He can't do any harm to my system, because sonarman's shell doesn't accept any input.
Nice solution (though the above "reverse VNC" is also good). Does that looping shell really protect against things like SFTP? I suppose you could just chmod sonarman's home dir so he can't write to it.
Here are my notes from using Gnome 3 for about 8 hours..I can't imagine anyone actually wants to read it, but I'll just include them. The summary is that it's not horrible, but there are some showstoppers for me. 1) switching between windows is just more difficult, no matter what you do. 2) there is no taskbar. 3) I need to run my GPU at full speed. I'd use it above Windows 7 because it has workspace support, and I wouldn't kill myself it I had to switch to it.
* Installation (reported)
* Login completely OK no trouble.
* Desktop geometry was correct without any config.
* Correct volume control is used! And I have a few.. that's great. And it didn't destroy my ears by setting the volume to 100 %.
* I don't have my shortcuts, that's no major problem, can navigate to Desktop folder
* It's slow! The music is “lagging”! Turning the GPU to performance mode fixed that.
* Why do workspaces appear up/down not left/right?
* A bit unusual to create windows.
* I can't grab window corners to resize them! Oh dear that sucks!
* I can move windows up/down like I'm used to using Ctrl-Alt-Shift Up/Down -- and move up and down using Ctrl-Alt Up/Down.
* OK I knew about the “middle click to launch new instance” from before, so I'm kind of cheating, but I can't figure out how to launch something on the current desktop. When I open something it starts a new desktop!
* Heading to Gnome 3 site for help. http://www.gnome.org/gnome-3/ OK I can launch stuff with the Windows key.. I could get used to that.. Let's see: “terminal”.. It just switches to an open terminal, damn. Terminal, and hold shift while pressing enter: same. Ctrl+enter. Oh yeah, new terminal. So this I can use, it starts a terminal on the current desktop.
* Hey I got an email notification in the bottom centre of the screen, and it's clickable. Good, but nothing to applaud.
* So back to work, time to find that file browser window. Oh there's no task bar. Bring on the Alt-tab. That worked.
* Clicking on some python scripts opens them in gvim like I configured in KDE. Well done.
* OK desktop geometry wasn't spot on, but mine is weird with a big and a small screen, and this means that it had a sensible default (aligned at top instead of bottom) and didn't take the setting from KDE. Not bad. Let's try the settings. That was brilliant and easy.
* Damn I need another workspace for writing (whereas the previous was for programming). Ok let's middle click gvim and file browser on the left menu and see where that takes us... Great two new desktops, moving some stuff around and we're good.
* WHY are these 2 file browsers stuck on all workspaces, how annoying.
* I want a htop window to monitor memory, this thing is going to break down and swap.. and I'm using the mouse, how can I get a terminal window without creating a new workspace...? Great, left taskbar, right click, “new window” opens on current workspace, whereas middle click opens on new workspace.
* And now the LibreOffice window where I'm writing this is stuck on all workspaces! WHY! But it's not a bad thing.
* I kind of hope the htop window stays on all workspaces, hey it did:)
* Maybe there's a separate workspace for each screen...? Well the hotkey still moves up/do
The good thing about Linux is that you have lots of choice. I decided I wanted to try and use Gnome 3 today.. All I had to do was: [fa2k@blackhole ~]$ su Password: [root@blackhole fa2k]# yum groupinstall 'Gnome' Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit [...] Warning: Group Gnome does not exist. No packages in any requested group available to install or update [root@blackhole fa2k]# yum groupinstall 'Gnome Desktop' Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Warning: Group Gnome Desktop does not exist. No packages in any requested group available to install or update
Search Google [root@blackhole fa2k]# yum groupinstall gnome Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Warning: Group gnome does not exist. No packages in any requested group available to install or update
Search Google more [root@blackhole fa2k]# yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment" Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package NetworkManager-gnome.x86_64 1:0.9.4.0-9.git20120521.fc17 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: NetworkManager-gtk = 1:0.9.4.0-9.git20120521.fc17 for package: 1:NetworkManager-gnome-0.9.4.0-9.git20120521.fc17.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: libnm-gtk.so.0()(64bit) for package: 1:NetworkManager-gnome-0.9.4.0-9.git20120521.fc17.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: libgnome-bluetooth.so.10()(64bit) for package: 1:NetworkManager-gnome-0.9.4.0-9.git20120521.fc17.x86_64 ---> Package PackageKit-command-not-found.x86_64 0:0.7.5-1.fc17 will be installed ---> Package PackageKit-gtk3-module.x86_64 0:0.7.5-1.fc17 will be installed ---> Package aisleriot.x86_64 1:3.2.3.2-2.fc17 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: libguile.so.17()(64bit) for package: 1:aisleriot-3.2.3.2-2.fc17.x86_64 ---> Package at-spi2-atk.x86_64 0:2.4.0-2.fc17 will be installed ---> Package at-spi2-core.x86_64 0:2.4.2-1.fc17 will be installed ---> Package baobab.x86_64 0:3.4.1-2.fc17 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: libgtop-2.0.so.7()(64bit) for package: baobab-3.4.1-2.fc17.x86_64
I realise I'm probably not in the target audience of Gnome3, but it will be interesting to try it for a day...
