Isn't this the second version of the iPhone already?
With everyone talking about the iPhone 3G, I was under the impression that this one supported some new super high data protocol, but wikipedia just told me that UMTS is also 3G. So what's so new about the iPhone's 3G support? Did the old iPhone really not support UMTS? Is Apple that far behind?
What's funny is, I got the first version of the iPhone, and I haven't had any problems. I saw no reason to jump to the 3G, and I had a feeling that it would suck.
If I understand correctly, the reason the original iPhone didn't support ATT's 3G is because it didn't have good enough coverage at the time the phone launched. Sounds to me like it's STILL not ready.
You're making an assumption on what we "all" consider the primary purpose of an iPhone. Just because it is a phone, and has phone in it's name doesn't predetermine it's primary purpose for all users.
Bingo! I check my email. I surf the web. It's a secondary alarm clock, a cooking timer, and a note-taker. And, on occasion I use it as a phone.
Not neccesarily. A lot of the "Vista sux" came from people who got it on their brand new craptop. You know, the one with 512M RAM and the lowest, cheapest specs the manufacturer could get away with.
I think one of the potential side effects of the eventual success of clone makers such as Psystar would be that Mac OS X would start to rival a declining Windows on regular personal computers, eventually becoming an OS of choice, and that actual Apple computers, even if outnumbered by clones, will still be seen as "the real thing" you want to get if you liked just the OS on a clone. Of course that's the most optimistic way to see what may happen.
IIRC, that's what Apple thought the last time it allowed clones. What actually happened is that the MacClones ate into Apple's profits but had no effect on the Mac's market share. They were one of several things that nearly killed Apple in the 90s.
One of the security questions was the name of my pet. I don't have a fscking pet and never did. I ended up "borrowing" one of my mom's pets for the occasion. Hopefully when I forget my password, I'll remember which of my mom's 101 pets I used, and whether I capitalized the name.
what voters really SHOULD know is how to filter bovine fertilizer. The average voter isn't going to be making major scientific decisions anyway. But he will have to decide which of all the BS spouting politicos WILL be making such decisions, and it would be nice if they could recognize when they're being fed a line.
Yup! I once had to rewrite an old COBOL program with ALTER statements, and I'd rather tackle the worst, most unreadable Perl program ever written than to go through that again. And I barely even know Perl!
IMO, COBOL is "easy" because it lacks pointers, addresses, or all those other features of modern languages. It is also very verbose. Even worse than Ada. It is probably the absolute worst language for a "hello world" program.
State governments are paying millions and millions of dollars to replace their legacy COBOL based systems, so the question of "Why replace it?" has some pretty convincing answers
IME, the answer is usually "not yet". Where I work, they've been trying to get our legacy COBOL stuff onto a PC/web-based environment for most of this decade. The result? I'm still working on the legacy COBOL stuff. I expect we'll finally make the transition in another decade or two.
Also, as a COBOL programmer, you will probably have to work with code that was written in the 60s or 70s. Some of that code was butt-ugly when it was written, and has nearly half a century of cruft on top of it. And for a language that is supposed to be "readable", some of those old COBOL programs can be an amazing PITA to decypher.
Plane from LA:Leave Monday morning, get delayed by TSA goon. Get laptop confiscated, luggage stolen, shoes & toothpaste missing. Show up late for meeting barefoot with yellow teeth and no PowerPoint notes. Lose client, lose job.
They also probably didn't consider him a threat. After he got 20% of the vote, the Big Two are a lot less likely to let a 3rd party get anywhere near them in a debate.
If Lori Drew had used a voice changer and a prepay cellphone I honestly believe all of America would be out to lynch her by now. What makes the internet so different?
I would have no problem with lynching Lori Drew. I would have a problem with outlawing voice changers because Lori Drew misused one. Especially if I often used them for benign purposes.
Now, if this code is very old like it sounds from TFA, then not only is the code procedural, it is UNSTRUCTURED procedural. This means GOTO statements, loops without control structures, in general what used to be called "spaghetti code".
Yup! Even an experienced COBOL programmer can have problems with some of the code out there. I once had to work on code that was so bad, I called it "spaghetti code with meatballs". It had just worked for 20 years, and nobody had dared to touch it until the Y2K crisis was upon us. Definitely an experience!
