And I, for one, really appreciate that approach. The problem with a lot of people around here is that not only do they not care about rough edges, they don't even SEE rough edges.
"I cannot recall a vendor that has put up as many roadblocks to creating applications as Apple has. They make you buy their SDK. They make you buy a license to publish software on their device."
While ranting at least get the facts straight. The SDK is free. The IDE is free, too, by the way. You have to pay $99 to register for distributing apps on iPhone and iPad but zero for creating desktop applications.
Wow, nice leap. Faux Roland never said one word about environmentalism. As for environmentalism's "goal" of de-civilizing society I can only assume that is some kind of inside joke among those who prefer to see the worlds resources polluted beyond the point of being able to actually sustain civilization.
So, you're saying they should have bought a Windows machine? Your exclusion of mentioning Windows implies that. By the way, a default Mac comes with more FOSS software installed than a Windows box ever will. But good troll anyway.
Then you don't understand how a trend gets started. The first people to do something are usually told that they are pissing in the wind. Ideas catch on, more people vote with their money and things can change.
The numbers don't account for people who, like myself, decided to just not fly at all. I go to Las Vegas a few times a year, and while it used to be fun to fly I have decided to drive instead because of all the TSA nonsense.
Then you completely fail to have any understanding of human development. Children are not tiny adults. Incidents that happen during formative years have a much more profound effect than later in life.
I see. You don't want us to think of the children. You want us to think of you. Thinking of the children is not automatically a bad reason to do something.
- Despite the risks, the majority of teen drivers ignore cell phone driving restrictions.
- Talking on a cell phone while driving can make a young driver's reaction time as slow as that of a 70-year-old.
- 56% of teenagers admit to talking on their cell phones behind the wheel, while 13% admit to texting while driving. (Note: Because this information was given voluntarily by teens, actual cell phone use numbers may be much higher.)
- 48% of young Americans from 12-17 say they've been in a car while the driver was texting.
- 52% of 16- and 17-year-old teen drivers confess to making and answering cell phone calls on the road. 34% admit to text messaging while driving.
- In 2007, driver distractions, such as using a cell phone or text messaging, contributed to nearly 1,000 crashes involving 16- and 17-year-old drivers.
- Over 60% of American teens admit to risky driving, and nearly half of those that admit to risky driving also admit to text messaging behind the wheel.
- Each year, 21% of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of cell phone usage. This result has been expected to grow as much as 4% every year.
- Almost 50% of all drivers between the ages of 18 and 24 are texting while driving.
- Over one-third of all young drivers, ages 24 and under, are texting on the road.
- Teens say that texting is their number one driver distraction.
From Wikipedia:
"Objective-C is a reflective, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style messaging to the C programming language.
Today, it is used primarily on Apple's Mac OS X and iOS: two environments based on the OpenStep standard, though not compliant with it.[2] Objective-C is the primary language used for Apple's Cocoa API, and it was originally the main language on NeXT's NeXTSTEP OS. Generic Objective-C programs that do not utilize these libraries can also be compiled for any system supported by gcc or Clang."
So, some "non-traditional" values are worrisome to Google? More worrisome than dealing with authoritarian governments who truly have some terrible "traditional" values?
Yes, pretty much everyone has an agenda. Having an agenda is not bad. I'd say that having an agenda of holding governments accountable for their actions is a good agenda.
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Yeah, but it would be worth it to get one just to unfriend him. Or whatever it is one does on Facebook.
Let's not forget Honduras during Reagan's rule, when he supported right wing death squads down there. How quickly people forget...
And I, for one, really appreciate that approach. The problem with a lot of people around here is that not only do they not care about rough edges, they don't even SEE rough edges.
"I cannot recall a vendor that has put up as many roadblocks to creating applications as Apple has. They make you buy their SDK. They make you buy a license to publish software on their device."
