Besides, its their device, don't like it develop for another phone. No one is *forcing* you to support apple.. Once they are the ONLY game in town, we can have this discussion again.
Right, this is the real purpose of the federal government. Its NOT to meddle with things, but instead to step in when the people are being taken advantage of and steer things clear, then step back out of the way.
Don't forget about Timewarner.. they already had what Comcast wants.
What again is the point of patents? Regardless of the original intent for protection of the little guy, all it seems to have ever done is line the pockets of the attorneys, funded by higher product prices.
I hope it doesn't turn out that Flash is the x86 code of the Internet age.
While I dislike Apple's my-way-or-the-highway approach, I'll give them credit for sticking to their guns about open standards for the web. This will be interesting to see what happens with Flash, given the growing gap between devices that support it and those that don't.
Sure looks like it, and as far as im concerned, its a good thing, long over due. It promoted sloppy bloated webpages that slow every computer i have.. Its insecure.. I could go on and on..
AND as sites like Youtube and Facebook moves away from it, there really is no point in seeing it surviving. This is 2010.. We can do better.
Now, if we can get something done with PDF and clean it up...
But the attorneys will make money.. More people will be ruined financially, and more will be in jail ( don't laugh, this will start happening soon, so the *AAs can transfer the cost of pursuing to the government. )
Changes on either side of the fence will filter across and force changes.
How do you define 'foreseeable'? Remember 20 years ago the "PC" was a mere toy...
Not only that but you have other huge companies ( like cisco and vmware ) pushing towards the cloud from the business side of the house. And this time it will work, and happen a lot faster then anyone thinks it will.
I disagree. Ever since our founding as an independent country we have been a republic. We have never had direct voting on laws by the people in Washington, a requirement for a true democracy. We elect people to do voting for us, pretty simple. ( it even applies at a state level for most things, but that's a different discussion )
Oh, and when i was in primary school *40* years ago, they didn't teach us any nonsense about being a 'representative democracy'.
. You do, however, give passwords to your superiors when asked. Always. They hired you, after all. They are your bosses.
Depends on the polices in place, and when the government is involved, laws are also factored in. It may not be as simple as you wish it to be. Where i work you don't give passwords out to ANYONE, even the security team. If they need access, they change yours but you are forbidden by policy to give yours out.
Similar rules exist for data distribution. Sometimes even your boss isn't authorized to see the data you are. ( but, sometimes they are.. )
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Yes i have. And i was talking the system, not the apps anyway.
Aren't they also pretty restrictive too? Or do they just get a free pass around here?
You can kiss stability and reliability good bye.
Besides, its their device, don't like it develop for another phone. No one is *forcing* you to support apple.. Once they are the ONLY game in town, we can have this discussion again.
Right, this is the real purpose of the federal government. Its NOT to meddle with things, but instead to step in when the people are being taken advantage of and steer things clear, then step back out of the way.
Don't forget about Timewarner.. they already had what Comcast wants.
Or they knew it would happen and it was a preemptive strike?
What again is the point of patents? Regardless of the original intent for protection of the little guy, all it seems to have ever done is line the pockets of the attorneys, funded by higher product prices.
I hope it doesn't turn out that Flash is the x86 code of the Internet age.
While I dislike Apple's my-way-or-the-highway approach, I'll give them credit for sticking to their guns about open standards for the web. This will be interesting to see what happens with Flash, given the growing gap between devices that support it and those that don't.
Sure looks like it, and as far as im concerned, its a good thing, long over due. It promoted sloppy bloated webpages that slow every computer i have.. Its insecure.. I could go on and on..
AND as sites like Youtube and Facebook moves away from it, there really is no point in seeing it surviving. This is 2010.. We can do better.
Now, if we can get something done with PDF and clean it up...
But does anyone else at this point?
its day has come and gone.. partially due to the ads and unstable clients. But no, no one will learn from those mistakes.
I'm sick of overpriced, ad infested internet.
There, fixed it.
Not if the ISPs/Content providers have anything to do with it. Remember net neutrality?
Besides, you can expect the commercials to follow you regardless of how you get the content.
But the attorneys will make money.. More people will be ruined financially, and more will be in jail ( don't laugh, this will start happening soon, so the *AAs can transfer the cost of pursuing to the government. )
I would think this is more of a 4th amendment thing.
If *everyone* disobeys, they will just automate the process, strip of us of more rights without due process and end up just adding a RIAA tax.
No, we aren't losing our rights. We are f-ing handing them to the man on a silver platter.
"losing" implies we put up a fight. :(
Or you charge 1.99 instead and make it up in more volume.
Steve is using the old marketing trick where people perceive *.99 as a deal. This isn't a new tactic, tho forcing it onto once suppliers is im sure.
"look its not a buck its 99 cents", and many people are wired to fall for it.
Moore's law can coexist.. as the 'interface devices' become even more powerful, as will what drives the 'cloud'.
Changes on either side of the fence will filter across and force changes.
How do you define 'foreseeable'? Remember 20 years ago the "PC" was a mere toy...
Not only that but you have other huge companies ( like cisco and vmware ) pushing towards the cloud from the business side of the house. And this time it will work, and happen a lot faster then anyone thinks it will.
I disagree. Ever since our founding as an independent country we have been a republic. We have never had direct voting on laws by the people in Washington, a requirement for a true democracy. We elect people to do voting for us, pretty simple. ( it even applies at a state level for most things, but that's a different discussion )
Oh, and when i was in primary school *40* years ago, they didn't teach us any nonsense about being a 'representative democracy'.
1 - The US is NOT a democracy.. Its a Representative Republic. There is a big difference.
2 - I agree no one should push their ways of life ( or business ) on another sovereign country.. We need to start with disbanding the WTO.
Your bad may be my good.
. You do, however, give passwords to your superiors when asked. Always. They hired you, after all. They are your bosses.
Depends on the polices in place, and when the government is involved, laws are also factored in. It may not be as simple as you wish it to be. Where i work you don't give passwords out to ANYONE, even the security team. If they need access, they change yours but you are forbidden by policy to give yours out.
Similar rules exist for data distribution. Sometimes even your boss isn't authorized to see the data you are. ( but, sometimes they are.. )
Or ANY IT job ....
Now, after you are in, you might get them to sign something but good luck doing it during the interview.
That's why Intel made Vpro.
Get a bunch of fake receipts and retire.