A homburg hat might be obscure among the general population, but I would not be surprised if there's a disproportionate overlap between those that actually do know what a homburg hat is and have one featured in one's photos, and iPhone users that actually would seek to use these entirely unnecessary functions.
Keep in mind that one person's "Entirely Unnecessary" is another person's "The coolest thing EVAR!
The world is a different place when you're designing a PRODUCT for the masses, dumbass!
Apple already said they don't do this. Their income from advertising is so low that it's laughable. They don't want to make money from ads or selling information about you.
Exactly!
Apple ditched its "targeted advertising" campaign, iAds, well over a year ago, due to poor performance (in fact, it was a huge bust (hehe)).
But I wouldn't blame Slashdotters for not knowing that; I don't think that fact ever made it to a Slashdot Article, for SOME strange reason...
To better understand whats in demand, selling, trending over a wide population. Color, size, changes in demand for materials, style.
Is average demand for a more conservative fashion? Different colors? Are consumers buying new product lines quicker or not? Are consumers spending less and keeping a few trusted brands that are better value for longer?
That can all be used to support ads, push out new trends. To find out if movies or celebrities using brands or product ranges had any influence over buying patterns.
If product placement worked, try it again. Did a movie or celebrity fail to change buying habits and set a new trend?
Did average consumers rush out to buy into a new line of products and a brand due to promotion?
Real time sales data and market research in to size, style, household spending can only do so much.
It helps a brand escape groupthink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... or its own feedback from limited US elite coast marketing experiments.
You must be confusing Apple with Google.
How's that Tinfoil Hat fitting these days? Need another layer on there?
Yeah, came here for that 8.1 sentense. 8.1 fix is too fucking late. It needs to be fixed in 8.0.1 hotfix.
If this was an iPhone, it would have been fixed (and DISTRIBUTED) in less time than the Slashdot Army could fire-up their Torches and grab their Pitchforks...
forcing some users to reset their devices to factory settings, causing users to lose data along the way.
I'm out of touch; my phone runs 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. But I don't get it. Resetting to factory settings doesn't erase the SD card, does it? If so, pull it out before resetting.
Not unless you're an apple fanboy looking for a reason to complain online...
You mean like the hundreds of Linux/Android fanbois (cleverly disguised as ACs) who descend in DROVES upon EVERY Slashdot Apple Story?
At least I have the guts to LOGIN when I comment. I NEV-ER Post as AC. Never. And I have the Karmic Scars from fanboi Punish-Modding to prove it!
No, nothing so nefarious. It's just jealousy on the part of the poor little Android phones. They seem to think if they can go into one infinite loop, they will magically be transformed into iPhones.
Simple when you think about it for a bit.
I, for one, appreciate that little joke/reference!
How so? Oracle closing the source on a feature complete file system really affected absolutely no one. Heck most of ZFS adoption occurred after this.
It stifled the adoption by other OSes, not the least of which was macOS, which was on the verge of making it their default OS. And if it was so "feature complete" when Oracle closed it, then why oh why does MacZFS/OpenZFS still have SO many fairly serious bugs?
MS' solution is not version control, because that uses up disk space and has other UI implications, like selecting the version of a file, and that is not user friendly.
This is about not trusting all apps to access a given sensitive folder and is a step in the right direction.
Seems to be pretty easy to use and understand in macOS:
On VMS you could never overwrite a file. File system would by default always keep all the previous versions of it. Ransomware action like that would just result in having additional, encrypted, versions of your files.
That should be true of macOS's "versioned" files, too. Although it appears to be an Application-Specific feature, rather than an OS-wide thing, although reportedly, there is wide Application support for it.
Quoted for truth. And it's 100% Pottering-free! The jelly must be strong in the systemd lovers. Maybe someone should do a launchd-based Linux distro, just to rub it in.
One of the BSD variants did exactly that. Can't remember exactly which one offhand.
And remember, YOU brought up Lord-God-King Pottering, not me, LOL!!!
