And this is the problem with allowing big business to violate the environment.
This is the sort of mindset that needs to change. It isn't big business doing this. It's greedy human beings. We need to start calling businesses what they are: legal constructs that only exist on paper.
The laws should bar people from using them as shields and instead hold the individuals directly responsible.
/. editors: I propose a new rule. Submissions with links to PCWorld, InfoWorld, PCMagazine, Computerworld, CNet, or any other technology periodical you'd see in the check out line of a Walgreens be immediately deleted with prejudice.
They're the Oprah Magazine of the tech world. They exist to sell ads by writing articles with grabby headlines and little substance.
Not, the parent, but my 2 cents: other than the slo-mo fight stuff, I think it is a rather good translation of the comic book which is one of the best comics ever written.
I wish they'd cut the fights and included more of the story.
Why does every modern tablet and phone have a capacitive screen - it isn't because it is a superior tech, it is the physical equivalent of a buzzword.
I prefer cap screens. I tap once, it does it's thing. Any resistive device, even "high-end" ones like the Touch Pro 2's ate shit when it came to responsiveness. Also the N900 has a resistive touchscreen and it is a still a "modern" device. So "every" is not the best choice of a word. Others exist, but names escape me at this moment.
How about the walled garden model becoming more prevalent. If MS implemented this first they would have been sued for being anti-competitive.
The only monopoly Apple has is on Apple products. I can buy equivalent devices from any number of vendors. How many vendors could you buy a plain ol' PC from in the 90s and early 00s and not be forced to pay for MS Windows?
Remember Darwin? the shafted open source developers of that project who recieved next to nothing in return (including usable code) may not agree with you.
Darwin was released under the BSD license. IMO, if you're releasing software as OSS under any license, it should be because you feel it would be beneficial to others. If the Darwin folks feel shafted, they have only themselves to blame. Though I imagine neither us know all the details here, so this is all baseless speculation.
Apple has real competition in Android, webOS maybe and diehard BB users will only switch when you pry it from their cold dead hands.
The tight control Jobs likes to have over at Apple, for the most part, only impacts Apple users. Don't like it? Go elsewhere.
OTOH, MS used its position to control, or attempt to anyway, the entire consumer computer industry and more. Don't like it? Well fuckin' tough.
If you don't like the policies don't buy the phone. You have no room to complain if you haven't bought in. If you did buy in, well you did so of your own accord. Enjoy the Kool Aid.
I grew up in small town (population ~500) midwest. My teachers would ride me over reading comic books in middle school/high school. I was wasting my time with figments of my imagination.
I saw these same people leaving the church each Sunday. It did not at all instill a sense of respect for them.
If they have a good connection in the sticks, that's less driving to the city for movie rentals/entertainment, shopping (buy online!). Less purchasing of fuel and physical products (why drive in to buy/rent the CD/DVD when you can stream or get it on iTunes*).
There are economic (greats jobs, improve online economy), environmental (see above), but also political dick wagging elements. We didn't NEED to put a man on the fucking moon. It did nothing to put food on the table, but it sure showed the rest of the world what we can do. Granted Internet access would not be anywhere near that kind of feat, but these days, the US needs some good press. ANY good press.
* Yes technically you could do shopping on 56k. But webpages are so bloated these days, I have many relatives in the sticks, nothing but 56k (when the planets are in alignment and the Gods are feeling generous anyway). They download email into T-bird and that's about it.
Private cables that only run under/over/around/and through private property, right?
Verizon seems to be benefiting quite a bit from the government funding that spawned the Internet as well. It should belong in the public. If Verizon doesn't want to pay to upgrade infrastructure let them go make their own AOL.
It's possible to do this on CDMA networks. The problem is the chipsets that enable it use too much power. There was work being done to reduce this and it would have shown up in EVDO Rev. C, but VZW and Sprint decided to focus on 4G and stopped work on EVDO rollouts at Rev. A.
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Toss your bills in the microwave.
...it has a key advantageâ"it can bend.
Meh. Let me know when it can blend.
The 13" MB Air gets a rez bump but none for the "Pro" model. Assuming these specs are legit, that is disappointing.
It's more likely they'd stuff Android on laptops/desktops to unseat MS if they ever felt it necessary.
"All your favorite apps from your phone now available on your laptop/desktop!"
And why would they support LibreOffice when they are trying to build business around Google Docs?
They must have cut out the part of the quote where it says MPAA companies will also let their taxes go up to pay for protecting their IP.
I mean I'm sure he said it. The writer forgot to include it is all. Right?
And this is the problem with allowing big business to violate the environment.
This is the sort of mindset that needs to change. It isn't big business doing this. It's greedy human beings. We need to start calling businesses what they are: legal constructs that only exist on paper.
