Don't get me wrong I think the iPhone is a great device and very well thought out but the iTunes + Service + On-line + Apple Services lock-in makes me very nervous. You just need one level as we are seeing now to fail and you are stuck with an very expensive brick. When I look at the iPhone the image of a very well made and gold (gilded) cage comes to mind and I really don't want to step into it.
[Scene] Murky smoke filled office circa 1920 strewn with half repaired computers
[Voice narrative]
PI_Geek "It was a just another day when she walked into my office with a broken Apple macbook. Her legs were something one would expect on a poster and she had a face that men would die for but a job was a job"
[Narrative end]
PI_Geek "hello doll face, how can I help you"
[blows cigarette smoke in the direction of the new client]
I think both licenses are great and I use them differently depending on what my commitment is to the code over time. If I have a long term interest in a project were I am happy to maintain it for a while I go with either LGPL or GPL. If I have no interest in the code (one of hacks etc) I just put it under the BSD license and let it float away into the ether that is the internet.
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Hurry Quantum boy, get into the dark energy mobile...
[Presses Big Red Button]
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Narrative: Somewhere on a distant planet
Astronomer "Did you see that flash, hah proof dark energy doesn't exist"
I thought my RSS news notification program had mixed DIGG's article with/. for a second there, first I see "9 largest Science projects" then "!0 Worlds dirtiest cities", what next "11 Ways to code and still have a life"..
I think a Nokia mobile phone and a Nokia N800 network tables (N800 is pretty cheap right now) are a better option. You can tether the N800 to your mobile phone (basically use your mobile as a modem). You will get more functionality than the freerunner and the N800 runs Linux (bigger screen) and is very hackable and stable right now.
Reminds me of Duke Nukem were all the sex scenes were cut out but could be activated by typing in a code word. Here is a game were you can blow peoples heads off and swear but oooh no, boobies are not allowed.......sheesh
The actual problem may be that your ISP is outsourcing the proxy to a datacentre in Canada thus it may be stuffing up the GEO_LOC software on some retail servers. Try using another proxy (within your area obviously).
I have always wondered why no one has mad a USB thumb drive with a flexible/swivel neck. Ive seen a few laptops with the USB sockets damaged after a user has connected the thumb drive then forgotten about it and then knocked it (thus cold soldering the laptops USB socket).
Cowon A3, it supports more media formats than any MP3 player out (ogg, flak, mkv) there and you can read directly from a USB thumb drives. As a MP3 player the Cowon A3's audio quality blows the iPOD right out of the water, even has a 10 channel equaliser built in.
If as the article states this is a drop in equivalent and has more positive environmental aspects wouldn't any marketing guru say charge the same or more ? It's a like saying, I have a perfect drop in replacement widget that is better and Im going to sell it for less!!, any marketing guru would think you are on drugs, you charge MORE!!
I switched over to Linux around SuSE 6.0 days and to be honest I have never looked back.
I now use Linux 100% at work and at home after doing a LPIC-101/102 course at my local college. This leads me into another funny story were I now have a whole branch of the company were I work at now running on Linux. The company has a Windows/OSX/Unix technical support contractor and because Linux has been so rock solid for us he didn't even know we had a branch here. This was simply because no one has ever rang him for help (and yes I have been away for weeks at a time).
"And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed--if all records told the same tale--then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'"
Im pro-human right just as much as anyone else who enjoys calling their politician dicks but lets inject some reality here. For those Americans talking about a police state go talk to anyone who is visiting the USA and you will see all the weird and bizarre hoops you now have to jump through that makes a visit to China look like a visit to your local coffee shop. Those who come from Europe, ID cards big brother camera all over the place and knee-jerk politicians bringing in "we have the right to anal probe you if you don't return a book on time" laws. Yes China has issues but western nations should be holding their heads in shame as they let their leaders destroy all the freedoms won by those who have risked lives and limbs over the years because it "doesnt effect me".
Regarding the original story, my biggest worry is how much of the information given to gain tickets will be sold by corrupt officials to countries who think freedom means you are free to scream while getting tortured.
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Don't get me wrong I think the iPhone is a great device and very well thought out but the iTunes + Service + On-line + Apple Services lock-in makes me very nervous. You just need one level as we are seeing now to fail and you are stuck with an very expensive brick. When I look at the iPhone the image of a very well made and gold (gilded) cage comes to mind and I really don't want to step into it.
