Forgot your password?

typodupeerror

Comment: My kids call me (Score 5, Interesting) 255

by X10 (#43591131) Attached to: How often do friends/family call you for tech support?

Does it happen very often that kids in their twenties call their mom for tech support on their computer? Mine do, like once a year. I help them, and I help my 85 year old dad, who calls me every two weeks about his computer. Other relatives and friends are on their own, unless they pay my usual hourly rate.

Comment: Android has no shell (Score 1, Interesting) 319

by X10 (#43572833) Attached to: $200 Intel Android Laptops Are Coming

I am an Android app developer. But I won't buy a laptop with Android.
In linux, and even on Windows, you can open a shell and have access to the OS of your computer. Android doesn't have such a thing. Which means, you can use your Android laptop only in the way the vendor intended you to. You have access to settings only through the UI, which is, to the settings that the vendor allows you to change. I would buy an Android laptop only if I can get a shell with it that gives me access to the full OS.

Comment: Re:GPS give time (Score 1) 279

by X10 (#41893381) Attached to: New Technology May Cut Risk of Giving Syrian Rebels Stinger Missiles

If you give them an 'expiry date' then they can't be used for future incidents. Couple that with geographical lock and it should be fairly safe.

If the missile is programmed like "only works for that particular location", why not use it on that location right away? That way, you're sure the rebels won't use the missile in a way you don't approve. And it saves the rebels the trouble of learning how to fire the missile.

Suddenly, Professor Liebowitz realizes he has come to the seminar without his duck ...

Working...