You don't need to go to the store, right here you can see all their 10" tablets.
There are very few devices there that would pass the 10 foot test, there's a super clunky looking "Toughbook" and 2 or 3 with slightly rounded edges. That's it. Your assertion that you can find 30 different looking designs is not even close to true. the iPad is about as close as you can get to the platonic ideal form of the touch screen tablet. You can't possibly stray far from that design without reducing the devices functionality with useless bezels or hard coded buttons.
The system is *a* problem, but it's not the only one. Not every company abuses the system the way Apple does. Google has never initiated a patent lawsuit against anyone, they have only used their patents defensively. While the patent system is plenty deserving of any criticism it gets, the companies taking advantage of it are equally to blame.
Those examples are all of Google using it's patent portfolio to fight back against companies that struck first with patent suites. They are keeping a clean image by actually staying clean.
It sounds kind of obvious that Google+ would have higher satisfaction then Facebook. The only people using it are people who really want to use it, no one is there just because all there friends are there.
Yup, and Google is going in the exact wrong direction on this. First tying navigation volume to music volume, then tying notifications to the ringer volume. I love my Android phone, but some of these decisions are just stupid.
Nice, adjustable volume for the turn-by-turn navigation. Maybe eventually Android will get this feature and catch up with current iOS and also Android from a year ago, before Google in their infinite wisdom removed the option.
Exactly. And furthermore, whatever artistic effect lower frame rate has will be enhanced when it is an artistic choice instead of a technical limitation. Back when b/w was the only option it didn't have any particular artistic effect, everyone had to do it. Now that color is the norm b/w stands out and can set a strong mood.
That law doesn't say anything about active jamming, it says "willful interference" which a Faraday cage or any other attempt to passively block cell reception would certainly count as.
That sounds like a bunch of nonsense to me. Cinema has been evolving towards more and more realism from the start. Sound, color, higher resolution, higher frame rates, larger screens, better speakers.... None of the limitations of the cinema experience were there for artistic reasons, they are purely technical and when the technical limitation was removed the cinema experience changed. There are always people who complain about new technologies but the reality is that no one is forcing these changes on directors. If they have an artistic reason for using b/w, or no sound, or lower frame rate they can still do that.
Still doesn't make sense. Skidding reduces the coefficient of friction on pavement. If there was so little weight on the tires that the skidding wouldn't change the stopping distance, how does not skidding change anything? What about the front wheels where the weight was? Skidding would have reduced their braking power too.
On loose surfaces skidding is actually better because the tread can dig into the surface and add more friction, but that doesn't apply to your situation. And even if it did, that is a very rare situation. ABS is still better in the vast majority of situations, which means it's always better to have a car with it then without.
Sorry, but that wreck was your fault. If you were allowed to skid as you wanted, your braking distance would have increased, not decreased. The ABS probably saved your from making the accident even worse, but keep on telling yourself that you could have done better with your ace skidding skills.
Human drivers are a disaster-currently-happening, there are major driver malfunctions in every city on a daily basis resulting in 30,000 deaths per year in the US,and over a million worldwide. We set the bar awfully low for the computers, I don't imagine it will take long to get them driving better then us.
Who gets ticketed anytime a vehicle malfunction leads to an accident? No one. Automated cars don't yet have a safety record, but I'm assuming by the time they become marketable they will be safe enough that an occasional lawsuit due to a malfunction won't be a major hindrance. And that's a good thing, because I'm certain they will be safer then human drivers much sooner then you think.
I don't believe that's the reason for a moment. Plenty of things are super simple to make at home, and yet people happily pay many times the production cost to buy them at a store or restaurant because it's more convenient. Basic and fine tasting wines are absolutely trivial to make... mash up some fruits and let the juice sit for a little while. It's really as simple as that, and yet people still buy in pre-made in massive quantities.
In fact, forget the wine comparison. I'll do you one better. I live in California and we actually have honest to goodness Marijuana stores! Guess what, despite being in a bit of a legal gray area they do make a lot of money still! Why? Maybe people are lazier/busier then you give them credit for. Maybe they like having 30 different varieties to sample from. Who knows, but the fact is pot would be huge business if not for prohibition.
No... the real question is who is still buying this "gateway drug" bs? It's an idiotic idea with no evidence and even if it were true it would still be an absolutely terrible reason to ban something which is not harmful by itself.
Better yet why not call it Romneycare since it was based on the plan he advocated for in Mass? Or Heritagefoundationcare since Romneycare was based on a plan they advocated for? Oh yeah, cause then the conservatives would have to admit this plan they claim to hate so much was their own idea and they only oppose it now for partisan reasons.
How can you possibly compare limiting birth control with limiting inefficient lighting? One of these things is a substantial infringement on your ability to choose how to live your life. The other is minor technology change with an inconsequential effect on your life. To compare the two is nonsense.
I'm not sure if it's an app bug or an OS bug that needs to be worked around. Without further information I would assume it is an OS bug since an app should not be able to prevent itself from appearing in the task switcher.
You're being obtuse. The code in Honeycomb was broken, it was flat out broken. Would not work on phones at all (i.e 99.9% of Android devices that existed at the time). Code being non-functional is a perfectly valid reason not to release.
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You don't need to go to the store, right here you can see all their 10" tablets.
There are very few devices there that would pass the 10 foot test, there's a super clunky looking "Toughbook" and 2 or 3 with slightly rounded edges. That's it. Your assertion that you can find 30 different looking designs is not even close to true. the iPad is about as close as you can get to the platonic ideal form of the touch screen tablet. You can't possibly stray far from that design without reducing the devices functionality with useless bezels or hard coded buttons.
