Life Tester

ASL as an Introduction

2010-03-07T23:31:00.001+02:00

There's a time in your life when ASL means: Age, Sex, Location... (a sort of "Hi!" on the IRCs :)

But then you grow up, settle down and engage in OO programming practices that will override some of your initial methods. In our case, that's ASL which nowadays means: American Signing Language.

You might throw away those Baby Einstein DVDs, even if a few of them are quite interesting (i.e. "Meet the Orchestra"), but Signing Time is a keeper :-)

Plus, they're introducing this year the Sign of the Week: free flashcards for you to download (and print at home), short teaching videos for each sign. Thank You Rachel & co !!

The story behind the Signing Time program is moving, but most important are the results. Still, it makes you stop and wonder why the signing language is not standardized (worldwide) and the ones who need it most face another communication barrier. Yeah, the world we live in is (still) a jungle...

the wrap up

2009-12-31T01:15:00.006+02:00

I'm wrapping up an interesting year, with just a few highs and several lows 'll need to work on for quite some time. Interestingly enough, the average might be comforting, but maybe one would wish for more (clustered? :-) average values rather than highs and lows :-)

Lets see how 2010 would be... Happy holidays and A Happy New Year! :-)

feel the pain

2009-11-22T02:08:00.007+02:00

via xkcd

how to automatically create/extract multi volume TARs

2009-09-06T21:30:00.009+03:00

For the past year(s) or so I've been running into situations where I have created some code snippets to help me out with my (hobby) projects, only to lose them later from .bash_history :-)

This is about to change now, thanks to the great hints I find evey now and then via Jeremy's linkblog and the inspirational "splitting large files with TAR"

First, we need to introduce the following TAR helpers

move.sh

link.sh

Then, we create (i.e. 1MB) TAR multi volume/part archives on the fly

Extracting is again, almost painless :-)

PS. I hope the gist is showing ok, Blogger's preview is blind to it :-(

PPS. The above code was successfully tested on Debian/Ubuntu, on some other platforms (i.e. RedHat) --volno-file might start counting from... 2 (stupid!). You can always modify move.sh to use its own increment scheme (same as link.sh). Take care!

Where is Google/Android heading?

2009-08-01T03:11:00.007+03:00

Powered by a large gold minting machine (its advertising & search business), Google runs the most power efficient datacenters, indexes your world, listens to you, virtualizes your mobile, puts you on the map and many other things (to come). What is Google up to? really...

Imagine a world where everything is connected, imagine a world where your (Android) mobile phone dials home and starts the owen, makes the coffee, orders the missing groceries from the shop (wait, the Android powered fridge will do that :-)

Surreal? Not really.

How about speaking to your own android, giving him/her instructions, asking for advice. Is it far fetched? Not really.

The cloud will do all the magic, will be the soul in your small appliances if they are underpowered. The cloud will know more about you than you ever will, but it will (always?) be on your side. Assisting, Helping, Advicing. Far fetched? Yes.

Still, doable. And Google is the front-runner...

The next 10 years will prove me wrong, or maybe not :-)

how to use Google Voice from abroad

2009-07-28T07:07:00.006+03:00

Remember how to watch Hulu from abroad?

It gets even better, now with Google's Voice :-)

This how-to requires of bit more work, energy and maybe commitment ($$), but I'll keep it short, I don't want to bother you with the technical details (sic).

You'll need:

+ Google's invitation to the service (it helps if you enroll :-)

+ the "Hulu setup" (Opera, SecureConnect, SSH access)

(then it gets interestingly harder)

+ US DID number (googling "free DID" should help)

+ Asterisk setup to hook the DID into and pass the call to...

+ your VoIP client (the free X-Lite comes to mind)

Then type your DID in Google's Voice,

answer the incoming test call,

key in the test PIN and you're set

PS. many thanks to my * friend (you know who you are :-)

how to watch Hulu from abroad

2009-07-09T01:00:00.001+03:00

Well, it might not be that easy & cheap to do it, but lets march / dream on :-)

You'll need

+ VPS or better in the USA (or just SSH access :-)
+ a bit of luck to get the evaluation for SSH Tectia ConnectSecure
+ decent browser (that's easy, isn't it? :-)

The ConnectSecure evaluation will expire after 45 days, but if you're reading this I'm sure you have enough money to fork / buy your own copy. The magic is worth the investment since ConnectSecure will allow you to transparently tunnel any of your applications (Windows or Linux :-) across the water so that they'll feel "at home" over there.

