What's fucked up about it? It's a huge security problem to be running an email server that is using a virus scanner whose definitions are over a year old.
Fine. Is it censorship if EA choose not to publish my game? Is it censorship if a Warner Music refuses to publish my music? Is it censorship if the Penguin Group refuses to publish my book? It would be ridiculous to claim so just as it's ridiculous to claim that this is censorship.
Yes. Do you have an actual point? If you are going to claim censorship with this then any refusal by any newspaper, book publisher, music label to publish someone's work would have to be censorship. Such an idea is patently absurd.
IE market share is 50-60%, trending down, and yet MS is required by the EU to install the Browser ballot. MS attained its monopoly by installing IE on Windows and restricting OEMs from installing Navigator or other browers - or "rewarding" them with incentives to not put other browsers on.
The reason why MS is required such thing is not due to the market share of IE, but due to the market share of Windows. Way to fail, numbnuts.
Except unlike IBM or MS, Apple has never held a monopoly on anything. Its funny how people on Slashdot will both be quick to point out how the iPhone's market share is smaller than other smartphones yet at the same time will try to also claim that Apple is a monopoly. You can't have it both ways.
But this isn't censorship because Apple is not obligated to publish his app anymore than the SFGate is not obligated to publish every cartoonist in existence in their paper.
The problem is that now if you want to get into NSA's network (being an employee, I mean), you will HAVE to run Windows.
Says who?
Linux and OSX will be seen as security flaws because their program doesn't run in them.
By whom? And with what evidence do you say so?
Now you have the NSA forcing all its employees that want access to the network to run Windows.
Really? Care to cite the exact policy where they have done so? And by "the network" what network are you referring to? If you say the Internet then you are really highlighting that you know jack and shit what you are talking about.
While you are waiting, why don't you name a single tablet that has received an entire quarter of hype and media adoration leading up to its release?
So is that an admission that you can't name a single tablet that has sold as well as the iPad? All you had to do was say you couldn't do so and saved yourself more than half the keystrokes.
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What's fucked up about it? It's a huge security problem to be running an email server that is using a virus scanner whose definitions are over a year old.
Would you trust an email server that is running a virus scanner that is more than a year out of date?
Be careful, though. Natalie Portman might pour hot grits on you.
Where have you been lately? If you're accused of a crime it clearly means you're already guilty. How dare you go against the mob mentality!
There isn't anyone upset with the app store inconsistency and stupidity that owns an iPhone? Really?
Didn't say so. I'm sure there are but they seem to be a small minority.
And I'm not sure what you are betting on.
I'm betting that probably 99% of iPhone users will never hear about this and even they did they would give a resigned yawn and not care.
Yeah exactly. Why actually address arguments when you can make a faulty argumentum ad dictionary?
Fine. Is it censorship if EA choose not to publish my game? Is it censorship if a Warner Music refuses to publish my music? Is it censorship if the Penguin Group refuses to publish my book? It would be ridiculous to claim so just as it's ridiculous to claim that this is censorship.
Yes. Do you have an actual point? If you are going to claim censorship with this then any refusal by any newspaper, book publisher, music label to publish someone's work would have to be censorship. Such an idea is patently absurd.
That's great. What does that have to do with the topic at hand which is someone claiming that Apple is guilty of "censorship"?
IE market share is 50-60%, trending down, and yet MS is required by the EU to install the Browser ballot. MS attained its monopoly by installing IE on Windows and restricting OEMs from installing Navigator or other browers - or "rewarding" them with incentives to not put other browsers on.
The reason why MS is required such thing is not due to the market share of IE, but due to the market share of Windows. Way to fail, numbnuts.
This is the kind of thing, as xbeefsupreme points out, that will rise to the level that it garners attention beyond the realm of geekdom.
I'd bet 1000 bucks against anyone that it won't. Especially since all the outrage is from people who aren't even iPhone users anyway.
Then your claims of "censorship" are even more absurd. Is it "censhorship" if the SFGate refuses to publish a cartoon that I might draw up?
Except unlike IBM or MS, Apple has never held a monopoly on anything. Its funny how people on Slashdot will both be quick to point out how the iPhone's market share is smaller than other smartphones yet at the same time will try to also claim that Apple is a monopoly. You can't have it both ways.
"If they block an app in this circumstance, then apple can block apps for any circumstance".
Duh? Is this really news to anyone?
But this isn't censorship because Apple is not obligated to publish his app anymore than the SFGate is not obligated to publish every cartoonist in existence in their paper.
I wish I could find out how to turn that "feature" off;
Control Panel -> Mouse -> Uncheck tap to click option. Hard stuff to figure out, I'm sure.
So you switch tabs and use that to change the build order how ever you want. Wow, so hard.
It was a combination of Windows viruses and "upgrades" that pushed me too far.
You claim to be a genius but yet couldn't keep your computer free of viruses? Contradict yourself much?
* The Build Order dialog is completely gone. In 2008 Microsoft decides your build order, no control for you.
Really? That's funny that I brought up the exact dialog box that you claim doesn't exist.
My bad. The many announcements that 20xx is the Year of the Linux Desktop just sort of run together anymore.
Other sources that I found said around 600,000. I have no problem admitting that PC World could have been wrong.
The problem is that now if you want to get into NSA's network (being an employee, I mean), you will HAVE to run Windows.
Says who?
Linux and OSX will be seen as security flaws because their program doesn't run in them.
By whom? And with what evidence do you say so?
Now you have the NSA forcing all its employees that want access to the network to run Windows.
Really? Care to cite the exact policy where they have done so? And by "the network" what network are you referring to? If you say the Internet then you are really highlighting that you know jack and shit what you are talking about.
Because it's not trivially easy to prevent people from modifying the registry? Oh wait it is.
While you are waiting, why don't you name a single tablet that has received an entire quarter of hype and media adoration leading up to its release?
So is that an admission that you can't name a single tablet that has sold as well as the iPad? All you had to do was say you couldn't do so and saved yourself more than half the keystrokes.
"NSA Develops USB Storage Device Detector for declining Operating System"
I thought the story was about Windows not Linux.