Don't worry, Slashdotters are more concerned with whether or not Sony's NGP gets delayed, because according to the linked comment, "anything that hurts Sony is good for the consumer" including devastating natural disasters. Modded up as "Funny."
Hey, look. Another Apple hater posting anonymously on Slashdot. Has anyone else noticed that they're always suspiciously anonymous?
Tons of companies had articles written about the impact that the Japanese tsunami would have on their supply chains. Even Slashdot posted an article about the impact on Sony's NGP. Guess what? In addition to the impact on people's lives, natural disasters also have economic consequences. But, of course, because you're bashing Apple, you're going to get moderated up on the new anti-Apple Slashdot.
I suggest you take a look at the Slashdot Sony NGP article where Slashdotters post "funny" comments like this saying that anything which hurts Sony, even devastating natural disasters, is good for the consumer. For you to pretend that Apple and its supporters are the insensitive ones is ridiculous, especially considering the help Apple offered to Japanese people affected by the disaster:
Japan Apple Store offers power, support, shelter
As the tragedy and aftershocks of the Japanese earthquake still unfold, one Apple Store employee offers an account of how Apple is doing its part to help.
On his personal blog, Web investor Kevin Rose posted an e-mail he received from a friend who works at an Apple Store in Japan. Rose’s friend, who wished to remain anonymous, explained how the store has been offering power strips and device charging cables to anyone who needed them. The store has stayed open late into the night teaching people how to check news on their devices or use the store’s free Wi-Fi to e-mail and FaceTime with loved ones.
Apple told both its retail and corporate staff that they could sleep at Apple stores. After the initial earthquake hit on Friday, senior managers ran out to stock up on food and drinks to prepare their stores as emergency shelters. Employees have been able to stay overnight in the store and even bring family, with one business team member’s mother walking 3.5 hours to get there. When she arrived, store staff greeted her with the kind of standing ovation that Apple Stores use for big product launches.
Apple corporate employees also told retail staff that, should they want to attempt to go home, Apple would cover the costs of food and transportation. Should employees find that they couldn’t make it home, Apple would also pay for a hotel.
Of course, stories of businesses pitching in during times of crisis are nothing new. Sony, for example, announced that it has donated 300 million Japanese yen, set up a disaster relief fund that employees can donate into, and donated 30,000 radios for relief efforts. But anecdotes like this, from citizens on the ground, offer a sliver of a silver lining to what is an increasingly dark cloud.
The only reason I'm bothering responding to this crap is that, as of this writing, you've somehow gotten +2 Insightful. Seriously, how do posts like yours get modded up? And the guy you were responding to who pointed out the over-the-top anti-Apple trolling gets modded down as a troll! This moderation system is completely, utterly broken and needs to be replaced. It's being exploited by people with an agenda.
I love this fantasy about Apple fans being insensitive to the Japanese when Slashdotters posted comments like this in the "Sony's NGCP May Be Delayed By Japan Quake" article. That particular comment, which says that "Anything that hurts Sony is good for the consumer," is currently +3 Funny.
Gotta love Slashdot. This and other comments are cheering at the effects of the lethal earthquake and tsunami because they delay a product from a technology company that they don't like.
The teasers for the next Tron film indicate Alan Bradley will play a larger role, and Encom employees have even apparently nicknamed him "Tron," so in a way, Tron will get more screen time.
The technologies behind the phone networks themselves are patented, and the spectrum on which they operate is exclusively licensed to four, soon to be three nationwide companies. With no patent license and no spectrum, how does one "fork and implement them"?
The topic is Android, an open source operating system that can be forked, not the cell phone networks.
So what should I use instead of a smartphone to accomplish the use cases commonly associated with smartphones?
A laptop, a tablet, or simply don't do the things you'd accomplish with a smartphone. You're acting as if a smartphone is a necessity like food and water.
"It looks like you're playing the Hobson's choice card. Would you like help?"
What you're thinking of is actually a Morton's fork.
