I absolutely agree it would be wonderful it they included more tools to encourage this sort of programming. FileMaker Pro is sometimes bundled as a 90 day trial. It would be far better if it were bundled as an included application. Automater exists, but really is too limited.
Apple is moving towards MacRuby as a scripting language but I don't know if that will ever be simple enough.
In the meanwhile on the PC side bundling something like http://alice.org/ in an education folder would be a nice value add. Or something like a logo like http://www.alancsmith.co.uk/logo/. Given all the open source and Free Software I don't understand why PC makers don't bundle more stuff as a value add for their customers.
Understood. And those same parents might not have bought their kids a computer of their own at all. I have a 12 year old and it is only in the last year that most of her friends have had their own computers. She's had her own systems since a little before she was 3.
I'm just saying that Apple has always said the iPad is not a general purpose computer. They have always advised the iPad be a secondary and not a primary device, and until this year it was impossible to have it without owning a computer. It is still strongly discouraged. The iPad but no computer has been a scenario raised by critics of their policies.
I'll name one that was useful. It was an application that allowed you to take a transcript apply multiple types of transcriptional information and keyword fragments. So for example if you had a library you could do queries like "find me everyplace a female uses 'so' to shift topic". Being able to edit and annotated transcripts and then search them.
That's what Lotus 1-2-3 was like in the early to mid 1980s. A complete environment which included its own operating system features. Many people's computers booted directly to 1-2-3.
RunRev uses an interpreter as a large download. Yes Apple rejected that. They don't want massive apps and they don't want apps sharing 3rd party components.
Apple is getting a little more casual about interpreters. For example http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ is now allowed. I use a program which has 3 interpreters. They allow multiple Basics in the app store. They just allowed a rather full featured scheme.
They do however want to avoid problems so they are being cautious.
I agree with you on Apple, but I think Apple is an exception. The in-house / synergy model for Apple is rare most companies have been shedding units. Think what's happened to IBM over the last few decades.
First off Rolex is a diver's watch. If you mean a cheap divers watch, or a digital or whatever.... you could do that. But Rolex's are very nice looking and frankly quality wise do hold up better. I own an Omega dress watch because I used to break cheaper watches all the time. I love the quality I got. That's in addition to a nice (but not perfect) movement. Rolex is a very nice all purpose sports watch which includes being a diver's watch.
As for showing off... you are basically showing off you have money for something, you don't. In other words lying. I'm not sure why the government should aim to facilitate that.
As for knockoffs it isn't so clear. I know people who have bought watches say used only to discover they are old replicas.
How much need does GM have for a small metal plating company that employs 12 people?
I don't know about 12, but quite a lot. GM outsources most of their parts construction. And the parts people buy parts and goods from smaller companies. 2 levels down from GM you have lots of small suppliers. Walmart is not big on small suppliers but a lot of the target, macy, bloomingdales.... do go with smaller suppliers. Look at the furniture department.
And yes big businesses would love to do business with other big businesses all other things being equal. They often have specialized needs and all other things aren't equal.
Agreed. The point of your original comment though was that small business is the core of the economy, where the value ad occurs. It is important to see small businesses as mostly handing off big business in terms of supply chain.
Now from a customer perspective absolutely things are reversed and consumers are at the top of the chain.
Most small businesses are support business for large business. It is absolutely the case in the US that their is mobility between businesses, small businesses grow and large business often shrink. However this can take quite a bit of time and really doesn't change the fact that big business is the ultimate engine.
The government assumes that airlines are expert buyers. But if we start having crashes using counterfeit parts it may not just be the fraud division going after the makers.
The main advantage Rolex has over the other watches with a high quality movement is the quality of the sealings. If I don't care about sealing quality why would I get a Rolex in the first place? To put this in computer terms this would be like buying a rack computer with 6 drive bays and saying I don't care about disk performance, nor do I need much storage. It simply doesn't make any sense.
Replicas never have the movement quality of a high end watch, and Rolex movements are behind of the comparative competition in terms of aesthetics. The technologies that Rolex invented in the 1920s and 30s are present in any automatic today. Even something like a http://www.tissot.ch/ has the technologies. Rolex is about quality of execution in a sports watch. You are being dismissive of the kinds of quality issue for which people buy Rolex.
Well if you want a sports watch without advanced features not designed to hold up get a fossil (http://www.fossil.com/), they are good watches and they will cost less than a Rolex replica. The only reason to produce a fake Rolex is to defraud people. You had asked for an example of danger and having your watch fail you when you are underwater is about as dangerous as it can get.
It is a Nevada judge. It would apply to those search engines that do business in Nevada at best. Even for those that do, there is some question about that part of their business not being in Nevada. Further there are due process concerns.
It is too broad and beyond his reach. A poor ruling.
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I'm a donating member of the Democratic party and liberal...
And this is the kind of nonsense that gives liberals a bad name.
Using symlinks and alias. We could easily fix the command line problems.
People were using terminals that were as slow as 110 baud. No one wanted to type extra characters.
I absolutely agree it would be wonderful it they included more tools to encourage this sort of programming. FileMaker Pro is sometimes bundled as a 90 day trial. It would be far better if it were bundled as an included application. Automater exists, but really is too limited.
Apple is moving towards MacRuby as a scripting language but I don't know if that will ever be simple enough.
