Wait, what's so great about Ruby syntax? It does resemble C and C++. It also resembles Perl, bash, and even Python in a few ways. I guess you found some combination of that you found unique. Sorta how throwing a big pile of shit at the wall can still look like art if you get lucky;)
Sorry, bad joke. I know it's not nice to make fun of a religion...:P
Jeez, of course not! Guess I should have just said "108th story of the Empire State Building", since my fact checking only went as far as making sure it had less than 108 stories...
I wish the 108th story of the Sears Tower did have windows that could open, so you would be able to compare it to the 108th story of a skyscraper in New York... oh wait, nevermind, there isn't one;)
Anyway, I think in general (and these comments in particular) people are more interested in the gusts and max wind speed. The ave max wind speed in Chicago is about 58 MPH, and only 40 MPH in New York (Manhatten). Not even close!
Yeah, but that's a yearly average. It uses a LOT more electricity for A/C in the summer, when the sunlight averages are much higher.
In any case, I don't think anyone believes this is going to be a particularly cost effective project energy-wise (the installation and maintenance costs to install that many transparent solar panels 800 feet off the ground must be huge). But it is a huge marketing maneuver to make the tallest building in the United States run largely on its own solar power; kind of don't think random-office-building in Phoenix would have the same effect;)
Ok, Mr. Picky Semantics - name one French above ground test in a territory that willingly accepted their rule, and I will consider that a test on French soil.
And in case you don't want to look it up...;) the French tests were all done in Algeria (which was a willing territory at the time about as much as the West Bank is as an Israeil colony...) and uninhabited atolls in the Pacific. NOT the same thing as bombing the shit out of a desert barely 60 miles from Las Vegas. (Or from your comparison, even close to Hawaii, which is a full state of the union with voting rights, etc... no irradiation without representation!;)
This I don't get. If you want "developer friendliness" and "least surprise", use a syntax with the (relatively) minimal set of keywords/tokens to accomplish your task. Ruby has basically incorporated the syntax and conventions of every major programming language of the last 30 years...
And I guess you could call it "developer friendliness" if you want to let people freeform program in whatever style they want, with no two developers tending to use the same syntax for the same implementation - but at this point in my career (ie having worked for half a dozen companies and realizing what you write now may exist for decades), I consider a major component of "developer friendliness" as "easily comprehensible and maintainable by the next developer".
Microsoft doesn't really add bloat to their OS, they somehow let their software do that to itself.
I have a 4 year old laptop, and it became almost unusable. I reinstalled the exact same version of Windows XP on it, and now it's like a new computer...
Actually, those numbers are the total above ground tests performed by each country. France and UK, for example, never actually detonated any in their own country, and the majority of the US above ground tests were on atolls in the Pacific. Almost all of the USSR's were on its own soil, though. Those Russians have always had a self-destructive tendency.
Still, it's a valid point. I'm sure Las Vegas has been exposed to orders of Magnitude more fallout than Tokyo ever was...
Apple needs to decide if it is going to limit Apps to what falls in their moral code or not, and if they do decide to censor, de facto they should be held morally accountable to those apps that they approve.
I think the problem is that Apple has already made it clear that they *have* taken the position of moral arbiter for apps on their devices, and "free speech" is not one of the factors they consider. Once they have done that, then by definition whatever they allow in the App Store passes their moral code.
And before anyone disagrees, this is a DIRECT quote from their App Store guidelines:
"We view Apps different than books or songs, which we do not curate. If you want to criticize a religion, write a book. If you want to describe sex, write a book or a song, or create a medical app."
And more specifically:
"14.1 Any app that is defamatory, offensive, mean-spirited, or likely to place the targeted individual or group in harms way will be rejected."
So yes, it sounds like Apple believes that people do have a right not to be offended, at least as far as their App Store is concerned. So they don't consider it offensive??
Ok, then, please tell me what about my post that offended you SO much is not true:
"Web apps are slower, and there is NO REASON they should be. iOS apps are getting banned with Apple's new policy, and their alternative is pay $$ or make a web app - which will be SLOWER than it should be."
I was just stating what the article SAID (and has not been disputed), not inferring reasons behind it. Others have looked into it and found that web apps (using the same web browser core) don't use the new Javascript enhancements, do offline caching, asynchronous execution, and other HTML5 features.
All Apple has to do is state "oops, there is a bug, for some reason we forgot to test web apps from the home screen, we'll fix it ASAP!" But until then (and I won't hold my breath) there is by definition no reason given for the issue...
So make a game for the PC or the iPhone (and yes, technically iOS is "locked out", but it costs a massive $100 developer fee to publish as many games as you want), and if it's popular enough, it will easily get picked up by a distributor to port to the consoles (I assume you have heard of a little game called "Angry Birds"?)
