In my experience, using my Motorola Milestone "Like a phone" is the surest way to burn out the battery in no time. I can go from 100% to a 15% warning inside of a one hour phone conversation, but I can have GPS and 3G running easily for a 4-5 hour geocaching hike without any problems. Now, if you call me during that hike even a short phone call will make a significant impact on the battery life.
I, for one am hoping to see better battery life out of a full blown Cyanogen ROM since the carriers can't seem to get their act together to make one themselves.
If you think that the "mercury" in the vaccines was the reason the "viruses were dead" then you're already too far behind the facts to provide a useful comment in this discussion.
What Ignorant Masses? Maybe "Paranoid Coward" or "Captain Imagination" is a better name for you.
I've been admin of various BES boxes for many years, including my own personal BES at home. I've seen ways to remotely shut down/lock/erase blackberries but I've never discovered a way to remotely turn on a phone that's already off in someone's pocket. Interesting. I wonder why the battery doesn't die on these turned-off phones in everyone's pocket since of course they must still be awake ("on") enough to receive the mysterious remote-on signal that you're talking about?
Lies. All lies, plain and simple. To what end? What benefit do you gain from trying to spread this BS?
Dear citizens of St Petersburg, The byline on this article is from 5:21PM GMT 24 Mar 2010. Should you be killed or injured by any icicles this December, you may not claim to be part of the record-setting numbers. That is all.
That, or you could just start at http://free.avg.com/ which does include attention-grabbing links for the paid version but also very clear and easy-to-find links to the free version.
Oh wait, yes you can. You can blame them for being ignorant of how to properly operate the tool that they're trying to use.
If someone went out and purchased a brand new precision lathe, brought it home and managed to lose a finger while taking it for its first spin, we'd blame them for being ignorant of how to use that tool. To keep with/. tradition, if someone bought a new car and smashed it up 100m from the dealership and it was found that they didn't have a license and had never driven a car before - they would absolutely be blamed for being ignorant of how to use the car (tool).
So why are we supposed to give them a pass when they don't know how to use their computer, which is essentially just another tool?
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill; I will choose a path that's clear I will choose freewill.
I'm sure that you're kidding, but you do know that Shatner didn't ever have a snowball's chance of even getting on the short list, let alone a serious consideration for the job, right?
Nerd Cred + International Respectability as a sovereign nation don't necessarily go hand in hand.
I haven't used Google Docs in ages, and had no idea that a collaboration option was available. I will definitely take a look at that.
In the meantime I decided to fire up a new VM and install Etherpad tonight. I'm hoping it'll be Wave-like enough to satisfy my desire to run my own server.
I think that Wave's biggest problem is that it was assumed to be a social media tool when it wasn't. My guess is that many people took that at face value and logged in with that expectation. When they discovered that it was really more of a collaborative tool and actually had nothing to do with social networking maybe they were disappointed and didn't give it a chance. I don't see any benefit to integrating email into the Wave system - I wouldn't want to interactively create an email message, and if I did I would just do it in the Wave and then paste it into an email. I suppose being able to email an entire Wave or a portion of one might be somewhat useful but given the minimal effort involved in copying and pasting that content into an email, it doesn't really seem like a deal breaker to leave it out.
I have found it to be incredibly useful for collaborating on documents like project quotes or planning. We have actually been using it pretty steadily to guide a couple of WWW projects. We haven't got a central office, rather the 3 of us have home offices. It's a great way to put all of our thoughts together in one place and not have to keep bouncing the same email thread around or passing around a text file.
I think that this particular "radical change" wasn't a radical change at all. The wrong idea got out pretty quickly and everyone seems to have run with it, and it's definitely a shame - Wave is a collaborative tool. Not much more, and not much less. I've been looking for this for quite a while and it will be sad to see this one go away. Wave, we hardly knew ye.
I'd love to host my own Wave Server at home and keep using it once Google takes theirs down.
Slashdot Mirror
He probably thinks he's in a year where optical media stands the test of time longer than magnetic media.
Oh wait, that's *this year*.
In my experience, using my Motorola Milestone "Like a phone" is the surest way to burn out the battery in no time. I can go from 100% to a 15% warning inside of a one hour phone conversation, but I can have GPS and 3G running easily for a 4-5 hour geocaching hike without any problems. Now, if you call me during that hike even a short phone call will make a significant impact on the battery life.
I, for one am hoping to see better battery life out of a full blown Cyanogen ROM since the carriers can't seem to get their act together to make one themselves.
