I left WoW because they made it obvious they didn't care to give me customer service, and blocked every attempt at getting a question answered by an actual developer.
Umm... Doesn't sound like you were asking for customer service at all. It's not the developers' job to tell people how to play the game. Apple won't let you talk to the iTMS developers, and MS wouldn't let you talk to the guys who write Excel, either.
Most of those millionaires already have set their priorities on extravagant socializing and keeping up with the Joneses.
Actually, I find that that behavior is much more prevalent among the middle class than the rich, and even there, not many people bother. Most of the rich people I know (engineers who did well in the '80's and '90's) live quite modestly.
Umm.. Has Richter actually paid that $7 million? Do we know that he really has it? What's to stop him from just declaring bankruptcy and reneging on the deal?
Clearly you have no idea what "translation" means.
I'll defend my selfish ass by calling you a liberal and giving you the finger.
I find that the most profoundly selfish people are those who take it upon themselves to tell other people what to do.
Then I'll go home and masturbate to pictures of Dick Cheney.
I'm sure your therapist would find your lurid fantasies fascinating, but they really have nothing to do with my liberty to choose what I want to drive.
Don't you just *hate* it when people don't obey you?
Also, the size of your car doesn't make much difference if you say, hit a tree or a light post.
If your vehicle is heavy enough to tear out the tree or lamppost, then bigger is a win. If it's not that heavy, then having a longer hood (more crumple room = fewer Gs impact) is still a win.
Sorry kid, but what I choose to drive *is* my business, and you can huff and puff and stamp your little foot in indigation all you want, you won't change that.
You realize that if gas gets that high (and I don't doubt that it will!) that our entire economy will collapse, right?
Nonsense. If fuel prices keep rising, then we'll steam crude oil out of tar sands and shale. Canada has about as much oil as Saudi Arabia, it's just more expensive to extract.
It's nothing more than an engineering problem. When the cost of energy from oil exceeds the cost of other sources over time, we'll start using those other sources.
Are you telling me that his crime is worse than a rapist's?
"Crimes", not "crime". We're not talking about one act, but millions of counts of theft. Heck, I'm fine with only giving him one day in jail for each person's data that he stole.
A team of engineers at another company did and sold the finished product to Apple.
Guess again.
Tony Fadell brought the idea of a music player + a music store to Apple. He didn't bring a finished product. The design we know today was the result of a collaboration by Fadell, Jeff Robbin, Steve Jobs, Phil Schiller, Jon Ive, and many other people. Steve didn't "just take the credit", he made it happen.
The largest barrier for adoption of OSX has been the high cost of entry (ie buying Mac hardware).
I disagree. I'd say that the biggest barrier is legacy apps that customers need to use, and the second biggest barrier is sheer intertia. I'd put cost third.
The problem with an Apple OS running on just any old hardware is that they would then be facing some of the problems that Microsoft faces: making it run on all kinds of different hardware.
That's really not MS's problem. The hardware makers write their own windoze drivers. MS just has to support a handful of CPUs, northbridge/southbridge chips, ethernet controllers, etc.
MS's biggest problem is their incompetence w/r/t security.
Wouldn't it benefit Apple in the long run to get more of its software into the public's hands?
It depends on the circumstances in which it does so. If Apple gets paid for it, then the answer is almost certainly yes.
The difference between Apple and MS's situation, is that MS gets to tax nearly all of the intel boxes, and Apple doesn't. If windows gets pirated, then revenue-wise, it's at the noise level.
If OS X were pirated all over the place, and running on 90+% of generic intel machines, then Apple couldn't sell their own hardware anymore, and they'd be screwed.
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How about a native Linux client?
How many copies would you buy?
-jcr
User support isn't the developers' job. (DUH!)
-jcr
seldom willing to compromise their vision of what the game should be.
If I were a Blizzard shareholder, that's exactly what I'd want them to do. Why fix it if it ain't broken?
-jcr
I left WoW because they made it obvious they didn't care to give me customer service, and blocked every attempt at getting a question answered by an actual developer.
Umm... Doesn't sound like you were asking for customer service at all. It's not the developers' job to tell people how to play the game. Apple won't let you talk to the iTMS developers, and MS wouldn't let you talk to the guys who write Excel, either.
What's your beef?
-jcr
Most of those millionaires already have set their priorities on extravagant socializing and keeping up with the Joneses.
Actually, I find that that behavior is much more prevalent among the middle class than the rich, and even there, not many people bother. Most of the rich people I know (engineers who did well in the '80's and '90's) live quite modestly.
-jcr
Keep telling yourself that, when you're doing time.
-jcr
or "Most Effective"..
