Well, hello there, selective memory. There are tons of Linux and other articles every single day. The iPhone is a major technology release that has changed phones, so it's going to get stories written about it.
How about you move your cursor to the right side of your window and click the left mouse button on the scroll bar to do what we refer to as "scrolling." By "scrolling," you will move the awful Apple story off of your screen! It's like your very own AdBlock.
This is Slashdot, which sucks Google's dick at every opportunity. Google has a competing phone platform, so Slashdot is going to put out as much FUD as possible about the phone, and Apple-haters will do their part in the comments to further the image that everything is going horribly wrong and that Apple is evil for regulating what runs on their platforms (just like Google, Microsoft, and every console manufacturer already does).
Apparently, the issue is caused by the bottom-left corner of the phone. They did test it, though. I guess you missed the whole story about the engineer losing test phone out in the wild.
It's like you're operating under some weird, arbitrary assumption that GPU power is all that matters, and selling points that aren't based on that are "dreams and lies." Basically, you're a kook and a graphics whore.
Tech geeks thing hardware requires big numbers to be competitive. However, being competitive also encompasses things like low cost, ease of development, appealing application of the technology (e.g, 3D display in this case), and more.
The government, particularly this administration, wants to control the flow of information for its own agendas. There's a philosophical battle now between the power of city-states and nation-states, where the administration believes in a nation-state that regulates everything while rising anti-Washington public sentiment supports city-states who make their own laws. A society with a technology like the internet is far more difficult to control as a nation-state, but regulating that technology is a way for the government to regain some level of control over what people know and what they're talking about--something they've lost in the last 15 years.
People wanted "net neutrality." Well, this is what you get when you hand control of the Internet over to the government. I've never understood what goes on in the head of a net neutrality supporter who wants the government to regulate net traffic, as if the government isn't more corrupt, inept, and power-hungry than corporations. Not only will the government want a kill switch, but they'll also be susceptible to lobby groups like the RIAA that make political donations to candidates who then go on to "regulate" P2P traffic for them.
That's because if a company isn't growing, it's stagnant or shrinking. Markets are always changing, and we're seeing that in computing with the growth of the web and mobile devices--places where Microsoft is failing hard. Just having huge profits doesn't mean anything by itself, because that can go away quickly, and if a company doesn't change to match the market, it quickly becomes irrelevant.
They're not continuing to grow. On the contrary, they're failing in the web and mobile computing markets that are replacing the traditional desktop. They're in the position IBM used to be, where they're making money just out of past momentum, but that is running out.
I don't know if you've looked at their stock price under Ballmer...
They're in bad shape because they're failing in emerging markets that determine the future of computing--the web and mobile devices. Making tons of money doesn't mean they have a future. IBM was in the same position.
What does that have to do with this? You cited a completely unrelated situation where something was called FUD, and that's supposed to mean this story submission isn't FUD? The article is nothing more than some third-party developers speculating that elements of UIKit will end up in OS X eventually. The "DRM-free" part was added by the Slashdot editor.
It's 2010, and Slashdotters still obsess over DRM and things being "locked down." The world just does not care. It's only idealistic Slashdot posters who think it's some huge deal that's affecting everybody's lives.
Apple wants to kill the Mac OS desktop. Thus far I've been called a Troll, Naive and Insane. Now I am vindicated as developers have said the same thing.
How does the speculation of a few developers vindicate you?
Steve Jobs himself has already addressed this topic and said traditional PCs won't go away. They'll be like trucks; the people who need them will simply be fewer than those who just drive regular cars.
leading to a single DRM-locked OS on your MacBook and your iPad.
There is zero evidence that any such convergence (beyond the fact they already share the same Darwin core and Foundation classes) would be "DRM-locked." You threw the phrase in there as flamebait to ignite discussion. Don't be an alarmist site.
Steam's DRM is one of the least intrusive out there. I forget it's even there until some Slashdotter brings it up. Kind of diminishes your point when the evil DRM isn't even noticeable.
People who use the phrase "big oil" non-ironically are just trying to use emotions to drive their point. Barton apologized because the Consitution doesn't give the president the authority to just take money without due process from a company and give it to people he wants. Many other economists are incensed over this issue.
Surprisingly, most of the fans seemed to enjoy the science lesson, but representatives of the band didn't seem to think it was funny.
What's surprising about that? ICP is completely tongue-in-cheek. They're the KISS of rap. Almost all their lyrics are totally facetious, and I've never really gotten the blind hatred toward them (which they love and use for marketing, by the way).
One of the members said this video was intentional and that they have a movie coming out just in time. I think they know exactly what they're doing.
In a letter sent to the FCC Monday (PDF), the groups argue the new $30 billion entity would have unprecedented control over the media landscape, raising antitrust concerns.
