I take your points, but I've always wondered why society tries to tell the corporations to "be good", instead of legislating "good behavior", or creating incentives for them to do so?
But again many nerds here on Slashdot have instead decided over and over again to proclaim Apple is not successful because they say so, and the technologies they favor will win "just because". That is not going to work out well long-term.
"Who cares?"
I think that aptly summarizes the attitude of the haters here.
I have no use for such lock-in, proprietary bullshit. I'll publish my work in a.PDF instead.
What the hell. As you said, it does save to pdf. What's your complaint again? "Crippled" pdf? You are aware that pdf is not designed for interactive books but a digital version of dead tree publishing, right?
I do predict, however, that eventually the terms of the debate will change, and the deniers will start changing their argument to "well, we may be increasing the temperature, but that's a good thing. We want to increase the temperature."
What the hell. A lot of the "deniers" you're talking about are just not yet convinced of the arguments and evidence given by the Global Warming / Climate Change proponents. That they change their arguments based on available evidence is EXACTLY what a rational, scientific person would do. Yet you call them (or group them together with) "deniers".
Everybody copies from everybody else, in science they are even proud of it "if I seen furthest, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants". Artists are inspired by their predecessors but suddenly in our society the slightest hint of similarity is evil
The quote came from Issac Newton, who had an infamous dispute with Gottfried Leibniz on the bragging rights for inventing Calculus. There were no lawsuits, presumably the laws of the time were not sufficiently bloated to allow litigation over such claims, but the whole affair was not very pretty.
they gone from a plucky fighter against the evil MS to a far greater evil then MS ever dreamed off. That is an achievement of sorts
If you rate a tech company by "evil / not-evil" (and shades in between), you really need to grow up. Almost all companies exist to make profit, nobody (IBM, Google, Apple, whatever) exists to "fight against MS" (or whatever "evil" corp). This isn't a fantasy world where actors sacrifice their lives "for great justice"...
A sculpture sold by a sculptor isn't going to continue to bring in profits
Having the copyright extend beyond the creator's death does not allow the sculptor to sell more of the same sculpture. All she can do is prevent others from selling a replica -- that doesn't sound very constructive to me.
However a screenwriter might take years to sell a screenplay during which time other types of artists could have been pro fitting from their works.
If you can't sell a script from the time of writing till your death, maybe it's not so good after all. Heck, if you can't sell a script for 20 years, it may indicate the same too.
Isn't it also the other way round? If you trolled gleefully when Steve Jobs passed away, it is hypocrisy to criticize others who troll gleefully about the death of a teenage Pakistani girl.
I have nothing against this girl, I personally think this shouldn't have been a sensational story posted on slashdot.
everyone knows that the embedded skillset is somewhat more difficult to learn than applications programming -- so why guys like me aren't being picked up merely for our aptitude is really hard to understand
You're saying you had a decade of "free time" and never bothered to learn application programming, despite that's what the industry wants? If I were an employer, why would I want to hire somebody who thinks they're entitled to the job because they "learnt something hard"?
We'd all be better off if these guys combined forces, released source, and made an open-source app
Isn't this the Mythical-Man-Month fallacy? A bunch of monkeys grouping together are still monkeys. You'd need good technical leads and people with a plan/vision to make use of those monkeys.
android device makers have to pay Microsoft because using/suporting the fat filesystem
"Innovating" by using a 20 year old file system. As mentioned by others, if they would use a more modern filesystem they'd be clear.
Oracle suing Google for using Java
"Innovating" by blatantly copying Java without paying any dues. (hint: they could have designed a new language/platform instead of ripping off J2ME)
Samsung get their tablets out of the market because their dimensions looks a bit like the ipad ones
"Innovating" by ripping off the design by Apple.
Not saying that it was the example of innovation and new ideas in computing
Then what is so "innovative" about Android anyway? That you can run a bastardized version of Linux (a 20 year old OS) on a phone?
I don't mean to dismiss the general notion that there are too many legal minefields when you try to make an innovative product, but IMHO Android is a really poor example of "innovation"....
Because obviously you don't know what the heck you're talking about.
You first claim you are "very, very tolerant of speed issues in scripting languages", then complain that python isn't as fast as compiled languages (like C/C++/Java) because of its "dynamic aspects of the language" (i.e. freaking scripting language features).
It's really hard to take you seriously. And what are the mods smoking here, pushing both of your stupid posts to +5?
What scam? Nobody is scamming you. The "coins" are worth as much as the value people are willing to exchange it for. The value fluctuates, but so does silver, gold, US dollars, apple stock, and whatever.
It's not like the creator of bitcoin came out and said, "these coins can buy you XXX". It's more like, "I've created a virtual money system, have fun".
