On the more subtle side, social media does influence the electorate, therefore affecting votes and possibly politicians. So even if it may not bring about drastic, almost revolutionary change, it will certainly influence politics.
The notion that Apple "focuses on the user experience" quickly seems absurd as soon as you try to do anything that Apple didn't account for or is actually trying to prevent.
You're confusing offering a great user experience with offering every feature ever invented. Apple is focused on what they perceive to be a very positive user experience. And based on user satisfaction they're very good at it. Many people actually like the walled garden.
It doesn't look like they started out by documenting any new protocols (which is probably what I would have worked on first if this were my project). From the code it appears they've mostly focused on the user interface.
It looks like they've only focused on the front end so far. I was expecting an architectural prototype with a thin front end (in which case security should be baked in from the start). Instead they've only focused on the user interface, which pretty much makes this project pointless so far.
I doubt the Guild has any special relationship with Apple. Unlike the MPAA and the RIAA, the Guild works directly on behalf of content creators who make up their membership. If the members don't make a fuss the Guild won't make a fuss. My guess is publishers, and therefore authors, are getting better terms from Apple since they're the underdog in e-books. With better compensation, publishers and authors aren't complaining.
I've been thinking for a long time that it might make sense to convert the internet backbone within the US into a public utility. If that were the case then any federal take-over during wartime would make perfect sense, along with the other utilities you mention. It would also give the government a clear line of what networks they could control (only the parts that are under the public utilities).
it is absolutely true that dynamic HTML 5 performance (e.g. SVG/ Canvas) is horrific on the iPhone / iPad
It is absolutely not true. We're developing an HTML5 replacement for a flash app on a major brand's website and it's working perfectly on the iPad and iPhone. It's got moving images, videos, downloaded fonts (CSS3), etc. We haven't run into a single performance problem.
Or is it that you think the library should be prevented from keeping a record of the students that they have loaned books out to?
When I was a kid we were given personal identification. It was just 2 words, easy to remember, with the second word being shared among my family and the first word being unique to my generation in the family. We would share it with the librarians so they could keep track of who borrowed each book.
I remember it working quite well. Whatever happened to that system?
I don't understand why they didn't just do this in the first (or even second) place. They had immediately started construction of a second well to collect oil from the same reserve. So why not go straight for the plug and tell everyone what a hero they are for saving the day?
HTML5 could do the things they want, it would just not be very processor efficient
Hulu's new flash player that launched yesterday is also not processor efficient. Two days ago Hulu videos played at a reasonable frame rate on my old Mac laptop. Today it's impossible to watch. If it were in HTML5 it would run perfectly.
Microsoft has (had?) a monopoly. Apple does not. Different rules. So yes, it should be legal for Apple to do this while it might be illegal for Microsoft to do the same.
Except that MasterCard and Visa have significant fraud departments that spend all of their time monitoring bank, merchant, and customer fraud. The biggest asset the credit card companies have is their brand, so they need to keep fraud low to maintain good PR. For example, if a bank's MasterCard fraud rate goes over a certain percent (around 2% IIRC), the bank's contract is flagged and will lose it if they don't improve.
A large burden is put on the merchants because they are the ones who are present when the customer initiates the transaction. The more a merchant does to prevent fraud, the lower their transaction rates. So, for example, if a web site chooses to not ask for CCV they will pay a higher transaction rate because the likelihood of fraud is higher.
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On the more subtle side, social media does influence the electorate, therefore affecting votes and possibly politicians. So even if it may not bring about drastic, almost revolutionary change, it will certainly influence politics.
The notion that Apple "focuses on the user experience" quickly seems absurd
as soon as you try to do anything that Apple didn't account for or is actually
trying to prevent.
You're confusing offering a great user experience with offering every feature ever invented. Apple is focused on what they perceive to be a very positive user experience. And based on user satisfaction they're very good at it. Many people actually like the walled garden.
The vision many have for "the cloud" though is that you access it from clients from anywhere, not just your company's intranet.
So... a web site?
From my perspective "cloud hosting" just seems to be VPS servers.
