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2012-10-03
, 01:12
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Originally Posted by gerbick
I still have my Psion Revo+ working : 16MB of RAM/disk memory, about 100 installed softwares, full multitasking and visible file system, EPOC OS with micro-kernel, 2 years without rebooting even when I was developing (typing, compiling and testing) on it in OPL, qwerty keyboard way better than current smartphones.
The decision originally to limit multi-tasking to serial tasking was mainly because of RAM limitations on the iPhone 3GS.
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Python, C/C++, Qt and CAS developer. For Maemo/MeeGo/Sailfish :
Integral, Derivative, Limit - calculating mathematical integrals, derivatives and limits. SymPy - Computer Algebra System.
MatPlotLib - 2D & 3D plots in Python. IPython - Python interactive shell.
-- My blog about mobile & scientific computing ---
Sailfish : Sony Xperia X, Gemini, Jolla, Jolla C, Jolla Tablet, Nexus 4. Nokia N9, N900, N810.
Python, C/C++, Qt and CAS developer. For Maemo/MeeGo/Sailfish :
Integral, Derivative, Limit - calculating mathematical integrals, derivatives and limits. SymPy - Computer Algebra System.
MatPlotLib - 2D & 3D plots in Python. IPython - Python interactive shell.
-- My blog about mobile & scientific computing ---
Sailfish : Sony Xperia X, Gemini, Jolla, Jolla C, Jolla Tablet, Nexus 4. Nokia N9, N900, N810.
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2012-10-03
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#33
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Originally Posted by rcolistete
The programmers then knew how to code without so much bloat. Efficiency isn't practiced any longer by no means - why do it because the fast GPU, CPU and RAM combo can allow bad programmers to look halfway decent. Nor did your Psion (I SO wanted one!) have to deal with the same number of systems, 3D graphics, colors and what not that people expect now.
I still have my Psion Revo+ working : 16MB of RAM/disk memory, about 100 installed softwares, full multitasking and visible file system, EPOC OS with micro-kernel, 2 years without rebooting even when I was developing (typing, compiling and testing) on it in OPL, qwerty keyboard way better than current smartphones.
Still... that device was so ahead of its time man. People could learn so much from those "simpler" times.
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2012-10-03
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lol. I've been called a lot of things, but never a snob nor a neckbeard.
Last edited by gerbick; 2012-10-03 at 06:15.
Last edited by gerbick; 2012-10-03 at 06:15.
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2012-10-03
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#36
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Originally Posted by herpderp
Since you're talking battery, those ads that appear in Android and iOS consume quite a lot of battery charge.
Most of you seem to fail to understand WHY iOS and Android enforce a very strict control over what runs in the background.
Just search this forum for misterious battery drains on the N900 and N9. There is a tradeoff here, they restricted background processes (you CAN run bakcground tasks like downloads/uploads, music player, anything), so that amateur programmers creating bad apps don't waste battery power.
On Maemo, it was easy for a badly written app to consume all the battery easily, because it could run in the background without any safeguards.
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2012-10-03
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#37
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Originally Posted by Frappacino
Sure, move out & on. And don't let the door hit you on your way out. We'll keep the house party running as long as it fits us
lol neckbeard snobbery...
and thats why this place will die an slow obscure death while he world moves on
I enjoy the company of wise, smelly neckbeards more than pastures (worlds) full of playful, noisy, clueless kids.
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2012-10-04
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Originally Posted by don_falcone
I am embarrassed to say i had to google "neckbeard".
Sure, move out & on. And don't let the door hit you on your way out. We'll keep the house party running as long as it fits us
I enjoy the company of wise, smelly neckbeards more than pastures (worlds) full of playful, noisy, clueless kids.
As you were.
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2012-10-04
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#39
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No worries, I siried genius and got a neckbeard Einstein instead.What to believe, what to believe...
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2012-10-05
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#40
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Originally Posted by marxian
Ever heard of the OOM-killer?
That's a load of waffle. It can't be real multitasking if a task is closed without user consent. Simples.
I've actually set overcommit_memory to 2 (and overcommit_ratio to 90) to make sure the kernel doesn't do any overbooking. But there's still a chance that the kernel might decide to kill a program without asking the user.
Python, C/C++, Qt and CAS developer. For Maemo/MeeGo/Sailfish :
Integral, Derivative, Limit - calculating mathematical integrals, derivatives and limits. SymPy - Computer Algebra System.
MatPlotLib - 2D & 3D plots in Python. IPython - Python interactive shell.
-- My blog about mobile & scientific computing ---
Sailfish : Sony Xperia X, Gemini, Jolla, Jolla C, Jolla Tablet, Nexus 4. Nokia N9, N900, N810.