Father of Linux gives Google Nexus 7 a thumbs up, OEM Android skins a thumbs down

4. tedkord posted on 21 Jul 2012, 11:59 13

Skanks making duck face, usually.

5. thedarkside posted on 21 Jul 2012, 12:02 12

there is a new facebook game called duck hunt. here are the rules.

1. find random girl in your friends list.

2. look through said girls pictures.

3. find stupid looking duck face.

4. comment by saying bang!

5. winning!

11. Non_Sequitur posted on 21 Jul 2012, 12:23 7

Actually, because the girls that do the duck face have such high opinions of themselves, they'll think you're being a pervert. Lol.

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13. thedarkside posted on 21 Jul 2012, 12:26 6

touche', but its still fun.

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25. EclipseGSX posted on 21 Jul 2012, 13:39 1

Thats stupid. "Bang?" Why not say "quack" or something. Bang makes no sense I doubt these girls will get the reference

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26. thedarkside posted on 21 Jul 2012, 13:45 4

its called duck hunt. and guns dont go quack. they go bang!

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30. EclipseGSX posted on 21 Jul 2012, 14:58 1

I KNOW, I get the reference i'm saying they wont. You can still hunt ducks without shooting them...kinda like wheres waldo but with duck faces

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31. CivicSi89 posted on 21 Jul 2012, 15:18 2

EclipseGSX. we still need to race.

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36. thedarkside posted on 22 Jul 2012, 11:04 0

i wish i still had my 240sx or my second gen rx7. :(

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8. Non_Sequitur posted on 21 Jul 2012, 12:21 2

I like to have options like having a camera. I don't use it often, but it's still a good feature to have. I also sync all my photos to Google+, so I can have all my pics together.

10. ph00ny posted on 21 Jul 2012, 12:23 2

It actually comes in handy when there is one.

It's the same concept as cell phones. Convenience.
I've used it quite frequently and it's honestly not that bad.

27. darkkjedii posted on 21 Jul 2012, 14:08 0

No it's choice, isn't that what googles about?

9. Non_Sequitur posted on 21 Jul 2012, 12:22 7

I just wish they'd give an option in the settings whether to use stock or not. That'd complete Android.

6. DroogV59 posted on 21 Jul 2012, 12:13 4

That`s right, the best OEM innovations inevitably find their way onto stock Android....at which point users drool (usually after first dissing the respective skins).

16. jroc74 posted on 21 Jul 2012, 13:00 4

Exactly...lol.

Hey I can resize widgets!!
Hey I have the Android market as a static icon in the app drawer!!
Hey I can do mores stuff from the lock screen!!!

All on custom UI's before stock Android. And accessing the pull down shade from the lock screen.....had to use apps from the market before ICS.

The custom UI's really dont get enough credit.

12. ph00ny posted on 21 Jul 2012, 12:24 2

TW on S2 was where GB devices started to shine in speed because Samsung baked in a lot of hardware acceleration in various places including web browser and ui

15. jroc74 posted on 21 Jul 2012, 12:52 0

Exactly.....a custom UI used hardware acceleration in areas of the UI. Android really didnt start doing that til Honeycomb? Or ICS?

20. ph00ny posted on 21 Jul 2012, 13:16 1

Honeycomb

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24. Jimstar posted on 21 Jul 2012, 13:29 0

the stock-android diehards usually can't handle that fact. Usually bringing up such things is met with a level of cognitive dissonance most people would find hard to believe....

14. DroogV59 posted on 21 Jul 2012, 12:52 3

Linus Torvalds doesn`t need to take a pic with a tablet to look like a complete dork. There I said it.

A rear facing camera is handy, if only to provide app compatibility. Even a cheapo 3 MP snapper would do the trick.

17. crankyd00d posted on 21 Jul 2012, 13:10 3

And that's why your opinion is worth...absolutely nothing. Come back with the same comment the day you have done the %1 he's done for tech. There I said it :)

18. DroogV59 posted on 21 Jul 2012, 13:14 2

My my look whose cranky. I was commenting on his looks (which is something HE started), not his contributions to technology.

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21. jroc74 posted on 21 Jul 2012, 13:17 3

Ok....and whats your opinion worth.....

An opinion is an opinion. Thats all. If thats the case....everyone in this article needs to come back when they have done more for the tech industry.

I also dont fully agree with Tovalds opinions in the article.

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19. downphoenix posted on 21 Jul 2012, 13:16 2

True, him calling someone a dork is like Romney calling someone a hypocrite. He is the godfather of Linux, the man who made the dork's choice in operating systems happen. Also dissing the OEMs is counteractive to his philosophies with Linux, which was to make an open source platform that can be manipulated by hobbyists and organizations alike for their purposes. Which is what the OEMs are doing in the case of android. And android itself is an example of this as its based on Linux.

23. jroc74 posted on 21 Jul 2012, 13:24 1

"Also dissing the OEMs is counteractive to his philosophies with Linux, which was to make an open source platform that can be manipulated by hobbyists and organizations alike for their purposes. Which is what the OEMs are doing in the case of android."

See....this is what makes me scratch my head at Tovalds comments. And since there are stock Android devices out there....ppl have a choice of what they want. Stock or custom UI.

Sorry....but Torvalds sounds like a stock Android fanboy. Its his opinion....he's welcome to it....but he does. He makes it like custom UI's have no pros, all cons and offer nothing vs stock Android.

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34. parkwaydr posted on 21 Jul 2012, 22:08 1

Dear Jesus, you are a female version of gallito, it all makes sense now.

Edit: Haha sense!!! Puns are so much sweeter when its not intended!