Indeed, but seeing a politician break the law is like seeing a doctor smoke, a priest rape a kid, my parents doing it, a cop assaulting someone... it just hurts more.
even more fun, in France, le collège = Junior High School (12-15). Then comes le lycée (16-18, baccalauréat at the end), then l'université (ou une Grande Ecole).
Maybe an idea for a Community knock off (best comedy series of the year that one): not "I got my degree from Colo/umbia, and now they want met to get one from the US", but "my collège degree from France is no longer enough, I've got to go to College in the US, too".
I read somewhere that it's actually more efficient in a typical usage scenario to have 2 cores, one of which you can shut down, both that you can throttle, than to have just 1. In terms of power draw and heat dissipation.
Regarding Open Office on Android: Android Tablets are coming, Android phones take a BT keyboard, and some have video out...
Regarding Win7 and other regular OSes on mobiles: it may be impossible to get Win7 to be energy efficient, and keep the oodles of power-sucking services (and the basic architecture) of that server/desktop OS. Unlickily, those are probably required for compatibility.
Regarding x86 mobile: x86 was never designed as a low-power, high-efficiency CPU. Attempts to backport that are somewhat succesful, but I can't imagine x86 ever being as efficient as ARM cores that have been designed from the ground up to be precisely that. The one advantage Intel has is process technologies. See http://netbooked.net/blog/arm-vs-atom-size-vs-power-vs-performance/ for a biased source:-p
I don't dispute that Apple OS has private APIs, nor that Apple uses them. I don't think Apple uses those to make money though. Safari does have an unfair advantage over other browsers, but Safari is free. I failed to see instances of paid Apple apps in your answer ? THat's in direct contrast to MS, who WAS using private APIs to SELL more Office.
In the greater scheme of things, a computer is like a TV/radio: it lets you access content, in the form of apps and data instead of shows.
Granted, the immaturity of the OSes and Apps complicates the issue a bit, but at its core, that's what it is. Hopefully, we will soon standardize computer platforms the way we did for radios, and hopefully it won't be Apple's way, but a way that's both safe, open, reliable, and uncensored. MS is out, too ^^
Would you like your radio or TV set to ban some stations ?
Apple's attitude feels like a mix of totalitarian regimes' censorship and hotel pay-per-view - without the porn.
Maybe true at the beginning. But guess what happened for the next version of the OS, whan OS engineers are to choose which unofficial APIs to keep, and which to do away ? Hint: "DOS isn't finished until 123 won't run".
I don't get your point. To me it IS the reason: MS used undocumented APIs on its monopoly OS to give an unfair advantage to its non-monopoly apps, which kinda justified others using those APIs too. Apple doesn't really sell its own apps, so their reason for disallowing the API's use is probably more valid (along the lines: may change at any time and break our customers' apps).
Let's not be indiscriminate haters. I disagree about a lot of things Apple does, but the one about only official APIs being allowed does not bother me:
1- private APIs should not be needed. Is there any example of an "allowed" feature that can only be integrated in one's apps by using "unofficial" APIs ? 2- indeed, "unofficial" APIs are subject to change at any time.I understand Apple insisting people avoid them, to avoid an MS-like compatibility mess over time, and to protect their customers. I'd be pissed if some apps broke each time there's an OS update.
True, but it's not what Apple is doing. Apple is 1- forcing devs to learn THEIR dev tools, so that they get invested in Apple's ecosystem 2- enforcing control of what is sold, and above all who's selling it. Like for the "risque" but not porn" apps, it seems there's significantly less risk of being banned when you're big/official... My take is, they don't care for the little guys, only big names get attention.
The "cross-platform dev tools lead to bad apps" line bunk: a majority of all available iPhone Apps could have been developped with whatever, with no loss of functionnality, and they're clearly NOT vetting apps on quality.
Let's all pray Android ends this greedy madness. MS is now taking the same "Welcome to MY playpen" tack, which should mean it's on its last legs ^^
1- Does that make them right ? 2- Does that invalidate attempts at trying to try and understand their logic (if any) and not be banned from their store ? 3- Does that make efforts to publicize their behaviour superfluous ?