2. There's something to be said for the ability to sort through all open applications, then by their windows, but the key lies in how they're sorted. However, browsers have tabs for a reason.. I like the fact I can minimize the browser and all my tabs stay with it. If I need a separate window I can detach or open a new one... I remember the pretab days when I had 4000 browser windows open.. that sucked.
Yes and no. There's something to be said for by-application switching and for tabs. They are great in some situations (like reading slashdot). When I'm working, though, I only need to have a few references open. Maybe 10. The ablity to treat each of those separately as a window is wonderful. I shouldn't have to think that I need to switch to the browser application, I just switch directly between the 10-20 objects on the virtual desktop. And for terminals, tabs also have their uses. I have a script that records filesystem statistics, and it doesn't take any input or show any output. There's another script that shows a graph. Fine, those go in the same window -- I don't need to see both at once and they are logically grouped. For most other things, tabs are shit for window management. The problem is if I want to see two editors or terminals, and they are in the same window, that's just not possible. And if I want to get to a certain tab, I first have to remember which window it's in. (I do use tabs in Eclipse, two or three visible editors on the screen, because it's the only practical option. It's still shit, I can't replace one of the editors with a browser or a terminal for example.) This application-based switching takes away the alternative direct switching option, and makes the only options tabs and something that kind of works like tabs. That said,
Interesting indeed. It's hard to distinguish between improvements and degradation at first, and the only way is to experiment. The problem is that people have to use an experimental OS, and the authors are reluctant to declare it a failure. For example, systemd works. It's only when you have a configuration problem the shit hits the fan: the worst is that it's sometimes difficult to get an emergency chell, to the point where the standard reply on IRC is "get a livecd". And there doesn't seem to be a way to force a sequential boot, so it's next to impossible to see what actually failed. As soon as FreeBSD gets their ATI drivers updated, I'll no longer use an experiment for an OS.
Who can get by with 4 GB these days? Firefox almost uses so much. Fire up a VM and you're done. There should be a 4 GB optioo for people who only ever use a browser and MS Word, because lots of RAM has disadvantages: more power use and longer hibernate times (the latter only if the RAM is actually used). For me this would be just as bad as my two year old thinkpad -- I unly use it for email and music because it can't do much else.
Some times it takes me a minute to find ^ on a GB keyboard. It's just in a really inconvenient place on top of the 6. My 2 year old Thinkpad has a light at the top of the screen next to the webcam, which illuminates the keyboard. I'd much rather keep that setup if I can have the old keyboard.
I feel like an idiot after that last sentence, please ignore. The applications is what matter not the "magnitude" of the institution. + I just realised I misread inconvenience as inconcievable. Sure it's an inconvenience. Damn
It's not inconcievable to use beryllium. The detectors at LHC have beam pipes made of beryllium. These are the vessels which separate the vacuum in which the particles travel from the detectors. ITER is a scientific institution of similar magnitude.
The main benefit of electronic communications is that it works over long distances. Is it possible to include long-distance wireless links in the system/ Or more generally, can one add other links than WiFi? In a huge catastrophy, maybe some knowledgeable people could wire up some of the ISP's infrastructure with generators or solar panels. The use of Avahi for DNS (in the FAQ) suggests that it wouldn't scale beyond a neighbourhood or two, but maybe one could add advanced router nodes..
