Comment: I would like faster flash memory (Score 1) 121
It would be nice if it were faster. I backed up and downloaded the pictures off my iPhone to my computer today. How long did it take? 3 hours.
Comment: Re:Lawyers rake it in (Score 1) 130
In this case they are giving a bumper case that resolves the issue. Seems fair.
Comment: Re:Where is your license mentioned? (Score 1) 240
by
CoolVC
(#38488546)
Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Best To Deal With a GPLv2 License Infringement?
It has been a while since I researched the GPL version 2, but this is my understanding on your requirements to distribute the source:
You either have to include the source with the binary, or give it to anyone who requests it. If you don't include the source then you have to give it to absolutely anyone who requests it. If you do include the source with the binary then you are under no further obligation.
Comment: Re:Prior art (Score 1) 434
You could always run apps while on a call with the iPhone. Multitasking brought the ability for apps to save their state, so they didn't start from scratch when you opened them.
Comment: Re:Citation please (Score 1) 938
Can I get this same training then so I can talk on my cell phone?
Comment: Re:Not for long (Score 1) 281
A jailbreak is still available. You just have to plug it into a computer and run an application. This specific jailbreak was popular because all it required was to visit a website.
Comment: Re:aaaand... (Score 1) 281
Reasons to jailbreak-
Custom SMS sounds (though I hear that is fixed in iOS 5)
Developing applications for your own device.
Comment: Re:Procrastination (Score 1, Insightful) 717
I'm not sure if I'd call needing to use NAT with private IPs for a little while during the transition "disastrous"
Electrowetting Promises Power-Sipping, Daylight Readable Color Displays 63
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by
timothy
from the micturation-punishment dept.
from the micturation-punishment dept.
Dutch researchers are working on a new application of an old technology that could mean bright color displays that draw much less power than conventional LCDs, according to the BBC. In this application, an instance of a technique known as electrowetting, droplets of colored oil in suspension are the basis for the display's colors; each pixel's color is determined by moving the colored oils with electrical current. A prototype reader from Dutch firm Liquivista is shown in the accompanying video; color magazines with 50-60hz refresh time using this display technology are at least a few years out, though. Significantly, these screens are daylight readable, which makes me wonder how they compare to Pixel-Qi style screens in power draw, brightness, and maximum density.
Comment: Re:Wow, (Score 1) 1079
Americans aren't doing shit about it and haven't had the balls to protest much of anything since the Viet Nam war.
They are stupid, frequently religious (essentially the same thing) fools who want to be entertained.
Americans are, except for a tiny few, as bad or worse than the stereotype. (None of this means foreigners are any better, BTW.)
Both Democrats and Republicans are at least as awful as they describe each other.
Too bad Flight 93 didn't slam into Congress, fuck 'em all.
The last two major organizations that fight for freedom are the NRA and the ACLU, though they only like specific, different bits of the Constitution and hate each other.