Most of them don't even have an irish dedicated website. They are pathetic. It's like passing a decree that makes people owing me $300 if they ever whisper my name in their car. There. Be warned.
I actually know a few people having dumped Android for an iPhone. And a bit more the other way, but recently (say in the last 4 month) I've seen more android to iPhone migrations.
Both platforms have their strength. Both have their weaknesses. Or can't you see it?
First of all, if those attacks are made by armies of professional hackers specifically targeting their installation, chances are that Linux won't offer much protection.
Second, I suspect that most of these industrial systems rely on custom hardware whose drivers only exists for Windows. That would make a migration pretty expensive.
I don't care much for stereoscopic imaging, mostly because of the ever increasingly uncomfortable glasses.
However, the 48fps increase I await with much enthusiasm. It is not revolutionary at all but 24fps one of the things that annoy me most about movies these days. As soon as the scene is moving, everything is blurred out and choppy.
There were some glaring mistakes, but they were all fixed pretty quickly - in a matter of days or weeks. Tell me this: are your neighborhood towns still misplaced on Apple Maps? If not, do you have an idea when it was fixed?
I upgraded eons ago and never regretted it. Apple Maps is actually not as bad as people made it to be, and Google Maps was always available through Safari anyways. This is all just FUD and people being afraid of something nonexistent.
You should calm down and go see either a historian or a psychiatrist. Really. Apple is playing fair (at least by the rules) and doesn't force anything to anyone despite what you would like us to believe. If I so choose, I can by number of alternative phones. The market is deciding and it is VERY GOOD that way.
Microsoft was using tactics you find in the Mafia (and not the MAFIAA) for years, blatantly stealing software, strong-arming its own distributors leveraging on their monopoly before they fell to the antitrust inquiry of the government (which is not completely over everywhere for that matter).
That's a hell of a big difference, and I suggest you have a look at history again to see what really is worse.
Anyways, we were just pulling a joke here, nothing more. And it's no secret mobile products from Microsoft don't sell like hotcakes if you haven't noticed.
So stop being a M$ fanboy, buy a sense of humour and get our of my way until you've done that.
You have convinced me. I'll go to work tomorrow and tell my employer I don't need his money anymore, he can keep it. I'm sure you've done that a while ago now. How does it feel?
That would depend on the phone and how much lockdown the constructor / distributor / carrier put on it now, does it not? In some cases you also have to root your android device, just like a good old iPhone.
What do you say to a software vendor that lets anyone lock down its software? It may be better than Apple, but it's seldom the eden you make it to be.
In this case it's the opposite: The 30% rule favors the little players. Because it brings many services that are expensive for a small company. Microsoft already has all those services so they don't care.
Windows phones are - by all reports - a nice and shiny piece of crap. I've known about 4 people that switched to them. All 4 sold their phones on ebay max 1 month after the purchase and bought either an Android phone of an iPhone.
Make no mistake - they are desperate. They basically have two strategies, aligned with both their money-making businesses - Win and MSOffice. 1. Try to keep Windows AND Office. That would mean not developing Office for other platforms to leverage its monopoly to try to sell Windows (phones as well). The risk is big in that they risk losing BOTH products if the strategy doesn't work. And that's the end of Microsoft as we know it. 2. Try to salvage Office and let Windows compete on its own merits. It seems like the approach they are taking. This leaves Windows in a very fragile situation. They have monopoly on a product that is clearly going to be a niche platform in 20 years: the PC. On all other products (tablets phones) they are way behind everyone else.
As I said, they are desperate because they see their grip loosening on the market.
Nothing is FORCED by Apple. Just don't write a fucking iOS App if you don't want to. If you do, the rules are pretty well known in advance. And if you did YOU FORCED THOSE RESTRICTIONS ON YOURSELF.
Your argument is like saying "Apple forces me to learn Objective C" or "Apple forces me to buy a Mac"
a sign that BSD is becoming less relevant to modern computing needs
Obligatory remark about how Mac OS X and iOS are BSD and are used by tens of millions of people everyday, blah, blah, blah.
...and that does not refute the point. Mac OS took code one way; the main developers...and gave out free laptops to the others. Its an example how the spirit of sharing from BSD is not as strong as having a license enforce it. When a company gets involved with Linux the ecosystem gets stronger...not sort of meander into obscurity [and no throwing money it at in a PR stunt is not the answer]. The only sick thing is the amount of Apple users promoting BSD.
Emphasis mine. That's only your definition of strong. Have you considered the fact that maybe, just maybe, some people might not have the same definition as yours?
It seems to me that this is the fundamental problem with GPL, and some other, open source licenses
No, it's a fundamental problem with the current legal system. Nothing more, nothing less. The GPL, as any contract, is only enforceable by the legal system in place, which has this bias.
They are not so stupid as to oppress the population enough to get them angry enough. To get a revolution, you need desperate people. As long as they have a big screen TV, Hollywood and the MBA to fill it up, nobody will lift a finger.
Slashdot Mirror
We'll show them the light ! Here they are, all of them in all their glory:
http://www.independent.ie/
http://www.irishexaminer.com/
http://www.irishtimes.com/
http://www.thestar.ie/
http://www.herald.ie/
http://www.independent.ie/
http://www.sundayworld.com/
http://www.businesspost.ie/
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/fr/viewer.aspx (they don't even have a website, how funny)
http://www.farmersjournal.ie/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/
http://www.thesun.ie/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/
Most of them don't even have an irish dedicated website. They are pathetic. It's like passing a decree that makes people owing me $300 if they ever whisper my name in their car. There. Be warned.
I'm really excited to see where Ubuntu takes this.
In the ground? Are you interested in Moles?
