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Comment I thought this was about Android Market at first (Score 2, Informative) 485

by doojsdad (#30161358) Attached to: Respected Developers Begin Fleeing the App Store
As a part time Android developer I'm debating jumping ship too. This article sums it up nicely: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/android-fragmentation/ Between dealing with the SDK idiocy of Google, complaint emails from users of 10 different phones all running a different version of Android, and the shitty design of Market itself, the last sentence echoes my thoughts: “I will have to decide then how much return I am getting and if it is worth it.” There has got to be some kind of happy medium between the anarchy of Market and the totalitarianism of App Store.

Comment Re:Paperwork infraction (Score 1) 658

by doojsdad (#29964280) Attached to: Feds Bust Cable Modem Hacker

Common misquote of the great Thomas Jefferson. http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Government_big_enough_to_supply_you Please, see that link and cease to attribute that statement with him.

"We have never found such a statement in Jefferson's writings. As far as we know, this statement actually originates with Gerald R. Ford"

Submission + - Android Dev Challenge 2 Judging Begins (blogspot.com)

Submitted by
doojsdad
doojsdad writes: "From Eric Chu, Android Mobile Platform: "User voting determines which apps will make it to the second round. Voting will occur through an application called Android Developer Challenge 2, which is now available for download from Android Market. Android Developer Challenge 2 presents apps for each user to download and score according to a set of criteria, such as originality and effective use of the Android platform, among others. The first round of judging will last at least two weeks from today. Judging will continue until we receive a sufficient number of votes to identify the top 20 applications in each of the 10 categories (200 apps total) that qualify for the second round."

Look for the "Android Developer Challenge 2" app and let's start the judging!"
Communications

Submission + - Verizon will get Android phones within six months (pcmag.com)

Submitted by doojsdad
doojsdad writes: From the article: Verizon Wireless will get the Palm Pre "and a cousin," the BlackBerry Storm 2, the BlackBerry Tour, and Google Android phones over the next six months, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said Thursday at the Barclays Capital Worldwide Wireless and Wireline conference. As for Android, "we've had some very good dialogs with Google, we like what we see and we will in fact be bringing Android devices to the marketplace in the near future."

All I need now is FIOS to be available in my area.

http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a%253D240764,00.asp
United States

Submission + - Physicists say nuke shield can counter Russia (washingtonpost.com)

Submitted by doojsdad
doojsdad writes: The AP reports that, contrary to what the Missile Defense Agency and U.S. officials have been saying, some top physicists claim that the proposed missile defense shield in Eastern Europe could in fact take down Russian missiles. The U.S. has said that it is meant to protect against missiles from the direction of Iran and that Russian missiles would be too close for the shield to have any effect, but after analyzing the available science the physicists claim that the defense missiles could catch up to and destroy Russian missiles.

'The claim by the Missile Defense Agency is not correct,' says Theodore Postol, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a longtime missile defense critic. 'And it is hard to understand how they could get something so basic wrong.'
Math

Submission + - Do you know how to use a slide rule? (engcom.net) 5

Submitted by
high_rolla
high_rolla writes: "How many of you know what a slide rule it? Better yet, how many of you have actually used one? The slide rule was a simple yet powerful and important tool for engineers and scientists before the days of calculators. In fact, several people I know still prefer to use them. In the interest of preserving this icon we have created a virtual slide rule for you to play with."
Education

Submission + - Taxpayer funded creationism

Submitted by J ROC
J ROC writes: According to this news story Senator David Vitter has earmarked $100,000 of federal money to the Louisiana Family Forum "to develop a plan to promote better science education" (text of the appropriations bill is here. Scroll to page 238). The Louisiana Family Forum has a history of promoting creationism in public schools, as some bloggers have noted.
Microsoft

Submission + - DRM Drives ex-Microsoft Employee to Linux (news.com)

Submitted by
mytrip
mytrip writes: "A security expert who once worked for Microsoft has said he may dump the company's Windows Media Center in favor of Ubuntu-affiliated LinuxMCE after struggling with the software giant's digital-rights management software.

Johansson said that DRM software is not only ineffective, but a waste of money that is damaging businesses attempting to use it to control the way consumers use copyright material.

"How many billions has the industry spent on DRM schemes that the bad guys break in weeks? How many perfectly legitimate users has the industry annoyed and driven away? How many lost DVD sales has it caused? How many lost sales of Microsoft's Media Center software and Windows Vista has it caused because the DRM subsystem randomly decides that you must be a criminal?" Johansson wrote."
Portables

Submission + - ASUS's Eee PC expected this October (theinquirer.net)

Submitted by
doojsdad
doojsdad writes: "ASUSTeK's Eee PC is the laptop we heard about previously that is set to compete with OLPC. According to the Inquirer, Sources from a recent Intel Developer Forum have released new information regarding this laptop. Including some specifications and prices. The Eee PC is now expected to be available in October."

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