Uhh no. I'm all for the free market. The free market is about competition and Apple, with all their patent-trolling, is about as anti-competitive as they come.
They have this technology called a dial-up BBS the Italians might be interested in. I see a market for the development of high-speed dial-up modems and a resurrection for land-line telephones.
"During her ten years with the company [eBay] she oversaw expansion from 30 employees and $4 million in annual revenue to more than 15,000 employees and $8 billion in annual revenue." - wikipedia.
Yeah, she really dropped the ball there.
Frankly, if I were her, I'd think long and hard before attaching my name to the trainwreck that is HP.
One cannot get flash on Android's Firefox and the devs don't seem to care. Hell even the stock browser (which isn't bad) includes Flash. When it comes to Android browsers, the leader is Dolphin.
I know a lot of/. users aren't fans of Flash, but considering all the website content people miss without it, they'll quickly ditch a browser that doesn't support it.
There is no way they can tell what someone is watching on their TV by looking at electric consumption. There are too way many variables involved to make this even plausible.
It's not Google's (or any other search engine's) responsibility to enforce all laws of all countries. They're a search engine, not cops. Let the police do their own dirty work.
They don't? One of the biggest selling points for me when I bought the HTC Sensation was the dual-core 1.2 GHz CPU. The 8 Mp camera is nice too. And the Gorilla Glass. And the big screen.
Exactly. People aren't interested in another OS. The problem with multiple OSs in the smartphone market is the same as it was in the PC market of the 1980 when developers wrote software for Commodore, Apple, MS-DOS, CP/M, Atari, TRS-80, TI, etc. If the developers don't see a big enough market to go out of their way to write for your obscure OS, then forget it - no software for you.
As a ham radio operator, I know a few guys that spend 2 to 3 grand on P25 Mototola radios. I can picture a couple of them now, reading this paper over very carefully:)
Not exactly. Obamacare is only the 1st step toward single-payer, which is what he and all the other socialists on Capitol Hill want. Here it is, in his own words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-bY92mcOdk
Your "stupid conclusion" seems to hold up just fine for the legal beagles in just about every company I've ever worked for. My current (and all previous) employer still uses fax machines for this very reason (although they have progressed to copy machines for sending and e-fax for receiving). My company processes hundreds, if not a few thousand, of them every week.
Check with any pharmacy or doctor. They all still use fax too. For the same reasons.
The first post on this thread (an actual first post that means something... I guess the kids are asleep) has a good point as well. When dealing with that much data, the cost per kB is a lot less over an old-fashioned phone line at 14k than a 5-10 GB image that's a PITA to create, send, and receive.
Which makes me also wonder... what's the big problem here? In the article, the only people complaining are the smut site operators because they don't like the idea of shelling out more of their "hard" - earned money on protecting their brands. As for other businesses, they really don't seem to have anything to worry about. If every Joe's Widgets Inc. had to worry about every TLD, they'd have to register over a hundred of them.
Most people use a search engine to find what they're looking for. When they DO know they URL, they use.com like everybody else. If that doesn't work, they try.org or.net. If none of the above work, the site may as well not even exist (with the exception of location-specific websites such as disney.ru or disney.nl for example).
Good point. I have already started using an HD for backups but I still back up to optical too, just in case the HD dies. It certainly is a chore to make several DVDs to back up several GB of files but at least if one or two go bad, I have more backups. If a HD goes bad, I'm screwed.
However, even more to your point, the price per GB falls every year and capacity increases. Behold HD size in rough terms:
1985: top-of-the-line HD had MAYBE 10MB. It also cost about $5000. 1995: about 8-10 GB. Cost: I honestly don't know. 2005: about 500 GB.... around $120. Today: 2TB... $90.
Imagine 2020... or 2030... holy shit. I can see the Fry's ad now: "100 PB for $120. While supplies last." [Factoring in the estimated inflation]. But what the hell does someone do with 100 PB? As is the case with CPU speeds, we will eventually hit a ceiling. Except in this case, the ceiling will be what is practical vs. what is possible. I can't imagine someone ever using that much HD space except for perhaps a company that never destroys old customer data.
I've bought 4 USB thumb drives over the past 5 years and so far, 2 have failed. These little bastards weren't cheap either. I've also got CDs I burned about 7 years ago that still work fine. Not ONE failure. Therefore, everything gets backed up to DVDs.
The car stereo also doesn't play MP3s (2007 model, factory stereo) so I can either A: spend about $200 on an aftermarket mp3 adapter or B: burn CDs.
Google launched a service that only a few were allowed to use. People who were curious about it were told to get lost. People who were allowed to sign up got bored because nothing is happening, so they left. The miracle behind Facebook is the ability of people to find friends and relatives they haven't seen in years, even decades, because EVERYONE is welcome to sign up.
Because people who bought into the BS about how mankind is somehow responsible for the weather are now realizing that it's nothing but a hoax perpetrated by a handful of scientists shilling for research grants, governments desperate for new ways to tax peopole, and a washed-up politician who refuses to debate the issue with anyone who dares to disagree.
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Nevermind Watergate. The worst thing Nixon did was create the EPA.
Uhh no. I'm all for the free market. The free market is about competition and Apple, with all their patent-trolling, is about as anti-competitive as they come.
They have this technology called a dial-up BBS the Italians might be interested in. I see a market for the development of high-speed dial-up modems and a resurrection for land-line telephones.
Fine with me. Any lawsuit against Apple is good news, IMO.
