no, there's plenty of stuff i COULD run on a phone that i don't give a shit about. its a phone that I want to work reliably to make/receive calls, conduct business and do light web browsing/maps on.
Emulation, alternative browsers, porn, etc are not what I (nor many people) actually want a phone for.
Requiring code signing keeps out a lot of malware (just look at the recent android outbreak). Its a trade off, and for me, the closed ecosystem is a win. For this device. If you don't like it there are plenty of other options, but for many IOS is more desirable than android BECAUSE of the code signing requirement.
I'm not replying to "comments I don't like". I'm pointing out the stupid nature of making purchase of a device that does not fit your usage pattern. Its no secret that IOS is a closed ecosystem. It never has been open, apple do not plan to open it, and for many users this is a DESIRABLE FEATURE. If this is not a feature you want, then buy a phone that does not have this feature. Rather than bitching about apple fixing security vulnerabilities.
how about, rather than buy a phone that doesn't do what you want it to do in a supported manner, buy one that does? or get a telco who doesn't suck? I tether with no fees. If you want to be able to install any random unsigned binaries, go get an android phone. the IOS world is a closed ecosystem by design, and i for one don't mind that because it means that the software i am installing, and that my users are installing is validated as not being malware by apple. its a feature - if you don't like that feature fair enough, but rather than bitching about the design features of the device, maybe go buy one that fits your usage pattern?
and what DO you get from a jailbreak exactly? I jailbroke my 3g-s a long time back, and other than novelty shitware noticed nothing of value so i haven't bothered since.
iphone does everything i want in a phone and doesn't feel like it is made of cheese like all the samsung/htc devices i have encountered. so, as far as i'm concerned, apple deserve my money.
Fail. All that means is that somebody used the phone while you were out (which if by no means out of the question if you do not live alone). Unless there is a voice call, to someone who can identify that it was your voice, that won't work. However, unless you've reported your phone stolen or loaned it and have someone willing to lie under oath to confirm this for you in court, it is HIGHLY LIKELY that you were with the phone when it was at the crime scene.
If the user was using the phone, which should be easily verified by cell phone records / witness (other party to the call identifying you as making it) then too bad.
As i understand it, you merely need to be able to provide reasonable doubt to get acquitted. Unfortunately, if you were texting or making calls on your phone and this has been verified by party you were calling/texting then they have the phone in your possession. If the GPS says it was in the park, then guess what.
Try to provide/reasonable doubt/ in that case that you were NOT there and see how it goes with a jury...
If you RFTA, you'll note that there were a large number of patches due to the staged nature of many coding style cleanups. Functionality wise, the patches submitted were minimal. As to the method of sending in that many patches for that amount of change... pros and cons either way. On the one hand, doing it one patch at a time probably makes it easier to see what is going on and track breakage if it were to occur. On the other hand, there's a large number of patches to apply.
Making code cross platform exposes bugs and gets them fixed in the process. Both KDE and gnome have plenty of those, and could therefore benefit from maintaining portability.
Well actually i think it does. If you're an engineer paid to develop a solution to a problem, and that doesn't directly involve harming people - its not your choice what the end result is. The engineers at IBM were no doubt asked to provide statistical analysis. Its not like hitler (or his representative) would have gone to them an said "i need to know what jews to kill in my gas chambers". More like "I am interested in collating and analyzing population statistics, what do you have available".
Its the whole guns don't kill people, people kill people point. Providing the means to someone to more effectively murder/rape/kill/etc doesn't mean you're responsible for their actions.
I guess what I'm saying is that as an engineer solving a problem, especially if you have no advance knowledge of its usage: the ethical/moral dilemma is not yours. It's that of the person putting your end result to use.
Wild speculation by hedge funds, low interest rates and dodgy lending criteria.
Throw enough free money at a market and you can get spectacular short term growth, particularly if you measure it in terms of spending the dollars that you've printed to stimulate it.
It doesn't mean you've actually produced anything new.
Oh, and i reported it to the Chrome team a couple of months back and it is fixed in Canary already. I haven't posted it to Mozilla because i found the 5 year old open unattended, duplicated bug-report that people are already still waiting on a fix for...
It might "break things" in the US. But essentially the US will stop getting a free ride (everyone selling you things on credit, which you repay with more credit) from the rest of the world. Some may view that as "fixing" things.
For an expert who can configure a distro with one hand tied behind the back, and blindfolded, all operating systems are pretty much the same and which one is the better depends on the apps that will be run on it.
For the user who is simply interested in getting results from the damn app, the choice of distro / operating system will have a big impact on their experience. It can also have a big impact on the experiences of others, if their machine becomes a vector for viruses or a zombie in a botnet. There is a reason why the computers on those botnets with millions of zombies are all running some version of Windows.
See: driver support on day of release, PDA support, office application support, WIFI support (including for those shitty applets in hotels), etc.
There isn't even a mainstream browser on Linux that supports DHCP proxy autoconfiguration yet. Linux is fine in the server room - for end users, its a pain in the arse.
Windows, protected properly is secure enough. Its not 1998 any more. If there were as many linux users with no clue who hadn't patched their OS since 2002, we'd have plenty of Linux botnets as well.
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no, there's plenty of stuff i COULD run on a phone that i don't give a shit about. its a phone that I want to work reliably to make/receive calls, conduct business and do light web browsing/maps on.
