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I guess the best way to be absolutely sure you don't break the license is to uninstall Java.


Yeah, but look at the number of stars and forks. Square's Otto is a pretty popular library.

Side note: I don't know why someone is down voting people saying this. I mean yeah they will not change their name I guess but it should be bad for the next big project to choose a name that is not taken by a popular project already.


Why not choose a name that is not already used by other project?

There is already a pretty popular library for android named Otto http://square.github.io/otto/


And whose fault is that? I think is both sides. The patent troll for obvious reasons but also Apple (or Steve Jobs) for announcing something that they cannot achieve.

That is why people have a hard time believing any Open Source promises made by Apple. And yes I know they have some open source projects available right now.


By your logic, anyone who ever runs into trouble with a patent troll should never be trusted again. Clearly this is absurd.


No, anyone who promises things he cannot fulfill may have his trust in doubt. It doesn't matter if the problem was internal or external.

What would you think if Apple went to announce next Wednesday that the new iPhone will have a sapphire screen, but on launch (after a bunch of people preoder the phone) they announce it's normal glass because a provider couldn't deliver.

Whose fault would that be, the provider's? Apple's? Both?


I had a similar situation in Mexico where no provider gave me the bandwith I need it. The biggest provider (Telmex( refused to sign me up for a better plan because their infraestructure near my home wouldn't support it, at least they were honest.

I called my local cable company and contracted their 50 mbps plan. Had a lot of issues with the installation and never really received the complete service. They didn't had enough bandwith in the zone so very few times I received my contracted bandwith.

At the end I contacted a Telcom (EnlaceTPE) which specialize in providing fiber internet to companies. They did the entire fiber instalation to my home. I only had to commit to 3 years paying around 70 usd with a 200 mbps service. From the first call to installation took around 3 months, best decision made so far.


Curious, what's wages (low and medium) in USD for someone in your area? As an American reading anecdotes, I like to look at it in terms of cost relative to income instead of cost in isolation. Helps me get an idea of where the cost would start here and how much value that company delivers.


I really have no idea. I get paid very well but that is not representative of the common wages around here.

The service by itself is expensive, considering it's just Internet. The most common package for internet + phone, on the most popular provider, costs around 24 USD monthly. If you want cable add another 20 bucks.

According to some websites the median wages in Mexico per home at 2013 was around 740 USD monthly.


Interesting. I decided to do a comparison using the percentage of monthly income for the Internet. I decided to use $30,000 a year per household to represent middle end of working class. I figure it's a fair class to use and pretty large. I used price of good Internet (50Mbps) in my area. So, here's the costs:

USA: 2.8% of household income; Mexico: 3.2% with your number

So, they're quite similar. For that, I get 50Mbps down and a fraction up for $70. You get 200Mbps down and how much up? Either way, you're getting a good deal as a percentage of income. If you're better than $740/mo, you're getting a really good deal. I'm envious. :)


That's a great outcome, props on making it happen.


I bought this a Samsung 40" UHD TV (UN40HU7000F) a few months ago. In this page somebody ask if the TV has support for HDMI 2.0. As far as I can tell (using a poor translation by Google) it support said version of HDMI by changing the the HDMI Color Mode.

Can anyone with fluid Korean can confirm?

http://www.samsungsvc.co.kr/online/faqView.do?domainId=NODE0...


Korean here. The TV is configured to use HDMI 1.4 by default, but you can turn on HDMI 2.0 mode by changing a setting called "HDMI UHD Color".


Thanks a lot! =D


LOLed at Tim Cook's photo on the article.


"Gainesville Police Department detective Matt Goeckel said the flashlight on Bravo’s phone had also been used on nine occasions that night, for a total of 48 minutes"

How can they get this information? I would definitely like to see what my phone has stored about me.


If you have an android and enabled some kind of feature by mistake (like me, I always say no for these but it has my location, even when I was abroad) you can see the log here:

https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/b/0


Possibly a log of system events?


Genymotion is the way to go. Google's emulator plain sucks.


I need that terminal and color scheme, Where can I get it?


I'm not certain about the exact color scheme, but my terminal looks pretty similar. I use a ZSH shell, and I use Oh My ZSH to manage my configuration. The ZSH theme I use is called "amuse", and it looks pretty similar to this one. Hope that helps!



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