"During her ten years with the company [eBay] she oversaw expansion from 30 employees and $4 million in annual revenue to more than 15,000 employees and $8 billion in annual revenue." - wikipedia.
Yeah, she really dropped the ball there.
Frankly, if I were her, I'd think long and hard before attaching my name to the trainwreck that is HP.
One cannot get flash on Android's Firefox and the devs don't seem to care. Hell even the stock browser (which isn't bad) includes Flash. When it comes to Android browsers, the leader is Dolphin.
I know a lot of /. users aren't fans of Flash, but considering all the website content people miss without it, they'll quickly ditch a browser that doesn't support it.
There is no way they can tell what someone is watching on their TV by looking at electric consumption. There are too way many variables involved to make this even plausible.
I'd like to see some proof, in English.
They don't bother reading the bills they vote on either.
It's not Google's (or any other search engine's) responsibility to enforce all laws of all countries. They're a search engine, not cops. Let the police do their own dirty work.
This whole article is nothing but flamebait. C'mon, /. You're better than that.
All they'd have to do is add a USB port, Android, and flash support. Voila! A better product.
They don't? One of the biggest selling points for me when I bought the HTC Sensation was the dual-core 1.2 GHz CPU. The 8 Mp camera is nice too. And the Gorilla Glass. And the big screen.
Exactly. People aren't interested in another OS. The problem with multiple OSs in the smartphone market is the same as it was in the PC market of the 1980 when developers wrote software for Commodore, Apple, MS-DOS, CP/M, Atari, TRS-80, TI, etc. If the developers don't see a big enough market to go out of their way to write for your obscure OS, then forget it - no software for you.
As a ham radio operator, I know a few guys that spend 2 to 3 grand on P25 Mototola radios. I can picture a couple of them now, reading this paper over very carefully :)
Not exactly. Obamacare is only the 1st step toward single-payer, which is what he and all the other socialists on Capitol Hill want. Here it is, in his own words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-bY92mcOdk
And yet, the score is only 1.
I ran out of mod points yesterday. Consider this a +1.
Why bother? Just get a decent 4G data plan and use your browser.
Your "stupid conclusion" seems to hold up just fine for the legal beagles in just about every company I've ever worked for. My current (and all previous) employer still uses fax machines for this very reason (although they have progressed to copy machines for sending and e-fax for receiving). My company processes hundreds, if not a few thousand, of them every week.
Check with any pharmacy or doctor. They all still use fax too. For the same reasons.
The first post on this thread (an actual first post that means something... I guess the kids are asleep) has a good point as well. When dealing with that much data, the cost per kB is a lot less over an old-fashioned phone line at 14k than a 5-10 GB image that's a PITA to create, send, and receive.
Which makes me also wonder... what's the big problem here? In the article, the only people complaining are the smut site operators because they don't like the idea of shelling out more of their "hard" - earned money on protecting their brands. As for other businesses, they really don't seem to have anything to worry about. If every Joe's Widgets Inc. had to worry about every TLD, they'd have to register over a hundred of them.
Most people use a search engine to find what they're looking for. When they DO know they URL, they use .com like everybody else. If that doesn't work, they try .org or .net. If none of the above work, the site may as well not even exist (with the exception of location-specific websites such as disney.ru or disney.nl for example).
Hmmm... lessee...
Server not found
Firefox can't find the server at www.disney.xxx.
Apparently not... yet.
According to this MS dev, they do (although not entirely):
"We use almost entirely C, C++, and C# for Windows. Some areas of code are hand tuned/hand written assembly."
Source: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowshpcacademic/thread/65a1fe05-9c1d-48bf-bd40-148e6b3da9f1
Good point. I have already started using an HD for backups but I still back up to optical too, just in case the HD dies. It certainly is a chore to make several DVDs to back up several GB of files but at least if one or two go bad, I have more backups. If a HD goes bad, I'm screwed.
However, even more to your point, the price per GB falls every year and capacity increases. Behold HD size in rough terms:
1985: top-of-the-line HD had MAYBE 10MB. It also cost about $5000.
1995: about 8-10 GB. Cost: I honestly don't know.
2005: about 500 GB.... around $120.
Today: 2TB... $90.
Imagine 2020... or 2030... holy shit. I can see the Fry's ad now: "100 PB for $120. While supplies last." [Factoring in the estimated inflation].
But what the hell does someone do with 100 PB? As is the case with CPU speeds, we will eventually hit a ceiling. Except in this case, the ceiling will be what is practical vs. what is possible. I can't imagine someone ever using that much HD space except for perhaps a company that never destroys old customer data.
I've bought 4 USB thumb drives over the past 5 years and so far, 2 have failed. These little bastards weren't cheap either. I've also got CDs I burned about 7 years ago that still work fine. Not ONE failure. Therefore, everything gets backed up to DVDs.
The car stereo also doesn't play MP3s (2007 model, factory stereo) so I can either A: spend about $200 on an aftermarket mp3 adapter or B: burn CDs.
Google launched a service that only a few were allowed to use. People who were curious about it were told to get lost. People who were allowed to sign up got bored because nothing is happening, so they left. The miracle behind Facebook is the ability of people to find friends and relatives they haven't seen in years, even decades, because EVERYONE is welcome to sign up.
Because people who bought into the BS about how mankind is somehow responsible for the weather are now realizing that it's nothing but a hoax perpetrated by a handful of scientists shilling for research grants, governments desperate for new ways to tax peopole, and a washed-up politician who refuses to debate the issue with anyone who dares to disagree.