He blew any attempt at real credibility by sensationalizing "collateral murder." Exposing the Afghanistan documents has done very little in telling the public something we didn't already know (everyone was well aware that there have been civilian casualties). Ironically, all he really did was expose a bunch of innocent civilians as US informants, who are now likely to be beaten, tortured, and murdered (along with their families) by the warlords they had outed. How noble of you, you egotistical twat.
In fact it's probably the best Linux distribution for touchscreen interfaces
No shit. That's what happens when someone with a little common sense realizes that using a legacy display manager on touchscreen devices may not work so well and ditches X. Morons think you can just hack debian onto a cell phone and add telephony and voila, you have a phone.
All OS's have security flaws. How else do Android users "root" [androidandme.com] their phones ?
Well I unlocked my Nexus One with a documented command line switch that came with the Android SDK. I was then able to flash rooted roms with the stock firmware flasher.
It's a beautiful thing when you can do what you want with that which you own.
Since people seem to nitpicking the hypothetical example I used rather than the point itself, let me use a real world example.
FOSS advocates are known for saying things like, "Release the code, and the community will port/fix/whatever!" So Chrome is released and initially isn't ported to Linux. So what does the FOSS crowd do in the real world? Complain that Google doesn't support Linux because *they* won't port their open source product to Linux for them. And then of course is the ATI driver fiasco.
So to reiterate my general point -- Only in an ideal world do unpaid, highly qualified people do with open source code, what the FOSS community says they will.
The typical FOSS argument usually involves living in a perfectly ideal world. You know, the kind of world where highly qualified individuals scour the internet for code to audit. And where Russian (et al) hackers don't scour open source code looking for exploits to cash in on.
That's pretty cool, you know, that after you decided not to buy a phone released 6 months ago you went back in time and bought a phone that you've been using happily for two years.
No, it's not. It's a completely new kernel, first seen in the Zune HD.
and it has a silverlight-y shell...
Actually, its WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) which is the underlying technology behind Silverlight. I certainly don't see this as a bad thing though. WPF is good technology.
...with a couple of new spins on the same old workflow
WTF are you talking about? It looks completely different from any workflow I've seen. I'm certainly not sold on it by any means, but it is definitely a bit radical and different.
Something tells me you don't actually know a thing about WP7. You just spout off some misinformation and the rest of slashdot will join the ignorant circle jerk.
The Type-III Secretory Gland evolved into the Bacterium Flagellum without any design
Unfortunately, standardized web protocols don't evolve in the same manner as organic matter. The GP's point remains completely valid. Doing these kind of things over HTTP remains one of the most widely used hacks.
you don't see how self-righteous that is? you're better because you followed your own reasons for buying the device you did, but you hate those who don't follow your reasons?
If you're strictly a consumer, I understand and respect your decision to buy an iPhone. As a developer myself, it is in my best interest to point out the fact that Apple is an abusive company, and to advocate a platform which treats its developers much better.
You've done a proper scientific test comparing battery life?
Proper scientific tests? Nope. Just been around a lot of iPhone users who complain they can't go a full day on a full charge, while my higher clocked, brighter display device is still at a 30% charge at the end of the day. Anecdotal, sure, but not entirely dismissable.
Have you even seen a 4g yet, let alone seen it drop calls if held the wrong way, or have you just been reading Slashdot a lot?
Yes, and in fact, I've been able to reproduce the signal dropping personally. Sucka.
Another much more likely possibility is that he's defensive because noisy dips like you come out shouting about having an 'allegiance to a terrible company' who obviously developed their opinion by listening to people make +4 Insightfuls using the term 'walled garden'.
Right, excuse me for putting down a company who requires you to buy over priced hardware as an entry to simply develop for their platform. As a developer, it is in my best interest to push the open, developer friendly platform, and I have absolutely no shame in doing that.
Apple has a history of shitting on its developers and customers, and still have millions of fanboys jumping to their defense. I have no allegiance to any company. The second Apple grows a spine, relaxes their developer policies, and makes their platform easier to develop for, I will be all over that like stink on shit. Until then, quit complaining that there is finally a viable alternative to the iPlatform and a lot of people ready to advocate for it.
You sure know how to put together a convincing argument. It sure is annoying how people advocate the iPhone all over Android articles... oh wait.
The best part is that I hadn't seen a single mention of Android here until your comment berating Android users as smug and throwing the reception issue in iPhone users faces. That's right -- You went on to talk shit about Android users for doing what so many iPhone users have been doing for years, without a single peep from an Android user.
And if I see one single comment pimping the Android in this story, I'll have all you Android fans know that you have become what you hate.
No, I haven't become what I hate. You don't see me supporting an abusive, shitty company so I can have a trendy, overpriced device. I don't slap Google stickers on my car and blindly claim my device is superior to all others.
