it doesn't matter, because 99% of devices don't use jellybean. and what's the point of developing for it? ICS will never get more than 15% of marketshare, that's got to disappoint devs who invested so much into the platform.
memory corruption bugs that inevitably crop up in complex pieces of software
"it's not our fault, it's inevitable! the software is complex, so there's no way to code it properly to prevent obvious holes you can drive a bus thru!"
-googdevs
Jail them all, I say. I will not abide people that place this nation's security at risk, in order to prove some abstract nihilistic point. Information wants to be free!
I think if people actually went and read the CONSTITUTION they would see that copyright exists for a reason - to protect the creator, to make it profitable to create, and to enbiggen a vibrant creative economy.
Fact is, domestic and foreign govt agencies have moles working at Microsoft and apple to insert back doors or defeat encryption at the source. This is how stuff like flame happens. The only way out of this is to use an open source operating system where you can do your own code review, and where one guy doesn't have a bottle neck of control. Same goes for ios vs android.
Who goes straight from the soda pop to the joint? That's pretty messed up. It's like a board game. First you. Must land on the bud light square, then the tequila square, and probably the abusing prescription drugs square.
The problem is BYOD - bring your own device. people would rather use their own gear than RIM.
Actually, the real problem is that consumer electronics have been growing leaps and bounds, and business electronics have been stuck in the past. It used to be that businesses could afford the real stuff, while consumers got the cheeps. Now, my computer at home is faster and more pleasing to use than my POS at work.
RIM fell into the "POS at work" category. People's eyes were opened by the iPhone, and they began to have a higher standard.
remember the world bank guy who used the word "niggardly" in congressional testimony, and got fired for it? it means "stingy" but you can see how it would raise people's eyebrows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niggardly
If you visit Russian Wikipedia today you will be forgiven for thinking the entire site has crashed.. Russian Wikipedia's main page has been replaced with a redacted logo and a protest text, part of which says 'The Wikipedia community protests against censorship, dangerous to free knowledge, open to all mankind.
umm, i think that a reasonable person would see the protest message, and conclude that the site did not in fact crash. just sayin'
Let me be clear - I don't give an eff what kind of grammar people have. It's a free country and people can do what they want. However, I think that people with bad grammar are effing retards, and I don't let them near me in professional contexts. And if my kids don't get grammar I will force it on them.
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It's a "waste" because you could be spending your time coding for iOS, where 90% of the install base could run your software tomorrow.
DO NOT WANT. obviously a dumb idea.
it doesn't matter, because 99% of devices don't use jellybean. and what's the point of developing for it? ICS will never get more than 15% of marketshare, that's got to disappoint devs who invested so much into the platform.
More likely, they'll track every packet of your data in order to build. Profile of you, then sell it to the highest bidder. Scary!
If its a hardware issue then the loop will be closed with the new phone and iPad mini.
you can do this, but nobody wants to, because they don't want to pay $650 for a phone when they can get it subsidized at $200.
And just as Gingerbread filtered down
Yes, just as it took 3 years to get 2.3 on >50% of devices, we can expect jellybean on a majority by 2016!
memory corruption bugs that inevitably crop up in complex pieces of software
"it's not our fault, it's inevitable! the software is complex, so there's no way to code it properly to prevent obvious holes you can drive a bus thru!" -googdevs
Jail them all, I say. I will not abide people that place this nation's security at risk, in order to prove some abstract nihilistic point. Information wants to be free!
I think if people actually went and read the CONSTITUTION they would see that copyright exists for a reason - to protect the creator, to make it profitable to create, and to enbiggen a vibrant creative economy.
Citation: my contacts at Microsoft and apple. Obviously I can't name names.
Fact is, domestic and foreign govt agencies have moles working at Microsoft and apple to insert back doors or defeat encryption at the source. This is how stuff like flame happens. The only way out of this is to use an open source operating system where you can do your own code review, and where one guy doesn't have a bottle neck of control. Same goes for ios vs android.
the gapeway to addiction
Is that like being addicted to goatse? If so, then no thank you!
Who goes straight from the soda pop to the joint? That's pretty messed up. It's like a board game. First you. Must land on the bud light square, then the tequila square, and probably the abusing prescription drugs square.
The problem is BYOD - bring your own device. people would rather use their own gear than RIM. Actually, the real problem is that consumer electronics have been growing leaps and bounds, and business electronics have been stuck in the past. It used to be that businesses could afford the real stuff, while consumers got the cheeps. Now, my computer at home is faster and more pleasing to use than my POS at work. RIM fell into the "POS at work" category. People's eyes were opened by the iPhone, and they began to have a higher standard.
umm.. duh? where are you going to get the hardware for a mcp, other than in a mcp? it's not a bucket of parts OTS.
ok, so your display is a third the price of a self contained state-of-the-art computer. my lunchbox is much cheaper than a refrigerator. so?
why don't you get a retina macbook pro. the screen has 5 million pixels.
remember the world bank guy who used the word "niggardly" in congressional testimony, and got fired for it? it means "stingy" but you can see how it would raise people's eyebrows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niggardly
my rig has 360 degree horizontal / 180 degree vertical, no bezels, retina display. it's called LIFE. high fps!
i tell you this: for those of us in the knowledge industry, grammar separates the men from the boys.
If you visit Russian Wikipedia today you will be forgiven for thinking the entire site has crashed.. Russian Wikipedia's main page has been replaced with a redacted logo and a protest text, part of which says 'The Wikipedia community protests against censorship, dangerous to free knowledge, open to all mankind.
umm, i think that a reasonable person would see the protest message, and conclude that the site did not in fact crash. just sayin'
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Dude, it,s a thread ABOUT GRAMMAR! what do expect people to talk about? If you don't want to be near pedants, don't hang around slashdot.
Let me be clear - I don't give an eff what kind of grammar people have. It's a free country and people can do what they want. However, I think that people with bad grammar are effing retards, and I don't let them near me in professional contexts. And if my kids don't get grammar I will force it on them.