Comments on: Android, the bad and the ugly http://thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:28:34 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: How to run DOS games from GOG.com, a practical guide for noobs « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-5491 How to run DOS games from GOG.com, a practical guide for noobs « The Tar Pit Sun, 29 Dec 2024 18:33:57 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-5491 [...] in principle2 DOS games are old enough and they require so few resources that they can run even on the most broken among computing platforms. You just need: for one, a method to extract the game files from the [...] [...] in principle2 DOS games are old enough and they require so few resources that they can run even on the most broken among computing platforms. You just need: for one, a method to extract the game files from the [...]

]]> By: A list of scattered definitions « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-4306 A list of scattered definitions « The Tar Pit Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:44:03 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-4306 [...] a Java written in C++ running atop a Linux along with a shitload of support services, yielding Android. The possibilities are endless, and endlessly [...] [...] a Java written in C++ running atop a Linux along with a shitload of support services, yielding Android. The possibilities are endless, and endlessly [...]

]]> By: Hill Climb Racing 2 « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-4088 Hill Climb Racing 2 « The Tar Pit Sat, 22 Apr 2023 09:51:02 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-4088 [...] for one remember Hill Climb Racing before it had a 2 at the end and moreover before there were any Androids and any JavaScript ads on the online market. If I remember correctly, back then HCR was a flash [...] [...] for one remember Hill Climb Racing before it had a 2 at the end and moreover before there were any Androids and any JavaScript ads on the online market. If I remember correctly, back then HCR was a flash [...]

]]> By: Notes on OpenBSD device drivers « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-3451 Notes on OpenBSD device drivers « The Tar Pit Fri, 18 Nov 2022 21:05:36 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-3451 [...] that here by "user" I mean something completely different from the current-day meaning, as in e.g. "Android user". I'm sorry to be the one who (yet again) breaks it to the reader, but if an operating system [...] [...] that here by "user" I mean something completely different from the current-day meaning, as in e.g. "Android user". I'm sorry to be the one who (yet again) breaks it to the reader, but if an operating system [...]

]]> By: Google, the "tech company" « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-509 Google, the "tech company" « The Tar Pit Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:06:44 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-509 [...] acquisition of Motorola Mobility, effectively grabbing the mobile market by the balls. Yes, using the bad and ugly Android. Not only that, but about midway through the 2007-2014 prolonged-quinquennial the press reveals [...] [...] acquisition of Motorola Mobility, effectively grabbing the mobile market by the balls. Yes, using the bad and ugly Android. Not only that, but about midway through the 2007-2014 prolonged-quinquennial the press reveals [...]

]]> By: Bucharest botanical garden in the spring, as viewed through a couple of camera lenses « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-72 Bucharest botanical garden in the spring, as viewed through a couple of camera lenses « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:32:18 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-72 [...] And since they might be asking: I shot these (and some of the other shots) with a fixed (manual focus) 50mm lens, while some of the other others were shot using the stock 18-55mm lens on a Nikon D5100. If you ask me, the camera is a perfect entry-level DSLR for wannabe-photographers such as myself, especially since it's old enough not to come with a motherfucking Android. [...] [...] And since they might be asking: I shot these (and some of the other shots) with a fixed (manual focus) 50mm lens, while some of the other others were shot using the stock 18-55mm lens on a Nikon D5100. If you ask me, the camera is a perfect entry-level DSLR for wannabe-photographers such as myself, especially since it's old enough not to come with a motherfucking Android. [...]

]]> By: On the failure of marketing (and civilization in general) « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-33 On the failure of marketing (and civilization in general) « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:14:50 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2015/android-the-bad-and-the-ugly#comment-33 [...] Not in terms of raw computing power, but in terms of what -- and this is a very broad "what" -- its master can do with it. You don't even own your smartphone, so you can only use it for whatever "apps" your master has designed for you. Oh, and the gap between these two will only continue to widen. Just look at your average mobile operating system. ↩ [...] [...] Not in terms of raw computing power, but in terms of what -- and this is a very broad "what" -- its master can do with it. You don't even own your smartphone, so you can only use it for whatever "apps" your master has designed for you. Oh, and the gap between these two will only continue to widen. Just look at your average mobile operating system. ↩ [...]

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