, like the Lumia 900 with very similar hardware, albeit with lighter specs. (no front-facing camera, no 64GB option, so you're stuck at 16GB with no expansion on WP7. That sort of thing. Still, you can use it as a hammer to pound nails.
Initially, only countries like Saudi Arabia and South Africa were allowed to sell it through their telcos. But I see Amazon USA has it, so no more need to import it yourself; however you'll never see a US ad campaign to tell you about it. OK, me, I'm like an ad but that's about all you'll hear otherwise. I've got one and now two friends do too, and they really like showing it off, and they aren't geeks at all. One of them is really impressing all the iPhone kids he knows, and then explaining the net-cost of the iPhone after the contract is paid for. And what SIP and companies like 12voip are all about.
Replying to un-do mod-points. This comment was at two when I tried to add points, and I tried to mod it insightful (and the confirmation said insightful) but the score registered was '4 funny'. This was NOT my intention when I applied those mod points. And this is not the first time I have witnessed this quirkiness on slashdot, however this instance is the most egregious violation.
I also RTFA'ed a few times, and so far, all I can demise is that we're screwed. Skynet wins. But then again, I Am Not A Biologist. (IANAB).
Hawking said this would happen, btw.
You make a good point. I searched for "BP Gulf" and that region is clearly well defined already.
The carriers weren't wild about Nokia/Microsoft *before* Microsoft bought Skype, and they really do not like Skype at all. You don't see a (subsidized!) Vodafone with Skype pre-installed, and you can bet Microsoft wants to bake Skype into the WP7 OS/ecosystem (i.e. pre-installed).
Talk about a train-wreck mobile sales strategy. But it won't last much longer I think.
Yeah, just remove the Elop and you've got a killer N9/N950 product-line to introduce into a hungry public. Even though he relegated the sales of the N9 to the nether-regions of the world (*not* the EU or US mind you!), sales of the N9 best sales of Wp7 phones.
Heck, the N950 is an awesome N9 with a keyboard and Nokia hasn't even sold any(!) The N950 were *given* to developers to code N9 applications. Nokia could ditch Elop and start selling linux smartphones again with products ready to go. No, Elop sells the Linux-phone factories and now he's actually building new ones in Viet Nam. What a (wealthy) train-wreck that former-Microsoft guy is, what with his Microsoft/Nokia shares/cash.
Want numbers?
http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2012/04/who-wants-numbers-lumia-on-t-mobile-lumia-800-vs-lumia-710-how-many-nokia-n9.html
My N9 came from Switzerland and it is awesome. My neighbor bought one too and I explained how to setup www.12voip.com as a SIP account so he'd save money on calls. He said how come everyone doesn't know about this awesome phone that looks just like a Microsoft Lumia phone?
The N9 has 64Gb possible (not 16Gb max as Lumia (00)
front-facing camera (not Lumia)
Swipe keyboard (awesome)
SSH/VNC/PGP is a breeze
To me, this N9 is like knowing to buy and hold on to something like a 1963 Corvette, but then I use linux for work so what do I know?
Here's an argument for inches I try to impress illustrators I work with; especially in Europe. I show them my valuble-to-me steel 6" precision ruler with each inch etched into 100 divisible units. They are just small enough to actually see and use for measurements that are digitally input to make the illustration.
All the time we need to copy some part-of-something and make a drawing out of it, and that level of precision makes a difference, and eases the work. This trick I learned from older illustrators before me, back in the days before the 2d CAD systems arrived, (with their awful strobe-ing lightpen displays). We used ink on mylar with knives, and we liked it.
I still use that ruler all the time. I don't know where to get another, this baby is gold. It fits perfectly in my plastic pocket pen protector to help me be the fashionable engineer that I am..