Gaza Strip, illegal occupation of land, assassination of foreign nationals who are nuclear scientists, bombings of Iraqi and Syrian reactors, cyber warfare against Iran.
Seriously, where does Israel think this aggression doctrine will end? Maybe the government needs to swap out of 'King David hotel' mode and build some bridges?
If motorola isn't updating their devices and engaging in "apple" tactics, then they are no better than they are.
What do you mean by Apple tactics as I know of 3G's that are running the latest OS albeit RAM constraints stop them multi-tasking.
I work on a team that at the company I work for is just starting to produce apps for the smartphone channel and the fragmentation of Android OS's will make things more complex for us as even though Apple will have devices that have never been upgraded the percentages are far less than corresponding Android versions. This means in order to reach a greater percentage of the installed base we have to support older versions of the OS which makes it more complex and expensive to develop for.
Don't get me wrong I think Android is fantastic as competition in the mobile space is awesome but non Google manufacturers need to break away from the upgrade the device to upgrade the OS model, only then will it really shine compared to iOS.
I'm not convinced the tablet thing isn't a fad that will wear off in 12-18 months. Tablets have been around for years yet have not found an actual purpose outside of niche applications.
I would agree except I use my iPad with it's apps probably more than my gaming PC, XBox and Macbook Pro. Simple things like having all documentation to hand, being able to take notes in a meeting whilst recording the audio (Soundnote) through to using Numbers (Spreadsheet) to crack terminals in Fallout. Being able to stream video's from our NAS of all our DVDs and Blu Rays (Air Video) or using iPlayer works well too.
All in a package that is light and small and has huge amounts of battery life.
Now if only the phone manufacturers would let you actually upgrade instead of making you buy a newer model to get your phone upgraded to the latest OS.
Totally agree telecommuting is a much better solution than building more roads etc, even if the majority telecommuted one day a week then there would be a substantial reduction in traffic a day.
At work I have MS Office but at home I have Open Office installed on our Windows boxes and Macs, a friend has it installed on their Ubuntu system which I switched from XP after it kept on getting infected. It meets all our needs for an Office suite and saves us £££s.
If MS Office was one version, was cross platform like Open Office and was like £40-£50 tops then we'd probably be using that but at the moment it's just too expensive for what it gives us so Open Office wins out.
By having software patents and effectively an innovation tax on an innovation process that very much builds on what came before it actually makes development more expensive in countries with software patents than without.
The software patent situation in the USA has degraded to the point where companies exist to effectively tax those that innovate in software without doing any innovation themselves. It's uncompetitive compared to those countries without the software patent tax.
I don't know what's more amazing, the glass or the fact a modern company invests 10% of its revenue into R&D with the patience to wait tens of years until their is a market and then quickly capitalises on that.
That's why as part of your upgrade you upgrade / fix those apps to work on a modern browser, the alternative is you come to day when you can't upgrade anything in your IT ecology due to everything being so brittle.
Another way of looking at things is that as IE6 gets dropped from supported browser lists over the next few years you can be faced with the situation of critical app a stuck with IE 6 but critical app b needing to be upgraded but because it has dropped support for IE 6 you can't without incurring massive project costs.
Not keeping your software at least to supported versions is a false economy, much like the money you save not putting oil in your car, that is of course until the engine seizes.
And what about your increasing opportunity cost with using an increasingly vendor unsupported browser?
You do know that supporting IE 6 in modern web applications is very expensive as can take up 50% + of developers time on workarounds? So having to support your internal population as well as your external user base increases the costs of any external facing web sites you do.
Assume they are now using IE 7 which hasn't been dropped or going to be dropped in the supported list of browsers by many vendors in 2010 and they can earn 1.5 million pounds a day! A silly figure but then your argument only makes sense if people switch from IE6 to nothing.
IE 6 has an increasing opportunity cost associated with its continued use over time not to mention that it dramatically increases any software development cost of any project that has to support it AND modern browsers i.e. external facing government web sites.
The company I work for is upgrading from IE 6 to IE 7 because it is becoming too expensive to stay on IE 6 for the reasons above and others.
Someone has to pay the bills for running a 'free' site and that is generally advertising.
If that advertising is localised and potentially more relevant for me then I don't mind 'paying' this price. This is why even though I have the option I don't disable advertising on Slashdot.
It might be cheaper to have a PC device guys but for me having the nice wireless keyboard, touch mouse, apple remote, good design, better iTunes (to serve the house computers) under OSX, squeezebox server, 802.11n dual band (for when it becomes the bedroom tv HTPC) and most importantly Plex makes for a nice combination in the living room.
Don't get me wrong I like to build my Wintel own gaming machines, but for something others can drive with a great user interface in the living room is for me a value judgement I'm happy with although it might not be a value judgement others would make. Everyone to their own.
Ripping Blu Ray and re-encoding is more involved than ripping and re-encoding DVDs but software such as Any DVD HD on a fast i.e. gaming PCs lets you do it in sane times. To give an example of wait times, Avatar was launched with updated copy protection that meant you had to update your external Blu Ray player to watch but within two weeks there was an update to Any DVDHD which had broken this.
I use Plex rather than Front Row as for me and the family it is killer and easy to use so they can drive it with a remote. The movie and tv show information download is cool as well, makes for some nice jaw dropping when in show off mode.:)
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Every wonder what conditions have to be in place before extremists get elected to power like Hamas?
Have a look at the history behind the Nazi parties rise to power for a good example.
Gaza Strip, illegal occupation of land, assassination of foreign nationals who are nuclear scientists, bombings of Iraqi and Syrian reactors, cyber warfare against Iran.
Seriously, where does Israel think this aggression doctrine will end? Maybe the government needs to swap out of 'King David hotel' mode and build some bridges?
