I've also used both. There are nice things about iOS. It's definitely prettier (though ICS is damn slick) and slightly 'smoother'. For features that matter, though -- such as being able to use my own hardware the way I want to -- Android wins hands down.
When scientists warn of catastrophic species loss, the wooey green types are invited to imagine Bambi and her friendly woodland friends rather than the lichens and cockroaches with different colored dots on them that are what's being discussed
It's a good thing we have rational people like you looking out for us, as opposed to those ignorant, emotional ractionary greens whose only motivation is to protect cute animal baby faces and a nebulous concept of Mother Gaia.
And where did that technology come from? Hmm? Was it handed down from generous bloggers and think-tanks that cast doubt on all those biased scientists?
I suggest that if 1% of the planet's human inhabitants did not disproportionatley gobble and discard 90% of the wealth, resources and energy, that there'd be plenty to go around in a reasonably sustainable way - and quite comfortably.
You lash out at the GP and all women as well. You blame women for your lack of reasoning.
Where did this happen? All I saw was an acknowledgement that our brains are hard-wired to respond to attractive members of the opposite sex, and that attractive members of the opposite sex who allow themselves to be used to make a sale share some culpability for enabling the sellers to exploit biology.
I find these ads insulting as well -- in fact, they're among the most offensive ads out there, in my opinion. Not because I'm some prude who thinks sex is evil and that women should wear burqas; I *like* seeing attractive women. I *don't* like manipulative ad agencies that try to sell me shit by implying that if I buy whatever they're hawking, attractive women will come flocking to me.
I wasted 3 hours trying to beat the *first* boss in Metroid Prime 3.
What, the encounter falling down the shaft with Ridley? That first fight with one of the other mercs? Or the first boss in one of the seeds?
In any case, 3 hours? Seriously? The *only* difference between the MP1/2 and MP3 controls (that you would have access to at that point in the game) was that you have direct control over the targeting reticle.
ACs are filtered due to abuse. Dare to stand behind what you say and get an account, it only takes two mins.
A point isn't any less valid just because it's made by an AC, and if these couple of AC replies are what you count as 'abuse,' you really haven't got a clue. I haven't even checked in to your claims, but the fact that you spend more time whining about other people being logged in than you do making your case doesn't really instill a lot of confidence in them.
The majority doesn't get what it wants just because it's the majority. If it's unconstitutional, such as promoting religion in a public school, then they don't get to do it.
I think the key issue, is that Americans as a culture are not book learned, but practical learned.
I think this line of reasoning -- which I'll note that you provided absolutely no support except for a single anecdote for -- is idiotic. In my contradictory anecdotal experience, people who are into "book larnin'" usually *are* into understanding why X = Y; that's the reason they're reading the book in the first place! The people who think they're somehow above academic learning are the ones that do stupid shit that winds up on thereifixedit.com.
On the scale from fantasy to fact, where theory ranks somewhere around the middle, "There is a God" and "There is no God" ranks right next to each other.
On the other hand, given your own scale and implied reasonableness, "there is no way to know if there's a god, so I'm not going to bother wasting my life worrying about it" is a better theory and plan of action than either of your false dichotomy alternatives.
So I'd say since you fellows are in the minority, YOU are the kooks.
I'm used to be in the minority and people thinking I'm kooky. The music I like generally requires some knowledge of music to enjoy, so the majority of people can't appreciate it. I like difficult puzzle games, and most people aren't into those. Instead of simple drinking games like 31, I play bridge. Hell, most people like McDonald's food, and I can't stand that shit.
Simply put, using what most people believe/enjoy/do as a baseline for behavior isn't setting the bar very high.
Of you course, most Atheists are more ignorant than religious nut jobs. And my most Atheists, I mean only the ones that feel the need to tell the world they are atheists in order to make themselves feel superior. Anyone who comes out and starts debating something by leading their argument with critisms of someone rather than their though patterns, its certain they aren't talking about anything they actually know about.
I believe you're thinking of Daleks. Dalvik is not the same thing. It is pretty benign; definitely won't exterminate everything.
