I think the fact that Ballmer bad PR is a big thing.
Early Microsoft it got Bill Gates who was considered the Wiz Kid who made it. The public liked it, and was willing to excuse any of Gates misspeaks as he was so young.
Then he got older and the general public (Sans the SlashDot and people who had interests in competitors) still like and respected Microsoft as it offered affordable software (Remember when Windows cost only $100).
Gates Jump ship when Microsoft was starting to suffer Gates wasn't the darling child anymore with the new Wiz Kids at Google, and Apple starting to come up with good products again.
Now with Balmer, he was generally a PR nightmare. His style is much like a 1980's infomercial which tries to get the crowd railed up, much like a cheerleader.
Microsoft needs a CEO who is much better at PR, who can Spin the Evil like Jobs does. And make us like Microsoft because we want to not because we are forced to.
Once again we open up the good old Slashdot argument thread. Where we will get thousands of people posting and arguing and saying how smart they are and yet Do Nothing to fix the problem.
This whole fiasco is really 1 part Engineering Mistake by Apple (Placing the week spot in an easy to use spot) 2 parts Anti-Apple fan-boyism (We want to feel cool and smart for choosing an Android phone over the Iphone). 1 part Apple Competitor egging on. 1 part viral internet spreading 1 part non-geek reproducible allowing for non-geeks to confirm the problem, it is easy to show and copy. 1 part customer problems
Yes Apple Messed up... But it isn't a huge mistake. I have seen Apple Mess up on their designs for much bigger problems then this.
Could it be that HTML is an english based language, that could lead to the problem. HTML and Style Sheets have english based features in them. Allowing native english speakers to guess on a style attribute and have a fighting chance to be right. Although Many/Most Japanese know english, they don't necessarily think in english thus making Style Sheets much harder to learn, and a Lot of HTML and style sheet more of an issue of Copy Paste then a full design.
In America it is one of our core (Heck it is part of the 1st Amendment Right) rights to be Open about our Religion to the public.
It is actually a good thing, sure it doesn't create a perfect world. But for you atheist out there without the freedom of speech and religion, how much are you willing to bet that there would be laws to lock you up. Especially from the bible belt areas. Yes it does have a downside where the Crazies can often put themselves in a public stance, and more can meet up. But I expect that it has protected more people then it has hurt.
As a Christian myself I am very disturbed by the actions of Westboro Baptist Church did they even bother reading the New Testament and actually listen to what Jesus said... Love thy Neighbor was a large ongoing theme, Most of story about his ministering was going to places and treating the societies misfits of the time as actual human beings. And fighting out against the Religious people who try to exclude these people from their faith. A lot of the stuff they are protesting is based on a sentence. While their actions are in conflict with statements said over and over in the bible.
They had other smart phones before but not quite like the iPhone... The way apple raises the bar is that they make technology that changes the way that you use it.
1. Screen... I am not sure why don't think Apple hasn't risen the bar. As of right now the iPhone 4 has the highest resolution in terms of DPI with any other phone. Some will come out soon... But as of right now Apple is the lead on this.
2. Camera... In terms of technical specs yes the iPhone is not the best camera.... However before the iPhone phone camera were really limited to taking a picture and texting it to your friend. Apple made it much easier to take these pictures and put them on your PC like a digital camera. Getting a link to connect your phone to a PC was an often unnecessary expense. Its 5 MegaPixel camera seems to be on par with the other phones out there now. Sure you got some 8+ Mega Pixels, out there too. But the iPhone actually made its original cheesy camera actually useful.
3. CPU/RAM... What good is CPU and RAM if you don't use it.
4. Music... For the past decade there were attempts to kill the iPod... The only thing that could kill the iPod is the iPhone.
5. Bluetooth... Yea you got me there... However most of the time I just use blue tooth for hand free caller on my phone.
In terms of Apple raising the bar it really isn't so much about technical advancements and any particular unit. What Apple does is make a phone that does particular things and markets it in a way people want to do such things with their phone.
