No I bought the G1 only a few months ago because (even now) it's the only phone with a nice big keyboard with the keys in a standard layout.
If I were to buy a phone today, I'd still buy the G1.
I had a Dream (G1 in the states) for a year, absolutely loved it but it was really underpowered for Android. I've just upgraded to the Milestone (Droid in the states) and I like Android 2.1 (2.2 by July sometime I hope). The keyboard on the Dream is by far and above the best keyboard on a mobile device without question but you bought a gen 1 device, despite the Dream being incredibly polished it's still first generation device and has significant drawbacks associated with that. I think your expectations are a bit unrealistic seeing as 2.0 has some hefty HW requirements.
There's always CyanogenMod 5, unlike HTC he does not have to guarantee that it will work 99.9999% of the time.
Have we audited the Android code enough to know that it's not phoning the mothership sending god-knows-what?
I'd say so. I pretty much know what my Android phone is sending back by casual observation, my contacts are synced with Gmail, it asks if I want to participate in X program (no) or send my location to google (no).
But hey, if you don't believe me do an audit yourself. The thing about secret plots is that the more people you involve in them the harder they are to keep secret.
you will no doubt explain how one determines the "age" of the "actress" in a cartoon
By looking.
Mr. Rabid Foaming At The Snout "Think Of The Children" Puritan
Wow, projecting much.
Examine my post history Mr Rabid Foaming at the Snout Fear Monger.
I've admitted to being a sex tourist. Only one of us is frothing at the mouth good sir and it isn't me and nice way of ignoring all the points about Australia being less sexually repressed then the US, a bare naked breast at the AFL grand final will not cause national outcry here, quite the opposite, we'd ask for an encore. Sexually suggestive materiel that is often restricted to 18 yr olds often given the M15 (mature, 15+) rating this includes infrequent nudity, sexual suggestion, sexual references and simulated sexual activity.
But then again all "porn" laws have nothing whatsoever to do with reason,
Explain that one, I doubt you could have chosen a more appropriate nick. So in no way could the production of pornography be linked to any harm.
The idea is that cartoon pornography is still pornography the same as a cartoon drama is still a drama. Same same but different na? Because the word "pornography" describes the content not the medium.
But then again I live in a nation where a naked breast does not cause national outcry. In fact they are quite common. AQIS will not arrest you for having porn, they don't have that power only the AFP (Australian Federal Police) agents (not the AQIS agent) can arrest you and you have to be charged for that to happen where you have rights under Australian law to a trial and representation. Unlike the US you cant be thrown into a room just for having Thailand and Philippines stamps on your passport.
I'm really sorry if you're having trouble with this concept, and that it upsets you so much but please, get your facts straight and do not project your fears onto other people.
Always remember that all this fascist measures is for our own good. Politicians are intelligent people that know better than us and, if you disagree, you are probably a criminal.
Well they started in the right country...
The MPIAA have declared all Australians to be filthy downloading pirate criminals despite a complete lack of interest from our courts.
Yes. Pictures of women over 18 with small breasts are illegal on the grounds that it is "virtual child pornography":
This was only discussed in parliament, like many things that get discussed in parliament nothing at all happened. The actual story is about female ejaculation if you bothered to follow the link.
depictions of girls under 18 are banned because that too is virtual child pornography:
There fixed that for you. The law relates to depictions. I'm sorry if this doesn't jive with the groupthink but cartoon pornography is still pornography (defined under Australian law as a depiction of a sexual act, hint a naked breast is not a sexual act in Australia, that is just nudity and often falls under the M15 rating). Most Anime that is 18+ in the US is considered 15+ in Australia. As far as pornography goes, in Australia 18 is the limit. An adult actress must be 18 or over in order to be in a pornographic movie or image made in or sold in Australia, no distinction is made between a cartoon or a photograph (because they are both "depictions").
Basically then if they want to arrest you I'm sure they could find something in your porn collection that's illegal
Whaaaa...
Stop the presses, you can be arrested if you posses something illegal.
