It seems to me that you want to believe and you are not quite being honest with yourself. You might ask yourself what truly prevents you from believing (pride, reputation, etc.).
All testing by Apple is now done on iPad 2, which has more memory. So some of the "crashing" is iOS telling the app to free up memory, and shutting it down too quickly.
This has made the iPad 1 experience much poorer than it used to be.
I keep my passwords in Lastpass (any similar program will do) and then keep the master password in my safe deposit box at the bank.
I also keep a list of all important accounts and sites (banking, etc.) so that whoever it may concern will be able to know where to find what is important.
My wife knows this, and she would then be able to access all relevant accounts, as well as know which accounts are important.
Print on demand is so cheap and allows printing of single copies. You will still be able to get paper versions of books for a long time.
(I have several books in paper, epub, and kindle.)
It didn't take seeing all this happening with the N900. I had a N800 and developed for it and saw that stuff then. That's when I bailed to iOS. At least with that you had some OS maturity and a platform that knew where it was going.
I liked the N800--an open linux *computer* for my pocket. But the disarray of Nokia...
No, but the point is the banning is completely arbitrary.
They *claim* it is based on one thing, but the reality is something else.
Just annoyed at the whole thing right now.
I started programming on Apple ][ computers and did assembly. The code was fast and efficient.
However, the benefits of developing with powerful APIs on beefy operating systems is well worth it. There is so much more going on under the hood of a program and system and that costs CPU cycles.
Even software I'm writing for the iPad moves so fast that you *must* include the movements, fades, etc. in order to let the user know something has or is changing.
Much is unnecessary and ugly (especially Windows driver interfaces by many manufacturers) but I'll take today over 30 years ago.
The golden rule works very well, but it only works on a voluntary basis.
See http://godsvaluesystem.com/ for a discussion of "sacrificial love for the benefit of others" as a value system.
There is actually a free book on relationships from that perspective that even a non-religious person would find helpful at http://blackstripespublishing.com/
Although my books are not tech (they are religious), the same principles apply.
After you produce the PDF for text and cover, your work can be done (except for marketing). I use Lightning Source for production and have all my titles listed with Amazon and every other bookseller. Lightning Source's fees are very reasonable, and Amazon takes whatever percent you allow. They handle shipping, credit cards, etc.
My total out of pocket for book production was very low (~130/book) and I can purchase bulk orders cheaper than I sell to Amazon.
You really don't need to spend a lot of money nor do you have to store any books if you do not want to. As both the author and publisher, my return is much higher per sale than through dealing with a publisher.
However, a publisher will help you with editing and marketing (although you pay dearly for both of those).
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We should make it 555 and make all the TV shows and movies into a joke when the give out numbers.
That would hardly be considered a conversion.
It seems to me that you want to believe and you are not quite being honest with yourself. You might ask yourself what truly prevents you from believing (pride, reputation, etc.).
I bought the software version of Britannica about 10 years back and the interface was terrible (relied on IE3 plugins IIRC).
If they would have produced a really good software package I think they would have had more adoption of it.
From reviews of the current version, they are still facing software problems (including registering the software so you can access updates, etc.).
If I end up with *severe head trauma* please DO NOT resuscitate.
iPad 1 "crashes" a lot compared to iPad 2.
All testing by Apple is now done on iPad 2, which has more memory. So some of the "crashing" is iOS telling the app to free up memory, and shutting it down too quickly.
This has made the iPad 1 experience much poorer than it used to be.
I keep my passwords in Lastpass (any similar program will do) and then keep the master password in my safe deposit box at the bank.
I also keep a list of all important accounts and sites (banking, etc.) so that whoever it may concern will be able to know where to find what is important.
My wife knows this, and she would then be able to access all relevant accounts, as well as know which accounts are important.
You can use Ghostery to block this and many other tracking scripts. http://www.ghostery.com/download
But when you buy a computer with your credit card, or send in electronic registration you give them the personal information.
They already have the serial number and MAC address of the computer on file.
Print on demand is so cheap and allows printing of single copies. You will still be able to get paper versions of books for a long time. (I have several books in paper, epub, and kindle.)
It didn't take seeing all this happening with the N900. I had a N800 and developed for it and saw that stuff then. That's when I bailed to iOS. At least with that you had some OS maturity and a platform that knew where it was going. I liked the N800--an open linux *computer* for my pocket. But the disarray of Nokia...
> You write apps for the iPhone
Not sure about that anymore
I think you confused my comment with the front page :)
No, but the point is the banning is completely arbitrary. They *claim* it is based on one thing, but the reality is something else. Just annoyed at the whole thing right now.
So I make clean apps that they ban and then they allow this?
They banned my apps that allow people to share *moderated* clean photos (mostly of peoples faces). WHY? Because children's pictures were in it!
I also had to appeal to get them to allow my other photo app with clean photos:
Photo Hash
So I had to completely redo my website and objectives but, hey!
THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
Unless you work in the printing field. If so, all of the programs you list fail miserably at rendering the files. On both Mac and Windows.
I VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE!!!!
Knock Knock
Who's there?
The Doctor
The Doctor Who?
Just the Doctor!
Uh huh. And then everything you make, whether software or a book you write, will be taken by some big corporation and sold by them.
Copyright needs to be in place in order to protect the newcomers and the original creator of a work so that they can make a living.
I started programming on Apple ][ computers and did assembly. The code was fast and efficient.
However, the benefits of developing with powerful APIs on beefy operating systems is well worth it. There is so much more going on under the hood of a program and system and that costs CPU cycles.
Even software I'm writing for the iPad moves so fast that you *must* include the movements, fades, etc. in order to let the user know something has or is changing.
Much is unnecessary and ugly (especially Windows driver interfaces by many manufacturers) but I'll take today over 30 years ago.
The golden rule works very well, but it only works on a voluntary basis.
See http://godsvaluesystem.com/ for a discussion of "sacrificial love for the benefit of others" as a value system.
There is actually a free book on relationships from that perspective that even a non-religious person would find helpful at http://blackstripespublishing.com/
You can never make enough laws to keep people like this from exploiting others.
It would never occur to those of us who have been raised with an inkling of an idea of good and evil to treat others in such a despicable manner.
It has nothing to do with free market. It is an issue of ethics and values.
Without the adoption of some standard of right and good within the individual heart, there is no hope of restraining people from similar scams.
According to the Health Physics Society, there is no concern for radioactivity and diet, including potassium-40.
http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q5944.html
http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q6254.html
Well, it could be used to determine the extent of the infringement. I.e. How *many* people actually benefited from the infringer's distribution.
You can do much better with Print On Demand.
Although my books are not tech (they are religious), the same principles apply.
After you produce the PDF for text and cover, your work can be done (except for marketing). I use Lightning Source for production and have all my titles listed with Amazon and every other bookseller. Lightning Source's fees are very reasonable, and Amazon takes whatever percent you allow. They handle shipping, credit cards, etc.
My total out of pocket for book production was very low (~130/book) and I can purchase bulk orders cheaper than I sell to Amazon.
You really don't need to spend a lot of money nor do you have to store any books if you do not want to. As both the author and publisher, my return is much higher per sale than through dealing with a publisher.
However, a publisher will help you with editing and marketing (although you pay dearly for both of those).
I'm still in the process of building up my site, but drop by http://godsvaluesystem.com/
I also have a friend that works on an offset press and he confirms that the book quality from Lightning Source is excellent.
fta:
>If you've abandoned Microsoft's browser for a rival, you may -- or may not -- want to return.
That's a worthless statement. Glad he made the options clear.