What are you trying to do Slashdot? Shoot yourself in the foot? Worsen your reputation? Jump the shark? Get on Digg's turf? Here's some news, you don't jump from a niche to another, however close, cause in this case you'd alienate more than you would attract.
Simple way to verify this. If you can get hard while hanging upside down then you can do it in space. Allow me to remain sceptical about the "impossibility" of doing so. Difficulty certainly, but it's doubtful it would be impossible.
It's not because all freeware isn't "free software" that "free software" isn't also freeware. What you said is as if you said "London isn't in the United Kingdom, it's in England".
I'm not sure but the Pandora's Linux is based either on OpenEmbedded or Debian. Or maybe it's just the boot thing that's based on OE, one would have to look it up.
And yes "it runs Linux" is sufficient as opposed to "it runs Symbian/Android or whatever" because even if it comes with the bare minimum someone is going to slap busybox, SDL and OpenGL on it in no time.
I'm skeptical. How could a disease with such a long incubation period not be recognized for over a century? It's not like needles or anal sex were invented in 1965. And then in a period of a few years become a worldwide epidemic? Yeah, I RTFA but I'm not buying the "city" hypothesis; it's not like people in the country don't have anal sex.
Thank you Slashdot non-expert for debunking the whole story thanks to wild guesses about the rate of propagation of STDs in the Congolese countryside!
If you bothered to RTFA, they can know for sure about when the epidemic started, i.e. when an infected person passed it on in a way that wouldn't die off, and they know that by comparing the genetic differences in their samples of HIV they have, importantly enough thanks to two samples from Congo from 1959 and 1960. So that's a fairly foolproof way to date the beginning of the epidemic.
Oh yeah, that's so surprising that in an era when people regularly have sex with people from different continents rather than people from different villages such a disease would spread across the globe.
Hold on, how big is that bubble? Like 1,000 ly wide, or like billions of ly? If it's the former then I guess the entropic thing applies, i.e. it's unlikely such a small zone would be special, if it's the latter then I guess it's more likely to be a correct observation but on the other hand how would we know it doesn't just have to do with how long ago the stuff we observe out of the bubble happened?
Good point, good point, and I'll admit to a bit of fanboyism. However by default it won't come with Ubuntu anyways, it's just good to know that the device can run Ubuntu just as well as the EEE to do all the stuff Ubuntu does.
Obviously so you can know where you're at while on your Pandora console without having to pull your cell phone out! Same reason why VCRs displayed the time, although it caused a wave of missed afternoon appointments by misleading people into thinking it was always <blink>12:00</blink>.
Regarding the motion sensor I seem to recall that there are plans in the future for an official 50 euro add on module comprising among other things a motion sensor. Note that all of these things have been discussed at length with the makers over the years on the forums of gp32x.com, including the motion sensor question, numerous times, so you might as well want to search the forums when they go back up to know why they didn't put it in. I seem to recall it had to do with space.
Yeah, because showing me that some consoles can take a longer time proves that this one took an insane short time. Very logical. By that standard I guess developing a video game in 5 years is an insane short time just because DNF is taking more than twice that.
Might also have to do with the fact that anyone on gp32x has been refresh happy ever since yesterday. Gp32x/OpenPandora.org (I think they're on the same server) pretty much "Slashdotted" itself before Slashdot kicked in.
Right, well I'd rather run Ubuntu on my desktop PC than Maemo. Just to say that I'd consider Ubuntu more potent than a Linux distro made for an embedded device. Besides a Debian derivative can be anything these days, anyone makes Debian derivatives for embedded devices, with highly varying results.
Also, I'd say the Pandora's keyboard looks better for keyboardy stuff like typing than the N800's. Also, it's more powerful, the N800 only has an OMAP 2.
Whoever claimed it was comparable with the Wii in power needs to lay off the space brownies. I however believe that the Pandora's GPU allows the Pandora do be on par with the GameCube regarding 3D graphics.
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Bad analogy. The idiot is a plank in the ship. If enough of them "die" the whole ship sinks.
But where can I get nightly builds of his songs? I'd surely enjoy being one of his beta listener.
What are you trying to do Slashdot? Shoot yourself in the foot? Worsen your reputation? Jump the shark? Get on Digg's turf? Here's some news, you don't jump from a niche to another, however close, cause in this case you'd alienate more than you would attract.
Simple way to verify this. If you can get hard while hanging upside down then you can do it in space. Allow me to remain sceptical about the "impossibility" of doing so. Difficulty certainly, but it's doubtful it would be impossible.
