Agreed. Wine has come a very long way. For the longest time I never thought it would amount to much more than a curiosity that could run Solitaire. Over the last few releases I have been pleasantly proven wrong. Wine works very well. I still find myself impressed when I try and succeed to install and run something complex.
It's $550 - Which is inexpensive for a smartphone. Ide like to read a critique on your price analysis. Try watching a few more reviews before you do. Yes, this is a niche phone. But I suspect that market segment will prove to be large enough to validate its existence. Myself among them.
I have been considering this for the better part of a year. Using expletives in places where it was previously forbidden is becoming the new norm. Is it good or bad? I am indifferent, just happened to notice the trend. Perhaps one could go so far as to argue that this ball got rolling back in the late 90's with TV commercials that used wording that was up until that point above and beyond taboo for erectile dysfunction drugs. Thanks Bob Dole.
I am a productivity user. I still pull out my BB Classic from time to time because I miss it for several reasons including the form factor. I currently have a Priv and it's great, I even use the slide our keyboard. But I just don't know if I could get used to the smaller screen size as a daily driver. The only really frivolous thing I am into is VR, which my Priv handless very well. Needless to say, the KeyOne is useless for this. But all the same, it's not like I can't keep my Priv and download VR apps over WiFi. I just don't know. Perhaps if I get the chance to handle on.
At first I thought, "Worst summary ever." That is to say within the context of are we talking about a movie or a TV show. Then I tried to read the article: summary forgiven.
‘The Circle’ is a dated, far-fetched parable about an imaginary villain—and far less scary than its television counterpart
I find nothing in this article that is so damning as it is implied I should be led to believe.
An anonymous reader shares the article, removing the excerpts that could spoil the plot:
Fucking seriously? This article should have never been written. This is a thinly veiled advertisement for a TV show at the expense of a movie. I call bullshit.
I can testify that the Palm Treo line was intensely popular with business users at least throughout 2006. It was largely the Treo 650 from 2004 that carried the flame. I worked in Sprint's IT dept. at the time, so those phones were my domain. Users reported to me that everything past 7xx was slow buggy garbage. Finally Sprint forced everyone to start using something in the 7xx line. The users were royally pissed and just wanted their old reliable 650's back. I believe it was 2008 when Palm started using Windows CE, but they were a rotting corpse by then anyway. As for me? In 2006 I had the first Motorola Photon. It was a WinCE phone, and not only was it pretty damn good for the time, it was easily the most readily hackable phone I have ever owned.
More YouTube videos of scared black people and children being tasked. Maybe this time we can get someone in a wheelchair Seriously though, can shit get anymore dystopian? Yeah, I suppose it can.
"Officer. Am I being detained?" "It doesn't matter. My data analytics say your pointing a gun at me... Zap!"
The Pentagon and DOD are playing with fire. I have few qualms with closed source in the consumer arena, but this is a great example of an entity needing to take total ownership of what is theirs. They say these systems are not connected to the internet (I doubt they are really sure), but if they are on a larger network that is, that may not matter. As much as I love open source, I am not typically the zealot that knee jerks straight to that route. This is a bit different. This is my government. While I am sure that they are running a plethora of Windows only software that they likely feel trapped in, they really need to think much further ahead than Windows 10. They need a department for handling and developing operating systems and software in house. I would say move all desktops to a hard implementation of PCBSD. That is, unless they really need to play 3D video games. I am not talking tomorrow. But if they look at it, and come up with a strategy for conversion including developing their own counterparts for whatever critical software they currently rely on, in five to ten years they could be good to go for rolling out. I am not a fan of big government, but I would support creating something for this, given that they are allotted enough say. China did it. Russia did it. Suddenly election season hacking by foreign entities does not sound so far off.
If anyone replies to this with pessimism, I trust they will rightfully be modded up as Insightful or Informative.
So the goals of the technology have been outlined. However, I don't think the totality of how this will be used can be guessed at outside of a flying leap. I suspect the outcome will be stranger than it's stated goals. Here is my flying leap, brains for hire:
Imagine shifts running around the clock where all you do is come in and be rendered unconscious so your brain can be linked with thousands of others to perform massive computational tasks. After being revived you go about your business until your next shift.
Philosophical problem: Can you be sure you ever actually woke up, or are you still sitting there in a dream that your are awake while your brain is still crunching numbers?
I should also point out that you can run X-Windows under MS Windows. In combo with the subsystem, I have had no problem running Linux X apps under MS Windows.
Everyday during rush hour traffic, I see many vehicles over the course of the trip gently swerving out of their lane only to suddenly jerk back over and over again. When I see that - sometimes dodge that - and other indications that someone is on their phone while driving, I inevitably catch the act out of the corner of my eye. Just a couple weeks ago several people were killed when an SUV came barreling past a red light and into and intersection. This was just up the street for me. The cause? Talking on the phone while driving. I could have easily been the victim there.
There is no excuse for willingly driving distracted. Although, at one time I was in that crowd. Fortunately I saw enough consequences of this dumbfuckery to wise up. I don't even use hands free calling anymore. And if after programming my GPS then my GPS goes nuts and tries to steer me into infinite u-turns? I either ignore it and try to find the destination on my own, or I find a safe place to pull over and reset it.
Slashdot Mirror
Agreed. Wine has come a very long way. For the longest time I never thought it would amount to much more than a curiosity that could run Solitaire. Over the last few releases I have been pleasantly proven wrong. Wine works very well. I still find myself impressed when I try and succeed to install and run something complex.
