There exists a J2ME mapping software - and I've seen it being tried on a GPS receiver paired with a Bluetooth-enabled Blackberry - map is retrieved from the network much like Google maps, and looks pretty cool...
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"Liberating patent technologies" is pretty non-ethical and can be classfied as the inappropriation of trade secret, and I highly advice against anyone to do so - returning vice with vice shouldn't be how things work.
However, it's an entirely different matter if the idea originates from you - *instead of* giving the idea to the company in the first place and publish to OSS - just keep your mouth shut about your idea until you're at home.
If you perform a search and know your facts, Hong Kong is running a system that is WAY more democratic than China, and many so-called "democratic" countries. In fact, it has more freedom now than when it was under British rule.
How do you discriminate against some crimes but not others?
And by the way, old lady jaywalker SHOULD be busted, for good reasons (although law enforcement will not likely lay a charge). What would you choose, a warning from a police officer, or getting run into by a car?
What the academics does with a new technology by hand is often what makes things you do daily, like -O3, possible. Sometimes people DO use published research results to construct compilers.
-O3 is more important when the optimization is just a mean to an end - however, when optimization is an end itself, it's easy to see the value of disciplined hand tuning.
There's a name for what we believe here: Libertarianism.
It stands for fiscally conservative, and socially liberal, the government should only be responsible for national defence, citizenship and a handful of essential public services - small government, low tax, lasse-faire, centrist, etc.
Have you noticed a lot of people are happy with their Windows 2000?
I bet not a lot will "upgrade" to Vista once it's out. XP is stable enough for the mainstream folks.
MS's greatest competitor is the previous versions of its own products. Pay-as-You-Go is simply a way to make people who refuse to upgrade continue paying.
The next question is, when they drop the support, will they still charge them, or is the Pay-as-You-Go versions going to expire, forcing everyone to upgrade?
When I switched from a D-Link router to a Linksys, I misspelt my PPPoE password by one letter. I tried hacking the D-Link config file but no luck - unmasking the password fields on the browser didn't reveal anything either. Tutorials on the net said I needed 2 computers to monitor the traffic between the router and the DSL modem.
After experimenting for a while, I started a PPPoE and a CHAP server on my computer, fired up Ethereal, connected it to the WAN port on my D-Link, and resetted the D-Link. Presto, login and password in plaintext. Saved me a LOT of headache going through customer service.
In 2006, the way that really matters is I can play my games with it in a high enough resolution, with enough details turned on, at a high enough frame rate for myself and others to not mistake my hardware as something from 1986.
1. plugins should have their own thread priorities. Ever wonder why a lot of Flash applets can slow down Firefox but not IE? IE runs flash applets in a lower priority thread than the UI.
2. actions on file types should not have anything greyed out. people should be able to choose custom actions based on MIME type, extensions, or both, and there must be a text box to type the application path, plus its parameters.
3. cancelling a save of a file over something with the same name should take you back to the dialog to rename the file, not cancelling the action altogether.
4. Find toolbar closes on its own after a *hardcoded* 5 second timeout.
If you check the conversations on bugzilla, the developers don't seem to like to listen at all.
>Plus, I'm also very disappointed by all the languages you listed being non-generic Algol family languages.
I disagree here - GP listed Ruby, which definitely is not in the Algol family - having a syntax that doesn't look like Lisp/ML/Haskell does not mean it cannot be functional.
Every Ruby statement is also an expression that has a return value. It basically means you can (and a lot of people do) use Ruby as a functional language.
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Instead of relying on the bill to find it out, the bloggers should probably do their own investigations and post the results :)
It's also reported that Duke Nukem Forever will have another release candidate by the end of August.
There exists a J2ME mapping software - and I've seen it being tried on a GPS receiver paired with a Bluetooth-enabled Blackberry - map is retrieved from the network much like Google maps, and looks pretty cool...
Where is it? It is the most stab
"Liberating patent technologies" is pretty non-ethical and can be classfied as the inappropriation of trade secret, and I highly advice against anyone to do so - returning vice with vice shouldn't be how things work.
However, it's an entirely different matter if the idea originates from you - *instead of* giving the idea to the company in the first place and publish to OSS - just keep your mouth shut about your idea until you're at home.
This way it'll make it both ethical and legal.
Microsoft patents bartering?
I'd mod you up if I had the points.