Enough talking, lets jump to the meat of the problem - the configuration

create a new profile, you'll need a hostname and an SSH account

go to Filter Rules and select the application to be "teleported"

optionally you can disable the small security popup shown during operation

then you can Get Happy :-)

one step closer

2009-05-29T11:11:00.000+03:00

via Cata

a small dedication to my readers

2009-04-20T18:34:00.007+03:00

From the department "thank you for reading this" here goes one time Spotify invite for the first / lucky reader who posts an intelligent comment on this post (including some sort of contact information :-)

Engage!

the magic moment in human development

2009-04-10T23:50:00.001+03:00

There seems to be a "magic moment" in the development of your new born, which is the moment when the eyes of the toddler meet his/her mother's eyes. You can see then on the toddler's face a smile that needs reassurance and express safety. That's the moment regarded in the developmental psychology as the "magic moment".

momentul magic: cand ochii copilului se intalnesc cu cei ai mamei si vezi zambetul acela de siguranta pe fata copilului. asta e considerat in psihologia dezvoltarii "momentul magic".

Thanks to my old friend S.P. for this piece of wisdom :-)

some stats for shared vs dedicated hosting vs free dns

2009-03-20T15:51:00.001+02:00

For the past year I've been monitoring via Pingdom one dedicated server, one shared server from DreamHost and a free DNS server I'm using for my hobby/pet projects. The results are not that scary (well, it depends how tough are you :-), still they shed some lights on your options when it comes to hosting.

First, lets look at service performance agains simple tests

DreamHost - shared hosting - one line echo() .php script

Pretty crappy for half a year, huh? :-)

The dedicated server - one line echo() .php script

The dedicated server (US) fared better (just watch the slowest average)

But the free DNS service is a complete nightmare (one name->ip query)

Then the network conectivity: answering ping requests.

DreamHost - shared hosting

Responses from the dedicated server (US) - slightly better

Responses from the free DNS server (EU) - about the same

Global uptime, free DNS (for this one is more like global downtime :-)

Global uptime, DreamHost - shared hosting

And the crown goes to: Global uptime, the dedicated server

PS. Yeps, I'm again late with this report. You should see my drafts / todo list :-)

Amsterdam is overrated

2009-03-09T15:33:00.003+02:00

(I don't usually publish (much) here in Romanian, except for some quotes a bit time ago :-), but this one made me laugh and reminded me of some other 1st experiences abroad; it will be a pitty to lose all the details by translating the text)

Disclamer: the original author retains all the rights & responsability for the below text. It is published here as satire (=for lower IQs, it will contain: wit, irony, sarcasm, etc)

Here it goes:

finlandezi (adica niste suedezi mai fini).

io mi-s bine, sanatos.

Am trecut 4 interviuri, in urma carora am aflat cu suprindere ca sunt foarte calificat si foarte motivat. Asta inseamna ca o sa-mi dea cel mai modern model de carutz, nu?

Ma rog, in cursa au mai ramas inca 2 gigei dar aia "nu se ridica la experienta si calificarea" mea in cafele, tigari si flori. A exprimat-o altfel si pare de bine, o sa aflu exact in vreo saptamana. IT mangeru' e din parinti nemti, nascut si crescut in Africa de Sud, educat in Anglia, calificat in Franta si acum lucreaza in Olanda. Tehnicu' e din Argentina, scolit in Spania, actualmente olandez. multa UE, sa zic asa.

Legat de interviu, IT-manager-u' s-a exprimat la prima intalnire: "imi place entuziasmul tau, exact asta imi doresc. Mai sunt 5 persoane pe care le-am intalnit dar sunt asa... apatici si dezinteresati. Si eu nu inteleg! De ce te-ai angaja intr-un loc in care nu vrei cu adevarat sa fii??". No comment dar merita un premiu pentru inocenta.

Ideea ca Amsterdamu' e un perpetuu loc de distractie si ca e cel mai prietenos oras este overrated. Vezi in jur numai fetze docile de buldogi, cu niste ochi cleiosi care baltesc sub niste frunti nu prea inalte, dar late si ferme. Politicosi si seci, amabili si la fel de caldurosi ca o procedura de debugging la tacacs. Pe cat de lenti sunt pe doua picioare pe atat de sprinteni devin cand au o bicicleta sub fund. Skill-urile mele in mersul cu bicicleta - ca viteza - egaleaza acum, o spun cu mandrie, categoria 55-65 de ani. In primele doua saptamani nu puteam sa ajung nici octogenarele ranjite, plecate sa moara demn in Lidl (magazin de haleala - n.a.).

