I believe this is wishful thinking, and here's why:
1) Existing install base. iOS is still the leader by a large margin, and concentrating on what *might* be a larger market n-years in the future is an unnecessary gamble.
2) Hardware specs. The set of available hardware/software configurations is much smaller for iOS than for Android. This means higher development time and/or costs for Android than iOS, all else being equal.
3) Vendor customization. iOS' lead becomes even more dominant when compared to a specific version and revision of Android, not to mention any provider-specific customization/crippling of features. When you add in vendors that make it difficult or impossible for users to upgrade their OS, you have a losing proposition.
4) User experience. The single biggest complaint for iPhone users is the network, yet there's little empirical evidence that AT&T is really any worse than T-Mobile, Verizon, or Sprint. To me, the key point here is that iOS is being taken for granted, which is about the highest accolade an OS can receive.
I am NOT saying that Apple is perfect by any means. Objective-C is an unwarranted departure from the industry-standard of C++, Xcode appears to be Apple's best effort at confounding potential developers, and the approval process is about two bits away from opaque. But even with all that, they still provide both the largest market and the path of least resistance for developers overall, and I'm not seeing anything from Android to suggest that's going to change anytime soon. There will be no unified vision for hardware, because both vendors and OEMs need to compete. Even if Android overtakes iOS in sheer numbers, the issue of disparate hardware will continue to plague both developers and potential customers alike. Ideology may favor Android, but ideology doesn't pay the bills.
Same reason cash4gold kiosks, pawn shops, and payday loan places exist: people are idiots. It's "uncool" to be financially responsible, but it's cool as shit to have a piece of gold in your pocket, purse, mouth, etc.
No, there's no expectation of privacy in a courtroom (in the US) except in certain circumstances, usually involving a minor. The proceedings are open, anyone may attend, and transcripts are public record. The ban on cameras in most circumstances has more to do with maintaining decorum -- so people aren't playing to the cameras -- than with preserving non-existent expectations of privacy.
Or so Richard Dawkins would have you believe. Atheism (the assertion that God does not exist) is as much a religion as any other, since it's predicated on the unknowable at its foundation, and draws conclusions and a course of action from there. Not-so-ironically, Dawkins vilifies *other* religions and claims that his is the one true religion, and all others will lead to destruction.
Have you considered that you might have ADD? In my opinion, most memory problems are really symptoms of attention issues. In particular, attention difficulties compromise both the formation and timely retrieval of memories, which is what you describe. It's not that you don't possess the memory of renting a movie or the need to return it, but individuals with attention problems must deliberately shift their attention to reflect on past events, or the memory won't be recalled. For many people the process of recall is automatic -- their thoughts naturally and frequently cover the past, present and future, but people with attention disorders must make a deliberate effort to focus on these things. It doesn't mean they're stupid, and in fact, hyper-focused individuals are often excellent problem solvers. The catch is that without a more "normal" thought process that many people take for granted, certain other items get ignored.
While medication can help, it really requires lifestyle changes to cope with successfully. I've found that an effective solution is to give myself *one task* to perform habitually (like putting on pants, as the sibling poster so gently and subtly referenced), and that task is to deliberately review everything I need to bring, need to do, and *might* need to bring or do before leaving the house. It takes a lot longer to get out the door, but IMO it's a small price to pay for not being inundated with all of the various consequences for failing to remember things. It helps that I have a job that's not obsessive about people arriving precisely at the stroke of nine, though that too was a deliberate choice. I still overlook things of course -- pretty much everyone other than LordKronos does -- but overall things are much better than they used to be.
Though I still don't rent movies with deadlines for return. The risk/reward is just not worth it for me.
What some people would like to characterize here as "extremism" is merely a slightly older form of the status quo.
So what? The same could be said of public executions, slavery, women's suffrage, equal rights, etc. His views are extreme by contemporary standards, and that's the only relevant comparison. Moreover, it's *not possible* to get any more extreme than what he's advocating, so his views are extremist in an absolute sense as well.
It really makes me wonder how they come up with these prices.
Because items (and services) don't have inherent values. They're worth whatever someone's willing to pay. That said, the ability to receive and transmit data to and from a dynamic remote location can be priceless.
And unlike Seattle, Silicon Valley has pleasant weather. All of a sudden Seattle is going to look a little less attractive, and a little less competitive a location to do business.
As if programmers experienced weather...
Anyway, how many managers do you think are making less than $200k at MS? Probably not many. That's the real reason for these bids -- the CEO needs to look like he's doing something for his team. Once you're a billionaire, income tax is nearly irrelevant anyway; it's all capital gains.
And that's fine too. My point wasn't that no air rifle exists that's capable of killing a given animal (there are custom.50 cal air rifles after all) rather I was just relating my experience for the benefit of anyone who might read the GP's post and do what I did.
There's nothing wrong with assuming a certain level of computer literacy in a technical venue (which is at least what Slashdot aspires to be, even if it doesn't always make the grade). There are many times that summaries include ambiguous, niche, and/or nonstandard terminology and acronyms, but this isn't one of them. There was certainly widespread awareness of NeXT OS in the nerd community, despite limited adoption, particularly since it was the birthplace of the web browser.
