Say I wrote an awesome iPad game and distributed the source code over the net for anyone with the SDK (a free download). Well, Apple would not exactly approve but they wouldn't stop me.
Apple really hasn't expressed anything about this. Various people have open source iPhone projects available on the net. I don't think it is an issue.
However, say I distributed the same game in binary form, telling anybody interested to email me their IEMI number... well, I suspect Apple would take action at that point.
IEMI? Perhaps you mean UUID? They wouldn't take action, but the certificate generator limits you to 100 people. I suppose you can delete those people from the DB and add new people, but I'd be a pain in the ass.
Why does the summary mention Macsbug with a link to an article which doesn't mention Macsbug? Macsbug hasn't even been on the Macintosh ever since the move to Mac OS X. (Perhaps there was one in the classic environment, but still...)
Interstellar space is even more inhospitable than the moon or Mars. If you've developed technology where you can live in tin can for extended periods of time and travel light years across the galaxy, then living on a place like the moon or Mars is relatively easy.
Once we develop such a technology the only need is to collect raw materials. There isn't really a need to settle on a planet because the spaceship would be a more hospitable place than any alien world.
It would be easier for us to inhabit the Moon or Mars or the oceans or underground or where ever than to go to a new solar system. I imagine that by the time a civilization has the power to go to another solar system for colonization issues of overcrowding would be overcome by technology. If they can get here they'll probably either come for research or just to fuck with us.
i'd really enjoy seeing diamonds that now cost millions of dollars lose almost all their value, thus screwing over anyone who has made large investments into diamond jewelery
for the most part this is the case now. diamonds by themselves have very little resale value. there are synthetic diamonds, but the whole diamond jewelry business is propped up by clever marketing campaigns and the (almost) invisible hand of De Beers.
Note that only two of those were on Steve Jobs' watch, that makes a big difference. Apple has been performing several orders of magnitude better since Jobs came back. Also, I'd say the QuickTake wasn't really a failure, it is just that Apple failed to follow up on it fast enough.
I'm not saying Jobs is perfect, plenty of bad products have been released with his approval, just that many of the products you mention were under different management.
When has the Dalai Lama called on Tibetian people to sacrifice for him?
In any case, this "liberation" by the Chinese was one not wanted by the majority of Tibetian people.
That has NOTHING to do with Buddhism. Nothing at all.
If you look at the activities of most Buddhist sects you'll find that they are quite independent of the original texts, because the original texts didn't prescribe such activities. This is true of most religions.
I commute on the Tokyo subway everyday and recently I've noticed a good number of iPhones. Pretty much one every time I ride. I've also seen a fair number on the streets. Of course, this is only anecdotal.
I'm in Japan and I've never seen anyone use a stylus with a cell phone. The most popular method of entering Japanese text is by using the numeric keypad. Even for Japanese iPhone users they often use the iPhone's version of numeric keypad entry to enter text. Some people can write messages fairly rapidly.
Octopuses is fine as an English plural. Octopodes is the version that approximates the ancient Greek the word is derived from. Octopi is an ahistorical latinization.
In this case the current Safari implementation isn't the right one. When you maximize it should fit the width of the current monitor, but it is currently only fitting the height.
Also, this option click thing is not very useful. I use a number of command (option etc.) key combos, but I didn't know about this one. It doesn't make sense to hide these features, they should be available to users generally through a menu item. It is entirely possible that the Safari team wasn't aware of it either, which would explain the current implementation.
I like using tabs, but I noticed that once I started using them you can lose track of where something is. There needs to be tab management, probably integrated with window management, to make getting to the tab you're looking for easier. I'd like a combination of expose-type window management plus text search.
Yeah, that's pretty true. AppleScript can be a real pain to program in. One of the engineers who worked on AppleScript told me he avoids programming in it. It makes some things easy and other things are a real pain in the ass. It doesn't help that Apple has barely improved it in the years since it was originally developed.
Until they make some kind of AI-type breakthrough in programming languages, using these kind of languages will not really make programming easier. Perhaps some aspects of programming can be made easier, but they're often at the expense of other parts of the language. I'm not against making programming easier, but I'm waiting for a real breakthrough.
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Say I wrote an awesome iPad game and distributed the source code over the net for anyone with the SDK (a free download). Well, Apple would not exactly approve but they wouldn't stop me.
Apple really hasn't expressed anything about this. Various people have open source iPhone projects available on the net. I don't think it is an issue.
However, say I distributed the same game in binary form, telling anybody interested to email me their IEMI number... well, I suspect Apple would take action at that point.
IEMI? Perhaps you mean UUID? They wouldn't take action, but the certificate generator limits you to 100 people. I suppose you can delete those people from the DB and add new people, but I'd be a pain in the ass.