Unfortunately, starting with MacOS Yosemite, IIRC, Apple seems to have Closed-Sourced launchd and launchctl, which frankly surprised me. But, I believe that earlier versions remain under the Apache License. So it should still be possible...
there are a bunch of reasons why Smartphones/Phablets will always remain VASTLY inferior with what you can put together in a desktop or rack system, and will LIKELY remain VERY inferior with even what you can do in a laptop.
Nonsense, the only substantive limitation of a phone is not being able to open it up and add expansion cards and disks, iow, purely mechanical. Laptops have much the same restrictions. But you can use external peripherals for this if you like. There is really only one serious reason why phones are not commonly used as desktop replacements today: the OS is intentionally broken for that, to force you into the cloud and media/ad consumption.
Of COURSE that would be your assessment.
Ever hear the phrase "Just because you CAN do a thing, doesn't mean you necessarily SHOULD?"
> I think it was as much from the Apple hatebois as much as anything else.
Nope. Systemd fanbois.
Well, that's funny; because if a systemd fanboi wants to see a SUCCESSFUL implementation of the systemd concept, they need look no farther than MacOS, which has been running under Apple's "launchd", which systemd is a bad clone of, since 2004!
And what's even funnier, is that Apple OPEN-SOURCED launchd, but Apple Hate is SO strong that the idiot Linux Devs couldn't must accept Apple's gift to the FOSS "community", and so they developed their own borked-up "clone" of launchd... Systemd.
As shitty as Android is (and it IS shitty!), it's STILL more-optimized for being a "phone appliance" than anything that would run under stock Desktop Linux.
That's a broad claim. One thing a stock Linux system can do is, run thousands or millions of user-installed programs. For example, when you run Kodi, it makes your Linux desktop look and act exactly like a DVR, because, ahem, Kodi is exactly the same software the DVRs run (on top of basically stock Linux, for that matter).
In case it isn't clear, what I just said is: run Android as an application, if you must.
Yeah, that's a practical example! Kodi's a dumbass pseudo-embedded application, that you should be able to run on any 8 bit microcontroller from the 1980s. Impressive that Linux running on hardware easily few thousand times more powerful could pull that off, LOL!!!
Earth to you: no it isn't! Phones stopped being primarily phones years ago, and are now general purpose computers.
I get it. Do you think I don't own a Smartphone?
But seriously, there are a bunch of reasons why Smartphones/Phablets will always remain VASTLY inferior with what you can put together in a desktop or rack system, and will LIKELY remain VERY inferior with even what you can do in a laptop. For some things, we're already " there" with phones; but never kid yourself that they are in any way a replacement for desktop and laptop systems in many applications.
This was the problem with Ubuntu Touch. I had the tablet and would have loved it except it's a different processor architecture and the software you are used to is not available. They did provide LibreOffice and a couple other minor things but other than that there is only so much that can be done in HTML 5. Maybe if a major manufacturer like Samsung does this and provides a relatively easy IDE or even starts / funds a project to compile software for the architecture it will take off.
Well, speaking from Mac experience, most, if not all, of the Linux -> macOS Cross-Compiling tools (like Fink and MacPorts) and sites that supported them haven't exploded in popularity over the years (although they ARE still being actively maintained!), and that is WITH the same Processor Architecture!
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A homburg hat might be obscure among the general population, but I would not be surprised if there's a disproportionate overlap between those that actually do know what a homburg hat is and have one featured in one's photos, and iPhone users that actually would seek to use these entirely unnecessary functions.
Keep in mind that one person's "Entirely Unnecessary" is another person's "The coolest thing EVAR!
The world is a different place when you're designing a PRODUCT for the masses, dumbass!
Apple already said they don't do this. Their income from advertising is so low that it's laughable. They don't want to make money from ads or selling information about you.
Exactly!
Apple ditched its "targeted advertising" campaign, iAds, well over a year ago, due to poor performance (in fact, it was a huge bust (hehe)).
But I wouldn't blame Slashdotters for not knowing that; I don't think that fact ever made it to a Slashdot Article, for SOME strange reason...
Re: Why would they do that?
To better understand whats in demand, selling, trending over a wide population. Color, size, changes in demand for materials, style.