It's really no different from indie movies. Feel free to make all of the movies you want, but you're not going to get any theaters to show them unless they are good AND get picked up by a distributor.
I have an iPhone and an iPad and they are great devices - I'm far from an Apple hater. But I won't put blinders on and assume every business decision Apple makes is one step closer to world peace, either.
I have even created iOS and iPhone-customized web apps, how about you? I doubt it...
Anyway, you sure are a Mac fanboy, but not very cheerful.
With your argument all science is impossible, because the very concept of observation or designing an experiment to simulate natural processes implies they are therefore created by an intelligent being. Circular logic is circular (but is the most popular pro-religion argument around...)
THAT IS THE POINT. Web apps are slower, and there is NO REASON they should be. iOS apps are getting banned with Apple's new policy, and their alternative is pay $$ or make a web app - which will be SLOWER than it should be. Hence Apple... Handcuff... Web Apps? I don't think I have ever had to tell someone to Read The Fucking Title before...
That's the worst analogy I have seen in a while. Have you actually heard of someone has stated that cars evolved spontaneously over billions of years?
Also, you clearly know NOTHING about the science itself. Creation of amino acids from inorganic molecules is not evolution in the first place, it's abiogenesis.
As far as evolution, there are a huge number of scientific studies based on direct observation that show evolution in action, often in vivo. From things as simple as antibiotic resistant bacteria (or is "God" just trying harder to kill us?) to generations of moths adapting their camouflage patterns to coal dust in England, to warm blooded mammals outlasting their cold-blooded dinosaur competitors (or are all of those bones really just "God's pet lizards"?)
We're not talking about these apps which were native apps and not web apps.
Yes, that's exactly what we are talking about. The whole point of the article is that if these services now want to be on the iPhone, etc without paying that cut to Apple they will need to create a web app, and when they attempt to integrate them seamlessly using Apple's recommended method, they will run more slowly for no apparent reason.
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True, but just because "douche bag" started out as a feminine product, doesn't mean it's not still appropriate in the more recently popular meaning.
And to that, you have clearly never been in the Loop in September, or in the left field upper deck at Wrigley when the wind's blowing in...
Wait, what's so great about Ruby syntax? It does resemble C and C++. It also resembles Perl, bash, and even Python in a few ways. I guess you found some combination of that you found unique. Sorta how throwing a big pile of shit at the wall can still look like art if you get lucky ;)
Sorry, bad joke. I know it's not nice to make fun of a religion... :P
Jeez, of course not! Guess I should have just said "108th story of the Empire State Building", since my fact checking only went as far as making sure it had less than 108 stories...
It's not my fault your ideas have line breaks...
I wish the 108th story of the Sears Tower did have windows that could open, so you would be able to compare it to the 108th story of a skyscraper in New York... oh wait, nevermind, there isn't one ;)
Anyway, I think in general (and these comments in particular) people are more interested in the gusts and max wind speed. The ave max wind speed in Chicago is about 58 MPH, and only 40 MPH in New York (Manhatten). Not even close!
Yeah, but that's a yearly average. It uses a LOT more electricity for A/C in the summer, when the sunlight averages are much higher.
In any case, I don't think anyone believes this is going to be a particularly cost effective project energy-wise (the installation and maintenance costs to install that many transparent solar panels 800 feet off the ground must be huge). But it is a huge marketing maneuver to make the tallest building in the United States run largely on its own solar power; kind of don't think random-office-building in Phoenix would have the same effect ;)
And remember this is Chicago, not New York, so even the not-so-cute 300lb IT support guy would be in peril with those winds...
Ok, Mr. Picky Semantics - name one French above ground test in a territory that willingly accepted their rule, and I will consider that a test on French soil.
And in case you don't want to look it up... ;) the French tests were all done in Algeria (which was a willing territory at the time about as much as the West Bank is as an Israeil colony...) and uninhabited atolls in the Pacific. NOT the same thing as bombing the shit out of a desert barely 60 miles from Las Vegas. (Or from your comparison, even close to Hawaii, which is a full state of the union with voting rights, etc... no irradiation without representation! ;)
This I don't get. If you want "developer friendliness" and "least surprise", use a syntax with the (relatively) minimal set of keywords/tokens to accomplish your task. Ruby has basically incorporated the syntax and conventions of every major programming language of the last 30 years...
And I guess you could call it "developer friendliness" if you want to let people freeform program in whatever style they want, with no two developers tending to use the same syntax for the same implementation - but at this point in my career (ie having worked for half a dozen companies and realizing what you write now may exist for decades), I consider a major component of "developer friendliness" as "easily comprehensible and maintainable by the next developer".
Microsoft doesn't really add bloat to their OS, they somehow let their software do that to itself.
I have a 4 year old laptop, and it became almost unusable. I reinstalled the exact same version of Windows XP on it, and now it's like a new computer...
