valerio - Slashdot User

Comment Re:whiter than whitespace (Score 0) 175

by valerio on Friday April 22, 2022 @04:20AM (#62467948) Attached to: Some Chip-Starved Manufacturers Are Scavenging Silicon From Washing Machines

I wish it was a bit easier to root these smart TVs with their dumb ass telemetry and ads. Linus should have switched over to GPLv3 when he had the chance.

What part of GPLv2 is preventing you for asking for the code? If they are shipping a product with Linux (and/or GNU userspace) they are obligated to share the code with you for these parts. The whatever proprietary UI they are using is still their own.

Comment Re:As a family with 2 chevy bolts... (Score 0) 200

by valerio on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @05:20AM (#61953483) Attached to: Why Hyundai Is the One To Watch In the Race For EVs

You can drink the coffee on the road, Only americans do that.

Other people drink coffee in the car as well. Not just americans.

For her stupidity the company even got sued. And actually lost the case. 400 million Europeans laughed about stupid America.

The McDonalds Coffee incident is not as it has been presented. I would suggest watching the "Adam ruins everything" episode that was dedicated to it. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Comment Re:Great? (Score 0) 53

by valerio on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @02:52AM (#61774431) Attached to: Ford Hires Away Executive Leading Apple's Car Project

Still your comparison may not be correct as the 2021 Impala may not fall under the same category as the 1977 Impala. For example you can't compare the 1970's Mini or the 1970's VW Beatle with the more recent ones as they are obviously targeted on different market segments.

Comment Re:Sums it up (Score 0) 174

by valerio on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @05:24AM (#55468087) Attached to: Microsoft Engineer Installs Google Chrome During Presentation After Edge Freezes

Or, if you are on OSX, the purpose of Safari is to install Chrome or Firefox.

Nope, i've been happily using Safari since they had a Windows version of it (on Windows obviously at the time, now on a Mac). I do have Firefox installed for the odd time that something will break on Safari but that is not that often.

Comment Re: Assumes it ever lived (Score 0) 456

by valerio on Friday January 29, 2016 @12:55PM (#51396705) Attached to: Microsoft's Windows Phone Platform Is Dead

It is exactly the same for me. I live in the Apple ecosystem (iPhone, iPad, Mac) however I really liked the fact that Microsoft was thinking out of the box with Windows Phone. If I was looking to switch I would definitely be considering Windows Phone as an alternative.

Comment How about... (Score 0) 345

by valerio on Saturday May 03, 2014 @03:35AM (#46906421) Attached to: Why Microsoft Shouldn't Patch the XP Internet Explorer Flaw

...Windows 7 Pro with XP Mode? You get to run your App virtualised and a more modern, supported O/S

Comment I for one welcome... (Score 0) 165

by valerio on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @04:32AM (#45826891) Attached to: What Would French Fries Taste Like If You Made Them On Jupiter?

...our centrifugal frying overlords! CentriFRY 3000

Comment Probably Apple (Score 1) 59

by valerio on Saturday November 23, 2013 @03:21PM (#45502331) Attached to: Intel Opens Doors To Rivals, Maybe

Will be among their first clients...

Comment FSF Certifies First Device... (Score -1) 79

by valerio on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @01:19PM (#41609555) Attached to: FSF Certifies First Device in "Respects Your Freedom" Program

...in "Respects Your Freedom" Program...

Not for sale to the Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Syria, or North Korea.

They nailed it... #not!

Comment Disruptive... (Score 1) 272

by valerio on Thursday October 27, 2011 @05:40AM (#37853440) Attached to: US Funds Aggressive Tech To Cut Solar Power Costs

Is it me or is the word "disruptive" the new buzz word? How can a solar power technology have the word disruptive in it in a good sense anyway?

Comment They can use their skills in Linux... (Score -1) 580

by valerio on Thursday June 09, 2011 @01:43AM (#36384200) Attached to: Silverlight Developers Rally Against Windows 8

...Moonlight and Mono, their open source right? :p

Comment Re:Either/Or (Score 0) 207

by valerio on Friday March 25, 2011 @11:37AM (#35612038) Attached to: Motorola May Ditch Android, Revive ARM Partnership

Which is clearly to be expected as Apple only releases a new iPhone model about every 2 years whereas there are literally a dozen or more new Android phones EVERY YEAR.

Well actually Apple has an annual release schedule for the Phone.

Comment As they say... (Score 0) 421

by valerio on Thursday February 10, 2011 @07:21AM (#35160454) Attached to: Fox News Brings Video Game Violence Debate To a New Low

...never let the facts get in the way of a good story...

Comment Re:1984 (Score 0) 641

by valerio on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @04:25AM (#34557956) Attached to: Amazon Taking Down Erotica, Removing From Kindles

Didn't Amazon say that they would no longer remove books remotely?

They did, but then they removed their promise... remotely...

iPhone OS 4.0 Brings Multitasking, Ad Framework For Apps 983

Posted by timothy on Thursday April 08, 2010 @05:47PM from the define-myself-as-outside-the-fence dept.

Low Ranked Craig writes "Apple had an event today to show off the next major update to the iPhone OS. iPhone OS 4.0 should arrive this summer (presumably with a new iPhone) for iPhone and iPod Touch, and in the fall for the iPad. According to Apple the update has more than 1,500 new APIs and 100 new features including the sorely missed multitasking. Other highlights include unified inbox, improved security, support for multiple Exchange accounts, application folders, iBooks, and iAd, an advertising framework for developers to put ads in their applications. The official word from Steve on Flash and Java remains a simple 'No.'" Updated 20100408 22:09 GMT by timothy: Read on for more information, including some bad news if you want to program for the iPhone in C# or Flash CS5.

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