Actually, I did consider buying NOVA ($7), iSpeech ($20) and vlingo ($20), but didn't want to spend money on them.. and, I'd imagine that there are other blackberry users who would have bought some of these if they knew about them.
If a company lost $200+ due to email delays, I'm certain their lawyers would be breathing down the necks of RIM..
yet, I doubt there are any BBM-loving BIS users who lost $100+ of anything when they were forced to rely on SMS and old-fashioned phone calls when their phones were affected by the outage.
$100 of premium apps from EA, gameloft, ispeech and vlingo (Blackberry's version of Siri) is an awesome reward for having my e-mail arrive 15 mins late around 1am last Tuesday!
Both articles were written by the same author (Tom Harris), who is a director at a public relations firm "High Park Group" ( http://www.highparkgroup.com/tharris.htm ).. Some may call such a business a lobby group.. others may call it an industry-friendly strategic consulting firm. A very trust-worthy source, especially when it comes to public interest.
High Park Group's is proud to offer our clients a wide range of services, including:
- policy and strategic consulting - project development - project management - issues management - research initiatives and analysis - economic analytics - direct lobbying - event planning - media relations - fundraising
So many people misuse the statement "millions of years old" when talking about living organisms.. They'd be long dead if they are millions of years old.. They may have diverged from their closest 'outside the cave' ancestors millions of years ago, but this doesn't mean that they are millions of years old.. Evolution never stops, not even in dark/damp caves.. These organisms had evolved and adapted to their environment: the dark, damp, enclosed cave.. Some have adapted by losing sight (due to lack of use), while others most likely gained senses to help them survive in their unique environment. Their rate of evolution may have changed and adapted features may differ, but evolution never stops.
Also, along the same lines.. Human ancestors probably never looked like 20th century monkeys/apes.. monkeys, apes, and humans have all evolved since human speciation occured.. this means that they might be amongst our closest relatives, but their evolution continued along a different path.
Currently, it only synchronizes with Windows (even though its marketed for the open source community)... being a software issue, I'm certain that they'll eventually port it to Linux.. The 2 hour battery life will need some improvement.. Their FAQ contains too many "At this time, you cannot do this".. and worst of all is that it may not support 3rd party applications...
I'll check in on the Pepper Pad in a few months to see how its improved...
Reading this article brings back memories of BearShare and Napster.. the only P2P programs I used.. back when they first came out (~5 years ago!)..
BearShare probably won't shut down completely and will instead become a pay-per-song music service, much like Napster did..
However, this comes at a time when Napster is returning to providing free music.. Apparently, Napster plans on offering two million major and independent-label tracks on-demand.. The catch is that users will need to pay after downloading the same track more than 5 times.
There's not much of a need for ZDNet's Fedora Core 5 install photos..
For all of my RH/Fedora installations, including Fedora Core 5 (over a month ago), I used Stanton Finley's site... His site is much more informative:
http://www.stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_instal lation_notes.html
All available genetic data (and protein data) from every sequenced organism has always been publicly available. Whether it's due to requirements by publishers of the journals that they publish their analysis in, a requirement of their funding agencies, or for the mere goal of sharing their data with the global scientific community.
Their statement "Google is guilty of biopiracy because a searchable database could make it easier for private genetic information to be abused" is flawed on many levels.. and is merely an attempt at media hype.
A - If the genetic data is private (ie. industry funded and not shared with the global scientific community), how will Google get access to it? B - Searchable databases that contain private/public genetic information have existed since before most other types of searchable databases. C - Sharing data from biological analyses (whether genetic sequence data, protein sequence data, gene expression data, protein structure data, etc.) is an important aspect of understanding the underlying mechanisms of biological systems.
Many of the medical advances that we've seen these past couple decades have resulted directly from the fact that biological data has been publicly available... facilitating collaborations beyond borders and beyond disciplines.
I look forward to Google's role in facilitating access to this information, and look forward to applying it in future research projects.
Slashdot Mirror
Actually, I did consider buying NOVA ($7), iSpeech ($20) and vlingo ($20), but didn't want to spend money on them.. and, I'd imagine that there are other blackberry users who would have bought some of these if they knew about them.
If a company lost $200+ due to email delays, I'm certain their lawyers would be breathing down the necks of RIM.. yet, I doubt there are any BBM-loving BIS users who lost $100+ of anything when they were forced to rely on SMS and old-fashioned phone calls when their phones were affected by the outage.