Another benefit of electronic technology is collaboration and information storage. Byzantium seems great for that, at least for a local group. Depending on the situation, there may be a need for high security, to restrict access to certain documents/wikis, and authentication, to know who one is talking to. That would be impossible to provide to provide to the ignorant "iPhone users" they keep going on about. Impossible at least for the leaf nodes without the Byzantium software (e.g. ARP spoofing), and very difficult for the router nodes as well.
Anyway, this is a very interesting package, because mesh networks need a high density of nodes, and this makes it easy to set up nodes.
More whining, it's getting old. Transcode it on an Apple computer if you must. Feh, what kind of geek are you.
The.m4as play fine in VLC. It outputs 32 bits per sample to PulseAudio. (Note that PulseAudio resamples everything to 16 bit 44 kHz by default and you need to edit "daemon.conf" to change that) And no, "go buy a Mac" is never a constructive comment, unless the question was "I want a computer". (The Musopen people are also in their right to release in whatevery format they please, as long as they said so on the Kickstarter, and they are still doing a great thing. But it's also OK for us to whine !) And the music sounds great.
So what's your point? It's possible to use the four pins of USB as line out and microphone in. I'm not saying it's a good idea (just use a damn mini-jack), but it can be done. http://www.fa2k.net/misc/IMG_20120816_222223.jpg
I have a crappy pink Alcatel that came with a headset with a mini-USB connector. It's a really simple thing, and I don't think it has a USB controller, so there is a way to send analog audio over a USB connector.
In principle, the govt should have the right to take pictures anywhere in public. The counter-argument is that *they* are forcing every car to have license plates, and it's all part of a tracking machinery. It would be like forcing everyone to wear a baseball cap with a barcode on it.
On the third hand, the police could just do facial recognition instead. I don't believe the tech is mature enough yet, but that's not a good thing to rely on. Even without a government photo ID database, they could just store anonymous faces and opportunistically assign names to them. So there's really no principle on which I can base my opinion, if I insist that restricting people (including governments) from using technology that doesn't harm people is wrong. The government even owns the roads on which they place the cameras.
The OS is supposed to manage the available resources. It's easy when you just run one thing at a time.. I want to know how Windows 8 performs when you have 3 number crunching jobs, each requiring 2 GB running at low priority, a different process which loads 6 GB of data into RAM, a steady stream of IO from each process, interactive use, and maybe some music or video too. Throw in a VM too, to really push it. Does it still manage to be responsive and interactive?
My Win 7 laptop with 4 GB RAM becomes unpleasant to use when I start a VM which uses 2 GB. My Linux box has 16 GB and it handled the above scenario pretty well, but adding another instance of the 6 GB fitting job caused it to crash! (I was swapping to something that wasn't meant to be used as swap, so my fault). Admittedly, testing OSes under stress isn't easy to do reproducibly, but I think a subjective opinion would be really interesting....
I wonder if it's really illegal to use VPNs, though. At no point does one have to agree to a license or even claim to be from a specific country. It's all done automatically. Maybe it's moot if they can't prosecute you in a different country.
Well, OpenOffice is a competitor to Google Docs. There would be no surprise if Microsoft chose not to support a format for competitive reasons (partially what TFA is about)
QR codes are "enticing" to some people. I recently heard a kid say "Mom! It's a QR code! can I borrow the phone?". Their distinctive appearance is often more important than their ability to carry data, and they are mostly used for marketing. The most interesting applications which are not for marketing are when QR-codes are displayed on a screen, and this NFC tech can't replace that. (There are some valid applications for printed codes, like in museums, but usually it's better to print a URL). If the researchers make a catchy name and a logo for the NFC-based tags, and if NFC becomes more popular, it could replace QR codes in marketing. It's pretty cool tech, but it seems to be a solution looking for a problem.
Applications are definitively sandboxed on Android[...]
*including the Google apps*. The majority of the experience is provided by sandboxed apps. On android you can even replace a lot of the basic system functionality.
The distinction between feature phones and smartphones is largely a product of successful marketing.
Indeed, there is no need to fixate so much on it, but it's possible to make a distinction based on capabilities.
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If you live to work, the answer is yeas and I feel sorry for you. If all that's important is your work, you have no life..
if you're not happy at work to the point where less is always better, I feel sorry for you.
Humanity's food crisis is a political problem, not a technical one.
Well, given great technology, almost any problem can be solved. If we had 20x the food we have now, it would be a lot easier to distribute it.
