My 1st grade son is computer/electronics savvy but I'm not letting him handle a DVD by himself just yet.
Then he must not be very "computer/electronics savvy". I swear, parents nowadays are crazy as outhouse rats... When I was in first grade I knew how to mix mom's drinks as well as serving as her DJ. Kids are so much more capable than you think!
"We received a very unfortunate e-mail today from Apple stating that WiFi-Where has been removed from sale on the App Store for using private frameworks to access wireless information," WiFi Where-maker Three Jacks Software, wrote on its Web site.
There was no explanation as to what Apple meant by "private frameworks." Apple representatives were not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNET.
TechCrunch says Tonchidot, a Tokyo-based developer, had its app Sekai Camera removed because of its use of Wi-Fi, too. Sekai Camera uses PlaceEngine as a way to determine a user's location over Wi-Fi.
PlaceEngine developer Koozyt says other apps that use its technology have also been removed, including Yahoo! Maps for the iPhone.
So it looks like this may be about the PlaceEngine framework, not wifi per se. And this is why we need to RTFA, there are just too many false and/or misleading summaries.
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(Where does this attitude come from?)
Oh, that's easy. It comes from your need to pretend you don't feel inferior for making and sticking with a stupid choice (Windows).
Hey it's ok with me; those of us who use other OSes are used to it. Besides, lots of us make a good living off you guys. Must be a bitch for you though...
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That or privoxy with the browser of your choice.
But back to TFA, I can't believe it didn't occur to Haselton that sending email to a site that has these ads is a bad idea that will probably get you on more spam lists. People who have these ads are part of the problem for a reason, and the reason is usually greed.
It must be this one, because somewhere nearby Mick Jagger is singing "Get Off My Cloud":
London EC2, London postal district covering the area of central London around Bishopsgate, Moorgate, and Liverpool Street.
That's nice and all... how much does EC2 cost again? $70 a month + bandwidth + storage? I think that there are probably better options out there for a "cloud" desktop.
Yikes -- that makes my verizon data plan look almost reasonable!
Really, my laptop has a 160GB HDD, my phone accepts microSD up to 16GB, why would I want to spend so much for glorified online storage?
Oh, please...
Google doesn't have anything like a monopoly, and more importantly they haven't become number one in search by using coercive, anti-trust-law-violating tactics -- which is exactly what MS did in the desktop market. The parallels you're reaching for simply do not exist. This is about MS whining that they're not competent enough to compete in search.
Exactly, the position is "we're open to hearing anything -- except of course repealing prohibition, or actually representing the people in general". That's the whole problem with democracy in the US today, it doesn't truly exist on any meaningful scale. This whole "open government" thing is just feel-good theater to help the people maintain their denial about the fact that they live in a corporate oligarchy which is rapidly becoming feudalism. The difference between political parties comes down to which "special interests" own them, while the people have no representation. We are so screwed...
Why we need the BSD kernel for desktop? While the Linux kernel has the best hardware support coverage among all open source kernels, I am curious what's the reasons behind to pick BSD for a desktop oriented distro.
FreeBSD makes a great developer's desktop, at least for those of us who know how to do what we need to with the CLI (presumably PC-BSD's raison d'etre is to make that caviat obsolete). Excellent performance, satisfying consistency, and it's a very clean system. Gotta love a system whose kernel is small enough to configure in nano if you want to.
I'd used FreeBSD for servers for years, and switched to it for the desktop after I had problems with Debian while using large, external USB hard drives (wonder if they ever fixed that?). Hardware support is surprisingly good, except for TV tuner cards. I still dual-boot Linux on the laptop though (a customized version of the excellent gentoo-based systemrescuecd), mainly for the filesystem drivers.
Got any figures on how many people are killed by terrorists in the US?
According to this the total was sixteen in 2009. Don't know about you, but I feel pretty safe from terrorism here in the U.S..
