You are a complete and total asshole. It would be right and proper for Slashdot to you release any information they have on you in order to allow us to hunt you down and torture you, your cats and your hamster.
There. Go sue Slashdot for allowing such an abusive an incite-full comment.
A rootkit is software that allows root access without (further) exploiting the OS/software on the machine. The software itself may do nothing at all beyond that, and it's still a rootkit.
Conversely, software which reformats your harddrive is not a rootkit if it doesn't grant root access. Even if it itself is running as root!
So, your definition is crap. You've basically made up your own just so you can hate on DRM. It's stupid because DRM is crap even without this misguided rationalization.
If these people are satisfied with Windows, why change?
There's nothing special about Linux that warrants the frustration that both you and these users would experience. What happens when you have to tell them that their favorite pet program or game won't run? What's the point of switching? There's nothing available for Linux that doesn't have an equivalent on Windows, while the reverse is most definitely not the case.
You are ignorant of the subject at hand. Google has almost completely ignored iOS. There is a Google Voice app, which is not a Universal app. It is OK, but nothing to write home about. There are no apps for any other Google service that is worth mentioning. Most services have no app at all.
And Google didn't do anything to get iOS working with gmail. That effort came from Apple.
(It would take approximately 5 minutes to convert GV to a Universal app and submit it to the store. The fact that they haven't bothered demonstrates that Google doesn't give a shit about Apple's customers.)
How the fuck would you know whether Apple is contributing to OSM? And what exactly would they contribute? The address and coordinates for Apple HQ? Apple isn't a mapping company.
And no company in the world is "evil" for not giving you some feature in an app or any other product. To even bring up the idea shows you're a pretentious twit. I hope your turn-by-turn directions lead you off a nice cliff.
But OS isn't the name. So while it would probably be easy to tell from context what you are referring to, it's hardly redundant to call OS X 10.5 by it's designated name (and version).
If you were willing to pay $X for speed Y, you are willing to pay the same $X for Y*Z. There's no reason for Verizon to cater to your desire to keep speed Y fixed and have $X fluctuate.
Forced obsolescence? I own a Macbook that I bought in 2005. Only now, with the upcoming release of Mountain Lion, will it be unsupported. That's a hell of a lot longer than most companies support their hardware. Try installing Windows 8 on a 2005 Thinkpad. Let me know how well it works for you.
The Internet, in the form you and I are using, has always been commercialized. I remember when the Internet Yellow Pages really did have most of the best sites on the 'net. Those days are gone and not coming back.
There is no standard for a connector that provides digital and analog video and audio, control signals and USB. There certainly wasn't any such thing when Apple started to use it.
And I hate to break it to you (not really), but if the rumor is true, those stores are just going to overstock on new Apple-compatible accessories. You're still going to be out in the cold.
No. You're not intelligent enough to understand. Apparently.
Hint: Just because it comes with a cable that can sync and charge over USB does not mean that the entire feature-set of the connector is in use or available.
It's really sad that it's perfectly OK (in your book) to bash Apple for catering to what you think is a niche. Why the fuck does it bother you? Why is it asinine? It's obviously not by any objective measure. Apple devices sell. They sell so well that Apple Computer dropped the Computer from the company name.
You sound like a whiny 5 year old who isn't getting his way.
No. The connector is based on USB, in the sense that it supports it. There's a reason why the other end looks like a USB plug. Because that's what it is. It's been many years since an iDevice supported Firewire in any form.
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You've been blackmailed by a corporation? You are a sad little man. Maybe 'boy' would be more accurate?
Seriously. How does anyone blackmail you into giving them a 'like' on a social media website?
You are a complete and total asshole. It would be right and proper for Slashdot to you release any information they have on you in order to allow us to hunt you down and torture you, your cats and your hamster.
There. Go sue Slashdot for allowing such an abusive an incite-full comment.
The iPad is a computing device. It can't be greedy. You, however, can obviously be a shit.
