Maybe it would have served Sony well to make the format less user-offensive. Slow loading, Interminable trailers with no bypass. Offsensive "FBI WARNING". Crappy slow inconsistent menus coded in Java. I thought this was the 21st century.
Excuse me for injecting a note of reality into your rant, but I thought consoles care about heat. Also, aren't "thermals" and "power efficiency" the same thing? Or does that get in the way of your rhetoric.
The benefit is ease of use for people who have no idea what a URL is. They just look up there and see, "yes, this is definitely my bank's website," instead of "holy shit what does long string of symbols that mean."
Thus enabling the bad guys to create a far more convincing deception. Much like showing only the text part of an email address and relying on the likes of Microsoft to hide the @badguy.com part.
Why? It's easier, more informative, more transparent, and arguably better just to show a plain old URL field than add some extra layer of crap to 'hide' it and make it less useful...
Better for Google to keep people ignorant? To hide GOOG's butt ugly obfuscated urls and gloss over the fact that they track not only what you search for, but what you click on? Seems more than a little Microsoftish of Google.
Looks like Apple's disclaimers did not get them out of this one. Looking forward to similar slimeball lawyers sinking their pointy teeth into Microsoft. It's inevitable, and they deserve each other.
Android is really only good for hackers and techies, because what they allow the carriers to do to the phones utterly ruin Android and the experience of using the phone.
Other than the fact that your claim conflicts with the marketing numbers, there is no need whatsoever to buy your android phone from a carrier.
The author seems to have no grasp on why there's still so many XP installations out there....there are a ton of users that are using niche software, whose creators have either gone out of business or simply stopped developing upgrades, that won't work on anything other than XP...
True, but that is only part of the story. A large part of the rest of the story is that Microsoft's follow on products suck too much and do not rule in any discernable way.
Maybe he doesn't, but I think he's right. What is the chance that nobody will sue Microsoft for, among other things, fraud? Does it say on the package that the product becomes unfit for use at time X? No? Fraud. Lawyers start panting.
You seem to be confused about what a citation is. But carry on, bluster is what you know, and that is all we will ever see from you. At least you are entertaining as you scurry from fallback to fallback as Apple steadily loses share. Seems to hang onto its share of idiots all right, though.
Zenimax should have said to John, make us an awesome walkaround engine please and let him go do it, but they were too stupid/micromanaging/political whatever.
Well I can share this with you: I look forward to the day that that Apple has 10% share and failing to match its competitors' prices is an efficient way to get there. I hope they keep it up.
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It's hard to remember what's in the lecture while you're reading Slashdot.
Which is why consoles don't use AMD at all. Oh wait...
So... intel paying astromods now?
"Only 19 left in stock."
Or could it be because they are really popular. Care for a Moto G for even less?
Latest. The most recent smartphone OS market share data indicate Android increased its lead by more than 8 percentage points, bringing its market share total to 57.6 percent. This jump was mostly at the expense of its rival iOS, which took the brunt of Android's rise with a 7.8 percent decline during the same period.
Slip, slip, slipping away.
You hit the nail on the head: Blu-Ray is for your mom and dad.
Maybe it would have served Sony well to make the format less user-offensive. Slow loading, Interminable trailers with no bypass. Offsensive "FBI WARNING". Crappy slow inconsistent menus coded in Java. I thought this was the 21st century.
Excuse me for injecting a note of reality into your rant, but I thought consoles care about heat. Also, aren't "thermals" and "power efficiency" the same thing? Or does that get in the way of your rhetoric.
Which is why consoles don't use AMD at all. Oh wait...
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The benefit is ease of use for people who have no idea what a URL is. They just look up there and see, "yes, this is definitely my bank's website," instead of "holy shit what does long string of symbols that mean."
Thus enabling the bad guys to create a far more convincing deception. Much like showing only the text part of an email address and relying on the likes of Microsoft to hide the @badguy.com part.
Why? It's easier, more informative, more transparent, and arguably better just to show a plain old URL field than add some extra layer of crap to 'hide' it and make it less useful...
Better for Google to keep people ignorant? To hide GOOG's butt ugly obfuscated urls and gloss over the fact that they track not only what you search for, but what you click on? Seems more than a little Microsoftish of Google.
Looks like Apple's disclaimers did not get them out of this one. Looking forward to similar slimeball lawyers sinking their pointy teeth into Microsoft. It's inevitable, and they deserve each other.
...Because chasing market share at the expense of profits worked wonders for all of the PC makers.....
It's nice to see Apple chasing irrelevance instead.
Apple is "getting its clock cleaned by Android"? Only if you've had your head stuffed down a rabbit hole for the last 5 years...
How like an apple toady to claim that black is white.
Reality..
So you spent a few minutes doing real research did you? Are you sure you know what that word means?
Android is really only good for hackers and techies, because what they allow the carriers to do to the phones utterly ruin Android and the experience of using the phone.
Other than the fact that your claim conflicts with the marketing numbers, there is no need whatsoever to buy your android phone from a carrier.
Perhaps sales are slowing down because of market saturation.
Perhaps iPad is getting its ass kicked by Android.
The author seems to have no grasp on why there's still so many XP installations out there. ...there are a ton of users that are using niche software, whose creators have either gone out of business or simply stopped developing upgrades, that won't work on anything other than XP...
True, but that is only part of the story. A large part of the rest of the story is that Microsoft's follow on products suck too much and do not rule in any discernable way.
There are a few people out there using XP because they think it's a cool, lightweight OS (mostly for gaming).
Doesn't that just make you shudder? I remember when things actually had to be cool and lightweight to be considered cool and lightweight.
Maybe he doesn't, but I think he's right. What is the chance that nobody will sue Microsoft for, among other things, fraud? Does it say on the package that the product becomes unfit for use at time X? No? Fraud. Lawyers start panting.
Thinks Microsoft's marketing agenda trumps internet security. Well, Microsoft needs more idiots on its side to help it rot faster.
You seem to be confused about what a citation is. But carry on, bluster is what you know, and that is all we will ever see from you. At least you are entertaining as you scurry from fallback to fallback as Apple steadily loses share. Seems to hang onto its share of idiots all right, though.
Zenimax should have said to John, make us an awesome walkaround engine please and let him go do it, but they were too stupid/micromanaging/political whatever.
Hmm no citation, just bluster, typical.
Well I can share this with you: I look forward to the day that that Apple has 10% share and failing to match its competitors' prices is an efficient way to get there. I hope they keep it up.
> This is probably worse for iOS than being insecure.
> Their marketshare has fallen so far...
Ha. Apple won't care until this graph takes a sharp downward turn.
The '12 drop looks pretty sharp to me, and flat since then.
They could probably drop to 10% market share and still make the most money in the industry.
How, by selling products for ten times the going price? Seems like a recipe for 0% market share to me.