So If I looked at the Android and the other networks and I decided to go with AT&T and iPhone because they were the best products for me. I am most likely a fan boy?
I agree a lot of the Android Phones are getting really good... However Apple has been the company that has been really raising the bar... Not Android. What Android does is raises their bar to Apples Level for Apple to raise it again.
Having been a Verizon Customer then to switch to AT&T I have to say I was happier with AT&T... Their Reps were always more polite... I never had a pushy sales person on me. And were very nice on finding ways to lower my bills. Now I may have been lucky and just gone to the right locations and called at the right time, while with Verizon I was rather unlucky. Also perhaps AT&T just has more towers in the areas I travel too... But really the only part I hate about AT&T is that their plans cost as much as Verizons.
Now I am not saying AT&T is perfect. Gosh Darn It! I want Unlimited 3G networking, and allow the Smart phones to tether. Nor is Apple perfect either, Let me put run my own apps without jail breaking the phone, or going threw iTunes. Allow me to backup my music any way I want. and Give Me Flash support...
But having made decisions and seen the competitors I am Happy with the iPhone and AT&T. Now I know a lot of people who rather have some of the features Android is better then Apple is at, that is great more power to them... However I dislike being called a Fan Boy who does what Mr. Jobs says just because I buy Apple Products. Or I value freedom of choice any less just because I don't choose an Android or a Linux or GNU based choice.
The only city that I have seen where crossing the street with no regards if there is a car or not seems to be in NYC. Probably do to tougher J-Walking laws... But Even in NY State you go to the smaller Cities such as Albany or Troy... People will just cross the road without any care... I think they figure if you Hit them then they can sue you for a lot of money if they are not killed.
Welcome to the 21st century. Where all content will be taken out of context. And judged purely based on worse case scenarios situations.
We need to be outraged even more... There is so much stuff happening in the world and there seems to be someone who really hates one thing or an other... And we must all try to fit in so we learn to hate everything.
I am starting to think that Blogs weren't a good idea.
Perjury is also the key way that you can convict politicians. All you need to do is convict them of a crime when it goes to court they will be considered guilty for perjury... Why... Because they are Politicians and they always lie.
The annoying part is that cores and clock speed are not the only factors.
Cores are how many instructions can be ran at the same time. Clock speed is how fast they can run the instruction. However new designs can improve some instructions. And new instructions for new comman tasks can mislead the clock speed. And this is over simplfying it.
The problem with the intel lineup unlike the old days... 286, 386, 486, Pentium (pent means 5), pentium 2... They are now having multible lines of processors and with little info to the average do it yourself PC buyer what to choose.
That is unless Ubuntu fails to auto detect properly... Then your screwed, and unfortunately Ubuntu Auto Detection is as good as Windows 2000. And the UI doesn't have much in advanced options to make it work.
Can you Fly all the airplaines. can you drive a Semi-Truck, can you operate a Train, could you fly the space shuttle...
Saying people are stupid for not knowing how to use a technology they are not trained in is in itself idiotic. Why cant everyone use Linux... Because they have put trade offs in their life's to learn things that are more useful for their survival.
WHy would we need a Link Microsoft is Pure Evil... They Never make any improvement to its products. They hate all their customers. And their business structure will never change. Any changes that they do has some evil nefarious reason behind it. While Linux or Google can do the same thing but it is a good thing.
Because this is Slashdot. We like to make a big deal out of everything. All Companies are Evil and have the goal to make all are lives miserable. And God help them if they remove a feature that 1 in a 1000 will use. If we had our way We should be able to plug serial with a null-modem adapter from each PC to play the game with 2 computer... and God Help them if they didn't support the CGA display.
1. It isn't defending Microsoft it is trying to make sure the Linux Users are aware of the security to prevent them from being blind sided. 2. Is it really that difficult to write a virus/trojan for linux... No not really... Most Linux distributions have a huge of scripts/python/perl code for a lot of the apps, at least to get them to start. So you make a script say a Python or Bash Script. That searches for files using find and grep that have the same interpreter you are using. Inject the Source for this script in a location where it will execute then run the normal code. Check the users mozilla cache for websites that seem to have forms... Espectially Linux formums... Or Email people from your contact list or check of shared SSH keys and auto sftp in and see where you can put your code Have it post a message randomly like Try This script... This should fix your problem.