Apple isn't MS: MS never treated their devs this badly.
I am. Colour does not really add any functionnality, I'm more than willig to trade color for resolution and battery life. I'm wooried about responsiveness though.
My brother has a Mac, and I'm having the hardest time getting the hang of it: why do windows lose focus when I move the mouse
They don't.
And *I* say it sounds like your brother installed Linux on his Mac. The behavior you're describing is not that of standard Mac OS X.
he does run MacOS X 10.x, and
they do. every time i, or my nephew, shove the mouse out of the way, i get a bunch of tiled windows of all running apps, all inactive. given the huge taskbar that already takes up a bunch of screen estate, i don't grok what that's good for, except forcing me to pay attention to the mouse at all times (he's got a very small d...esk).
on Windows, when I right-click on a network icon, I get the network setup. that's kinda more intuitive: it's just there.
I've given up on iTunes a few years back (it kept choking on my 500 gigs of ripped FLAC CDs), so I can't comment on that side. What I CAN do is tell you how bad things are with Windows. I have Win7 on the desktop, and a brand spankin' new HTC HD2 WinMob 6.5 phone. Now let's try and synch music... Not all of my 500 gigs of course, just some of it... and not in FLAC, but in a smaller format.
- the good news is Media Player Mobile understands WMA, MP3, and AAC. - bad news is, WMPMob doesn't get directories ! No way I can just build a directory on my desktop, fill it with FLACs, convert them to AAC, copy it over to the HD2, and play. No no no. WMP needs a playlist. And not any playlist... - worse news: Windows Media Player only understands.asf playlists. Never heard of those ? nobody else has either. The one software I found to build those playlists is a single-purpose utility from some obscure outfit. So use this on the desktop, then manually edit the playlist to convert file references to the ones for the phone, then move the playlist over to the phone.
iTunes doesn't sound that bad anymore.
What MS would want me to do, I guess, is either - autodetect songs from the Player on the phone. Doesn't work: I've also got podcasts, I want to have different playlists not a huge messy one - use Windows Media Player on the desktop, set up a playlist there, and synch the playlist. It's more cumbersome than doing it manually.
What I want to do, is point WMPMob to a directory, and tell it to shuffle that.
I disagree with the easy to use part, at least on the desktop. My brother has a Mac, and I'm having the hardest time getting the hang of it: why do windows lose focus when I move the mouse, where the heck is the Wifi config stuff... I say it's as idiosyncratic as Windows.
Indeed, if I had Apple stock, I'd sell now. They've just had yet another tremendously successful launch, but I'm not sure where they can go from here: I'm fairly sure Phones will plateau soon, iPod already has, Macs are growing, but slowly. As the article say, recurring revenues from the Stores are so-so, Apple is still very hardware-driven, and I'm wondering what the next exciting piece of hardware can be. AppleTV ? iPhoneOS desktop/laptop ? Game console ?
Not quite. You can also buy a diverse portfolio of firms with different profiles (markets, size, % exports...) to average out, because over time the stock market has been outperforming all other assets (bonds, real estate, materials including gold and diamonds) in recent history.
Just like when you buy yogurt, you don't generally buy a particular one and you've thouroughly researched that THAT one is the absolute best. I buy pretty much random yogurts because, well, one should eat yogurts.
does RANDOM CAPITALIZATION make a point STRONGER ? I'll try IT.
You SEEM to TRUST the POLICE a LOT. Lucky YOU. I often WONDER how PEOPLE would REACT to some MEASURES if, instead OF being implemented BY THE US they appeared in an OFFICIALLY tyrannical REGIME.
I'd go for outdoorsy stuff, and cultural stuff first. Sticking the kid even more inside in front of computers is probably not a good idea at that point.
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Indeed, but seeing a politician break the law is like seeing a doctor smoke, a priest rape a kid, my parents doing it, a cop assaulting someone... it just hurts more.
even more fun, in France, le collège = Junior High School (12-15). Then comes le lycée (16-18, baccalauréat at the end), then l'université (ou une Grande Ecole).