You're making me laugh - are you telling me you cannot tell the moral difference between
1. "Rating out people who didn't agree with the 3rd Reich", and
2. "Reporting piracy"?
I'd liken it as "please report if you see people selling counterfeit goods".
Hong Kong != China.
If you perform a search and know your facts, Hong Kong is running a system that is WAY more democratic than China, and many so-called "democratic" countries. In fact, it has more freedom now than when it was under British rule.
How do you discriminate against some crimes but not others?
And by the way, old lady jaywalker SHOULD be busted, for good reasons (although law enforcement will not likely lay a charge). What would you choose, a warning from a police officer, or getting run into by a car?
It should read: Web-savvy kids have joined the gangs.
A less relevant question - if, say, Singapore is submitting an encryption standard, would you trust it?
What the academics does with a new technology by hand is often what makes things you do daily, like -O3, possible.
Sometimes people DO use published research results to construct compilers.
-O3 is more important when the optimization is just a mean to an end - however, when optimization is an end itself, it's easy to see the value of disciplined hand tuning.
There's a name for what we believe here: Libertarianism.
It stands for fiscally conservative, and socially liberal, the government should only be responsible for national defence, citizenship and a handful of essential public services - small government, low tax, lasse-faire, centrist, etc.
Have you noticed a lot of people are happy with their Windows 2000?
I bet not a lot will "upgrade" to Vista once it's out. XP is stable enough for the mainstream folks.
MS's greatest competitor is the previous versions of its own products. Pay-as-You-Go is simply a way to make people who refuse to upgrade continue paying.
The next question is, when they drop the support, will they still charge them, or is the Pay-as-You-Go versions going to expire, forcing everyone to upgrade?
One of our most prominent, uh, human being (cough) is suspected to be an offspring of such a hybrid?
http://www.bushorchimp.com/
When I switched from a D-Link router to a Linksys, I misspelt my PPPoE password by one letter. I tried hacking the D-Link config file but no luck - unmasking the password fields on the browser didn't reveal anything either. Tutorials on the net said I needed 2 computers to monitor the traffic between the router and the DSL modem.
After experimenting for a while, I started a PPPoE and a CHAP server on my computer, fired up Ethereal, connected it to the WAN port on my D-Link, and resetted the D-Link. Presto, login and password in plaintext. Saved me a LOT of headache going through customer service.
In 2006, the way that really matters is I can play my games with it in a high enough resolution, with enough details turned on, at a high enough frame rate for myself and others to not mistake my hardware as something from 1986.
Thanks.
Here are the important ones.
1. plugins should have their own thread priorities. Ever wonder why a lot of Flash applets can slow down Firefox but not IE? IE runs flash applets in a lower priority thread than the UI.
2. actions on file types should not have anything greyed out. people should be able to choose custom actions based on MIME type, extensions, or both, and there must be a text box to type the application path, plus its parameters.
3. cancelling a save of a file over something with the same name should take you back to the dialog to rename the file, not cancelling the action altogether.
4. Find toolbar closes on its own after a *hardcoded* 5 second timeout.
If you check the conversations on bugzilla, the developers don't seem to like to listen at all.
If you put resources into making the newest kernel compatible with old peripherals that resource could not be used for bugfixes and new features.
The new kernel probably will not bring anything new to the old hardware, either. So why don't just use the stable 2.4 kernel with security patches?
I believe, making EVERYONE pay $4 a gallon is actually a better idea.
When it hurts the bottom line, people will start buying more efficient vehecles or take the bus.
I'd be overjoyed if North America manages to get rid of the PENNIES.
Let alone cold, hard cash altogether.
>Plus, I'm also very disappointed by all the languages you listed being non-generic Algol family languages.
I disagree here - GP listed Ruby, which definitely is not in the Algol family - having a syntax that doesn't look like Lisp/ML/Haskell does not mean it cannot be functional.
Every Ruby statement is also an expression that has a return value. It basically means you can (and a lot of people do) use Ruby as a functional language.
It's "Gold Particle" not "Gold NANOparticle". I'm sick of random addition of "nano" in front of words to make them sound new.
Here's a test for you:
Get a Blackberry, and get a PocketPC or a Palm. From 4 feet in the air, drop/throw them all on concrete.
I found that the Blackberries are built to withstand a much greater deal of abuse/collision/drop than all other PDAs.
That, combined with a great browser and emails that arrive the second (sometimes before!!) it reaches your mailbox, is a great combo for me.