In the meanwhile on the PC side bundling something like http://alice.org/ in an education folder would be a nice value add. Or something like a logo like http://www.alancsmith.co.uk/logo/. Given all the open source and Free Software I don't understand why PC makers don't bundle more stuff as a value add for their customers.
Understood. And those same parents might not have bought their kids a computer of their own at all. I have a 12 year old and it is only in the last year that most of her friends have had their own computers. She's had her own systems since a little before she was 3.
I'm just saying that Apple has always said the iPad is not a general purpose computer. They have always advised the iPad be a secondary and not a primary device, and until this year it was impossible to have it without owning a computer. It is still strongly discouraged. The iPad but no computer has been a scenario raised by critics of their policies.
I'll name one that was useful. It was an application that allowed you to take a transcript apply multiple types of transcriptional information and keyword fragments. So for example if you had a library you could do queries like "find me everyplace a female uses 'so' to shift topic". Being able to edit and annotated transcripts and then search them.
That's what Lotus 1-2-3 was like in the early to mid 1980s. A complete environment which included its own operating system features. Many people's computers booted directly to 1-2-3.
Apple does not want iDevices to be primary computers. Those should not be a child's only computer.
And there are some nice play programming environments for iPad for example: http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/
I have some good news for you: http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/
RunRev uses an interpreter as a large download. Yes Apple rejected that. They don't want massive apps and they don't want apps sharing 3rd party components.
Apple is getting a little more casual about interpreters. For example http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ is now allowed. I use a program which has 3 interpreters. They allow multiple Basics in the app store. They just allowed a rather full featured scheme.
They do however want to avoid problems so they are being cautious.
Think of Excel as a functional programming language with limited syntax and an amazingly useful GUI. Each cell is an assignment.
A1 = 5
B3 = B7*B4
C36 = Sum(C13..C35)
etc... REPL loops drive development.
It is not a bad model
No being killed or being seriously hurt while diving was the danger. If your watch under water you may not be able to go up at the right speed.
I agree with you on Apple, but I think Apple is an exception. The in-house / synergy model for Apple is rare most companies have been shedding units. Think what's happened to IBM over the last few decades.
Yeah that's a good analogy. The anti-indexing ruling is unconstitutional IMHO I don't think we agree there.
First off Rolex is a diver's watch. If you mean a cheap divers watch, or a digital or whatever.... you could do that. But Rolex's are very nice looking and frankly quality wise do hold up better. I own an Omega dress watch because I used to break cheaper watches all the time. I love the quality I got. That's in addition to a nice (but not perfect) movement. Rolex is a very nice all purpose sports watch which includes being a diver's watch.
As for showing off... you are basically showing off you have money for something, you don't. In other words lying. I'm not sure why the government should aim to facilitate that.
As for knockoffs it isn't so clear. I know people who have bought watches say used only to discover they are old replicas.
I don't know about 12, but quite a lot. GM outsources most of their parts construction. And the parts people buy parts and goods from smaller companies. 2 levels down from GM you have lots of small suppliers. Walmart is not big on small suppliers but a lot of the target, macy, bloomingdales .... do go with smaller suppliers. Look at the furniture department.
And yes big businesses would love to do business with other big businesses all other things being equal. They often have specialized needs and all other things aren't equal.
Agreed. The point of your original comment though was that small business is the core of the economy, where the value ad occurs. It is important to see small businesses as mostly handing off big business in terms of supply chain.
Now from a customer perspective absolutely things are reversed and consumers are at the top of the chain.
Most small businesses are support business for large business. It is absolutely the case in the US that their is mobility between businesses, small businesses grow and large business often shrink. However this can take quite a bit of time and really doesn't change the fact that big business is the ultimate engine.
The government assumes that airlines are expert buyers. But if we start having crashes using counterfeit parts it may not just be the fraud division going after the makers.
The main advantage Rolex has over the other watches with a high quality movement is the quality of the sealings. If I don't care about sealing quality why would I get a Rolex in the first place? To put this in computer terms this would be like buying a rack computer with 6 drive bays and saying I don't care about disk performance, nor do I need much storage. It simply doesn't make any sense.
Replicas never have the movement quality of a high end watch, and Rolex movements are behind of the comparative competition in terms of aesthetics. The technologies that Rolex invented in the 1920s and 30s are present in any automatic today. Even something like a http://www.tissot.ch/ has the technologies. Rolex is about quality of execution in a sports watch. You are being dismissive of the kinds of quality issue for which people buy Rolex.
Well if you want a sports watch without advanced features not designed to hold up get a fossil (http://www.fossil.com/), they are good watches and they will cost less than a Rolex replica. The only reason to produce a fake Rolex is to defraud people. You had asked for an example of danger and having your watch fail you when you are underwater is about as dangerous as it can get.
It is a Nevada judge. It would apply to those search engines that do business in Nevada at best. Even for those that do, there is some question about that part of their business not being in Nevada. Further there are due process concerns.
It is too broad and beyond his reach. A poor ruling.
Already exists http://yacy.net/en/
You aren't that is settled law. Counterfeit goods are trademark violations and fraud. Committing or assisting in acts of fraud for money is fraud.
How is trademark enforcement anti capitalistic? Capitalism is not anarchy, fraud is illegal.