An example is the iPod. The click wheel and master/slave method of managing music was, in the terminology of biology, an overwhelmingly successful adaptation.
Obviously you've never heard of WinAmp or the Diamond Rio MP3 player, both of which debuted about half a decade before the first iPod. Apple didn't innovate shit, they copied other people's designs then told you, 'hey, look at this awesome new thing we came up with!' and you got down on your knees like a good little sucker.
The MP3 player market effectively ceased to exist.
I'm not even going to dignify that ignorant bullshit with a response (beyond calling it out as ignorant bullshit, of course).
The Apple smartphone will finally have feature-parity with other smartphones one-to-two generations after the fact? This must have never happened before!
Yea, but it wasn't "innovative" before Apple started doing it...
No, he's not - he's providing a space for other people to aggregate links to other locations which disseminate sitcoms and movies. There's a galaxy of difference.
It's not "ri-goddamn-diculous." Murderers have escaped to France, pedophiles to Poland, etc. Just because they're in another country doesn't mean they can escape justice.
If you honestly believe running a website is tantamount to murder and raping children, you must be one of those MAFIAA pudwhacks. It's the only reasonable explanation.
And again, this O'Dwyer case is a silly witch hunt. I'm more annoyed by the./'ers ignorance.
Yea, you know what annoys me? People who come to Slashdot not to contribute to the discussion, but purely for the sake of bitching about what other people say on Slashdot. You're quite welcome to fuck off and save yourself the annoyance, I'm sure the rest of us will get along just fine without you.
If we're talking about consumers and society in general, than the short answer is "NO"... The long answer is also "NO," but prefaced with a long string of expletives.
Now, if we're asking whether or not patent trolling is worth the effort for those who engage in it... I don't know, but I assume they wouldn't be involved in these patent wars of attrition if there was no benefit to be found.
Hey, there's a thought: Somebody go patent the process of suing people over patents, that should fix it...
You know, the world's twelve-thousand years old, and dinosaurs existed in that time, you'd think it would've been mentioned in the fucking bible at some point. "And o, Jesus and the disciples walked to Nazareth, but the trail was blocked by a giant brontosaurus with a splinter in his paw. And o, the disciples did run a-shrieking... 'What a big fucking lizard, Lord.' But Jesus was unafraid, and he took the splinter from the brontosaurus' paw, and the big lizard became his friend. And Jesus sent him to Scotland where he lived in a Loch for oh so many years, inviting thousands of American tourists to bring their fat fucking families and their fat dollar bills. And O Scotland did praise the Lord. Thank you, Lord."
My favorite part about Apple's virus/malware policy is how, when someone would publicly point out a security flaw, Apple would proceed to demonize and harangue them in an attempt to ruin that person's reputation... then quietly include a fix for the aforementioned flaw in their next OS update, never once admitting that there was a legitimate issue.
Researchers have made a breakthrough in a new stick-based ignition source. If further development pans out, this could end reliance on foreign lightning strikes as the only source of fire.
FTFY.
You think that's something, wait until you see what futuristic discoveries we've been making in Stick-and-Rock technologies...
According to the site you linked to, that figure only applies to PC's costing $1000 or more and are purchased at retail stores.
Another little fact the author felt worth mentioning that you did not is that $1,000+ PC's purchased at retail stores only make up about 14% of the PC market.
So, the whole snippet (minus your arbitrary edits) reads like this:
Of the 14% of PCs sold for more than $1000 at brick-and-mortar retailers, 66% are Macs.
Gee, sounds far less impressive when you put in all the facts, I see why you selectively edited them out...
Also, contrary to the summary, it never claimed complete immunity to viruses, merely immunity to Windows viruses, which is, admittedly, a trivial and silly distinction to make, but I like playing the pedant.
Actually, it makes several statements: 1: In big, bold type, the site declares regarding their brand of computer:
It doesn't get PC viruses.
