Tell them, "If you do it, so will I"
- Justin Korn
Need me to tutor you in C and kernel design? :P
- i80and
No, actually. I managed to cut a deal with him where 80% of the code can be the Linux kernel. Though I'm still not gonna do it, lol.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I've already downloaded the SDK. But there's a bit of a learning curve to overcome. If anyone has any suggestions on good Android programming resources (other than Google's site), please let me know. I wouldn't even mind killing a few trees for a book.
- Jason Huebel
I find http://www.androidsnippets.org useful for learn-by-example stuff. Also, the API demos that come with the SDK. The Google docs have improved quite a bit over the course of this year. They are definately a good starting point for the high level fundemental stuff.
- Andrew Perry
from Android
Oh, BTW, great review Jason. Almost makes me want to trade up my ADP-1 for a Droid, since it sounds like an excellent device. Will be interested to know what the average battery life is, and if it has suffered by giving this phone a much larger screen & faster CPU.
- Andrew Perry
from Android
Well, I charged yesterday morning, used the phone all day and didn't charge over night. I'm at >50% battery power. I've done a little power management, so YMMV. So that's about 28 hours without charging.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
More regarding battery life: the Droid recharges very slowly. Maybe that and the relatively long battery life indicates a larger battery? Anybody know?
- Jason Huebel
from IM
it might also explain the additional weight of the phone.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
BTW, I've been using the phone heavily this afternoon. Still at 20%.
- Jason Huebel
from Android
I have briefly plugged into my car charger while out running errands. But other than that, no long charging since yesterday morning.
- Jason Huebel
from Android
@Jason its a 1400 mAh battery. life of it seems to depend on what you are doing.
- Matt Ellsworth
Yeah, I'm realistic about how long the battery will last. If I'm playing MP3's and talking on the phone, I expect decent battery life. But if I'm watching videos, I don't expect more than a few hours, max.
- Jason Huebel
By these reports, it certainly doesn't sound any _worse_ the the HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1 battery life. Possibly a little better, which is quite impressive considering it's got more CPU grunt and a much bigger screen.
- Andrew Perry
The Droid's capacity is certainly bigger. The stock G1 battery is 1150 mAh. How the Droid uses the battery is another factor, though.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Jason, thanks for the review. I'm an IT admin trying to justify getting a Droid over a Blackberry to my boss. Can you see any points that would favor the Droid? We're a MS Exchange shop, so was wondering if you tested that. Any other comments would be appreciated. Direct msg me, if you like.
- Jericho
Well, Android has built in Exchange mail and Calendar support. Last I checked, Blackberries require a BB Enterprise server for full Exchange support. Also, Android is easier to develop for than Blackberry. Even at this early stage, Android has surpassed Blackberry from an apps standpoint.
- Jason Huebel
from Android
Jason: To quick charge your phone turn it off and it'll charge in about 30-45 mins depending on how dead it was. Works like a charm on my G1.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I have the car dock, among other things. So I pretty much have charging covered now.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
Ubuntu Privacy Remix is a modified Live-CD based on Ubuntu Linux. UPR is not intended for permanent installation on hard disk. The goal of Ubuntu Privacy Remix is to provide an isolated, working environment where private data can be dealt with safely. The system installed on the computer running UPR remains untouched. The risk of theft of such private data arises not only from "conventional" criminals, trojans. rootkits, keyloggers etc. In many countries, measures are taken or being prepared aiming at spying and monitoring its citizens. Ubuntu Privacy Remix is a tool to protect your data against unsolicited access.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Hey Alex ... While you're at it ... I'm hunting for a GREAT Father/Daughter wedding song (June!). I will stray (and feel free to mock ... mercilessly :) Lots of Beatles ... Can't lose
- Charlie Anzman
Deniece Williams "let's here it for the boy" Ooo Ooo...lol
- Bill Heslin
None? Dario? 80's rocked...we had to live through the disco sucks years of the 70's, and we all knew disco would continue, and I loved the 70's btw, and then we rocked in the 80's...LOL
- Bill Heslin
Well at least I did in my Capezio's and my skinny jeans...lol...yes skinny jeans rocked in the 80's. Well at least for gay men...hehehhehe! And now they are popular. Go figure!
