I find it highly ironic that many libertarians decry consumerism but when pressed about problems that largely have been seen by the mainstream as being solved by regulation, Libertarians start suggesting that you plan your life around your life as a consumer.
When I'm out of town and don't know the area, and my car nearly dies running out of gas, I really don't have a choice about what the next gas station is. Whether BP, Citgo, 76, Gulf, etc.
Speaking oil and monopolies, yes, Standard Oil became a monopoly with out the Government's interference. So did many other monopolies.
The Constitution also grants very vast and broad protection and welfare powers to the Federal Government. Almost as if both Federalists and Antifederalists had a hand in writing it. Shocking!
You generally don't have the right to operate a gun, or a car with anonymously either.
The Fourth Amendment guarantees that you won't be randomly searched. It doesn't guarantee that you're allowed to simultaneously drop off the grid and still possibly abuse modern technology.
Which android phone? The one from HTC that's nearly a year old with lousy software support or the locked down cheap Motorola Android phone or the pricey open Motorola phone? Which one comes with chipotle mayo and fries?
Android isn't bad, it's quite good, but to flog it as if it had no faults is really disingenuous.
You realize that nearly anything you buy may have components by Sony somewhere inside right? Video encoders, audio decoders, LCDs of all kinds, various DSPs, DACs, etc.
Get over yourself. Sony pulled a stunt FIVE YEARS AGO. Sony's also a huge company that produces a lot of different components used by a variety of manufacturers.
No, no it's not. I plug my ipod into a usb cable in the morning, and while it downloads the newest podcasts I run off to shower. I unmount it and head to work.
Screw manually reindexing files. I've got things to do with my day(like post on Slashdot and listen to podcasts).
There should be no sacred cows with technology. Orthodoxy only encourages well, bland, useless technology that does very little.
Coding best practices? Sure. But, when it comes to the usability sphere, whatever man. I'd rather not manually reindex all of my music and videos. I'd rather have iTunes do it for me.
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I find it highly ironic that many libertarians decry consumerism but when pressed about problems that largely have been seen by the mainstream as being solved by regulation, Libertarians start suggesting that you plan your life around your life as a consumer.
Sirius-XM.
Name any other satellite radio provider that sells on a national level.
Yes, 1worldspace exists in Eastern Asia, but, in America? Sirius XM is the only game in town; simply due to the costs of getting into the market.
blahblahblah. More Libertarian nonsense.
When I'm out of town and don't know the area, and my car nearly dies running out of gas, I really don't have a choice about what the next gas station is. Whether BP, Citgo, 76, Gulf, etc.
Speaking oil and monopolies, yes, Standard Oil became a monopoly with out the Government's interference. So did many other monopolies.
except between the years of 1992 and 1997.
Apple was garbage then.
Okay. I'll build a derivative port of WebKit, use it in my mobile operating system as the core UI and have the entire SDK be Javascript.
Oh wait...
The Constitution also grants very vast and broad protection and welfare powers to the Federal Government. Almost as if both Federalists and Antifederalists had a hand in writing it. Shocking!
You generally don't have the right to operate a gun, or a car with anonymously either.
The Fourth Amendment guarantees that you won't be randomly searched. It doesn't guarantee that you're allowed to simultaneously drop off the grid and still possibly abuse modern technology.
Proprietary software and PROPRIETARY HARDWARE.
I didn't think BSD and Webkit were proprietary software and I certainly didn't think that x86 was proprietary hardware either.
Apple's been promoting a browser-agnostic web experience. They are better. They're contributing to open source. That does make them infinitely better.
When MS ships something like WebKit, Darwin or Grand Central Dispatch, we'll talk about who's better than who in the software field.
Since when was anonymously purchasing a telephone a right?
Finally, why keep it?
Because it's also the same box that lets me play Super Street Fighter IV and ModNation Racers?
Open != Better. :)
Which android phone? The one from HTC that's nearly a year old with lousy software support or the locked down cheap Motorola Android phone or the pricey open Motorola phone? Which one comes with chipotle mayo and fries?
Android isn't bad, it's quite good, but to flog it as if it had no faults is really disingenuous.
Xcode upgrades: $0
VS Upgrades: Bend over.
Right, because it's mindless hoards not the lack of viable phone options in 2007 that caused the iPhone boom.
What options existed in 2007? Windows? Palm?
If iPhone's a prison I really don't want to be free.
Why? Keeping uncompressed HD video around tends to take up disk space I don't have.
last time anyone tried to use something from a lab that wasn't theirs had the cops banging down the doors.
They were also stupid enough to advertise they had the product to begin with.
I usually update about 50 to 100 megs of podcasts a day onto my phone. Possibly more depending on who updates what.
I don't think so. You'd still either have to mess with the phone or mess with iTunes if you wanted to manually resync anyway.
While WPA2 makes Wifi secure, I'm not thrilled with the idea of having a port open no matter where I go that could be hijacked and my phone bricked.
What about your Celphone? Your car? or any number of electronic devices you own?
It's fucking ridiculous. Great, you avoid anything sony and I'll go look at the cool new flexible display.
Watch Shattered Glass.
Yes, Hayden Christensen can act.
You realize that nearly anything you buy may have components by Sony somewhere inside right? Video encoders, audio decoders, LCDs of all kinds, various DSPs, DACs, etc.
Get over yourself. Sony pulled a stunt FIVE YEARS AGO. Sony's also a huge company that produces a lot of different components used by a variety of manufacturers.
802.11g's max throughput: 54mbps
USB2.0 high speed max throughput: 480mbps.
Besides, you can't charge off of Wifi. Plus, wireless syncing is insecure.
And that is what is wrong with the iPod.
No, no it's not. I plug my ipod into a usb cable in the morning, and while it downloads the newest podcasts I run off to shower. I unmount it and head to work.
Screw manually reindexing files. I've got things to do with my day(like post on Slashdot and listen to podcasts).
No, no they shouldn't.
There should be no sacred cows with technology. Orthodoxy only encourages well, bland, useless technology that does very little.
Coding best practices? Sure. But, when it comes to the usability sphere, whatever man. I'd rather not manually reindex all of my music and videos. I'd rather have iTunes do it for me.
Plugging in a cable into a device is ridiculous for a sync process?
Someone's never used ActiveSync or whatever the hell Palm fed the general public before going to WebOS.
I'm sceptical of this spelling.
Is Colon Detox Hype?, P90x, and Paid Programming.
except I always keep missing Paid programming, my DVR won't let me record it.
All I've been saying since the late 90's is that George Lucas wasn't that original with bonus content re-releases.