Then you'd appear to be running a server since P2P by definition uploads, which is also a breach of contract on your end. "the operation of servers... is prohibited" (Prohibited and Permissible Uses, http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/legal/plan-terms.jsp).
Well time to add AT&T internet to the list of do not use. I really feel for those who have no choice but to use AT&T internet. There are many valid legal reason to use P2P. Getting Linux ISOs, getting that engineering software, etc. Not all uses of P2P are for music and movies.
Yes, but why would you do that over a 3G cell phone connection? Even your legal activities will tie up the cell phone data network, and that's the problem. Do that over a real network connection like DSL (where I might mention that at&t has always delivered the advertised speeds for us).
Actually, you can't use the iPhone in manual mode. To use gtkpod with the iPhone, you have to use sshfs on a jailbroken device because of this omission.
I'm not either clueless or a proxy, and I find my iPhone very useful. Let's address some of those issues:
"wait, are you telling me that I can't even go to the full html version of gmail and send an attachment? What kind of browser is this?!?"
"oh, let me just add your birthday to my google calendar...OH NOEZ WE CANT EVEN ACCESS GOOGLE CALENDAR!!!"
I hate web applications. One of the main reasons I got the iPhone is the native mail client and calendar application work great. Why would I want to send an attachment from my phone anyways? That's never come up for me. Though since you say...
Are you trying to argue that most people have no interest in emailing/storing/transferring/viewing/editing files, be they pdf/doc/xls/mp3/txt/etc?
...my only counter is that's the kind of stuff I use a computer for, not a phone. And I almost never want to email even one jpg.
"hey, this dictionary/autocorrect is amazing! Wait, how do add to it? Oops, how do I correct it? Fine, ok, so how do I turn it off? What do you mean there's no way to turn it off?!?"
The iPhone has never tried to auto correct something after I deleted the incorrect word. Mildly inconvenient to type something twice? Maybe. But you can always get it to type exactly what you want, and I find the corrections are way more often than not correct. I find it to be a very good system for entering text on a device of this size, and find it faster than the handwriting recognition of my old Palm.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ALL MY IPOD CHARGERS DON'T WORK WITH THE IPHONE?!"
All of mine do. I use my alarm clock, which was purchased around the time the first iPod Mini came out, to charge my phone. The iPhone even asks me if I would like to put it in airplane mode when I dock it because the clock wasn't shielded for the iPhone. Pretty thorough of Apple if you ask me.
"WHAT, NO INSURANCE FOR THIS FANCY PHONE? WHAT, IS THAT LIKE THE ONLY PHONE ON THE MARKET WITH NO INSURANCE AVAILABLE?"
I, like most other geeks I would presume, hate extended warranties / extra insurance anyways. Not an issue for me at least.
"AAARRRRGGGHHHH ALL I WANT TO DO IS HANG UP ON THIS CALL! THE SCREEN IS DARK, NONE OF THE TOO FEW BUTTONS DO ANYTHING AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS HANG UP ON THIS ONE GODDAMN PHONE CALL!!!"
That hypothetical phone must be broken. I've never had a problem hanging up.
"Such sleek design! OOOO, a camera! Damn, I pushed the wrong button again! Argh, there's only one button, and I CAN"T USE THAT FOR THE CAMERA!?!"
Okay, that does bug me. Taking a picture can be annoying, and the iPhone is admittedly a pretty crappy camera. It still takes way better pictures than my old LG though.
Overall, I'm certainly not pissed. And believe me, I've tried to do things. There are some things that annoy me, such as the lack of iChat and the inability of App Store applications to run in the background. However, I knew this was the case (for the lack of iChat; the app store was long from announced) when I chose to get my phone. And after scrolling down and seeing your response to Free the Cowards,
Nobody says they like their music locked down.
I certainly don't, and mine isn't. No one is forcing you to buy the non iTunes Plus files from the iTunes Store.
Nobody says they don't want the option to send more than one pic at a time.
I can't say that I want that option, since it would clutter the interface for a feature I would never use. As I am somebody, that disproves that claim.
Nobody will tell you that they will hate having the option to use the iphone as a way to store and transfer their own files, like a flash drive.
