Except "urban" doesn't mean "black," unless you're trying to get away with saying "black people" in a context where you know it's wrong and unacceptable. Like if you were trying to get away with saying "black people commit more crimes," you might say "urban populations commit more crime."
Urban means "lives in the city."
Yes, sometimes it's obnoxious, sometimes people pick music that doesn't fit with the visuals.
But your second point, while true, has no bearing on anything. No one makes music (or visuals, or whatever) choices based on what other people might possibly like, unless you're producing something meant to be bought by other people. Then you'd cater to those preferences. If you're making an internet video like this, you're going to pick the music you like, and you're not going to give a shit if other people like your personal taste.
The idea that Android fragmentation is a myth, is in itself a myth. Android fragmentation exists, and it's a problem. Does that mean I'm anti-Android? No. Some people don't make statements because they have an agenda, they make them because those statements are true.
My biggest issue with Android hasn't been the fragmentation of versions, but when the various cellular carriers force-feed their own unwanted bloatware onto users. My own device has 5-8 carrier applications running at all times, and the default Android task manager doesn't even show them, so I can't kill them that way. I had to get a better task killer from the Market, and those apps start right back up after I kill them. It's decimating my battery life, and sucking up a fat chunk of my RAM.
The fix for this is to Root it, but I upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2 before a root was available for my device, so now I either wait or downgrade back to 2.1.
On the whole, guys like to get down and dirty with innards, more so than a lot of women who just want the technology to work and be easy to use. Now obviously this is a generalization, but still true in a GENERAL way.
The main problem with this article is this - the idea of actual differences between Android and iOS, and the differences between men and women, determining which demographic prefers which mobile platform, NEVER ENTERS INTO THE WRITER'S MIND. She seems to think it's all marketing, when many of us as Slashdotters know that actual features and real-world facts, are often what determine what technology choice we make.
It's truly telling, in that she must make her choices based only on the marketing she's fed, and not the actual features or technology, because she assumes the same is true for everyone else.
It's amazing to me when anyone on the internet says "I don't know what that is," and it's doubly amazing when someone on Slashdot, where people are supposed self-educators and intarwebheads, say it. Wikipedia is the only place you looked? Really?
ACTUALLY....when I hear someone mention a swastika, or I see it mentioned online, the first thing I think is "it really is too bad that the Nazi Party had to swipe that symbol, considering it was around long before them, and it was and is important to so many cultures...including those in China, Africa, India, the Celts....and now everyone only thinks of it as an evil symbol."
Yes, I think in long strings like that, and no I don't think that thought just to be contrarian. In spite of what Mr. Toulouse at Microsoft thinks, there are people out there who like to be informed about history and culture for reasons OTHER than to be contrary to his point of view. They like to know and understand the facts. The reality is, understanding how things evolved and where they come from and what they mean allow us to grow as individual people and as a whole. Brushing aside knowledge for the sake of brevity is a sure way to prove you're a waste of someone else's air and space.
You know the world is going to the shitter when anyone who actually knows the history of something (a word, a symbol, a person, a _______ ad nauseum), and wants to make sure other people are also aware of these things, are just waved away as "contrarian," just because the people who DON'T know the information wish to remain ignorant and clueless.
Fuck you, Stephen Toulouse of MS. Maybe Xbox Live isn't the place to point out the intricacies of symbol history, but your acceptance of cluelessness is disgusting, and someone should shit in your mother's mouth while you watch.
Actually a lot of computer science students want to be lots of things besides programmers, and in fact many of them want to be anything BUT programmers.
Yes, but that's OK, because if you (meaning anyone, not you specifically) aren't a lazy fuck, then you've read the article yourself. It's not my job to fix someone else's awful summary post.
Sure, it's basically copying the Wii idea...but "gimped out?" It's more actually more accurate and works better. Since "gimped out" means "crappier...doesn't work as well...." I'd say your statement is incorrect.
Because people who jailbreak iPhones are clearly doing it to pirate software, whereas that would never happen on the PS3.
No. Myself, and many of my iPhone-using friends have jailbroken their phones. All of my friends that have done so, have done it to use their iPhones on networks other than AT&T, and to run open-source apps they download from Cydia and other services. There is no pirating involved.
Based on word of mouth, and the fact that Cydia and other services are so popular and have so much development activity, it looks like most other people who jailbreak their iPhones are *also* doing it for these purposes. I don't even know how you actually pirate software from the App Store.
Maybe you're not in the loop on this one....it certainly seems like you aren't, given your confusion.
Nerds love The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, leastwise all the nerds I work with, are friends with, and that I'm connected to across the wide internet. Maybe the nerds you hang out with aren't into these shows, but I would be surprised to hear that.
When I use a media player, I don't like it when my files get copied around my computer. I'll take care of the file management, you just take care of playing them, okay?
This is the same problem with iPhoto. What kind of software hides the fact that it's decided to take over file management? Whose idea was this?
Checking the "I'll handle file management, thanks" box is too much work?
This is pretty obvious. Without even going into detail, once you know what "geotags" are, the first thing that comes to mind is "oh crap. this could be a big problem."
Your calendar math is great. It's your iPhone version knowledge that's a bit off. If he got the iPhone 3G 2 years ago, that means the 1st gen iPhone *is* 3 years old.
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Except "urban" doesn't mean "black," unless you're trying to get away with saying "black people" in a context where you know it's wrong and unacceptable. Like if you were trying to get away with saying "black people commit more crimes," you might say "urban populations commit more crime." Urban means "lives in the city."
It's in the first sentence of the Slashdot summary.
