I am sorry but I do not see that Motorola acknowledged the use of eFuse technology. Yes, they locked the bootloader down just like they did with the Milestone (using encryption). Other than that it is pure speculation. Show me the pictures or show me a bricked phone and then we talk.
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Are you taking everything so literal? I hope you know what they are trying to say, no?
And iPhone users (including children) don't have access to porn? Last time I checked (guilty as charged!) there are iPhone specific streaming sites for porn. Instead of going to the app store all they have to open up Safari and google for the goodies.
You are forgetting the tax breaks the state of CA and the feds give you for going green. In the end a unit costs around $400k which cuts the time to 15 years. All that said, though, I hope money is not the only motivation why anybody would look into alternative energy sources.
Well, I am not a fanboy but the methodology of this test is flawed: using your own finger is not precise enough; using only a one-sized sample of each phone is not really scientific; so is not using the exact same algorithms for turning the touch screen events into on-screen pixels. The list goes on. I wouldn't be surprised that the iPhone's screen is better but the video does not convince me.
I have a Droid and I just tried drawing diagonals in a paint program on the phone. Yes, I did get the waviness. All that means, though, is that the Droid is not a good choice for a phone if you want to draw on it. I am still able to use the on-screen keyboard just fine and even in a web browser I never have problems tapping a link no matter how far I am zoomed out. This is definitely not a deal-breaker for me. That said, the only reason why I have a Droid is because of the physical keyboard and a pretty decent free ssh client. The kids draw on it but they couldn't care less how straight the lines are or not.
I am a little confused about the first part of the story. It says: Yet the spy software later revealed something extraordinary. The webcam shows that almost immediately the technician discovers our loose memory chip and clicks it back into position [based on recorded boot and shut down times]." How did the webcam record how the technician opened the laptop and snapped the memory module back in place? I assume it was not the webcam but the log files that told the story?
Apple, during those times before Jobs came back, that is. Look at the server line-up. Too many CPU options (AMD, Intel, UltraSPARC T line, UltraSPARC IV, SPARC64), too many OS options (Solaris, Linux, Windows), f'ed up renaming and branding attempts of Sun's software stack, very confusing model numbers/names for their servers, getting rid of the highly popular US-IIIi entry-level server line, etc. etc. I've been using Sun servers for a very long time and have been a proponent but the last couple years have been very frustrating with them. They never fixed the performance issue the online support site has, for example. I think Schwartz was not a good choice to lead Sun after McNealy left.
There is one good thing that came out of Sun in the last couple years, though: open-sourcing of Solaris.
a) a person's health is private matter, b) Apple is doing something really wrong when it puts all its eggs into Job's basket - no man or woman should have so much power in a company that his/her illness can cause ripples in the business world.
I hate to reply to my own posts but I eventually RTFA and the summary got it wrong. Africa has the highest percentage of IPv6 networks of all the networks given out by AfriNIC so far.
What happened to compiling your own packages? What is happening with our systems administrators? Is this the new generation who needs things like apt-get and GUI to do work?
Are you saying that if I have some idle time I should move my arse into my boss's office and ask for more work? I think there is more to the success of a company than 100% utilization of its employees. There have been studies, for example, that employer sponsored rest time during work hours has positive impact on the efficiency of employees.
... why would anybody care about this? Just make sure the online activities are legal and according to company policies (no porn or hate sites, for example). There is absolutely no need to go beyond that. Let the employees have some downtime.
I am sorry but that explanation is lame. Is there any operating system out there that does not support dual TCP/IP stacks? Is there any mainstream application out there that does not support IPv6 in addition to IPv4? There you have it. Just configure your IPv4 system to be also capable of IPv6 and offer your services in both ways. You just need an upstream provider that provides you with IPv6 connectivity (a little more difficult but not a show stopper).
AFAIK there is only one real problem left that will keep many big businesses from deploying IPv6: multi-homing. The technology to have more than one upstream provider for IPv6 connectivity is still in flux.
Which is something that we won't see for at least a year--possibly longer.
I am not so sure about that. I just purchased a Sharp Aquos TV and it comes with a free Sharp Blu-Ray player. Check it out at Circuit City for example. I think the format war is very close to a conclusion. I am still interested to pick up an HD-DVD player to get my five free movies, though.
Oh, boy. Another person who thinks who can talk about a topic without being current in it at all. Solaris 10 ships with bash by default. There is your up-arrow history and tab completion.
Let's talk about the grandfather post, though:
1.) Ditch the inhouse CLI tools - they suck and will never catch up with GNU. Maintaining them is pointless. Use the full spectrum of GNU CLI tools.
One of the great things about Solaris is its backward compatibility. Sun is not going to be able to get rid of the tools everybody is complaining about because there are a bazillion of scripts out there that just have to work. Period. Why break them? Just to please the Linux crowd? If you need GNU tools, hey most of them are bundled with Solaris 10. Others can be downloaded and installed a la carte.