Just learn a thing or two about how modern paper money works before you go off complaining that these virtual stuff isn't backed by an "actual product". (hint: most paper money currencies today aren't backed by sh!t)
I don't reckon there is a state sponsored conspiracy to buy up real estate in San Fran. (occam's razor and all)
I'm living in Hong Kong, where "luxury" residents have been gobbled up by mainland Chinese buyers, in pretty much the same way (all-cash, at inflated prices). It has messed up the property market enough for there to be anti-capitalist sentiments here among the local population because they can't afford (in their lifetimes!!) to buy a home. The gossip is that it's become sort of "fashionable" among the rich Chinese to "invest" in overseas properties, perhaps particularly in places with relatively high Chinese populations...
Sometimes it's for emigration purposes. And China is having its own housing bubble right now, so real estate speculators there are looking abroad for new markets to play with.
(Of course it isn't fun to be trumped by the army of mysterious Chinese buyers even if it isn't necessarily a Chinese government conspiracy, but just in case you're interested to know.)
"As any online discussion grows longer, the probability of someone mentioning Microsoft in a derogatory manner approaches 1."
I think we can generalise it a bit better than that.
"As any online discussion grows longer, the probability of someone mentioning anyone or anything in a derogatory manner approaches 1."
It's actually a variant of the typing monkey thing: As any online discussion grows longer (by monkeys typing on their keyboards), the probability of some monkey mentioning *anything* approaches 1.
How is "90% of all mobile purchases" not "dominating mobile shopping"? It's exactly "dominating the market of people with money to burn", that's what is claimed and no more.
The fact that you somehow read it as "dominating mobile devices market share" or the likes, is your own comprehension problem.
and in response, could i tell them 'you can simply do this experiment' ?
Yes.
Why not?
If you had a solid and repeatable experiment that shows the existence of ghostwhisperers, and easily doable using common tools and apparatuses, why wouldn't (some) people be interested in trying it out?
Alternatively, you could point me to "research" published by cultists and snake oil merchants. Guess which argument is more convincing?
Don't you need evidence for such assertions? I see evidence that both TEPCO and the Japanese government made statements that later turned out to be false, but no evidence of lying, a deliberate falsehood.
If you're going by that argument, then we can't accuse any government who bothers to cover their asses. Do the public have access to materials that could point one way or the other? Not to mention that governments should generally be accountable for their misstatements, a simple "whoops" isn't really enough.
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I take your points, but I've always wondered why society tries to tell the corporations to "be good", instead of legislating "good behavior", or creating incentives for them to do so?
It seems much easier that way.
But again many nerds here on Slashdot have instead decided over and over again to proclaim Apple is not successful because they say so, and the technologies they favor will win "just because". That is not going to work out well long-term.
"Who cares?"
I think that aptly summarizes the attitude of the haters here.
I have no use for such lock-in, proprietary bullshit. I'll publish my work in a .PDF instead.
What the hell. As you said, it does save to pdf. What's your complaint again? "Crippled" pdf? You are aware that pdf is not designed for interactive books but a digital version of dead tree publishing, right?
Thanks. I had a good laugh.
I do predict, however, that eventually the terms of the debate will change, and the deniers will start changing their argument to "well, we may be increasing the temperature, but that's a good thing. We want to increase the temperature."
What the hell. A lot of the "deniers" you're talking about are just not yet convinced of the arguments and evidence given by the Global Warming / Climate Change proponents. That they change their arguments based on available evidence is EXACTLY what a rational, scientific person would do. Yet you call them (or group them together with) "deniers".
What's your username?
Everybody copies from everybody else, in science they are even proud of it "if I seen furthest, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants". Artists are inspired by their predecessors but suddenly in our society the slightest hint of similarity is evil
The quote came from Issac Newton, who had an infamous dispute with Gottfried Leibniz on the bragging rights for inventing Calculus. There were no lawsuits, presumably the laws of the time were not sufficiently bloated to allow litigation over such claims, but the whole affair was not very pretty.
they gone from a plucky fighter against the evil MS to a far greater evil then MS ever dreamed off. That is an achievement of sorts
If you rate a tech company by "evil / not-evil" (and shades in between), you really need to grow up. Almost all companies exist to make profit, nobody (IBM, Google, Apple, whatever) exists to "fight against MS" (or whatever "evil" corp). This isn't a fantasy world where actors sacrifice their lives "for great justice"...
A sculpture sold by a sculptor isn't going to continue to bring in profits
Having the copyright extend beyond the creator's death does not allow the sculptor to sell more of the same sculpture. All she can do is prevent others from selling a replica -- that doesn't sound very constructive to me.
However a screenwriter might take years to sell a screenplay during which time other types of artists could have been pro fitting from their works.
If you can't sell a script from the time of writing till your death, maybe it's not so good after all. Heck, if you can't sell a script for 20 years, it may indicate the same too.
Isn't it also the other way round? If you trolled gleefully when Steve Jobs passed away, it is hypocrisy to criticize others who troll gleefully about the death of a teenage Pakistani girl.
I have nothing against this girl, I personally think this shouldn't have been a sensational story posted on slashdot.
everyone knows that the embedded skillset is somewhat more difficult to learn than applications programming -- so why guys like me aren't being picked up merely for our aptitude is really hard to understand
You're saying you had a decade of "free time" and never bothered to learn application programming, despite that's what the industry wants? If I were an employer, why would I want to hire somebody who thinks they're entitled to the job because they "learnt something hard"?
