+1 Insightful. This is one of the times that a closed ecosystem helps. You can say "original iPad" and know what it comes with without having to specify every little thing. Since there are no real options you don't have to test all the permutations.
(Not saying this is the best choice for everyone, it works for me but you may be different etc etc)
I switched to OpenOffice years ago -- when I was using Office XP Pro -- because very large reports (4000+ pages) were crashing Word. It was also much easier to preserve leading zeros in Excel.
As far as user interface goes, I used Excel since version 4 through XP/2002, so an "old" interface to you is a familiar interface to me. OpenOffice doesn't have every feature, some features are implemented differently, and has some features Office does not. It's more personal preference and it works well for my needs and my systems.
...And while it lost market share to some of its mobile rivals, Apple still captured 82.7 percent of the app store market last year, down from 92.8 percent the prior year.
So that's what, 17.3% left for Android, roughly a 1:5 ratio to Apple? Yes Android is growing quickly, and it has a long way to go to catch up. That could happen, sure. Let's look at this from another angle -- what is the per-user value on both platforms? Apple's users spend more. http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-iphone-android-revenue-per-user-2011-2
Uninformed is not the correct term. Realistic is more apt -- if you're an app developer you typically want to get the largest market possible, and the Apple store is the largest market today. The 30% fee is an entrance fee to this quantity of people... people who generally spend more on apps. It's like complaining that advertising via generic "occupant" coupon books through the mail is cheaper and you'd rather do that than buy a TV or magazine ad. It's cheaper for a reason -- the number of qualified buyers you reach. The Apple store is king of that area today.
Tei mentions that Flash takes a lot of processor power even in a dual-core system, and believes that this amount of usage would overly tax less capable mobile devices. His (her?) idea is to have a mobile emulation mode available to allow developers to model Flash on those devices, and in the process perhaps streamline some of the extra effects to improve mobile device performance. (That's a pretty damn good idea, BTW.)
In this community, there exist many people who don't speak English as a first language. I'm not talking about leetspeak. I'm not sure if you're trying to be funny, but you come across as another angsty teenager spewing hatred, and we have plenty of that on the web already.
I have 4 GB RAM, and have dedicated only 1 GB to my XP VM in Parallels. Maybe that's part of it? I've been using this setup since 2007, although it was Parallels 4 and Tiger until last year when I went to Parallels 5 and Snow Leopard. The X11 sessions seem to take the most memory.
I would argue that torrent distribution is even more important for those without broadband... because eventually you will receive the data. With more conventional methods, auto-resuming is more complicated. With torrents it's automatic.
At a time when so many things are wrong in this world, Khan Academy is helping countless people improve their lives through education. The help of BitTorrent brings this to even more people. Truly awesome and many thanks!
I had a credit card stolen once. I was advised by that credit card company to write the phrase "Photo ID Req'd" or similar on the back of the card with a Sharpie and never sign the card.
That was in the mid-90's... since then I have only had a problem at one Best Buy store -- they wanted me to sign the back of the card and I walked out without purchasing the items. (Never mind how stupid it would have been to sign the back of the card in front of them, then turn around and also sign the receipt).
You'd be surprised how often people don't even bother to look at the signature. I sometimes ask a cashier/waiter if they checked my signature when they hand me back the card... and then embarrass them when they say yes and I flip the card over and show the bold "Photo ID Reqd" text and no sig. It tends to affect their tip.
I have been pleasantly surprised by the people who ask for ID; I always increase the tip and thank them, explaining that I had a card stolen once. Many of them like the idea.
Incidentally, when my card was stolen, a man of a different race used the card. Had they checked the ID, there is no way we would have been similar. (I had to sign some papers for the police or credit card company (don't remember which) and they gave me that much info.)
The Mozilla folks have given in to the idea that "3.6 is less than 8.0 and is less than 12, therefore FireFox 3.6 is less than MSIE 8.0 and Chrome 12".
Unfortunately you just described how 90% of end-users think. If Firefox is to take more of the market share they have to take more of these "regular Joes"... not that I'm particularly thrilled with this decision but I understand it.
The publisher gives assurances about working with gamers to fix it, but what they'd really like is for everyone to just shut up and swallow the pill. As long as there are people out there willing to for out £40-50 on a game that's broken at release, or has intrusive DRM stuffed everywhere, this kind of behaviour and this approach to selling games will continue.
Yep. Once they have your money they can tell you to get stuffed. Most people won't fight, so even giving refunds to a vocal minority doesn't bother them at all.
+1 Insightful. I think I'll clip your post for future use, instead of my usual launching into a tirade whenever Sony is mentioned. My blood pressure thanks you.
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+1 Insightful. This is one of the times that a closed ecosystem helps. You can say "original iPad" and know what it comes with without having to specify every little thing. Since there are no real options you don't have to test all the permutations.
(Not saying this is the best choice for everyone, it works for me but you may be different etc etc)
Maybe I'm way off base, but when I read TFS I immediately thought of Light Peak / Thunderbolt.
+1 Insightful. They want attention too and are usually more willing to work for it.
I switched to OpenOffice years ago -- when I was using Office XP Pro -- because very large reports (4000+ pages) were crashing Word. It was also much easier to preserve leading zeros in Excel.