Indeed. Surely some people must be thinking it's getting to close to time to create some drones of our own to take out the corporatocracy. Not me of course, but "some people".
But they'll still have to squeeze years worth of storytelling into about two hours.
Screw that, I'm holding out for 4D.
Okay, seriously -- what do they think, that everyone will just keep several extra sets of funny glasses around so when company comes they can get a headac^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H watch bad fake "3D" too? They're dreaming.
So basically, you're a shameless freeloader. Seriously, I'm not trolling. Where do *YOU* propose proxy server operators find the money to operate? Bandwidth isn't free, you know.
So if I don't pollute the web with popups, I guess I can't actually afford to make any charitable donations to various projects I believe in, because clearly there is no other way to get money.
Is that really you're trying to tell me, Mr.Frosty Piss (770223)?
I actually like my old Palm PDA for taking notes in handwriting with the stylus.
Takes up almost no room at all, and quick sketches are as easy as writing.
Why would I need "warez" codecs?
Mplayer plays virtually everything.
The rare exception will usually play in VLC. Thanks to those two I can view more than 95% of all video I wish to see.
The only major exception is silverlight (netflix streaming), for which I use a stripped-down windows in VirtualBox.
Actually, you're apparently referring to me (I didn't post the AC comment to which you're replying).
But what I said was, "don't think so" which is to say I doubted it. I certainly did not "try to claim that the GP was wrong", but rather merely expressed doubt that he was correct (the provided link is, after all, older than my version of Opera). So anyway, I went to the CNNIC site, got the authority listed, then set opera to warn me. Wasn't hard, no big deal. Maybe you should consider cutting down on the caffeine? These discussions aren't exactly a matter of life and death, and people are certainly free to doubt.
I honestly don't see why the parent should modded "troll". After all, nearly everyone who buys a PC has already paid microsoft when they bought their PC. And of course we all collectively pay in billions of dollars and an absurdly high amount of time wasted per year due to their monopoly over so much of the business and government infrastructure. I say if you really want the new windows, go ahead and just take it. You already paid for it, and you'll continue to pay for it.
Exactly. A lot of old-timers like to complain that kids can't get into hacking like we did, but there's absolutely no truth to that. Xcode is still a free download, MS publishes tons of free dev tools, and of course there are thousands of BSD and GNU licensed tools available for tinkerers. it's never been easier to get started tinkering productively quickly.
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Then he must not be very "computer/electronics savvy". I swear, parents nowadays are crazy as outhouse rats... When I was in first grade I knew how to mix mom's drinks as well as serving as her DJ. Kids are so much more capable than you think!
So it looks like this may be about the PlaceEngine framework, not wifi per se. And this is why we need to RTFA, there are just too many false and/or misleading summaries.
Oh, that's easy. It comes from your need to pretend you don't feel inferior for making and sticking with a stupid choice (Windows).
Hey it's ok with me; those of us who use other OSes are used to it. Besides, lots of us make a good living off you guys. Must be a bitch for you though...
That or privoxy with the browser of your choice.
But back to TFA, I can't believe it didn't occur to Haselton that sending email to a site that has these ads is a bad idea that will probably get you on more spam lists. People who have these ads are part of the problem for a reason, and the reason is usually greed.
It must be this one, because somewhere nearby Mick Jagger is singing "Get Off My Cloud": London EC2, London postal district covering the area of central London around Bishopsgate, Moorgate, and Liverpool Street.
Yikes -- that makes my verizon data plan look almost reasonable! Really, my laptop has a 160GB HDD, my phone accepts microSD up to 16GB, why would I want to spend so much for glorified online storage?
Oh, please...
Google doesn't have anything like a monopoly, and more importantly they haven't become number one in search by using coercive, anti-trust-law-violating tactics -- which is exactly what MS did in the desktop market. The parallels you're reaching for simply do not exist. This is about MS whining that they're not competent enough to compete in search.
And if you like the way your bank is not liable for identity theft, you'll just love the upcoming government data-filled Cloud!