I want my benevolent dictatorship back.
We'd all be better off if these guys combined forces, released source, and made an open-source app
Isn't this the Mythical-Man-Month fallacy? A bunch of monkeys grouping together are still monkeys. You'd need good technical leads and people with a plan/vision to make use of those monkeys.
People that try to innovate get sued...
OK.
android device makers have to pay Microsoft because using/suporting the fat filesystem
"Innovating" by using a 20 year old file system. As mentioned by others, if they would use a more modern filesystem they'd be clear.
Oracle suing Google for using Java
"Innovating" by blatantly copying Java without paying any dues. (hint: they could have designed a new language/platform instead of ripping off J2ME)
Samsung get their tablets out of the market because their dimensions looks a bit like the ipad ones
"Innovating" by ripping off the design by Apple.
Not saying that it was the example of innovation and new ideas in computing
Then what is so "innovative" about Android anyway? That you can run a bastardized version of Linux (a 20 year old OS) on a phone?
I don't mean to dismiss the general notion that there are too many legal minefields when you try to make an innovative product, but IMHO Android is a really poor example of "innovation"....
Well, ad hominem it is then.
Because obviously you don't know what the heck you're talking about.
You first claim you are "very, very tolerant of speed issues in scripting languages", then complain that python isn't as fast as compiled languages (like C/C++/Java) because of its "dynamic aspects of the language" (i.e. freaking scripting language features).
It's really hard to take you seriously. And what are the mods smoking here, pushing both of your stupid posts to +5?
A true fanboy won't suffer 8 years of Windoze.........
I don't see anyone obsessing over their toaster like this...
You're talking to a group of people who basically believe tinkering with the bits and bytes in your toaster's chipset is a basic human right.
I think the audience is just right.
That is, to supply confirmation bias to the Apple haters that they are doing The Right Thing.
Flame on!
What scam? Nobody is scamming you. The "coins" are worth as much as the value people are willing to exchange it for. The value fluctuates, but so does silver, gold, US dollars, apple stock, and whatever.
It's not like the creator of bitcoin came out and said, "these coins can buy you XXX". It's more like, "I've created a virtual money system, have fun".
Just learn a thing or two about how modern paper money works before you go off complaining that these virtual stuff isn't backed by an "actual product". (hint: most paper money currencies today aren't backed by sh!t)
... an O(1) solution to the Traveling Salesman Problem, but he ain't sharing it. Which is a bummer, since that's all I wanted for Christmas.
How presumptuous. Why do you think he comes around once a year?
Because it takes 365 days to compute the route!
I don't reckon there is a state sponsored conspiracy to buy up real estate in San Fran. (occam's razor and all)
I'm living in Hong Kong, where "luxury" residents have been gobbled up by mainland Chinese buyers, in pretty much the same way (all-cash, at inflated prices). It has messed up the property market enough for there to be anti-capitalist sentiments here among the local population because they can't afford (in their lifetimes!!) to buy a home. The gossip is that it's become sort of "fashionable" among the rich Chinese to "invest" in overseas properties, perhaps particularly in places with relatively high Chinese populations...
Sometimes it's for emigration purposes. And China is having its own housing bubble right now, so real estate speculators there are looking abroad for new markets to play with.
(Of course it isn't fun to be trumped by the army of mysterious Chinese buyers even if it isn't necessarily a Chinese government conspiracy, but just in case you're interested to know.)
"As any online discussion grows longer, the probability of someone mentioning Microsoft in a derogatory manner approaches 1."
I think we can generalise it a bit better than that.
"As any online discussion grows longer, the probability of someone mentioning anyone or anything in a derogatory manner approaches 1."
It's actually a variant of the typing monkey thing: As any online discussion grows longer (by monkeys typing on their keyboards), the probability of some monkey mentioning *anything* approaches 1.
How is "90% of all mobile purchases" not "dominating mobile shopping"? It's exactly "dominating the market of people with money to burn", that's what is claimed and no more.
The fact that you somehow read it as "dominating mobile devices market share" or the likes, is your own comprehension problem.
and in response, could i tell them 'you can simply do this experiment' ?
Yes.
Why not?
If you had a solid and repeatable experiment that shows the existence of ghostwhisperers, and easily doable using common tools and apparatuses, why wouldn't (some) people be interested in trying it out?
Alternatively, you could point me to "research" published by cultists and snake oil merchants. Guess which argument is more convincing?
Don't you need evidence for such assertions? I see evidence that both TEPCO and the Japanese government made statements that later turned out to be false, but no evidence of lying, a deliberate falsehood.
If you're going by that argument, then we can't accuse any government who bothers to cover their asses. Do the public have access to materials that could point one way or the other? Not to mention that governments should generally be accountable for their misstatements, a simple "whoops" isn't really enough.
Just find somebody who will never be going to step foot on the USA to try filing those notices.