Other than that posible confusion, I can't imagine why you think Dalvik would need to be stopped. Do alternate implementations of LISP/Scheme interpreters also need to be stopped? Do emulators and virtual machines in general need to be stopped?
Neither are my Wii or 360 online, but I'm not stupid enough to think I'm not in the minority. There are people (Sir_Sri) giving you actual data here and you respond with anecdotes.
And... if this is an important feature to your organization, your organization will buy Android phones that enable full-disc encryption! It's not that difficult, seriously. You (and other Apple zealots) make it sound like Googling a few basic details about the features you want in a phone is a nigh impossible task for anyone short of a PhD in one of the hard sciences; Googling the same basic details and finding that some subset of them is available in iOS though, well that's a piece of cake.
When a libertarian wants to smoke, he'll bitch and moan about how it doesn't bother anyone else and that he should be able to do it wherever he wants to, and fuck everybody else for being too sensitive.
When a liberal wants to go somewhere that doesn't have smokers present, and there are no establishments with the balls to tell smokers to take it outside, libertarians will say "the market has spoken!" and call it a free market success story.
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GP said "I've used both".
I've also used both. There are nice things about iOS. It's definitely prettier (though ICS is damn slick) and slightly 'smoother'. For features that matter, though -- such as being able to use my own hardware the way I want to -- Android wins hands down.
--Jeremy
When scientists warn of catastrophic species loss, the wooey green types are invited to imagine Bambi and her friendly woodland friends rather than the lichens and cockroaches with different colored dots on them that are what's being discussed
It's a good thing we have rational people like you looking out for us, as opposed to those ignorant, emotional ractionary greens whose only motivation is to protect cute animal baby faces and a nebulous concept of Mother Gaia.
--Jeremy
And where did that technology come from? Hmm? Was it handed down from generous bloggers and think-tanks that cast doubt on all those biased scientists?
--Jeremy
This seems more reasonable to me than all the hysteria
Weasel debate tactic: characterize opposing viewpoints as hysterical.
--Jeremy
I suggest that if 1% of the planet's human inhabitants did not disproportionatley gobble and discard 90% of the wealth, resources and energy, that there'd be plenty to go around in a reasonably sustainable way - and quite comfortably.
Socialist! Wealth-redistributionist! Burn him!
--Jeremy
You lash out at the GP and all women as well. You blame women for your lack of reasoning.
Where did this happen? All I saw was an acknowledgement that our brains are hard-wired to respond to attractive members of the opposite sex, and that attractive members of the opposite sex who allow themselves to be used to make a sale share some culpability for enabling the sellers to exploit biology.
I find these ads insulting as well -- in fact, they're among the most offensive ads out there, in my opinion. Not because I'm some prude who thinks sex is evil and that women should wear burqas; I *like* seeing attractive women. I *don't* like manipulative ad agencies that try to sell me shit by implying that if I buy whatever they're hawking, attractive women will come flocking to me.
--Jeremy
You're thinking of Other M, Not Metroid Prime 3.
--Jeremy
I wasted 3 hours trying to beat the *first* boss in Metroid Prime 3.
What, the encounter falling down the shaft with Ridley? That first fight with one of the other mercs? Or the first boss in one of the seeds?
In any case, 3 hours? Seriously? The *only* difference between the MP1/2 and MP3 controls (that you would have access to at that point in the game) was that you have direct control over the targeting reticle.
--Jeremy
Minor difference: there *is* evidence to support AGW. There is zero evidence for any gods or supernatural beings.
--Jeremy
Or you could just say "let a = 0" and substitute 0 for a.
--Jeremy
ACs are filtered due to abuse. Dare to stand behind what you say and get an account, it only takes two mins.
A point isn't any less valid just because it's made by an AC, and if these couple of AC replies are what you count as 'abuse,' you really haven't got a clue. I haven't even checked in to your claims, but the fact that you spend more time whining about other people being logged in than you do making your case doesn't really instill a lot of confidence in them.