Maybe an idea for a Community knock off (best comedy series of the year that one): not "I got my degree from Colo/umbia, and now they want met to get one from the US", but "my collège degree from France is no longer enough, I've got to go to College in the US, too".
I read somewhere that it's actually more efficient in a typical usage scenario to have 2 cores, one of which you can shut down, both that you can throttle, than to have just 1. In terms of power draw and heat dissipation.
Regarding Open Office on Android: Android Tablets are coming, Android phones take a BT keyboard, and some have video out...
Regarding Win7 and other regular OSes on mobiles: it may be impossible to get Win7 to be energy efficient, and keep the oodles of power-sucking services (and the basic architecture) of that server/desktop OS. Unlickily, those are probably required for compatibility.
Regarding x86 mobile: x86 was never designed as a low-power, high-efficiency CPU. Attempts to backport that are somewhat succesful, but I can't imagine x86 ever being as efficient as ARM cores that have been designed from the ground up to be precisely that. The one advantage Intel has is process technologies. See http://netbooked.net/blog/arm-vs-atom-size-vs-power-vs-performance/ for a biased source :-p
Other than that, I agree with you. Oh, wait ...
I don't dispute that Apple OS has private APIs, nor that Apple uses them. I don't think Apple uses those to make money though. Safari does have an unfair advantage over other browsers, but Safari is free. I failed to see instances of paid Apple apps in your answer ? THat's in direct contrast to MS, who WAS using private APIs to SELL more Office.
In the greater scheme of things, a computer is like a TV/radio: it lets you access content, in the form of apps and data instead of shows.
Granted, the immaturity of the OSes and Apps complicates the issue a bit, but at its core, that's what it is. Hopefully, we will soon standardize computer platforms the way we did for radios, and hopefully it won't be Apple's way, but a way that's both safe, open, reliable, and uncensored. MS is out, too ^^
Would you like your radio or TV set to ban some stations ?
Apple's attitude feels like a mix of totalitarian regimes' censorship and hotel pay-per-view - without the porn.
To advantage which of it own Apps does Apple use its OS advantage ? Does Apple even have any own apps for sale ? Any 123 or Wordperfect to eradicate ?
Maybe true at the beginning. But guess what happened for the next version of the OS, whan OS engineers are to choose which unofficial APIs to keep, and which to do away ? Hint: "DOS isn't finished until 123 won't run".
I don't get your point. To me it IS the reason: MS used undocumented APIs on its monopoly OS to give an unfair advantage to its non-monopoly apps, which kinda justified others using those APIs too. Apple doesn't really sell its own apps, so their reason for disallowing the API's use is probably more valid (along the lines: may change at any time and break our customers' apps).
Let's not be indiscriminate haters. I disagree about a lot of things Apple does, but the one about only official APIs being allowed does not bother me:
1- private APIs should not be needed. Is there any example of an "allowed" feature that can only be integrated in one's apps by using "unofficial" APIs ?
2- indeed, "unofficial" APIs are subject to change at any time.I understand Apple insisting people avoid them, to avoid an MS-like compatibility mess over time, and to protect their customers. I'd be pissed if some apps broke each time there's an OS update.
cut and paste, and tethering, are innovative ?
True, but it's not what Apple is doing. Apple is
1- forcing devs to learn THEIR dev tools, so that they get invested in Apple's ecosystem
2- enforcing control of what is sold, and above all who's selling it. Like for the "risque" but not porn" apps, it seems there's significantly less risk of being banned when you're big/official... My take is, they don't care for the little guys, only big names get attention.
The "cross-platform dev tools lead to bad apps" line bunk: a majority of all available iPhone Apps could have been developped with whatever, with no loss of functionnality, and they're clearly NOT vetting apps on quality.
Let's all pray Android ends this greedy madness. MS is now taking the same "Welcome to MY playpen" tack, which should mean it's on its last legs ^^
1- Does that make them right ?
2- Does that invalidate attempts at trying to try and understand their logic (if any) and not be banned from their store ?
3- Does that make efforts to publicize their behaviour superfluous ?
Apple isn't MS: MS never treated their devs this badly.
