Much as everyone on here loved to crow about how Google were being evil and locking the device down, isn't this the far more likely reason? An undocumented API has changed. Now can we stop overreacting? Locking down this device isn't really their style.
You're not experiencing the act of unplugging. You're just going to an organized event in the desert. Even if YOU personally unplug, people can still send you "emergency" messages that the Black Rock Rangers will try to deliver to you, just like the desk attendant at a hotel/spa/resort.
Burning Man is for people who like the idea of roughing it, but are either too lazy, or too afraid to take the risk of cutting themselves off completely. If you're not going for the drug culture or "to be seen," I can't really see the attraction - you can get a much cheaper experience unplugging if you go backpacking in a national park.
Right this moment I could get more "off the grid" than your average Burner by turning off my cell phone and computer. If you tell everyone where you're going and leave them a point of contact, that takes the fun away!
It's about so much more than getting 'off the grid', or drugs or being seen, it's about spending time with bizarre and interesting people, seeing things you wouldn't see elsewhere, experiencing time with yourself and others in an extreme environment that isn't anywhere else. And a million other things, BM isn't just one thing (how can a city of 50 thousand people ever be that simple), it's a bunch of things with a bunch of draws.
Sure, no problem. Cunard will get you from New York to Southampton in only seven days for as little as $1300. If you're on a budget or you just don't feel like spending a week with old folks you can take a 13 day Carnival cruise for only $700 each way.
Again: how much holiday do you get? Living in the UK I get 24 days, which as I understand it is generous compared with the states, and I still would consider spending more half of that (twice 7 for both ways) on a *boat*.
This idea that there's an alternative is a *fantasy*.
Fuck you right back. I haven't flown at all since 2002 and I live a normal life. Want to see the world? Go to Wikipedia. Want to talk to different people? Go to IRC. Want to visit family? Don't move to the other edge of the world.
Pampered idiot.
If you really think that other perspectives and cultures can be properly understood by Wikipedia then you're more ignorant than I can conceive. Maybe you should consider travelling a bit to broaden the mind?
Why is a modern technology that is widely used and long-established considered 'pampering'?
I've always wondered how pre-medieval people managed to live a normal life without flying around. Or even Colonial America when England/France were sending people there for the unexploited natural resources.
We expect lots of things now that weren't a certainty 200 years ago. Like medical facilities, a professional policeforce, an education. Some people call that 'progress'. Or are you comparing modern life with that of colonial times?
Fuck you. Flying is a necessary part of a normal life. Just because you have decided you don't need it doesn't make it a luxury. People with family abroad, jobs that are in different cities, or maybe someone who wants to see parts of the world and expand their mind beyond their backyard.
The market-based solution of boycott isn't always the solution! Sometimes you need laws to protect minorities.
You should be fucking ashamed of yourself. What a dick... I mean... I can't be bothered to point out how idiotic you sound, apart from perhaps that you have just lumped together 1.5 billion people.
It kills me how people complain about how in a hurry they are and how they never have the time to do anything, and they never connect it with the fact that they're always gaming.
How dare he not work all his waking hours on a single project! The lazy bastard!
That absolutely depends on if your class leads a good discussion or if it's just powerpoint and facts vomit. If it's the latter, write notes. If it's the former, pay close attention and put everything away. If it's both, just alternate.
*Or*... different people respond to different processes differently?
I don't quite see how you judge that to be a stupid argument. Or do you think absolutely anyone can find a job if they wish hard enough? People do have to eat.
The Captain of the Belgrano has publicly declared that he thought the attack that sunk his ship was legitimate. I don't know why we're still talking about this.
I'm sure that this stems from a Government funding program in a black budget that the people of London (and other areas of the UK) have no idea they are paying for.
Care to back that up with anything or are you just talking out of your arse?
As far as I can see, they are just an advertising company that have struck a deal to provide bins in exchange for advertising space. No reason to think any council money was used to fund this.
it's that users aren't bright enough or are too lazy to turn off wi-fi detection when they're not using it.
Bit harsh! You cannot expect the usual non-computer person to be able to appreciate the privacy implications of a phone in its default wifi scanning mode any more than I can describe the correct way to lay the foundations for a tarmac road. It either should be secure-by-default, or a clearly explained tradeoff that the user can make, nether of which is true for modern smartphones.
You know, it is usually worth learning something about what you're talking about instead of just spouting your uninformed, prejudicial, snobby bullshit. We're supposed to be nerds, people that come to opinions based on actual facts.
