Do you really think that you're going to able to compile your own kernel for your phone?
Not a chance, it's a security nightmare. We would want Al-Qaeda to have encrypted voice calls
would we?
"95 was touted as the most amazing thing in computing history"
It probably was, in terms of bringing PCs into the living rooms of people who knew nothing about computers.
This reminds me of the story, whereby during WW2 the Russians trained dogs to lie under tanks, with the intention of strapping them with explosives on the battlefield to destroy enemy tanks.
However, once on the battlefield and the dogs were unleashed (hehe) they ran under the Soviet tanks instead.
(GSM) Mobile phones have a maximum transmission radius of 35km.
I believe it's the speed of the plane that hinders a consistent connections being made, not the altitude.
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Dear god!
Microsoft has just begun its beta testing commenced or started would be better though
If they haven't released it how do you know it's a 'jumbled mess'? You illiterate tool
Ok, that might have some element of truth for the US because the internet was free, but not in other nations where internet access cost a shitload.
Do you really think that you're going to able to compile your own kernel for your phone? Not a chance, it's a security nightmare. We would want Al-Qaeda to have encrypted voice calls would we?
"95 was touted as the most amazing thing in computing history" It probably was, in terms of bringing PCs into the living rooms of people who knew nothing about computers.
DRM's going to be built into everything, even Mobile Linux!
too true. don't forget the occasional "FireFox changes toolbar colour" stories.
Poor design by not future-proofing code?
This reminds me of the story, whereby during WW2 the Russians trained dogs to lie under tanks, with the intention of strapping them with explosives on the battlefield to destroy enemy tanks. However, once on the battlefield and the dogs were unleashed (hehe) they ran under the Soviet tanks instead.
Seriously!? Priests and wands etc, jesus christ
How dare you take the name of Google in vain, especially on Slashdot! Google eats dead babies
When I saw that screenshot I got a shiver down my spine
That'd be cool
(GSM) Mobile phones have a maximum transmission radius of 35km. I believe it's the speed of the plane that hinders a consistent connections being made, not the altitude.
Have you not heard of backward compatibility?
What has your ethnic origin have to do with computer software?
Not a lot
How many phones have a GPS receiver?
Have you any idea how much operators subsidise the cost of your new mobile phone?
"IM beats sms for brief conversations any day." Of course it does, unless you're doing it over WAP dial-up. Not everyone has GPRS yet
There's more to security than buffer overflows, and as for compilers, they can only do so much as buffers can be dynamically sized.
Pinch of salt indeed
Totally Fucking Gay. Nerds!
How does MS manage the backward/binary compatibility issues when fixing defects?