While ranting at least get the facts straight. The SDK is free. The IDE is free, too, by the way. You have to pay $99 to register for distributing apps on iPhone and iPad but zero for creating desktop applications.
The summary doesn't state "disruptive." The summary stated that they were coming out with products that disrupted their own product lines.
So, in response to my pointing out your straw man argument you put up another straw man argument? And the same one at that?!
Wow, nice leap. Faux Roland never said one word about environmentalism. As for environmentalism's "goal" of de-civilizing society I can only assume that is some kind of inside joke among those who prefer to see the worlds resources polluted beyond the point of being able to actually sustain civilization.
So, you're saying they should have bought a Windows machine? Your exclusion of mentioning Windows implies that. By the way, a default Mac comes with more FOSS software installed than a Windows box ever will. But good troll anyway.
Then you don't understand how a trend gets started. The first people to do something are usually told that they are pissing in the wind. Ideas catch on, more people vote with their money and things can change.
The numbers don't account for people who, like myself, decided to just not fly at all. I go to Las Vegas a few times a year, and while it used to be fun to fly I have decided to drive instead because of all the TSA nonsense.
Then you completely fail to have any understanding of human development. Children are not tiny adults. Incidents that happen during formative years have a much more profound effect than later in life.
I see. You don't want us to think of the children. You want us to think of you. Thinking of the children is not automatically a bad reason to do something.
There's probably not enough data yet. However, this site has some very interesting reading: http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/statistics.html
From that site:
- Despite the risks, the majority of teen drivers ignore cell phone driving restrictions.
- Talking on a cell phone while driving can make a young driver's reaction time as slow as that of a 70-year-old.
- 56% of teenagers admit to talking on their cell phones behind the wheel, while 13% admit to texting while driving. (Note: Because this information was given voluntarily by teens, actual cell phone use numbers may be much higher.)
- 48% of young Americans from 12-17 say they've been in a car while the driver was texting.
- 52% of 16- and 17-year-old teen drivers confess to making and answering cell phone calls on the road. 34% admit to text messaging while driving.
- In 2007, driver distractions, such as using a cell phone or text messaging, contributed to nearly 1,000 crashes involving 16- and 17-year-old drivers.
- Over 60% of American teens admit to risky driving, and nearly half of those that admit to risky driving also admit to text messaging behind the wheel.
- Each year, 21% of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of cell phone usage. This result has been expected to grow as much as 4% every year.
- Almost 50% of all drivers between the ages of 18 and 24 are texting while driving.
- Over one-third of all young drivers, ages 24 and under, are texting on the road.
- Teens say that texting is their number one driver distraction.
From Wikipedia: "Objective-C is a reflective, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style messaging to the C programming language. Today, it is used primarily on Apple's Mac OS X and iOS: two environments based on the OpenStep standard, though not compliant with it.[2] Objective-C is the primary language used for Apple's Cocoa API, and it was originally the main language on NeXT's NeXTSTEP OS. Generic Objective-C programs that do not utilize these libraries can also be compiled for any system supported by gcc or Clang."
Occam's razor has gotten a bit dull I think.
So, some "non-traditional" values are worrisome to Google? More worrisome than dealing with authoritarian governments who truly have some terrible "traditional" values?
No, it simply proves that god hates the internet.
It depends on who you are. George Bush was extremely irresponsible, yet he walked away totally free.
We? Please don't include me on your team.
Yes, pretty much everyone has an agenda. Having an agenda is not bad. I'd say that having an agenda of holding governments accountable for their actions is a good agenda.
I think you can just go to the town square and state, "I break with thee, I break with thee, I break with thee," and be done with it.
"Even more so without a clear replacement!"
That's asking a lot. I'd be happy with an opaque replacement.
Don't forget that they got a head start by stealing away former NASA employees with higher wages than the government would provide.
I think they already are:
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It will work fastly?
"Undoing the damage he did to civil liberties and the environment alone will take years."
Especially at the rate Obama is going.