'll plug it in (100% certainty it'll be same cable), it'll sync my apps, and it'll look and feel like my last phone, only a bit faster and shinier. Had a similar experience with my iPad - had to sell my first iPad, recently replaced it with an iPad 2. Plugged it in, and it synced.. so I had essentially the same device I had several months ago.
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You're prepared to shell out money to have basically exactly what you had before... and you don't see a problem with that?
... or with a game in which the world is blocky albeit completely de- and con-structable, a run and jump game including altering the timeflow to solve puzzles, a fighter adventure game involving rabbits and wolves,... ah silly indy developers! Thankfully one can still count on formulaic games from the major outlets.
you mean, the way Microsoft is completely ahead of it time and has been for years, considering their number of users? Granted, they are losing it at the moment, but the point is : just because people are stupid enough to jump off a cliff doesn't mean it is any good.
Completely different situation concerning the Kinks song , at least in France and Germany (the two country I know best). If you want to release a song about prostitution and call it "Rhum and Cocal Cola" you're completely free to do so. It's limited to TV and radio broadcastings and only when the product/company name isn't relevant to what is being said.*That* being said, I'm sure lots of people *LOVE* lyrics like "Amerrriiiicaaaa, [BEEP] you!", because beeping ~obscenities~ is definitely no limitation of free speech.
Supposing you're getting the "visit us on CNN.com" while watching CNN, it's self promotion (hopefully not only that though) and actually informative. People obviously know your product (CNN) and you are just giving them other channels to consume it. On the other hand, if you advertise private third party services you give them unfair leverage against their competitor (and just because "they are soooo big anyway already" is not an excuse).
In France it is illegal to actually name products and companies, unless it is relevant, this doesn't only apply to FB and Twitter. The ~news~ here is due to the fact that more and more news outlets promote those two, thus stiffling competition ( e.g."FB? no.. I'm not on it yet, but the news is all about it, so I might just get an account" even though the only news about FB was that you can like the talking head's page there)
it still isn't. "Amazon.com" (or "amazon.fr" in that case) can't be named in similar circumstances ( "Here is our review of "Harry Potter XIII - Resurrection". You can buy it at amazon.fr" isn't allowed, 'Amazon's worth increasing 10 fold on the stock market after Bezos calls his kid "Kindle"' is actually allowed.)
It's not about news ABOUT Twitter or Facebook. It's about PR related issues. So, the headline "Facebook's Owner, Marc Zuckerberg, killed by frikking bass with lasers he intended to eat" or even "Bill Gate's Twitter account hacked. His password was Chairs4Steve" are still allowed, whereas "Entertainment Industry comes to term with the fact that DRM is contra productive. Read more on our Facebook page" isn't. In the first two, mentioning the sites is relevant. In the last one it's just hidden advertising (Even if might be unwilling).
well I'd have to agree with you. They are extremely innovative when it comes to marketing campaigns and separating people from their money by selling "shiny". Technologically speaking, they are not, though.
from The Free Dictionnary (0-click info at duckduckgo for the search terms "definition innovate")
innovate (n-vt) v. innovated, innovating, innovates v.tr.
To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. v.intr.
To begin or introduce something new.
ergo, you are wrong, all the others are right, and Apple very seldom innovate anything. They merely adapt existing ideas
In case of an accident with human drivers, most countries have relatively sane laws describing who should be held responsible. How do you solve that with automated cars?
WB routinely asks youtube (which more often than not complies) to remove videos which use (sometimes insignificant parts of) the works they own the copyrights to, even though those often fall into the fair use case they are argumenting for. You don't think that's ironic?
I lost any illusions 300baud was lightning fast when I tried to download ARC for my C64 from a local bbs in 1984 and I got the message "estimated download time : 40mn, you will be automatically logged out in 15mn". Now, the jump to 1200bps, along with the first local multiuser chat-able BBS ("Markt und Technik" in Munich, 4 or 8 users simultaneously, I can't remember), THAT was lightning fast, social-network'y and predated ICQ and AIM by probably a decade.
Valve/Steam is already implementing a "one price per region and currency" approach : the number is the same for people paying in Euros and Dollars, just the currency changes, which means quite a difference in the actual price you pay, eg. Portal2, 49.99$ vs 49.99 euros (~70 US$ according to xe). I guess we europeans are not fun enough to play with.
You might be on to something with that : "This iPhone virtual keyboard provides EXACTLY the same experience and amount of tactile feedback as the iThink4U Precog Keyboard!".. I wish I were joking.
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'll plug it in (100% certainty it'll be same cable), it'll sync my apps, and it'll look and feel like my last phone, only a bit faster and shinier. Had a similar experience with my iPad - had to sell my first iPad, recently replaced it with an iPad 2. Plugged it in, and it synced .. so I had essentially the same device I had several months ago.