Now what usually stops this type of script from spreading in Linux vs. Windows is 1 Linux Admins being better Admins know how to reduce root access to their system, and use it as a last resort.
The case of amount of Windows users vs. Linux users is a big case too. Just in terms of networking and finding like systems. It is not Linux superior model but it is just big enough to have enough stupid people to cause the virus to spread.
3. There is a lot of security built into the Windows NT Kernel. In some ways more then in Linux. But still it is going to do what it told, and if you can run a program to raw write to your devices you have enough to cause problems.
4. The Lazy admin I describe probably wouldn't be fired because the person who I describe isn't an Admin. Most companies are small companies and the guy who maintains the computers is probable in sales or the owner or doing something else as their main job.
Yes the random poke at Microsoft... Lets stay blind dumb and happy with our Linux.
Linux isn't any more secure then Windows is. However Linux users like to get bragging rights because they release fixes to security glitches fixes (a good thing) much faster then Windows does. However security patches isn't the only thing...
Usually the reason for most Vulnerabilities in Windows is due to stupid Administration. Being that windows is easier to maintain by the average joe, means that a lot of Windows Server Networks are being administered by people who really don't have any rights administering a network. Having Poor Security procedures, buzzword based security settings, Firewall with holes.
Linux users are either the Old time Unix administers or people who actually think about technology as a bit more of a means to an end, actually on the average are at least bit better then the laimo Windows Server non-administrators.
However Linux is still quite vulnerable. Updates may not be run as often as they should, legacy code needing older versions of software to run. The fact that they think they are immune makes sure fixing these problems are a less of a priority.
I have seen man Linux Systems hacked into more then I have seen windows systems, why because the administrators of the Linux systems were Lazy and bought into the fact that Linux is SO MUCH MORE SECURE THEN WiNDOWS and let the Servers Run Bragging about their huge uptimes while it keep on getting rooted. Yes the times I have seen Windows get compromised it is often a bigger problem then when it happens to Linux, as windows vulnerabilities make it more possible to spread viruses across the unsecured intranet.
But the moral of this post is. Don't put your faith in the software for security, Keeping a secure network is up to a human hopefully they are skilled to keep it secure.
Netscape 4 was amazing... But it was the IE 6 of Netscape... When it was new it was a really great Browser New Clean UI, with great new HTML features added in. The problem was Netscape 5... Errr. Mozilla 5... Err Netscape 6... Took Years to deploy. By the time it was out IE 6 was already out and had 2 versions underneath it.
Netscape 4 was a good browser. It only seems like it sucked because it was the latest and greatest version for Way too long.
But version 4 seems likes a troubled version for some reason... I think it is because of the following reason.
Version 1. It is brand new Shiny and clean. Version 2 With significant new features to make it usable. Version 3 Usually with a lot of stability and bug fixes. Usually a mature product. Version 4 The product is mature and needs to be Revamped and look like a new version 1. An attempt to get people to want a new version. Usually causes new bug and problems.
Then it usually repeats the Process of 3 and 4... It is kinda like the oppsite of Star Trek Movies where the Odd versions are the good ones.
Windows 1... New Proof of concept Windows 2... Adding stuff pepole would need Windows 3... Useful enough to be practical Windows 4 (95)... New Interface popular but people have suffered Windows 5 (98)... Signifant Improvement became the Standard quickly Windows 6 (ME)... Crap Windows 7 (XP)... (Windows 2000 was more of a server version of windows XP was the consumer version) A good version of Windows Windows 8 (Vista)... Crap again tried a New shiny interface but forgot CS101 classes on how to copy files. Windows 9 (7)... Branded to try to forget ME, and Vista as a version. So far I would say it is a good version of Windows.