How well does your desktop software run on your computer when your internet service provider goes down?
Vlingo is like Siri, and has been a $20 app on blackberry devices since 2009
$100 of premium apps from EA, gameloft, ispeech and vlingo (Blackberry's version of Siri) is an awesome reward for having my e-mail arrive 15 mins late around 1am last Tuesday!
Both articles were written by the same author (Tom Harris), who is a director at a public relations firm "High Park Group" ( http://www.highparkgroup.com/tharris.htm ).. Some may call such a business a lobby group.. others may call it an industry-friendly strategic consulting firm. A very trust-worthy source, especially when it comes to public interest.
High Park Group's is proud to offer our clients a wide range of services, including:
- policy and strategic consulting
- project development
- project management
- issues management
- research initiatives and analysis
- economic analytics
- direct lobbying
- event planning
- media relations
- fundraising
So many people misuse the statement "millions of years old" when talking about living organisms.. They'd be long dead if they are millions of years old.. They may have diverged from their closest 'outside the cave' ancestors millions of years ago, but this doesn't mean that they are millions of years old.. Evolution never stops, not even in dark/damp caves.. These organisms had evolved and adapted to their environment: the dark, damp, enclosed cave.. Some have adapted by losing sight (due to lack of use), while others most likely gained senses to help them survive in their unique environment. Their rate of evolution may have changed and adapted features may differ, but evolution never stops.
Also, along the same lines.. Human ancestors probably never looked like 20th century monkeys/apes.. monkeys, apes, and humans have all evolved since human speciation occured.. this means that they might be amongst our closest relatives, but their evolution continued along a different path.
Talk about cost-effective NASA spending...
Seeing that they announced this product in 2004.. I guess I'll be waiting a couple more years for improvements...
I'll wait until they make a few improvements...
Currently, it only synchronizes with Windows (even though its marketed for the open source community)... being a software issue, I'm certain that they'll eventually port it to Linux.. The 2 hour battery life will need some improvement.. Their FAQ contains too many "At this time, you cannot do this".. and worst of all is that it may not support 3rd party applications...
I'll check in on the Pepper Pad in a few months to see how its improved...
Reading this article brings back memories of BearShare and Napster.. the only P2P programs I used.. back when they first came out (~5 years ago!)..
BearShare probably won't shut down completely and will instead become a pay-per-song music service, much like Napster did..
However, this comes at a time when Napster is returning to providing free music.. Apparently, Napster plans on offering two million major and independent-label tracks on-demand.. The catch is that users will need to pay after downloading the same track more than 5 times.
There's not much of a need for ZDNet's Fedora Core 5 install photos.. For all of my RH/Fedora installations, including Fedora Core 5 (over a month ago), I used Stanton Finley's site... His site is much more informative: http://www.stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_instal lation_notes.html
Nah... much easier for someone to check Google Define when they aren't sure... unless they're too lazy or in a hurry...
All available genetic data (and protein data) from every sequenced organism has always been publicly available. Whether it's due to requirements by publishers of the journals that they publish their analysis in, a requirement of their funding agencies, or for the mere goal of sharing their data with the global scientific community.
Gene sequence databases have been around since 1981:
EMBL: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/embl/
GenBank: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
DDBJ: http://www.ddbj.nig.ac.jp/
HUGO: http://www.gene.ucl.ac.uk/nomenclature/
JGI: http://www.jgi.doe.gov/
Protein sequence/structure data is also publicly available:
Expasy: http://ca.expasy.org/
PDB: http://www.pdb.org/
Their statement "Google is guilty of biopiracy because a searchable database could make it easier for private genetic information to be abused" is flawed on many levels.. and is merely an attempt at media hype.
A - If the genetic data is private (ie. industry funded and not shared with the global scientific community), how will Google get access to it?
B - Searchable databases that contain private/public genetic information have existed since before most other types of searchable databases.
C - Sharing data from biological analyses (whether genetic sequence data, protein sequence data, gene expression data, protein structure data, etc.) is an important aspect of understanding the underlying mechanisms of biological systems.
Many of the medical advances that we've seen these past couple decades have resulted directly from the fact that biological data has been publicly available... facilitating collaborations beyond borders and beyond disciplines.
I look forward to Google's role in facilitating access to this information, and look forward to applying it in future research projects.
Ryan