He can't do any harm to my system, because sonarman's shell doesn't accept any input.
Nice solution (though the above "reverse VNC" is also good). Does that looping shell really protect against things like SFTP? I suppose you could just chmod sonarman's home dir so he can't write to it.
A day with Gnome3 report (tl;dr)
Here are my notes from using Gnome 3 for about 8 hours..I can't imagine anyone actually wants to read it, but I'll just include them. The summary is that it's not horrible, but there are some showstoppers for me. 1) switching between windows is just more difficult, no matter what you do. 2) there is no taskbar. 3) I need to run my GPU at full speed. I'd use it above Windows 7 because it has workspace support, and I wouldn't kill myself it I had to switch to it.
* Installation (reported)
* Login completely OK no trouble.
* Desktop geometry was correct without any config.
* Correct volume control is used! And I have a few.. that's great. And it didn't destroy my ears by setting the volume to 100 %.
* I don't have my shortcuts, that's no major problem, can navigate to Desktop folder
* It's slow! The music is “lagging”! Turning the GPU to performance mode fixed that.
* Why do workspaces appear up/down not left/right?
* A bit unusual to create windows.
* I can't grab window corners to resize them! Oh dear that sucks!
* I can move windows up/down like I'm used to using Ctrl-Alt-Shift Up/Down -- and move up and down using Ctrl-Alt Up/Down.
* OK I knew about the “middle click to launch new instance” from before, so I'm kind of cheating, but I can't figure out how to launch something on the current desktop. When I open something it starts a new desktop!
* Heading to Gnome 3 site for help. http://www.gnome.org/gnome-3/ OK I can launch stuff with the Windows key.. I could get used to that.. Let's see: “terminal”.. It just switches to an open terminal, damn. Terminal, and hold shift while pressing enter: same. Ctrl+enter. Oh yeah, new terminal. So this I can use, it starts a terminal on the current desktop.
* Hey I got an email notification in the bottom centre of the screen, and it's clickable. Good, but nothing to applaud.
* So back to work, time to find that file browser window. Oh there's no task bar. Bring on the Alt-tab. That worked.
* Clicking on some python scripts opens them in gvim like I configured in KDE. Well done.
* OK desktop geometry wasn't spot on, but mine is weird with a big and a small screen, and this means that it had a sensible default (aligned at top instead of bottom) and didn't take the setting from KDE. Not bad. Let's try the settings. That was brilliant and easy.
* Damn I need another workspace for writing (whereas the previous was for programming). Ok let's middle click gvim and file browser on the left menu and see where that takes us... Great two new desktops, moving some stuff around and we're good.
* WHY are these 2 file browsers stuck on all workspaces, how annoying. :)
* I want a htop window to monitor memory, this thing is going to break down and swap.. and I'm using the mouse, how can I get a terminal window without creating a new workspace...? Great, left taskbar, right click, “new window” opens on current workspace, whereas middle click opens on new workspace.
* And now the LibreOffice window where I'm writing this is stuck on all workspaces! WHY! But it's not a bad thing.
* I kind of hope the htop window stays on all workspaces, hey it did
* Maybe there's a separate workspace for each screen...? Well the hotkey still moves up/do
The good thing about Linux is that you have lots of choice. I decided I wanted to try and use Gnome 3 today.. All I had to do was:
[fa2k@blackhole ~]$ su
Password:
[root@blackhole fa2k]# yum groupinstall 'Gnome'
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
[...]
Warning: Group Gnome does not exist.
No packages in any requested group available to install or update
[root@blackhole fa2k]# yum groupinstall 'Gnome Desktop'
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Warning: Group Gnome Desktop does not exist.
No packages in any requested group available to install or update
Search Google
[root@blackhole fa2k]# yum groupinstall gnome
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Warning: Group gnome does not exist.
