Everyone here has got their panties in a bunch because Hulu is charging $10 to watch commercials but no one is interested in the bigger development: Hulu has abandoned Flash (in places, at least). They swore that they wouldn't but did.
I worked for a company that used SSL for their primary internal web site but it was composed of content from other unsecured servers. As a result, all the users were getting security warnings from their web browsers. They were using IE 6; other browsers gave more descriptive messages like "mixed content".
IT's response was that it was NOT a security problem. During their next security push they updated IE 6 on their user's machines to ignore the problem.
As a Mac user of 23 years, I've gotta say that this headline is abso-fvcking-lutely surreal.
It seemed like Mac users pissed and moaned for decades about being forced to abandon their platform as schools moved toward cheap PC running Windows 3.1 et al.
> Remember when you wanted independence from Mexico? You went and had > that little revolution. Now you brag about how you're the only state > to have ever been its own republic, yada, yada. > > Tell you what, you can have your independence back. The rest of us > never really liked you; we kinda think you're douchebags. So, go > raise that Lone Star flag and tattoo "In God We Trust" on all of your > children. > > Sincerely, > The Rest of Us
A very common auto bumper sticker in Texas reads, "I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as fast as I could."
It's a cliche that Texans think they're better than everyone else; their food is better, their girls are prettier, their weather is better, and so on. This has been fodder for jokes for a hundred years. In fact, we play along with it.
I developed a social theory ten years ago that you nailed:
Texas is the United States of the United States. Just as the U.S. is widely despised around the world for its arrogance and self-serving behavior, Texas is like-wise despised by the other U.S. states for its arrogance and self-serving behavior.
> "The last one happened right in time for the release of the HTC Incredible -- I wonder if this "leak" has anything to do with yesterday's story about Android sales overtaking the iPhone [gizmodo.com]..."
No, but don't repeat things like that. There are a lot of gullible half-wits out there who love that sort of stuff -- and I have to listen to many of them because they're friends and/or relatives.
And so, through a mix of incompetence, belligerence and emotionalist hypocrisy, Adobe has been pumping a non-stop stream of propaganda about how critically important Flash is on mobile devices, even though millions of people been using the highest ranked smartphone for three years now without suffering any ill (not even the rest of humanity on lessor smartphones have missed being able to render desktop Flash content, because they haven’t been able to either). There’s a reason for all that talk: Adobe is terrified.
> It is a sad state of affairs that our government has to set up > a separate agency to analyze the (in)efficiency of a government > organization that is setup to analyze the (in)efficiencys of other > organizations.
You aren't being fair. If they hadn't done it, you'd be one of the guys criticizing the government for not monitoring their activities.
Which is it going to be?
BTW, in my opinion, a separate agency is probably the best way to do this. Think about these words: intimidation, collusion.
> Deregulation of the cellphone market is a rather famous example of > where deregulation worked really well--it's an awful lot cheaper > now than it used to be.
Well, that and a half-dozen other major factors. In fact, the cell phone market is MUCH cheaper all around the entire world than it once was. What was your point, again?
I love competition as much as the next guy but don't toot your little horn too loudly about deregulation success stories or someone will quote you one fantastic deregulation failure to match everyone one of your successes.
> Why are you in the US, if the EU is so much better? The US is > different. It isn't Germany or the UK. That traditional distrust > of government may well be one of the fundamental reasons why you > have a job here. And to be honest, if the government can't fix > potholes in freeways, then it's going to screw up any trains or > health care that it gets near.
I fail to see why this is modded "5, Insightful."
Maybe it ought to be "3, Defensive."
You should have stopped right before the part that goes, "And to be honest...."
If you had stopped there, you'd've been okay, but instead you went off into silly speculation. Credibility = 0.
Disappointing since you had just made a good point.
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We run critical stuff on Windows, they don't have access to the Internet. Deal with it.
You're very cavalier with other people's welfare. Looks to me like 154 dead people had to do that very thing.
Do not want. Any.
Oh, so YOU'RE the guy that Balmer was listing to!
> iPhones support VPNs only because so many wifi configurations require a VPN.
Could you please explain why this is bad? Just wondering.
Can Slashdot users just fucking stop being parodies of themselves for even a little while?
I read through all the messages and came up with this: The Slashdot users complaining here about the iPhone 4 don't even fucking have one. You turds.
Same on other topics, not just the iPhone.
The worst of the bunch? The Slashdot users who write things like, "I'm offended and will never [x] for the rest of my life." As if.
Dude, seek counseling. Really... there's more to life.
Absolutely right.
Form a hypotenuse and experiment the danged thing.
What's all this subjective shit?
Everyone here has got their panties in a bunch because Hulu is charging $10 to watch commercials but no one is interested in the bigger development: Hulu has abandoned Flash (in places, at least). They swore that they wouldn't but did.
>> So you pay 9.99, and then still have ads on top of it? Absurd.
> Worked for cable.
Not for this white boy.
I worked for a company that used SSL for their primary internal web site but it was composed of content from other unsecured servers. As a result, all the users were getting security warnings from their web browsers. They were using IE 6; other browsers gave more descriptive messages like "mixed content".
