What about Mona Lisa? (she was a beauty at those times and, cough, she got rid of eyebrows) Cough, Rubens' beauties? I recall my grandma telling me that man having a bit overweight would make him more attractive. Heck, in India, women with slim bodies are considered not as sexy as those with a bit overweight. (in western terms) Ever seen what some african tribes do, to look more attractive?;)
It's not law, it's interpretation. Dutch judge dismissed it citing "numerous" prior art. To German judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann it looked different, and was worth banning Samsung Galaxy Tab.
"The Mac wasn't the first computer to present the user with a virtual desktop of files and folders instead of a command line and a blinking cursor"... Indeed. It was Xerox.
I find it amusing that we discuss it not on, say Georgian (one letter one sound) or German (a bit more complicated but still straightforwad) where I could remotely imagine someone reading it letter by letter, but on English speaking forum, how do you read word potato letter by letter?:)
It's pretty clear that we recognize entire words. But how does it prove that we still do NOT pronounce them, pretty please?
So which major brand Android device cannot scroll smoothly?
Is it Sony Tablet S? Nope, it rocks. Is it Samsung Galaxy Tab, thinnest, lightest tablet with best tablet screen ever released according to toms (http://media.bestofmicro.com/benchmarks-review-samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1,G-1-305137-13.png)? Nope, it rocks.
Yes, there are cheapo devices, that, at fraction of cost, are a bit sluggish. But is it something to wonder about?
Presiding Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann remarked upon delivering the verdict, "The court is of the opinion that Apple’s minimalistic design isn’t the only technical solution to make a tablet computer, other designs are possible. For the informed customer there remains the predominant overall impression that the device looks."
which essentially grants Apple monopoly on all rectangular multi-touch based display tablets with one button or less on the face -- the current industry standard.
And how different it is from Samsung? You think there is no Samsung Germany hence they've banned all Samsung or violating "community design" of rectangular shape with rounded corners is punished harder, than violating Motorola's hardware patents?
"I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong," Jobs said. "I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this." Steve Jobs
Jobs also called everything Google made "shit," (with the exception of its search engine), and unfavourably compared the web giant to Microsoft.
They can ban products from being imported nevertheless. Other than that, you still can buy Samsung Galaxy Tabs. According to sellers, they are prohibited to import new (not sure how well that gets controlled) but allowed to sell current stock.
Uhm, so restricting patent trolling only to "practicing entities" somehow makes it "on our side"? I want "select text" idea NOT to be patentable, not making ridiculous patents Microsoft exclusive. With suggested change they'll still be able to sue those using linux/android, for, you know, selecting text...
The only point of my comment was to show how little sense your fanboi post makes. Repeating same thing twice, with zero evidence. Slapping "oh, it's something everyone knows" "argument" on top of it doesn't make it "more credible" I'm afraid.
Apple has products that succeeded, Apple had products that failed. (e.g. "Newton", "NeXt") "Gambling" it was in a sense that Jobbs bet on stuff that nobody had bet before. He did it because he was _adventurous_ enough. Gambling is an inherent part of it.
That's pretty much the only way to get away with this "oh, Apple products are not more expensive" myth, by playing "oh, but it's not identical". No it's not. And you can buy "all in one" dell for 599$, when Apple's start at 1199$.
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And you know that it is merely one of the (relatively young and sensationalist) theories, right?
What about Mona Lisa? (she was a beauty at those times and, cough, she got rid of eyebrows) ;)
Cough, Rubens' beauties?
I recall my grandma telling me that man having a bit overweight would make him more attractive.
Heck, in India, women with slim bodies are considered not as sexy as those with a bit overweight. (in western terms)
Ever seen what some african tribes do, to look more attractive?
Could you name a few EU software patents?
Copycats can take advantage of enormous "R&D" effort I'd put into designing rectangular shape with rounded corners all day long.
It's not law, it's interpretation. Dutch judge dismissed it citing "numerous" prior art.
To German judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann it looked different, and was worth banning Samsung Galaxy Tab.
"The Mac wasn't the first computer to present the user with a virtual desktop of files and folders instead of a command line and a blinking cursor"...
Indeed. It was Xerox.
