metageek

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   by metageek 16y ago

   Upvoted, but one nit: > Publishing leaked classified information, however, is protected by the 3rd Amendment. First. The Third is "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in
2. 482.▲
   by metageek 16y ago

   Run away. If they'll screw Adobe, they'll screw you.
3. 483.▲
   by metageek 16y ago

   Interesting, but specific to San Francisco.
4. 484.▲
   by metageek 16y ago

   > At the end, improving the quality of comments doesn't depend on the caps lock key. It was a joke.
5. 485.▲
   by metageek 16y ago

   Yeah, they'd be better off having the base station transparently forward the HTTP requests (not the same as a proxy; a browser has to know it's talking to a proxy).
6. 486.▲
   by metageek 16y ago

   Oh, absolutely. That was their beef with Netscape, way back when: Netscape was a platform for delivering apps independent of the OS. NS was very explicit about it, talking about "crossware", applications written in HTML+JS+Java that would
7. 487.▲
   by metageek 16y ago

   Oh, right, I did read that.
8. 488.▲
   by metageek 16y ago

   "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to lose your Facebook account."
9. 489.▲
   by metageek 16y ago

   > There are plenty more Vitaly Borkers out there waiting Are there really that many businesses threatening their customers' lives? I've never heard of it before this guy.
10. 490.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    Uh...yes, you're right, this is the 1986 edition. Oh, well. Saving $30 on a language I'm not likely to use is probably a Good Thing.
11. 491.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    Thanks; I just bought The Art of Prolog used at Amazon ($13 with shipping).
12. 492.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    AT&T 3G is on 850 and 1900. So the GP would be able to use EDGE, but not 3G. It's a little odd that a phone which clearly has the antennas to run on 850 and 1900 can't use them for 3G. (Yes, I know it's common. It's still odd.)
13. 493.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    Same with my last few Nokia phones.
14. 494.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    I doubt it, given that you can get FM radios under $10.
15. 495.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    I taught myself to do that when I was about 13, and playing second flute. Lots of really long rests, and I kept getting distracted and losing count. One hand wasn't enough, though (some of these rests were over 100 measures), so I practi
16. 496.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    Although it also doesn't cover the entire system. The commuter rail trains go out where they can't rely on wireless coverage (in fact, there's at least one stretch on my line where we can rely on not getting coverage), so they can't inst
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    by metageek 16y ago

    For those who don't know the algorithm, here's a bunch of links about it in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_wrap#Knuth.27s_algorithm
18. 498.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    > Featured Friends > You can now highlight the friends who are important to you, such as your family, best friends or teammates. Cue increased drama in 3...2...1...
19. 499.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    Won't somebody think of the chandlers!
20. 500.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    At a minimum, Android needs to organize the base OS with a package system, so they can ship incremental updates which the OEMs can test quickly.
21. 501.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    > I think the same goes for T-Mobile. Carriers get a cut of the Android Market revenue (10% of the sale), so they do have some interest in seeing you upgrade your phone. However, they also insist on exhaustively testing everything tha
22. 502.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    Using "they" for an ambiguous singular pronoun is perfectly good English. It was deprecated by Victorian grammarians who wanted English to be like Latin (the same people who ordered us not to boldly split infinitives).
23. 503.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    That would be nice—and, yes, I can certainly do the network programming involved. The app is even built with an MVCish architecture that would let me just drop in the network player.
24. 504.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    That'd make sense, but "nanocomputer" already has a meaning: a nanotech computing device.
25. 505.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    > have an app on the phone that plays a series of tones on the speaker, which the lock receives and uses as an audio key The series would have to be time-dependent, or you'd be vulnerable to replay attacks. Or maybe the lock plays a c
26. 506.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    There's really nothing I can take out and still be Fanorona. (Well, maybe Undo, but that'd be insanely frustrating.) Maybe an ad-supported version.
27. 507.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    > When it is time to improve and upgrade, people usually use the original gadget cost to determine if the additional cost is reasonable. This seems to be his entire argument: Chrome is free, so Chrome extensions are worthless. Pretty
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    by metageek 16y ago

    Engadget attacks the study: http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/02/55-people-think-the-ipad-...
29. 509.▲
    by metageek 16y ago

    I launched my first Android app, Fanorona, a traditional board game from Madagascar. So far I've made four sales. At 99¢ each, minus Google's 30%, I've made $2.78. But it was fun. (I also listed it with Archos's AppsLib, but I don't exp
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    by metageek 16y ago

    > "We note that the Galaxy Tab is not available in a Wi-Fi only model, which would compare to the Wi-Fi only iPad at $499," It might be soon, though, and at $499: http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/23/wifi-only-galaxy-tab-hits...