No packages in any requested group available to install or update
Search Google more
[root@blackhole fa2k]# yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package NetworkManager-gnome.x86_64 1:0.9.4.0-9.git20120521.fc17 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: NetworkManager-gtk = 1:0.9.4.0-9.git20120521.fc17 for package: 1:NetworkManager-gnome-0.9.4.0-9.git20120521.fc17.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libnm-gtk.so.0()(64bit) for package: 1:NetworkManager-gnome-0.9.4.0-9.git20120521.fc17.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libgnome-bluetooth.so.10()(64bit) for package: 1:NetworkManager-gnome-0.9.4.0-9.git20120521.fc17.x86_64
---> Package PackageKit-command-not-found.x86_64 0:0.7.5-1.fc17 will be installed
---> Package PackageKit-gtk3-module.x86_64 0:0.7.5-1.fc17 will be installed
---> Package aisleriot.x86_64 1:3.2.3.2-2.fc17 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libguile.so.17()(64bit) for package: 1:aisleriot-3.2.3.2-2.fc17.x86_64
---> Package at-spi2-atk.x86_64 0:2.4.0-2.fc17 will be installed
---> Package at-spi2-core.x86_64 0:2.4.2-1.fc17 will be installed
---> Package baobab.x86_64 0:3.4.1-2.fc17 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libgtop-2.0.so.7()(64bit) for package: baobab-3.4.1-2.fc17.x86_64
I realise I'm probably not in the target audience of Gnome3, but it will be interesting to try it for a day...
2. There's something to be said for the ability to sort through all open applications, then by their windows, but the key lies in how they're sorted. However, browsers have tabs for a reason.. I like the fact I can minimize the browser and all my tabs stay with it. If I need a separate window I can detach or open a new one... I remember the pretab days when I had 4000 browser windows open.. that sucked.
Yes and no. There's something to be said for by-application switching and for tabs. They are great in some situations (like reading slashdot). When I'm working, though, I only need to have a few references open. Maybe 10. The ablity to treat each of those separately as a window is wonderful. I shouldn't have to think that I need to switch to the browser application, I just switch directly between the 10-20 objects on the virtual desktop. And for terminals, tabs also have their uses. I have a script that records filesystem statistics, and it doesn't take any input or show any output. There's another script that shows a graph. Fine, those go in the same window -- I don't need to see both at once and they are logically grouped. For most other things, tabs are shit for window management. The problem is if I want to see two editors or terminals, and they are in the same window, that's just not possible. And if I want to get to a certain tab, I first have to remember which window it's in. (I do use tabs in Eclipse, two or three visible editors on the screen, because it's the only practical option. It's still shit, I can't replace one of the editors with a browser or a terminal for example.) This application-based switching takes away the alternative direct switching option, and makes the only options tabs and something that kind of works like tabs. That said,
Interesting indeed. It's hard to distinguish between improvements and degradation at first, and the only way is to experiment. The problem is that people have to use an experimental OS, and the authors are reluctant to declare it a failure. For example, systemd works. It's only when you have a configuration problem the shit hits the fan: the worst is that it's sometimes difficult to get an emergency chell, to the point where the standard reply on IRC is "get a livecd". And there doesn't seem to be a way to force a sequential boot, so it's next to impossible to see what actually failed. As soon as FreeBSD gets their ATI drivers updated, I'll no longer use an experiment for an OS.
Who can get by with 4 GB these days? Firefox almost uses so much. Fire up a VM and you're done. There should be a 4 GB optioo for people who only ever use a browser and MS Word, because lots of RAM has disadvantages: more power use and longer hibernate times (the latter only if the RAM is actually used). For me this would be just as bad as my two year old thinkpad -- I unly use it for email and music because it can't do much else.
Some times it takes me a minute to find ^ on a GB keyboard. It's just in a really inconvenient place on top of the 6. My 2 year old Thinkpad has a light at the top of the screen next to the webcam, which illuminates the keyboard. I'd much rather keep that setup if I can have the old keyboard.
I feel like an idiot after that last sentence, please ignore. The applications is what matter not the "magnitude" of the institution. + I just realised I misread inconvenience as inconcievable. Sure it's an inconvenience. Damn
It's not inconcievable to use beryllium. The detectors at LHC have beam pipes made of beryllium. These are the vessels which separate the vacuum in which the particles travel from the detectors. ITER is a scientific institution of similar magnitude.
Are you sure it was 15 megabits? That's better than most HD TV broadcasts, f it was H.264. it would give most CPUs a serious workout.
The main benefit of electronic communications is that it works over long distances. Is it possible to include long-distance wireless links in the system/ Or more generally, can one add other links than WiFi? In a huge catastrophy, maybe some knowledgeable people could wire up some of the ISP's infrastructure with generators or solar panels. The use of Avahi for DNS (in the FAQ) suggests that it wouldn't scale beyond a neighbourhood or two, but maybe one could add advanced router nodes..