I agree, a lot of people see things on the extreams. Sure there are things in the world that are opposites. But most of what goes on usually is in a borderless state. You see it every where, political parties who debate the same crap for generations, both saying the other is wrong and assumes that one is right. While chances are is that they are both wrong.
It is also why I equally dislike the hard evangelical religions who figure most of the world will go to hell. And the far athiests who see's any one with the idea that God could exists as a product of iditocy.
As paridoxal this statement seems. Normally if you know that someone has a belief or phelosophy different then your own. And you see this person as sub human. Then you are probably a polerized person. No more enlighted then the rest of the public
Yes. Because 3 feet are in a yard. And as a tool we can get these things called Yard Sticks and then we can usually easily envision 3 of those back to back to grasp the general size.
If they had stepped up immediately and said hey there is a small issue here is a free bumper case to fix it there would be almost no uproar over this. They've done nothing but add fuel to the fire by their reaction telling their customers to pound salt and then censoring their forums (not that it isn't uncommon for them).
You think so.... I doubt that... Apple is now the largest Technology company in the world... They have lost their poor struggling Spple lets help them fight against the Big Old, Mean Old Microsoft. It is now let critically look at everything that apple does any flaw no matter how minor we will jump on like a rabid animal...
This reception issue in many ways seems like it was taken out of proportion if it was any other company but Apple it wouldn't have been an issue. If Apple gave them a bumper it could just open a gate for more free products from Apple for every minor design mistake.
Cases for laptops to prevent scratching or accidental dropping. Cleaning tools for the screen because they smug too easily...
What apple is doing is delaying to see what the real problem is and if they can fix it in the best way they can they will. A Recall or Shipping Free bumpers will not leave a good taist in their mouth to apple. Just waiting for the right fix an in a few months after all the hoopla no one will really remember the problems.
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I think the fact that Ballmer bad PR is a big thing.
Early Microsoft it got Bill Gates who was considered the Wiz Kid who made it. The public liked it, and was willing to excuse any of Gates misspeaks as he was so young.
Then he got older and the general public (Sans the SlashDot and people who had interests in competitors) still like and respected Microsoft as it offered affordable software (Remember when Windows cost only $100).
Gates Jump ship when Microsoft was starting to suffer Gates wasn't the darling child anymore with the new Wiz Kids at Google, and Apple starting to come up with good products again.
Now with Balmer, he was generally a PR nightmare. His style is much like a 1980's infomercial which tries to get the crowd railed up, much like a cheerleader.
Microsoft needs a CEO who is much better at PR, who can Spin the Evil like Jobs does. And make us like Microsoft because we want to not because we are forced to.
Once again we open up the good old Slashdot argument thread. Where we will get thousands of people posting and arguing and saying how smart they are and yet Do Nothing to fix the problem.
This whole fiasco is really
1 part Engineering Mistake by Apple (Placing the week spot in an easy to use spot)
2 parts Anti-Apple fan-boyism (We want to feel cool and smart for choosing an Android phone over the Iphone).
1 part Apple Competitor egging on.
1 part viral internet spreading
1 part non-geek reproducible allowing for non-geeks to confirm the problem, it is easy to show and copy.
1 part customer problems
Yes Apple Messed up... But it isn't a huge mistake. I have seen Apple Mess up on their designs for much bigger problems then this.
Could it be that HTML is an english based language, that could lead to the problem. HTML and Style Sheets have english based features in them. Allowing native english speakers to guess on a style attribute and have a fighting chance to be right. Although Many/Most Japanese know english, they don't necessarily think in english thus making Style Sheets much harder to learn, and a Lot of HTML and style sheet more of an issue of Copy Paste then a full design.
In America it is one of our core (Heck it is part of the 1st Amendment Right) rights to be Open about our Religion to the public.
It is actually a good thing, sure it doesn't create a perfect world. But for you atheist out there without the freedom of speech and religion, how much are you willing to bet that there would be laws to lock you up. Especially from the bible belt areas. Yes it does have a downside where the Crazies can often put themselves in a public stance, and more can meet up. But I expect that it has protected more people then it has hurt.
