Furthermore, any iOS app can access anything, and the user isn't notified. At all.
Android informs the user about what permissions the app requires and lets them make an informed choice. This is apparently a bad thing, according to Apple fanboys.
At least downtown Seattle only has to deal with engine noise; unlike NY where there's also all of the dimwits honking CONSTANTLY as if it will get them to their destination faster.
It is more likely that the police and prosecution are bowing to political and public pressure
Do you have any information to back this statement up? Because it sounds like purely speculative bullshit to me. If they were going to bow to pressure, they could have done it weeks ago.
Unfortunately, this opens the doors to race riots if a proper conviction doesn't occur. You are assuming they have enough evidence to support prosecuting.
Yes, and the only reason they might not have enough evidence is because the only other witness is dead. That's an awfully lucky position for Zimmerman to find himself in, considering that he stalked, provoked into a fight, and killed an unarmed person. If I'd been in Martin's position, I'd have likely "stood my ground" as well when some lunatic (with a criminal record, no less, though Martin obviously couldn't know this) started following me.
I think the whole race thing is a red herring, and a distraction from the real problem: stand your ground laws are fucking stupid because they create situations precisely like this one.
If my son got shot because he started beating him and slamming his head into the pavement
Allegedly.
Unfortunately, the 'beater' in this case is dead and we only get to hear one side of the story. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together could have predicted this exact outcome from these idiotic "stand your ground" laws that absolve killers as long as they felt *really really* scared at the time they did their killing.
I have zero faith that any jury would deliberate for more than 15 minutes before declaring Zimmerman guilty.
Seriously? Have you not seen the vitriol spewing forth from both sides of this issue? Do you honestly think that Zimmerman's lawyers will be so completely incompetent that the prosecution will be able to completely stack the jury?
Yeah! And in addition, how much does the bike cost if you ride it into an open manhole cover? Or if you ride it into a wall? Or off the edge of a cliff? Or get struck by lightning?
You have to take *all* of these into account when riding a bike. By comparison, when driving a car, there are *never* any other costs associated with operating it, and zero risks as well.
Archer, you are not a stupid person. You are, however, the most frustrating example of a religious apologist because you are somebody that should know better. Magical thinking is best left to children and the uneducated.
That's what escrow accounts are for. The money doesn't get released unless conditions X,Y,Z are met.
That's what kickstarter should be doing.
That would completely defeat the purpose of Kickstarter.
Company: We need X dollars to complete this project. Public (via Kickstarter): Ok! Here's X dollars we'd like to contribute to your project! Kickstarter: Ok, we have the X dollars. You can have them as soon as the project is completed. Company:...
I could certainly see something like having milestone goals, and only releasing portions of the funding until milestones are met, but to tie all of the money up in escrow until the project was complete wouldn't work at all.
So let's see your modern 64K demos that that run on bare modern hardware. Bonus points if they're at least as impressive as the best ones from the early-mid 90s.
We aren't trying to. It's a known risk. And your walled garden doesn't seem to do a very good job of keeping out spyware either, so it doesn't even seem to be much of a tradeoff. (See the recent report that apps in the iTunes store leak sensitive information more than apps available from alternate locations for jailbroken phones)
The way to send EA the message is to buy their games used for 20$
No, the way to send EA a message is to not buy their games at all. There is plenty of shit to do, and plenty of other games to play. You don't need any of EA's games.
Unfortunately, gamers have about 0 resolve when it comes to 'sending a message' to some entity that sucks.
for each, you are not infected. Also, if you run nearly any AV software or other tools like Little Snitch, you are not infected as it checks for these and deletes itself if found.
See? It just works! Any non-expert user would find these commands completely intuitive, and has probably run them themselves already.
Very nearly anyone can get into the army. Listing "soldier" as an occupation isn't very impressive, and it can be downright misleading for someone who barely spent any time doing it.
Only the very best of the very best get to be astronauts. The dude earned the title and can list it wherever he pleases, regardless of what he's spent the previous decade(s) doing.
That you can't understand that there's any distinction between punching someone in the face and allowing two people to consent to marrying each other speaks volumes.
The key word you should try to comprehend here is "consent". If you can find someone that consents to taking your punches when you're angry, then you might have an argument.
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There has been no iPhone malware that sends maliciously premium-rate SMSs. There has been Android malware that does that.
Correct. Unfortunately, you're still missing the point.
--Jeremy
Furthermore, any iOS app can access anything, and the user isn't notified. At all.
Android informs the user about what permissions the app requires and lets them make an informed choice. This is apparently a bad thing, according to Apple fanboys.
--Jeremy
No, that's not what the libertarians say. They say larger government is worse.
And then they end there. They're content with being punched in the face because it's better than being kicked in the balls.
That's why nobody takes libertarians seriously: the rest of us are more worried about finding a way that we aren't abused period.
--Jeremy
At least downtown Seattle only has to deal with engine noise; unlike NY where there's also all of the dimwits honking CONSTANTLY as if it will get them to their destination faster.
--Jeremy
It is more likely that the police and prosecution are bowing to political and public pressure
Do you have any information to back this statement up? Because it sounds like purely speculative bullshit to me. If they were going to bow to pressure, they could have done it weeks ago.