Is average demand for a more conservative fashion? Different colors? Are consumers buying new product lines quicker or not? Are consumers spending less and keeping a few trusted brands that are better value for longer?
That can all be used to support ads, push out new trends. To find out if movies or celebrities using brands or product ranges had any influence over buying patterns.
If product placement worked, try it again. Did a movie or celebrity fail to change buying habits and set a new trend?
Did average consumers rush out to buy into a new line of products and a brand due to promotion?
Real time sales data and market research in to size, style, household spending can only do so much.
It helps a brand escape groupthink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... or its own feedback from limited US elite coast marketing experiments.
You must be confusing Apple with Google.
How's that Tinfoil Hat fitting these days? Need another layer on there?
iPhone trannies love bras.
And Android Trannies prefer...?
A normal application shouldn't be able to completely fuck the device!
Exactly!
Doesn't Andud have a "Sandboxing" concept?
I'm almost POSITIVE that simply couldn't happen on iOS at the "Application" level.
Yeah, came here for that 8.1 sentense. 8.1 fix is too fucking late. It needs to be fixed in 8.0.1 hotfix.
If this was an iPhone, it would have been fixed (and DISTRIBUTED) in less time than the Slashdot Army could fire-up their Torches and grab their Pitchforks...
forcing some users to reset their devices to factory settings, causing users to lose data along the way.
I'm out of touch; my phone runs 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
But I don't get it.
Resetting to factory settings doesn't erase the SD card, does it?
If so, pull it out before resetting.
Not unless you're an apple fanboy looking for a reason to complain online...
You mean like the hundreds of Linux/Android fanbois (cleverly disguised as ACs) who descend in DROVES upon EVERY Slashdot Apple Story?
At least I have the guts to LOGIN when I comment. I NEV-ER Post as AC. Never. And I have the Karmic Scars from fanboi Punish-Modding to prove it!
SD card is paired to the phone and encrypted. Factory reset blows away the key so all data is lost.
Yay for shitty design!
No, nothing so nefarious. It's just jealousy on the part of the poor little Android phones. They seem to think if they can go into one infinite loop, they will magically be transformed into iPhones.
Simple when you think about it for a bit.
I, for one, appreciate that little joke/reference!
Bravo!
How so? Oracle closing the source on a feature complete file system really affected absolutely no one. Heck most of ZFS adoption occurred after this.
It stifled the adoption by other OSes, not the least of which was macOS, which was on the verge of making it their default OS. And if it was so "feature complete" when Oracle closed it, then why oh why does MacZFS/OpenZFS still have SO many fairly serious bugs?
Say hello to btrfs/zfs
ZFS was a GREAT idea; until Oracle went and ruined everyone's fun...
MS' solution is not version control, because that uses up disk space and has other UI implications, like selecting the version of a file, and that is not user friendly.
This is about not trusting all apps to access a given sensitive folder and is a step in the right direction.
Seems to be pretty easy to use and understand in macOS:
https://support.apple.com/kb/P...
On VMS you could never overwrite a file. File system would by default always keep all the previous versions of it. Ransomware action like that would just result in having additional, encrypted, versions of your files.
That should be true of macOS's "versioned" files, too. Although it appears to be an Application-Specific feature, rather than an OS-wide thing, although reportedly, there is wide Application support for it.
http://osxdaily.com/2015/06/16...
"launchd", which systemd is a bad clone of
Quoted for truth. And it's 100% Pottering-free! The jelly must be strong in the systemd lovers. Maybe someone should do a launchd-based Linux distro, just to rub it in.
One of the BSD variants did exactly that. Can't remember exactly which one offhand.
And remember, YOU brought up Lord-God-King Pottering, not me, LOL!!!
Unfortunately, starting with MacOS Yosemite, IIRC, Apple seems to have Closed-Sourced launchd and launchctl, which frankly surprised me. But, I believe that earlier versions remain under the Apache License. So it should still be possible...
Ahem, I think you forgot just how ugly and limited everything was on 8 bit computers (you're drivelling a bit when you say microcontroller).