But AQIS wont be arresting you. They don't have that power, as the AFP proper is required at that point. AQIS however can confiscate anything from your luggage if it is suspect. As I've indicated before, AQIS is not interested in your porn collection, they are more interested in any foreign pests or diseases you might bring to Australia.
Handguns (with some exceptions, of course) are not typically used for either of those things.
As much as I disagree with the GP, in Australia a handgun is a popular choice for "sport shooting". Granted in Australia this definition ranges from competitive pistol shooting to the guy who just likes to squeeze off a few rounds every now and then.
Sport shooting is all good and well, I used to and to some extent still fit in this category (sold my guns years ago when I started studying again but I can hire one at the range with no problems). It's the "I need my gun for defence" idiocy that I disagree with. I'm quite happy to say that I have never felt I needed a firearm for defence, if you feel otherwise then perhaps you are living in the wrong kind of society.
Tough shit. My handgun is completely legal the United States. If I take it into another country where it's not legal I'm going to be charged.
I cant speak for all nations on earth but...
If you accidentally bring your 100% legal in the US handgun into Australia in your luggage AQIS (Australian Quarantine and Inspection Services) will just confiscate it, they wont arrest or charge you. People accidentally bring in things that are illegal in Australia all the time, it's AQIS's job to remove the threat, which more often then not are the items not the person. If you bring in 10 handguns then you'll be charged. If you would like to bring your handgun, contact the Australian Customs Service for assistance and details on how to legally import a firearm (handguns are not illegal here but you will need a permit to bring one into the country).
The same may happen with Porn but in truth, this law has been around for decades but hasn't been enforced in almost as long. AQIS doesn't give a crap about porn or "Refused Classification" material. These guys deal with 100's of tourists from Bali, Thailand and other SE Asian destinations who bring back untold numbers of pirated DVD's including hardcore porn (like that's hard to find in Thailand). AQIS is more concerned about finding illegal drugs, illegal firearms and foreign diseases and pests.
Personally I've gone through customs where they've pulled out prescription drugs like Xanax which I didn't declare (let alone have a script for) with the only repercussion was to be told "these aren't illegal". This is a political thing, with each government seemingly becoming more and more extremist. I've written to Customs and to my MP but I doubt anything will come of it, the law will continue to be ignored as it always have.
New things will probably still require largely new training...
Maybe it's just in Australia. Computers are in every classroom now in Aus, Computing was introduced into the curriculum when I was 9 (almost 20 years ago). Today I know all of three people who cant use a computer, one is old, the other two are just incredibly stupid. Using computers is a part of our everyday lives and we adjusted. Not unusual to see a construction worker in stubbies, workboots and a high visibility jacket playing with a netbook on the bus home here. Computers are hardly a new thing.
It takes about 30 years for a new invention to completely integrate itself into daily life. The TV, Refrigerator and Microwave are indispensable now, only a tiny percentage of people don't have them but 15 years ago and a significant percentage of Australian households still did not have a microwave. The Personal Computer was born in 1975, OK in its current incarnation it was the early 80's and Windows came about in 1992 (or there about). Maybe it's just Australia, but how to install a codec pack is common knowledge, the kind of question you don't bother me (the sysadmin) with any more as half the people on the street can answer. Flash is even easier, your browser pretty much leads you to it.
You're sure about that? I would be surpised if even even 10% managed to do that...
Quite certain, people have either discovered that or VLC. People stopped asking me about why their movie didn't play a long time ago and I've lost count of the amount of times an end user has installed CCCP on their laptop.
Who ends up paying the 400M and where does that money go? Consumers around the world will be paying for it
Ummm.... You do know that consumers around the world have already paid for it don't you. Now it's the colluding companies turn.
Unless you are proposing we let them get away with Collusion, because that will lower prices for sure. You're clearly OK with spamming your crappy business on/. (which I'll put good money on the fact you're not paying Geeknet.inc for).
Prices will actually lower out of this and the paltry US $400 million will come out of the companies bottom line because they have to compete with Micron, the company who wasn't fined so Micron can charge lower prices while having a higher profit margin. If RAM prices were to rise out of this mess then it could only happen if the companies got together and decided they would all raise prices at once. Hang on, isn't that what got them into trouble in the first place.
