It's obvious to anyone with common sense viewing Samsung's designs that Samsung is deliberately aping Apple's designs. The dimensions are the same, the look is the same, the chargers and cables are the same, the packaging is the same.
Apple started the copying game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU). They just don't like it when others play the same game. BTW, the first IPOD was a very close copy to a Samsung MP3 device (same shape, icons, etc).
The interesting thing is, in my opinion, is that Apple is getting hurt more than Samsung, since it has a lot more to lose. Sure, it has more money, but, the first serious dent is being put into their armor. Let's not forget that Apple got where it is today by copying other's technology (and perhaps making it better) (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU ). Now that others are doing it to them, they want different rules.
Samsung has a real hardware patent that will be difficult to challenge though Apple could just pay the royalties and be done with it.
One of the advantages I see of IPV6 is that every device can have a unique ID which makes it addressable from the everywhere without port forwarding. Is this correct?
I find Apple's stance of patents interesting. Steve Jobs, may he rest in peace, seemed to like the concept of stealing other people's ideas until people started stealing the ideas (that he presumably also stole):
I checked out the site, which I find encouraging. It makes it all the more discouraging that some members of our government are pushing for indefinite incarceration if they accuse you of being a terrorist. No jury or your peers, no due process and no change to refute the charges in anyway. All they would need is the accusation.
Non-Sprint phones can never be activated under a Sprint account (they can roam, but never be the phone for a real Sprint account).
That's one of the things I love about living in Germany. You can use your phone (if you own it) on any network. You just put your card in it. They have pre-paid deals with subsidized phones which you can only use on the network that sold it to you but you could always take your own phone, put your sim card in it and use it on that network that the card is for.
There are more options and there is more competition in Europe for cell phones than in the states.
Yes, I agree, with the exception that you should include C++ with that.
The language is extensible and can be coded in a platform-independent way. It is efficient and finds a nice balance between efficiency and high-level programming. I've been using Java for the last 11 years and I still find that, for big projects, C++ get's the job done sooner and allows for new technologies to be added as they come along.
As far as paradigms is concerned, can someone give me an example of a paradigm beyond the object-oriented model which has actually worked for real business or gaming applications?
I wonder what the feminists will say about this. Haven't they been complaining about the fate of these poor models being forced by those evil men to stay thin so they look good on camera. Now they'll probably be complaining that men have put the poor models with their thousands of dollars per day fees out of work and be campaigning to ban the use of virtual models.
This seems like a reasonable inquiry. However, he's a replublican, and this is slashdot, so can someone enlighten me as to why it isn't?:)
My thoughts exactly. Usually the republicans would be supporting this but the rumor is that support from political parties (not mentioning any names here) might be highly dependent on donations.
You might be identified as threat based sole on what would seem to be unusual information flows.
And with the recent proposal that the government can arrest you and hold you indefinitely if they perceive you as a terror threat, just sending a text message encrypted might just land you in Guantanamo.
There's a pretty good comparison of how the orginal ipod copied a samsung mp3 player. Apple didn't invent the smartphone, either, they extended what palm was doing. Even MAC OS was copied from work Xerox was doing at Xerox parc. It's just that you couldn't patent software back then and now you can. I'm not sure when copyrights came into play.
In fact, copying others has always been Apples strategy:
That was my thought, too, at least generally. I think if you create something and you want compensation for its use, you should be able to expect that.
Where I have a problem with the whole thing is organizations like the RIAA suing for millions when someone does download songs or a movie. If I walk into a store and steal a DVD and get caught, I get fined a few hundred perhaps. But not millions.
I have even more of a problem with GEMA, the German equivalent of the RIAA. They not only think they own the music of commercial artists, they think they own all music. So, if I play my own music that I wrote in a local bar, they still require me to pay them (according to a musician I spoke with recently). I personally think the RIAA and the GEMA should be declared illegal and music theft be handled just like any other theft. If they find you "stole" music and there is proof of it, you should pay a fine commensurate with the same fine you'd pay if you shoplifted and be done with it.
Is that why Windows has more bugs and is less reliable than Linux or Mac? MS has never placed a priority on bug fixes and usually uses bugs them as a selling point for users to upgrade to the next version (Windows ME to Windows 95 and Vista to Windows 7 for example.
As far as support is concerned, get your credit card out, just like you would if you were using Red Hat or Open Suse.
I suspect that this is a bill so that the state doesn't have to pay overtime for their IT workers. Looks like some IT projects are running late and they feel someone getting $27/hour or more shouldn't be entitled to time and a half after forty hours. I thought someone making that kind of money was almost always salaried but, perhaps, they have some hourly so they can pay them less when the work load goes under 40 hours.
Agreed -- this now has Streisand effect written all over it. But, I hope some company (with acceptable security) will buy him out and use the publicity to generate revenue for the product. At 88 he could get a nice little payment to make things comfortable and he could turn his shed into a comfy dog house for Buddy.
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as opposed to Ubuntu and Gnome who just keep plowing ahead tell the entire userbase that they're wrong.
Ubuntu has tablet myopia. Will someone please tell them not everything is a tablet!
It's obvious to anyone with common sense viewing Samsung's designs that Samsung is deliberately aping Apple's designs. The dimensions are the same, the look is the same, the chargers and cables are the same, the packaging is the same.
Apple started the copying game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU). They just don't like it when others play the same game. BTW, the first IPOD was a very close copy to a Samsung MP3 device (same shape, icons, etc).
Good Point. This game is closed for outsiders now. Sad state of affairs.