So, unless your Mac is not a personal computer, it's obvious that is an untrue statement; even Mac-target virii are, technically, "PC viruses."
Below that heading, the site spells things out a bit more specifically:
A Mac isn't susceptible to the thousands of viruses plaguing Windows-based computers.
Ignoring the obvious FUD ("plaguing?" Bit hyperbolic, no?), that is, at first glance, not an untrue statement - until one takes into account the thousands upon thousands of Mac's that are, as we speak, running Microsoft Windows. By prefacing the statement with "a Mac," i.e. the hardware, as opposed to "OS X," they are (or were) indeed making a blatantly false statement about the security of their hardware.
The third relevant statement is found in the paragraph next to the image:
With virtually no effort on your part, OS X defends against viruses and other malicious applications, or malware.
Since I've never actually used a Mac (Beyond installing OS X86 on a laptop or two), I can't personally evaluate that statement, but on the surface, it doesn't seem like it would be false. Of course, the catch is that what OS X does to protect you without your intervention isn't that much different than Windows turning on it's own firewall, or bugging me to install A/V software - Hell, they even give me a list to choose from!
Of course, the security model of "No, you can't install that because technically we're only renting this box to you" is probably a large part of why their market share has been practically non-existent until recently...
The UK signed a rather ridiculous extradition treaty that allows these shenanigans.
Damn, and I thought our government hated us...
In other words, to be a British citizen, you have to know and obey the laws not only of your own nation, but any and every nation that your government decides to make back-room deals with... wonderful.
And to think, 10 years ago talking about the plan for a one-world government was enough to garner a person 'tin-foil hat crazy' status...
This. As soon as I read TFA, I thought the same thing - why no gears? With modern, ultralight materials, proper gearing, and as you mentioned, corrected pilot positioning, I can't imagine a human-powered heli would be all that much of a challenge to build....
Probably wouldn't take a basketball stadium to house the thing, either.
due to the borderless nature of the internet, what this guy does in the UK most certainly has an impact on the media business in the USA
And the reality of the situation is that when powerful people think that you have ripped them off, it doesn't matter what country you're in at the time.
The "flight" was a bit underwhelming. One question about the rules, though. Could you create something that would allow you to store your energy (e.g. spring winding) on top of direct power? Seems like that would help get you off the ground (maybe at the cost of too much weight?).
If it's a solidly mechanical system, I would call it fair game; Of course, I'm not the judge you would have to impress.
Not sure where (most) the respondents to your query get this obsession with batteries from...
It would, in fact, make a decent dystopian story. We use human judges because sometimes we have to realize that the facts of the case sit very well with the law and we should clearly execute these fuckers; but the spirit of the case is ridiculous, the law is being twisted cautiously, and new precedent needs setting. An absolute system would condemn everyone in this country to jail time.
Or, a coding error ends up causing everyone convicted of a certain, obscure offense (say, spitting on the sidewalk) is condemned to death.
Yea, OK, this one goes in the 'has potential' pile...
Blame Tony B.Liar. He had his tongue so far up Dubya's ass that he willingly signed one of the most lopsided extradition treaties not backed up by the threat of millitary force ever.
Personally, I'm a bit surprised that assbag didn't apply for statehood...
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How long before FB is hated and flamed as much as MS and Apple on /.?
Probably not before it slips away into the obscure forgotten Internet shoe-box along with Myspace and Friendster.
Who???
An example is the iPod. The click wheel and master/slave method of managing music was, in the terminology of biology, an overwhelmingly successful adaptation.
Obviously you've never heard of WinAmp or the Diamond Rio MP3 player, both of which debuted about half a decade before the first iPod. Apple didn't innovate shit, they copied other people's designs then told you, 'hey, look at this awesome new thing we came up with!' and you got down on your knees like a good little sucker.
The MP3 player market effectively ceased to exist.
I'm not even going to dignify that ignorant bullshit with a response (beyond calling it out as ignorant bullshit, of course).
