Very acute.
Some might even argue that every sharp acceleration while in an alarm state could be classified as a whack. Since the operator is in the state of directly moving the device he is aware of the alarm.
Also you can go the data crunch way and just train a device to recognize your whacks with a support vector network.
What? You mean Software Patents actually slow down technological progress and induce price inflation due to licensing overhead?
No news here folks, keep moving....
It's laughable. Not to mention that there is prior art. Humanity has been whack silencing things since we had opposable thumbs!
That depends. Do you want the device to do anything interactive?
No, Chrome is a behemoth. In my recent experience Basic Firefox is more responsive and more efficient across all hw configs you can do.
Hmm... Interesting. I don't get this experience on arch.
OMG!!!! ACs are getting all over my posts pulling fantasies out of their behinds! The end of the world must be here!
We need an OS which does not inject two additional abstraction layers between a webpage/app and the hardware. So yes Android sucks now and it will keep sucking in the near future.
I don't get it. You are implying that Firefox is bloated? Firefox is the leanest browser there is atm.
My guess is that IE8 users will just get a huge chrome browser ad when their support gets cut of.
IMHO chrome has become too much of a behemoth. I'd migrate them to Firefox. A fresh OS with chrome on a 7 year old laptop grinds to a halt on the first page. The same setup is perfectly usable with an up to date Firefox
Most of the videos uploaded to youtube now come from phones or tablets
Phones yes, tablets not so much.
Also, that is most as in number of submissions. The most stuff as in the stuff you watch by the millions and accounts for the 90% of video views is still shot on DSLRs and Pro Cinematography gear.
Also, nobody does real work on smartphones and tablets atm.
TBH I do not think that your average Linux distro, except maybe Ubuntu, entertains the concept of making a "bold release" and in one move lure millions of new users to their platform.
It's people like the guy you replied to that actually do the biggest disservice to projects like the Linux desktop.
Adaptability is key to progress. Every single electronic device I have had came with a minutely or largely different interface. What? Did I throw my hands up in the air and cry foul just because my new dishwasher got a rotating knob (or touchscreen) as well as the buttons it already had? No. Every `new` device you get (and here new reads as progress, not just a next season's sequel) will have different conventions/experience than the device(s) it replaces.
Stop excusing people for being learn-shy and tell them to finally man up (or that relevant girl thing) and learn to adapt to progress!
An authority is a person who can tell you more about something than you really care to know.