Emotiile lor imi sunt si acum necunoscute dar dupa atitudine ai spune ca numai dezmierdatul intim cu razatoarea, electrocutarea copiilor, Amsterdam Torture Museum si o caseta linistitoare gen "Christmas Snuff" le-ar putea zmulge un zambet sincer. Sa nu uitam ca acum fo' 400 de ani (in 1568, mai exact) cand protestantii olandezi i-au batut pe spanioli de s-au cacat pe ei niste draguti d'astia de-ai mei le-au smuls din piept inimile nesimititlor de catolici, au muscat din ele si apoi le-au aruncat spre inamic spunand: "mancati-le voi, cainilor, ca astea sunt amare".

Niste scumpi. Acum cresc flori si vand zambitori iarba - cum sa nu-i iubesti?

Femeile lor sunt niste zeite si sunt convins ca undeva in adancul lor (da' foarte in adanc) sunt niste fiinte minunate. La fel de docile si de zambitoare si absolut vitale pentru casa cand e vorba de cumparat un nou frigider, o noua usa, un nou sifonier sau orice altceva are exact aceleasi dimensiuni si nu mai e deci nevoie sa masori.

Legat de vreme: olandezii au vremea ca limba, deci isi merita soarta.

Totusi si ultimul maturator stie o engleza impecabila, ceea ce usureaza mult dialogul. By default cand intri intr-un magazin vanzatorul isi arata dintii intr-un mod prietenos, dupa care urmeaza un fel de gargara cu ceva scarbos tinut pana atunci sub limba, tu ii spui calm ca nu intelegi ce ragaie si el isi cere scuze si incepe sa se exprime uman.

Cu turistii nu prea am avut de-a face deci nu stiu decat ca fac galagie si mizerie si trebuie sa moara.

Pentru cei macinati de niste intrebari fundamentale le pot raspunde acum: da, negri chiar put. Si chiar sunt nesimtiti.

......
"Oamenii au nevoie de joc si de pericole.

Civilizatia le ofera munca si siguranta."
Fr. Nietzsche

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Promo: Multi dintre noi am visat intotdeauna la un Harley; acum este mai usor sa ai unul, second-hand, customizat, exact cum il vrei.

Ideal gift for your (geeky) Valentine

2009-02-14T11:11:00.001+02:00

The recipe is quite easy to follow: head to Shapeways, order for printing two hearts (puzzle), deliver them to your Valentine :-)

It will be his/her task to put the pieces together (there are no hints in the box and having 2 models scrambled increases somewhat the difficulty)

Yes, Shapeways will "print" (3D) in different materials your 3D drawings or you can borrow from the existing designs published by their users and have the 3D model delivered to you.

PS. Sorry for breaking the news quite late to you, our "hearts" were ready just last night :-)

Google steps in Nokia's backyard

2009-02-12T23:23:00.003+02:00

in short: Google buys old paper factory in Finland to build datacenter

as always, the Devil lives in the details:

Today, Finland-based paper group Stora Enso has announced that Google is buying the buildings and most of the Summa Mill site, where production of paper was ceased in January 2008, for approximately €40 million ($51.7 million) via TechCrunch

Summa mill, which consumed 1,000 gigawatt hours of electricity per year via Reuters

China's long-term onshore and offshore wind electricity potential is estimated to be 1,000 giga-watts (Cui, ed. 2008:273) via PERI

As always, Google= (power) Grid + Water

mySQL training fail

2009-02-02T15:13:00.004+02:00

Dear X,

due to some technical issues, we have lost the evaluation for your onsite class... ... and sincerely hope that we have an opportunity to work together again in the future!

sweet.

Google's Epic Fail

2009-01-31T23:11:00.007+02:00

I was a bit busy sipping a beer and chatting about Google, okidoki? :-) so I missed this epic fail, but now I'm staying still and wonder: how can you claim you have the brightest working for you, when your core business can fail for the stupidest of them all: input validation.