(emphasis mine) You're prepared to shell out money to have basically exactly what you had before ... and you don't see a problem with that?
... or with a game in which the world is blocky albeit completely de- and con-structable, a run and jump game including altering the timeflow to solve puzzles, a fighter adventure game involving rabbits and wolves, ... ah silly indy developers! Thankfully one can still count on formulaic games from the major outlets.
you mean, the way Microsoft is completely ahead of it time and has been for years, considering their number of users? Granted, they are losing it at the moment, but the point is : just because people are stupid enough to jump off a cliff doesn't mean it is any good.
Completely different situation concerning the Kinks song , at least in France and Germany (the two country I know best). If you want to release a song about prostitution and call it "Rhum and Cocal Cola" you're completely free to do so. It's limited to TV and radio broadcastings and only when the product/company name isn't relevant to what is being said.*That* being said, I'm sure lots of people *LOVE* lyrics like "Amerrriiiicaaaa, [BEEP] you!", because beeping ~obscenities~ is definitely no limitation of free speech.
then let me rephrase : it's not a new limitation of the freedom of speech. It's just the application of an already existing one.
Supposing you're getting the "visit us on CNN.com" while watching CNN, it's self promotion (hopefully not only that though) and actually informative. People obviously know your product (CNN) and you are just giving them other channels to consume it. On the other hand, if you advertise private third party services you give them unfair leverage against their competitor (and just because "they are soooo big anyway already" is not an excuse). .. I'm not on it yet, but the news is all about it, so I might just get an account" even though the only news about FB was that you can like the talking head's page there)
In France it is illegal to actually name products and companies, unless it is relevant, this doesn't only apply to FB and Twitter. The ~news~ here is due to the fact that more and more news outlets promote those two, thus stiffling competition ( e.g."FB? no
it still isn't. "Amazon.com" (or "amazon.fr" in that case) can't be named in similar circumstances ( "Here is our review of "Harry Potter XIII - Resurrection". You can buy it at amazon.fr" isn't allowed, 'Amazon's worth increasing 10 fold on the stock market after Bezos calls his kid "Kindle"' is actually allowed.)
It's not about news ABOUT Twitter or Facebook. It's about PR related issues. So, the headline "Facebook's Owner, Marc Zuckerberg, killed by frikking bass with lasers he intended to eat" or even "Bill Gate's Twitter account hacked. His password was Chairs4Steve" are still allowed, whereas "Entertainment Industry comes to term with the fact that DRM is contra productive. Read more on our Facebook page" isn't. In the first two, mentioning the sites is relevant. In the last one it's just hidden advertising (Even if might be unwilling).
this. Sadly no mod points (and besides, you're AC)
well I'd have to agree with you. They are extremely innovative when it comes to marketing campaigns and separating people from their money by selling "shiny". Technologically speaking, they are not, though.
from The Free Dictionnary (0-click info at duckduckgo for the search terms "definition innovate")
innovate (n-vt)
v. innovated, innovating, innovates
v.tr. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time.
v.intr.
To begin or introduce something new.
ergo, you are wrong, all the others are right, and Apple very seldom innovate anything. They merely adapt existing ideas
You're welcome
Which is exactly what TFPDF says. Your rating : 10/10 on reading skills, 1/10 on creativity ...
In case of an accident with human drivers, most countries have relatively sane laws describing who should be held responsible. How do you solve that with automated cars?
as oppposed to using a complete artwork in a commercial movie? ah ... right ... just read your username ...
that too.
WB routinely asks youtube (which more often than not complies) to remove videos which use (sometimes insignificant parts of) the works they own the copyrights to, even though those often fall into the fair use case they are argumenting for. You don't think that's ironic?
Here, but it's in german
you win ;)
I lost any illusions 300baud was lightning fast when I tried to download ARC for my C64 from a local bbs in 1984 and I got the message "estimated download time : 40mn, you will be automatically logged out in 15mn". Now, the jump to 1200bps, along with the first local multiuser chat-able BBS ("Markt und Technik" in Munich, 4 or 8 users simultaneously, I can't remember), THAT was lightning fast, social-network'y and predated ICQ and AIM by probably a decade.
Valve/Steam is already implementing a "one price per region and currency" approach : the number is the same for people paying in Euros and Dollars, just the currency changes, which means quite a difference in the actual price you pay, eg. Portal2, 49.99$ vs 49.99 euros (~70 US$ according to xe). I guess we europeans are not fun enough to play with.
You might be on to something with that : "This iPhone virtual keyboard provides EXACTLY the same experience and amount of tactile feedback as the iThink4U Precog Keyboard!" .. I wish I were joking.
so are Apples (noteworthy : the endresult is the same as with carrier pigeons)
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No food for you anymore today. You'll have to stay under your bridge. Headshot.
I meant Windows Manager ... shoot me
depending on the distro, at the top left, or at the bottom right. Same color, different label in KDE. next question?