The same FCC that's trying to regain control of the internet and tax major websites? Where are the concerns over that?
If it's not supposed to replace email, why did nearly every article written about it and every presentation begin by describing the history of email and implied Wave was the next step after email? Saying it's not intended to replace email is basically going back on everything that was said about Wave.
Dude, we get what it's supposed to be for. It's just pointless in practice, and frankly, cumbersome to use in a high-traffic scenario. Every article about Wave hyped it up as the next historic step after email, and it was bullshit from the start.
People have problems with Slashdot reporting every time Steve Jobs farts.
Bullshit. Here's Slashdot's RSS feed as of this post:
Carbon Nanotubes Batteries Pack More Punch iOS 4 Releases Today Toshiba Demos Dual-Touchscreen Notebook Google Wave Out of Beta Why Being Wrong Makes Humans So Smart New Air Conditioner Process Cuts Energy Use 50-90% What US Health Care Needs California Wants To Put E-Ads On License Plates Former Soviet Republic of Georgia To Become IT Tax Haven In NJ, Higher Tech Lowers Crime Swype Beta For Android Is Open, Temporarily Windows Phone 7 Lacks Copy-and-Paste German Radar Satellite Lifts Off Tonight Utah Attorney General Tweets Execution Order AU National Broadband Network Signs $11 Billion Deal With Telstra Made-For-Torrents Sci-Fi Drama "Pioneer One" Debuts Verizon Makes Offering Service Blocks A Fireable Offense Better Development Through Competition? DHS Wants To Monitor The Web For Terrorists "Cumulative Voting" Method Gaining Attention UK's RIAA Goes After Google Using the US DMCA Potato-Powered Batteries Debut Turning Attackers' Tools Against Them Google Builds a Native PDF Reader Into Chrome Apple Quietly Goes After Mac Trojan With Update Getty's Flickr Sales, Money Spinner Or Ripoff? Why Google's Wi-Fi Payload Collection Was Inadvertent SpaceX Falcon 9 Relatively Cheap Compared To NASA's New Pad
If anything gets covered to a higher-than-average degree, it's Google and Google products, and even that's not by much. It's just a lazy, mindless meme from Apple-haters to claim Apple gets more coverage, because they are apparently unable to use their mouse to manipulate the scrollbar and move past the big ol' Apple story on the front page that they hate so much.
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"iSlaves?" The smugness from the Apple-hating Slashbots today is pretty amusing and shows how out of touch this readership is getting. It's bad enough you get news half a week behind everyone else.
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Well, hello there, selective memory. There are tons of Linux and other articles every single day. The iPhone is a major technology release that has changed phones, so it's going to get stories written about it.
How about you move your cursor to the right side of your window and click the left mouse button on the scroll bar to do what we refer to as "scrolling." By "scrolling," you will move the awful Apple story off of your screen! It's like your very own AdBlock.
This is Slashdot, which sucks Google's dick at every opportunity. Google has a competing phone platform, so Slashdot is going to put out as much FUD as possible about the phone, and Apple-haters will do their part in the comments to further the image that everything is going horribly wrong and that Apple is evil for regulating what runs on their platforms (just like Google, Microsoft, and every console manufacturer already does).
Apparently, the issue is caused by the bottom-left corner of the phone. They did test it, though. I guess you missed the whole story about the engineer losing test phone out in the wild.
Life is really too short to be idealistic about freaking phone apps.
"Fraudulent?" Huh?
It's like you're operating under some weird, arbitrary assumption that GPU power is all that matters, and selling points that aren't based on that are "dreams and lies." Basically, you're a kook and a graphics whore.
Tech geeks thing hardware requires big numbers to be competitive. However, being competitive also encompasses things like low cost, ease of development, appealing application of the technology (e.g, 3D display in this case), and more.
Source?
He was voted into office as an independent, so he must not be so reviled as you claim.
The government, particularly this administration, wants to control the flow of information for its own agendas. There's a philosophical battle now between the power of city-states and nation-states, where the administration believes in a nation-state that regulates everything while rising anti-Washington public sentiment supports city-states who make their own laws. A society with a technology like the internet is far more difficult to control as a nation-state, but regulating that technology is a way for the government to regain some level of control over what people know and what they're talking about--something they've lost in the last 15 years.
People wanted "net neutrality." Well, this is what you get when you hand control of the Internet over to the government. I've never understood what goes on in the head of a net neutrality supporter who wants the government to regulate net traffic, as if the government isn't more corrupt, inept, and power-hungry than corporations. Not only will the government want a kill switch, but they'll also be susceptible to lobby groups like the RIAA that make political donations to candidates who then go on to "regulate" P2P traffic for them.
