Making "Whatever-killers" is a game for suckers. People should read "ReWork" by 37signals. You need to define the market, not let the market define what you do. That's what Apple did with the iPad -- it doesn't compete or "kill" netbooks, it's a whole different class of device in itself.
I like Apple devices and will keep buying them as long as they suit my needs, but I think it's important to point out that Apple *never* has your best interests in mind. Everything they do is catered to their own interests. They don't run focus groups and such. They don't ask the customer what they want.
If anyone here has read "ReWork" by 37signals, Apple is one of those companies that follows most of the tactics that the book describes.
This lets you practice with live ammo. While you could use blanks and MILES-type systems and get decent results, nothing really beats firing off a real bullet.
As a paying Adobe customer who uses their products everyday, I agree. They should stop bitching and start improving their products. What Apple did with Flash was a long time coming -- hell, it all started with the original iPhone in 2007.
I thought you ranters said that Apple is a small, inconsequential player and is being overtaken by everyone else? So how the hell do they qualify as anti-trust and anti-competitive?
And how the fuck is Apple competing with Adobe when it comes to making iPhone/iPad apps?
It's the usual extremist "freedom-loving" zealot types trying to force their way of thinking on to everybody else. Shades of gray don't seem to exist for some people.
You hit the nail on the head. There's a fair amount of pathological hatred here for anyone who doesn't think the same way the open source/freedom zealots do. Reading some of these rants, you'd think Apple is roasting babies on the spit.
I have nothing against Linux or Windows or whatever else. If you find some OS or platform superior and better for your needs, go ahead and use it. But don't fucking tell me what I can and can't use.
There's no reason open source and closed source platforms can't co-exist.
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It's all about momentum. Apple uses a lot of the tactics described by 37signals in their new book "ReWork". You just want to ship a high quality product (and it is high quality, despite what seem like teething problems) and get it out the door. Worry about the more complicated stuff (like 3rd party multi-tasking) later. If you keep delaying the release to perfect your product, you'll end up with a Duke Nukem Forever.
I find it weird that with all these standards in place, that incompatibilities still exist.
I've been running a Linksys WRT54G for many years and I've never had any connection problems with any of my Macs or Windows PCs. I'm going to stick with Linksys if I ever upgrade and get a faster router.
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I wish he'd reviewed the keyboard dock as well. Might or might not have solved one of his problems.
Why do you have a hard time believing soldiers and military personnel would deliberately target and murder noncombatants? It happens all the time, in every army in the world. There is always a small percentage of psychopaths in every military -- though some militaries (those of oppressive dictatorships) have far more psychopaths than others.
The real difference is how you deal with it afterwards. If the military was in any way moral, these war criminals would be punished.
How did such historically inaccurate tripe get modded up to +5?
The Wehrmacht may have had some morally upstanding officers and men, but by and large they were involved in the atrocities and oppression just as much as the SS and the "real" Nazis.
The question is, if you see a guy with a gun in a crowd of civilians, whether it's justifiable to kill all of those people (using, for example, explosive-tipped cannon shells) just to nail that one bad guy.
I think it definitely isn't, regardless of any kind of fog of war. There are mistakes, and there are deliberate decisions to kill.
I'm currently reading Generation Kill by Evan Wright. The Recon Marines make a couple of mistakes and accidentally kill civilians in several incidents. That I can forgive -- in fact, it's understandable, and an inevitable fact of war. But deliberately targeting a mostly unarmed crowd (even if they are sympathetic to the insurgents) is crossing way over the line.
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What an ignorant comment. How can such inaccurate, illogical drivel get modded up to +5?
This is brilliant!
Making "Whatever-killers" is a game for suckers. People should read "ReWork" by 37signals. You need to define the market, not let the market define what you do. That's what Apple did with the iPad -- it doesn't compete or "kill" netbooks, it's a whole different class of device in itself.
I like Apple devices and will keep buying them as long as they suit my needs, but I think it's important to point out that Apple *never* has your best interests in mind. Everything they do is catered to their own interests. They don't run focus groups and such. They don't ask the customer what they want.