I guess I wouldn't hate having the option, but I fin
Except the printer manufacturers got smart to this, and now only give you a 1/4th full cartridge with a new printer. The last cheap printer we got didn't have a black cartridge at all, but used all the colors to make black. Arrgh.
Well, no. With one bit per pixel, you could dither, but dithering isn't greyscale. But you can still have beautiful art - look at the an example of the art made on the original Macintosh.
Don't put another Soviet RBMK reactor anywhere on the planet. I'd gladly have a modern reactor installed in my metaphorical backyard. The best analogy I can think of is the RBMK reactor designs were test tubes full of nitroglycerin ready to go off, while modern reactors have the danger of exploding of a medical nitroglycerin patch - aka none. Chernobyl was a horrible disaster, but the reactor design is absolutely not comparable to modern reactors, or even other designs of its time. It was simply conceived, designed, built, and operated wrong.
Oh, and Chernobyl was still a functioning power plant until 2000. That's scary. But well designed plants? Not in the slightest. Can we please recognize the difference 20 years after the disaster and move on?
WebKit. Not Apple-originated, as it was based on KHTML, but I'd say it's a pretty darn good example of Apple giving something useful back to the open source community.
Did you actually look at that link? Darwin Streaming Server and CalendarServer are Apple written server applications that can be run on other operating systems, not the other way around. I've personally run Darwin Streaming Server, the open sourced version of QuickTime Streaming Server, on a Debian box.
Sure you can. You just have to be under 18. How that could be proven without ID I don't know, but it's the rules. (I'm under 18 but I just show my driver's license when I fly for convenience's sake.)
I used to get the Daily Dilbert via email. This is way better... just the comic without any advertisements or surrounding bloat. Exactly what I wanted! More than makes up for the site I will never have to see, and even includes Sunday strips unlike the old emails.
Theoretically that would work, but my oh my that would be complicated.
One real world example of essentially the same thing: FIRST Robotics wants to make sure that everyone has access to the game manual at the same time at the start of the build season without creating a massive load on their servers, and to make it available for those who don't have internet access where they watch the kickoff. They begin distributing an encrypted version of the manual a week in advance, then release the decryption key during the kickoff video.
It works fairly well, but this is a very special case where not releasing early is the primary concern. A cool idea, but I don't see it working (or helping) for updates, especially for small updates that may not be much larger than the key to begin with. It may be more effective for large updates (iPhone firmware updates, for example) where the download size can be prohibitive.
Actually, this year, the department of computer science was removed from my high school and AP Computer Science was moved under the department of mathematics. Which really brought about no changes other than our computer science teacher is no longer his own department head.
And the loss of computer science AB will be a huge loss, as I learned a lot in that class. As someone else already said was possible, I did learn most of A from Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, but B was a lot of stuff I otherwise wouldn't know (or know well). I plan on majoring in computer engineering partially due to my great experience in that class (I also love hardware, hence the plan to take a major between CS and EE). And the Marine Bio Case Study wasn't all that bad; we had some fun projects such as adding sharks in our class. Though that has been replaced with GridWorld since I took the class two years ago.
We've had a rather large CompSci class for way longer than I've been at high school. Of course, it will never be as big as AP US History, but no one would expect it to be. Way more useful, though. Interestingly enough, I also know quite a few people in AP Latin Literature, another course being cut. Our AP French class, however, is only 3 students total. But if our school will keep a class for 3 people, I don't see why the college board can't keep a test for thousands.
Agreed. Although I'm generally libertarian in thinking, this is one example of an added up front fee that I would support for exactly the reason you specified. My dad used to get a whole bunch of old macs (IIci's and the like), fix them up, and donate them to the local elementary schools. However, in doing so, we would have to deal with a lot of computers that really were broken. Especially old CRTs cost a LOT to dispose of. It really was a huge disincentive try and save old computers, as each one you dealt with was a monetary liability.
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Then you'd appear to be running a server since P2P by definition uploads, which is also a breach of contract on your end. "the operation of servers... is prohibited" (Prohibited and Permissible Uses, http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/legal/plan-terms.jsp).
Well time to add AT&T internet to the list of do not use. I really feel for those who have no choice but to use AT&T internet. There are many valid legal reason to use P2P. Getting Linux ISOs, getting that engineering software, etc. Not all uses of P2P are for music and movies.