Why can't someone use a product they like for any reason at all? Is that not allowed anymore, or do we all have to care about the same things you care about and use the same phone that you use?
I love the fact that you are being preemptively defensive. If anything, its indicative of the fact that many iPhone users are emotionally attached to their overrated device and have an allegiance to a terrible company.
I can't speak for the EVO, but my Nexus One has excellent battery life. Better in fact, than all my iPhone wielding friends. The iPhone 4G on the other hand, drops calls if held the wrong way.
Fragmentation is an exaggerated issue. I target Android 1.6 and my apps can run on the majority of devices while not missing much in the way of features added by later versions. The best part about this argument, is that the iPhone is seeing plenty of its own fragmentation in its closed world. Some phones can't get iOS4, and many don't get all the features. These talking points are old and tired.
Adobe just shipped Flash Player 10.1 for mobile, which requires an OS that most Android users currently don't have, and who won't for a while. That "open" platform isn't doing much for actual customers.
It's doing a helluva a lot more for a helluva a lot more people than say, Apple's no-flash-for-anyone phone.
Uhh, yeah. You remember back in the eighties when Apple had a closed platform that sold really well, and then someone came through with an open platform and consumers and developers flocked to it? Deja Vu.
Contest it if you must, but the day of consumer hardware being sold based on the needs of the developers who write for it, is over. That day is simply over. Consumers rule.
Oh really? So then, care to explain why Android has seen such explosive growth?
Apple allowing apps access to certain background services does not equal multitasking. You have a Nexus One, as do I. You can open the browser, begin loading a website, and do something else while that happens and come back to it in a minute. Good luck with that on your "multitasking" iPhone.
And right after that, Apple fans will complain that Android phones are copying Apple's iPhone.
Probably because Steve's announcement would go something like this:
"And now I want to show you something really special... revolutionary. Something never before seen on a mobile device. Today I'm here to announce that Adobe Flash will run on the iPhone and iPad."
Why do we accept Apple's glorified Suspend/Resume functionality as "multitasking?" Can my app be performing tasks in the background while I'm using another application? No? Well that's not multitasking then, is it?
Slashdot Mirror
He blew any attempt at real credibility by sensationalizing "collateral murder." Exposing the Afghanistan documents has done very little in telling the public something we didn't already know (everyone was well aware that there have been civilian casualties). Ironically, all he really did was expose a bunch of innocent civilians as US informants, who are now likely to be beaten, tortured, and murdered (along with their families) by the warlords they had outed. How noble of you, you egotistical twat.
In fact it's probably the best Linux distribution for touchscreen interfaces
No shit. That's what happens when someone with a little common sense realizes that using a legacy display manager on touchscreen devices may not work so well and ditches X. Morons think you can just hack debian onto a cell phone and add telephony and voila, you have a phone.
All OS's have security flaws. How else do Android users "root" [androidandme.com] their phones ?
Well I unlocked my Nexus One with a documented command line switch that came with the Android SDK. I was then able to flash rooted roms with the stock firmware flasher.
It's a beautiful thing when you can do what you want with that which you own.
Since people seem to nitpicking the hypothetical example I used rather than the point itself, let me use a real world example.
FOSS advocates are known for saying things like, "Release the code, and the community will port/fix/whatever!" So Chrome is released and initially isn't ported to Linux. So what does the FOSS crowd do in the real world? Complain that Google doesn't support Linux because *they* won't port their open source product to Linux for them. And then of course is the ATI driver fiasco.
So to reiterate my general point -- Only in an ideal world do unpaid, highly qualified people do with open source code, what the FOSS community says they will.
The typical FOSS argument usually involves living in a perfectly ideal world. You know, the kind of world where highly qualified individuals scour the internet for code to audit. And where Russian (et al) hackers don't scour open source code looking for exploits to cash in on.
Where Apple tests for flaws in other phones to justify the flaws in their own phones.
That's pretty cool, you know, that after you decided not to buy a phone released 6 months ago you went back in time and bought a phone that you've been using happily for two years.
CE 6.0 features a completely redesigned kernel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Embedded_CE_6.0
Also made evident by the fact that it is in no way backward compatible with older versions, with no attempts to make it backward compatible.
It's a brand spanking new kernel version. Just because it has "CE" at the end of it does not indicate it contains any cruft from previous versions.
It's based on creaky old CE
No, it's not. It's a completely new kernel, first seen in the Zune HD.
and it has a silverlight-y shell...
Actually, its WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) which is the underlying technology behind Silverlight. I certainly don't see this as a bad thing though. WPF is good technology.
...with a couple of new spins on the same old workflow
WTF are you talking about? It looks completely different from any workflow I've seen. I'm certainly not sold on it by any means, but it is definitely a bit radical and different.