That's not to say there's anything wrong with providing your link in the comments section for people who are likewise in the dark, but I don't think the editors should take a hit for not providing one in the summary.
I found a possum in my trashcan many years ago. Feeling brave and heroic (aka scared and freaked out), I loaded up my air rifle with a.177 pointed pellet, gave it a full 10 pumps, and shot the possum basically point blank in the upper body. It was difficult to tell where it hit exactly due to all the fur and thrashing, but suffice to say that it did not die -- much to our mutual chagrin. Neither did it perish after the increasingly distressing 5 attempts at a coup de grace using BBs from the reservoir. I ended up having to retrieve and load another pellet and shoot it in the head to finally put it out of its misery.
After it was dead, I went to get a shovel only to came back and discover that it was not actually dead, as it had tipped over the trashcan and escaped. Turns out "playing possum" is a real thing after all.
Personally, I would not recommend air rifles for shooting possums, or any other "varmints" for that matter. Even if you're a good shot, even if you *can't miss*, there's a significant chance that you will not kill it, and having a wounded animal running is not a good thing. For starters, there's the natural displeasure of having inflicted needless suffering (which may sound "unmanly," or inconsequential until you've actually experienced it), but also there's the practical reality that you've just created an increased risk to pets, children, etc., (which also feels pretty shitty).
That said, I don't have a problem with people killing animals, be it for pest elimination or for sport, but inexperienced would-be shooters should be fully aware that shooting something doesn't necessarily equate to killing it, especially with an underpowered gun. If you're in an area where it's illegal to discharge a firearm (which is the case for the vast majority of residential areas), you should probably just stick to traps.
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"We absolutely could see a situation when content or app providers may want to pay BT for quality of service above best efforts."
What's better than best? Or are they acknowledging that they don't really make a best-effort at present?
You can take the baby out of the bag, but you can never take the... bag... can never... won't get fooled again!
Babies in sandwich bags only sound impressive until you consider that there was an old lady who lived in a shoe.
I believe this is wishful thinking, and here's why:
1) Existing install base. iOS is still the leader by a large margin, and concentrating on what *might* be a larger market n-years in the future is an unnecessary gamble.
2) Hardware specs. The set of available hardware/software configurations is much smaller for iOS than for Android. This means higher development time and/or costs for Android than iOS, all else being equal.
3) Vendor customization. iOS' lead becomes even more dominant when compared to a specific version and revision of Android, not to mention any provider-specific customization/crippling of features. When you add in vendors that make it difficult or impossible for users to upgrade their OS, you have a losing proposition.
4) User experience. The single biggest complaint for iPhone users is the network, yet there's little empirical evidence that AT&T is really any worse than T-Mobile, Verizon, or Sprint. To me, the key point here is that iOS is being taken for granted, which is about the highest accolade an OS can receive.
I am NOT saying that Apple is perfect by any means. Objective-C is an unwarranted departure from the industry-standard of C++, Xcode appears to be Apple's best effort at confounding potential developers, and the approval process is about two bits away from opaque. But even with all that, they still provide both the largest market and the path of least resistance for developers overall, and I'm not seeing anything from Android to suggest that's going to change anytime soon. There will be no unified vision for hardware, because both vendors and OEMs need to compete. Even if Android overtakes iOS in sheer numbers, the issue of disparate hardware will continue to plague both developers and potential customers alike. Ideology may favor Android, but ideology doesn't pay the bills.
Same reason cash4gold kiosks, pawn shops, and payday loan places exist: people are idiots. It's "uncool" to be financially responsible, but it's cool as shit to have a piece of gold in your pocket, purse, mouth, etc.
No, there's no expectation of privacy in a courtroom (in the US) except in certain circumstances, usually involving a minor. The proceedings are open, anyone may attend, and transcripts are public record. The ban on cameras in most circumstances has more to do with maintaining decorum -- so people aren't playing to the cameras -- than with preserving non-existent expectations of privacy.
It's simple really: High demand + corporate greed = exorbitant prices.
What you're describing is agnosticism. Atheism is not agnosticism since it claims to have answers.
Or so Richard Dawkins would have you believe. Atheism (the assertion that God does not exist) is as much a religion as any other, since it's predicated on the unknowable at its foundation, and draws conclusions and a course of action from there. Not-so-ironically, Dawkins vilifies *other* religions and claims that his is the one true religion, and all others will lead to destruction.
Have you considered that you might have ADD? In my opinion, most memory problems are really symptoms of attention issues. In particular, attention difficulties compromise both the formation and timely retrieval of memories, which is what you describe. It's not that you don't possess the memory of renting a movie or the need to return it, but individuals with attention problems must deliberately shift their attention to reflect on past events, or the memory won't be recalled. For many people the process of recall is automatic -- their thoughts naturally and frequently cover the past, present and future, but people with attention disorders must make a deliberate effort to focus on these things. It doesn't mean they're stupid, and in fact, hyper-focused individuals are often excellent problem solvers. The catch is that without a more "normal" thought process that many people take for granted, certain other items get ignored.
