There's a difference between reworking the GUI and rewriting it from the ground up. I'm running Pidgin and Evince on my N900 with (what I understand to be) little more than recompiles, and they're fine, though Pidgin could use a 5 min change with regard to expanding/collapsing menus.
Notice how Pidgin and Evince aren't available for Android - this is because you would literally need to rewrite it from the ground up, since all the libraries are different. And this is to say nothing of non-graphical programs. e.g. apt, cron, ssh, all the GNU utilities - they're all available on the N900 and I doubt any of them required any changes before being recompiled.
Android fragmented the mobile Linux ecosystem so badly that no-one even recognizes it as Linux. To say that all touch screen device software requires rewrites is disingenuous - there's a difference between minor usability changes and a completely different set of APIs.
Rather than creating solutions to problems that don't exist, they should be looking at the ones that do. For instance, what TLD should an individual use? The closest I could find is.org - everything else doesn't quite fit. Having your own domain name is going to become common place once IPv6 takes off, so having a TLD for individuals would make more sense.
Another thing that needs to be fixed is the disuse of.us. 90%+ of the sites that don't use the country suffix should be in there; the only organizations which don't use it should be multinationals or those who offer a (online) service to users from multiple nations. Right now it's as if the ICANN is in America's pocket, where they get to use whatever domains they want and everyone else has to use a country-based suffix.
A 3rd problem is that.com has been diluted to the extent that it is meaningless. In my country (Australia), to register a.com you need an ABN (a government issues number used by businesses for taxes, etc.). If a similar measure were implemented elsewhere, it would restrict usage of.com to companies as it was originally intended.
You think U.S. fans would know what to expect from a title like Bakemonogatari is without having seen a fansub first?
Turns out that the aforementioned title is a popular romantic fantasy story about a young ex-vampire and the various supernatural girls he meets. Its title is probably best translated as 'Ghost Story'.
Despite the relative obscurity of both the story and the source material, It has a fairly strong U.S. fanbase that will likely make publishing a run of Region 1 DVDs profitable for both the Japanese and North American companies involved.
Without fansubs, that market simply wouldn't exist and everyone would miss out.
You're doing it a disservice if you don't mention the comedy. I would describe its genre as supernatural - there's not that much romance in it (just a few episodes). The comedy is interwoven throughout, and thrives mostly due to the dialogue (which can still be appreciated even when translated).
That said, the article specifically considered sales within Japan.
Motorola wasn't the first to develop this idea - AlwaysInnovating announced a netbook with the same feature (they call it a mobile internet device) last year. It was supposed to be on sale by now, but they've had several delays. It wouldn't be the first time some of their ideas have been copied by larger and more well known companies. For reference, said netbook uses a ARM Cortex A8, which is single core.
Buying Sealand might have seemed ridiculous when the Pirate Bay attempted it, but purchasing a micronation is starting to look more attractive with time. Getting internet access and a population and economy going are probably the major road blocks to it.
Australia doesn't have an equivalent of the fourth amendment, and hence can do things that American law enforcement can not.
Road fatalities have fallen by 2/3!
It's worth considering that maybe some exceptions to the 4th ammendment might be worthwhile then. That said, Australia also lacks a Bill of Rights, which we could definitely use.
I agree that this is the wrong way to do it. It would have been far more logical to simply issue a penalty if they refuse to submit to a test - that's how it works here in Australia.
Lawyers aren't the problem, they're a symptom of a litigious society. If they didn't exist, someone else would take their place - they're the mercenaries of the 21st century. Note that plenty of countries have lawyers who don't go around suing everyone and everything.
I wouldn't accept an iPad if they offered it to me for free.
I agree completely. An iPad came my way as a raffle prize, I simply passed it off to my sister (who sadly seems enamoured with Apple products).
