I've seen the Adobe demos and some of them are pretty neat, in fact some are already in the app store. I've seen some pretty crappy apps written in obj C. It's entirely possible to be a crappy developer in any language.
The problem is once you start closing down the avenues of speech it could become a slippery slope. Almost any kind of contentious speech could be labeled as "hateful" by one party or another. Or are the cartoons of Mohamed too distant of a memory for you? If you want to allow free speech, you have to allow all speech, hateful or otherwise.
I'm wondering how badly the statistics are influenced by jerks like me, I use FF and Chrome simultaneously. Chrome for a quick browsing experience with a suite of sites that I already trust. Firefox for going to new sites or browsing the news with it's relentless onslaught of ads and scripts. Both have their place, but downloading and surfing with Chrome does not negate the fact that I still use FF for 80% of my browsing.
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I'll second that. Count me in for a beer (or an Irish carbomb).
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If it's a vision of the future then I want out. I don't want my decisions made for me. I don't want a mysterious group of people deciding what is appropriate for me to install. I want options. I would seriously consider getting an iPad for my tech books if Apple would simply allow 3rd party applications to be installed.
What you see as the future is what I consider to be the dumbing down of our culture. People want something that just works without understanding the nuts and bolts. The less the common person understands the more power is given to the technocrats that do. Everything I knew about computers (before my 2nd year of undergrad work) was learned from tinkering. Apple's philosophy runs counter to the very idea. My fear is that if/when the walled garden approach becomes more commonplace the impetus to play with the devices on a component level will disappear and we'll be left with a generation with less interest in engineering and more interest in shiny objects.
Excellent point. If you download a movie and it turns out you really like it (not likely anyway) then is a 700 MB lossy version riddled with artifacts, poor sound quality and a lack of subtitles going to be enough? I'd wager that you're going to go out there and buy the DVD or Blu-Ray. Dear Hollywood: Produce something worth buying and we will gladly buy it. Produce crap and you will see people sampling, laughing (unless it's a comedy) and quickly deleting.
Frightening scenario my friend. I tend to agree with you. In the U.S. it's a similar story. I tried to go without buying anything made in China for lent (long story), and failed after 3 days. The fact of the matter is that if the West truly wants to become competitive again we need to be willing to pay more for products. Since corporations will vehemently protect their bottom-line that burden will get passed on to the consumer. With the global economy as shaky as it is, it doesn't bode well for us. We do live in interesting times.
I'm sure plenty of Italians were fine with Mussolini keeping the trains on time. That doesn't legitimize the heavy handed tactics of the authoritarian regime. Dissenters are quickly "reeducated" and any difference in opinion is silenced. I'm not saying that the Western world is perfect and I do realize that no country is truly 100% "free", however I have a serious problem with any company kowtowing to a brutal government and even if they did it for their own self-serving reasons I still have to applaud Google.
Flip the scenario and imagine Microsoft or any flavor of Linux not allowing apps that "duplicated functionality" onto their hallowed grounds. How's that taste? Tastes like hypocrisy to me.
The problem is that people can be as well trained as you want, they can be able to pass every test possible at the DMV. The trouble is once they get on the road they revert back to talking, texting, and general jackassery. On my 30 minute commute here in Northern Nevada (where we have more than our fair share of CA drivers) I've even made a game of counting every time I see somebody texting and driving. I have yet to have a zero at the end of the day.
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My NES has proven remarkably efficient at blocking rootkits. I was able to get one loaded as a test, but I had to blow real hard on it first.
Gotta love Canonical... apt-get install dystopian-copyright-protection
I've seen the Adobe demos and some of them are pretty neat, in fact some are already in the app store. I've seen some pretty crappy apps written in obj C. It's entirely possible to be a crappy developer in any language.
How on Earth is this modded troll?
The problem is once you start closing down the avenues of speech it could become a slippery slope. Almost any kind of contentious speech could be labeled as "hateful" by one party or another. Or are the cartoons of Mohamed too distant of a memory for you? If you want to allow free speech, you have to allow all speech, hateful or otherwise.
I'm wondering how badly the statistics are influenced by jerks like me, I use FF and Chrome simultaneously. Chrome for a quick browsing experience with a suite of sites that I already trust. Firefox for going to new sites or browsing the news with it's relentless onslaught of ads and scripts. Both have their place, but downloading and surfing with Chrome does not negate the fact that I still use FF for 80% of my browsing.
Mobile phones is one exception but also because you can't swap out browsers/rendering engines.
Maybe you can't, but my Android device would beg to differ.
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I'll second that. Count me in for a beer (or an Irish carbomb).
If it's a vision of the future then I want out. I don't want my decisions made for me. I don't want a mysterious group of people deciding what is appropriate for me to install. I want options. I would seriously consider getting an iPad for my tech books if Apple would simply allow 3rd party applications to be installed.
What you see as the future is what I consider to be the dumbing down of our culture. People want something that just works without understanding the nuts and bolts. The less the common person understands the more power is given to the technocrats that do. Everything I knew about computers (before my 2nd year of undergrad work) was learned from tinkering. Apple's philosophy runs counter to the very idea. My fear is that if/when the walled garden approach becomes more commonplace the impetus to play with the devices on a component level will disappear and we'll be left with a generation with less interest in engineering and more interest in shiny objects.
I find your lack of faith in the horror that is the Christmas Special disturbing.
Whooosh!
I've never tried tasting the engine in my truck. I haven't changed the oil in months so I'm guessing it'd be pretty gritty.
But rule number one is I'm not supposed to talk about it!
Excellent point. If you download a movie and it turns out you really like it (not likely anyway) then is a 700 MB lossy version riddled with artifacts, poor sound quality and a lack of subtitles going to be enough? I'd wager that you're going to go out there and buy the DVD or Blu-Ray. Dear Hollywood: Produce something worth buying and we will gladly buy it. Produce crap and you will see people sampling, laughing (unless it's a comedy) and quickly deleting.
No mod points, but your comment made me spit coffee through my nose.
Shhhhhhhhhhhh! Don't give them any ideas!
It's not that uncommon, hell they're running low on the Thrublepants-Kopovski mugs at my local department store.
So 2009 was the year of Linux...on the PS3 at least.
Websurfing using the full capabilities of an HDTV, playing any number of emulated old-school console games just to name a few.
Don't be so square.
Frightening scenario my friend. I tend to agree with you. In the U.S. it's a similar story. I tried to go without buying anything made in China for lent (long story), and failed after 3 days. The fact of the matter is that if the West truly wants to become competitive again we need to be willing to pay more for products. Since corporations will vehemently protect their bottom-line that burden will get passed on to the consumer. With the global economy as shaky as it is, it doesn't bode well for us. We do live in interesting times.
I'm sure plenty of Italians were fine with Mussolini keeping the trains on time. That doesn't legitimize the heavy handed tactics of the authoritarian regime. Dissenters are quickly "reeducated" and any difference in opinion is silenced. I'm not saying that the Western world is perfect and I do realize that no country is truly 100% "free", however I have a serious problem with any company kowtowing to a brutal government and even if they did it for their own self-serving reasons I still have to applaud Google.
Flip the scenario and imagine Microsoft or any flavor of Linux not allowing apps that "duplicated functionality" onto their hallowed grounds. How's that taste? Tastes like hypocrisy to me.
The problem is that people can be as well trained as you want, they can be able to pass every test possible at the DMV. The trouble is once they get on the road they revert back to talking, texting, and general jackassery. On my 30 minute commute here in Northern Nevada (where we have more than our fair share of CA drivers) I've even made a game of counting every time I see somebody texting and driving. I have yet to have a zero at the end of the day.