Don't go pointing fingers at the French. What they do in Africa is moral and just because those are Africans. What we do in Iraq is twisted and evil because we're Americans.
When the alternative is to have yourself and your entire family killed by your national gov't, I imagine even the most average of peasants can dig down and find some resolve to fight.
I, too, would like to artificially limit my computing experience based on a useless gesture. However, as a nerd, I'm uncomfortable doing things the same way as you. Therefore, I'm going to modify my memory timings to introduce as much latency as possible so that my computer feels like it's six years old.
I'm not sure why you brought it up, or why you had so much to say about so very little, but I'm sure that I speak for all of us when I say thank you. Truly a man for your time and place.
You're missing the big picture, chief. You (minority of) folks on Slashdot want everyone else to pay for your bandwidth. All you have to do is pony up the cash yourself. There's no justice in making my dad subsidize your desire to pirate every anime ever made.
Well, you know, they're rich. We deserve to have them spend their money to keep us entertained on the cheap. I think it's in the Constitution or something.
Why would you want to cut cell phone use for passengers? Are you one of those communication-hating nerds that thinks people have cell phones because they're trying to impress you?
See, you're still missing the point - people who get the iPhone do use those features. It's not a tiny percentage, no matter how much you want it to be.
Perhaps you just don't understand how usable the iPhone actually is. People don't use their smartphones for general web access because frankly, the interfaces suck. That's not the case anymore.
Disclaimer: I am a fully satisfied iPhone user, and I browse the web damn near constantly on it.
I have an iPhone, and this doesn't really bother me at all. I fully expect hardware to be upgraded.
Not to take away from your pleasure, of course. I understand that you're likely a bitter, lonely asshat who only feels joy when he can make others suffer, however inconsequentially. I suggest a career in middle management, you'll probably find immense happiness being in that position of tiny power.
No, no, no. It's not just like you. Those of us using web clients don't need to do any set-up at all. We just need the browser and we're done. Much simpler, much more convenient.
Course I don't even get why people use email anymore. It's pretty stupid, really. IM, telephones, and SMS are more than enough for me. I tend to not even answer emails at this point, to discourage people from thinking it's a worthwhile communication medium.
Really? How dare they roll out their free additional features for their free product on their schedule. Don't the know everyone in the world is entitled to everything they do immediately?
It's gotta be simple to do, right? After all, you could do it in five minutes with your eyes closed and both hands jammed up your own ass to hold your head there.
If you want a company to do things that run counter to the satisfaction of their shareholders, what exactly is your proposition? Wish really really hard and let Tinkerbell take care of it?
First off, what the hell is a client side language?
Second, the languages themselves are fine. Your complaint seems more to be about APIs. Even this isn't really much of a problem in most well defined platforms, although there are always corner cases. Since the alternative is a separate source tree for each environment, I'd say I'm pretty happy with the current state of things, as well as the direction they're heading.
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An iPod and headphones. Earplugs. Learn willful ignorance. Bring a cranky baby with you. Intentionally make yourself deaf.
There may be other options, but I'm tired.
I don't think it's changing, so you'll either get over it, or leave.
It's not like it's hard to set your threshold higher, you know. The tools to help you ignore that stuff are there.
Don't go pointing fingers at the French. What they do in Africa is moral and just because those are Africans. What we do in Iraq is twisted and evil because we're Americans.
Welcome to moral relativism at its finest.
When the alternative is to have yourself and your entire family killed by your national gov't, I imagine even the most average of peasants can dig down and find some resolve to fight.
I, too, would like to artificially limit my computing experience based on a useless gesture. However, as a nerd, I'm uncomfortable doing things the same way as you. Therefore, I'm going to modify my memory timings to introduce as much latency as possible so that my computer feels like it's six years old.
I'm not sure why you brought it up, or why you had so much to say about so very little, but I'm sure that I speak for all of us when I say thank you. Truly a man for your time and place.
You know, if you didn't equate closed source software with slavery, I wouldn't have found your point so freakin ridiculous.
I can see why you see it that way, but it's pretty easy for me to say you're wrong, because in my view, you are.
You're missing the big picture, chief. You (minority of) folks on Slashdot want everyone else to pay for your bandwidth. All you have to do is pony up the cash yourself. There's no justice in making my dad subsidize your desire to pirate every anime ever made.
Well, you know, they're rich. We deserve to have them spend their money to keep us entertained on the cheap. I think it's in the Constitution or something.
Won't someone think of the child molesters?
Why would you want to cut cell phone use for passengers? Are you one of those communication-hating nerds that thinks people have cell phones because they're trying to impress you?
Call the fire dept, jackass. I don't need to know about it, they do.
See, you're still missing the point - people who get the iPhone do use those features. It's not a tiny percentage, no matter how much you want it to be.
Perhaps you just don't understand how usable the iPhone actually is. People don't use their smartphones for general web access because frankly, the interfaces suck. That's not the case anymore.
Disclaimer: I am a fully satisfied iPhone user, and I browse the web damn near constantly on it.
I would rather watch someone die of a treatable illness than to chip in for their treatment.
I just don't care. I'm sure I'll be modded down for not being a huggy hippie, but you people aren't my responsibility.
I guess you missed the part where nearly 85% of iPhone users regularly use the web from their phone.
And how did the idea of Santa Claus come to exist? Or Rocky, for that matter?
Should I now worship Sylvester Stallone?
Congrats on your mobile plan.
So what does all this have to do with an iPhone, exactly?
So why would you want an iPhone then? Just curious - you've basically described your usage as being nothing like typical for iPhone users.
I have an iPhone, and this doesn't really bother me at all. I fully expect hardware to be upgraded.
Not to take away from your pleasure, of course. I understand that you're likely a bitter, lonely asshat who only feels joy when he can make others suffer, however inconsequentially. I suggest a career in middle management, you'll probably find immense happiness being in that position of tiny power.
I don't really see a point to be more eloquent that this: Fuck you, buddy.
No, no, no. It's not just like you. Those of us using web clients don't need to do any set-up at all. We just need the browser and we're done. Much simpler, much more convenient.
Course I don't even get why people use email anymore. It's pretty stupid, really. IM, telephones, and SMS are more than enough for me. I tend to not even answer emails at this point, to discourage people from thinking it's a worthwhile communication medium.
Really? How dare they roll out their free additional features for their free product on their schedule. Don't the know everyone in the world is entitled to everything they do immediately?
It's gotta be simple to do, right? After all, you could do it in five minutes with your eyes closed and both hands jammed up your own ass to hold your head there.
If you want a company to do things that run counter to the satisfaction of their shareholders, what exactly is your proposition? Wish really really hard and let Tinkerbell take care of it?
Since Microsoft invented the AJAX technique, I'd say they had the biggest possible role.
First off, what the hell is a client side language?
Second, the languages themselves are fine. Your complaint seems more to be about APIs. Even this isn't really much of a problem in most well defined platforms, although there are always corner cases. Since the alternative is a separate source tree for each environment, I'd say I'm pretty happy with the current state of things, as well as the direction they're heading.