The system is *a* problem, but it's not the only one. Not every company abuses the system the way Apple does. Google has never initiated a patent lawsuit against anyone, they have only used their patents defensively. While the patent system is plenty deserving of any criticism it gets, the companies taking advantage of it are equally to blame.
Read the post he was responding to.
Those examples are all of Google using it's patent portfolio to fight back against companies that struck first with patent suites. They are keeping a clean image by actually staying clean.
It sounds kind of obvious that Google+ would have higher satisfaction then Facebook. The only people using it are people who really want to use it, no one is there just because all there friends are there.
Gold isn't rare, it makes no difference if tiny amounts end up in other countries.
By what idiotic metric is it not rare? Gold is the 7th rarest element on earth.
Yup, and Google is going in the exact wrong direction on this. First tying navigation volume to music volume, then tying notifications to the ringer volume. I love my Android phone, but some of these decisions are just stupid.
Nice, adjustable volume for the turn-by-turn navigation. Maybe eventually Android will get this feature and catch up with current iOS and also Android from a year ago, before Google in their infinite wisdom removed the option.
Exactly. And furthermore, whatever artistic effect lower frame rate has will be enhanced when it is an artistic choice instead of a technical limitation. Back when b/w was the only option it didn't have any particular artistic effect, everyone had to do it. Now that color is the norm b/w stands out and can set a strong mood.
...half the big-box stores do it accidentally by building steel supported steel trussed steel walled buildings.
"accidentally" is the key word there. It's not illegal if it's not willful.
That law doesn't say anything about active jamming, it says "willful interference" which a Faraday cage or any other attempt to passively block cell reception would certainly count as.
That sounds like a bunch of nonsense to me. Cinema has been evolving towards more and more realism from the start. Sound, color, higher resolution, higher frame rates, larger screens, better speakers.... None of the limitations of the cinema experience were there for artistic reasons, they are purely technical and when the technical limitation was removed the cinema experience changed. There are always people who complain about new technologies but the reality is that no one is forcing these changes on directors. If they have an artistic reason for using b/w, or no sound, or lower frame rate they can still do that.
Yeah, I noted that in my other comment. Doesn't apply to his situation though, at least not from what he's said.
Still doesn't make sense. Skidding reduces the coefficient of friction on pavement. If there was so little weight on the tires that the skidding wouldn't change the stopping distance, how does not skidding change anything? What about the front wheels where the weight was? Skidding would have reduced their braking power too.
On loose surfaces skidding is actually better because the tread can dig into the surface and add more friction, but that doesn't apply to your situation. And even if it did, that is a very rare situation. ABS is still better in the vast majority of situations, which means it's always better to have a car with it then without.
Sorry, but that wreck was your fault. If you were allowed to skid as you wanted, your braking distance would have increased, not decreased. The ABS probably saved your from making the accident even worse, but keep on telling yourself that you could have done better with your ace skidding skills.
Human drivers are a disaster-currently-happening, there are major driver malfunctions in every city on a daily basis resulting in 30,000 deaths per year in the US,and over a million worldwide. We set the bar awfully low for the computers, I don't imagine it will take long to get them driving better then us.
Who gets ticketed anytime a vehicle malfunction leads to an accident? No one. Automated cars don't yet have a safety record, but I'm assuming by the time they become marketable they will be safe enough that an occasional lawsuit due to a malfunction won't be a major hindrance. And that's a good thing, because I'm certain they will be safer then human drivers much sooner then you think.
I don't believe that's the reason for a moment. Plenty of things are super simple to make at home, and yet people happily pay many times the production cost to buy them at a store or restaurant because it's more convenient. Basic and fine tasting wines are absolutely trivial to make... mash up some fruits and let the juice sit for a little while. It's really as simple as that, and yet people still buy in pre-made in massive quantities.
In fact, forget the wine comparison. I'll do you one better. I live in California and we actually have honest to goodness Marijuana stores! Guess what, despite being in a bit of a legal gray area they do make a lot of money still! Why? Maybe people are lazier/busier then you give them credit for. Maybe they like having 30 different varieties to sample from. Who knows, but the fact is pot would be huge business if not for prohibition.
No... the real question is who is still buying this "gateway drug" bs? It's an idiotic idea with no evidence and even if it were true it would still be an absolutely terrible reason to ban something which is not harmful by itself.
I'm a fool? Who is the one spouting ridiculous slippery slope arguments about how light bulb regulations will lead to abortion bans?
Better yet why not call it Romneycare since it was based on the plan he advocated for in Mass? Or Heritagefoundationcare since Romneycare was based on a plan they advocated for? Oh yeah, cause then the conservatives would have to admit this plan they claim to hate so much was their own idea and they only oppose it now for partisan reasons.
How can you possibly compare limiting birth control with limiting inefficient lighting? One of these things is a substantial infringement on your ability to choose how to live your life. The other is minor technology change with an inconsequential effect on your life. To compare the two is nonsense.
I'm not sure if it's an app bug or an OS bug that needs to be worked around. Without further information I would assume it is an OS bug since an app should not be able to prevent itself from appearing in the task switcher.
You're being obtuse. The code in Honeycomb was broken, it was flat out broken. Would not work on phones at all (i.e 99.9% of Android devices that existed at the time). Code being non-functional is a perfectly valid reason not to release.
The Nexus line is vanilla, where did you get that it isn't? And the Nexus devices aren't locked at all.