The interesting thing is, in my opinion, is that Apple is getting hurt more than Samsung, since it has a lot more to lose. Sure, it has more money, but, the first serious dent is being put into their armor. Let's not forget that Apple got where it is today by copying other's technology (and perhaps making it better) (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU ). Now that others are doing it to them, they want different rules.
Samsung has a real hardware patent that will be difficult to challenge though Apple could just pay the royalties and be done with it.
You've got to be kidding. Were you just looking for some way to criticize his post?
One of the advantages I see of IPV6 is that every device can have a unique ID which makes it addressable from the everywhere without port forwarding. Is this correct?
Is there a way for the browser (or OS) to query the graphics card to find out if this support is available?
I find Apple's stance of patents interesting. Steve Jobs, may he rest in peace, seemed to like the concept of stealing other people's ideas until people started stealing the ideas (that he presumably also stole):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU
I checked out the site, which I find encouraging. It makes it all the more discouraging that some members of our government are pushing for indefinite incarceration if they accuse you of being a terrorist. No jury or your peers, no due process and no change to refute the charges in anyway. All they would need is the accusation.
I can't believe that the story of the Texan intern who stole and sold lunar samples from NASA and then had sex on top of them with his girlfriend
That's one space age way to get your rocks off.
Non-Sprint phones can never be activated under a Sprint account (they can roam, but never be the phone for a real Sprint account).
That's one of the things I love about living in Germany. You can use your phone (if you own it) on any network. You just put your card in it. They have pre-paid deals with subsidized phones which you can only use on the network that sold it to you but you could always take your own phone, put your sim card in it and use it on that network that the card is for.
There are more options and there is more competition in Europe for cell phones than in the states.
The most popular languages now, C# and Java
C and C++ are still the most used languages on the PC. Java wins if you include mobile (Android) devices.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Java-C-C-Top-18-Programming-Languages-for-2011-480790/
I find it interesting that virtually all new languages are programmed in C!
Yes, I agree, with the exception that you should include C++ with that.
The language is extensible and can be coded in a platform-independent way. It is efficient and finds a nice balance between efficiency and high-level programming. I've been using Java for the last 11 years and I still find that, for big projects, C++ get's the job done sooner and allows for new technologies to be added as they come along.
As far as paradigms is concerned, can someone give me an example of a paradigm beyond the object-oriented model which has actually worked for real business or gaming applications?
I wonder what the feminists will say about this. Haven't they been complaining about the fate of these poor models being forced by those evil men to stay thin so they look good on camera. Now they'll probably be complaining that men have put the poor models with their thousands of dollars per day fees out of work and be campaigning to ban the use of virtual models.
This seems like a reasonable inquiry. However, he's a replublican, and this is slashdot, so can someone enlighten me as to why it isn't? :)
My thoughts exactly. Usually the republicans would be supporting this but the rumor is that support from political parties (not mentioning any names here) might be highly dependent on donations.
You might be identified as threat based sole on what would seem to be unusual information flows.
And with the recent proposal that the government can arrest you and hold you indefinitely if they perceive you as a terror threat, just sending a text message encrypted might just land you in Guantanamo.
"A person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way."
So it will home in on bankers and republican politicians?
No, those two groups alone would overload the system.
There's a pretty good comparison of how the orginal ipod copied a samsung mp3 player. Apple didn't invent the smartphone, either, they extended what palm was doing. Even MAC OS was copied from work Xerox was doing at Xerox parc. It's just that you couldn't patent software back then and now you can. I'm not sure when copyrights came into play.
In fact, copying others has always been Apples strategy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU
"Good artists copy, great artists steal" ... "we've always been shameless about stealing great ideas" -- Steve Jobs
That was my thought, too, at least generally. I think if you create something and you want compensation for its use, you should be able to expect that.
Where I have a problem with the whole thing is organizations like the RIAA suing for millions when someone does download songs or a movie. If I walk into a store and steal a DVD and get caught, I get fined a few hundred perhaps. But not millions.
I have even more of a problem with GEMA, the German equivalent of the RIAA. They not only think they own the music of commercial artists, they think they own all music. So, if I play my own music that I wrote in a local bar, they still require me to pay them (according to a musician I spoke with recently). I personally think the RIAA and the GEMA should be declared illegal and music theft be handled just like any other theft. If they find you "stole" music and there is proof of it, you should pay a fine commensurate with the same fine you'd pay if you shoplifted and be done with it.
especially if you want to develop with C# or any other sane higher level language or for Windows
Of course Windows is a better environment if you are developing for Windows.
Is that why Windows has more bugs and is less reliable than Linux or Mac? MS has never placed a priority on bug fixes and usually uses bugs them as a selling point for users to upgrade to the next version (Windows ME to Windows 95 and Vista to Windows 7 for example.
As far as support is concerned, get your credit card out, just like you would if you were using Red Hat or Open Suse.
I suspect that this is a bill so that the state doesn't have to pay overtime for their IT workers. Looks like some IT projects are running late and they feel someone getting $27/hour or more shouldn't be entitled to time and a half after forty hours. I thought someone making that kind of money was almost always salaried but, perhaps, they have some hourly so they can pay them less when the work load goes under 40 hours.
How much money will US corporations throw at the EU cheeseheads to decide in their favor?
My guess: a lot.
Thank you! My thoughts exactly.
Some common sense! You can't copyright software on its own! It must be part of a device that you are copyrighting.
You're talking about patents. Copyrights are different.
Agreed -- this now has Streisand effect written all over it. But, I hope some company (with acceptable security) will buy him out and use the publicity to generate revenue for the product. At 88 he could get a nice little payment to make things comfortable and he could turn his shed into a comfy dog house for Buddy.