As are command prompts, apparently. I'm still searching for that elusive hacking app with fancy graphics and controls that's portrayed in all hacking movies.
Something like this happened to my mother once, though they used cameras to record the bank card's number and PIN, as she entered it. Then made $500 worth of withdrawals, in $1 increments.
I completely agree. Not only do I find features such as pluralization and singularization annoying and capricious, at worst they are an obnoxious waste of cpu cycles. For almost every Rails project I attempt, I find myself turning my head in disgust - all but simplest projects are up Rails' alley. There are virtually no ways to deal with sophisticated database relationships without resorting to cheap hacks. Not that I find this surprising, seeing as Rails' team's original approach to database development was "don't set up foreign keys/constraints, let the framework handle it" (they have since changed this to "we don't use relationships, but knock yourself out"). "Polymorphic relationships"? Seriously, why not just chuck all the data into a text file and avoid databases altogether?
There are a lot of good things in Rails, but the framework is simply too weak for anything with even a slightly sophisticated database backend. This in addition to Ruby, a language that I find exceptionally "pretty", but lamentably slow, will keep me on languages like PHP, and off of constantly-updating-with-no-regard-for-backwards-compatibility behemoths like Rails.
He does have some valid complaints though, specifically #6 (so _why_ can't I write an entire app in C?), #3 (Android's management of running apps is still a mystery to me), #8 (I've received complaints that my app's icons look low-res on Droid, and not having one, there's not much I can do short of buying a new phone for testing) and partly #5. With regard to #5, however, you can easily weed out poorly written applications within a day's use of them - for example, I uninstalled Google Listen after two days of use, as I noticed that it cut my battery life by 50%.
I don't agree with him that Android needs to follow the same design paradigm as other platforms, but I may be biased, as I never developed for any other mobile platform. As odd as Intents and Activities seem, the end result is not a bad one at all, and is even fairly intuitive in many ways (my favorite analogy is Intent==POST request and Activity==web page).
I used to work for Office Depot as a computer salesman some time back. If you think crapware is bad today, you don't want to know what it was like around 1996-1999, when Al Gore first invented the Internet.
We used to see all sorts of useless software included with the system - ranging from useless, to distracting (several versions of IBM's desktop PC's had animated desktop icons(!)) to spyware (WildTangent/CometCursor)
At least it hasn't (yet) marched a bunch of its adherents into other countries, slaughtering "infidels", or set up any 800-year long inquisitions, or flown any aircraft into buildings, or burned any "witches." Though no doubt, give it time -- fanatics who base their thinking on superstitious bullshit almost always get around to such idiocy.
I'm not one to defend any religion, but Scientology's a lot worse today than any modern mainstream religion. If you need any proof, feel free to have a look here and here. No modern religion forces family members to give up their loved ones, picket outside the house of an 'unbeliever', or essentially, slavery.
I'm curious - are the legitimate paying users aware that their phone's unique ID is being submitted along with their high score? I'm not one to condone piracy, but I believe the author's potentially not being honest either.
As someone who just couldn't bring himself to fork over the ridiculous sum necessary for a 32 GB iPod touch, I couldn't agree more.
Decent Macs cost too much money for any casual/curious user to afford - for the price of a dumbed-down and underperforming Mac Mini, one can buy a decent Dell system powerful enough to run most modern games.
I would actually prefer Google working on adding plugin functionality to Chrome, instead of writing plugins for other browsers. This is the sole reason why I don't use Chrome these days - it lacks some very simple, but very useful features that Firefox has in spades.
Anyone else feel like it'd be better if Apple did their own app development, instead of jerk-slapping random developers on the wrist whenever they felt like it?
I'd love to see a class-action lawsuit against Apple's ever-changing arbitrary app inclusion process.
I think Peggy Bundy said it best: "...nature played a cruel joke on the men. It gave them a source of pleasure, but in order for it to work, blood has to leave the brain. And it leaves them confused, and disoriented, and eager to enter into negotiations."
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Speak for yourself, skintube.
As are command prompts, apparently. I'm still searching for that elusive hacking app with fancy graphics and controls that's portrayed in all hacking movies.
Something like this happened to my mother once, though they used cameras to record the bank card's number and PIN, as she entered it. Then made $500 worth of withdrawals, in $1 increments.