Oh no I'm not.
there are a bunch of reasons why Smartphones/Phablets will always remain VASTLY inferior with what you can put together in a desktop or rack system, and will LIKELY remain VERY inferior with even what you can do in a laptop.
Nonsense, the only substantive limitation of a phone is not being able to open it up and add expansion cards and disks, iow, purely mechanical. Laptops have much the same restrictions. But you can use external peripherals for this if you like. There is really only one serious reason why phones are not commonly used as desktop replacements today: the OS is intentionally broken for that, to force you into the cloud and media/ad consumption.
Of COURSE that would be your assessment.
Ever hear the phrase "Just because you CAN do a thing, doesn't mean you necessarily SHOULD?"
That applies.
> I think it was as much from the Apple hatebois as much as anything else.
Nope. Systemd fanbois.
Well, that's funny; because if a systemd fanboi wants to see a SUCCESSFUL implementation of the systemd concept, they need look no farther than MacOS, which has been running under Apple's "launchd", which systemd is a bad clone of, since 2004!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
And what's even funnier, is that Apple OPEN-SOURCED launchd, but Apple Hate is SO strong that the idiot Linux Devs couldn't must accept Apple's gift to the FOSS "community", and so they developed their own borked-up "clone" of launchd... Systemd.
As shitty as Android is (and it IS shitty!), it's STILL more-optimized for being a "phone appliance" than anything that would run under stock Desktop Linux.
That's a broad claim. One thing a stock Linux system can do is, run thousands or millions of user-installed programs. For example, when you run Kodi, it makes your Linux desktop look and act exactly like a DVR, because, ahem, Kodi is exactly the same software the DVRs run (on top of basically stock Linux, for that matter).
In case it isn't clear, what I just said is: run Android as an application, if you must.
Yeah, that's a practical example! Kodi's a dumbass pseudo-embedded application, that you should be able to run on any 8 bit microcontroller from the 1980s. Impressive that Linux running on hardware easily few thousand times more powerful could pull that off, LOL!!!
Why can't my phone be my PC?
Because it's a PHONE, dammit!!!
Earth to you: no it isn't! Phones stopped being primarily phones years ago, and are now general purpose computers.
I get it. Do you think I don't own a Smartphone?
But seriously, there are a bunch of reasons why Smartphones/Phablets will always remain VASTLY inferior with what you can put together in a desktop or rack system, and will LIKELY remain VERY inferior with even what you can do in a laptop. For some things, we're already " there" with phones; but never kid yourself that they are in any way a replacement for desktop and laptop systems in many applications.
And just like clockwork, the AC above was punish-modded by all the Fandroids and Linuxbots, because it praised Apple and denigrated Linux and Android.
And, just maybe, because of being a lazy-ass cowardly AC. Just maybe.
Don't try to. Kid a kidder: An anti-Apple AC does NOT get Punish-Modded on these here pages!
an ass kicking would be more appropriate. maybe grab you by the feet and bash him with your corpse.
Big words coming from an ANONYMOUS COWARD.
Logon and say that, fucker!
Thank you, to both TFTC and anonymous. It looks like that it definitely does and I'll be looking into it tonight.
No problem! Glad to help!!!
This was the problem with Ubuntu Touch. I had the tablet and would have loved it except it's a different processor architecture and the software you are used to is not available. They did provide LibreOffice and a couple other minor things but other than that there is only so much that can be done in HTML 5. Maybe if a major manufacturer like Samsung does this and provides a relatively easy IDE or even starts / funds a project to compile software for the architecture it will take off.
Well, speaking from Mac experience, most, if not all, of the Linux -> macOS Cross-Compiling tools (like Fink and MacPorts) and sites that supported them haven't exploded in popularity over the years (although they ARE still being actively maintained!), and that is WITH the same Processor Architecture!
Just because you can't install it after they stop signing it doesn't mean you can't run it. It will run just fine, if it's installed. Sheesh!
Tru dat!
Even that's not true. Have you ever tried to downgrade to an older iOS release?
That's a matter of policy (Code-Signing); not a technical restriction.