Exactly, the position is "we're open to hearing anything -- except of course repealing prohibition, or actually representing the people in general". That's the whole problem with democracy in the US today, it doesn't truly exist on any meaningful scale. This whole "open government" thing is just feel-good theater to help the people maintain their denial about the fact that they live in a corporate oligarchy which is rapidly becoming feudalism. The difference between political parties comes down to which "special interests" own them, while the people have no representation. We are so screwed...
FreeBSD makes a great developer's desktop, at least for those of us who know how to do what we need to with the CLI (presumably PC-BSD's raison d'etre is to make that caviat obsolete). Excellent performance, satisfying consistency, and it's a very clean system. Gotta love a system whose kernel is small enough to configure in nano if you want to.
I'd used FreeBSD for servers for years, and switched to it for the desktop after I had problems with Debian while using large, external USB hard drives (wonder if they ever fixed that?). Hardware support is surprisingly good, except for TV tuner cards. I still dual-boot Linux on the laptop though (a customized version of the excellent gentoo-based systemrescuecd), mainly for the filesystem drivers.
Got any figures on how many people are killed by terrorists in the US? According to this the total was sixteen in 2009. Don't know about you, but I feel pretty safe from terrorism here in the U.S..
Indeed. Surely some people must be thinking it's getting to close to time to create some drones of our own to take out the corporatocracy. Not me of course, but "some people".
But they'll still have to squeeze years worth of storytelling into about two hours. Screw that, I'm holding out for 4D.
Okay, seriously -- what do they think, that everyone will just keep several extra sets of funny glasses around so when company comes they can get a headac^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H watch bad fake "3D" too? They're dreaming.
So if I don't pollute the web with popups, I guess I can't actually afford to make any charitable donations to various projects I believe in, because clearly there is no other way to get money. Is that really you're trying to tell me, Mr.Frosty Piss (770223)?
It's official -- Haselton has gone off the deep end.
I actually like my old Palm PDA for taking notes in handwriting with the stylus. Takes up almost no room at all, and quick sketches are as easy as writing.
Why would I need "warez" codecs? Mplayer plays virtually everything. The rare exception will usually play in VLC. Thanks to those two I can view more than 95% of all video I wish to see. The only major exception is silverlight (netflix streaming), for which I use a stripped-down windows in VirtualBox.
Neither *nix nor FF are threatened by H.264. All you need is this. Pretty sure there's also a VLC plugin available that would do the trick as well.
Actually, you're apparently referring to me (I didn't post the AC comment to which you're replying). But what I said was, "don't think so" which is to say I doubted it. I certainly did not "try to claim that the GP was wrong", but rather merely expressed doubt that he was correct (the provided link is, after all, older than my version of Opera). So anyway, I went to the CNNIC site, got the authority listed, then set opera to warn me. Wasn't hard, no big deal. Maybe you should consider cutting down on the caffeine? These discussions aren't exactly a matter of life and death, and people are certainly free to doubt.
Don't think so. I just checked and I do not have CNNIC listed at all in my copy of Opera v10.10.
Glad I use lynx (and opera)!
I honestly don't see why the parent should modded "troll". After all, nearly everyone who buys a PC has already paid microsoft when they bought their PC. And of course we all collectively pay in billions of dollars and an absurdly high amount of time wasted per year due to their monopoly over so much of the business and government infrastructure. I say if you really want the new windows, go ahead and just take it. You already paid for it, and you'll continue to pay for it.
Thee ants are mah freinds, they're blowin' in the wind...
BFD -- if you don't like it then jailbreak for free and do what you want or just don't buy it.
Exactly. A lot of old-timers like to complain that kids can't get into hacking like we did, but there's absolutely no truth to that. Xcode is still a free download, MS publishes tons of free dev tools, and of course there are thousands of BSD and GNU licensed tools available for tinkerers. it's never been easier to get started tinkering productively quickly.