As far as user interface goes, I used Excel since version 4 through XP/2002, so an "old" interface to you is a familiar interface to me. OpenOffice doesn't have every feature, some features are implemented differently, and has some features Office does not. It's more personal preference and it works well for my needs and my systems.
+1 Insightful. I think it's fair to say that most open source projects would never be created if there were an available solution that met the need.
Ahh... and a Zip drive for backups! (Why didn't I think of that earlier?)
I vote for Microsoft Bob as the OS.
+1 Informative. Well written.
You can smash any hammer with a bigger hammer, right?
I had to refresh a couple of times, but it worked on Firefox for me, even with Ghostery, ABP and NoScript enabled.
Is this the Ron Jeremy of phones or what? Won't you need straps so you can carry this thing on your back? And then walk funny anyway?
Thank you for understanding and for your classy reply. A bit of humanity is a refreshing change from the content we see on here at times.
...And while it lost market share to some of its mobile rivals, Apple still captured 82.7 percent of the app store market last year, down from 92.8 percent the prior year.
So that's what, 17.3% left for Android, roughly a 1:5 ratio to Apple? Yes Android is growing quickly, and it has a long way to go to catch up. That could happen, sure. Let's look at this from another angle -- what is the per-user value on both platforms? Apple's users spend more. http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-iphone-android-revenue-per-user-2011-2
Uninformed is not the correct term. Realistic is more apt -- if you're an app developer you typically want to get the largest market possible, and the Apple store is the largest market today. The 30% fee is an entrance fee to this quantity of people... people who generally spend more on apps. It's like complaining that advertising via generic "occupant" coupon books through the mail is cheaper and you'd rather do that than buy a TV or magazine ad. It's cheaper for a reason -- the number of qualified buyers you reach. The Apple store is king of that area today.
Because 100% of $2000 isn't as much as 70% of $20mil?
(And yes I'm making up these numbers, but you'd have to be a troll not to understand the difference in scale here).
You're fairly new here, so I thought I'd explain.
Tei mentions that Flash takes a lot of processor power even in a dual-core system, and believes that this amount of usage would overly tax less capable mobile devices. His (her?) idea is to have a mobile emulation mode available to allow developers to model Flash on those devices, and in the process perhaps streamline some of the extra effects to improve mobile device performance. (That's a pretty damn good idea, BTW.)
In this community, there exist many people who don't speak English as a first language. I'm not talking about leetspeak. I'm not sure if you're trying to be funny, but you come across as another angsty teenager spewing hatred, and we have plenty of that on the web already.
I have 4 GB RAM, and have dedicated only 1 GB to my XP VM in Parallels. Maybe that's part of it? I've been using this setup since 2007, although it was Parallels 4 and Tiger until last year when I went to Parallels 5 and Snow Leopard. The X11 sessions seem to take the most memory.
I would argue that torrent distribution is even more important for those without broadband... because eventually you will receive the data. With more conventional methods, auto-resuming is more complicated. With torrents it's automatic.
At a time when so many things are wrong in this world, Khan Academy is helping countless people improve their lives through education. The help of BitTorrent brings this to even more people. Truly awesome and many thanks!
Try shopping at Radio Shack or CompUSA. Both ask for personal info for cash purchases.
I had a credit card stolen once. I was advised by that credit card company to write the phrase "Photo ID Req'd" or similar on the back of the card with a Sharpie and never sign the card.
That was in the mid-90's... since then I have only had a problem at one Best Buy store -- they wanted me to sign the back of the card and I walked out without purchasing the items. (Never mind how stupid it would have been to sign the back of the card in front of them, then turn around and also sign the receipt).
You'd be surprised how often people don't even bother to look at the signature. I sometimes ask a cashier/waiter if they checked my signature when they hand me back the card... and then embarrass them when they say yes and I flip the card over and show the bold "Photo ID Reqd" text and no sig. It tends to affect their tip.
I have been pleasantly surprised by the people who ask for ID; I always increase the tip and thank them, explaining that I had a card stolen once. Many of them like the idea.
Incidentally, when my card was stolen, a man of a different race used the card. Had they checked the ID, there is no way we would have been similar. (I had to sign some papers for the police or credit card company (don't remember which) and they gave me that much info.)
As opposed to *not* supporting these OS's and platforms?
Of course Firefox will support them. This is good not bad.
The Mozilla folks have given in to the idea that "3.6 is less than 8.0 and is less than 12, therefore FireFox 3.6 is less than MSIE 8.0 and Chrome 12".
Unfortunately you just described how 90% of end-users think. If Firefox is to take more of the market share they have to take more of these "regular Joes"... not that I'm particularly thrilled with this decision but I understand it.
I'm running Firefox 4b10 on Snow Leopard also, and other than spiking when I refresh I'm 70%+ idle. With Parallels and X11 running, I might add.
Maybe it's one of your addons, try disabling them all and reenabling them one at a time until you find the culprit.
The publisher gives assurances about working with gamers to fix it, but what they'd really like is for everyone to just shut up and swallow the pill. As long as there are people out there willing to for out £40-50 on a game that's broken at release, or has intrusive DRM stuffed everywhere, this kind of behaviour and this approach to selling games will continue.
Yep. Once they have your money they can tell you to get stuffed. Most people won't fight, so even giving refunds to a vocal minority doesn't bother them at all.
+1 Insightful. I think I'll clip your post for future use, instead of my usual launching into a tirade whenever Sony is mentioned. My blood pressure thanks you.