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Comment: GIS improvements already are in MariaDB (Score 4, Interesting) 316

by Lordrashmi (#38720572) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Open Source vs Proprietary GIS Solution?
Disclaimer: I work for Monty Program Ab, the primary developers behind MariaDB.

MariaDB 5.3.3 (currently in RC status) has improved GIS functionality versus MySQL. While sponsoring new features could improve it even further what we are releasing right now might be enough for you. Please give it a try, and talk to us about how we could make it fit your needs better.

Comment: Re:which patents? (Score 1) 331

by Lordrashmi (#37617786) Attached to: Samsung Seeking Ban of iPhone 4S in Europe

Siri's entirely on the phone on the other hand.

Sorry, you are mistaken: http://macintude.net/2011/10/04/apple-unveils-beta-voice-control-service-siri/

Speech recognition will work in English (UK, US and Australian), French and German in it’s beta release. A data connection is also required to work.

(about halfway through the article). That being said, Siri looks more advanced then the default voice recognition built into android, though some similar 3rd party apps exist for android.

Comment: Re:Officially they never enabled it anyway (Score 1) 207

by Lordrashmi (#36588604) Attached to: Apple Has Stopped iOS Downgrading

In 3.1 on my xoom they do a good job. On the desktop, when you long hold you can drag to a trash can that says "remove" and that simply removes it from the desktop. On the app list, long holding makes "Uninstall" button appear that you can drag too.

If I recall correctly, the next android phone version is supposed to bring a lot of improvements from the tablet version.

Bin Laden reported Dead->

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An anonymous reader writes "Various news outlets are reporting that Osama Bin Laden was killed by a "U.S. asset" in a mansion outside of Pakistan and that the United States is in possession of the body.

Let the speculation begin!"

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US Embassy Categorizes Beijing Air Quality As 'Crazy Bad' 270

Posted by samzenpus
from the it-totally-sucks dept.
digitaldc writes "Pollution in Beijing was so bad Friday the US embassy, which has been independently monitoring air quality, ran out of conventional adjectives to describe it, at one point saying it was 'crazy bad.' The embassy later deleted the phrase, saying it was an 'incorrect' description and it would revise the language to use when the air quality index goes above 500, its highest point and a level considered hazardous for all people by US standards. The hazardous haze has forced schools to stop outdoor exercises, and health experts asked residents, especially those with respiratory problems, the elderly and children, to stay indoors."
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Google URL Shortener Opened To the Public 244

Posted by CmdrTaco
from the we-can-do-that-too dept.
Anonymusing writes "Just what the world needs, another URL shortener, right? Google seems to think so, and it's making its own widely available to anyone — complete with tracking and statistics — for free. As noted on its blog: 'There are many shorteners out there with great features, so some people may wonder whether the world really needs yet another. As we said late last year, we built goo.gl with a focus on quality. With goo.gl, every time you shorten a URL, you know it will work, it will work fast, and it will keep working. You also know that when you click a goo.gl shortened URL, you're protected against malware, phishing and spam using the same industry-leading technology we use in search and other products.' Is bit.ly shaking in its boots?"

Comment: Still supports PHP 4.3 (Score 1) 75

by Lordrashmi (#32514070) Attached to: CodeIgniter 1.7 Professional Development

I am sorry, but the framework still supports PHP version 4.3.2. Support for PHP 4 was ended at the end of 2007. Any framework that doesn't take advantage of the nice new features in PHP 5 bound to be full of kludges and outdated code.

That is just my reaction based on when I was comparing PHP frameworks, I didn't dig into their code so maybe I am wrong.

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