ANNOYANCE 1: I tried to read an eBook on it, since it's form factor is suited to that reasonably well. Except there's no way to zoom the text without having to pan across the entire page (that's acceptable for a PDF viewer maybe, but definitely not a browser, esp on a tablet). The inability to zoom was also problematic when trying to click on links, which was exacerbated by the inability to use a (conventional) stylus. (Apple should have included a built-in stylus, or made sure that all programs* had decent zoom support). * This is a fair criticism since they retain such fine control over the App Store. Even if not, they could at least ensure the default apps did.
ANNOYANCE 2: OK, maybe I'll just use RDP with my desktop. Except there's no way to right click, and the native keyboard is worse than the one included in Windows.
ANNOYANCE 3: The impression I got from the App Store was that I was being nickled and dimed for everything. Almost every app (even something as simple as a SSH client) required payment. And those that don't are filled with ads. Even if you don't want to pay for anything, Apple still demands your credit card number.
I live in Australia. Lectures are optional (to have it otherwise seems insane at our age) and available online (both as Powerpoints/PDFs and as recorded videos) for all subjects, but most people still turn up for the important parts and 10-50% (depending on class) of students will have laptops out. This is the problem: the lectures will cover the theory (important, usually highlighted with a nice big red box) which may go for 5 min, then will cover maybe 15 minutes worth of examples. Once you understand the theory, you no longer need to watch (except to keep an ear out for the exceptions and useful tricks). Personally, laptops aren't distracting at all - people who talk (which would be more common in the absence of laptops) are. If people don't want/need to pay attention, they're going to be doing something else regardless, and giving them access to Facebook is a great way to keep them quiet.
Students will pay attention if they think the material is useful or important, and will find other distractions otherwise. Someone tapping away at their laptop is a lot less distracting than overhearing several conversations going on near me. If even a screensaver distracts you, removing laptops isn't going to improve things for you - I've seen many students using their phones similarly or doodling on their exercise books first hand.
http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/index.htm -netbook with a detachable/optional keyboard -touchscreen -$300 (for screen only) -9" screen (not 10, but closer than 7) -multi-boots Ubuntu and Android
Oh, and it's been around for a few years now to boot - what you're looking at is the 2nd version. When it first came out it was the first touchscreen netbook with a detachable keyboard.
You can't access character by watching a persons eyes or body language. That doesn't stop people from trying of course.
But you can assess character by observing a person's interactions with others, which is most evident in their body language and tone as well as what they actually say. Personality, on the other hand can be inferred from appearance because it is often reflected in their style and choice of clothing (or lack there of). To quote Oscar Wilde, "Only shallow people are unimpressed by appearances."
Actually, a DDOS is like filling the business' premises with protesters (or having them crowd around the entrance) so that no one can enter. It doesn't damage the server in the same sense that welding a door shut does, but it does deny access using non-aggressive means.
We all know what we want: We want Comcast to be unable to charge Google extra for the service of letting customers access Youtube. But it's really hard to phrase this well enough and clearly enough that it lets network admins do the kinds of QoS and traffic shaping things they need to do in order to provide good service, or for that matter, block unwanted traffic entirely.
You may not prioritize any form of traffic over any other form of traffic, except as required by law. The obvious reply to this is that they'll push for laws to shape/block torrents, but if they're passing those kind of laws your screwed either way.
How does Maemo/Meego compare to this? I know it doesn't have the market share to justify it, but if any mobile platform should be easy to port applications to, it's that one.
Probably because newer calcs are more expensive. Also, the nSpire is more locked down than the previous models - the 89 (Ti) can run (compiled) programs written in assembly/C, but the nSpire can only run slower (interpreted) programs written in BASIC.
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There's a difference between reworking the GUI and rewriting it from the ground up. I'm running Pidgin and Evince on my N900 with (what I understand to be) little more than recompiles, and they're fine, though Pidgin could use a 5 min change with regard to expanding/collapsing menus. Notice how Pidgin and Evince aren't available for Android - this is because you would literally need to rewrite it from the ground up, since all the libraries are different. And this is to say nothing of non-graphical programs. e.g. apt, cron, ssh, all the GNU utilities - they're all available on the N900 and I doubt any of them required any changes before being recompiled. Android fragmented the mobile Linux ecosystem so badly that no-one even recognizes it as Linux. To say that all touch screen device software requires rewrites is disingenuous - there's a difference between minor usability changes and a completely different set of APIs.