-jcr
Umm.. Has Richter actually paid that $7 million? Do we know that he really has it? What's to stop him from just declaring bankruptcy and reneging on the deal?
-jcr
23 times the damage? OMG! That almost adds up to infinitesimal!
Now, if I was driving a D-9 Caterpillar or an Abrams tank without road pads on the treads, you might have a point, but I'm not, so you don't.
-jcr
Tranlation:
Clearly you have no idea what "translation" means.
I'll defend my selfish ass by calling you a liberal and giving you the finger.
I find that the most profoundly selfish people are those who take it upon themselves to tell other people what to do.
Then I'll go home and masturbate to pictures of Dick Cheney.
I'm sure your therapist would find your lurid fantasies fascinating, but they really have nothing to do with my liberty to choose what I want to drive.
Don't you just *hate* it when people don't obey you?
-jcr
Greenpeace is not noted for scientific rigor. They're a political advocacy group.
-jcr
Also, the size of your car doesn't make much difference if you say, hit a tree or a light post.
If your vehicle is heavy enough to tear out the tree or lamppost, then bigger is a win. If it's not that heavy, then having a longer hood (more crumple room = fewer Gs impact) is still a win.
-jcr
They managed to convince me of their credibility, at least.
Did they?
To me they sound very much like these guys, except that they're taking themselves seriously.
-jcr
Surely you can't be such a complete, selfish ass
Oh, look! It's the classic liberal guilt-trip!
Sorry kid, but what I choose to drive *is* my business, and you can huff and puff and stamp your little foot in indigation all you want, you won't change that.
-jcr
I'd appreciate it if you would justify to me why you're wearing out the roads faster, the ones I pay for with my tax dollars.
Get used to disappointment, sunshine.
-jcr
You realize that if gas gets that high (and I don't doubt that it will!) that our entire economy will collapse, right?
Nonsense. If fuel prices keep rising, then we'll steam crude oil out of tar sands and shale. Canada has about as much oil as Saudi Arabia, it's just more expensive to extract.
It's nothing more than an engineering problem. When the cost of energy from oil exceeds the cost of other sources over time, we'll start using those other sources.
-jcr
there are plenty of legitimate reasons to own an SUV
How about, wanting one and being able to afford it?
SUVs don't need to be justified. If I owned one and anyone gave me any crap for it, I'd tell them in no uncertain terms to mind their own business.
-jcr
You think 64 years is fair?
No, it's far too lenient.
Are you telling me that his crime is worse than a rapist's?
"Crimes", not "crime". We're not talking about one act, but millions of counts of theft. Heck, I'm fine with only giving him one day in jail for each person's data that he stole.
-jcr
A team of engineers at another company did and sold the finished product to Apple.
Guess again.
Tony Fadell brought the idea of a music player + a music store to Apple. He didn't bring a finished product. The design we know today was the result of a collaboration by Fadell, Jeff Robbin, Steve Jobs, Phil Schiller, Jon Ive, and many other people. Steve didn't "just take the credit", he made it happen.
-jcr
SGI toyed with Intel architecture, about a month before going belly up.
I'd say that SGI took more of a hit from getting on the NT bandwagon, than from using intel processors.
-jcr
The largest barrier for adoption of OSX has been the high cost of entry (ie buying Mac hardware).
I disagree. I'd say that the biggest barrier is legacy apps that customers need to use, and the second biggest barrier is sheer intertia. I'd put cost third.
-jcr
Well, signing drivers only ensures that they come from a known supplier, not that they're any good.
-jcr
If Dell were selling 90+% of their computers with OS X installed, wouldn't Apple be the one with the "tax" ?
Never happen. Dell's sold PCs with other OS's installed before, and they still paid MS the per-unit tax. See the Be v. Microsoft case for the details.
-jcr
The problem with an Apple OS running on just any old hardware is that they would then be facing some of the problems that Microsoft faces: making it run on all kinds of different hardware.
That's really not MS's problem. The hardware makers write their own windoze drivers. MS just has to support a handful of CPUs, northbridge/southbridge chips, ethernet controllers, etc.
MS's biggest problem is their incompetence w/r/t security.
-jcr
Wouldn't it benefit Apple in the long run to get more of its software into the public's hands?
It depends on the circumstances in which it does so. If Apple gets paid for it, then the answer is almost certainly yes.
The difference between Apple and MS's situation, is that MS gets to tax nearly all of the intel boxes, and Apple doesn't. If windows gets pirated, then revenue-wise, it's at the noise level.
If OS X were pirated all over the place, and running on 90+% of generic intel machines, then Apple couldn't sell their own hardware anymore, and they'd be screwed.
-jcr