Don't knock the Noone, he cares alot about it...
Yeah, stop putting your finger over the 0.5mm gap on the side, that where all the heat should exhaust!
Except that it was .11 and .012...
Actually, those numbers are the total above ground tests performed by each country. France and UK, for example, never actually detonated any in their own country, and the majority of the US above ground tests were on atolls in the Pacific. Almost all of the USSR's were on its own soil, though. Those Russians have always had a self-destructive tendency.
Still, it's a valid point. I'm sure Las Vegas has been exposed to orders of Magnitude more fallout than Tokyo ever was...
Hypocrisy hurts, more like.
Apple needs to decide if it is going to limit Apps to what falls in their moral code or not, and if they do decide to censor, de facto they should be held morally accountable to those apps that they approve.
I think the problem is that Apple has already made it clear that they *have* taken the position of moral arbiter for apps on their devices, and "free speech" is not one of the factors they consider. Once they have done that, then by definition whatever they allow in the App Store passes their moral code.
And before anyone disagrees, this is a DIRECT quote from their App Store guidelines:
"We view Apps different than books or songs, which we do not curate. If you want to criticize a religion, write a book. If you want to describe sex, write a book or a song, or create a medical app."
And more specifically:
"14.1 Any app that is defamatory, offensive, mean-spirited, or likely to place the targeted individual or group in harms way will be rejected."
So yes, it sounds like Apple believes that people do have a right not to be offended, at least as far as their App Store is concerned. So they don't consider it offensive??
So they are fine with an app bashing the Bible and Christianity, but not anything bashing the Quran and Mohammed...
http://macdailynews.com/2010/05/20/apple_pulls_islam_muhammad_app_from_app_store_with_video/
I mean, not that I care in the slightest for either religion, but their hypocritical free-speech-when-it's-convenient defense is getting old...
Ok, then, please tell me what about my post that offended you SO much is not true:
"Web apps are slower, and there is NO REASON they should be. iOS apps are getting banned with Apple's new policy, and their alternative is pay $$ or make a web app - which will be SLOWER than it should be."
I was just stating what the article SAID (and has not been disputed), not inferring reasons behind it. Others have looked into it and found that web apps (using the same web browser core) don't use the new Javascript enhancements, do offline caching, asynchronous execution, and other HTML5 features.
All Apple has to do is state "oops, there is a bug, for some reason we forgot to test web apps from the home screen, we'll fix it ASAP!" But until then (and I won't hold my breath) there is by definition no reason given for the issue...
So make a game for the PC or the iPhone (and yes, technically iOS is "locked out", but it costs a massive $100 developer fee to publish as many games as you want), and if it's popular enough, it will easily get picked up by a distributor to port to the consoles (I assume you have heard of a little game called "Angry Birds"?)
It's really no different from indie movies. Feel free to make all of the movies you want, but you're not going to get any theaters to show them unless they are good AND get picked up by a distributor.
I have an iPhone and an iPad and they are great devices - I'm far from an Apple hater. But I won't put blinders on and assume every business decision Apple makes is one step closer to world peace, either.
I have even created iOS and iPhone-customized web apps, how about you? I doubt it...
Anyway, you sure are a Mac fanboy, but not very cheerful.
With your argument all science is impossible, because the very concept of observation or designing an experiment to simulate natural processes implies they are therefore created by an intelligent being. Circular logic is circular (but is the most popular pro-religion argument around...)
Wow, the clues are sparse today...
THAT IS THE POINT. Web apps are slower, and there is NO REASON they should be. iOS apps are getting banned with Apple's new policy, and their alternative is pay $$ or make a web app - which will be SLOWER than it should be. Hence Apple... Handcuff... Web Apps? I don't think I have ever had to tell someone to Read The Fucking Title before...
That's the worst analogy I have seen in a while. Have you actually heard of someone has stated that cars evolved spontaneously over billions of years?
Also, you clearly know NOTHING about the science itself. Creation of amino acids from inorganic molecules is not evolution in the first place, it's abiogenesis.
As far as evolution, there are a huge number of scientific studies based on direct observation that show evolution in action, often in vivo. From things as simple as antibiotic resistant bacteria (or is "God" just trying harder to kill us?) to generations of moths adapting their camouflage patterns to coal dust in England, to warm blooded mammals outlasting their cold-blooded dinosaur competitors (or are all of those bones really just "God's pet lizards"?)
Don't worry, in case you can't make it there, pictures are available...
http://www.dedroidify.com/blogimages/sp02.JPG
We're not talking about these apps which were native apps and not web apps.
Yes, that's exactly what we are talking about. The whole point of the article is that if these services now want to be on the iPhone, etc without paying that cut to Apple they will need to create a web app, and when they attempt to integrate them seamlessly using Apple's recommended method, they will run more slowly for no apparent reason.