- Bill Heslin
Journey..."Don't stop believing" - Bill Heslin +10000
- johnpiercy
Yeah, Squier was 80's...it was 1985 when my cousin threw his album out the window at my ex-boyfriend, when she found out he was only dating me to be around her. (I had borrowed the album from him and he showed up at the house to collect his stuff)
- April Russo (app103)
It wouldn't be an 80's list without Nichole's pa. Just about 65% of Lionel Richie's 80's work would do, especially "Endless Love" and "Truly."
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Thanks Rishabh! We went 63 comments without that and there you go ruining it. I hope you're happy. (Cause I am!)
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
More Than This -- Roxy Music (bring on the slow dance!)
- Ayşe E.
Please don't hand the organist sheet music for your favorite pop tune. I know that's not what you mean Alex, but people actually do that, according to an organist friend. OTOH, it would be amusing to see how well they could render White Wedding.
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
We won't be having an organist, so that's not a problem :)
- Alex Scoble
from IM
my wife and i were married in the 80's and i have been informed that "our song" was endless love ;)
- mike "glemak" dunn
don't tell her but my preference would be blitzkrieg bop...
- mike "glemak" dunn
What about a song that debuted in 1990, from a spin off group that was around in the 80s? Does that work for you?
- Justin Korn
No...that doesn't work for me :)
- Alex Scoble
from IM
"rush is a replacement for the unix shell (bash, zsh, etc) which uses pure Ruby syntax. Grep through files, find and kill processes, copy files - everything you do in the shell, now in Ruby."
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I think the Get a Mac "Broken Promises" ad ( http://www.youtube.com/watch... ) should have had Mr. PC say, "I'm sorry, i'mm'a let you finish, but Windows 7 is the best OS of all time. OF ALL TIME."
The could open up a Linux bar next door so you can dual boot your Friday nights but the Linux bar would quickly go out of business because those people don't like to pay for things.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from BuddyFeed
Now you can get two different types of viruses from the same bar!
- Louis Gray
I see a number of concert and music related ones that fit me well, but usually it's for something I already know about or already own.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Facebook has started taunting me with cheap ways to call India and subscriptions to Linux Format. It knows me well.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Louis, it wasn't cross-marketed with a time machine? Weird.
- Micah Wittman
In the real world, if you drop a clip with five unfired rounds in it, you lose those five rounds. I don't care that it makes games "more fun" to keep them. I like realism in my games, to the extent that it doesn't affect the story itself.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
But what if games get so realistic that they're as depressing as real life?
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Sometimes that can be entertaining, though... Like Sims 3.</evil>
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Seriously, though, I prefer realistic entertainment. If I'm playing CS (Cthulhu forbid) it's not fun when everyone's bunny-hopping or doing all sorts of unrealistic things. Etc.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
No insult to Windows Mobile, which is still pretty nice (and has my beloved .NET stack) but Android seems to have better developer ease-of-use of all the platforms.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
That's assuming the iPhone doesn't improve.
- Robert Scoble
Even if the iPhone improves on the developer side, I don't see much hope for Apple becoming less jerkish. I swore off of them a long time ago.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Even though I'm an Android fanboy, I have to ask; have you taken a look at Maemo?
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Yes, it has some of the same sins that Android has, plus Nokia hasn't been successful in US market.
- Robert Scoble
Nokia has been pretty successful up here in Canada, at least before everyone started going to smartphones. But all the focus has been Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and "when will we have more than one GSM provider so I can use an iPhone", lately, and little of anything else.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Walk into any storefront location for a mobile service provider in the GTA, and most of the people will look at you funny if you mention Android. Our providers (and the service reps they hire) suck.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Well, I don't actually use a terabyte, but I have been thinking on how to add a terabyte of swap to my desktop without making it slow.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
"Lemur CATTA is a system for Comment Annoyance Trapping by Testing Aptitude. It automatically protects blogs, forums, and other online conversations from annoying comments. Depending on its implementation, Lemur CATTA can block spammers, idiots, and assholes, without interfering with normal usage by qualified participants."
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
A neutron walks into a bar and says: "I’d like a beer, please." After the bartender gives him one, he asks: "How much will that be?" —"For you?", says the bartender, "No charge."
A bartender gives the tachyon his scotch. The tachyon says make it a double. The tachyon orders a scotch. A tachyon walks into a bar.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
from fftogo
two atoms walk into the bar, one says "I think I lost an electron outside somewhere." "are you sure?" the other asks. "yep, I'm positive!"