Rather than creating solutions to problems that don't exist, they should be looking at the ones that do. For instance, what TLD should an individual use? The closest I could find is .org - everything else doesn't quite fit. Having your own domain name is going to become common place once IPv6 takes off, so having a TLD for individuals would make more sense.
Another thing that needs to be fixed is the disuse of .us. 90%+ of the sites that don't use the country suffix should be in there; the only organizations which don't use it should be multinationals or those who offer a (online) service to users from multiple nations. Right now it's as if the ICANN is in America's pocket, where they get to use whatever domains they want and everyone else has to use a country-based suffix.
A 3rd problem is that .com has been diluted to the extent that it is meaningless. In my country (Australia), to register a .com you need an ABN (a government issues number used by businesses for taxes, etc.). If a similar measure were implemented elsewhere, it would restrict usage of .com to companies as it was originally intended.
You think U.S. fans would know what to expect from a title like Bakemonogatari is without having seen a fansub first?
Turns out that the aforementioned title is a popular romantic fantasy story about a young ex-vampire and the various supernatural girls he meets. Its title is probably best translated as 'Ghost Story'.
Despite the relative obscurity of both the story and the source material, It has a fairly strong U.S. fanbase that will likely make publishing a run of Region 1 DVDs profitable for both the Japanese and North American companies involved.
Without fansubs, that market simply wouldn't exist and everyone would miss out.
You're doing it a disservice if you don't mention the comedy. I would describe its genre as supernatural - there's not that much romance in it (just a few episodes). The comedy is interwoven throughout, and thrives mostly due to the dialogue (which can still be appreciated even when translated). That said, the article specifically considered sales within Japan.
This is our generation's moral panic and it is not going to die until we do, so you'd better get used to it.
OK, we've found a solution. Now on to planning...
Or just buy a good liquid-cooling system. With some of the better ones, the sound of the hard drive spinning makes more noise than the cooling system.
The same is true with conventional fans and some of the worse hard drives.
Motorola wasn't the first to develop this idea - AlwaysInnovating announced a netbook with the same feature (they call it a mobile internet device) last year. It was supposed to be on sale by now, but they've had several delays. It wouldn't be the first time some of their ideas have been copied by larger and more well known companies.
For reference, said netbook uses a ARM Cortex A8, which is single core.
Hide in plain sight. The guy with virtually no online presence is much more suspicious than the guy with an average looking Facebook.
Buying Sealand might have seemed ridiculous when the Pirate Bay attempted it, but purchasing a micronation is starting to look more attractive with time. Getting internet access and a population and economy going are probably the major road blocks to it.
1. Carry a picocell base station around with you. ...
2. Send SMS of death
3. Profit
It's worth noting that it isn't necessary to send the SMS, since you can silently block all calls/texts if they're connecting to your station.
There's no good reason why a PDF reader or a CD/DVD burner should be in the 0.1-1 GB range.
Which it is - Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic) s48.
(This is only the Victorian legislation, but I presume that the law is similar in other states)
Australia doesn't have an equivalent of the fourth amendment, and hence can do things that American law enforcement can not.
Road fatalities have fallen by 2/3!
It's worth considering that maybe some exceptions to the 4th ammendment might be worthwhile then. That said, Australia also lacks a Bill of Rights, which we could definitely use.
I agree that this is the wrong way to do it. It would have been far more logical to simply issue a penalty if they refuse to submit to a test - that's how it works here in Australia.
Lawyers aren't the problem, they're a symptom of a litigious society. If they didn't exist, someone else would take their place - they're the mercenaries of the 21st century. Note that plenty of countries have lawyers who don't go around suing everyone and everything.
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I wouldn't accept an iPad if they offered it to me for free.