This is COBOL! There are more programmers with over 10 years experience in COBOL than there are with less than 10 years. The problem is, all those old-timers are too smart to tackle this job for what Arnie wants to pay them.
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What's funny is, I got the first version of the iPhone, and I haven't had any problems. I saw no reason to jump to the 3G, and I had a feeling that it would suck.
If I understand correctly, the reason the original iPhone didn't support ATT's 3G is because it didn't have good enough coverage at the time the phone launched. Sounds to me like it's STILL not ready.
Bingo! I check my email. I surf the web. It's a secondary alarm clock, a cooking timer, and a note-taker. And, on occasion I use it as a phone.
Not neccesarily. A lot of the "Vista sux" came from people who got it on their brand new craptop. You know, the one with 512M RAM and the lowest, cheapest specs the manufacturer could get away with.
IIRC, that's what Apple thought the last time it allowed clones. What actually happened is that the MacClones ate into Apple's profits but had no effect on the Mac's market share. They were one of several things that nearly killed Apple in the 90s.
One of the security questions was the name of my pet. I don't have a fscking pet and never did. I ended up "borrowing" one of my mom's pets for the occasion. Hopefully when I forget my password, I'll remember which of my mom's 101 pets I used, and whether I capitalized the name.
Is New York City physically larger than Tokyo?
Good point. They seem to have trouble finding anything smaller than Uranus out there.
what voters really SHOULD know is how to filter bovine fertilizer. The average voter isn't going to be making major scientific decisions anyway. But he will have to decide which of all the BS spouting politicos WILL be making such decisions, and it would be nice if they could recognize when they're being fed a line.
Oh wait, you meant the other Georgia.
A diet low in FOOD is normal for most of the world.
I'm sure that a large percentage of flat-earthers live in Kansas. To be fair, that part of the Earth IS flat, so they can be excused for their belief.
I'd guess that his neighbors will be very nice - until they have lured him into their trap and have him ready for consumption.
Yup! I once had to rewrite an old COBOL program with ALTER statements, and I'd rather tackle the worst, most unreadable Perl program ever written than to go through that again. And I barely even know Perl!
IMO, COBOL is "easy" because it lacks pointers, addresses, or all those other features of modern languages. It is also very verbose. Even worse than Ada. It is probably the absolute worst language for a "hello world" program.
Yup. PERFORM UNTIL
You can actually write reasonably structured programs in COBOL, though the lack of local variables is a PITA.
IME, the answer is usually "not yet". Where I work, they've been trying to get our legacy COBOL stuff onto a PC/web-based environment for most of this decade. The result? I'm still working on the legacy COBOL stuff. I expect we'll finally make the transition in another decade or two.
Also, as a COBOL programmer, you will probably have to work with code that was written in the 60s or 70s. Some of that code was butt-ugly when it was written, and has nearly half a century of cruft on top of it. And for a language that is supposed to be "readable", some of those old COBOL programs can be an amazing PITA to decypher.
Give the guy a break. Slashdotters have a hard enough time with the concept of "woman". Now you expect him to get the plural right?
Based on what I've heard of housing prices, that 80 percent must be living in cardboard boxes.
Plane from LA :Leave Monday morning, get delayed by TSA goon. Get laptop confiscated, luggage stolen, shoes & toothpaste missing. Show up late for meeting barefoot with yellow teeth and no PowerPoint notes. Lose client, lose job.
They also probably didn't consider him a threat. After he got 20% of the vote, the Big Two are a lot less likely to let a 3rd party get anywhere near them in a debate.
Since he was referring to corporations, I agree. But if you add politics to the mix, "a muck" is the correct term to use.
I would have no problem with lynching Lori Drew. I would have a problem with outlawing voice changers because Lori Drew misused one. Especially if I often used them for benign purposes.
Yup! Even an experienced COBOL programmer can have problems with some of the code out there. I once had to work on code that was so bad, I called it "spaghetti code with meatballs". It had just worked for 20 years, and nobody had dared to touch it until the Y2K crisis was upon us. Definitely an experience!
This is COBOL! There are more programmers with over 10 years experience in COBOL than there are with less than 10 years. The problem is, all those old-timers are too smart to tackle this job for what Arnie wants to pay them.