I don't see "don't use a smartphone at all" as germane in a discussion about which smartphone to use. It's almost like recommending that a Slashdot user give up telecommunication and join the Amish.
The discussion wasn't about which smartphone to use; it was about the existence of bad ideas and how people are free to implement bad ideas in an open system. You said bad ideas were "forced" onto consumers, without explanation. No consumer is forced to purchase a smartphone. A smartphone is a technological luxury.
The idea of a "cure" for baldness is silly to begin with. It's not a disease. Thinning hair or balding is a natural occurrence in all human males. Caused by testosterone, it signifies biological maturity and also occurs in primates. Many men worry about it so much without realizing that women don't even care.
This is Slashdot. It's strictly pro-Google territory. It doesn't matter that it makes no sense to compare an entire operating system platform to a single phone. What matters is that something from Google is super and awesome. You're supposed to remain ignorant of the fact that no single Google smartphone outsells the iPhone, or that the carriers have control over Android which is why they love it, or that the legitimate Android app market is so negligible as to be practically non-existent, or that the iPad is kicking Android's ass, etc.
Slashdot hasn't even posted anything about the recent controversy of Google withholding the source to Honeycomb for the indefinite future or making licensees sign "non-fragmentation clauses" that grant Google final approval over source changes. That's not open source. It's an illusion of open source for marketing purposes, to gain the support of evangelist communities like this one while tying everyone's data to an insular and proprietary search and advertising platform.
The pro-Google bias is just unrelenting around here. The fact is that Apple actually makes money off of the iOS platform, and it gets the glowing media coverage because it's the one setting the trends that competitors like Google constantly follow. In business, that means Apple won. Windows is #1 in marketshare on the desktop, but we all know that doesn't mean everybody loves it or that it's the best.
STILL no story posted by Slashdot about the controversy of Google withholding the source code to Honeycomb for the indefinite future (except to their privileged partners) as well as requiring licensees to agree to "non-fragmentation clauses" that give Google final approval over source code changes. This is against the spirit of open source and makes Android another insular platform of secrecy. These stories has gotten a lot of press in the tech media and on blogs in the past couple of weeks, yet Slashdot has been totally silent.
Google exploited the positive buzz of the phrase "open source" to cater to evangelists from the open source community, and now that they have a foothold, they're trying to exert the same kind of control over Android that they claimed they were philosophically opposed to. Why has Slashdot posted nothing about this controversy?
There's actually a lot of legitimate tech news happening today. For instance, there's a scareware trojan going around that's apparently infected at least half a million machines using the classic SQL injection trick. Also, where is Slashdot's story about Google's stricter controls over Android? Doesn't anyone care that they're now withholding the source to Honeycomb and making licensees sign "non-fragmentation clauses" that give Google final approval over source changes? It's the hot topic of discussion right now, but you wouldn't know it if Slashdot was your tech news source.
Not only is it not stated anywhere in the article that only your contacts see it, but if you go to the Google +1 Button page, it says the following:
In order to +1 things, you first need a public Google profile. This helps people see who recommended that tasty recipe or great campsite. When you create a profile, it's visible to anyone and connections with your email address can easily find it.
It goes on to say that you can make them private. There is no indication of a setting to make them visible to friends only, so the implication is that it is either visible to everyone or only to you. One wonders what the default setting will be.
This is supposed to be a tech news site which means, yes, an article reflecting on the last 10 years of the latest popular OS from the company that started the home computer revolution in the first place is going to show up.
Slashdot barely posts anything else but a daily cycle of Linux/GPL/Google//GPL/Piracy/Google stories. When it finally posts something different, like an Apple story, we get cross-armed morons like you complaining that it's a marketing piece, due to your emotional hatred for Apple and your need to feel special because you're brooding in the corner and rejecting something popular. Worse yet, you get modded up for it by others with an agenda.