The Apple smartphone will finally have feature-parity with other smartphones one-to-two generations after the fact? This must have never happened before!
Yea, but it wasn't "innovative" before Apple started doing it...
There's some hope that Cameron will undo some of the damage Blair inflicted upon the country, albeit at a very slow pace if at all.
Yea, that's what we were thinking when we elected Obama...
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He's disseminating sitcoms and movies.
No, he's not - he's providing a space for other people to aggregate links to other locations which disseminate sitcoms and movies. There's a galaxy of difference.
It's not "ri-goddamn-diculous." Murderers have escaped to France, pedophiles to Poland, etc. Just because they're in another country doesn't mean they can escape justice.
If you honestly believe running a website is tantamount to murder and raping children, you must be one of those MAFIAA pudwhacks. It's the only reasonable explanation.
And again, this O'Dwyer case is a silly witch hunt. I'm more annoyed by the ./'ers ignorance.
Yea, you know what annoys me? People who come to Slashdot not to contribute to the discussion, but purely for the sake of bitching about what other people say on Slashdot. You're quite welcome to fuck off and save yourself the annoyance, I'm sure the rest of us will get along just fine without you.
Problem is, in the USA being a Nazi isn't a crime; as much as it pains me to say this, that's a Good Thing.
Considering that the fines they levy typically equate to more than double average lifetime earnings, is there really all that much difference?
If we're talking about consumers and society in general, than the short answer is "NO"... The long answer is also "NO," but prefaced with a long string of expletives.
Now, if we're asking whether or not patent trolling is worth the effort for those who engage in it... I don't know, but I assume they wouldn't be involved in these patent wars of attrition if there was no benefit to be found.
Hey, there's a thought: Somebody go patent the process of suing people over patents, that should fix it...
You know, the world's twelve-thousand years old, and dinosaurs existed in that time, you'd think it would've been mentioned in the fucking bible at some point. "And o, Jesus and the disciples walked to Nazareth, but the trail was blocked by a giant brontosaurus with a splinter in his paw. And o, the disciples did run a-shrieking... 'What a big fucking lizard, Lord.' But Jesus was unafraid, and he took the splinter from the brontosaurus' paw, and the big lizard became his friend. And Jesus sent him to Scotland where he lived in a Loch for oh so many years, inviting thousands of American tourists to bring their fat fucking families and their fat dollar bills. And O Scotland did praise the Lord. Thank you, Lord."
- Bill Hicks
Also worth noting, Mac's run Windows now...
In Apple marketing land, a PC is a Windows box.
In other words, Apple marketing people are completely disconnected from reality?
Why do I not find that surprising? Oh, right - because all marketing weasels are completely disconnected from reality, so it's par for the course.
My favorite part about Apple's virus/malware policy is how, when someone would publicly point out a security flaw, Apple would proceed to demonize and harangue them in an attempt to ruin that person's reputation... then quietly include a fix for the aforementioned flaw in their next OS update, never once admitting that there was a legitimate issue.
Are you sure you're not mixing The Crystal Singer series with The Ship Who Sang?
Seems the latter would be more appropriate...
Researchers have made a breakthrough in a new stick-based ignition source. If further development pans out, this could end reliance on foreign lightning strikes as the only source of fire.
FTFY.
You think that's something, wait until you see what futuristic discoveries we've been making in Stick-and-Rock technologies...
According to the site you linked to, that figure only applies to PC's costing $1000 or more and are purchased at retail stores.
Another little fact the author felt worth mentioning that you did not is that $1,000+ PC's purchased at retail stores only make up about 14% of the PC market.
So, the whole snippet (minus your arbitrary edits) reads like this:
Of the 14% of PCs sold for more than $1000 at brick-and-mortar retailers, 66% are Macs.
Gee, sounds far less impressive when you put in all the facts, I see why you selectively edited them out...
Here are before and after images of the marketing text.