SANS.org top 25 programming errors (ever) describes the top spot quite well:

It's the number one killer of healthy software, so you're just asking for trouble if you don't ensure that your input conforms with expectations.

So funny how the small autodestroy button of a big ship can be placed in the hands of an external party, so much for the bots. I guess Google's interviewing (step-by-step) process should now start with: 0. if bot, skip

Update: after all, it seems Google fubar-it alone, blamed others then retracted. Interesting, even more.

the state of the language in the Romanian state

2009-01-27T21:16:00.011+02:00

There used to be a continual stream of smart people leaving Romania (I guess it still happens) and the side effects of it were hidden for a while (at least to me), but not anymore...

Having a bit of time on my hands (and annoyed by the Romanian banks) I decided to write to the Romanian National Bank (BNR, bank regulator), then to the Ombudsman's Office (ANPC) and ask for clarifications. The result was that they don't give a fuck (yeah, no -- or **, I really mean it) about the EU regulations and what the local banks are doing), plus their incompetence / language skills has hit the roofs / rocks already.

Quoting from BNR's answer (undersigned by 2 directors):

Conform regulilor Uniunii Europene, regulamentele emise de Parlamentul European şi de către Consiliu sunt acte normative de directă aplicare, nefiind permisă transpunerea acestora în legislaţia naţională.

It seems they had to consult some foreign language document before answering, but their translator left the building long time ago (maybe to EU?) so they had to go with one of the cleaners (did they stop her from sweeping the halls?!). What she did was to translate (what might have been originally): not required into not allowed (using the wrong mop/synapse)

Quoting from ANPC's answer (undersigned by 1 director):

Totodata, va comunicam faptul ca ANPC a initiat un proiect de Hotarare de Guvern prin care v-a fi desemnata Autoritatea responsabila cu supravegherea respectarii acestui regulament

Looks like the cleaner strikes back, this time while on the job at ANPC and forgets to spell check the (director's) answer properly.

And a piece of advice to the Romanian directors: when you reach this level of incompetence, just hire 2 secretaries. Obviously our "friends" above had only one (the entertainment one). Be smart, hire another one to do the real job while the first one keeps you busy. Don't be an a--!

PS. I do think that the communication between parties is private, so I won't publish their names (without consent)

worth watching

2009-01-25T00:59:00.003+02:00

The Pirate Bay is soon on trial in Stockholm (during Feb-Mar 2009) and Warner Bros & friends just got more friends (in an YouTube vs WMG saga)

the Oops moments

2009-01-20T23:01:00.007+02:00

(big) Oops: I moved my FeedBurner account to Google, to discover later how their best recruited/brain/IQ tested pigeons/monkeys/bots royally FUBAR it, hence my feed is dead :'(

(small) oops: while playing with the new (for me) feedburner.google.com, I noticed that I might be able to insert ads into my feed, which I shouldn't be allowed to, maybe due to: bad, bad me? anyway, thank you guys: you're really the generation pro!

(funny) oops: while dialing a bit ago to US I was about/ready to say: "Hi! Do you speak English please?" (yeah, my English, not yours :o)

PS. I'm not quite into ads, I just want to spread my AdBlocker love :-)

IP mapping Romanian sites around the world

2008-12-15T23:30:00.005+02:00

It happens (sometimes) in life that you are very close to something/someone(? :-) and because of it you cannot grasp the full extent of your opportunities. Taking few steps back/away might help, if you train yourself in thinking out of the box; Otherwise, taking a few years break will definitely bring the "argh, I could have done this & that" moments :-)

Which bring us to the subject: I could have done it in 2000 (maybe), I could have done it in 2004 (definitely, maybe :-) or, I'll just do it now (2008)

The task at hand was/is quite daunting, but one can break it in a few "easy" steps:

build your own web crawler/robot
feed it with previous art or just google
let it crunch the data/web for a while or two :-)
(hopefully your robot behaves and no one will ban you; sorry guys)
extract the www sites from the stack
perform some IP magic/geo tagging on them
find a good/nice way to plot/display your data

I guess by the time one reaches 6. his/her chances of finishing the job go above 80% :-)

Luckily, I managed to do 7+ and to the left is the static result of it. A more dynamic map of Romanian sites around the world is hosted by Mapeed until January 2009, so be quick to enjoy it (Santa comes earlier this year for the ones clicking with IQ :-)

Update: the data was interpolated/reduced (depends on how you look at it :-) to ~50K geo locations that follow the initial distribution found in the collected data set. I have no time, nor excessive passion/knowledge(? :-) to run the numbers in a complete statistical way, it's like what I learned the other day: it's good to have some data to question, rather than having no data at all.

good practices: protect/manage your linux server for/over 366 days

2008-11-26T16:40:00.001+02:00

After 366 days of uptime, my dear Debian server sent me an email via SMARTd and you can imagine my joy when I read the title ("back up data NOW", haha).