This is not a zero sum game, if they raise prices they will either lose business to competitors who didn't raise prices or lower demand. That's how the free market works.
Ya, price fixing sucks. But let's be real honest shall we?
Lets
Who ends up paying the 400M
The nine companies mentioned in the fine summary.
where does that money go?
Towards the services provided by the EU.
Consumers around the world will be paying for it.
CORRECTION: Consumers around the world have already paid for it.
When you think about it, it's like a global tax to feed the coffers of a nation
No it isn't, it's a punishment for a group of corporations for breaking the law. You clearly haven't thought about it very much and have just been scared by the "T" word, the alternative to fines is to permit them to get away with collusion, and that will just raise prices, no. BTW I like paying the T word as it provides me with many services, not the least of which is a cheap world class medical system (Shamelessly borrowed from Shutdown -p and slightly altered).
I'm just saying...
I'm just saying you're an idiot, OK, that's a bit harsh. Perhaps you are a really intelligent person but you've just had a brain failure during that post.
Please think a bit more critically. This isn't a "tax" (gasp, shock horror) it's punishment for something they've already done. First this will end up coming out of the companies bottom line because 1. after being convicted of collusion they will be watched like a hawk and 2. now their cartel is being broken up actual competition will ensue (with all the price cutting benefits therein). I'm sick of people assuming this is a zero sum game, that prices will rise because it costs them more in fines. This thinking ignores the fact that the market will only pay for what it will bare and ultimately raising prices to cover a loss from a fine will attract more attention from the authorities as well as reduce the amount of product they can sell. The market will not automatically accept the rise of all RAM prices unless they all raise the price at once and well that's collusion, which what got them into trouble in the first place.
Looks like those fine capitalist companies don't like the competition part of capitalism either. They want protected profits too and screw the free market if that's what it takes.
Where is competition mandated in capitalism?
In true, unrestricted laissez faire capitalism there is no requirement for competition, one company may become ruler of all if they choose to squash all competition and fix prices?
The thing that was disturbing to me is that the consumer lost out here and the government is pulling in $400 million. When will the actual victim (people who made DRAM purchases) receive restitution? Never.
Perhaps because you are looking at it the wrong way. The government isn't fishing for money, the EU is punishing a company for anti-competitive actions. The EU has two acceptable choices to punish a company, 1. put some directors in jail, this is a long drawn out process that will take time whilst the rich fly off to exotic locales with no extradition treaties whilst setting up scapegoats from lower down the corporate food chain to do their time for them 2. Impose a fine, making the company pay the justice department which the company cant weasel out of. If they did it on a case by case basis they wouldnt even give $2 million away as half the people wouldn't claim and half of those who did wouldn't have receipts and they'd only have to pay out to the people in the EU jurisdiction.
In other words, giving the money back to individual "victims" would result in no punishment at all as most "victims" will never be reached. Without punishment what disincentive is there for a company not to be anti-competitive?
Further more, this makes it back to the EU citizens in a surplus (or less deficit) which reduces the amount the EU citizens need to pay the EU to keep running. If you ask me, the companies got off light. The fine should have been at least US$800 Million, heck 1.2 billion would even have been appropriate for this level of collusion.
Here in Thailand, or at least in Chiang Mai, most of the computers and laptops I've seen come with FreeDOS preinstalled. If you don't want to install an OS yourself (and don''t prefer Freedos;) you can just leave the new computer to the shop and pick it up with a OS of your choice a few hours later for a dollar or two extra install fee + price of the OS.
This happens a lot in SE Asia. I've found DOS and NO OS PC's in Pantip Plaza Bangkok (Spelling? then again there is no direct letter translation between Thai and Latin) and Low Yat Plaza in Kuala Lumpur. Officially most stores cant sell pirated Windows and the cost of Windows Starter adds a significant amount to the cost of a 6000 Baht when many locals will have a hard time getting that amount of spare cash together. Most people just get a pirated version of Windows for 40B off the street.
