You may have replied to the wrong post. OP offered Worldspace as an alternative to Sirius and/or XM, and I simply pointed out they are not, as they are not available in the markets in which Sirius and XM are, and vice versa.
Why don't you use those things? Your language suggests you don't. And the environment will take care of itself, even if that means knocking humanity down a notch. Don't be such a species bigot.
Part of what Apple does is based in part on stuff found in F/OSS, but what Apple does well is developed by Apple. No one is buying a MacBook because it has GCC, WebKit, whatever the fuck free shit is on there. They are buying because of the hardware looks good, and the software looks good. OS X, i(Tunes|Pod|Phone|whatever), Garage Band, etc.
And, you're mistaking a visionary for a tyrant. He may be a dick, but he has a clear vision of what he wants, and he expects it will be realized in the way he wants. And he's mostly right, else the board would have booted him a long time ago. (Again.) No one is forced to work for him, but if they do and they're staying, it's because they know that the reward of producing something excellent is worth putting up with the jerk in the big office who just took your handicapped spot. He's Elvis, and if you don't like the tunes he wants you to play, go join The Big Bopper's band. Or start your own. Realize your own vision. Companies run by what you call "tyrants" tend to be the most successful. Google may be the one exception.
I imagine the basement dwellers here will call me a "fanboi," but I think their opinions are safely dismissed.
You're supporting my point. If you can't walk, should you really be driving? And engaging in name-calling makes it easier to dismiss anything else you have to say. Jerk off.
Steve Jobs designed Microsoft Vista and Dell's Pocket DJ and the Zune?;>) I see your point, but I think we're talking about the pushed on high in the context of designed by committee, as opposed to the kind meaning driven by a visionary. Kinda like the difference between an Elvis song and an Avril Lavigne song.
And they'll also lose their common carrier protections, which will open them to lawsuits for anything carried on their networks, like child porn or illegally shared MP3s.
If by "consistently" you meant "rarely," then I totally agree.
Package management on free systems is nearly flawless and free systems come with everything needed. People on Mac are insulted with popups that ask for money when they run into what should be common features. Windows victims walk on eggshells around their OS, backing up binary files and terrified of installing or removing programs. Then there are things like Amarok and MythTV which simply kill iTunes and Tivo respectively. Where free software developers successfully reverse engineer hardware drivers, the result is rock solid stability that commercial makers can only achieve with drastic hardware choice limitations.
Hahaha. OK, I just got you were being satirical. Well done!
Speaking of handicapped drivers, if you don't have enough control of your body to park where everyone else does, should you really be controlling a 3000 lbs./1360.77711 kg. death machine?
The OP was commenting about 1969's Oscar winner. And while the film that actually beat 2001 probably doesn't rise to my most greatest films of all time lists, it did win five Academy Awards and numerous other awards. So, to the OP's original point, other films don't have to suck for 2001 to be good.
Yes, because having a magic bag 'o tricks with a dozen or more thumbdrives for all the different languages I am forced to work on is so much more convenient that notepad.
No line numbering, no syntax highlighting, no ability to compile or even check the syntax of your code from the editor. Sounds like you've never really done any significant software development, else you'd realize just how unproductive doing all but the smallest and most trivial scripts in Notepad really is.
Last time I checked, the.NET installation set was 7 CD's... not sure if that includes all the MSDN docs also or not.
So? You only install it once.
In any case, by your logic, as well as having to lookup the documentation for an unknown function or library call, you will "help" me by turning even the simplest IF statement into yet another function.
No, that was your logic. Don't be disingenuous.
Funniliy enough not very often, as I tend to use languages that have perhaps 10 or 12 types rather than 35,000.
Sounds like you re-invent the wheel a lot with those languages. Why not skip even the abstractions they offer and go straight to assembly? Oh, because you've never had deadlines, because you've never developed in the real world.
In the real world, debugging some dodgy perl will usually take me 10 minutes... debugging some dodgy.NET will never take less than 2 hours.
In the real world, all Perl is dodgy.
Of course, while you are whacking out bloat and presumably getting paid a fortune for using all those types your company invested in, I'm the poor sod who'll have to come back in 5 years and try to work out what is wrong with it.
Now I know you've never done any significant development work, because you used the word "bloat" in relation to software, which is a word only angry young basement dwellers in their anti-MS phase use. And if you were a better developer, you wouldn't be stuck always fixing someone else's code - you'd be the guy developing the stuff in the first place.
They COULD also make a phone that reads your thoughts and never needs to be physically touched, if they had infinite time and infinite resources. But they don't, so they ship what they can by whatever deadlines they create. If you've ever done software development in a large corporation, this should sound familiar.
Because "hacking" the phone allows you to use networks other than AT&T (or the non-US equivalents). Apple makes a good deal of their iPhone money from the exclusive contract with AT&T (or the non-US equivalents). And also, there will be people who "hack" their phone, break something, then demand Apple fix it.
I dunno. They're tearing the shit out of this (east) end of South St and running something electrical to each building on the street. I need to ask one of the workers exactly what they're doing, but I'm hoping it's FIOS. They also cut down all the trees so the roots wouldn't fuck with whatever they're laying down.
That doesn't happen for me. I think it's an extension you're using, or you have all caching turned off. And to your earlier point: it is estimated there are 125 million users of Firefox worldwide. Do you really think a statistically significant portion of those persons are web developers in need of View Source?