Yes, but why would you do that over a 3G cell phone connection? Even your legal activities will tie up the cell phone data network, and that's the problem. Do that over a real network connection like DSL (where I might mention that at&t has always delivered the advertised speeds for us).
Actually, you can't use the iPhone in manual mode. To use gtkpod with the iPhone, you have to use sshfs on a jailbroken device because of this omission.
That's for the iPhone 3G. The iPhone service plans are cheaper, which is why I would keep my original iPhone even if someone offered me a free 3G.
"wait, are you telling me that I can't even go to the full html version of gmail and send an attachment? What kind of browser is this?!?"
"oh, let me just add your birthday to my google calendar...OH NOEZ WE CANT EVEN ACCESS GOOGLE CALENDAR!!!"
I hate web applications. One of the main reasons I got the iPhone is the native mail client and calendar application work great. Why would I want to send an attachment from my phone anyways? That's never come up for me. Though since you say...
Are you trying to argue that most people have no interest in emailing/storing/transferring/viewing/editing files, be they pdf/doc/xls/mp3/txt/etc?
...my only counter is that's the kind of stuff I use a computer for, not a phone. And I almost never want to email even one jpg.
"hey, this dictionary/autocorrect is amazing! Wait, how do add to it? Oops, how do I correct it? Fine, ok, so how do I turn it off? What do you mean there's no way to turn it off?!?"
The iPhone has never tried to auto correct something after I deleted the incorrect word. Mildly inconvenient to type something twice? Maybe. But you can always get it to type exactly what you want, and I find the corrections are way more often than not correct. I find it to be a very good system for entering text on a device of this size, and find it faster than the handwriting recognition of my old Palm.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ALL MY IPOD CHARGERS DON'T WORK WITH THE IPHONE?!"
All of mine do. I use my alarm clock, which was purchased around the time the first iPod Mini came out, to charge my phone. The iPhone even asks me if I would like to put it in airplane mode when I dock it because the clock wasn't shielded for the iPhone. Pretty thorough of Apple if you ask me.
"WHAT, NO INSURANCE FOR THIS FANCY PHONE? WHAT, IS THAT LIKE THE ONLY PHONE ON THE MARKET WITH NO INSURANCE AVAILABLE?"
I, like most other geeks I would presume, hate extended warranties / extra insurance anyways. Not an issue for me at least.
"AAARRRRGGGHHHH ALL I WANT TO DO IS HANG UP ON THIS CALL! THE SCREEN IS DARK, NONE OF THE TOO FEW BUTTONS DO ANYTHING AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS HANG UP ON THIS ONE GODDAMN PHONE CALL!!!"
That hypothetical phone must be broken. I've never had a problem hanging up.
"Such sleek design! OOOO, a camera! Damn, I pushed the wrong button again! Argh, there's only one button, and I CAN"T USE THAT FOR THE CAMERA!?!"
Okay, that does bug me. Taking a picture can be annoying, and the iPhone is admittedly a pretty crappy camera. It still takes way better pictures than my old LG though.
Overall, I'm certainly not pissed. And believe me, I've tried to do things. There are some things that annoy me, such as the lack of iChat and the inability of App Store applications to run in the background. However, I knew this was the case (for the lack of iChat; the app store was long from announced) when I chose to get my phone. And after scrolling down and seeing your response to Free the Cowards,
Nobody says they like their music locked down.
I certainly don't, and mine isn't. No one is forcing you to buy the non iTunes Plus files from the iTunes Store.
Nobody says they don't want the option to send more than one pic at a time.
I can't say that I want that option, since it would clutter the interface for a feature I would never use. As I am somebody, that disproves that claim.
Nobody will tell you that they will hate having the option to use the iphone as a way to store and transfer their own files, like a flash drive.
I guess I wouldn't hate having the option, but I fin
So... how exactly do you find something that isn't already there?
What makes you think that Windows Embedded isn't an embedded, thoroughly tested solution?
Except the printer manufacturers got smart to this, and now only give you a 1/4th full cartridge with a new printer. The last cheap printer we got didn't have a black cartridge at all, but used all the colors to make black. Arrgh.
