Comment Re:I use my iPhone very judiciously (Score 1) 254
Key word there is "Heavy". A 4500mah battery ALONE is almost as large as a 7" tablet.
I guess those old brick phones are back in vogue huh?
Comment KISS (Score 1) 499
The BEST solutions are usually the simplest!
Stone tablet and chisel... Bam! Good for a few thousand years depending on erosion conditions.
Comment Re: So you have a kernel? (Score 1) 226
Copy and pasta!!!
Actually, I'll save people wanting to kill me, see my above post to the first AC
Comment Re:You need 15? (Score 1) 226
Heh, actually I have a variety of platforms including a few embedded devices, SO the additional tools I use, including the shell, compilers and utilities varies from server to server depending on their job or task. The only thing that immediately springs to mind as really being universal across all of my devices is the kernel itself!
Though there may be one or two other utilities or programs that might be common to all of them.... I'm not about to put forth the exertion to check
Comment You need 15? (Score 0) 226
As an admin of a small cluster, I can name one, and ONLY one, open source tool that I use in ALL my servers.
Linux.
Comment No Problem! (Score 1) 534
So long as they let me fight on their side, it's all good!
Comment Yeah, they can be pretty tough... (Score 1) 233
Mine was run over and smashed to a pulp by a GMC Sierra 1500 and it still (kinda) worked. When I plugged it in it was recognized as an iPhone in recovery mode!
Comment Re:Windows 8 (Score 1) 385
Thank you! You saved me from the reply
Comment Re:Windows 8 (Score 1) 385
You'll want it for an ARM-based tablet.
No. No I won't.
Not when other OS's that were designed to be tablet OS's are available in lieu of MS's rushed bastard child that's going to attempt to be relevant in a market that has shown again and again a full desktop OS has no place in.
Comment Prepared? (Score 1) 562
I'm not "prepared" for a disaster in the truest sense of the word. "Prepared" alludes to the fact that some conscious and extra effort has been taken in order to have something to "fall back" on when you are hit with the unexpected.
I think the better word for me is simply "ready".
I grew up in a rural area and was often out in the woods or field without proper tools or away from modern conveniences so I began to develop what I later learned is called an "Every Day Carry" and just made having a wide and flexible variety of tools and supplies constantly ready and always available.
Right now on my person I have an iPhone 4, a 3" lockback pocket knife, small bags, a spare key in my wallet, my wallet, chapstick (shut up lol!), 50 feet of paracord, and a very compact belt sheath holding a leatherman, a 16gb usb flashdrive, a 700 lumen LED flashlight with spare battery and a small waterproof bison tube with needle, thread and firesteel...
I cannot be found without these items so long as I'm clothed. While my car and home is better equipped, if I was suddenly thrust into the middle of nowhere or into a disaster situation, I'm already carrying 99% of what I need to make it indefinitely assuming ANY resources are available (ie-game, trees, water) using what I'm already carrying and survival skills that were learned growing up.
Everything else extra is just frosting on the cake of survival.
Comment Internal edits... (Score 1) 163
Seriously? At what point should we even bother taking the photograph? Why don't they just cut to the chase and have it draw in whatever the heck we want? I have nothing against retouching photo's, but you still have to work with an original... When the original is hacked to shreds in order to reflect who/whatever the software chooses at the source is there even a point to taking the photo?
Sorry, just my stick in the mud moment of the year. I'm all better now.
Submission + - Microsoft Bans Its Own License (computerworlduk.com)
c0lo writes: The rules for Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace appear to mean that even Microsoft's own MS-RL open source license is banned.
"Windows Phone Marketplace Application Provider Agreement defines in section 1l an "Excluded License":
"oeExcluded License" means any license requiring, as a condition of use, modification and/or distribution of the software subject to the license, that the software or other software combined and/or distributed with it be (i) disclosed or distributed in source code form; (ii) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works; or (iii) redistributable at no charge.
That includes, remarkably, Microsoft's own OSI-approved Microsoft Reciprocal License and possibly even the Microsoft Public License, according to one legal expert.
TFA also asserts that Nokia should worry about it. And, by-the-way, Intel's CEO is on the opinion that Nokia should have gone Android instead of MS... in the light of the above, I tend to agree.
Submission + - Scientists build the world's first anti-laser (bbc.co.uk) 1
beschra writes: Physicists have built the world's first device that can cancel out a laser beam — a so-called anti-laser.
The device, created by a team from Yale University, is capable of absorbing an incoming laser beam entirely.
But this is not intended as a defence against high-power laser weapons, the researchers said.
Instead they think it could be used in next-generation supercomputers which will be built with components that use light rather than electrons.
The device, created by a team from Yale University, is capable of absorbing an incoming laser beam entirely.
But this is not intended as a defence against high-power laser weapons, the researchers said.
Instead they think it could be used in next-generation supercomputers which will be built with components that use light rather than electrons.
Submission + - Nat'l Broadband Map Shows Your Fastest ISP Options (foxnews.com)
Velcroman1 writes: The first public, searchable nationwide map of broadband Internet availability has just gone live. Called the National Broadband Map, the website was released by the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration Thursday afternoon, revealing which providers supply the fastest Internet connectivity — and which communities are the most in need.
The NTIA also released the results of a new nationwide survey on broadband adoption. It paints a darker picture than one might expect: As much as 10% of the country lacks broadband Internet access — and stands at risk of being left behind as the 21st century economy becomes increasingly digital, officials said.
The NTIA also released the results of a new nationwide survey on broadband adoption. It paints a darker picture than one might expect: As much as 10% of the country lacks broadband Internet access — and stands at risk of being left behind as the 21st century economy becomes increasingly digital, officials said.
Submission + - Microsoft Bans Free Software from WP Marketplace 1
mvar writes: A ban on GPL3 and similarly compatible, copyleft licensed software has been found in the terms of use for Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace. The terms, noted in a posting on open source evangelist Jan Wildeboer's blog, were originally noticed in a discussion among Nokia developers who were evaluating the issues involved with Nokia's switch to WP7; both Nokia's Symbian and MeeGo platforms have been free and open source friendly. The ban, in section 5.e of the terms, forbids any software which is subject to an "Excluded Licence"; it defines that in section 1.l as any licence which requires, as a condition of distribution, that the source code for the application be made available, or allow the creation of derivative works or redistribution at no charge. It specifically names GPLv3 licences and includes the General Public Licnce (GPL) version 3, the GNU Affero GPL version 3, and the GNU Lesser GPL version 3 as examples of excluded licences.