It's not because all freeware isn't "free software" that "free software" isn't also freeware. What you said is as if you said "London isn't in the United Kingdom, it's in England".
I'm not sure but the Pandora's Linux is based either on OpenEmbedded or Debian. Or maybe it's just the boot thing that's based on OE, one would have to look it up.
And yes "it runs Linux" is sufficient as opposed to "it runs Symbian/Android or whatever" because even if it comes with the bare minimum someone is going to slap busybox, SDL and OpenGL on it in no time.
What I love even more is when such posters are awarded insightful mod points for the confidence of their tone.
How delightful. Sorry that's probably redundant but that had to be pointed out.
I'm skeptical. How could a disease with such a long incubation period not be recognized for over a century? It's not like needles or anal sex were invented in 1965. And then in a period of a few years become a worldwide epidemic? Yeah, I RTFA but I'm not buying the "city" hypothesis; it's not like people in the country don't have anal sex.
Thank you Slashdot non-expert for debunking the whole story thanks to wild guesses about the rate of propagation of STDs in the Congolese countryside!
If you bothered to RTFA, they can know for sure about when the epidemic started, i.e. when an infected person passed it on in a way that wouldn't die off, and they know that by comparing the genetic differences in their samples of HIV they have, importantly enough thanks to two samples from Congo from 1959 and 1960. So that's a fairly foolproof way to date the beginning of the epidemic.
Oh yeah, that's so surprising that in an era when people regularly have sex with people from different continents rather than people from different villages such a disease would spread across the globe.
If by "rather compatible" you mean "it runs Linux".
Hold on, how big is that bubble? Like 1,000 ly wide, or like billions of ly? If it's the former then I guess the entropic thing applies, i.e. it's unlikely such a small zone would be special, if it's the latter then I guess it's more likely to be a correct observation but on the other hand how would we know it doesn't just have to do with how long ago the stuff we observe out of the bubble happened?
Can't we rename it to something better?
GNU Object Oriented Lightweight Image Editing Software?
Brought to you by the creator of ARSE.
Good point, but you *know* people are all gonna want Ubuntu with GNOME on their SD ;-)
Good point, good point, and I'll admit to a bit of fanboyism. However by default it won't come with Ubuntu anyways, it's just good to know that the device can run Ubuntu just as well as the EEE to do all the stuff Ubuntu does.
Why would all devices have to have a GPS?
Obviously so you can know where you're at while on your Pandora console without having to pull your cell phone out! Same reason why VCRs displayed the time, although it caused a wave of missed afternoon appointments by misleading people into thinking it was always <blink>12:00</blink>.
Regarding the motion sensor I seem to recall that there are plans in the future for an official 50 euro add on module comprising among other things a motion sensor. Note that all of these things have been discussed at length with the makers over the years on the forums of gp32x.com, including the motion sensor question, numerous times, so you might as well want to search the forums when they go back up to know why they didn't put it in. I seem to recall it had to do with space.
I asked Craig (Rothwell, the maker) an hour ago and he said he'd reckon they would be gone some time this afternoon.
Yeah, because showing me that some consoles can take a longer time proves that this one took an insane short time. Very logical. By that standard I guess developing a video game in 5 years is an insane short time just because DNF is taking more than twice that.
Might also have to do with the fact that anyone on gp32x has been refresh happy ever since yesterday. Gp32x/OpenPandora.org (I think they're on the same server) pretty much "Slashdotted" itself before Slashdot kicked in.
Leave the Pandora out of the mix, it's not Korean at all. It's made in Europe and the "headquarters" are in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Right, well I'd rather run Ubuntu on my desktop PC than Maemo. Just to say that I'd consider Ubuntu more potent than a Linux distro made for an embedded device. Besides a Debian derivative can be anything these days, anyone makes Debian derivatives for embedded devices, with highly varying results.
Also, I'd say the Pandora's keyboard looks better for keyboardy stuff like typing than the N800's. Also, it's more powerful, the N800 only has an OMAP 2.
Whoever claimed it was comparable with the Wii in power needs to lay off the space brownies. I however believe that the Pandora's GPU allows the Pandora do be on par with the GameCube regarding 3D graphics.
I would call you a Whaaambulance from my Pandora but unfortunately it doesn't have GSM either. Nor a camera. Nor a motion sensor.
Guess what, there's only so much you can cram into a 250 euro DS-sized device, and I for one am happy it comes with WiFi, Bluetooth and two SD slots.