I agree completely. An iPad came my way as a raffle prize, I simply passed it off to my sister (who sadly seems enamoured with Apple products).
ANNOYANCE 1:
I tried to read an eBook on it, since it's form factor is suited to that reasonably well. Except there's no way to zoom the text without having to pan across the entire page (that's acceptable for a PDF viewer maybe, but definitely not a browser, esp on a tablet). The inability to zoom was also problematic when trying to click on links, which was exacerbated by the inability to use a (conventional) stylus. (Apple should have included a built-in stylus, or made sure that all programs* had decent zoom support).
* This is a fair criticism since they retain such fine control over the App Store. Even if not, they could at least ensure the default apps did.
ANNOYANCE 2:
OK, maybe I'll just use RDP with my desktop. Except there's no way to right click, and the native keyboard is worse than the one included in Windows.
ANNOYANCE 3:
The impression I got from the App Store was that I was being nickled and dimed for everything. Almost every app (even something as simple as a SSH client) required payment. And those that don't are filled with ads. Even if you don't want to pay for anything, Apple still demands your credit card number.
tldr; I'll take a Linux ARM netbook anyday.
I live in Australia. Lectures are optional (to have it otherwise seems insane at our age) and available online (both as Powerpoints/PDFs and as recorded videos) for all subjects, but most people still turn up for the important parts and 10-50% (depending on class) of students will have laptops out. This is the problem: the lectures will cover the theory (important, usually highlighted with a nice big red box) which may go for 5 min, then will cover maybe 15 minutes worth of examples. Once you understand the theory, you no longer need to watch (except to keep an ear out for the exceptions and useful tricks).
Personally, laptops aren't distracting at all - people who talk (which would be more common in the absence of laptops) are. If people don't want/need to pay attention, they're going to be doing something else regardless, and giving them access to Facebook is a great way to keep them quiet.
Students will pay attention if they think the material is useful or important, and will find other distractions otherwise.
Someone tapping away at their laptop is a lot less distracting than overhearing several conversations going on near me. If even a screensaver distracts you, removing laptops isn't going to improve things for you - I've seen many students using their phones similarly or doodling on their exercise books first hand.
Also, first post.
http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/index.htm
-netbook with a detachable/optional keyboard
-touchscreen
-$300 (for screen only)
-9" screen (not 10, but closer than 7)
-multi-boots Ubuntu and Android
Oh, and it's been around for a few years now to boot - what you're looking at is the 2nd version. When it first came out it was the first touchscreen netbook with a detachable keyboard.
Mine has...
sudo shutdown -h +10
You can't access character by watching a persons eyes or body language. That doesn't stop people from trying of course.
But you can assess character by observing a person's interactions with others, which is most evident in their body language and tone as well as what they actually say.
Personality, on the other hand can be inferred from appearance because it is often reflected in their style and choice of clothing (or lack there of). To quote Oscar Wilde, "Only shallow people are unimpressed by appearances."
Actually, a DDOS is like filling the business' premises with protesters (or having them crowd around the entrance) so that no one can enter.
It doesn't damage the server in the same sense that welding a door shut does, but it does deny access using non-aggressive means.
We all know what we want: We want Comcast to be unable to charge Google extra for the service of letting customers access Youtube. But it's really hard to phrase this well enough and clearly enough that it lets network admins do the kinds of QoS and traffic shaping things they need to do in order to provide good service, or for that matter, block unwanted traffic entirely.
You may not prioritize any form of traffic over any other form of traffic, except as required by law.
The obvious reply to this is that they'll push for laws to shape/block torrents, but if they're passing those kind of laws your screwed either way.
2 words: Freedom fondle
How does Maemo/Meego compare to this? I know it doesn't have the market share to justify it, but if any mobile platform should be easy to port applications to, it's that one.
Probably because newer calcs are more expensive. Also, the nSpire is more locked down than the previous models - the 89 (Ti) can run (compiled) programs written in assembly/C, but the nSpire can only run slower (interpreted) programs written in BASIC.