Another benefit of electronic technology is collaboration and information storage. Byzantium seems great for that, at least for a local group. Depending on the situation, there may be a need for high security, to restrict access to certain documents/wikis, and authentication, to know who one is talking to. That would be impossible to provide to provide to the ignorant "iPhone users" they keep going on about. Impossible at least for the leaf nodes without the Byzantium software (e.g. ARP spoofing), and very difficult for the router nodes as well.
Anyway, this is a very interesting package, because mesh networks need a high density of nodes, and this makes it easy to set up nodes.
More whining, it's getting old. Transcode it on an Apple computer if you must. Feh, what kind of geek are you.
The .m4as play fine in VLC. It outputs 32 bits per sample to PulseAudio. (Note that PulseAudio resamples everything to 16 bit 44 kHz by default and you need to edit "daemon.conf" to change that) And no, "go buy a Mac" is never a constructive comment, unless the question was "I want a computer". (The Musopen people are also in their right to release in whatevery format they please, as long as they said so on the Kickstarter, and they are still doing a great thing. But it's also OK for us to whine !) And the music sounds great.
So what's your point? It's possible to use the four pins of USB as line out and microphone in. I'm not saying it's a good idea (just use a damn mini-jack), but it can be done. http://www.fa2k.net/misc/IMG_20120816_222223.jpg
I have a crappy pink Alcatel that came with a headset with a mini-USB connector. It's a really simple thing, and I don't think it has a USB controller, so there is a way to send analog audio over a USB connector.
So how should we go about implementing TOR for real life? I envision it would involve lorries full of SUVs full of motorcycles.
In principle, the govt should have the right to take pictures anywhere in public. The counter-argument is that *they* are forcing every car to have license plates, and it's all part of a tracking machinery. It would be like forcing everyone to wear a baseball cap with a barcode on it.
On the third hand, the police could just do facial recognition instead. I don't believe the tech is mature enough yet, but that's not a good thing to rely on. Even without a government photo ID database, they could just store anonymous faces and opportunistically assign names to them. So there's really no principle on which I can base my opinion, if I insist that restricting people (including governments) from using technology that doesn't harm people is wrong. The government even owns the roads on which they place the cameras.
The OS is supposed to manage the available resources. It's easy when you just run one thing at a time.. I want to know how Windows 8 performs when you have 3 number crunching jobs, each requiring 2 GB running at low priority, a different process which loads 6 GB of data into RAM, a steady stream of IO from each process, interactive use, and maybe some music or video too. Throw in a VM too, to really push it. Does it still manage to be responsive and interactive?
My Win 7 laptop with 4 GB RAM becomes unpleasant to use when I start a VM which uses 2 GB. My Linux box has 16 GB and it handled the above scenario pretty well, but adding another instance of the 6 GB fitting job caused it to crash! (I was swapping to something that wasn't meant to be used as swap, so my fault). Admittedly, testing OSes under stress isn't easy to do reproducibly, but I think a subjective opinion would be really interesting....
I wonder if it's really illegal to use VPNs, though. At no point does one have to agree to a license or even claim to be from a specific country. It's all done automatically. Maybe it's moot if they can't prosecute you in a different country.
Well, OpenOffice is a competitor to Google Docs. There would be no surprise if Microsoft chose not to support a format for competitive reasons (partially what TFA is about)
I just launched a cum satellite into your mother yesterday
QR codes are "enticing" to some people. I recently heard a kid say "Mom! It's a QR code! can I borrow the phone?". Their distinctive appearance is often more important than their ability to carry data, and they are mostly used for marketing. The most interesting applications which are not for marketing are when QR-codes are displayed on a screen, and this NFC tech can't replace that. (There are some valid applications for printed codes, like in museums, but usually it's better to print a URL). If the researchers make a catchy name and a logo for the NFC-based tags, and if NFC becomes more popular, it could replace QR codes in marketing. It's pretty cool tech, but it seems to be a solution looking for a problem.
Applications are definitively sandboxed on Android[...]
*including the Google apps*. The majority of the experience is provided by sandboxed apps. On android you can even replace a lot of the basic system functionality.
The distinction between feature phones and smartphones is largely a product of successful marketing.
Indeed, there is no need to fixate so much on it, but it's possible to make a distinction based on capabilities.
Thank you! Finally a sensible definition.