--Jeremy
Why do you hate democracy?
Why do you resort to strawmen so frequently?
--Jeremy
The majority doesn't get what it wants just because it's the majority. If it's unconstitutional, such as promoting religion in a public school, then they don't get to do it.
What, you don't like the constitution now?
--Jeremy
I think the key issue, is that Americans as a culture are not book learned, but practical learned.
I think this line of reasoning -- which I'll note that you provided absolutely no support except for a single anecdote for -- is idiotic. In my contradictory anecdotal experience, people who are into "book larnin'" usually *are* into understanding why X = Y; that's the reason they're reading the book in the first place! The people who think they're somehow above academic learning are the ones that do stupid shit that winds up on thereifixedit.com.
--Jeremy
Maybe so, but how much does a dev job pay there? I'd imagine not much more than that.
So? Should it? I'm a software developer but I don't see that what I do is any more valuable than what a teacher does.
--Jeremy
On the scale from fantasy to fact, where theory ranks somewhere around the middle, "There is a God" and "There is no God" ranks right next to each other.
On the other hand, given your own scale and implied reasonableness, "there is no way to know if there's a god, so I'm not going to bother wasting my life worrying about it" is a better theory and plan of action than either of your false dichotomy alternatives.
--Jeremy
People familiar with evolution do not assume creationists are wrong. We know they are wrong based on observational science.
Actually, we know that they are "not even wrong" because the way they set up their beliefs, there's no way to test if they are wrong.
--Jeremy
So I'd say since you fellows are in the minority, YOU are the kooks.
I'm used to be in the minority and people thinking I'm kooky. The music I like generally requires some knowledge of music to enjoy, so the majority of people can't appreciate it. I like difficult puzzle games, and most people aren't into those. Instead of simple drinking games like 31, I play bridge. Hell, most people like McDonald's food, and I can't stand that shit.
Simply put, using what most people believe/enjoy/do as a baseline for behavior isn't setting the bar very high.
Poor blind fools, I pity you.
Trust me, the pity is reciprocated.
--Jeremy
There's a pretty big gap between "perfect" and "not having obvious, stupid flaws."
--Jeremy
How do you get any sort of equivalence between
all X should be jailed
and GP's original statement of:
They can't really help it and they should not be insulted for it
I'm guessing it has something to do with that compartmentalization that your sig suggests you exhibit.
--Jeremy
Of you course, most Atheists are more ignorant than religious nut jobs. And my most Atheists, I mean only the ones that feel the need to tell the world they are atheists in order to make themselves feel superior. Anyone who comes out and starts debating something by leading their argument with critisms of someone rather than their though patterns, its certain they aren't talking about anything they actually know about.
Pot... kettle...
--Jeremy
Dalvik needs to be stopped
I believe you're thinking of Daleks. Dalvik is not the same thing. It is pretty benign; definitely won't exterminate everything.
Other than that posible confusion, I can't imagine why you think Dalvik would need to be stopped. Do alternate implementations of LISP/Scheme interpreters also need to be stopped? Do emulators and virtual machines in general need to be stopped?
--Jeremy
Neither are my Wii or 360 online, but I'm not stupid enough to think I'm not in the minority. There are people (Sir_Sri) giving you actual data here and you respond with anecdotes.
--Jeremy
And ... if this is an important feature to your organization, your organization will buy Android phones that enable full-disc encryption! It's not that difficult, seriously. You (and other Apple zealots) make it sound like Googling a few basic details about the features you want in a phone is a nigh impossible task for anyone short of a PhD in one of the hard sciences; Googling the same basic details and finding that some subset of them is available in iOS though, well that's a piece of cake.
--Jeremy
When a libertarian wants to smoke, he'll bitch and moan about how it doesn't bother anyone else and that he should be able to do it wherever he wants to, and fuck everybody else for being too sensitive.
When a liberal wants to go somewhere that doesn't have smokers present, and there are no establishments with the balls to tell smokers to take it outside, libertarians will say "the market has spoken!" and call it a free market success story.
--Jeremy