Yes, sometimes it's obnoxious, sometimes people pick music that doesn't fit with the visuals. But your second point, while true, has no bearing on anything. No one makes music (or visuals, or whatever) choices based on what other people might possibly like, unless you're producing something meant to be bought by other people. Then you'd cater to those preferences. If you're making an internet video like this, you're going to pick the music you like, and you're not going to give a shit if other people like your personal taste.
It's Starcraft II that they modified - to play like World of Warcraft.
The idea that Android fragmentation is a myth, is in itself a myth. Android fragmentation exists, and it's a problem. Does that mean I'm anti-Android? No. Some people don't make statements because they have an agenda, they make them because those statements are true. My biggest issue with Android hasn't been the fragmentation of versions, but when the various cellular carriers force-feed their own unwanted bloatware onto users. My own device has 5-8 carrier applications running at all times, and the default Android task manager doesn't even show them, so I can't kill them that way. I had to get a better task killer from the Market, and those apps start right back up after I kill them. It's decimating my battery life, and sucking up a fat chunk of my RAM. The fix for this is to Root it, but I upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2 before a root was available for my device, so now I either wait or downgrade back to 2.1.
That depends; does the boat builder use bananas in the construction?
On the whole, guys like to get down and dirty with innards, more so than a lot of women who just want the technology to work and be easy to use. Now obviously this is a generalization, but still true in a GENERAL way. The main problem with this article is this - the idea of actual differences between Android and iOS, and the differences between men and women, determining which demographic prefers which mobile platform, NEVER ENTERS INTO THE WRITER'S MIND. She seems to think it's all marketing, when many of us as Slashdotters know that actual features and real-world facts, are often what determine what technology choice we make. It's truly telling, in that she must make her choices based only on the marketing she's fed, and not the actual features or technology, because she assumes the same is true for everyone else.
Anyone I'm sending game invites to already knows my real name. I only care about gaming with people I already know in the real world.
It's amazing to me when anyone on the internet says "I don't know what that is," and it's doubly amazing when someone on Slashdot, where people are supposed self-educators and intarwebheads, say it. Wikipedia is the only place you looked? Really?
ACTUALLY....when I hear someone mention a swastika, or I see it mentioned online, the first thing I think is "it really is too bad that the Nazi Party had to swipe that symbol, considering it was around long before them, and it was and is important to so many cultures...including those in China, Africa, India, the Celts....and now everyone only thinks of it as an evil symbol."
Yes, I think in long strings like that, and no I don't think that thought just to be contrarian. In spite of what Mr. Toulouse at Microsoft thinks, there are people out there who like to be informed about history and culture for reasons OTHER than to be contrary to his point of view. They like to know and understand the facts. The reality is, understanding how things evolved and where they come from and what they mean allow us to grow as individual people and as a whole. Brushing aside knowledge for the sake of brevity is a sure way to prove you're a waste of someone else's air and space.
You know the world is going to the shitter when anyone who actually knows the history of something (a word, a symbol, a person, a _______ ad nauseum), and wants to make sure other people are also aware of these things, are just waved away as "contrarian," just because the people who DON'T know the information wish to remain ignorant and clueless.
Fuck you, Stephen Toulouse of MS. Maybe Xbox Live isn't the place to point out the intricacies of symbol history, but your acceptance of cluelessness is disgusting, and someone should shit in your mother's mouth while you watch.
Exactly. The "M" in "MTV" hasn't stood for "music" in at least 10 or 12 years, if not longer than that. These days it stands for "moron."
Actually a lot of computer science students want to be lots of things besides programmers, and in fact many of them want to be anything BUT programmers.
US Bank's Android and iPhone apps are what interest me.
Yes, but that's OK, because if you (meaning anyone, not you specifically) aren't a lazy fuck, then you've read the article yourself. It's not my job to fix someone else's awful summary post.
And doesn't describe AT ALL what is happening.
Microsoft Security Essentials, hands-down. Faster and more efficient than all the others, and it's unobtrusive. And it's free.
Sure, it's basically copying the Wii idea...but "gimped out?" It's more actually more accurate and works better. Since "gimped out" means "crappier...doesn't work as well...." I'd say your statement is incorrect.
"you're."
Because people who jailbreak iPhones are clearly doing it to pirate software, whereas that would never happen on the PS3.
No. Myself, and many of my iPhone-using friends have jailbroken their phones. All of my friends that have done so, have done it to use their iPhones on networks other than AT&T, and to run open-source apps they download from Cydia and other services. There is no pirating involved. Based on word of mouth, and the fact that Cydia and other services are so popular and have so much development activity, it looks like most other people who jailbreak their iPhones are *also* doing it for these purposes. I don't even know how you actually pirate software from the App Store.
Maybe you're not in the loop on this one....it certainly seems like you aren't, given your confusion. Nerds love The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, leastwise all the nerds I work with, are friends with, and that I'm connected to across the wide internet. Maybe the nerds you hang out with aren't into these shows, but I would be surprised to hear that.
It's always been political theatre.
When I use a media player, I don't like it when my files get copied around my computer. I'll take care of the file management, you just take care of playing them, okay?
This is the same problem with iPhoto. What kind of software hides the fact that it's decided to take over file management? Whose idea was this?
Checking the "I'll handle file management, thanks" box is too much work?
This is pretty obvious. Without even going into detail, once you know what "geotags" are, the first thing that comes to mind is "oh crap. this could be a big problem."
Your calendar math is great. It's your iPhone version knowledge that's a bit off. If he got the iPhone 3G 2 years ago, that means the 1st gen iPhone *is* 3 years old.
Yeah, that's pretty hilarious... "Perhaps my own fault for keeping stuff i need in /tmp, but still no excuse."
Perhaps? No, definitely your own fault.