"Even among octopuses, the Argonaut must be one of the coolest. It gets its nickname -- 'paper nautilus' -- from the fragile shell the female assembles around herself after mating with the tiny male (whose tentacle/penis breaks off and remains in the female)
I cant have been the only person to notice.
I have to ask, why does an article on the creatures propulsion system require a detailed and graphic description of the creatures reproduction method? Surely this information could have been buried in the article for people to read at their leisure.
That would be a good description of copyright, and thus copyright licenses, but not contracts in general.
"Contracts in general" is a really bad description of software licenses. Contracts are rarely one sided and almost always negotiated between parties. More over they require express consent in the form of a signature to be valid. A software license is never negotiated, has no responsibilities for the vendor and uses implied consent (shrink wrap Eula, press F8, click I agree). Most contracts define the responsibility of the vendor, a software license is used for a vendor to get out of responsibility.
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No, the browser is based on Chrome, so it's had the same level of HTML5 support as Chrome.
The browser is only now getting Flash support. 5 minutes of Googling reveals more flash then HTML5.
I had a Dream (G1 in the states) for a year, absolutely loved it but it was really underpowered for Android. I've just upgraded to the Milestone (Droid in the states) and I like Android 2.1 (2.2 by July sometime I hope). The keyboard on the Dream is by far and above the best keyboard on a mobile device without question but you bought a gen 1 device, despite the Dream being incredibly polished it's still first generation device and has significant drawbacks associated with that. I think your expectations are a bit unrealistic seeing as 2.0 has some hefty HW requirements.
There's always CyanogenMod 5, unlike HTC he does not have to guarantee that it will work 99.9999% of the time.
I'd say so. I pretty much know what my Android phone is sending back by casual observation, my contacts are synced with Gmail, it asks if I want to participate in X program (no) or send my location to google (no).
But hey, if you don't believe me do an audit yourself. The thing about secret plots is that the more people you involve in them the harder they are to keep secret.
Every time I to look into my future I find the screen blocked by the sheer amount of cash I have by not having apple in my pocket.
By looking.
Wow, projecting much.
Examine my post history Mr Rabid Foaming at the Snout Fear Monger.
I've admitted to being a sex tourist. Only one of us is frothing at the mouth good sir and it isn't me and nice way of ignoring all the points about Australia being less sexually repressed then the US, a bare naked breast at the AFL grand final will not cause national outcry here, quite the opposite, we'd ask for an encore. Sexually suggestive materiel that is often restricted to 18 yr olds often given the M15 (mature, 15+) rating this includes infrequent nudity, sexual suggestion, sexual references and simulated sexual activity.
Explain that one, I doubt you could have chosen a more appropriate nick. So in no way could the production of pornography be linked to any harm.
The idea is that cartoon pornography is still pornography the same as a cartoon drama is still a drama. Same same but different na? Because the word "pornography" describes the content not the medium.
But then again I live in a nation where a naked breast does not cause national outcry. In fact they are quite common. AQIS will not arrest you for having porn, they don't have that power only the AFP (Australian Federal Police) agents (not the AQIS agent) can arrest you and you have to be charged for that to happen where you have rights under Australian law to a trial and representation. Unlike the US you cant be thrown into a room just for having Thailand and Philippines stamps on your passport.
I'm really sorry if you're having trouble with this concept, and that it upsets you so much but please, get your facts straight and do not project your fears onto other people.
Well they started in the right country...
The MPIAA have declared all Australians to be filthy downloading pirate criminals despite a complete lack of interest from our courts.
Any depiction of a sexual act.
Hustler is,
Playboy is borderline,
Boris Vallejo isn't,
Neither is Cleo.
This was only discussed in parliament, like many things that get discussed in parliament nothing at all happened. The actual story is about female ejaculation if you bothered to follow the link.
There fixed that for you. The law relates to depictions. I'm sorry if this doesn't jive with the groupthink but cartoon pornography is still pornography (defined under Australian law as a depiction of a sexual act, hint a naked breast is not a sexual act in Australia, that is just nudity and often falls under the M15 rating). Most Anime that is 18+ in the US is considered 15+ in Australia. As far as pornography goes, in Australia 18 is the limit. An adult actress must be 18 or over in order to be in a pornographic movie or image made in or sold in Australia, no distinction is made between a cartoon or a photograph (because they are both "depictions").