Yes.
The Simpsons beat them to it
Come on, don't bring the seal hunt into this.
"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
Or,
"The right to drive your car drunk ends at my bumper" (or legs)
If you think that the "mercury" in the vaccines was the reason the "viruses were dead" then you're already too far behind the facts to provide a useful comment in this discussion.
There is a "Connect with Facebook" button on the front page of myspace.com
It blew my mind
What Ignorant Masses? Maybe "Paranoid Coward" or "Captain Imagination" is a better name for you.
I've been admin of various BES boxes for many years, including my own personal BES at home. I've seen ways to remotely shut down/lock/erase blackberries but I've never discovered a way to remotely turn on a phone that's already off in someone's pocket. Interesting. I wonder why the battery doesn't die on these turned-off phones in everyone's pocket since of course they must still be awake ("on") enough to receive the mysterious remote-on signal that you're talking about?
Lies. All lies, plain and simple. To what end? What benefit do you gain from trying to spread this BS?
Dear citizens of St Petersburg,
The byline on this article is from 5:21PM GMT 24 Mar 2010.
Should you be killed or injured by any icicles this December, you may not claim to be part of the record-setting numbers.
That is all.
I'd go buy a joystick for my PC if this happened. A game pad just wouldn't cut it.
That, or you could just start at http://free.avg.com/ which does include attention-grabbing links for the paid version but also very clear and easy-to-find links to the free version.
No, you can't.
Oh wait, yes you can. You can blame them for being ignorant of how to properly operate the tool that they're trying to use.
If someone went out and purchased a brand new precision lathe, brought it home and managed to lose a finger while taking it for its first spin, we'd blame them for being ignorant of how to use that tool. To keep with /. tradition, if someone bought a new car and smashed it up 100m from the dealership and it was found that they didn't have a license and had never driven a car before - they would absolutely be blamed for being ignorant of how to use the car (tool).
So why are we supposed to give them a pass when they don't know how to use their computer, which is essentially just another tool?
I don't need Google to tell me to not like Facebook.
That's ok, we'll be mining "Rare Moon Elements" anyway.
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill;
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose freewill.
-Rush, "Freewill"
At least cite your source!
Tom Clancy, Red Rabbit. Chapter 15
Am I way off?
This seems to me that it wouldn't be part of your windshield at all.
And here I thought you were talking about the Commonwealth Games!
Although I'm sure that the Delhi bomb squad folks are having some sleepless nights, they probably won't win any medals.
I'm sure that you're kidding, but you do know that Shatner didn't ever have a snowball's chance of even getting on the short list, let alone a serious consideration for the job, right?
Nerd Cred + International Respectability as a sovereign nation don't necessarily go hand in hand.
the Flash Center at the University of Chicago
They used Flash to simulate a galactic collision?
And you thought it wasn't good for anything...
Head it off at the pass: Vasectomy!
There'll be no Fatherhood here.
Really? Then why are your prices so low?
I haven't used Google Docs in ages, and had no idea that a collaboration option was available. I will definitely take a look at that.
In the meantime I decided to fire up a new VM and install Etherpad tonight. I'm hoping it'll be Wave-like enough to satisfy my desire to run my own server.
I think that Wave's biggest problem is that it was assumed to be a social media tool when it wasn't. My guess is that many people took that at face value and logged in with that expectation. When they discovered that it was really more of a collaborative tool and actually had nothing to do with social networking maybe they were disappointed and didn't give it a chance. I don't see any benefit to integrating email into the Wave system - I wouldn't want to interactively create an email message, and if I did I would just do it in the Wave and then paste it into an email. I suppose being able to email an entire Wave or a portion of one might be somewhat useful but given the minimal effort involved in copying and pasting that content into an email, it doesn't really seem like a deal breaker to leave it out.
I have found it to be incredibly useful for collaborating on documents like project quotes or planning. We have actually been using it pretty steadily to guide a couple of WWW projects. We haven't got a central office, rather the 3 of us have home offices. It's a great way to put all of our thoughts together in one place and not have to keep bouncing the same email thread around or passing around a text file.
I think that this particular "radical change" wasn't a radical change at all. The wrong idea got out pretty quickly and everyone seems to have run with it, and it's definitely a shame - Wave is a collaborative tool. Not much more, and not much less. I've been looking for this for quite a while and it will be sad to see this one go away. Wave, we hardly knew ye.
I'd love to host my own Wave Server at home and keep using it once Google takes theirs down.