Unfortunately, this opens the doors to race riots if a proper conviction doesn't occur. You are assuming they have enough evidence to support prosecuting.
Yes, and the only reason they might not have enough evidence is because the only other witness is dead. That's an awfully lucky position for Zimmerman to find himself in, considering that he stalked, provoked into a fight, and killed an unarmed person. If I'd been in Martin's position, I'd have likely "stood my ground" as well when some lunatic (with a criminal record, no less, though Martin obviously couldn't know this) started following me.
I think the whole race thing is a red herring, and a distraction from the real problem: stand your ground laws are fucking stupid because they create situations precisely like this one.
--Jeremy
If my son got shot because he started beating him and slamming his head into the pavement
Allegedly.
Unfortunately, the 'beater' in this case is dead and we only get to hear one side of the story. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together could have predicted this exact outcome from these idiotic "stand your ground" laws that absolve killers as long as they felt *really really* scared at the time they did their killing.
--Jeremy
I have zero faith that any jury would deliberate for more than 15 minutes before declaring Zimmerman guilty.
Seriously? Have you not seen the vitriol spewing forth from both sides of this issue? Do you honestly think that Zimmerman's lawyers will be so completely incompetent that the prosecution will be able to completely stack the jury?
--Jeremy
Yeah! And in addition, how much does the bike cost if you ride it into an open manhole cover? Or if you ride it into a wall? Or off the edge of a cliff? Or get struck by lightning?
You have to take *all* of these into account when riding a bike. By comparison, when driving a car, there are *never* any other costs associated with operating it, and zero risks as well.
--Jeremy
Archer, you are not a stupid person. You are, however, the most frustrating example of a religious apologist because you are somebody that should know better. Magical thinking is best left to children and the uneducated.
--Jeremy
That's what escrow accounts are for.
The money doesn't get released unless conditions X,Y,Z are met.
That's what kickstarter should be doing.
That would completely defeat the purpose of Kickstarter.
Company: We need X dollars to complete this project. ...
Public (via Kickstarter): Ok! Here's X dollars we'd like to contribute to your project!
Kickstarter: Ok, we have the X dollars. You can have them as soon as the project is completed.
Company:
I could certainly see something like having milestone goals, and only releasing portions of the funding until milestones are met, but to tie all of the money up in escrow until the project was complete wouldn't work at all.
--Jeremy
Yeah, because picking on Apple is probably going to score *tons* of points with the rubes.
--Jeremy
So let's see your modern 64K demos that that run on bare modern hardware. Bonus points if they're at least as impressive as the best ones from the early-mid 90s.
Put up or shut up.
--Jeremy
You can't have it both ways, fandroids.
We aren't trying to. It's a known risk. And your walled garden doesn't seem to do a very good job of keeping out spyware either, so it doesn't even seem to be much of a tradeoff. (See the recent report that apps in the iTunes store leak sensitive information more than apps available from alternate locations for jailbroken phones)
--Jeremy
The way to send EA the message is to buy their games used for 20$
No, the way to send EA a message is to not buy their games at all. There is plenty of shit to do, and plenty of other games to play. You don't need any of EA's games.
Unfortunately, gamers have about 0 resolve when it comes to 'sending a message' to some entity that sucks.
--Jeremy
Why exactly should we tolerate behavior that has been deemed abusive?
--Jeremy
Feelings are a terrible reason to pass legislation. Just look at the PATRIOT act.
--Jeremy
Yeah, nevermind on my request for links. You're just spouting bullshit and ad-homs and clearly have no interest in providing evidence of any sort.
--Jeremy
Give us a link to just one of the failed models, otherwise you're just blowing hot air.
Bonus points if you can actually come up with a count of failed models.
--Jeremy
IOW: I reject your reality and substitute my own spin.
--Jeremy
The confirmation bias, it is strong with this one.
--Jeremy
If you open Terminal and run
defaults read /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info LSEnvironment
and
defaults read ~/.MacOSX/environment DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES
and see:
The domain/default pair of [...] does not exist
for each, you are not infected. Also, if you run nearly any AV software or other tools like Little Snitch, you are not infected as it checks for these and deletes itself if found.
See? It just works! Any non-expert user would find these commands completely intuitive, and has probably run them themselves already.
--Jeremy
Very nearly anyone can get into the army. Listing "soldier" as an occupation isn't very impressive, and it can be downright misleading for someone who barely spent any time doing it.
Only the very best of the very best get to be astronauts. The dude earned the title and can list it wherever he pleases, regardless of what he's spent the previous decade(s) doing.
--Jeremy
We're all sinners.
No we're not. Fuck that bullshit. It saddens me that anyone actually believes that garbage.
--Jeremy
That you can't understand that there's any distinction between punching someone in the face and allowing two people to consent to marrying each other speaks volumes.
The key word you should try to comprehend here is "consent". If you can find someone that consents to taking your punches when you're angry, then you might have an argument.
--Jeremy
Include sales tax
Yes, because other vehicles are exempt from sales tax. /rolls eyes
--Jeremy