Safari on Windows should render the same as Safari on OS X.
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Using the microwave as a hammer should also work. Or a hammer, for that matter.
Well, no. With one bit per pixel, you could dither, but dithering isn't greyscale. But you can still have beautiful art - look at the an example of the art made on the original Macintosh.
Useless reply because I slipped and messed up my moderation. Not overrated! Funny! Darn you pulldown menu!
Don't put another Soviet RBMK reactor anywhere on the planet. I'd gladly have a modern reactor installed in my metaphorical backyard. The best analogy I can think of is the RBMK reactor designs were test tubes full of nitroglycerin ready to go off, while modern reactors have the danger of exploding of a medical nitroglycerin patch - aka none. Chernobyl was a horrible disaster, but the reactor design is absolutely not comparable to modern reactors, or even other designs of its time. It was simply conceived, designed, built, and operated wrong.
Oh, and Chernobyl was still a functioning power plant until 2000. That's scary. But well designed plants? Not in the slightest. Can we please recognize the difference 20 years after the disaster and move on?
The free (as in beer) version of VirtualBox can access USB devices. There's also a GPL'ed version, but it's missing that feature, among a few others.
But where did that universe get its energy from?
WebKit. Not Apple-originated, as it was based on KHTML, but I'd say it's a pretty darn good example of Apple giving something useful back to the open source community.
Did you actually look at that link? Darwin Streaming Server and CalendarServer are Apple written server applications that can be run on other operating systems, not the other way around. I've personally run Darwin Streaming Server, the open sourced version of QuickTime Streaming Server, on a Debian box.
And, of course, driving isn't a right either. Better start walking.
Sure you can. You just have to be under 18. How that could be proven without ID I don't know, but it's the rules. (I'm under 18 but I just show my driver's license when I fly for convenience's sake.)
For anyone who can't get to the RSS feed because of the flash:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/DilbertDailyStrip?format=xml
I used to get the Daily Dilbert via email. This is way better... just the comic without any advertisements or surrounding bloat. Exactly what I wanted! More than makes up for the site I will never have to see, and even includes Sunday strips unlike the old emails.
Theoretically that would work, but my oh my that would be complicated.
One real world example of essentially the same thing: FIRST Robotics wants to make sure that everyone has access to the game manual at the same time at the start of the build season without creating a massive load on their servers, and to make it available for those who don't have internet access where they watch the kickoff. They begin distributing an encrypted version of the manual a week in advance, then release the decryption key during the kickoff video.
It works fairly well, but this is a very special case where not releasing early is the primary concern. A cool idea, but I don't see it working (or helping) for updates, especially for small updates that may not be much larger than the key to begin with. It may be more effective for large updates (iPhone firmware updates, for example) where the download size can be prohibitive.
Actually, this year, the department of computer science was removed from my high school and AP Computer Science was moved under the department of mathematics. Which really brought about no changes other than our computer science teacher is no longer his own department head.
And the loss of computer science AB will be a huge loss, as I learned a lot in that class. As someone else already said was possible, I did learn most of A from Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, but B was a lot of stuff I otherwise wouldn't know (or know well). I plan on majoring in computer engineering partially due to my great experience in that class (I also love hardware, hence the plan to take a major between CS and EE). And the Marine Bio Case Study wasn't all that bad; we had some fun projects such as adding sharks in our class. Though that has been replaced with GridWorld since I took the class two years ago.
We've had a rather large CompSci class for way longer than I've been at high school. Of course, it will never be as big as AP US History, but no one would expect it to be. Way more useful, though. Interestingly enough, I also know quite a few people in AP Latin Literature, another course being cut. Our AP French class, however, is only 3 students total. But if our school will keep a class for 3 people, I don't see why the college board can't keep a test for thousands.
That's not coincidental; they happen to know quite a bit about RF fields.
Agreed. Although I'm generally libertarian in thinking, this is one example of an added up front fee that I would support for exactly the reason you specified. My dad used to get a whole bunch of old macs (IIci's and the like), fix them up, and donate them to the local elementary schools. However, in doing so, we would have to deal with a lot of computers that really were broken. Especially old CRTs cost a LOT to dispose of. It really was a huge disincentive try and save old computers, as each one you dealt with was a monetary liability.