The laws should bar people from using them as shields and instead hold the individuals directly responsible.
/. editors: I propose a new rule. Submissions with links to PCWorld, InfoWorld, PCMagazine, Computerworld, CNet, or any other technology periodical you'd see in the check out line of a Walgreens be immediately deleted with prejudice.
They're the Oprah Magazine of the tech world. They exist to sell ads by writing articles with grabby headlines and little substance.
Has he does this purposefully or is he just a control freak?
I think the public has let their Jobs fascination get the better of them.
I chose to not use it by not buying an Apple device :-/
This is a point I had not considered and it makes me even less interested in owning any consoles.
In fact, having thought about this for a while before commenting, I am considering selling my Wii and DSi.
Not, the parent, but my 2 cents: other than the slo-mo fight stuff, I think it is a rather good translation of the comic book which is one of the best comics ever written.
I wish they'd cut the fights and included more of the story.
Why does every modern tablet and phone have a capacitive screen - it isn't because it is a superior tech, it is the physical equivalent of a buzzword.
I prefer cap screens. I tap once, it does it's thing. Any resistive device, even "high-end" ones like the Touch Pro 2's ate shit when it came to responsiveness. Also the N900 has a resistive touchscreen and it is a still a "modern" device. So "every" is not the best choice of a word. Others exist, but names escape me at this moment.
How about the walled garden model becoming more prevalent. If MS implemented this first they would have been sued for being anti-competitive.
The only monopoly Apple has is on Apple products. I can buy equivalent devices from any number of vendors. How many vendors could you buy a plain ol' PC from in the 90s and early 00s and not be forced to pay for MS Windows?
Remember Darwin? the shafted open source developers of that project who recieved next to nothing in return (including usable code) may not agree with you.
Darwin was released under the BSD license. IMO, if you're releasing software as OSS under any license, it should be because you feel it would be beneficial to others. If the Darwin folks feel shafted, they have only themselves to blame. Though I imagine neither us know all the details here, so this is all baseless speculation.
I'm more OK with how Jobs acts than MS.
Apple has real competition in Android, webOS maybe and diehard BB users will only switch when you pry it from their cold dead hands.
The tight control Jobs likes to have over at Apple, for the most part, only impacts Apple users. Don't like it? Go elsewhere.
OTOH, MS used its position to control, or attempt to anyway, the entire consumer computer industry and more. Don't like it? Well fuckin' tough.
If you don't like the policies don't buy the phone. You have no room to complain if you haven't bought in. If you did buy in, well you did so of your own accord. Enjoy the Kool Aid.
I grew up in small town (population ~500) midwest. My teachers would ride me over reading comic books in middle school/high school. I was wasting my time with figments of my imagination.
I saw these same people leaving the church each Sunday. It did not at all instill a sense of respect for them.
"Buy" largest handset maker on the planet and have them exclusively ship your platform.
Sorry, but you did not arbitrarily capitalize words. Your point is thus invalid.
Who?
If they have a good connection in the sticks, that's less driving to the city for movie rentals/entertainment, shopping (buy online!). Less purchasing of fuel and physical products (why drive in to buy/rent the CD/DVD when you can stream or get it on iTunes*).
There are economic (greats jobs, improve online economy), environmental (see above), but also political dick wagging elements. We didn't NEED to put a man on the fucking moon. It did nothing to put food on the table, but it sure showed the rest of the world what we can do. Granted Internet access would not be anywhere near that kind of feat, but these days, the US needs some good press. ANY good press.
* Yes technically you could do shopping on 56k. But webpages are so bloated these days, I have many relatives in the sticks, nothing but 56k (when the planets are in alignment and the Gods are feeling generous anyway). They download email into T-bird and that's about it.
My usual response is "This country put a man on the moon and built the interstate system... But it can't run some fucking wires a few thousand miles?"
Private cables that only run under/over/around/and through private property, right?
Verizon seems to be benefiting quite a bit from the government funding that spawned the Internet as well. It should belong in the public. If Verizon doesn't want to pay to upgrade infrastructure let them go make their own AOL.
I for one welcome or hybrid mutant mammoth-elephant overlords!
Prison should be for violent offenders. This person didn't run through a shopping mall with an uzi gunning down families.
It's possible to do this on CDMA networks. The problem is the chipsets that enable it use too much power. There was work being done to reduce this and it would have shown up in EVDO Rev. C, but VZW and Sprint decided to focus on 4G and stopped work on EVDO rollouts at Rev. A.
You must get off on only presenting partial info to try and make the other person look like a jackass, huh?
Yeah, you're a CEO alright.
It isn't luck, he got his start thanks to inheriting the family business. That isn't luck, people inherit wealth all the time.