IT's response was that it was NOT a security problem. During their next security push they updated IE 6 on their user's machines to ignore the problem.
How about companies that use publicly registered SSL certificates for private LAN servers?
Too many wholesale assumptions here.
> That's because if a company isn't growing, it's ...it quickly becomes irrelevant.
> stagnant or shrinking.
Put the emotionally laden terms down and back away slowly with your hands in the air.
> Pornography is any iamge that is intended to arouse sexual desire in someone.
Re-read the definition for porn that you posted; it's inaccurately limited. Porn also includes the written word without any illustrations at all.
> ...but having no bundled keyboard/mouse is a real shame.
Yes, and I noticed that is was not bundled with an injet printer and AOL disks. Damn shame.
> How is forcing all the students to use Macs in a world
> dominated by windows PCs preparing them for reality?
It's brilliant really.
If they use Macs but can't handle Windows, they deserve to die. (Un)fortunately, I can't think of anyone who would fail that test.
As a Mac user of 23 years, I've gotta say that this headline is abso-fvcking-lutely surreal.
It seemed like Mac users pissed and moaned for decades about being forced to abandon their platform as schools moved toward cheap PC running Windows 3.1 et al.
Is today backwards day?
> California is all over this already. They're pushing to ban all textbooks using Texas' information.
Citation please.
[Disclaimer: I'm a Texan]
> Remember when you wanted independence from Mexico? You went and had
> that little revolution. Now you brag about how you're the only state
> to have ever been its own republic, yada, yada.
>
> Tell you what, you can have your independence back. The rest of us
> never really liked you; we kinda think you're douchebags. So, go
> raise that Lone Star flag and tattoo "In God We Trust" on all of your
> children.
>
> Sincerely,
> The Rest of Us
A very common auto bumper sticker in Texas reads, "I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as fast as I could."
It's a cliche that Texans think they're better than everyone else; their food is better, their girls are prettier, their weather is better, and so on. This has been fodder for jokes for a hundred years. In fact, we play along with it.
I developed a social theory ten years ago that you nailed:
Texas is the United States of the United States. Just as the U.S. is widely despised around the world for its arrogance and self-serving behavior, Texas is like-wise despised by the other U.S. states for its arrogance and self-serving behavior.
Pot, meet kettle.
> "The last one happened right in time for the release of the HTC Incredible -- I wonder if this "leak" has anything to do with yesterday's story about Android sales overtaking the iPhone [gizmodo.com]..."
No, but don't repeat things like that. There are a lot of gullible half-wits out there who love that sort of stuff -- and I have to listen to many of them because they're friends and/or relatives.
> "No replaceable battery" - I won't use it on the plane to watch that movie, that way I can make sure to call a cab when I land.
Have you ever actually USED an iPhone?
The author's second real paragraph: "Nether are OPEN."
I stopped there.
Author: Please edit and resubmit.
Five Tremendous Apple vs. Adobe Flash Myths
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2010/04/10/five-tremendous-apple-vs-adobe-flash-myths/
A bit of his summary:
And so, through a mix of incompetence, belligerence and emotionalist hypocrisy, Adobe has been pumping a non-stop stream of propaganda about how critically important Flash is on mobile devices, even though millions of people been using the highest ranked smartphone for three years now without suffering any ill (not even the rest of humanity on lessor smartphones have missed being able to render desktop Flash content, because they haven’t been able to either). There’s a reason for all that talk: Adobe is terrified.
> It is a sad state of affairs that our government has to set up
> a separate agency to analyze the (in)efficiency of a government
> organization that is setup to analyze the (in)efficiencys of other
> organizations.
You aren't being fair. If they hadn't done it, you'd be one of the guys criticizing the government for not monitoring their activities.
Which is it going to be?
BTW, in my opinion, a separate agency is probably the best way to do this. Think about these words: intimidation, collusion.
> Deregulation of the cellphone market is a rather famous example of
> where deregulation worked really well--it's an awful lot cheaper
> now than it used to be.
Well, that and a half-dozen other major factors. In fact, the cell phone market is MUCH cheaper all around the entire world than it once was. What was your point, again?
I love competition as much as the next guy but don't toot your little horn too loudly about deregulation success stories or someone will quote you one fantastic deregulation failure to match everyone one of your successes.
> Why are you in the US, if the EU is so much better? The US is
> different. It isn't Germany or the UK. That traditional distrust
> of government may well be one of the fundamental reasons why you
> have a job here. And to be honest, if the government can't fix
> potholes in freeways, then it's going to screw up any trains or
> health care that it gets near.
I fail to see why this is modded "5, Insightful."
Maybe it ought to be "3, Defensive."
You should have stopped right before the part that goes, "And to be honest...."
If you had stopped there, you'd've been okay, but instead you went off into silly speculation. Credibility = 0.
Disappointing since you had just made a good point.
If you took your investments in "all of the four laptops I've bought" (4) you could have bought a MacBook that has a line-in.
I'm just saying.
Also, your laptops seem to have a useful lifespan of just 2.5 years. Sumthin' wrong there, too.
My 10-year old PowerBook with line-in is still in use.
What have you been buying???