Luckily, I learned something 366 days ago (when I just reinstalled on another drive, no real data to worry about):

use hddtemp to monitor the HDDs temperature (i.e. via syslog); if this goes up, your drives will start singing different tunes and none is pleasing to your ears/data :-)
install SMART monitoring tools
employ mirroring / redundancy via RAID 1, 5, or better

Luckily (again), I got a spare drive some days ago and already started the magnificent mirroring process on a running server (many thanks Falko!). Unfortunately (finally! :-), I didn't complete it then, since it required downtime and I wasn't that eager to reboot. Now, with the main drive failing I had to reconsider...

So, I just went on shutting down the services, bring the system to its knees (almost) and issue the last rsync (yeps, Falko is teaching you on how to do it on a working/ideal environment). Yes, there's a chance to ruin your good copy trying to rsync from a zombie device, but hey, I just let the blonde moments taking over... and they didn't dissapoint (at this point you should stop thinking about "good practices" and just harbor a smiley :-)

What Falko doesn't tell you, is that you should stop your services before taking a hot copy (via cp, see close to bottom on the second page), or else, you'll start fixing your services (like DBs, etc) when the RAID is ready.

Rsyncing went fine, but devil's tail came into play: I got this funny idea that I should start the services again (keeping uptime, heh?). Do NOT DO IT on a failing drive! In fact you should concentrate ONLY on the important data, back that up and once that's safe try to recover more. Sometimes you're lucky, some other times you're not and I was stuck with the latter; I couldn't do *it than reboot. To my surprise, the system came up and I had a new chance to fix it by following Falko's steps.

Remember, once the new/RAID drive is ready make sure you install the bootloader on it, or else, the reboot will teach you that. What else is the reboot teaching you? Make sure you add both (hd0,0) and (hd1,0) as root for your RAID stanzas! If the failing drive (i.e. hd0) dies for good, your BIOS will see your second drive as (hd0) and the grub config is now a bit off...

I still have one reboot underway (lets call it "maintenance break", shall we? :-), but with these new lessons learned I hope I can safely close this chapter... Happy rsyncing/mirroring to everyone!

the VIA iceman reviewed

2008-11-10T00:10:00.010+02:00

A few months ago I won (via CrunchGear) a nice piece of hardware that now replaces the veteran hdd divx player I bought from Hong Kong about the same time last year. The enclosure was much more reliable than the other "made in china" (sic) stuff I bought back then, but somehow its remote died this summer and it's not that fun to pause/play/stop using the built-in buttons. It works, but one has to leave the couch in order to do it :-)

Introducing the iceman: VIA's Weather Resistant PC System, fanless and with MPEG-2 hardware acceleration. Yes, sounds like your ideal outdoor computer (or in-car?), but it fares pretty well in the home also. After unpacking, you'll see:

- main unit (includes 2.5" HDD PATA), all black

- power cord + interesting/round power socket

- CD with drivers for Windows (no Linux, Mac :-(

- 4 page booklet (outdated/useless)

- wireless module (yeps, I bought this one :-)

- screws, mounting frame, wireless antenna

Now, your engineering skill kicks in: mounting the wireless module. You need to open the (black) box, find a place for the module, then, screw it... yeah, sort of. VIA didn't provide me the small screws needed to attach the wireless module to the main chasis, therefore for aesthetic reasons :-) I decided to pack everything back and use it sans wireless (sits close to the router anyway, no biggie)

Still, in the process, I snapped a few photos:

(on the back of the unit)

- 10/100 NIC (argh, where is the Gigabit?)

- 4x USB 2.0 (quite close one to each other)

- TV-out (S-Video & RCA) + VGA

- serial (ha?) and 2x PS/2

- audio (Line-out, Line-in, Mic-in)

- on/green led

- red power button

Removing the back, the front screws, lifting the top, looking at the wireless module...

