The Soviets were supposed to promote communal achievements, but even they understood the need for strong role models. That's why you had people like Gagarin and Zaitsev reach stardom in a system where they were supposed to be equal. Sure, Neil Armstrong couldn't have got there without a lot of scientists, but where a lot of people were part of the engine, this guy was at the helm of the ship so to speak.
Dude you have no idea what you are talking about, the thing about retinas is all about the text. Eventually you will find out when it makes their way to cheap PCs. I'm just telling you, this is no "buy my HD TV because I have 3D" kind of thing, this is the real deal.
And more to the point, because iCloud kind of sucks. With 10.8 is kind of getting there, but so far the only truly useful thing I can do with it is just off-site backups and neat Notes sync. But the very uncool thing about all these cloud services is that they will make your network slow to a crawl in a household with several computers doing the same thing.
He's not full of crap. Please do let me know of another tablet that achieved the success that the iPad has had so far before you blast somebody the way you did.
Because of Apple a lot of industries evolved to the point where you can clearly see that the 21st century is very different from the previous one in terms of consumer electronics. If that is not important to you, it's ok, but an awful lot of people really do care so just skip those news if it makes you so mad.
You don't seem to understand the benefits of replacing the keyboard with a larger screen. In that case, it's ok, blackberries are still being sold but the vast majority of the population decided they wanted to enjoy better multimedia features instead of having the best keyboard. Call it a compromise but it IS a major leap forward whether you like it or not, much like the GUI was a major step forward from text consoles (and frowned upon by some "experts" at the time)
Because this site is full of nerds with agendas, and it seems Apple is the new Microsoft. In the end, all of them are corporations, Google included, so I see no point cheering for one over the other.
I'd say the font rendering on MacOS is actually one of the worst aspects of the design too, funnily enough.
I disagree. Of all the platforms I have tried, Macs have outshined all others throughout history in font rendering. In a way they continue to excel, but this time with hardware with their retina equipped devices.
Why would you get mad with something that they clearly told you would void their warranty. The company is under no obligation to provide you with updates if you change the way that they expect the device to be. I mean, I might not like it but I get it. If you are a tinkerer, an iPhone or most Apple products for that matter are definitely not for you. They are for your regular consumers out there or power users that buy into their simplicity mantra. In my case, I have both an iPhone and a Samsung phone with Cyanogenmod from two different carriers since in that way I get complete coverage. As with the whole debate of Linux vs Windows or vs OSX, I decided that instead of choosing one over the other, it's easier to make up some use cases for each device and try to have it all if possible:). On the computing side I have a Macbook as a laptop with Windows and OSX, and a custom-built desktop with Linux and Windows. Windows is used for.NET and games, OSX for web browsing, mail, etc and Linux for web programming, development servers, etc. Adopt all platforms whenever possible or alternate between them, and I assure you, in the end, you will see them for what they really are. Just tools to get the work done:).
Apple already does this with their computers and they don't seem to care to the point where they provide Boot camp and the tools to run the other OS effectively.
The main problem with your argument is that Apple doesn't sell hardware at a loss, they have made that very clear over and over. In fact, if anything Apple's hardware is way overpriced because they truly still make money from all the devices they design, as opposed to the small marging that PC hardware manufacturers or even Foxconn makes with each iPhone.
I said thermonuclear is because Apple is doing it, not that Google is doing anything. I think they unwillingly did more harm to Apple than they ever thought it could be possible, by rallying an unlikely alliance between a bunch of hardware manufactures and a company that was just starting on the operating system business.
The major thing Google can do to disrupt Apple is just keep what they are doing. Keeping Apple at bay while the rest of the manufacturers continue to erode their market share. I think the story is going to repeat itself on the iPad but with Windows 8 devices.
Oh great, I can switch to an outdated platform that nobody's writing applications for
Well my friend, you do have a point there. I was just saying that just because Android fails you are not forced to use iOS, but in a way you are, so I guess you are right.
You have several alternatives actually. You can use a Blackberry, Windows Phone, even Samsung's own Bada OS. The only thing they lack is the apps and that's more of a market thing than anything else. Android is becoming a defacto monopoly by a company that has been violating privacy laws everywhere. I'm not going to cheer for a for-profit company over another, no matter how less "evil" they look. If it isn't open source, non-profit as Mozilla, Apache Foundation, GNU, etc, then those products will always have strings attached and will rarely be an "alternative" to a consumer.
Oh I'm not saying that the Iranian system is as good as the US, I'm just telling you that all countries have issues. To start pinpointing a specific country like that is just pure propaganda, and the same can be said about the US, but to you, as an American, you will see it for what it is, complete bullshit. That was the main idea of the argument.
I installed Cyanogenmod and it still reports back to Google. I'm talking about something that provides free (as in open source) alternatives especially to things like contacts sync, maybe even allowing a user sync with their own servers. I know, shocking.
On related news, Al Jazeera reported that, upon hearing the new project, the taliban are working on trained cats to chase what they described as "infidel rats". A US Army spokeperson said that additionally they might include a japanese variant of the rat project, that would make the animal reach its target without regard of its own safety.
