| tonyyarusso | yup | 00:04 |
|---|---|---|
| Takyoji | So, boys and girls | 05:21 |
| Takyoji | I'll be getting a new phone. | 05:21 |
| tonyyarusso | oh? what? | 05:21 |
| Takyoji | I haven't decided on the specific model | 05:22 |
| Takyoji | Specifically Verizon as a provider | 05:22 |
| kermit | n900 | 05:23 |
| tonyyarusso | N900 doesn't work on Verizon kermit (or else I'd probably have one) | 05:24 |
| kermit | change providers then | 05:24 |
| kermit | :P | 05:24 |
| tonyyarusso | The other providers have crappy coverage. | 05:24 |
| Takyoji | and I have 5 choices: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneOverviewByDevice&deviceType=3G%20Smartphones# | 05:25 |
| kermit | you must buy it from them? | 05:26 |
| Takyoji | Those are the choices as of Android-based options | 05:26 |
| Takyoji | I'd assume that if you bought the phone directly from a vendor it'd be full price.. | 05:27 |
| Takyoji | rather than being a deducted upfront cost with a 2-year contract | 05:27 |
| Takyoji | My only reason for a smartphone would be for SSH and a web browser | 05:27 |
| Takyoji | and perhaps some web development | 05:28 |
| Takyoji | and could use GPS in some cases | 05:28 |
| tonyyarusso | Takyoji: sounds like either the Droid Incredible or Droid X. | 05:31 |
| tonyyarusso | I wouldn't count on any of them for GPS though - I have little confidence phone GPS is any good. | 05:31 |
| Takyoji | GPS is non-essential to me | 05:33 |
| Takyoji | I think I might just choose "LG Ally" | 05:38 |
| Takyoji | Most battery life, cheaper, QWERTY keyword, touchscreen, though just a 600MHz processor in comparison to the others which are 1GHz | 05:39 |
| tonyyarusso | Takyoji: http://blogs.computerworld.com/16608/dell_expands_ubuntu_linux_desktop_offerings | 06:19 |
| Takyoji | Saw it | 06:22 |
| * tonyyarusso does a tiny "I told you so" dance | 06:23 | |
| tonyyarusso | Not that you argued with me or anything, but hey | 06:24 |
| Takyoji | HDMI connection on a friggen smartphone, that's just insane.. | 06:30 |
| tonyyarusso | saywhatnow? That's crazy. | 06:31 |
| Takyoji | http://static.arstechnica.com/droidx/droidx_review_leftside.jpg | 06:33 |
| Takyoji | Yay for the Android SDK | 06:41 |
| Takyoji | Isn't Android purely Java? | 06:41 |
| Takyoji | Ahh, C/C++ for the core, Java for the UI | 06:41 |
| Takyoji | So are most of you skeptical against GNOME 3? :P | 07:14 |
| Takyoji | http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/07/gnome-3-not-ready-yet-release-pushed-back-to-2011.ars | 07:14 |
| tonyyarusso | lol | 07:24 |
| tonyyarusso | anyone interested in purchasing a ThinkPad with an intermittent hardware issue? | 07:24 |
| Takyoji | What model? :P | 07:32 |
| Takyoji | also, what hardware issue? :P | 07:32 |
| tonyyarusso | Takyoji: T43 | 07:33 |
| tonyyarusso | I think there's either a slight crack in the motherboard or a solder connection or something like that. | 07:34 |
| tonyyarusso | It will occasionally become non-responsive, but either whacking it, rocking it back and forth, or pressing gently on the right side of the wrist rest makes it go again. | 07:34 |
| tonyyarusso | I should probably pull it apart to see if it's something obvious first, but it is getting close to time for a new laptop anyway. | 07:35 |
| tonyyarusso | I wonder if the hard drive just got unseated or something | 07:41 |
| Takyoji | I really need to donate to Wikipedia; it's like a crucial part of my life as an information repository | 07:43 |
| Takyoji | Does VMs in QEMU typically appear a little slow ever? | 08:00 |
| Takyoji | I feel like I'm getting like 10fps as of this Android VM | 08:00 |
| Takyoji | through the Android Emulator; which is basically QEMU supposedly | 08:00 |
| tonyyarusso | yes | 08:01 |
| * tonyyarusso pulled it apart a bit, put it back together, making sure everything looked clean and tight | 08:52 | |
| tonyyarusso | Booted on the first try, so that's a pretty big improvement. | 08:52 |
| kermit | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/?&fq&fq[]=trove:679 | 08:53 |
| * Takyoji fails to catch what relevance Tivozation has to the second provided URL | 08:55 | |
| tonyyarusso | And I can type without pausing to press the palmrest to make things appear on the screen - yay! | 08:55 |
| tonyyarusso | Appears to at least be temporarily resolved. | 08:56 |
| kermit | the second URL is a sourceforge search for GPLv3 projects | 08:56 |
| kermit | unless the link didnt work for you.. try this one http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/?&fq&fq%5B%5D=trove:679 | 08:56 |
| tonyyarusso | You know, I would like using the GPL a lot more if it weren't so *long*. | 08:56 |
| tonyyarusso | I mean, it kind of requires a largish project to feel like it's even worth the bit-space for the text. | 08:57 |
| tonyyarusso | Takyoji: even though it works now, I could see myself selling this in the nearish future if you were interested. | 08:58 |
| Takyoji | GPL v3 has provisions avoiding the possibility of Tivoization, correct? | 08:59 |
| tonyyarusso | yes | 09:00 |
| Takyoji | So I take it the licenses you prefer, are ones that aren't "free software licenses"? :P | 09:02 |
| tonyyarusso | hrm? Why would you say that? | 09:02 |
| kermit | haha like the BSD license? it has its uses i guess | 09:02 |
| tonyyarusso | the BSD license is a free software license. | 09:02 |
| tonyyarusso | (I actually like the terms of the GPL, just not the verbosity) | 09:02 |
| Takyoji | ahh, it's the modified BSD license that's GPL-approved | 09:03 |
| Takyoji | The original wasn't | 09:03 |
| tonyyarusso | well yeah, the original was dumb, and has been retracted by its author. | 09:03 |
| Takyoji | I'm trying to remember, Apache licensing has something against abusing software patents, correct? | 09:04 |
| tonyyarusso | I think so, yes. | 09:04 |
| * Takyoji leaves for the night | 09:12 | |
| kermit | "patent retalliation" | 09:12 |
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