Whaaaa...
Stop the presses, you can be arrested if you posses something illegal.
But AQIS wont be arresting you. They don't have that power, as the AFP proper is required at that point. AQIS however can confiscate anything from your luggage if it is suspect. As I've indicated before, AQIS is not interested in your porn collection, they are more interested in any foreign pests or diseases you might bring to Australia.
As much as I disagree with the GP, in Australia a handgun is a popular choice for "sport shooting". Granted in Australia this definition ranges from competitive pistol shooting to the guy who just likes to squeeze off a few rounds every now and then.
Sport shooting is all good and well, I used to and to some extent still fit in this category (sold my guns years ago when I started studying again but I can hire one at the range with no problems). It's the "I need my gun for defence" idiocy that I disagree with. I'm quite happy to say that I have never felt I needed a firearm for defence, if you feel otherwise then perhaps you are living in the wrong kind of society.
I cant speak for all nations on earth but...
If you accidentally bring your 100% legal in the US handgun into Australia in your luggage AQIS (Australian Quarantine and Inspection Services) will just confiscate it, they wont arrest or charge you. People accidentally bring in things that are illegal in Australia all the time, it's AQIS's job to remove the threat, which more often then not are the items not the person. If you bring in 10 handguns then you'll be charged. If you would like to bring your handgun, contact the Australian Customs Service for assistance and details on how to legally import a firearm (handguns are not illegal here but you will need a permit to bring one into the country).
The same may happen with Porn but in truth, this law has been around for decades but hasn't been enforced in almost as long. AQIS doesn't give a crap about porn or "Refused Classification" material. These guys deal with 100's of tourists from Bali, Thailand and other SE Asian destinations who bring back untold numbers of pirated DVD's including hardcore porn (like that's hard to find in Thailand). AQIS is more concerned about finding illegal drugs, illegal firearms and foreign diseases and pests.
Personally I've gone through customs where they've pulled out prescription drugs like Xanax which I didn't declare (let alone have a script for) with the only repercussion was to be told "these aren't illegal". This is a political thing, with each government seemingly becoming more and more extremist. I've written to Customs and to my MP but I doubt anything will come of it, the law will continue to be ignored as it always have.
Maybe it's just in Australia. Computers are in every classroom now in Aus, Computing was introduced into the curriculum when I was 9 (almost 20 years ago). Today I know all of three people who cant use a computer, one is old, the other two are just incredibly stupid. Using computers is a part of our everyday lives and we adjusted. Not unusual to see a construction worker in stubbies, workboots and a high visibility jacket playing with a netbook on the bus home here. Computers are hardly a new thing.
It takes about 30 years for a new invention to completely integrate itself into daily life. The TV, Refrigerator and Microwave are indispensable now, only a tiny percentage of people don't have them but 15 years ago and a significant percentage of Australian households still did not have a microwave. The Personal Computer was born in 1975, OK in its current incarnation it was the early 80's and Windows came about in 1992 (or there about). Maybe it's just Australia, but how to install a codec pack is common knowledge, the kind of question you don't bother me (the sysadmin) with any more as half the people on the street can answer. Flash is even easier, your browser pretty much leads you to it.
However your username may help.
Quite certain, people have either discovered that or VLC. People stopped asking me about why their movie didn't play a long time ago and I've lost count of the amount of times an end user has installed CCCP on their laptop.
Ummm.... You do know that consumers around the world have already paid for it don't you. Now it's the colluding companies turn.
/. (which I'll put good money on the fact you're not paying Geeknet.inc for).
Unless you are proposing we let them get away with Collusion, because that will lower prices for sure. You're clearly OK with spamming your crappy business on
Prices will actually lower out of this and the paltry US $400 million will come out of the companies bottom line because they have to compete with Micron, the company who wasn't fined so Micron can charge lower prices while having a higher profit margin. If RAM prices were to rise out of this mess then it could only happen if the companies got together and decided they would all raise prices at once. Hang on, isn't that what got them into trouble in the first place.