If taking a couple seconds to answer a CAPTCHA is too much effort, I probably don't really care what you have to say in the comment section.
If you can't take a couple of seconds to skim through the summary and discover that it's not just about time, it's about accessibility, then I don't care about your opinion either.
...and I can never quite understand what the problem is. Yup, Android can be harder in some ways, and you have to deal with a wider variety of devices than iOS. But isn't that what development *is*? Solving problems? This rare and temporary state where the devices were limited applies to one platform only, and was never going to persist. Eventually the fact that people have different requirements of their phones was going to win out, and we'd end up with the flexible platform as the dominant one.
Support libraries is a patch over a system that has progressed quickly, the price of progress. The problems of Android are mostly the price of success. With Android now on 80% market share (worldwide, the US it's more even), you have to work out whether you want a perfect, curated app or one that reaches far more people.
I am surprised more companies don't go the web route to support android - responsive design helps address the broad scale with many small increments, and Google has focused a ton on Chrome speed improvements over the ability to update older systems with newer development frameworks.
As an Android developer, I hear this alot... from people who are hoping. instead of actually live in the world we have. Mobile web is no longer getting dramatically faster, we're stuck with what we have for the forseeable future (CPU speeds have hit a bit of a wall, javascript ain't leaping like it used to).
I don't really have the feeling that Android is harder than iOS, I've done a good number of apps alongside iOS teams and the pace and number of developers has rarely been different. Maybe I'm just a superstar awesome developer... but I doubt that.
I think in this case it's more that they chose to do iOS first, and then ran out of money...
I wish they'd do something radical, make him an older woman for example. There are many established british actresses who could play the part.
Plus it'd add an interesting dynamic with River.
Except this has been said so many times, it's now not radical at all. I don't particularly agree since the reason is nearly always for political reasons, not storytelling reasons. Though I trust Steven Moffat to make a good decision.
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what Google cannot make money out of, Google will discontinue eventually.
Er... yes? What world do you live in where this isn't true of any business?
Much as everyone on here loved to crow about how Google were being evil and locking the device down, isn't this the far more likely reason? An undocumented API has changed. Now can we stop overreacting? Locking down this device isn't really their style.
You're not experiencing the act of unplugging. You're just going to an organized event in the desert. Even if YOU personally unplug, people can still send you "emergency" messages that the Black Rock Rangers will try to deliver to you, just like the desk attendant at a hotel/spa/resort.
Burning Man is for people who like the idea of roughing it, but are either too lazy, or too afraid to take the risk of cutting themselves off completely. If you're not going for the drug culture or "to be seen," I can't really see the attraction - you can get a much cheaper experience unplugging if you go backpacking in a national park.
Right this moment I could get more "off the grid" than your average Burner by turning off my cell phone and computer. If you tell everyone where you're going and leave them a point of contact, that takes the fun away!
It's about so much more than getting 'off the grid', or drugs or being seen, it's about spending time with bizarre and interesting people, seeing things you wouldn't see elsewhere, experiencing time with yourself and others in an extreme environment that isn't anywhere else. And a million other things, BM isn't just one thing (how can a city of 50 thousand people ever be that simple), it's a bunch of things with a bunch of draws.
Sure, no problem. Cunard will get you from New York to Southampton in only seven days for as little as $1300. If you're on a budget or you just don't feel like spending a week with old folks you can take a 13 day Carnival cruise for only $700 each way.
Again: how much holiday do you get? Living in the UK I get 24 days, which as I understand it is generous compared with the states, and I still would consider spending more half of that (twice 7 for both ways) on a *boat*.
This idea that there's an alternative is a *fantasy*.
You can drive anywhere in the continental US for a vacation.
Yeah, there's no point in going outside of the US ever...
Fuck you right back. I haven't flown at all since 2002 and I live a normal life. Want to see the world? Go to Wikipedia. Want to talk to different people? Go to IRC. Want to visit family? Don't move to the other edge of the world.
Pampered idiot.
If you really think that other perspectives and cultures can be properly understood by Wikipedia then you're more ignorant than I can conceive. Maybe you should consider travelling a bit to broaden the mind?
Why is a modern technology that is widely used and long-established considered 'pampering'?
I've always wondered how pre-medieval people managed to live a normal life without flying around. Or even Colonial America when England/France were sending people there for the unexploited natural resources.
We expect lots of things now that weren't a certainty 200 years ago. Like medical facilities, a professional policeforce, an education. Some people call that 'progress'. Or are you comparing modern life with that of colonial times?