The thing is, that Apple by the very definition of their business model, will never be able to reach a 100% monopoly. As a GNOME developer was pointing out, all the success that Apple is having only gave them about 7.5% market share on the desktop, they have been surpassed already by Android on smartphones and their only remaining bastion is the iPad which I think with Windows 8 devices, will truly have a run for its money.
Stop worrying so much, since at best, Apple can be like the Prada or Gucci of computers. Expensive, well designed items that fill a certain niche, but very unlikely to become mainstream but for the shortest periods of time.
It would be nice to have a group create a version of Android that doesn't report back anywhere. To be honest, one of the reasons I don't like to use Google products is that you always have this feeling that you don't even know when you are being tracked, but if it has the Google logo somewhere they will try real hard to do it. I get it, they are for-profit corporation and that's the way to get their revenue but I rather pay or use open source software whenever I can. It isn't funny how many people are willing to let go of their privacy because of a free product/service (think rebates).
What a bunch of nonsense. Women in Iran are allowed to show their faces. I think the country you are referring to is Saudi Arabia, which the US doesn't seem to have a problem with. The Islamic revolution that swept Iran hasn't been good for women's rights, but to say that it is the worst Middle East country regarding women treatment just shows a total lack of objectivity on your part.
Well the Soviet Union was just different. True, living in the US was better, but they had good schools and a good system overall for law abiding citizens, which is more than could be said about a lot of countries. I have friends that moved to the Soviet Union willingly and they were fairly impressed by what they saw even if they did have the bad things you mentioned. Ask yourself the following question, as a human being is it more important for you to find cheap Western goods or receive a top-notch education? Civil liberties vs economic, social and cultural rights? Both of those rights are enshrined into the universal declaration of human rights, but "capitalist" countries chose to follow civil and political rights while "communist" states tend to respect more economic, social and cultural rights. The reason I use quotes is because there are no countries that can be classified as truly capitalist or communist.
Even wealthy Canadians try to buy property overseas when they get old so they don't have to endure the crude winter. So no, Canada is not better than the US by far.
Arabs (and Persians in this case) don't like Jews and Jews don't like Arabs. It has been like that for more than a thousand years. Now to invade a country because one of said groups perceive the other to cause them harm is just playing to their petty feuds.
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The Soviets were supposed to promote communal achievements, but even they understood the need for strong role models. That's why you had people like Gagarin and Zaitsev reach stardom in a system where they were supposed to be equal. Sure, Neil Armstrong couldn't have got there without a lot of scientists, but where a lot of people were part of the engine, this guy was at the helm of the ship so to speak.
Dude you have no idea what you are talking about, the thing about retinas is all about the text. Eventually you will find out when it makes their way to cheap PCs. I'm just telling you, this is no "buy my HD TV because I have 3D" kind of thing, this is the real deal.
And more to the point, because iCloud kind of sucks. With 10.8 is kind of getting there, but so far the only truly useful thing I can do with it is just off-site backups and neat Notes sync. But the very uncool thing about all these cloud services is that they will make your network slow to a crawl in a household with several computers doing the same thing.
He's not full of crap. Please do let me know of another tablet that achieved the success that the iPad has had so far before you blast somebody the way you did.
Because of Apple a lot of industries evolved to the point where you can clearly see that the 21st century is very different from the previous one in terms of consumer electronics. If that is not important to you, it's ok, but an awful lot of people really do care so just skip those news if it makes you so mad.
You don't seem to understand the benefits of replacing the keyboard with a larger screen. In that case, it's ok, blackberries are still being sold but the vast majority of the population decided they wanted to enjoy better multimedia features instead of having the best keyboard. Call it a compromise but it IS a major leap forward whether you like it or not, much like the GUI was a major step forward from text consoles (and frowned upon by some "experts" at the time)
Because this site is full of nerds with agendas, and it seems Apple is the new Microsoft. In the end, all of them are corporations, Google included, so I see no point cheering for one over the other.
I'd say the font rendering on MacOS is actually one of the worst aspects of the design too, funnily enough.
I disagree. Of all the platforms I have tried, Macs have outshined all others throughout history in font rendering. In a way they continue to excel, but this time with hardware with their retina equipped devices.
Open source + non-profit :)
Haha, nice :)
Why would you get mad with something that they clearly told you would void their warranty. The company is under no obligation to provide you with updates if you change the way that they expect the device to be. I mean, I might not like it but I get it. If you are a tinkerer, an iPhone or most Apple products for that matter are definitely not for you. They are for your regular consumers out there or power users that buy into their simplicity mantra. In my case, I have both an iPhone and a Samsung phone with Cyanogenmod from two different carriers since in that way I get complete coverage. As with the whole debate of Linux vs Windows or vs OSX, I decided that instead of choosing one over the other, it's easier to make up some use cases for each device and try to have it all if possible :). On the computing side I have a Macbook as a laptop with Windows and OSX, and a custom-built desktop with Linux and Windows. Windows is used for .NET and games, OSX for web browsing, mail, etc and Linux for web programming, development servers, etc. Adopt all platforms whenever possible or alternate between them, and I assure you, in the end, you will see them for what they really are. Just tools to get the work done :).