It doesn't look like they started out by documenting any new protocols (which is probably what I would have worked on first if this were my project). From the code it appears they've mostly focused on the user interface.
They also could leverage something like XMPP.
It looks like they've only focused on the front end so far. I was expecting an architectural prototype with a thin front end (in which case security should be baked in from the start). Instead they've only focused on the user interface, which pretty much makes this project pointless so far.
A 250ms delay would be a huge improvement. The same delay is very often used in autocomplete text boxes.
No, I don't see why. The store owner should only get their item back. The state may then follow through with criminal charges.
But copyright infringement is not theft. There's no loss of bits to the owner.
If they can show that they caused damages even close to $2,900? Perhaps then.
I don't see how the damages can be more than the price of a movie ticket per person.
Please hand over your geek card on the way out. Thanks.
I doubt the Guild has any special relationship with Apple. Unlike the MPAA and the RIAA, the Guild works directly on behalf of content creators who make up their membership. If the members don't make a fuss the Guild won't make a fuss. My guess is publishers, and therefore authors, are getting better terms from Apple since they're the underdog in e-books. With better compensation, publishers and authors aren't complaining.
I agree, but the original story was interesting (800+ comments). This followup is almost required.
Having "editors" /. should have only quality posts. I'm disappointed almost daily but it's still better than many other sites.
Or send a robot back in time to kill his mom.
Wow, you've even lost a vowel.
Slashdot can provide ponies.
Ever hear of eminent domain?
I've been thinking for a long time that it might make sense to convert the internet backbone within the US into a public utility. If that were the case then any federal take-over during wartime would make perfect sense, along with the other utilities you mention. It would also give the government a clear line of what networks they could control (only the parts that are under the public utilities).
it is absolutely true that dynamic HTML 5 performance (e.g. SVG/ Canvas) is horrific on the iPhone / iPad
It is absolutely not true. We're developing an HTML5 replacement for a flash app on a major brand's website and it's working perfectly on the iPad and iPhone. It's got moving images, videos, downloaded fonts (CSS3), etc. We haven't run into a single performance problem.
(Can't speak for SVG, though. Never tried it).
Or is it that you think the library should be prevented from keeping a record of the students that they have loaned books out to?
When I was a kid we were given personal identification. It was just 2 words, easy to remember, with the second word being shared among my family and the first word being unique to my generation in the family. We would share it with the librarians so they could keep track of who borrowed each book.
I remember it working quite well. Whatever happened to that system?
Why didn't they call Aquaman? This is probably the only time where his superpower would actually be useful.
I don't understand why they didn't just do this in the first (or even second) place. They had immediately started construction of a second well to collect oil from the same reserve. So why not go straight for the plug and tell everyone what a hero they are for saving the day?
I LOVED by GameBlaster. Such a major upgrade from the PC speaker. My (rich) friend got the Roland and I was jealous.
Then years later I upgraded to the AudioBlaster and loved it. My (rich) friend got the newer Roland and I was jealous.
Owning a computer is like owning a boat. You're always jealous of the guy in the next slip who has one just a little bit better.
Unfortunately for the Texas schoolboard facts have a liberal bias.
HTML5 could do the things they want, it would just not be very processor efficient
Hulu's new flash player that launched yesterday is also not processor efficient. Two days ago Hulu videos played at a reasonable frame rate on my old Mac laptop. Today it's impossible to watch. If it were in HTML5 it would run perfectly.
Microsoft has (had?) a monopoly. Apple does not. Different rules. So yes, it should be legal for Apple to do this while it might be illegal for Microsoft to do the same.
Except that MasterCard and Visa have significant fraud departments that spend all of their time monitoring bank, merchant, and customer fraud. The biggest asset the credit card companies have is their brand, so they need to keep fraud low to maintain good PR. For example, if a bank's MasterCard fraud rate goes over a certain percent (around 2% IIRC), the bank's contract is flagged and will lose it if they don't improve.
A large burden is put on the merchants because they are the ones who are present when the customer initiates the transaction. The more a merchant does to prevent fraud, the lower their transaction rates. So, for example, if a web site chooses to not ask for CCV they will pay a higher transaction rate because the likelihood of fraud is higher.