Speak for yourself. Here in Philadelphia, we pay a 4.3% pants tax, but only while they're being worn, which is why so many Philadelphians go around pant-less. Stupid pants tax!
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You may have replied to the wrong post. OP offered Worldspace as an alternative to Sirius and/or XM, and I simply pointed out they are not, as they are not available in the markets in which Sirius and XM are, and vice versa.
...and has no coverage in the US and Canada, which is where Sirius and XM operate.
Not to the OP, it seems.
You're either joking, or dead inside. As you know, before Elvis, there was nothing.
It did. The OP was talking about 1969's Oscar winning film.
I wasn't talking about the disabled bays. There are plenty of handicapped spots without them. You've taken my trolling far too seriously.
Why don't you use those things? Your language suggests you don't. And the environment will take care of itself, even if that means knocking humanity down a notch. Don't be such a species bigot.
Part of what Apple does is based in part on stuff found in F/OSS, but what Apple does well is developed by Apple. No one is buying a MacBook because it has GCC, WebKit, whatever the fuck free shit is on there. They are buying because of the hardware looks good, and the software looks good. OS X, i(Tunes|Pod|Phone|whatever), Garage Band, etc.
And, you're mistaking a visionary for a tyrant. He may be a dick, but he has a clear vision of what he wants, and he expects it will be realized in the way he wants. And he's mostly right, else the board would have booted him a long time ago. (Again.) No one is forced to work for him, but if they do and they're staying, it's because they know that the reward of producing something excellent is worth putting up with the jerk in the big office who just took your handicapped spot. He's Elvis, and if you don't like the tunes he wants you to play, go join The Big Bopper's band. Or start your own. Realize your own vision. Companies run by what you call "tyrants" tend to be the most successful. Google may be the one exception.
I imagine the basement dwellers here will call me a "fanboi," but I think their opinions are safely dismissed.
You're supporting my point. If you can't walk, should you really be driving? And engaging in name-calling makes it easier to dismiss anything else you have to say. Jerk off.
Go ahead, I have karma to burn...
Steve Jobs designed Microsoft Vista and Dell's Pocket DJ and the Zune? ;>) I see your point, but I think we're talking about the pushed on high in the context of designed by committee, as opposed to the kind meaning driven by a visionary. Kinda like the difference between an Elvis song and an Avril Lavigne song.
And they'll also lose their common carrier protections, which will open them to lawsuits for anything carried on their networks, like child porn or illegally shared MP3s.
It seemed funny to me, which is why I did it. Which is pretty much why I do anything.
Right. Pushed from on high. In other words, designed by committee.
No, it's because they actually make cool stuff. The lightest girl in a roomful of fat chicks is still a fat chick.
If by "consistently" you meant "rarely," then I totally agree.
Hahaha. OK, I just got you were being satirical. Well done!
Speaking of handicapped drivers, if you don't have enough control of your body to park where everyone else does, should you really be controlling a 3000 lbs./1360.77711 kg. death machine?
Yea, I'm trolling...
The OP was commenting about 1969's Oscar winner. And while the film that actually beat 2001 probably doesn't rise to my most greatest films of all time lists, it did win five Academy Awards and numerous other awards. So, to the OP's original point, other films don't have to suck for 2001 to be good.
No line numbering, no syntax highlighting, no ability to compile or even check the syntax of your code from the editor. Sounds like you've never really done any significant software development, else you'd realize just how unproductive doing all but the smallest and most trivial scripts in Notepad really is.
So? You only install it once.
No, that was your logic. Don't be disingenuous.
Sounds like you re-invent the wheel a lot with those languages. Why not skip even the abstractions they offer and go straight to assembly? Oh, because you've never had deadlines, because you've never developed in the real world.
In the real world, all Perl is dodgy.
Now I know you've never done any significant development work, because you used the word "bloat" in relation to software, which is a word only angry young basement dwellers in their anti-MS phase use. And if you were a better developer, you wouldn't be stuck always fixing someone else's code - you'd be the guy developing the stuff in the first place.
Uhh, it was Midnight Cowboy. Hardly a forgotten film.
I'm guessing you're trying to be funny? Don't think you're having much success...
They COULD also make a phone that reads your thoughts and never needs to be physically touched, if they had infinite time and infinite resources. But they don't, so they ship what they can by whatever deadlines they create. If you've ever done software development in a large corporation, this should sound familiar.
Because "hacking" the phone allows you to use networks other than AT&T (or the non-US equivalents). Apple makes a good deal of their iPhone money from the exclusive contract with AT&T (or the non-US equivalents). And also, there will be people who "hack" their phone, break something, then demand Apple fix it.
I dunno. They're tearing the shit out of this (east) end of South St and running something electrical to each building on the street. I need to ask one of the workers exactly what they're doing, but I'm hoping it's FIOS. They also cut down all the trees so the roots wouldn't fuck with whatever they're laying down.
That doesn't happen for me. I think it's an extension you're using, or you have all caching turned off. And to your earlier point: it is estimated there are 125 million users of Firefox worldwide. Do you really think a statistically significant portion of those persons are web developers in need of View Source?
Irrational number? Oh, you meant a female number.
Speak for yourself. Here in Philadelphia, we pay a 4.3% pants tax, but only while they're being worn, which is why so many Philadelphians go around pant-less. Stupid pants tax!
Clearly, they're in denial about the dangers robots pose towards old people.