Emulation, alternative browsers, porn, etc are not what I (nor many people) actually want a phone for.
Requiring code signing keeps out a lot of malware (just look at the recent android outbreak). Its a trade off, and for me, the closed ecosystem is a win. For this device. If you don't like it there are plenty of other options, but for many IOS is more desirable than android BECAUSE of the code signing requirement.
I'm not replying to "comments I don't like". I'm pointing out the stupid nature of making purchase of a device that does not fit your usage pattern. Its no secret that IOS is a closed ecosystem. It never has been open, apple do not plan to open it, and for many users this is a DESIRABLE FEATURE. If this is not a feature you want, then buy a phone that does not have this feature. Rather than bitching about apple fixing security vulnerabilities.
how about, rather than buy a phone that doesn't do what you want it to do in a supported manner, buy one that does? or get a telco who doesn't suck? I tether with no fees. If you want to be able to install any random unsigned binaries, go get an android phone. the IOS world is a closed ecosystem by design, and i for one don't mind that because it means that the software i am installing, and that my users are installing is validated as not being malware by apple. its a feature - if you don't like that feature fair enough, but rather than bitching about the design features of the device, maybe go buy one that fits your usage pattern?
My carrier allows me to do this without jailbreaking. Get a carrier that doesn't suck.
and what DO you get from a jailbreak exactly? I jailbroke my 3g-s a long time back, and other than novelty shitware noticed nothing of value so i haven't bothered since.
iphone does everything i want in a phone and doesn't feel like it is made of cheese like all the samsung/htc devices i have encountered. so, as far as i'm concerned, apple deserve my money.
Fail. All that means is that somebody used the phone while you were out (which if by no means out of the question if you do not live alone). Unless there is a voice call, to someone who can identify that it was your voice, that won't work. However, unless you've reported your phone stolen or loaned it and have someone willing to lie under oath to confirm this for you in court, it is HIGHLY LIKELY that you were with the phone when it was at the crime scene.
Maybe even.... don't do crime?
If the user was using the phone, which should be easily verified by cell phone records / witness (other party to the call identifying you as making it) then too bad.
As i understand it, you merely need to be able to provide reasonable doubt to get acquitted. Unfortunately, if you were texting or making calls on your phone and this has been verified by party you were calling/texting then they have the phone in your possession. If the GPS says it was in the park, then guess what.
Try to provide /reasonable doubt/ in that case that you were NOT there and see how it goes with a jury...
Its because there are so many #firstworldproblems to deal with in todays first world society.
I mean, really just check out the shit that we have to deal with that those lucky bastards in africa and central asia don't need to worry about?
If you RFTA, you'll note that there were a large number of patches due to the staged nature of many coding style cleanups. Functionality wise, the patches submitted were minimal. As to the method of sending in that many patches for that amount of change... pros and cons either way. On the one hand, doing it one patch at a time probably makes it easier to see what is going on and track breakage if it were to occur. On the other hand, there's a large number of patches to apply.
Making code cross platform exposes bugs and gets them fixed in the process. Both KDE and gnome have plenty of those, and could therefore benefit from maintaining portability.
The other linux problem: Not Invented Here.
See DTRACE vs Systemtap
Meanwhile, apple just went with Mach and relied on the fact that hardware advances have pretty much made its shortcomings irrelevant.
Done. Next.
No, you get progress without breaking compatibility, if you architect things in an extensible way in the first place. See: FreeBSD.
Well actually i think it does. If you're an engineer paid to develop a solution to a problem, and that doesn't directly involve harming people - its not your choice what the end result is. The engineers at IBM were no doubt asked to provide statistical analysis. Its not like hitler (or his representative) would have gone to them an said "i need to know what jews to kill in my gas chambers". More like "I am interested in collating and analyzing population statistics, what do you have available".
Its the whole guns don't kill people, people kill people point. Providing the means to someone to more effectively murder/rape/kill/etc doesn't mean you're responsible for their actions.
I guess what I'm saying is that as an engineer solving a problem, especially if you have no advance knowledge of its usage: the ethical/moral dilemma is not yours. It's that of the person putting your end result to use.
kmail isn't run by a significant portion of the internet...
8 million down... countless billions left.
Wild speculation by hedge funds, low interest rates and dodgy lending criteria.
Throw enough free money at a market and you can get spectacular short term growth, particularly if you measure it in terms of spending the dollars that you've printed to stimulate it.
It doesn't mean you've actually produced anything new.
Oh, and i reported it to the Chrome team a couple of months back and it is fixed in Canary already. I haven't posted it to Mozilla because i found the 5 year old open unattended, duplicated bug-report that people are already still waiting on a fix for...
Pet gripe...note its from 2006, and STILL FUCKING BROKEN. Enterprise ready? My arse.
It might "break things" in the US. But essentially the US will stop getting a free ride (everyone selling you things on credit, which you repay with more credit) from the rest of the world. Some may view that as "fixing" things.
Furthermore..
See: driver support on day of release, PDA support, office application support, WIFI support (including for those shitty applets in hotels), etc.
There isn't even a mainstream browser on Linux that supports DHCP proxy autoconfiguration yet. Linux is fine in the server room - for end users, its a pain in the arse.
Windows, protected properly is secure enough. Its not 1998 any more. If there were as many linux users with no clue who hadn't patched their OS since 2002, we'd have plenty of Linux botnets as well.