imo, giving people more ways to communicate is not a bad thing. i am not claiming it improves the quality of communication, but i don't think anyone is promising that either. people are online, so they want to talk to others who are online. kind of like what we are doing right now.
Burning qurans to upset islamists is like burning bibles to upset the WBC.
Except for the fact that all the WBC ever does is show up with signs and stage a protest. They don't show up with grenade launchers, sharp knives, bombs, and guns. WBC is a significantly less harmful bag of nuts than radical islam. And what these radical muslims have discovered is that threats work to make people in the west roll over so they can get their way, or to strike the right amount of fear in them to make them willing to have full body scans to get on an airplane and give up their rights in the name of terrorism.
Apparently, the way to go for money-making, currently, is to provide Aldiko with your material in epub format, and they build a sort-of statically-linked app for each book. Of course they'd still have to leverage the License Server. (And please, correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not completely clear on the details, especially considering that the licensing server was cracked already.)
Until Target stops dumping huge sums of money into the coffers of rabidly anti-gay politicians like Tom Emmer ($150,000), I won't be shopping there, assuming that I'd have a need for virtual merchandise, which I do not.
Yes it is probably inevitable, but it could be greatly lessened by info dialogs to inform the user that the feature they are trying to access is only possible if they allow it to, say, access contacts, or whatever it is. Some apps do this to a degree already, and notify you when your mobile connection is switched off for example, while others just sit there doing nothing (bad idea). If it can't sync, it should tell the user why it can't sync.
Although I feel as many others do, that this has obscenely nefarious elements, my indignation is slightly lessened when I remember this is still only a draft. Who here knows about Czech law that can enlighten us on the likelihood of this becoming real/passed/enforced?
For one thing, i want SELECT privs on any databases my app is leveraging, if you want me to troubleshoot, and a way to read the app-specific error logs.
Voice recognition is a difficult but interesting and fun research area that might appeal to some at google.
It sure is. Take a look at my last transcribed voicemail from Google Voice. (scrubbed for my name)
Hey **** HEB anything I do have my pen on me And I was stopping with Lia, emptied a Mac said paper cut, give me the following your friends with the Good day Bye. Bye. And. And then I got home and I saw your message, anyway. Dan that we met you. I would've been paid. But we are debt for beach tonight. If you are but she said she wants to start. What wanna start early early. So, I'm not sure what what that means, but I don't know, probably like. Talk to you Give me a call on my side it 3000 and voicemail. Bye.
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Their attention span seems notoriously short at times.
imo, giving people more ways to communicate is not a bad thing. i am not claiming it improves the quality of communication, but i don't think anyone is promising that either. people are online, so they want to talk to others who are online. kind of like what we are doing right now.
I don't think that's a good analogy. It would be more like, we are going to shred this piece of paper that your SSN is written on.
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You mean they have no talent at what they do?
Ah, I see. It was not immediately obvious to me, in my current "un-coffeed" state, that your statement was broader than the WBC example. Apologies.
The reference was to WBC, and not to the history of Christianity. Troll less obviously.
Burning qurans to upset islamists is like burning bibles to upset the WBC.
Except for the fact that all the WBC ever does is show up with signs and stage a protest. They don't show up with grenade launchers, sharp knives, bombs, and guns. WBC is a significantly less harmful bag of nuts than radical islam. And what these radical muslims have discovered is that threats work to make people in the west roll over so they can get their way, or to strike the right amount of fear in them to make them willing to have full body scans to get on an airplane and give up their rights in the name of terrorism.
It's MY sql, I can say no.
April 1st so soon?
*looks in pocket for mod points*
:(
*empty hand*
Sorry.
Ice cream? Really? That's more than TSA gives me for a body scan.
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Apparently, the way to go for money-making, currently, is to provide Aldiko with your material in epub format, and they build a sort-of statically-linked app for each book. Of course they'd still have to leverage the License Server. (And please, correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not completely clear on the details, especially considering that the licensing server was cracked already.)
Be that as it may, there are also a few of us who simply enjoy the art of assembler. Sue me; I'm a romantic.
Until Target stops dumping huge sums of money into the coffers of rabidly anti-gay politicians like Tom Emmer ($150,000), I won't be shopping there, assuming that I'd have a need for virtual merchandise, which I do not.
If everyone caves to India, how long is it until other governments line up eagerly saying "me too me too"
Yes it is probably inevitable, but it could be greatly lessened by info dialogs to inform the user that the feature they are trying to access is only possible if they allow it to, say, access contacts, or whatever it is. Some apps do this to a degree already, and notify you when your mobile connection is switched off for example, while others just sit there doing nothing (bad idea). If it can't sync, it should tell the user why it can't sync.
Who's got the breakdown on the cooling strategy for the batcave?
Although I feel as many others do, that this has obscenely nefarious elements, my indignation is slightly lessened when I remember this is still only a draft. Who here knows about Czech law that can enlighten us on the likelihood of this becoming real/passed/enforced?
Also from today on /.
Google testing voice calling in GMail
this is great news. anyone know if it will be global, and not just US based ?
For now, it is U.S. based. From the GMail Blog:
We’re rolling out this feature to U.S. based Gmail users over the next few days
For one thing, i want SELECT privs on any databases my app is leveraging, if you want me to troubleshoot, and a way to read the app-specific error logs.
The problem I've found with using computers as phones is that you are tied sitting down in one location
Are you trying to make me believe there is life beyond my chair?
Voice recognition is a difficult but interesting and fun research area that might appeal to some at google.
It sure is. Take a look at my last transcribed voicemail from Google Voice. (scrubbed for my name)
Hey **** HEB anything I do have my pen on me And I was stopping with Lia, emptied a Mac said paper cut, give me the following your friends with the Good day Bye. Bye. And. And then I got home and I saw your message, anyway. Dan that we met you. I would've been paid. But we are debt for beach tonight. If you are but she said she wants to start. What wanna start early early. So, I'm not sure what what that means, but I don't know, probably like. Talk to you Give me a call on my side it 3000 and voicemail. Bye.