As a Christian myself I am very disturbed by the actions of Westboro Baptist Church did they even bother reading the New Testament and actually listen to what Jesus said... Love thy Neighbor was a large ongoing theme, Most of story about his ministering was going to places and treating the societies misfits of the time as actual human beings. And fighting out against the Religious people who try to exclude these people from their faith. A lot of the stuff they are protesting is based on a sentence. While their actions are in conflict with statements said over and over in the bible.
Well lets start with the original iPhone.
They had other smart phones before but not quite like the iPhone... The way apple raises the bar is that they make technology that changes the way that you use it.
1. Screen... I am not sure why don't think Apple hasn't risen the bar. As of right now the iPhone 4 has the highest resolution in terms of DPI with any other phone. Some will come out soon... But as of right now Apple is the lead on this.
2. Camera... In terms of technical specs yes the iPhone is not the best camera.... However before the iPhone phone camera were really limited to taking a picture and texting it to your friend. Apple made it much easier to take these pictures and put them on your PC like a digital camera. Getting a link to connect your phone to a PC was an often unnecessary expense. Its 5 MegaPixel camera seems to be on par with the other phones out there now. Sure you got some 8+ Mega Pixels, out there too. But the iPhone actually made its original cheesy camera actually useful.
3. CPU/RAM... What good is CPU and RAM if you don't use it.
4. Music... For the past decade there were attempts to kill the iPod... The only thing that could kill the iPod is the iPhone.
5. Bluetooth... Yea you got me there... However most of the time I just use blue tooth for hand free caller on my phone.
In terms of Apple raising the bar it really isn't so much about technical advancements and any particular unit. What Apple does is make a phone that does particular things and markets it in a way people want to do such things with their phone.
So If I looked at the Android and the other networks and I decided to go with AT&T and iPhone because they were the best products for me. I am most likely a fan boy?
I agree a lot of the Android Phones are getting really good... However Apple has been the company that has been really raising the bar... Not Android. What Android does is raises their bar to Apples Level for Apple to raise it again.
Having been a Verizon Customer then to switch to AT&T I have to say I was happier with AT&T... Their Reps were always more polite... I never had a pushy sales person on me. And were very nice on finding ways to lower my bills. Now I may have been lucky and just gone to the right locations and called at the right time, while with Verizon I was rather unlucky. Also perhaps AT&T just has more towers in the areas I travel too... But really the only part I hate about AT&T is that their plans cost as much as Verizons.
Now I am not saying AT&T is perfect. Gosh Darn It! I want Unlimited 3G networking, and allow the Smart phones to tether. Nor is Apple perfect either, Let me put run my own apps without jail breaking the phone, or going threw iTunes. Allow me to backup my music any way I want. and Give Me Flash support...
But having made decisions and seen the competitors I am Happy with the iPhone and AT&T. Now I know a lot of people who rather have some of the features Android is better then Apple is at, that is great more power to them... However I dislike being called a Fan Boy who does what Mr. Jobs says just because I buy Apple Products. Or I value freedom of choice any less just because I don't choose an Android or a Linux or GNU based choice.
It is called moving to a City...
The only city that I have seen where crossing the street with no regards if there is a car or not seems to be in NYC. Probably do to tougher J-Walking laws... But Even in NY State you go to the smaller Cities such as Albany or Troy... People will just cross the road without any care... I think they figure if you Hit them then they can sue you for a lot of money if they are not killed.
Welcome to the 21st century. Where all content will be taken out of context. And judged purely based on worse case scenarios situations.
We need to be outraged even more... There is so much stuff happening in the world and there seems to be someone who really hates one thing or an other... And we must all try to fit in so we learn to hate everything.
I am starting to think that Blogs weren't a good idea.
What are you saying the Windows 7 mobile phone doesn't support call forwarding either?
Who cares about sharks. Just as long as it makes the same sound when you hit an extended slinky.