This is not a zero sum game, if they raise prices they will either lose business to competitors who didn't raise prices or lower demand. That's how the free market works.
Lets
The nine companies mentioned in the fine summary.
Towards the services provided by the EU.
CORRECTION: Consumers around the world have already paid for it.
No it isn't, it's a punishment for a group of corporations for breaking the law. You clearly haven't thought about it very much and have just been scared by the "T" word, the alternative to fines is to permit them to get away with collusion, and that will just raise prices, no. BTW I like paying the T word as it provides me with many services, not the least of which is a cheap world class medical system (Shamelessly borrowed from Shutdown -p and slightly altered).
I'm just saying you're an idiot, OK, that's a bit harsh. Perhaps you are a really intelligent person but you've just had a brain failure during that post.
Please think a bit more critically. This isn't a "tax" (gasp, shock horror) it's punishment for something they've already done. First this will end up coming out of the companies bottom line because 1. after being convicted of collusion they will be watched like a hawk and 2. now their cartel is being broken up actual competition will ensue (with all the price cutting benefits therein). I'm sick of people assuming this is a zero sum game, that prices will rise because it costs them more in fines. This thinking ignores the fact that the market will only pay for what it will bare and ultimately raising prices to cover a loss from a fine will attract more attention from the authorities as well as reduce the amount of product they can sell. The market will not automatically accept the rise of all RAM prices unless they all raise the price at once and well that's collusion, which what got them into trouble in the first place.
Where is competition mandated in capitalism?
In true, unrestricted laissez faire capitalism there is no requirement for competition, one company may become ruler of all if they choose to squash all competition and fix prices?
Perhaps because you are looking at it the wrong way. The government isn't fishing for money, the EU is punishing a company for anti-competitive actions. The EU has two acceptable choices to punish a company, 1. put some directors in jail, this is a long drawn out process that will take time whilst the rich fly off to exotic locales with no extradition treaties whilst setting up scapegoats from lower down the corporate food chain to do their time for them 2. Impose a fine, making the company pay the justice department which the company cant weasel out of. If they did it on a case by case basis they wouldnt even give $2 million away as half the people wouldn't claim and half of those who did wouldn't have receipts and they'd only have to pay out to the people in the EU jurisdiction.
In other words, giving the money back to individual "victims" would result in no punishment at all as most "victims" will never be reached. Without punishment what disincentive is there for a company not to be anti-competitive?
Further more, this makes it back to the EU citizens in a surplus (or less deficit) which reduces the amount the EU citizens need to pay the EU to keep running. If you ask me, the companies got off light. The fine should have been at least US$800 Million, heck 1.2 billion would even have been appropriate for this level of collusion.
It's also a noun and a proper noun.
For University of Texas graduates:
Proper noun = name of a specific item, as in one of a kind.
After a short, intense burst of traffic, main fibre links are now flaccid.
This happens a lot in SE Asia. I've found DOS and NO OS PC's in Pantip Plaza Bangkok (Spelling? then again there is no direct letter translation between Thai and Latin) and Low Yat Plaza in Kuala Lumpur. Officially most stores cant sell pirated Windows and the cost of Windows Starter adds a significant amount to the cost of a 6000 Baht when many locals will have a hard time getting that amount of spare cash together. Most people just get a pirated version of Windows for 40B off the street.
SWALALABANEASWASTY.
(Stop Whinging About Long Acronyms Like A Baby And Never End A Sentence With A Slash Thank You).
She's gone from suck to blow.
I cant have been the only person to notice.
I have to ask, why does an article on the creatures propulsion system require a detailed and graphic description of the creatures reproduction method? Surely this information could have been buried in the article for people to read at their leisure.
Sadly kid's these days wont get this joke.
"Contracts in general" is a really bad description of software licenses. Contracts are rarely one sided and almost always negotiated between parties. More over they require express consent in the form of a signature to be valid. A software license is never negotiated, has no responsibilities for the vendor and uses implied consent (shrink wrap Eula, press F8, click I agree). Most contracts define the responsibility of the vendor, a software license is used for a vendor to get out of responsibility.