Where are mod points, when you need them...
Where did they claim zero malware by the way?
There is a site to download SYNC (that's how ford calls this) updates from for North America:
http://www.syncmyride.com/
In Europe, it will be integrated into standard ford.de,co.uk etc sites next year.
Why on earth would Ford "send sticks" pretty please?
I find it amusing that we discuss it not on, say Georgian (one letter one sound) or German (a bit more complicated but still straightforwad) where I could remotely imagine someone reading it letter by letter, but on English speaking forum, how do you read word potato letter by letter? :)
It's pretty clear that we recognize entire words. But how does it prove that we still do NOT pronounce them, pretty please?
Britain's violent crime record is worse than any other country in the European union, it has been revealed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html
That on top of having second highest debt to GDP ratio in the world (only Japan has worst record) and recent riots.
I was surprised to discover that even ebay sniping apps do it server side. (somebody is storing your ebay credentials on their "not evil" server, yep)
So which major brand Android device cannot scroll smoothly?
Is it Sony Tablet S? Nope, it rocks.
Is it Samsung Galaxy Tab, thinnest, lightest tablet with best tablet screen ever released according to toms (http://media.bestofmicro.com/benchmarks-review-samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1,G-1-305137-13.png)? Nope, it rocks.
Yes, there are cheapo devices, that, at fraction of cost, are a bit sluggish. But is it something to wonder about?
It's a country where:
Presiding Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann remarked upon delivering the verdict, "The court is of the opinion that Apple’s minimalistic design isn’t the only technical solution to make a tablet computer, other designs are possible. For the informed customer there remains the predominant overall impression that the device looks."
which essentially grants Apple monopoly on all rectangular multi-touch based display tablets with one button or less on the face -- the current industry standard.
With "I don't think they are going after people" argument, you might as well suggest having it for free, getting it from famous places.
And how different it is from Samsung? You think there is no Samsung Germany hence they've banned all Samsung or violating "community design" of rectangular shape with rounded corners is punished harder, than violating Motorola's hardware patents?
"I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong," Jobs said. "I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this." Steve Jobs
Jobs also called everything Google made "shit," (with the exception of its search engine), and unfavourably compared the web giant to Microsoft.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/20/scitech/main20123421.shtml
They can ban products from being imported nevertheless.
Other than that, you still can buy Samsung Galaxy Tabs. According to sellers, they are prohibited to import new (not sure how well that gets controlled) but allowed to sell current stock.
How about "think at all"? Amount of FUD surrounding Apple or Apple vs Anything is depressing.
Somehow 5-15$ per Android HTC phone sold isn't big enough? Exactly how much would they get if it was Windows?
Uhm, so restricting patent trolling only to "practicing entities" somehow makes it "on our side"?
I want "select text" idea NOT to be patentable, not making ridiculous patents Microsoft exclusive.
With suggested change they'll still be able to sue those using linux/android, for, you know, selecting text...
The only point of my comment was to show how little sense your fanboi post makes.
Repeating same thing twice, with zero evidence.
Slapping "oh, it's something everyone knows" "argument" on top of it doesn't make it "more credible" I'm afraid.
Apple has products that succeeded, Apple had products that failed. (e.g. "Newton", "NeXt") "Gambling" it was in a sense that Jobbs bet on stuff that nobody had bet before. He did it because he was _adventurous_ enough. Gambling is an inherent part of it.
That's pretty much the only way to get away with this "oh, Apple products are not more expensive" myth, by playing "oh, but it's not identical". No it's not. And you can buy "all in one" dell for 599$, when Apple's start at 1199$.
Grats on skewing reality by anecdotal evidence
Now let's get back to reality.
Apple "all in one' vs Dell "all in one":
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/imac/select
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/inspiron-one
23" Dell: i5 @ 2.5Ghz, 6Gb RAM, 1Tb HDD, Intel HD Graphics - 949.99$
21.5" Apple: i5 @ 2.5Ghz, 4Gb RAM, 500Gb HDD, AMD 6750M Graphics - 1199$
And so on for most configurations.
Example of such decision would be much more convincing than simply repeating your thesis twice, but not supporting it by anything.