Perjury is also the key way that you can convict politicians. All you need to do is convict them of a crime when it goes to court they will be considered guilty for perjury... Why... Because they are Politicians and they always lie.
The annoying part is that cores and clock speed are not the only factors.
Cores are how many instructions can be ran at the same time. Clock speed is how fast they can run the instruction. However new designs can improve some instructions. And new instructions for new comman tasks can mislead the clock speed. And this is over simplfying it.
The problem with the intel lineup unlike the old days... 286, 386, 486, Pentium (pent means 5), pentium 2...
They are now having multible lines of processors and with little info to the average do it yourself PC buyer what to choose.
That is unless Ubuntu fails to auto detect properly... Then your screwed, and unfortunately Ubuntu Auto Detection is as good as Windows 2000. And the UI doesn't have much in advanced options to make it work.
That is why they have the Live Animal Exhibits.
NeoThermic I would like to buy that rock.
Can you Fly all the airplaines. can you drive a Semi-Truck, can you operate a Train, could you fly the space shuttle...
Saying people are stupid for not knowing how to use a technology they are not trained in is in itself idiotic. Why cant everyone use Linux... Because they have put trade offs in their life's to learn things that are more useful for their survival.
WHy would we need a Link Microsoft is Pure Evil... They Never make any improvement to its products. They hate all their customers. And their business structure will never change. Any changes that they do has some evil nefarious reason behind it. While Linux or Google can do the same thing but it is a good thing.
Because this is Slashdot. We like to make a big deal out of everything. All Companies are Evil and have the goal to make all are lives miserable. And God help them if they remove a feature that 1 in a 1000 will use. If we had our way We should be able to plug serial with a null-modem adapter from each PC to play the game with 2 computer... and God Help them if they didn't support the CGA display.
1. It isn't defending Microsoft it is trying to make sure the Linux Users are aware of the security to prevent them from being blind sided.
2. Is it really that difficult to write a virus/trojan for linux... No not really... Most Linux distributions have a huge of scripts/python/perl code for a lot of the apps, at least to get them to start.
So you make a script say a Python or Bash Script. That searches for files using find and grep that have the same interpreter you are using. Inject the Source for this script in a location where it will execute then run the normal code.
Check the users mozilla cache for websites that seem to have forms... Espectially Linux formums... Or Email people from your contact list or check of shared SSH keys and auto sftp in and see where you can put your code
Have it post a message randomly like Try This script... This should fix your problem.
Now what usually stops this type of script from spreading in Linux vs. Windows is 1 Linux Admins being better Admins know how to reduce root access to their system, and use it as a last resort.
The case of amount of Windows users vs. Linux users is a big case too. Just in terms of networking and finding like systems. It is not Linux superior model but it is just big enough to have enough stupid people to cause the virus to spread.
3. There is a lot of security built into the Windows NT Kernel. In some ways more then in Linux. But still it is going to do what it told, and if you can run a program to raw write to your devices you have enough to cause problems.
4. The Lazy admin I describe probably wouldn't be fired because the person who I describe isn't an Admin. Most companies are small companies and the guy who maintains the computers is probable in sales or the owner or doing something else as their main job.
Yes the random poke at Microsoft...
Lets stay blind dumb and happy with our Linux.
Linux isn't any more secure then Windows is. However Linux users like to get bragging rights because they release fixes to security glitches fixes (a good thing) much faster then Windows does. However security patches isn't the only thing...
Usually the reason for most Vulnerabilities in Windows is due to stupid Administration. Being that windows is easier to maintain by the average joe, means that a lot of Windows Server Networks are being administered by people who really don't have any rights administering a network. Having Poor Security procedures, buzzword based security settings, Firewall with holes.
Linux users are either the Old time Unix administers or people who actually think about technology as a bit more of a means to an end, actually on the average are at least bit better then the laimo Windows Server non-administrators.
However Linux is still quite vulnerable. Updates may not be run as often as they should, legacy code needing older versions of software to run. The fact that they think they are immune makes sure fixing these problems are a less of a priority.