Something tells me you don't actually know a thing about WP7. You just spout off some misinformation and the rest of slashdot will join the ignorant circle jerk.
The Type-III Secretory Gland evolved into the Bacterium Flagellum without any design
Unfortunately, standardized web protocols don't evolve in the same manner as organic matter. The GP's point remains completely valid. Doing these kind of things over HTTP remains one of the most widely used hacks.
I could totally take a bunch of mice. Can't wait to get ripped from all the extra testosterone.
I've never had this problem with my Nexus One.
you don't see how self-righteous that is? you're better because you followed your own reasons for buying the device you did, but you hate those who don't follow your reasons?
If you're strictly a consumer, I understand and respect your decision to buy an iPhone. As a developer myself, it is in my best interest to point out the fact that Apple is an abusive company, and to advocate a platform which treats its developers much better.
You've done a proper scientific test comparing battery life?
Proper scientific tests? Nope. Just been around a lot of iPhone users who complain they can't go a full day on a full charge, while my higher clocked, brighter display device is still at a 30% charge at the end of the day. Anecdotal, sure, but not entirely dismissable.
Have you even seen a 4g yet, let alone seen it drop calls if held the wrong way, or have you just been reading Slashdot a lot?
Yes, and in fact, I've been able to reproduce the signal dropping personally. Sucka.
Another much more likely possibility is that he's defensive because noisy dips like you come out shouting about having an 'allegiance to a terrible company' who obviously developed their opinion by listening to people make +4 Insightfuls using the term 'walled garden'.
Right, excuse me for putting down a company who requires you to buy over priced hardware as an entry to simply develop for their platform. As a developer, it is in my best interest to push the open, developer friendly platform, and I have absolutely no shame in doing that.
Apple has a history of shitting on its developers and customers, and still have millions of fanboys jumping to their defense. I have no allegiance to any company. The second Apple grows a spine, relaxes their developer policies, and makes their platform easier to develop for, I will be all over that like stink on shit. Until then, quit complaining that there is finally a viable alternative to the iPlatform and a lot of people ready to advocate for it.
you just publicly proclaim yourself to be better than all others.
Care to point out where I or anyone else did any such thing? You guys came with guns blazing to fight an army of straw men, apparently.
You sure know how to put together a convincing argument. It sure is annoying how people advocate the iPhone all over Android articles... oh wait.
The best part is that I hadn't seen a single mention of Android here until your comment berating Android users as smug and throwing the reception issue in iPhone users faces. That's right -- You went on to talk shit about Android users for doing what so many iPhone users have been doing for years, without a single peep from an Android user.
I wish I had upvotes for this AC.
And if I see one single comment pimping the Android in this story, I'll have all you Android fans know that you have become what you hate.
No, I haven't become what I hate. You don't see me supporting an abusive, shitty company so I can have a trendy, overpriced device. I don't slap Google stickers on my car and blindly claim my device is superior to all others.
Why can't someone use a product they like for any reason at all? Is that not allowed anymore, or do we all have to care about the same things you care about and use the same phone that you use?
I love the fact that you are being preemptively defensive. If anything, its indicative of the fact that many iPhone users are emotionally attached to their overrated device and have an allegiance to a terrible company.
Fragmentation is an exaggerated issue. I target Android 1.6 and my apps can run on the majority of devices while not missing much in the way of features added by later versions. The best part about this argument, is that the iPhone is seeing plenty of its own fragmentation in its closed world. Some phones can't get iOS4, and many don't get all the features. These talking points are old and tired.
Adobe just shipped Flash Player 10.1 for mobile, which requires an OS that most Android users currently don't have, and who won't for a while. That "open" platform isn't doing much for actual customers.
It's doing a helluva a lot more for a helluva a lot more people than say, Apple's no-flash-for-anyone phone.
Uhh, yeah. You remember back in the eighties when Apple had a closed platform that sold really well, and then someone came through with an open platform and consumers and developers flocked to it? Deja Vu.
Contest it if you must, but the day of consumer hardware being sold based on the needs of the developers who write for it, is over. That day is simply over. Consumers rule.
Oh really? So then, care to explain why Android has seen such explosive growth?
Apple allowing apps access to certain background services does not equal multitasking. You have a Nexus One, as do I. You can open the browser, begin loading a website, and do something else while that happens and come back to it in a minute. Good luck with that on your "multitasking" iPhone.
And right after that, Apple fans will complain that Android phones are copying Apple's iPhone.
Probably because Steve's announcement would go something like this:
"And now I want to show you something really special... revolutionary. Something never before seen on a mobile device. Today I'm here to announce that Adobe Flash will run on the iPhone and iPad."
Why do we accept Apple's glorified Suspend/Resume functionality as "multitasking?" Can my app be performing tasks in the background while I'm using another application? No? Well that's not multitasking then, is it?