If motorola isn't updating their devices and engaging in "apple" tactics, then they are no better than they are.
What do you mean by Apple tactics as I know of 3G's that are running the latest OS albeit RAM constraints stop them multi-tasking.
I work on a team that at the company I work for is just starting to produce apps for the smartphone channel and the fragmentation of Android OS's will make things more complex for us as even though Apple will have devices that have never been upgraded the percentages are far less than corresponding Android versions. This means in order to reach a greater percentage of the installed base we have to support older versions of the OS which makes it more complex and expensive to develop for.
Don't get me wrong I think Android is fantastic as competition in the mobile space is awesome but non Google manufacturers need to break away from the upgrade the device to upgrade the OS model, only then will it really shine compared to iOS.
And comparing Apple with Motorola? Still misinformation?
I'm not convinced the tablet thing isn't a fad that will wear off in 12-18 months. Tablets have been around for years yet have not found an actual purpose outside of niche applications.
I would agree except I use my iPad with it's apps probably more than my gaming PC, XBox and Macbook Pro. Simple things like having all documentation to hand, being able to take notes in a meeting whilst recording the audio (Soundnote) through to using Numbers (Spreadsheet) to crack terminals in Fallout. Being able to stream video's from our NAS of all our DVDs and Blu Rays (Air Video) or using iPlayer works well too.
All in a package that is light and small and has huge amounts of battery life.
Now if only the phone manufacturers would let you actually upgrade instead of making you buy a newer model to get your phone upgraded to the latest OS.
Maybe time to move DNS out of the USA?
I never understood this either, when you hear something you like you want to buy it right then and why not?
Totally agree telecommuting is a much better solution than building more roads etc, even if the majority telecommuted one day a week then there would be a substantial reduction in traffic a day.
Turning a blind eye sure worked out for Greece didn't it.
If they don't like paying for things like Police, Fire departments, Military etc then they can always move to a tax haven where they don't have to.
And the battery last only 4 hours on standby, tops.
And that was exactly my thought unless the phones are a return to the bricks of the 80s!
All this has happened before and all this will happen again.
At work I have MS Office but at home I have Open Office installed on our Windows boxes and Macs, a friend has it installed on their Ubuntu system which I switched from XP after it kept on getting infected. It meets all our needs for an Office suite and saves us £££s.
If MS Office was one version, was cross platform like Open Office and was like £40-£50 tops then we'd probably be using that but at the moment it's just too expensive for what it gives us so Open Office wins out.
the land of the fee.
The gas is light enough to escape into space, once released into the atmosphere it is gone forever.
I think you're confusing copyright and patents.
By having software patents and effectively an innovation tax on an innovation process that very much builds on what came before it actually makes development more expensive in countries with software patents than without.
The software patent situation in the USA has degraded to the point where companies exist to effectively tax those that innovate in software without doing any innovation themselves. It's uncompetitive compared to those countries without the software patent tax.
I don't know what's more amazing, the glass or the fact a modern company invests 10% of its revenue into R&D with the patience to wait tens of years until their is a market and then quickly capitalises on that.
Might have to buy some stock!
That's why as part of your upgrade you upgrade / fix those apps to work on a modern browser, the alternative is you come to day when you can't upgrade anything in your IT ecology due to everything being so brittle.
Another way of looking at things is that as IE6 gets dropped from supported browser lists over the next few years you can be faced with the situation of critical app a stuck with IE 6 but critical app b needing to be upgraded but because it has dropped support for IE 6 you can't without incurring massive project costs.
Not keeping your software at least to supported versions is a false economy, much like the money you save not putting oil in your car, that is of course until the engine seizes.
And what about your increasing opportunity cost with using an increasingly vendor unsupported browser?
You do know that supporting IE 6 in modern web applications is very expensive as can take up 50% + of developers time on workarounds? So having to support your internal population as well as your external user base increases the costs of any external facing web sites you do.
Assume they are now using IE 7 which hasn't been dropped or going to be dropped in the supported list of browsers by many vendors in 2010 and they can earn 1.5 million pounds a day! A silly figure but then your argument only makes sense if people switch from IE6 to nothing.
IE 6 has an increasing opportunity cost associated with its continued use over time not to mention that it dramatically increases any software development cost of any project that has to support it AND modern browsers i.e. external facing government web sites.
The company I work for is upgrading from IE 6 to IE 7 because it is becoming too expensive to stay on IE 6 for the reasons above and others.
And yes, I can live without ad-supported sites. If they all vanished tomorrow, they would be replaced in short order. That includes Slashdot.
So would you pay for access via subscription?
Someone has to pay the bills for running a 'free' site and that is generally advertising.
If that advertising is localised and potentially more relevant for me then I don't mind 'paying' this price. This is why even though I have the option I don't disable advertising on Slashdot.
It might be cheaper to have a PC device guys but for me having the nice wireless keyboard, touch mouse, apple remote, good design, better iTunes (to serve the house computers) under OSX, squeezebox server, 802.11n dual band (for when it becomes the bedroom tv HTPC) and most importantly Plex makes for a nice combination in the living room.
Don't get me wrong I like to build my Wintel own gaming machines, but for something others can drive with a great user interface in the living room is for me a value judgement I'm happy with although it might not be a value judgement others would make. Everyone to their own.
Ripping Blu Ray and re-encoding is more involved than ripping and re-encoding DVDs but software such as Any DVD HD on a fast i.e. gaming PCs lets you do it in sane times. To give an example of wait times, Avatar was launched with updated copy protection that meant you had to update your external Blu Ray player to watch but within two weeks there was an update to Any DVDHD which had broken this.
I use Plex rather than Front Row as for me and the family it is killer and easy to use so they can drive it with a remote. The movie and tv show information download is cool as well, makes for some nice jaw dropping when in show off mode. :)