- Bren, Not Grinchy
#NaNoWriMo - It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a Scoble post rang out!
A FriendFeed door slammed. The stream screamed. Suddenly, a Fail Whale appeared on the horizon! While millions of people were lifestreaming, the "tech king" lived in luxury. Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas, a boy was growing up on FriendFeed.
So... what happens next? This is compelling.
- Holly Rae, FFer
Oh boy, what has Robert said now? To be honest I'm getting a little tired with his complaints of FriendFeed. It's has varied content, what's the problem? If you want to talk tech all day then read and interact with the tech related groups. Best of has all sorts of things. If you dig a little further on Best of (like http://friendfeed.com/summary...) you might find more tech. Personally I like all sorts so I'm happy there are fun and tech topics put together.
- Kol Tregaskes
And why is Twitter a haven for tech? My friends on Twitter are not tech-only. Again there is varied content there too. Use filters, lists and the hide button to filter stuff you don't want to read. You can control over your content on FF - just like with the new Twitter Lists (which are great btw, though I wish Seesmic Desktop supported them).
- Kol Tregaskes
Ladies and Gentleman, Kol Tregaskes dropping some science!
- Jim Hearts FF
The fail whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of an alien planet. And since this is not a naturally tenable position for a whale, this poor innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity as a whale before it then had to come to terms with not being a whale anymore. Why was he here? What was his purpose in life? The...
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- Victor Ganata
Wouldn't lack of wi-fi just add to the stress? It would to me...
- Thomas
It would for me too. Though I could probably fix it with about 10 feet of ethernet cable :)
- Carlos Urrutia
Yeah, the wifi thing, I thought 'Noooooooo!' 99% sure it's just a tension headache (http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sh...) brought on by bad posture but day 4 of it and it's getting irritating. It feels like I'm wearing some kinda weird invisible tiara.
- Amy
have you had enough caffeine lately? you could be withdrawing from it :)
- Carlos Urrutia
Could also be allergies or sinuses. Might want to check with a doctor to be sure if it keeps up...
- Thomas
Pah, sleep is for quitters (although that is the next plan), and if anything I've had more caffeine recently. I don't think it's sinuses, it's definitely head, nothing else.
- Amy
If your wifi is g, maybe you should try upgrading it to n?
- Jemm
Wi-Fi doesn't give headaches, people ... *facepalm*
- LANjackal
from IM
If wifi gave headaches, all the wireless networks in the neighborhood would have given me headaches for years.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
@LANjackal: Yeah, but at least this could give a reason to upgrade ;)
- Jemm
Jemm: so her headache is because she is tired of waiting for things to dl over wifi them? :)
- Carlos Urrutia
from Android
Just got my Magic Mouse today - really like it.
- Jesse Stay
It has a few shortcomings. It doesn't play nearly as well in a Windows 7 VM nor in Synergy. But overall I like it. And I'm normally a trackball guy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
In Dvorak's defense, who really likes the mouse? It's not elegant in any way - just a pointer - it's a kluge between the technology we had in the 80s and the presumably brilliant interfaces of the future.
- Rob Sterling
I love listening to Dvorak. He knows his stuff, he doesn't always troll. And he's got a great "I'm a grumpy grandfather" voice.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Dvorak is absolutely right. There's no evidence people want them. And he doesn't want one. Case closed.
- Stephen Mack
Personally, I'd like a combination of a full keyboard and a stylus pen rather than the keyboard/mouse setup.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I don't like the mouse. I do, however, love me some trackpad and tablet/touch screen display.
- Miss Elle
Before, I had Bluehost shared hosting--given that I only needed a cheap place to store HTML and PHP files at the time I registered for it. Two years later, I need full control over the operating system--so VPS is the cheapest option.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
The Great Google Wave invite thread. Anyone who wants an invite post your Gmail address here and anyone who has invites available please use to invite the people on this list. There are also a bunch of requests in the Invites group here: http://friendfeed.com/invites
I have a few but holding them for a few people who have already asked me. I'm at kolint [at] googlewave [dot] com btw. A pain I know but if you can, could you update your comment when you have an account or just delete your comment. Ta! :-) EDIT: Try this site for invites: http://googlewaveinvites.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Are people on this list getting invites or at least been told they have an invite on the way? You might have to be patient, it could take a long time for one to come through.
