Comment Re:Pleb? Who cares? (Score 2) 242
Ugh, am I the only one who thinks the "elites" should have to prove themselves in hand-to-hand combat with whoever they are trying to enforce their bullshit on?
yes
Comment Re:Mesa Same As Me (Score 2) 79
just to clarify, because it's obscure pop culture, it's. not from xkcd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma-Shave
Comment Re:The every other version problem (Score 1) 671
so was Windows XP, a very minor tweak on Windows 2000
also you're missing NT 3.5, NT 3.51 and NT 4.0
Comment Re:How to kill a nonexistant marketshare.... (Score 1) 414
clever reply... to bad I don't have mod points..
Comment Re:It's from Microsoft and this is Slashdot... (Score 1) 1027
I cannot verify the link on my iPad, but there was this onlin wp7 demo site http://wmpoweruser.com/try-windows-phone-features-from-other-smartphone-browsers/
Comment companies outsourcing (Score 1) 402
Companies like Autodesk have a large office in Shanghai and are hiring. Check www.autodesk.com/jobs
Submission + - Ask Slashdot- Secure Android phone? 3
An anonymous reader writes: I'm in charge of getting some phones for my company to give to our mobile reps. Security is a major consideration for us so I'm looking for the most secure off the shelf solution for this. I'd like to encrypt all data on the phone and use encryption for txt and phone calls. There are a number of apps in the android market that claim to do this but how can I trust them? For example, I tested one but it requires a lot of permissions such as internet access, how do I know it is not actually some kind of backdoor? I know that Boeing is producing a secure phone which is no doubt good but probably too expensive for us. I was thinking of maybe installing Cyanogenmod onto something, using a permissions management app to try and lock down some backdoors and searching out a trustworthy text and phone encryption app. Any good ideas out there? I know that Boeing is producing a secure phone which is no doubt good but probably too expensive for us. I was thinking of maybe installing Cyanogenmod onto something, using a permissions management app to try and lock down some backdoors and searching out a trustworthy text and phone encryption app. Any good ideas out there?
Comment Re:Wait, what now? (Score 1) 462
no, the windows sdk is free to download for anyone, and in fact you have to install the msdn doc from the web after you install visual studio
Comment Re:Wait, what now? (Score 1) 462
mmm i don't have the latest osx, but I don't think gcc and xcode is installed by default, you have to download it -- or get it from the app store now
Comment Re:And dont you DARE close your eyes or not listen (Score 1) 578
completely off topic because Fox is no getting any money from your cable provider that could pay for the programming, and this complaint is about a feature that turns the screen black and k
skips thecommercials, the user doesn't even have the opportunity to see if he would like to not watch the commercial. it's a systemic way to block out the ads, not an individual walking out of the room during a single break
Comment Re:The insane insistence on "Windows" (Score 1) 305
but they did rework the whole win32 stack, and apps won't simply work on Arm by recompiling. only metro apps will be accepted in the AppStore, afaik, and that's the only way to install apps on arm
Comment Re:It already exists .......... (Score 1) 180
wow my machine doesn't even have the shockwave player installed - that's how old that game is.
Comment Re:$899 Nokia Windows Phone? (Score 1) 607
he's trying to say that phones are globally overpriced, and not onto in Apple world
However, I think what's missing here is to factor in the complexity of these devices. they are computers, and are not really comparatively overpriced. But it seems the bozo who wrote that summary thinks that if a carrier can sell the iphone at 99$, then that is the price of the phone. Forgetting all how the the subsidies work
Comment Re:It already is (Score 1) 607
probably because at 399$ the iPad is slow at cost or below cost to education.
for most product you have no idea what the cost price is, there is nothing unusual about the iPhone.
Ho, and yes, a smaller device with a cell phone radio could be more expensive to product, that's also reasonable.
Comment Re:It's a Shame (Score 1) 154
it's a bit dickish of microsoft to kill the store, but I think it was even more dickish to turn off the MyPhone backup service (it was like iCloud)
basically, they gave cool things to Windows Mobile and took them away. They should have not bothered at all. Poor management, like the Kin.