And people who refer to themselves as "Lumpy" on slashdot.
What the fuck was the point of releasing under the BSD license?
You're an annoyance. Please delete yourself.
A rootkit is software that allows root access without (further) exploiting the OS/software on the machine. The software itself may do nothing at all beyond that, and it's still a rootkit.
Conversely, software which reformats your harddrive is not a rootkit if it doesn't grant root access. Even if it itself is running as root!
So, your definition is crap. You've basically made up your own just so you can hate on DRM. It's stupid because DRM is crap even without this misguided rationalization.
If these people are satisfied with Windows, why change?
There's nothing special about Linux that warrants the frustration that both you and these users would experience. What happens when you have to tell them that their favorite pet program or game won't run? What's the point of switching? There's nothing available for Linux that doesn't have an equivalent on Windows, while the reverse is most definitely not the case.
You are ignorant of the subject at hand. Google has almost completely ignored iOS. There is a Google Voice app, which is not a Universal app. It is OK, but nothing to write home about. There are no apps for any other Google service that is worth mentioning. Most services have no app at all.
And Google didn't do anything to get iOS working with gmail. That effort came from Apple.
(It would take approximately 5 minutes to convert GV to a Universal app and submit it to the store. The fact that they haven't bothered demonstrates that Google doesn't give a shit about Apple's customers.)
How recently? The Waze app has been available for ages, and it doesn't even use Google's maps.
How the fuck would you know whether Apple is contributing to OSM? And what exactly would they contribute? The address and coordinates for Apple HQ? Apple isn't a mapping company.
And no company in the world is "evil" for not giving you some feature in an app or any other product. To even bring up the idea shows you're a pretentious twit. I hope your turn-by-turn directions lead you off a nice cliff.
They have one. It's been out for ages. It cost $69 (according to the review).
But OS isn't the name. So while it would probably be easy to tell from context what you are referring to, it's hardly redundant to call OS X 10.5 by it's designated name (and version).
In other words, you are wrong. Get over it.
If you were willing to pay $X for speed Y, you are willing to pay the same $X for Y*Z. There's no reason for Verizon to cater to your desire to keep speed Y fixed and have $X fluctuate.
And I bet you've given up land lines and your cell phones. And SIP.
Forced obsolescence? I own a Macbook that I bought in 2005. Only now, with the upcoming release of Mountain Lion, will it be unsupported. That's a hell of a lot longer than most companies support their hardware. Try installing Windows 8 on a 2005 Thinkpad. Let me know how well it works for you.
The Internet, in the form you and I are using, has always been commercialized. I remember when the Internet Yellow Pages really did have most of the best sites on the 'net. Those days are gone and not coming back.
The quality of the subtracts aren't all that great either.
There is no standard for a connector that provides digital and analog video and audio, control signals and USB. There certainly wasn't any such thing when Apple started to use it.
And I hate to break it to you (not really), but if the rumor is true, those stores are just going to overstock on new Apple-compatible accessories. You're still going to be out in the cold.
Your own list proves that your logic induction is anything but logical.
The number obviously is not used to count the generation or releases, or there wouldn't be 2 3's and 4's and no 2.
No. You're not intelligent enough to understand. Apparently.
Hint: Just because it comes with a cable that can sync and charge over USB does not mean that the entire feature-set of the connector is in use or available.
It's really sad that it's perfectly OK (in your book) to bash Apple for catering to what you think is a niche. Why the fuck does it bother you? Why is it asinine? It's obviously not by any objective measure. Apple devices sell. They sell so well that Apple Computer dropped the Computer from the company name.
You sound like a whiny 5 year old who isn't getting his way.
I did it with my iPad, but I hope you will consider that equivalent.
No. The connector is based on USB, in the sense that it supports it. There's a reason why the other end looks like a USB plug. Because that's what it is. It's been many years since an iDevice supported Firewire in any form.
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