This site has become a mouthpiece for Google and Linux evangelists. Nothing else can get posted without being criticized, accused, or dismissed. There was always a slant, but there was also appreciation for other technology. With people leaving for sites like Reddit, Slashdot's comment section is now so mindlessly antagonistic toward any Google competitors that it's become ridiculously one-sided.
However, Apple is now stating that their embedded browser, called UIWebView, does not share the same optimisations MobileSafari does.
UIWebView is just a WebKit view that third-party applications can embed; it's not a complete browser on its own. MobileSafari has custom caching mechanisms and asynchronous loading, which is what Apple is referring to. There's more to a browser application than just the engine.
It's interesting that the administration regulates its network traffic to serve its needs but wants to strip ISPs of the same freedom over their own private networks.
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Don't worry, Slashdotters are more concerned with whether or not Sony's NGP gets delayed, because according to the linked comment, "anything that hurts Sony is good for the consumer" including devastating natural disasters. Modded up as "Funny."
Hey, look. Another Apple hater posting anonymously on Slashdot. Has anyone else noticed that they're always suspiciously anonymous?
Tons of companies had articles written about the impact that the Japanese tsunami would have on their supply chains. Even Slashdot posted an article about the impact on Sony's NGP. Guess what? In addition to the impact on people's lives, natural disasters also have economic consequences. But, of course, because you're bashing Apple, you're going to get moderated up on the new anti-Apple Slashdot.
I suggest you take a look at the Slashdot Sony NGP article where Slashdotters post "funny" comments like this saying that anything which hurts Sony, even devastating natural disasters, is good for the consumer. For you to pretend that Apple and its supporters are the insensitive ones is ridiculous, especially considering the help Apple offered to Japanese people affected by the disaster:
The only reason I'm bothering responding to this crap is that, as of this writing, you've somehow gotten +2 Insightful. Seriously, how do posts like yours get modded up? And the guy you were responding to who pointed out the over-the-top anti-Apple trolling gets modded down as a troll! This moderation system is completely, utterly broken and needs to be replaced. It's being exploited by people with an agenda.
I love this fantasy about Apple fans being insensitive to the Japanese when Slashdotters posted comments like this in the "Sony's NGCP May Be Delayed By Japan Quake" article. That particular comment, which says that "Anything that hurts Sony is good for the consumer," is currently +3 Funny.
This is Slashdot. When Google indexes all your personal data for advertisers, it's okay. When non-Google companies do it, it's evil.
Is Google trying to fragment its own platform or what? I thought Honeycomb was their touchscreen tablet OS. Does Google even have a plan?
Blatant sociopaths? What the hell are you talking about?
And do you think the people in the open source community are know for being well-balanced and mature?
"Anything that hurts Sony is good for the consumer." This is saying that even a devastating earthquake and tsunami is great because it hurts Sony.
Gotta love Slashdot. This and other comments are cheering at the effects of the lethal earthquake and tsunami because they delay a product from a technology company that they don't like.
The teasers for the next Tron film indicate Alan Bradley will play a larger role, and Encom employees have even apparently nicknamed him "Tron," so in a way, Tron will get more screen time.
The topic is Android, an open source operating system that can be forked, not the cell phone networks.
A laptop, a tablet, or simply don't do the things you'd accomplish with a smartphone. You're acting as if a smartphone is a necessity like food and water.
What you're thinking of is actually a Morton's fork.
The discussion wasn't about which smartphone to use; it was about the existence of bad ideas and how people are free to implement bad ideas in an open system. You said bad ideas were "forced" onto consumers, without explanation. No consumer is forced to purchase a smartphone. A smartphone is a technological luxury.
The idea of a "cure" for baldness is silly to begin with. It's not a disease. Thinning hair or balding is a natural occurrence in all human males. Caused by testosterone, it signifies biological maturity and also occurs in primates. Many men worry about it so much without realizing that women don't even care.
Well, the spirit of openness is that any ideas are allowed if someone wants to fork and implement them. Besides, nobody's forced to use a smartphone.