As I understand, so is Donald Knuth
I completely agree. Not only do I find features such as pluralization and singularization annoying and capricious, at worst they are an obnoxious waste of cpu cycles. For almost every Rails project I attempt, I find myself turning my head in disgust - all but simplest projects are up Rails' alley. There are virtually no ways to deal with sophisticated database relationships without resorting to cheap hacks. Not that I find this surprising, seeing as Rails' team's original approach to database development was "don't set up foreign keys/constraints, let the framework handle it" (they have since changed this to "we don't use relationships, but knock yourself out"). "Polymorphic relationships"? Seriously, why not just chuck all the data into a text file and avoid databases altogether? There are a lot of good things in Rails, but the framework is simply too weak for anything with even a slightly sophisticated database backend. This in addition to Ruby, a language that I find exceptionally "pretty", but lamentably slow, will keep me on languages like PHP, and off of constantly-updating-with-no-regard-for-backwards-compatibility behemoths like Rails.
I don't know about you, but this is reassuring. Apple's getting nervous, which means that it's seriously considering Android a threat now.
I guess this would make the world's desktop support personnel police?
If we swerve wildly around those, we might get some sort of gravity-boost or something
I can't believe what a sad bunch of nerds we are, knowing each others' sigs. *sigh*
He does have some valid complaints though, specifically #6 (so _why_ can't I write an entire app in C?), #3 (Android's management of running apps is still a mystery to me), #8 (I've received complaints that my app's icons look low-res on Droid, and not having one, there's not much I can do short of buying a new phone for testing) and partly #5. With regard to #5, however, you can easily weed out poorly written applications within a day's use of them - for example, I uninstalled Google Listen after two days of use, as I noticed that it cut my battery life by 50%. I don't agree with him that Android needs to follow the same design paradigm as other platforms, but I may be biased, as I never developed for any other mobile platform. As odd as Intents and Activities seem, the end result is not a bad one at all, and is even fairly intuitive in many ways (my favorite analogy is Intent==POST request and Activity==web page).
Wrong answer, bright boy. DO NOT just delete an account, if you're concerned about privacy. The data remains on the server when you delete.
EDIT your account details FIRST. Change your name to Mickey Mouse, your address to something preposterous like 99999 Lost Highway, Bumfuck, Egypt.
Thanks for releasing my details, jerk.
I have also eaten squirrel, bear, dog, and cat.
Frequent trips to the far east, eh?
I think the bigger question is, will they have a cure for Bone-itis, or not?
Does it matter that Stalin was, in fact, not Russian? Just askin'...
I used to work for Office Depot as a computer salesman some time back. If you think crapware is bad today, you don't want to know what it was like around 1996-1999, when Al Gore first invented the Internet. We used to see all sorts of useless software included with the system - ranging from useless, to distracting (several versions of IBM's desktop PC's had animated desktop icons(!)) to spyware (WildTangent/CometCursor)
At least it hasn't (yet) marched a bunch of its adherents into other countries, slaughtering "infidels", or set up any 800-year long inquisitions, or flown any aircraft into buildings, or burned any "witches." Though no doubt, give it time -- fanatics who base their thinking on superstitious bullshit almost always get around to such idiocy.
I'm not one to defend any religion, but Scientology's a lot worse today than any modern mainstream religion. If you need any proof, feel free to have a look here and here. No modern religion forces family members to give up their loved ones, picket outside the house of an 'unbeliever', or essentially, slavery.
I'm curious - are the legitimate paying users aware that their phone's unique ID is being submitted along with their high score? I'm not one to condone piracy, but I believe the author's potentially not being honest either.
I really can't see why we can't have a government-commissioned open-source system developed and mandated for use for public voting functions.
You don't? Even after the last administration?
The 'B' is for 'Bargain'?
Cause you don't want assprints on your new door? You're not buying SCO, are you?
As someone who just couldn't bring himself to fork over the ridiculous sum necessary for a 32 GB iPod touch, I couldn't agree more. Decent Macs cost too much money for any casual/curious user to afford - for the price of a dumbed-down and underperforming Mac Mini, one can buy a decent Dell system powerful enough to run most modern games.
I would actually prefer Google working on adding plugin functionality to Chrome, instead of writing plugins for other browsers. This is the sole reason why I don't use Chrome these days - it lacks some very simple, but very useful features that Firefox has in spades.
Anyone else feel like it'd be better if Apple did their own app development, instead of jerk-slapping random developers on the wrist whenever they felt like it? I'd love to see a class-action lawsuit against Apple's ever-changing arbitrary app inclusion process.
I think Peggy Bundy said it best: "...nature played a cruel joke on the men. It gave them a source of pleasure, but in order for it to work, blood has to leave the brain. And it leaves them confused, and disoriented, and eager to enter into negotiations."
This plasmodium doesn't hold a candle to my plasmondilium