It's $550 - Which is inexpensive for a smartphone. Ide like to read a critique on your price analysis. Try watching a few more reviews before you do. Yes, this is a niche phone. But I suspect that market segment will prove to be large enough to validate its existence. Myself among them.
I, who also have one, agree.
I have been considering this for the better part of a year. Using expletives in places where it was previously forbidden is becoming the new norm. Is it good or bad? I am indifferent, just happened to notice the trend. Perhaps one could go so far as to argue that this ball got rolling back in the late 90's with TV commercials that used wording that was up until that point above and beyond taboo for erectile dysfunction drugs. Thanks Bob Dole.
I am a productivity user. I still pull out my BB Classic from time to time because I miss it for several reasons including the form factor. I currently have a Priv and it's great, I even use the slide our keyboard. But I just don't know if I could get used to the smaller screen size as a daily driver. The only really frivolous thing I am into is VR, which my Priv handless very well. Needless to say, the KeyOne is useless for this. But all the same, it's not like I can't keep my Priv and download VR apps over WiFi. I just don't know. Perhaps if I get the chance to handle on.
I find nothing in this article that is so damning as it is implied I should be led to believe.
Fucking seriously? This article should have never been written. This is a thinly veiled advertisement for a TV show at the expense of a movie. I call bullshit.
I can testify that the Palm Treo line was intensely popular with business users at least throughout 2006. It was largely the Treo 650 from 2004 that carried the flame. I worked in Sprint's IT dept. at the time, so those phones were my domain. Users reported to me that everything past 7xx was slow buggy garbage. Finally Sprint forced everyone to start using something in the 7xx line. The users were royally pissed and just wanted their old reliable 650's back. I believe it was 2008 when Palm started using Windows CE, but they were a rotting corpse by then anyway. As for me? In 2006 I had the first Motorola Photon. It was a WinCE phone, and not only was it pretty damn good for the time, it was easily the most readily hackable phone I have ever owned.
It's called thinking long term.
Stop resisting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting!
"But officer, I'm pulled over with the engine off and my hands are on the steering wheel while my seat belt is still on."
"Forget that! My computer says you will attack me with a knife in under 30 seconds! Stop, resisting!"
"But officer."
Zap.
More YouTube videos of scared black people and children being tasked. Maybe this time we can get someone in a wheelchair Seriously though, can shit get anymore dystopian? Yeah, I suppose it can.
"Officer. Am I being detained?" "It doesn't matter. My data analytics say your pointing a gun at me... Zap!"
If I could moderate that comment I am not sure if it would be Funny or Insightful.
I'll just go dust off my Windows 2000 Server book and send them my resume.
The Pentagon and DOD are playing with fire. I have few qualms with closed source in the consumer arena, but this is a great example of an entity needing to take total ownership of what is theirs. They say these systems are not connected to the internet (I doubt they are really sure), but if they are on a larger network that is, that may not matter. As much as I love open source, I am not typically the zealot that knee jerks straight to that route. This is a bit different. This is my government. While I am sure that they are running a plethora of Windows only software that they likely feel trapped in, they really need to think much further ahead than Windows 10. They need a department for handling and developing operating systems and software in house. I would say move all desktops to a hard implementation of PCBSD. That is, unless they really need to play 3D video games. I am not talking tomorrow. But if they look at it, and come up with a strategy for conversion including developing their own counterparts for whatever critical software they currently rely on, in five to ten years they could be good to go for rolling out. I am not a fan of big government, but I would support creating something for this, given that they are allotted enough say. China did it. Russia did it. Suddenly election season hacking by foreign entities does not sound so far off.
If anyone replies to this with pessimism, I trust they will rightfully be modded up as Insightful or Informative.
So the goals of the technology have been outlined. However, I don't think the totality of how this will be used can be guessed at outside of a flying leap. I suspect the outcome will be stranger than it's stated goals. Here is my flying leap, brains for hire:
Imagine shifts running around the clock where all you do is come in and be rendered unconscious so your brain can be linked with thousands of others to perform massive computational tasks. After being revived you go about your business until your next shift.
Philosophical problem: Can you be sure you ever actually woke up, or are you still sitting there in a dream that your are awake while your brain is still crunching numbers?
If I wasn't drunk I would say clearly you haven't been using Linux for a quarter of a century but I am so I won't otherwise I would get modded down.
Xming
I should also point out that you can run X-Windows under MS Windows. In combo with the subsystem, I have had no problem running Linux X apps under MS Windows.
You can now use any Linux distro as a subsystem. All-in-all, it's pretty great.
They make up everything.
Everyday during rush hour traffic, I see many vehicles over the course of the trip gently swerving out of their lane only to suddenly jerk back over and over again. When I see that - sometimes dodge that - and other indications that someone is on their phone while driving, I inevitably catch the act out of the corner of my eye. Just a couple weeks ago several people were killed when an SUV came barreling past a red light and into and intersection. This was just up the street for me. The cause? Talking on the phone while driving. I could have easily been the victim there.
There is no excuse for willingly driving distracted. Although, at one time I was in that crowd. Fortunately I saw enough consequences of this dumbfuckery to wise up. I don't even use hands free calling anymore. And if after programming my GPS then my GPS goes nuts and tries to steer me into infinite u-turns? I either ignore it and try to find the destination on my own, or I find a safe place to pull over and reset it.
Rare earth metals are not scarce material. They are metals that occur together in nature and take a lot of effort to separate.
No one will be around to prove that humans existed.
"This is the future of Christian programming."
Or am I?
Citation?
Citation please.