2.) Use a pimped zshell as shell with a prime quality default setup and some good-looking, neat tutorials to get the Bash crowd in line for it.
This is a matter of taste, no? If you are a good system administrator/developer you will not care.
3.) De-suckify the entire grafical desktop stack, unifing GTK and QT with the same, one and only default theme that looks good.
Eh, I don't think the Linux crowd should even think of complaining about desktops on other OSs. Get your own mess cleaned up first. Btw, Solaris is considered a server OS. Graphical desktops don't matter.
4.) Use APT as distribution system.
Again, this is a matter of taste. I've done my share of software development and system administration under Solaris and the Sys V packaging mechanism is just fine. What exactly is it lacking? I personally do not like apt. My preferred packaging system for Linux is Slackware's.
5.) GPL Solaris and remove the distinction between Solaris and OpenSolaris.
No. Why would they. OpenSolaris is the cutting edge code. Solaris is a tested and stable snapshot that you can actually purchase a support contract for. Show me a commercial Linux distribution that does not make a distinction between the cutting-edge and the stable release.
6.) Build a marketing army to push Solaris as "Mac OS X" for all non-Apple computers and 'the better open Unix variant / the better Linux' at the same time.
Again, Solaris is not a desktop OS. Give me a Mac OS X for my desktop anytime (btw, it is my choice of OS for my desktop and laptop) and Solaris for my servers. In the server arena the current Mac OS X is lacking a lot.
yeah, but learning how to write device drivers for Minix is a pretty useless skill.
What? As long as you learn the concepts you will do just fine. And Minix is a fine example of how to study the principles and concepts of operating system design. Once you understand the basics you can go ahead and get your feet dirty in Linux, Solaris, Mac OS, Windows, whatever you like.
40 column video and we were thrilled to have it, although we eventually upgraded to a monochrome monitor and a Videx 80-column card.
That's cool and things but do you really think those Lenovos are going to run in text mode with 40 or 80 columns (I grew up with a ZX81 attached to my tiny B&W TV set)? I think not. You might be able to get CGA resolutions (what's that? 320x200?) but the usualy 800x600 on a SD TV screen? That's going to suck royally.
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I am sorry but I do not see that Motorola acknowledged the use of eFuse technology. Yes, they locked the bootloader down just like they did with the Milestone (using encryption). Other than that it is pure speculation. Show me the pictures or show me a bricked phone and then we talk.
Are you taking everything so literal? I hope you know what they are trying to say, no?
And iPhone users (including children) don't have access to porn? Last time I checked (guilty as charged!) there are iPhone specific streaming sites for porn. Instead of going to the app store all they have to open up Safari and google for the goodies.
Until the world is not inhabitable anymore....
You are forgetting the tax breaks the state of CA and the feds give you for going green. In the end a unit costs around $400k which cuts the time to 15 years. All that said, though, I hope money is not the only motivation why anybody would look into alternative energy sources.
Do you happen to have any links illustrating the ssh client you mentioned? Sounds interesting.
Sure thing: http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/
Well, I am not a fanboy but the methodology of this test is flawed: using your own finger is not precise enough; using only a one-sized sample of each phone is not really scientific; so is not using the exact same algorithms for turning the touch screen events into on-screen pixels. The list goes on. I wouldn't be surprised that the iPhone's screen is better but the video does not convince me.
I have a Droid and I just tried drawing diagonals in a paint program on the phone. Yes, I did get the waviness. All that means, though, is that the Droid is not a good choice for a phone if you want to draw on it. I am still able to use the on-screen keyboard just fine and even in a web browser I never have problems tapping a link no matter how far I am zoomed out. This is definitely not a deal-breaker for me. That said, the only reason why I have a Droid is because of the physical keyboard and a pretty decent free ssh client. The kids draw on it but they couldn't care less how straight the lines are or not.
Doctor appreciation day: http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/March/doctorsday.htm, Dentist's Day: http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/March/dentistsday.htm, National Pharamcist Day: http://holidayinsights.com/other/pharmacistday.htm and so on.
I am a little confused about the first part of the story. It says: Yet the spy software later revealed something extraordinary. The webcam shows that almost immediately the technician discovers our loose memory chip and clicks it back into position [based on recorded boot and shut down times]." How did the webcam record how the technician opened the laptop and snapped the memory module back in place? I assume it was not the webcam but the log files that told the story?
Apple, during those times before Jobs came back, that is. Look at the server line-up. Too many CPU options (AMD, Intel, UltraSPARC T line, UltraSPARC IV, SPARC64), too many OS options (Solaris, Linux, Windows), f'ed up renaming and branding attempts of Sun's software stack, very confusing model numbers/names for their servers, getting rid of the highly popular US-IIIi entry-level server line, etc. etc. I've been using Sun servers for a very long time and have been a proponent but the last couple years have been very frustrating with them. They never fixed the performance issue the online support site has, for example. I think Schwartz was not a good choice to lead Sun after McNealy left. There is one good thing that came out of Sun in the last couple years, though: open-sourcing of Solaris.