This is Slashdot. It's strictly pro-Google territory. It doesn't matter that it makes no sense to compare an entire operating system platform to a single phone. What matters is that something from Google is super and awesome. You're supposed to remain ignorant of the fact that no single Google smartphone outsells the iPhone, or that the carriers have control over Android which is why they love it, or that the legitimate Android app market is so negligible as to be practically non-existent, or that the iPad is kicking Android's ass, etc.
Slashdot hasn't even posted anything about the recent controversy of Google withholding the source to Honeycomb for the indefinite future or making licensees sign "non-fragmentation clauses" that grant Google final approval over source changes. That's not open source. It's an illusion of open source for marketing purposes, to gain the support of evangelist communities like this one while tying everyone's data to an insular and proprietary search and advertising platform.
The pro-Google bias is just unrelenting around here. The fact is that Apple actually makes money off of the iOS platform, and it gets the glowing media coverage because it's the one setting the trends that competitors like Google constantly follow. In business, that means Apple won. Windows is #1 in marketshare on the desktop, but we all know that doesn't mean everybody loves it or that it's the best.
STILL no story posted by Slashdot about the controversy of Google withholding the source code to Honeycomb for the indefinite future (except to their privileged partners) as well as requiring licensees to agree to "non-fragmentation clauses" that give Google final approval over source code changes. This is against the spirit of open source and makes Android another insular platform of secrecy. These stories has gotten a lot of press in the tech media and on blogs in the past couple of weeks, yet Slashdot has been totally silent.
Google exploited the positive buzz of the phrase "open source" to cater to evangelists from the open source community, and now that they have a foothold, they're trying to exert the same kind of control over Android that they claimed they were philosophically opposed to. Why has Slashdot posted nothing about this controversy?
There's actually a lot of legitimate tech news happening today. For instance, there's a scareware trojan going around that's apparently infected at least half a million machines using the classic SQL injection trick. Also, where is Slashdot's story about Google's stricter controls over Android? Doesn't anyone care that they're now withholding the source to Honeycomb and making licensees sign "non-fragmentation clauses" that give Google final approval over source changes? It's the hot topic of discussion right now, but you wouldn't know it if Slashdot was your tech news source.
Not only is it not stated anywhere in the article that only your contacts see it, but if you go to the Google +1 Button page, it says the following:
It goes on to say that you can make them private. There is no indication of a setting to make them visible to friends only, so the implication is that it is either visible to everyone or only to you. One wonders what the default setting will be.
Apple was pretty much a new company when Steve Jobs and his NeXTStep associates practically started over in the late 90s.
Um...what? When was Google "run almost into the ground?"
Next time you watch The Dark Knight, stick around after the last scene and see what comes up.
You can blame Samsung for trying to lie.
This is supposed to be a tech news site which means, yes, an article reflecting on the last 10 years of the latest popular OS from the company that started the home computer revolution in the first place is going to show up.
Slashdot barely posts anything else but a daily cycle of Linux/GPL/Google//GPL/Piracy/Google stories. When it finally posts something different, like an Apple story, we get cross-armed morons like you complaining that it's a marketing piece, due to your emotional hatred for Apple and your need to feel special because you're brooding in the corner and rejecting something popular. Worse yet, you get modded up for it by others with an agenda.
This site has become a mouthpiece for Google and Linux evangelists. Nothing else can get posted without being criticized, accused, or dismissed. There was always a slant, but there was also appreciation for other technology. With people leaving for sites like Reddit, Slashdot's comment section is now so mindlessly antagonistic toward any Google competitors that it's become ridiculously one-sided.
UIWebView is just a WebKit view that third-party applications can embed; it's not a complete browser on its own. MobileSafari has custom caching mechanisms and asynchronous loading, which is what Apple is referring to. There's more to a browser application than just the engine.
It's interesting that the administration regulates its network traffic to serve its needs but wants to strip ISPs of the same freedom over their own private networks.
So the U.S. government doesn't even practice "net neutrality" for itself? That's hilarious.
Just because you didn't know about it?