I have seen man Linux Systems hacked into more then I have seen windows systems, why because the administrators of the Linux systems were Lazy and bought into the fact that Linux is SO MUCH MORE SECURE THEN WiNDOWS and let the Servers Run Bragging about their huge uptimes while it keep on getting rooted. Yes the times I have seen Windows get compromised it is often a bigger problem then when it happens to Linux, as windows vulnerabilities make it more possible to spread viruses across the unsecured intranet.
But the moral of this post is. Don't put your faith in the software for security, Keeping a secure network is up to a human hopefully they are skilled to keep it secure.
Netscape 4 was amazing... But it was the IE 6 of Netscape... When it was new it was a really great Browser New Clean UI, with great new HTML features added in. The problem was Netscape 5... Errr. Mozilla 5... Err Netscape 6... Took Years to deploy. By the time it was out IE 6 was already out and had 2 versions underneath it.
Netscape 4 was a good browser. It only seems like it sucked because it was the latest and greatest version for Way too long.
But version 4 seems likes a troubled version for some reason... I think it is because of the following reason.
Version 1. It is brand new Shiny and clean.
Version 2 With significant new features to make it usable.
Version 3 Usually with a lot of stability and bug fixes. Usually a mature product.
Version 4 The product is mature and needs to be Revamped and look like a new version 1. An attempt to get people to want a new version. Usually causes new bug and problems.
Then it usually repeats the Process of 3 and 4... It is kinda like the oppsite of Star Trek Movies where the Odd versions are the good ones.
Windows 1... New Proof of concept
Windows 2... Adding stuff pepole would need
Windows 3... Useful enough to be practical
Windows 4 (95)... New Interface popular but people have suffered
Windows 5 (98)... Signifant Improvement became the Standard quickly
Windows 6 (ME)... Crap
Windows 7 (XP)... (Windows 2000 was more of a server version of windows XP was the consumer version) A good version of Windows
Windows 8 (Vista)... Crap again tried a New shiny interface but forgot CS101 classes on how to copy files.
Windows 9 (7)... Branded to try to forget ME, and Vista as a version. So far I would say it is a good version of Windows.
I agree, a lot of people see things on the extreams. Sure there are things in the world that are opposites. But most of what goes on usually is in a borderless state. You see it every where, political parties who debate the same crap for generations, both saying the other is wrong and assumes that one is right. While chances are is that they are both wrong.
It is also why I equally dislike the hard evangelical religions who figure most of the world will go to hell. And the far athiests who see's any one with the idea that God could exists as a product of iditocy.
As paridoxal this statement seems. Normally if you know that someone has a belief or phelosophy different then your own. And you see this person as sub human. Then you are probably a polerized person. No more enlighted then the rest of the public
Yes. Because 3 feet are in a yard. And as a tool we can get these things called Yard Sticks and then we can usually easily envision 3 of those back to back to grasp the general size.
If they had stepped up immediately and said hey there is a small issue here is a free bumper case to fix it there would be almost no uproar over this. They've done nothing but add fuel to the fire by their reaction telling their customers to pound salt and then censoring their forums (not that it isn't uncommon for them).
You think so.... I doubt that... Apple is now the largest Technology company in the world... They have lost their poor struggling Spple lets help them fight against the Big Old, Mean Old Microsoft. It is now let critically look at everything that apple does any flaw no matter how minor we will jump on like a rabid animal...
This reception issue in many ways seems like it was taken out of proportion if it was any other company but Apple it wouldn't have been an issue. If Apple gave them a bumper it could just open a gate for more free products from Apple for every minor design mistake.
Cases for laptops to prevent scratching or accidental dropping.
Cleaning tools for the screen because they smug too easily...
What apple is doing is delaying to see what the real problem is and if they can fix it in the best way they can they will. A Recall or Shipping Free bumpers will not leave a good taist in their mouth to apple. Just waiting for the right fix an in a few months after all the hoopla no one will really remember the problems.