1 megabits/s should be enough for everyone
the same point as megapixel pictures taken on a device with a 2" 640x480 display: lots.
I am. Colour does not really add any functionnality, I'm more than willig to trade color for resolution and battery life. I'm wooried about responsiveness though.
My brother has a Mac, and I'm having the hardest time getting the hang of it: why do windows lose focus when I move the mouse
They don't.
And *I* say it sounds like your brother installed Linux on his Mac. The behavior you're describing is not that of standard Mac OS X.
he does run MacOS X 10.x, and
they do. every time i, or my nephew, shove the mouse out of the way, i get a bunch of tiled windows of all running apps, all inactive. given the huge taskbar that already takes up a bunch of screen estate, i don't grok what that's good for, except forcing me to pay attention to the mouse at all times (he's got a very small d ...esk).
on Windows, when I right-click on a network icon, I get the network setup. that's kinda more intuitive: it's just there.
I've given up on iTunes a few years back (it kept choking on my 500 gigs of ripped FLAC CDs), so I can't comment on that side. What I CAN do is tell you how bad things are with Windows. I have Win7 on the desktop, and a brand spankin' new HTC HD2 WinMob 6.5 phone. Now let's try and synch music... Not all of my 500 gigs of course, just some of it... and not in FLAC, but in a smaller format.
- the good news is Media Player Mobile understands WMA, MP3, and AAC. .asf playlists. Never heard of those ? nobody else has either. The one software I found to build those playlists is a single-purpose utility from some obscure outfit. So use this on the desktop, then manually edit the playlist to convert file references to the ones for the phone, then move the playlist over to the phone.
- bad news is, WMPMob doesn't get directories ! No way I can just build a directory on my desktop, fill it with FLACs, convert them to AAC, copy it over to the HD2, and play. No no no. WMP needs a playlist. And not any playlist...
- worse news: Windows Media Player only understands
iTunes doesn't sound that bad anymore.
What MS would want me to do, I guess, is either
- autodetect songs from the Player on the phone. Doesn't work: I've also got podcasts, I want to have different playlists not a huge messy one
- use Windows Media Player on the desktop, set up a playlist there, and synch the playlist. It's more cumbersome than doing it manually.
What I want to do, is point WMPMob to a directory, and tell it to shuffle that.
Anyone know of a good music player on WinMob ?
I disagree with the easy to use part, at least on the desktop. My brother has a Mac, and I'm having the hardest time getting the hang of it: why do windows lose focus when I move the mouse, where the heck is the Wifi config stuff... I say it's as idiosyncratic as Windows.
Indeed, if I had Apple stock, I'd sell now. They've just had yet another tremendously successful launch, but I'm not sure where they can go from here: I'm fairly sure Phones will plateau soon, iPod already has, Macs are growing, but slowly. As the article say, recurring revenues from the Stores are so-so, Apple is still very hardware-driven, and I'm wondering what the next exciting piece of hardware can be. AppleTV ? iPhoneOS desktop/laptop ? Game console ?
Not quite. You can also buy a diverse portfolio of firms with different profiles (markets, size, % exports...) to average out, because over time the stock market has been outperforming all other assets (bonds, real estate, materials including gold and diamonds) in recent history.
Just like when you buy yogurt, you don't generally buy a particular one and you've thouroughly researched that THAT one is the absolute best. I buy pretty much random yogurts because, well, one should eat yogurts.
maybe we should give them money then ? 'coz if taking money from them help them, then giving them money must hurt ? either that, or you're a moron ?
the idea is not to wait until you're almost running out of gas to check local prices and shop smart.
you don't HAVE to, though.
does RANDOM CAPITALIZATION make a point STRONGER ? I'll try IT.
You SEEM to TRUST the POLICE a LOT. Lucky YOU. I often WONDER how PEOPLE would REACT to some MEASURES if, instead OF being implemented BY THE US they appeared in an OFFICIALLY tyrannical REGIME.
I'd go for outdoorsy stuff, and cultural stuff first. Sticking the kid even more inside in front of computers is probably not a good idea at that point.