I actually know a few people having dumped Android for an iPhone. And a bit more the other way, but recently (say in the last 4 month) I've seen more android to iPhone migrations.
Both platforms have their strength. Both have their weaknesses. Or can't you see it?
There was also a lot of work that went into details of horse carriages. Everyone involved in the business either retired of was headed for other work.
Nostalgia is fine but progress goes on.
First of all, if those attacks are made by armies of professional hackers specifically targeting their installation, chances are that Linux won't offer much protection.
Second, I suspect that most of these industrial systems rely on custom hardware whose drivers only exists for Windows. That would make a migration pretty expensive.
Not for me it made me throw up.
Don't they show it up in 2D somewhere near you?
I don't care much for stereoscopic imaging, mostly because of the ever increasingly uncomfortable glasses.
However, the 48fps increase I await with much enthusiasm. It is not revolutionary at all but 24fps one of the things that annoy me most about movies these days. As soon as the scene is moving, everything is blurred out and choppy.
Ok, but how long did it last?
I would guess you are in the US
And you would be wrong.
There were some glaring mistakes, but they were all fixed pretty quickly - in a matter of days or weeks. Tell me this: are your neighborhood towns still misplaced on Apple Maps? If not, do you have an idea when it was fixed?
have the self-respect to pull this piece of bullshit from their front page, or will they just roll on to the next?
Option 2 captain.
I upgraded eons ago and never regretted it. Apple Maps is actually not as bad as people made it to be, and Google Maps was always available through Safari anyways. This is all just FUD and people being afraid of something nonexistent.
How many 'hacks' of real CA's have occurred? A couple?
No one knows and no one will ever know.
You should calm down and go see either a historian or a psychiatrist. Really. Apple is playing fair (at least by the rules) and doesn't force anything to anyone despite what you would like us to believe. If I so choose, I can by number of alternative phones. The market is deciding and it is VERY GOOD that way.
Microsoft was using tactics you find in the Mafia (and not the MAFIAA) for years, blatantly stealing software, strong-arming its own distributors leveraging on their monopoly before they fell to the antitrust inquiry of the government (which is not completely over everywhere for that matter).
That's a hell of a big difference, and I suggest you have a look at history again to see what really is worse.
Anyways, we were just pulling a joke here, nothing more. And it's no secret mobile products from Microsoft don't sell like hotcakes if you haven't noticed.
So stop being a M$ fanboy, buy a sense of humour and get our of my way until you've done that.
You have convinced me. I'll go to work tomorrow and tell my employer I don't need his money anymore, he can keep it. I'm sure you've done that a while ago now. How does it feel?
That would depend on the phone and how much lockdown the constructor / distributor / carrier put on it now, does it not? In some cases you also have to root your android device, just like a good old iPhone.
What do you say to a software vendor that lets anyone lock down its software? It may be better than Apple, but it's seldom the eden you make it to be.
In this case it's the opposite: The 30% rule favors the little players. Because it brings many services that are expensive for a small company. Microsoft already has all those services so they don't care.
Windows phones are - by all reports - a nice and shiny piece of crap. I've known about 4 people that switched to them. All 4 sold their phones on ebay max 1 month after the purchase and bought either an Android phone of an iPhone.
Make no mistake - they are desperate. They basically have two strategies, aligned with both their money-making businesses - Win and MSOffice.
1. Try to keep Windows AND Office. That would mean not developing Office for other platforms to leverage its monopoly to try to sell Windows (phones as well). The risk is big in that they risk losing BOTH products if the strategy doesn't work. And that's the end of Microsoft as we know it.
2. Try to salvage Office and let Windows compete on its own merits. It seems like the approach they are taking. This leaves Windows in a very fragile situation. They have monopoly on a product that is clearly going to be a niche platform in 20 years: the PC. On all other products (tablets phones) they are way behind everyone else.
As I said, they are desperate because they see their grip loosening on the market.
They don't need to do this. They're just being greedy dicks.
Yeah, imagine! They want you to pay for their software AND their services. How greedy!
And you believe that's going to be less than 30% of the cost of your App?
Nothing is FORCED by Apple. Just don't write a fucking iOS App if you don't want to. If you do, the rules are pretty well known in advance. And if you did YOU FORCED THOSE RESTRICTIONS ON YOURSELF.
Your argument is like saying "Apple forces me to learn Objective C" or "Apple forces me to buy a Mac"
Crap.
What's the difference btw Google Play and the iOS App Store?
Wow, all three WP8 users buy a lot of apps! ;)
I hear there are 5 of them these days.
a sign that BSD is becoming less relevant to modern computing needs
Obligatory remark about how Mac OS X and iOS are BSD and are used by tens of millions of people everyday, blah, blah, blah.
...and that does not refute the point. Mac OS took code one way; the main developers...and gave out free laptops to the others. Its an example how the spirit of sharing from BSD is not as strong as having a license enforce it. When a company gets involved with Linux the ecosystem gets stronger...not sort of meander into obscurity [and no throwing money it at in a PR stunt is not the answer]. The only sick thing is the amount of Apple users promoting BSD.
Emphasis mine. That's only your definition of strong. Have you considered the fact that maybe, just maybe, some people might not have the same definition as yours?
It seems to me that this is the fundamental problem with GPL, and some other, open source licenses
No, it's a fundamental problem with the current legal system. Nothing more, nothing less. The GPL, as any contract, is only enforceable by the legal system in place, which has this bias.
Short of revolution? I know it sucks, but...
They are not so stupid as to oppress the population enough to get them angry enough. To get a revolution, you need desperate people. As long as they have a big screen TV, Hollywood and the MBA to fill it up, nobody will lift a finger.