While medication can help, it really requires lifestyle changes to cope with successfully. I've found that an effective solution is to give myself *one task* to perform habitually (like putting on pants, as the sibling poster so gently and subtly referenced), and that task is to deliberately review everything I need to bring, need to do, and *might* need to bring or do before leaving the house. It takes a lot longer to get out the door, but IMO it's a small price to pay for not being inundated with all of the various consequences for failing to remember things. It helps that I have a job that's not obsessive about people arriving precisely at the stroke of nine, though that too was a deliberate choice. I still overlook things of course -- pretty much everyone other than LordKronos does -- but overall things are much better than they used to be.
Though I still don't rent movies with deadlines for return. The risk/reward is just not worth it for me.
When you rearrange the letters of HADOPI, you get "PAID HO." Coincidence?
Plants are heartier than humans, probably because they tend to be far simpler.
Amazing powers of deduction. Any chance you're one of the Hearty Boys? If so are you the cheerful one, or the wholesome and substantial one?
What some people would like to characterize here as "extremism" is merely a slightly older form of the status quo.
So what? The same could be said of public executions, slavery, women's suffrage, equal rights, etc. His views are extreme by contemporary standards, and that's the only relevant comparison. Moreover, it's *not possible* to get any more extreme than what he's advocating, so his views are extremist in an absolute sense as well.
A few hundred bytes ought to be enough for anyone.
It really makes me wonder how they come up with these prices.
Because items (and services) don't have inherent values. They're worth whatever someone's willing to pay. That said, the ability to receive and transmit data to and from a dynamic remote location can be priceless.
Yes, but how cool? For example, if you lick a laser, will your tongue stick to it?
Thank God for your, disclaimer because we, all thought you really had, a weaponized, laser in your house or on your, person.
No.
Just a few years back, some yahoo in Jersey let loose a few .30 cal rounds at a soaring turkey vulture.
Ah, it all makes sense now. Yahoos are sabotaging Google!
And unlike Seattle, Silicon Valley has pleasant weather. All of a sudden Seattle is going to look a little less attractive, and a little less competitive a location to do business.
As if programmers experienced weather...
Anyway, how many managers do you think are making less than $200k at MS? Probably not many. That's the real reason for these bids -- the CEO needs to look like he's doing something for his team. Once you're a billionaire, income tax is nearly irrelevant anyway; it's all capital gains.
And that's fine too. My point wasn't that no air rifle exists that's capable of killing a given animal (there are custom .50 cal air rifles after all) rather I was just relating my experience for the benefit of anyone who might read the GP's post and do what I did.
"online piracy and the sale of counterfeit goods costs American businesses billions of dollars, and result in hundreds of thousands of lost jobs"
Much the way national defense and senators' salaries cost American taxpayers trillions of dollars each year.
There's nothing wrong with assuming a certain level of computer literacy in a technical venue (which is at least what Slashdot aspires to be, even if it doesn't always make the grade). There are many times that summaries include ambiguous, niche, and/or nonstandard terminology and acronyms, but this isn't one of them. There was certainly widespread awareness of NeXT OS in the nerd community, despite limited adoption, particularly since it was the birthplace of the web browser.
That's not to say there's anything wrong with providing your link in the comments section for people who are likewise in the dark, but I don't think the editors should take a hit for not providing one in the summary.
I found a possum in my trashcan many years ago. Feeling brave and heroic (aka scared and freaked out), I loaded up my air rifle with a .177 pointed pellet, gave it a full 10 pumps, and shot the possum basically point blank in the upper body. It was difficult to tell where it hit exactly due to all the fur and thrashing, but suffice to say that it did not die -- much to our mutual chagrin. Neither did it perish after the increasingly distressing 5 attempts at a coup de grace using BBs from the reservoir. I ended up having to retrieve and load another pellet and shoot it in the head to finally put it out of its misery.
After it was dead, I went to get a shovel only to came back and discover that it was not actually dead, as it had tipped over the trashcan and escaped. Turns out "playing possum" is a real thing after all.
Personally, I would not recommend air rifles for shooting possums, or any other "varmints" for that matter. Even if you're a good shot, even if you *can't miss*, there's a significant chance that you will not kill it, and having a wounded animal running is not a good thing. For starters, there's the natural displeasure of having inflicted needless suffering (which may sound "unmanly," or inconsequential until you've actually experienced it), but also there's the practical reality that you've just created an increased risk to pets, children, etc., (which also feels pretty shitty).
That said, I don't have a problem with people killing animals, be it for pest elimination or for sport, but inexperienced would-be shooters should be fully aware that shooting something doesn't necessarily equate to killing it, especially with an underpowered gun. If you're in an area where it's illegal to discharge a firearm (which is the case for the vast majority of residential areas), you should probably just stick to traps.
It looks like you read the sentence you quoted incorrectly; specifically that you read "usual" as "unusual".