The next shock wave: how can I upgrade the RAM in this unit? Err, I took a look inside, applied some pressure, took another look inside, applied a bit more pressure then, an Angel whispered: be careful, you might break it! So I paused for a minute and then it hit me: the CPU's sink is glued to the chassis!

Well, that's quite ok if you want to better dissipate the heat... but it gives you more headache (or chances to FUBAR it) if you want to change some parts inside :-( For me it was now the U-turn point: wrap it up, power it up and start...

Searching for an USB floppy (what?) or an USB CD-ROM since iceman's HDD was virgin. I gave up quite quickly on installing Linux (no real Bluetooth support) and followed this nice guide on installing Windows XP SP2 using an USB memory stick. All went fine and I got my iceman with XP SP2 booting... from power up to complete log in... in something like... 5-10 seconds! WTF? :-)

Upgrading to XP SP3 solves this "problem", back to the 20-30s booting times :-|

Overall,

The Good:

runs cool/just a bit warm after a few days on
completely silent
very good booting times
can scale up DVD video to 720p on a wide screen
plenty of options in the BIOS

The Bad:

no mounting (mini) screws for the wireless module
too slow for anything more than DVD quality (argh, where the hell is that MPEG-2 hardware acceleration?)
no Gbit NIC
the USB ports are too close one to each other

The Ugly:

very hard to upgrade the RAM (if needed)

Missing from this review: the wireless keyboard I'm using with this system, the USB Bluetooth adapter that helps me send wirelessly the sound to my mini HIFI system (now you see why I had to ditch Linux? :-)

(stock market) investment advice

2008-10-16T00:07:00.001+03:00

Yay, stocks are falling lately but this is not quite about it, it's about you silly and me (or something I inferred/learned about late 2001 or maybe during 2002)

Never hold stock or invest in the company that employs you.

The logic is rather simple: if something goes wrong and the stock sinks, you're in for a double fingering: once from the stocks you own and a second time (royally) might be from your own employer (you know, yada yada, cutting corners, streamlining, saving toilet paper, etc)

Of course, there are some caveats:

you are the company that employs you, in this case the answer is obvious
you are working for a startup in which your input/work really contributes to the output; well usually high risks can bring high benefits, IF... your gut feelings are in charge/shape
I never said you shouldn't play that stock in your advantage :-)
you got stock options for your nice eyes or hard works, just one word: sell

But you don't have to take my word on it, just look at one BusinessWeek from September 2008, page 94, in red: Keep your portfolio investments in sectors that don't have the same economic risks as your company and industry.

PS. It's one of the core rules in investment: diversify!

Now, I've been reading some inept isights about the current market situation and the basic idea was: hold your positions. Don't be stupid, square in your losses and dump (if you haven't done it already), exit from this madness, let the big guys hold their horses/positions. (no investment advisor will openly tell you to dump, because that can really bring down the whole show/sky)

PPS. but, I'm not an investment advisor, so use common sense, your IQ and your gut feelings :-)

a time to take cover

2008-09-28T21:10:00.002+03:00

I don't usually do copy&paste, but this time bomb seems to be really big:

Arctic scientists discover new global warming threat as melting permafrost releases millions of tons of a gas 20 times more damaging than carbon dioxide.

Preliminary findings suggest that massive deposits of subsea methane are bubbling to the surface as the Arctic region becomes warmer and its ice retreats.

is Symbian going to sucksid or not?

2008-09-23T22:02:00.003+03:00

I'd like to comment on an older story I haven't touch since. Yep, it's about The Other Big Blue (from the North): Nokia managed to score 40% market share for the last quarter, fully owns now Symbian and pledged to make it open (source?) in 2 years time.

Quite a move (in defensive?) from them (and a bit late if you ever heard of Linus Torvalds, his works and origins), but it's the 2 years part that can get them into trouble. Lets look at one year timeframe (the past year):

Apple came from "nobody" in the telecom arena to a significant player with its iPhone(s) and AppStore turning heads (and maybe rolling some heads as well, but that's another story :-)
Google baked the shinny, multipurpose (make no mistake about it, it's meant to run on devices from mobile phones, to your big screen TV, to even your car) open OS named Android which can be seen these days in the wild (on T-Mobile/HTC G1, see below)

So, are you/Nokia giving these guys (Apple+Google) another 2 More Years?!

Update: Android pre-sale devices sold out, Nokia might uncover something on October 2nd.