Apple already does this with their computers and they don't seem to care to the point where they provide Boot camp and the tools to run the other OS effectively.
The main problem with your argument is that Apple doesn't sell hardware at a loss, they have made that very clear over and over. In fact, if anything Apple's hardware is way overpriced because they truly still make money from all the devices they design, as opposed to the small marging that PC hardware manufacturers or even Foxconn makes with each iPhone.
I said thermonuclear is because Apple is doing it, not that Google is doing anything. I think they unwillingly did more harm to Apple than they ever thought it could be possible, by rallying an unlikely alliance between a bunch of hardware manufactures and a company that was just starting on the operating system business.
The major thing Google can do to disrupt Apple is just keep what they are doing. Keeping Apple at bay while the rest of the manufacturers continue to erode their market share. I think the story is going to repeat itself on the iPad but with Windows 8 devices.
Oh great, I can switch to an outdated platform that nobody's writing applications for
Well my friend, you do have a point there. I was just saying that just because Android fails you are not forced to use iOS, but in a way you are, so I guess you are right.
You have several alternatives actually. You can use a Blackberry, Windows Phone, even Samsung's own Bada OS. The only thing they lack is the apps and that's more of a market thing than anything else. Android is becoming a defacto monopoly by a company that has been violating privacy laws everywhere. I'm not going to cheer for a for-profit company over another, no matter how less "evil" they look. If it isn't open source, non-profit as Mozilla, Apache Foundation, GNU, etc, then those products will always have strings attached and will rarely be an "alternative" to a consumer.
Is Amtrak a private entity too?
Oh I'm not saying that the Iranian system is as good as the US, I'm just telling you that all countries have issues. To start pinpointing a specific country like that is just pure propaganda, and the same can be said about the US, but to you, as an American, you will see it for what it is, complete bullshit. That was the main idea of the argument.
I installed Cyanogenmod and it still reports back to Google. I'm talking about something that provides free (as in open source) alternatives especially to things like contacts sync, maybe even allowing a user sync with their own servers. I know, shocking.
On related news, Al Jazeera reported that, upon hearing the new project, the taliban are working on trained cats to chase what they described as "infidel rats". A US Army spokeperson said that additionally they might include a japanese variant of the rat project, that would make the animal reach its target without regard of its own safety.
The thing is, that Apple by the very definition of their business model, will never be able to reach a 100% monopoly. As a GNOME developer was pointing out, all the success that Apple is having only gave them about 7.5% market share on the desktop, they have been surpassed already by Android on smartphones and their only remaining bastion is the iPad which I think with Windows 8 devices, will truly have a run for its money.
Stop worrying so much, since at best, Apple can be like the Prada or Gucci of computers. Expensive, well designed items that fill a certain niche, but very unlikely to become mainstream but for the shortest periods of time.
thermonuclear adj .\thr-m-nü-kl-r, -nyü-, ÷-n(y)ü-ky-lr\
: of, utilizing, or relating to a thermonuclear bomb
I guess they truly meant it, even if it causes harm to their company.
It would be nice to have a group create a version of Android that doesn't report back anywhere. To be honest, one of the reasons I don't like to use Google products is that you always have this feeling that you don't even know when you are being tracked, but if it has the Google logo somewhere they will try real hard to do it. I get it, they are for-profit corporation and that's the way to get their revenue but I rather pay or use open source software whenever I can. It isn't funny how many people are willing to let go of their privacy because of a free product/service (think rebates).
What a bunch of nonsense. Women in Iran are allowed to show their faces. I think the country you are referring to is Saudi Arabia, which the US doesn't seem to have a problem with. The Islamic revolution that swept Iran hasn't been good for women's rights, but to say that it is the worst Middle East country regarding women treatment just shows a total lack of objectivity on your part.
Well the Soviet Union was just different. True, living in the US was better, but they had good schools and a good system overall for law abiding citizens, which is more than could be said about a lot of countries. I have friends that moved to the Soviet Union willingly and they were fairly impressed by what they saw even if they did have the bad things you mentioned. Ask yourself the following question, as a human being is it more important for you to find cheap Western goods or receive a top-notch education? Civil liberties vs economic, social and cultural rights? Both of those rights are enshrined into the universal declaration of human rights, but "capitalist" countries chose to follow civil and political rights while "communist" states tend to respect more economic, social and cultural rights. The reason I use quotes is because there are no countries that can be classified as truly capitalist or communist.
Even wealthy Canadians try to buy property overseas when they get old so they don't have to endure the crude winter. So no, Canada is not better than the US by far.
Arabs (and Persians in this case) don't like Jews and Jews don't like Arabs. It has been like that for more than a thousand years. Now to invade a country because one of said groups perceive the other to cause them harm is just playing to their petty feuds.