I hope he'll find another way to speak up. Maybe at a later time. I would be looking forward to it. It was an interesting read.
Are we geeks or not? Just replace the single quote in the bad link with a question mark.
a) a person's health is private matter, b) Apple is doing something really wrong when it puts all its eggs into Job's basket - no man or woman should have so much power in a company that his/her illness can cause ripples in the business world.
I have my popcorn ready for the show.
I hate to reply to my own posts but I eventually RTFA and the summary got it wrong. Africa has the highest percentage of IPv6 networks of all the networks given out by AfriNIC so far.
I always thought that Japan has been the leader in IPv6 deployment for quite a while now considering that the Japanese government is backing IPv6.
What happened to compiling your own packages? What is happening with our systems administrators? Is this the new generation who needs things like apt-get and GUI to do work?
Are you saying that if I have some idle time I should move my arse into my boss's office and ask for more work? I think there is more to the success of a company than 100% utilization of its employees. There have been studies, for example, that employer sponsored rest time during work hours has positive impact on the efficiency of employees.
... why would anybody care about this? Just make sure the online activities are legal and according to company policies (no porn or hate sites, for example). There is absolutely no need to go beyond that. Let the employees have some downtime.
I am sorry but that explanation is lame. Is there any operating system out there that does not support dual TCP/IP stacks? Is there any mainstream application out there that does not support IPv6 in addition to IPv4? There you have it. Just configure your IPv4 system to be also capable of IPv6 and offer your services in both ways. You just need an upstream provider that provides you with IPv6 connectivity (a little more difficult but not a show stopper).
AFAIK there is only one real problem left that will keep many big businesses from deploying IPv6: multi-homing. The technology to have more than one upstream provider for IPv6 connectivity is still in flux.
Which is something that we won't see for at least a year--possibly longer.
I am not so sure about that. I just purchased a Sharp Aquos TV and it comes with a free Sharp Blu-Ray player. Check it out at Circuit City for example. I think the format war is very close to a conclusion. I am still interested to pick up an HD-DVD player to get my five free movies, though.
Oh, boy. Another person who thinks who can talk about a topic without being current in it at all. Solaris 10 ships with bash by default. There is your up-arrow history and tab completion.
Let's talk about the grandfather post, though:
1.) Ditch the inhouse CLI tools - they suck and will never catch up with GNU. Maintaining them is pointless. Use the full spectrum of GNU CLI tools.
One of the great things about Solaris is its backward compatibility. Sun is not going to be able to get rid of the tools everybody is complaining about because there are a bazillion of scripts out there that just have to work. Period. Why break them? Just to please the Linux crowd? If you need GNU tools, hey most of them are bundled with Solaris 10. Others can be downloaded and installed a la carte.
2.) Use a pimped zshell as shell with a prime quality default setup and some good-looking, neat tutorials to get the Bash crowd in line for it.
This is a matter of taste, no? If you are a good system administrator/developer you will not care.
3.) De-suckify the entire grafical desktop stack, unifing GTK and QT with the same, one and only default theme that looks good.
Eh, I don't think the Linux crowd should even think of complaining about desktops on other OSs. Get your own mess cleaned up first. Btw, Solaris is considered a server OS. Graphical desktops don't matter.
4.) Use APT as distribution system.
Again, this is a matter of taste. I've done my share of software development and system administration under Solaris and the Sys V packaging mechanism is just fine. What exactly is it lacking? I personally do not like apt. My preferred packaging system for Linux is Slackware's.
5.) GPL Solaris and remove the distinction between Solaris and OpenSolaris.
No. Why would they. OpenSolaris is the cutting edge code. Solaris is a tested and stable snapshot that you can actually purchase a support contract for. Show me a commercial Linux distribution that does not make a distinction between the cutting-edge and the stable release.
6.) Build a marketing army to push Solaris as "Mac OS X" for all non-Apple computers and 'the better open Unix variant / the better Linux' at the same time.
Again, Solaris is not a desktop OS. Give me a Mac OS X for my desktop anytime (btw, it is my choice of OS for my desktop and laptop) and Solaris for my servers. In the server arena the current Mac OS X is lacking a lot.
yeah, but learning how to write device drivers for Minix is a pretty useless skill.
What? As long as you learn the concepts you will do just fine. And Minix is a fine example of how to study the principles and concepts of operating system design. Once you understand the basics you can go ahead and get your feet dirty in Linux, Solaris, Mac OS, Windows, whatever you like.
That's cool and things but do you really think those Lenovos are going to run in text mode with 40 or 80 columns (I grew up with a ZX81 attached to my tiny B&W TV set)? I think not. You might be able to get CGA resolutions (what's that? 320x200?) but the usualy 800x600 on a SD TV screen? That's going to suck royally.