- Kol Tregaskes
Adam, yep agree. Maybe because I did that (month ago though) helped me get mine through from Vijay so quickly!
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol, the invitation process seems to be based on nominations. For example, everytime someone nominates/invites you, you get bumped up the queue for an account until you're at the top and you get sent an invite by the team
- Ysabel Legaspi
Ysabel, ah I see, So lots of people must have nominated me. Darn, so a few users I have nominated could be waiting a looooong time. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
if that voting system is right I'm very annoyed. I asked for an invite months ago, now all the numpties are all over it I'm not going to get a look in. It's like I've been sat at the front of a shop queue and everyone's just walking right past me into the shop. I am British but I detest both queuing and waiting, so this is pretty tough going
- Toby Graham
Like most other people, yesterday I wasn't aware of that I «needed» a Google Wave invitation this badly...but now I am!!! quackofdawn at gmail dot com
- Quackofdawn
Please I want a invite :( jesi.nieves at gmail
- Jesi
from iPod
neternity@gmail.com and i promise to send a wave of 100,901 twitter followers to your doorstep each of whom will have averaged 1 tweet in their existence - this might not get me an invite but surely it will get some notice - must have that something special - my google wave invite special sauce ingredient is twitter juice PS Not to be construed as an offer, not valid in any of the 53 US states, do not try this at home, caution: contents are hot.
- Ross Button
Anyone have already a wave invite?. I'm a developers anxious to take a look at wave. jmiguel.rodriguez at gmail.com . Thank you very much in advanced!
- jmiguel rodriguez
trentono gmail com...thanks in advance, mysterious stranger...
- Trent Olson
lol at this point i gotta think that by the time an invite makes it this far down the list i may already be at the top of the official invite list but doesn't hurt to try right? marco [dot] nunez @ gmail - thanks!
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
I'm also trying. As Marco said, it doesn't hurt :) iamclem at gmail. thanks!
- Clément Simon
Hello, I would love to have a google wave invite too. ilteris@gmail.com thanks!
- ilteris
Oops! You said gmail address: marybaumcreative (at) gmail. Although I run marybaum@marybaum.com through gmail servers too.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from email
louisrbourque@gmail.com - an invite would be greatly appreciated, and I'll pass it on! Thanks
- Louis Bourque
from iPod
can you send me invite for google wave to i.igors (at) gmail (dot) com
- Igor Krstev
If any kind soul has an invite to spare, it would be gratefully received and shared on once GOOG get around to inviting me in. :-) The key piece of information belatedly being andy.bold@gmail.com kthxbai
- Andy Bold
Looking for one myself at alexscrivener (at) gmail (dot) com
- Alex Scrivener
I'd love an invite. I was sort of expecting to get one from Google, as I have been in all of their other betas, but to no avail :( carlton.prest@gmail.com
- Carlton Prest
Plesae send an invite! jwatson820@gmail.com
- Jonna Watson
damn, the pretty please guy will get one for sure, that steve guy @hotmail.com is likely last on the list - but we all will get one if that scobilizer guy notices that we are all here and asking and so cul cuz we are all on friendfeed - maybe if we twitter too it might help - hello google !!!!
- Ross Button
how do we know which ones are sent? I'm just doing my own thread.
- Vezquex: God of FF
I've been too busy to get on FF the last few days....figures something important happening and I missed it! I knew about Google Wave but didn't know there would be a thread to post a request. In any case, better late than never, I'd love an invite at madeliene2007 at gmail.com. :)
- Bonnie Foster
I've been on Twitter all day trying to get one, I'd love it if my day can end by me finally getting an invitation :) I'll be sure to send some invites to other people in this thread! andryou@gmail.com
- andryou
re.renus@gmail.com somebody please send me a invitation... ^_^ : )
- Emad
wimmulder@gmail.com. Am really excited to try this out for a collaborative research project I'm working on. Hoping someone has an invite to spare!
- Wim Mulder
giuliocc@gmail.com . Keen to see if we can shake M$'s cage about messaging and collaboration.
- Giulio Campobassi
Would love an invite - jonathonc at gmail.com
- Jonathon
VitaArdiyana (at) gmail (dot) com, Thanks before Kol. I will delete my comment when i have my google wave account.