Also, contrary to the summary, it never claimed complete immunity to viruses, merely immunity to Windows viruses, which is, admittedly, a trivial and silly distinction to make, but I like playing the pedant.
Actually, it makes several statements:
1: In big, bold type, the site declares regarding their brand of computer:
It doesn't get PC viruses.
So, unless your Mac is not a personal computer, it's obvious that is an untrue statement; even Mac-target virii are, technically, "PC viruses."
Below that heading, the site spells things out a bit more specifically:
A Mac isn't susceptible to the thousands of viruses plaguing Windows-based computers.
Ignoring the obvious FUD ("plaguing?" Bit hyperbolic, no?), that is, at first glance, not an untrue statement - until one takes into account the thousands upon thousands of Mac's that are, as we speak, running Microsoft Windows. By prefacing the statement with "a Mac," i.e. the hardware, as opposed to "OS X," they are (or were) indeed making a blatantly false statement about the security of their hardware.
The third relevant statement is found in the paragraph next to the image:
With virtually no effort on your part, OS X defends against viruses and other malicious applications, or malware.
Since I've never actually used a Mac (Beyond installing OS X86 on a laptop or two), I can't personally evaluate that statement, but on the surface, it doesn't seem like it would be false. Of course, the catch is that what OS X does to protect you without your intervention isn't that much different than Windows turning on it's own firewall, or bugging me to install A/V software - Hell, they even give me a list to choose from!
Because Mac OS X has an actual security model...
Of course, the security model of "No, you can't install that because technically we're only renting this box to you" is probably a large part of why their market share has been practically non-existent until recently...
The UK signed a rather ridiculous extradition treaty that allows these shenanigans.
Damn, and I thought our government hated us...
In other words, to be a British citizen, you have to know and obey the laws not only of your own nation, but any and every nation that your government decides to make back-room deals with... wonderful.
And to think, 10 years ago talking about the plan for a one-world government was enough to garner a person 'tin-foil hat crazy' status...
3. make it an 18 speed
This. As soon as I read TFA, I thought the same thing - why no gears? With modern, ultralight materials, proper gearing, and as you mentioned, corrected pilot positioning, I can't imagine a human-powered heli would be all that much of a challenge to build....
Probably wouldn't take a basketball stadium to house the thing, either.
What is this "peacetime" of which you speak? Sounds fascinating...
due to the borderless nature of the internet, what this guy does in the UK most certainly has an impact on the media business in the USA
And the reality of the situation is that when powerful people think that you have ripped them off, it doesn't matter what country you're in at the time.
FTFY.
The "flight" was a bit underwhelming. One question about the rules, though. Could you create something that would allow you to store your energy (e.g. spring winding) on top of direct power? Seems like that would help get you off the ground (maybe at the cost of too much weight?).
If it's a solidly mechanical system, I would call it fair game; Of course, I'm not the judge you would have to impress.
Not sure where (most) the respondents to your query get this obsession with batteries from...
Until then, have a look at the following video of Gluesenkamp's awe-inspiring record flight
I'm sorry, I didn't even realize he had lifted off the ground. Awe-inspiring isn't exactly the word I'd use.
Not "awe," but rather "awwww... :("
It would, in fact, make a decent dystopian story. We use human judges because sometimes we have to realize that the facts of the case sit very well with the law and we should clearly execute these fuckers; but the spirit of the case is ridiculous, the law is being twisted cautiously, and new precedent needs setting. An absolute system would condemn everyone in this country to jail time.
Or, a coding error ends up causing everyone convicted of a certain, obscure offense (say, spitting on the sidewalk) is condemned to death.
Yea, OK, this one goes in the 'has potential' pile...
Blame Tony B.Liar. He had his tongue so far up Dubya's ass that he willingly signed one of the most lopsided extradition treaties not backed up by the threat of millitary force ever.
Personally, I'm a bit surprised that assbag didn't apply for statehood...