If anyone here has read "ReWork" by 37signals, Apple is one of those companies that follows most of the tactics that the book describes.
This lets you practice with live ammo. While you could use blanks and MILES-type systems and get decent results, nothing really beats firing off a real bullet.
What a deeply cynical view of the world.
So what are you doing on Slashdot, instead of spending more time with your family?
If you think the mobile device market is anything like the desktop computer market, you're grossly ignorant.
That's assuming you can always control your circumstances -- you can't. Life is risky.
As a paying Adobe customer who uses their products everyday, I agree. They should stop bitching and start improving their products. What Apple did with Flash was a long time coming -- hell, it all started with the original iPhone in 2007.
I thought you ranters said that Apple is a small, inconsequential player and is being overtaken by everyone else? So how the hell do they qualify as anti-trust and anti-competitive?
And how the fuck is Apple competing with Adobe when it comes to making iPhone/iPad apps?
I agree absolutely. Most of the people bitching about the iPhone/iPad and Apple aren't actual users themselves.
It's a sensible choice. Apple was waiting for the CPU and RAM capacity to catch up before implementing "multitasking" features.
I'm still using the 2G iPhone and I've never really yearned for multitasking. I'm not a power user, of course...
It's the usual extremist "freedom-loving" zealot types trying to force their way of thinking on to everybody else. Shades of gray don't seem to exist for some people.
If some developer starts putting ads into paid apps, then vote with your feet and don't buy these apps. Better yet, don't buy an iPhone/iPod.
It's fucking called freedom of choice.
Perhaps someone has already mentioned this, but this is pretty much what 37signals says in their new book "ReWork". A brilliant read.
You hit the nail on the head. There's a fair amount of pathological hatred here for anyone who doesn't think the same way the open source/freedom zealots do. Reading some of these rants, you'd think Apple is roasting babies on the spit.
I have nothing against Linux or Windows or whatever else. If you find some OS or platform superior and better for your needs, go ahead and use it. But don't fucking tell me what I can and can't use.
There's no reason open source and closed source platforms can't co-exist.
Only on Slashdot do people believe that consumers buy Apple products because they're "cool and hip".
Because usability is for pussies, right?
What format exactly are you referring to? ePub?
It's all about momentum. Apple uses a lot of the tactics described by 37signals in their new book "ReWork". You just want to ship a high quality product (and it is high quality, despite what seem like teething problems) and get it out the door. Worry about the more complicated stuff (like 3rd party multi-tasking) later. If you keep delaying the release to perfect your product, you'll end up with a Duke Nukem Forever.
I find it weird that with all these standards in place, that incompatibilities still exist.
I've been running a Linksys WRT54G for many years and I've never had any connection problems with any of my Macs or Windows PCs. I'm going to stick with Linksys if I ever upgrade and get a faster router.
I wish he'd reviewed the keyboard dock as well. Might or might not have solved one of his problems.
Why do you have a hard time believing soldiers and military personnel would deliberately target and murder noncombatants? It happens all the time, in every army in the world. There is always a small percentage of psychopaths in every military -- though some militaries (those of oppressive dictatorships) have far more psychopaths than others.
The real difference is how you deal with it afterwards. If the military was in any way moral, these war criminals would be punished.
How did such historically inaccurate tripe get modded up to +5?
The Wehrmacht may have had some morally upstanding officers and men, but by and large they were involved in the atrocities and oppression just as much as the SS and the "real" Nazis.
The question is, if you see a guy with a gun in a crowd of civilians, whether it's justifiable to kill all of those people (using, for example, explosive-tipped cannon shells) just to nail that one bad guy.
I think it definitely isn't, regardless of any kind of fog of war. There are mistakes, and there are deliberate decisions to kill.
I'm currently reading Generation Kill by Evan Wright. The Recon Marines make a couple of mistakes and accidentally kill civilians in several incidents. That I can forgive -- in fact, it's understandable, and an inevitable fact of war. But deliberately targeting a mostly unarmed crowd (even if they are sympathetic to the insurgents) is crossing way over the line.