Even in the case of traveling abroad, so long as it isn't an emergency you can always take a boat or something instead.
Hah! Is that so? How many passenger ferries to Europe from the States do you think there are? And how much holiday do you get from your job?
Fuck you. Flying is a necessary part of a normal life. Just because you have decided you don't need it doesn't make it a luxury. People with family abroad, jobs that are in different cities, or maybe someone who wants to see parts of the world and expand their mind beyond their backyard.
The market-based solution of boycott isn't always the solution! Sometimes you need laws to protect minorities.
You should be fucking ashamed of yourself. What a dick... I mean... I can't be bothered to point out how idiotic you sound, apart from perhaps that you have just lumped together 1.5 billion people.
You're proud to be a bully? Go you!
It kills me how people complain about how in a hurry they are and how they never have the time to do anything, and they never connect it with the fact that they're always gaming.
How dare he not work all his waking hours on a single project! The lazy bastard!
That absolutely depends on if your class leads a good discussion or if it's just powerpoint and facts vomit. If it's the latter, write notes. If it's the former, pay close attention and put everything away. If it's both, just alternate.
*Or*... different people respond to different processes differently?
"they have to somehow pay their bills"
I don't quite see how you judge that to be a stupid argument. Or do you think absolutely anyone can find a job if they wish hard enough? People do have to eat.
The Captain of the Belgrano has publicly declared that he thought the attack that sunk his ship was legitimate. I don't know why we're still talking about this.
I'm sure that this stems from a Government funding program in a black budget that the people of London (and other areas of the UK) have no idea they are paying for.
Care to back that up with anything or are you just talking out of your arse?
As far as I can see, they are just an advertising company that have struck a deal to provide bins in exchange for advertising space. No reason to think any council money was used to fund this.
it's that users aren't bright enough or are too lazy to turn off wi-fi detection when they're not using it.
Bit harsh! You cannot expect the usual non-computer person to be able to appreciate the privacy implications of a phone in its default wifi scanning mode any more than I can describe the correct way to lay the foundations for a tarmac road. It either should be secure-by-default, or a clearly explained tradeoff that the user can make, nether of which is true for modern smartphones.
You know, it is usually worth learning something about what you're talking about instead of just spouting your uninformed, prejudicial, snobby bullshit. We're supposed to be nerds, people that come to opinions based on actual facts.
Yes they do. The solution is that they learn simple math so they're a fully functioning member of society.
Yeahh..... I don't think trying to beat a computer at maths is the best way to go...
If taking a couple seconds to answer a CAPTCHA is too much effort, I probably don't really care what you have to say in the comment section.
If you can't take a couple of seconds to skim through the summary and discover that it's not just about time, it's about accessibility, then I don't care about your opinion either.
...and I can never quite understand what the problem is. Yup, Android can be harder in some ways, and you have to deal with a wider variety of devices than iOS. But isn't that what development *is*? Solving problems? This rare and temporary state where the devices were limited applies to one platform only, and was never going to persist. Eventually the fact that people have different requirements of their phones was going to win out, and we'd end up with the flexible platform as the dominant one.
Support libraries is a patch over a system that has progressed quickly, the price of progress. The problems of Android are mostly the price of success. With Android now on 80% market share (worldwide, the US it's more even), you have to work out whether you want a perfect, curated app or one that reaches far more people.
I am surprised more companies don't go the web route to support android - responsive design helps address the broad scale with many small increments, and Google has focused a ton on Chrome speed improvements over the ability to update older systems with newer development frameworks.
As an Android developer, I hear this alot... from people who are hoping. instead of actually live in the world we have. Mobile web is no longer getting dramatically faster, we're stuck with what we have for the forseeable future (CPU speeds have hit a bit of a wall, javascript ain't leaping like it used to).
I don't really have the feeling that Android is harder than iOS, I've done a good number of apps alongside iOS teams and the pace and number of developers has rarely been different. Maybe I'm just a superstar awesome developer... but I doubt that.
I think in this case it's more that they chose to do iOS first, and then ran out of money...
I wish they'd do something radical, make him an older woman for example. There are many established british actresses who could play the part.
Plus it'd add an interesting dynamic with River.
Except this has been said so many times, it's now not radical at all. I don't particularly agree since the reason is nearly always for political reasons, not storytelling reasons. Though I trust Steven Moffat to make a good decision.
Huh... First post said it...
Nobody mentioned Apple. You mentioned Apple.