- Vimala Vita
Just digging into the comments now but let me begin by saying that you did an incredible job with this thread Kol, 473 (474 after I post) comments!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Google Wave : Could anyone invite me ? : jean.charles.blondeau[at]gmail.com Thanks
- Jean-Charles
System Messages Invite Status: 17559 invite requests in the system. 7 invites confirmed as received by requester. 199 invites claimed as sent from giver.
- oliv21
How does anyone know if someone has already been invited? You could go back and edit your comment when you receive an invitation, but since that takes days, it could be ages before you know.
- marziah
I've not even had a nomination, RK. At google dot com I'm suezanne , in the event anyone wants to make a nomination. I've asked before on friendfeed. It's kind of humiliating to beg.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
i have decided that if i do indeed get an invite, i will decline, forward my gmail account to windows live and put ie back as my default browser and i will bing it
- Ross Button
@Ross: why punish yourself for something you didn't do? :)
- François Dongier
I just want some google love; just like the rest of us do; but n,o they wave at us as they have their private, invite only party; thumb to nose, fingers a waving - that's the google wave; we need a tshirt
- Ross Button
al86shaw@gmail.com :) Not expecting anything, but thanks anyway!
- Giraffes Up In The AIr
Send to me plz ,,, mxina.com {a} gmail {dot} com
- Mohammad Sharifi
Has anyone received their invite? I haven't yet.
- Rodrigo
from email
I'd love an invite to Google Wave pls. non-geeky bf got one before me! that's just not cricket.. hehe :) icetigerza (at) gmail
- Kim
Hello, if there's any invite left, you'll make me more than happy ;-) matthieu.beauval [at] gmail [dot] com, thank you !
- matthieu beauval
If there are still invites left daryl@learnscape.com.au
- Daryl Hunt on FF
Of all the people posting here the chances of me getting an invite are slim but I'm still willing to try. If someone wants to shoot an invite over to jcallahan126@gmail.com I'd REALLY appreciate it.
- John
from iPhone
Aww Did I miss the Wave of invites? Come on Kol... Hook me up! :)
- Walt Ruppar
It looks like it, although you might be able to use the hyperlink on the front of the Wave homepage to request an invitation, if it's still available.
- Tyson Key
Google Wave Anybody? I needz one plz... walt {dot} ruppar {at} gmail [dot] com
- Walt Ruppar
from iPhone
I'll give this a try: j.linkola at gmail - anyone have invites left?
- Jussi Linkola
Anyone can provide a Google Wave invite? bmtrocks@gmail.com
- Brian
Hi guys I realy Waiting impatiently, but still have no invite... can anybody sent me invite please please simplisityzehra@gmail.com thanks in advance
- Zehra
firatdemirel at gmail.com just needs an invite for Gwave. Thanks.
- Fırat DEMİREL
Does anyone have an invite to share? Can you send it to v9y.rec at gmail.com please? Thanks.
- Vinay | विनय
Can somebody send an ivitation to terror@gmail.com . Thanks in advance.
- Yiğit
Please send an invitation to me at trivedi.knz@gmail.com. I got tired waiting.
- Kandarp Trivedi
I'll be glad to invite others on this thread once I get mine. Thanks in advance.. Keep the thread alive.
- Kandarp Trivedi
rodgerdb@gmail.com ha oh man am I late to this thread =( Here's to hoping!
- Rodger Ballard
really need one, would be so grateful thacker90184@gmail.com
- brandon
I want Google Wave invite too, please sent it to: ric4p5 {at} gmail [dot] com Thanks
- jose manuel
If anyone has invites, could I have one please? tekked - gmail.com
- TechKid
In case there is still someone with spare invitations: piotr.byzia at gmail.com
- Piotr Byzia
teeeya@gmail.com - Anyone with a sparee invite and feeling generous! (thank you thank you thank you in advance!!!) :D
- Simply Teeeya
Anyone with a spare would be my hero! Someone bought out my buddy who was going to give me one. robert@idealfusion.com
- Robert Coombs
antonyat AT gmail DOT com If anyone sends me an invite, I thank you greatly - if I receive an invite, I'll make sure to return to this thread :).
- Antony Jepson
allanbesselink<at>gmail<dot>com ... please!
- Allan Besselink
I'll wager that some of the folks on this list have received their invite by now, or no longer want one - I have 16 invitations at this instant. It's probably easier for me if you DM.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
fifiquimbo(at)gmail(dot)com. I would love one, thanks!
- Fifi Quimbo