That's because if a company isn't growing, it's stagnant or shrinking. Markets are always changing, and we're seeing that in computing with the growth of the web and mobile devices--places where Microsoft is failing hard. Just having huge profits doesn't mean anything by itself, because that can go away quickly, and if a company doesn't change to match the market, it quickly becomes irrelevant.
They're not continuing to grow. On the contrary, they're failing in the web and mobile computing markets that are replacing the traditional desktop. They're in the position IBM used to be, where they're making money just out of past momentum, but that is running out.
I don't know if you've looked at their stock price under Ballmer...
They're in bad shape because they're failing in emerging markets that determine the future of computing--the web and mobile devices. Making tons of money doesn't mean they have a future. IBM was in the same position.
What does that have to do with this? You cited a completely unrelated situation where something was called FUD, and that's supposed to mean this story submission isn't FUD? The article is nothing more than some third-party developers speculating that elements of UIKit will end up in OS X eventually. The "DRM-free" part was added by the Slashdot editor.
It's 2010, and Slashdotters still obsess over DRM and things being "locked down." The world just does not care. It's only idealistic Slashdot posters who think it's some huge deal that's affecting everybody's lives.
Mac sales have grown each quarter. University students aren't going to be doing their homework on iPads. They'll want laptops.
How does the speculation of a few developers vindicate you?
Steve Jobs himself has already addressed this topic and said traditional PCs won't go away. They'll be like trucks; the people who need them will simply be fewer than those who just drive regular cars.
There is zero evidence that any such convergence (beyond the fact they already share the same Darwin core and Foundation classes) would be "DRM-locked." You threw the phrase in there as flamebait to ignite discussion. Don't be an alarmist site.
Steam's DRM is one of the least intrusive out there. I forget it's even there until some Slashdotter brings it up. Kind of diminishes your point when the evil DRM isn't even noticeable.
People who use the phrase "big oil" non-ironically are just trying to use emotions to drive their point. Barton apologized because the Consitution doesn't give the president the authority to just take money without due process from a company and give it to people he wants. Many other economists are incensed over this issue.
What's surprising about that? ICP is completely tongue-in-cheek. They're the KISS of rap. Almost all their lyrics are totally facetious, and I've never really gotten the blind hatred toward them (which they love and use for marketing, by the way).
One of the members said this video was intentional and that they have a movie coming out just in time. I think they know exactly what they're doing.
The same FCC that's trying to regain control of the internet and tax major websites? Where are the concerns over that?
If it's not supposed to replace email, why did nearly every article written about it and every presentation begin by describing the history of email and implied Wave was the next step after email? Saying it's not intended to replace email is basically going back on everything that was said about Wave.
But is it synergistic?
Dude, we get what it's supposed to be for. It's just pointless in practice, and frankly, cumbersome to use in a high-traffic scenario. Every article about Wave hyped it up as the next historic step after email, and it was bullshit from the start.
Bullshit. Here's Slashdot's RSS feed as of this post:
Carbon Nanotubes Batteries Pack More Punch
iOS 4 Releases Today
Toshiba Demos Dual-Touchscreen Notebook
Google Wave Out of Beta
Why Being Wrong Makes Humans So Smart
New Air Conditioner Process Cuts Energy Use 50-90%
What US Health Care Needs
California Wants To Put E-Ads On License Plates
Former Soviet Republic of Georgia To Become IT Tax Haven
In NJ, Higher Tech Lowers Crime
Swype Beta For Android Is Open, Temporarily
Windows Phone 7 Lacks Copy-and-Paste
German Radar Satellite Lifts Off Tonight
Utah Attorney General Tweets Execution Order
AU National Broadband Network Signs $11 Billion Deal With Telstra
Made-For-Torrents Sci-Fi Drama "Pioneer One" Debuts
Verizon Makes Offering Service Blocks A Fireable Offense
Better Development Through Competition?
DHS Wants To Monitor The Web For Terrorists
"Cumulative Voting" Method Gaining Attention
UK's RIAA Goes After Google Using the US DMCA
Potato-Powered Batteries Debut
Turning Attackers' Tools Against Them
Google Builds a Native PDF Reader Into Chrome
Apple Quietly Goes After Mac Trojan With Update
Getty's Flickr Sales, Money Spinner Or Ripoff?
Why Google's Wi-Fi Payload Collection Was Inadvertent
SpaceX Falcon 9 Relatively Cheap Compared To NASA's New Pad
If anything gets covered to a higher-than-average degree, it's Google and Google products, and even that's not by much. It's just a lazy, mindless meme from Apple-haters to claim Apple gets more coverage, because they are apparently unable to use their mouse to manipulate the scrollbar and move past the big ol' Apple story on the front page that they hate so much.
"iSlaves?" The smugness from the Apple-hating Slashbots today is pretty amusing and shows how out of touch this readership is getting. It's bad enough you get news half a week behind everyone else.