Why does the summary mention Macsbug with a link to an article which doesn't mention Macsbug? Macsbug hasn't even been on the Macintosh ever since the move to Mac OS X. (Perhaps there was one in the classic environment, but still...)
Interstellar space is even more inhospitable than the moon or Mars. If you've developed technology where you can live in tin can for extended periods of time and travel light years across the galaxy, then living on a place like the moon or Mars is relatively easy.
Once we develop such a technology the only need is to collect raw materials. There isn't really a need to settle on a planet because the spaceship would be a more hospitable place than any alien world.
It would be easier for us to inhabit the Moon or Mars or the oceans or underground or where ever than to go to a new solar system. I imagine that by the time a civilization has the power to go to another solar system for colonization issues of overcrowding would be overcome by technology. If they can get here they'll probably either come for research or just to fuck with us.
It is still no.
Apple started shipping the iPod in 2001.
Yo, the /. crowd is all about being premature. I mean...uh.
in a safe manor
My security guards keep my manor safe.
i'd really enjoy seeing diamonds that now cost millions of dollars lose almost all their value, thus screwing over anyone who has made large investments into diamond jewelery
for the most part this is the case now. diamonds by themselves have very little resale value. there are synthetic diamonds, but the whole diamond jewelry business is propped up by clever marketing campaigns and the (almost) invisible hand of De Beers.
that was after Jobs left and before he returned
When Microsoft bought that stock in 1997, Steve Jobs was running Apple.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_computer#1994.E2.80.931997:_Attempts_at_reinvention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_view_pornography
Bastardized version of an Onion article about razor blades, still including some of the references to razors.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930
Note that only two of those were on Steve Jobs' watch, that makes a big difference. Apple has been performing several orders of magnitude better since Jobs came back. Also, I'd say the QuickTake wasn't really a failure, it is just that Apple failed to follow up on it fast enough.
I'm not saying Jobs is perfect, plenty of bad products have been released with his approval, just that many of the products you mention were under different management.
When has the Dalai Lama called on Tibetian people to sacrifice for him?
In any case, this "liberation" by the Chinese was one not wanted by the majority of Tibetian people.
That has NOTHING to do with Buddhism. Nothing at all.
If you look at the activities of most Buddhist sects you'll find that they are quite independent of the original texts, because the original texts didn't prescribe such activities. This is true of most religions.
I read a while back that the Chinese Army owns many prostitution parlors. I would imagine that many of the officials are also involved.
I commute on the Tokyo subway everyday and recently I've noticed a good number of iPhones. Pretty much one every time I ride. I've also seen a fair number on the streets. Of course, this is only anecdotal.
I'm in Japan and I've never seen anyone use a stylus with a cell phone. The most popular method of entering Japanese text is by using the numeric keypad. Even for Japanese iPhone users they often use the iPhone's version of numeric keypad entry to enter text. Some people can write messages fairly rapidly.
octopuses (octopi?)
Octopuses is fine as an English plural. Octopodes is the version that approximates the ancient Greek the word is derived from. Octopi is an ahistorical latinization.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus#Terminology
Although, thinking about it just now. 'Octopuses' doesn't really flow off the tongue easily, perhaps that is why 'octopi' is popular.
Just to add some details, NeXT in 1995 ended up buying the Objective-C trademark and rights from Stepstone.
Why do you continue playing?
From the article Lala's streaming contracts aren't transferrable, but then Apple has the ability to negotiate them again.
In this case the current Safari implementation isn't the right one. When you maximize it should fit the width of the current monitor, but it is currently only fitting the height.
Also, this option click thing is not very useful. I use a number of command (option etc.) key combos, but I didn't know about this one. It doesn't make sense to hide these features, they should be available to users generally through a menu item. It is entirely possible that the Safari team wasn't aware of it either, which would explain the current implementation.
I like using tabs, but I noticed that once I started using them you can lose track of where something is. There needs to be tab management, probably integrated with window management, to make getting to the tab you're looking for easier. I'd like a combination of expose-type window management plus text search.
Really? That doesn't work for Safari (on Mac OS X).
Yeah, that's pretty true. AppleScript can be a real pain to program in. One of the engineers who worked on AppleScript told me he avoids programming in it. It makes some things easy and other things are a real pain in the ass. It doesn't help that Apple has barely improved it in the years since it was originally developed.
Until they make some kind of AI-type breakthrough in programming languages, using these kind of languages will not really make programming easier. Perhaps some aspects of programming can be made easier, but they're often at the expense of other parts of the language. I'm not against making programming easier, but I'm waiting for a real breakthrough.