you're modifying the car (phone) to do something it wasn't originally manufactured to do.
I disagree. Running software is the main purpose of smartphones these days. Most people don't modify their car, but they do install software on their phone.
You can't do as much with a Blackberry or a Windows Phone. You probably can't deposit a check into your bank account or pay your city parking, just to name a few things I did this weekend.
Because cars can go on all roads.
Imagine if we needed a road network for every car brand. Would there be more than one road network? Maybe. But I doubt there would be dozens. Roads would be built for at most the top 3 car makers. It wouldn't make sense for a business (say a grocery store) to pay for an access to a road network which won't bring them any clients. Sure, an overpriced jewelry store might pay for an access to the BMW road because it makes sense for them. But in the end, having a Toyota will give you much more choices of destinations.
That's right, no year 0. Jesus was born on year 1 BC. That's right, year one before himself. As he was born on December 25th and the year 1 started on January 1st.
Honestly we would be better off with a monoculture than with cultural "diversity" involving only Apple as an alternative. Apple pushes the market to be locked-down and proprietary. It's not a good influence. Why would I pay for a developer license to run code on my own phone?
Honestly the iPod never has been a good MP3 player. If were to buy a MP3 player today, it would still not be an iPod. As you said, performance is not the only factor. Being forced to use iTunes, and lack of compatibility in general, is the main reason not to get one. Also, they are more expensive.
My 32TB file server is down to 200GB free. I've got another TB worth of Blu-rays to backup
Have you got no shame, violating good laws such as the DMCA like that? Criminal. If you want a copy of a movie you bought on Blu-ray on your computer, you must buy it again!
Another "messaging" app that somehow messages differently than regular text messages?
"Regular" text messages suck because they are linked to a cell phone number. Better messaging solutions can work on any platform (including an internet-connected PC or tablet) and do not rely on having to reply on a crappy cell phone keyboard while I sit 10 hours / day in front of a full PC keyboard.
Whatsapp suck too because it is still linked to a phone number.
Messaging is about being notified when you receive a message, and auto-login on boot. Both of these essential features are not available (or greatly diminished) within a browser.
When it comes to the position of the President of the United States, I don't believe a "lesser of two evils" strategy should ever be presented as an option.
With a two-party system, you will hardly ever get better than that.
Good example. A corvette is a niche, expensive car suiting very few people. If a corvette is not compatible with my roads (or fuel, or whatever) I'll change the car not the road.
All filesytems have the same stability. It's their implementation that can be buggy. Is the linux ZFS implemention more stable than its BTRFS implementation? And if so, does it matter for the 99% of us who are fine with EXT4 (and even EXT3)?
It doesn't have to, however once the crack for AACS is discovered, a blu-ray ripping software sounds trivial, much like a file archiver or a FTP client. If WinZIP stop existing I hope people will recommend 7-zip as an alternative, not a paying solution such as WinRAR which offer no advantage.
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Of course coal is cheaper. But it pollutes so much that you should be ashamed of using it in the first place.
I'm glad they finally got rid of iTunes... oh wait...
you're modifying the car (phone) to do something it wasn't originally manufactured to do.
I disagree. Running software is the main purpose of smartphones these days. Most people don't modify their car, but they do install software on their phone. You can't do as much with a Blackberry or a Windows Phone. You probably can't deposit a check into your bank account or pay your city parking, just to name a few things I did this weekend.
if android becomes much bigger than iOS
Isn't it already the case? About 80% vs 15% in market share worldwide, since about 2013.
Because cars can go on all roads. Imagine if we needed a road network for every car brand. Would there be more than one road network? Maybe. But I doubt there would be dozens. Roads would be built for at most the top 3 car makers. It wouldn't make sense for a business (say a grocery store) to pay for an access to a road network which won't bring them any clients. Sure, an overpriced jewelry store might pay for an access to the BMW road because it makes sense for them. But in the end, having a Toyota will give you much more choices of destinations.
I'm pretty sure they could gain quite a lot of market share if they'd be inclined to license out their OS like Google does
Maybe. But they chose not too.
That's right, no year 0. Jesus was born on year 1 BC. That's right, year one before himself. As he was born on December 25th and the year 1 started on January 1st.
Honestly we would be better off with a monoculture than with cultural "diversity" involving only Apple as an alternative. Apple pushes the market to be locked-down and proprietary. It's not a good influence. Why would I pay for a developer license to run code on my own phone?
Honestly the iPod never has been a good MP3 player. If were to buy a MP3 player today, it would still not be an iPod. As you said, performance is not the only factor. Being forced to use iTunes, and lack of compatibility in general, is the main reason not to get one. Also, they are more expensive.
Since they can get equivalent people in much cheaper locations and pay them less?
My 32TB file server is down to 200GB free. I've got another TB worth of Blu-rays to backup
Have you got no shame, violating good laws such as the DMCA like that? Criminal. If you want a copy of a movie you bought on Blu-ray on your computer, you must buy it again!
Yeah or Verizon. Oh wait...
Another "messaging" app that somehow messages differently than regular text messages?
"Regular" text messages suck because they are linked to a cell phone number. Better messaging solutions can work on any platform (including an internet-connected PC or tablet) and do not rely on having to reply on a crappy cell phone keyboard while I sit 10 hours / day in front of a full PC keyboard.
Whatsapp suck too because it is still linked to a phone number.
Messaging is about being notified when you receive a message, and auto-login on boot.
Both of these essential features are not available (or greatly diminished) within a browser.
A CEO salary varies a lot. A small business CEO might even earn $0 for a few years. So of course the average is low.
When it comes to the position of the President of the United States, I don't believe a "lesser of two evils" strategy should ever be presented as an option.
With a two-party system, you will hardly ever get better than that.
But they had time to create BTRFS? I understand it was easier than to clone ZFS?
Good example. A corvette is a niche, expensive car suiting very few people.
If a corvette is not compatible with my roads (or fuel, or whatever) I'll change the car not the road.
they are asking Oracle to release ZFS under GPLv2 (or anything compatible)
Also, is there anything blocking a clean-room GPLv2 implementation of ZFS for Linux?
All filesytems have the same stability. It's their implementation that can be buggy.
Is the linux ZFS implemention more stable than its BTRFS implementation? And if so, does it matter for the 99% of us who are fine with EXT4 (and even EXT3)?
It doesn't have to, however once the crack for AACS is discovered, a blu-ray ripping software sounds trivial, much like a file archiver or a FTP client. If WinZIP stop existing I hope people will recommend 7-zip as an alternative, not a paying solution such as WinRAR which offer no advantage.
beta and time-limited to 60 days
because it's a crappy first past the post system.
huffpost disagrees however: http://elections.huffingtonpos...