[Scene] Murky smoke filled office circa 1920 strewn with half repaired computers [Voice narrative] PI_Geek "It was a just another day when she walked into my office with a broken Apple macbook. Her legs were something one would expect on a poster and she had a face that men would die for but a job was a job" [Narrative end] PI_Geek "hello doll face, how can I help you" [blows cigarette smoke in the direction of the new client]
one can finally see if they are fake or not..
I think both licenses are great and I use them differently depending on what my commitment is to the code over time. If I have a long term interest in a project were I am happy to maintain it for a while I go with either LGPL or GPL. If I have no interest in the code (one of hacks etc) I just put it under the BSD license and let it float away into the ether that is the internet.
Yeah right and Microsoft's IDE's and API's are not all over the place, seriously do you sell Microsoft products ?
So you have tried emacs too huh.
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I did just that last December/January billing period.
The world will find out about my Thomas the Tank engine fetish....
Sigh!, and all I have in the land of sun and sand is a paltry 23mb/s and 150GB cap for US$52/month.
Hurry Quantum boy, get into the dark energy mobile...
[Presses Big Red Button]
(((((((((((((((BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM))))))))))))
Narrative: Somewhere on a distant planet
Astronomer "Did you see that flash, hah proof dark energy doesn't exist"
I thought my RSS news notification program had mixed DIGG's article with /. for a second there, first I see "9 largest Science projects" then "!0 Worlds dirtiest cities", what next "11 Ways to code and still have a life"..
I think a Nokia mobile phone and a Nokia N800 network tables (N800 is pretty cheap right now) are a better option. You can tether the N800 to your mobile phone (basically use your mobile as a modem). You will get more functionality than the freerunner and the N800 runs Linux (bigger screen) and is very hackable and stable right now.
Reminds me of Duke Nukem were all the sex scenes were cut out but could be activated by typing in a code word. Here is a game were you can blow peoples heads off and swear but oooh no, boobies are not allowed.......sheesh
Diary of a blonde super criminal [insert pathetic MUAWAHAHAH here]
1. Make counterfeit dimes.
2. Buy SCO shares then sue everyone...eer again
3. Copy Wikipedia
The actual problem may be that your ISP is outsourcing the proxy to a datacentre in Canada thus it may be stuffing up the GEO_LOC software on some retail servers. Try using another proxy (within your area obviously).
I do the same at home but when you are out an about with a laptop carrying extra cables is a pain.
I have always wondered why no one has mad a USB thumb drive with a flexible/swivel neck. Ive seen a few laptops with the USB sockets damaged after a user has connected the thumb drive then forgotten about it and then knocked it (thus cold soldering the laptops USB socket).
Cowon A3, it supports more media formats than any MP3 player out (ogg, flak, mkv) there and you can read directly from a USB thumb drives. As a MP3 player the Cowon A3's audio quality blows the iPOD right out of the water, even has a 10 channel equaliser built in.
If as the article states this is a drop in equivalent and has more positive environmental aspects wouldn't any marketing guru say charge the same or more ? It's a like saying, I have a perfect drop in replacement widget that is better and Im going to sell it for less!!, any marketing guru would think you are on drugs, you charge MORE!!
I switched over to Linux around SuSE 6.0 days and to be honest I have never looked back. I now use Linux 100% at work and at home after doing a LPIC-101/102 course at my local college. This leads me into another funny story were I now have a whole branch of the company were I work at now running on Linux. The company has a Windows/OSX/Unix technical support contractor and because Linux has been so rock solid for us he didn't even know we had a branch here. This was simply because no one has ever rang him for help (and yes I have been away for weeks at a time).
Sorry a bit got cut off
who controls the present controls the past - Page 32
"And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed--if all records told the same tale--then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'"
I can see this as the must have pet this Christmas..
Little Kid" Meh, its just a frog (SWOOOSH!!) COOOL!! CLAAAWS!!...(evil glint in eyes), Hey sis want to see my new pet"
Im pro-human right just as much as anyone else who enjoys calling their politician dicks but lets inject some reality here. For those Americans talking about a police state go talk to anyone who is visiting the USA and you will see all the weird and bizarre hoops you now have to jump through that makes a visit to China look like a visit to your local coffee shop. Those who come from Europe, ID cards big brother camera all over the place and knee-jerk politicians bringing in "we have the right to anal probe you if you don't return a book on time" laws. Yes China has issues but western nations should be holding their heads in shame as they let their leaders destroy all the freedoms won by those who have risked lives and limbs over the years because it "doesnt effect me".
Regarding the original story, my biggest worry is how much of the information given to gain tickets will be sold by corrupt officials to countries who think freedom means you are free to scream while getting tortured.