What? Life didn't even get interesting until I was at least 22. The best years of life are in you 30s when you have money, friends who are more than just coincidental classmates. I pity your children.
Do you stay away from Google? They certainly collect all your data, to improve the service if nothing else. Apple has a fine history of privacy, addressing issues as they arise. Plus their business model isn't based in advertising, unlike Google.
By extending your logic only trained pilots should ever fly in a plane; only mechanics should ever drive a car, only engineers should ever operate machinery, only physicists should ever use electricity.
Technology should empower people. That is its sole purpose. Apple groks this. They don't make computers or gadgets for geeks to tinker with, they make tools for average people to use in their everyday life.
This is BS. Webmail, FTP, USB drives, etc etc. All of these are allowed (maybe not by choice) technologies essential for business. They are easy for non-tech to use, so they get used. They are all much bigger vectors for intrusion than an iPhone.
Apple has had the ability to host an Enterprise AppStore for a while now. Additionally you can side load apps and if you make your own can distribute internally via the same methods.
Have you signed up for a business level license? Apple has a lot more support than you might think. Not every small business can afford it of course. It's meant for businesses with tens of hundreds of Apple product using employees.
Just to be fair we the US should also pull funding for Israel. Israeli rockets and machine guns have killed far to many innocent civilians for my tastes. I'll also criticize the US for too much "collateral" damage.
Hamas is not Palestine. You want Hamas out of Palestine, stop stealing land, killing bystanders and destroying schools and the Palestinians will kick Hamas out themselves. Violence begets violence.
China will give it away for political power. They are no different than any other nation. They are smart though. They will not play the hand too early.
I'm of the opinion that it is time for the world to deal with Israel and the Palestinians.
Palestine doesn't "control" any terror organizations. They are taken advantage of by said organizations which thrive in regions where there are oppressed populations much as Gangs (Bloods, Cryps, etc) thrive in poor neighborhoods in the US.
Empower the average Palestinian to get educated, work and provide for their families - have a stable home - and their kids won't grow up wanting to kill the people they see as the oppressor (Israel).
And America and Britain and Germany and Russia and most of the Western world defiled, stole, destroyed and held hostage millions of artifacts the world over. Every culture has destroyed the artifacts of other cultures. Who holds "us" responsible? Possibly by participating in UNESCO the Palestinians will seek restitution like the rest of the participating nations.
So you agree that killing innocent Palestinians is an act of terror and the US should stop funding Israel. Good for you!
Israel lost their status as an under dog in need of protection long ago (20+ years). They should succeed or fail without special privilege. The Palestinian nation has as much right to form a state as the displaced Israelis. More right to the land they've been kicked off of. Crimes should be punished on both sides by their own governments, rather than celebrated. Each group protects murderers in the name of patriotism. Shame on Israel for lowering themselves to slaughter of innocents in the name of justice and Shame on the Palestinians for continuing their retaliatory response of violence. Shame on Israel for stealing land under the guise of "settlements" and Shame on the Palestinians for aligning themselves with criminals to try to regain their lands.
Israel keeps hitting Palestine over the head and Palestine just kicks Israel in the balls and it repeats over and over. Both groups are complete buffoons and the whole world laughs and cries and the pitiful stupidity of the entire situation. Are they both so blind they can't see the idiocy? It's pathetic.
Should you be able to patent the combining of two old ideas? Many software patents are not new but are simply an old idea implemented in a new way but using existing techniques which are obvious to anyone skilled in that area. Typically it is just an extension into a different field of use.
Eg. A database to keep track of bird sightings. There is prior art of how to record such things in a log book (spreadsheet/table format) and anyone skilled in the creation of digital databases can duplicate this format and write CRUD operations.
This would probably receive a patent in the current atmosphere. I've seen many patents just like it but for other topics.
IMHO the above example and all "software" or "business method" patents like it should be nullified. They are not new or innovative in any way. They are just applications of existing technology.
This whole scenario seems incredible. HP buys Palm, assets, people, hardware - then drops the hardware to build their own. Fine they are a hardware company- makes sense. Then they say they are going to roll out WebOS everywhere to interconnect printers, phone, tablets, PCs, etc. Then the announce WebOS is dead (except as an embedded OS), then announce they are getting out of the PC business altogether. The whole damn thing is madness.
Are you seriously trying to propose that nobody died during the construction, maintenance and everyday operation of a multiple major industrial power plants? What you are probably stating is that nobody has died from radiation from a nuclear power plant. I suspect the same is true of solar. No deaths from runaway solar power generation.
Nice try though.
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Yes most of southern Europe are socialist countries. Most of northern Europe are capitalist countries. Which ones are currently in bankruptcy and which country's citizens hard work is being stolen to offset the others' laziness?
I get that now but add sales reports, infrastructure alerts, workflow tasks, source control, continuous integration and content updates and merchandise changes. Folders and rules are essential. I still have to archive manually on occasion to move/delete any ppt or psd files being emailed or my mailbox fills up.
Or something like. Instead of writing for a publisher and hoping you get sales, put up a chapter and get funded by your readers to finish it. You get marketing, enough money to live on and maybe a hot seller. If you don't know how to get the word out hire a PR person to help and make the funding goal enough to include their fees.
When it comes to learning a new UI, most people have the attention span of a toddler. They are busy taking calls, going to meetings, reading reports, running errands and planning vacations. They don't want to spend the day re-learning how to do the annoying bits of their job (using the computer to enter data or access data).
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What? Life didn't even get interesting until I was at least 22. The best years of life are in you 30s when you have money, friends who are more than just coincidental classmates. I pity your children.
The next big market is the one not already using PCs. Aka kids, grandmas, soccer moms and Luddites.
They've already got your money/attention ( or think they have it).
Do you stay away from Google? They certainly collect all your data, to improve the service if nothing else. Apple has a fine history of privacy, addressing issues as they arise. Plus their business model isn't based in advertising, unlike Google.
You are an idiot.
By extending your logic only trained pilots should ever fly in a plane; only mechanics should ever drive a car, only engineers should ever operate machinery, only physicists should ever use electricity.
Technology should empower people. That is its sole purpose. Apple groks this. They don't make computers or gadgets for geeks to tinker with, they make tools for average people to use in their everyday life.
This is BS. Webmail, FTP, USB drives, etc etc. All of these are allowed (maybe not by choice) technologies essential for business. They are easy for non-tech to use, so they get used. They are all much bigger vectors for intrusion than an iPhone.
Apple has had the ability to host an Enterprise AppStore for a while now. Additionally you can side load apps and if you make your own can distribute internally via the same methods.
Have you signed up for a business level license? Apple has a lot more support than you might think. Not every small business can afford it of course. It's meant for businesses with tens of hundreds of Apple product using employees.
Just to be fair we the US should also pull funding for Israel. Israeli rockets and machine guns have killed far to many innocent civilians for my tastes. I'll also criticize the US for too much "collateral" damage.
Hamas is not Palestine. You want Hamas out of Palestine, stop stealing land, killing bystanders and destroying schools and the Palestinians will kick Hamas out themselves. Violence begets violence.
China will give it away for political power. They are no different than any other nation. They are smart though. They will not play the hand too early.
I'm of the opinion that it is time for the world to deal with Israel and the Palestinians.
Palestine doesn't "control" any terror organizations. They are taken advantage of by said organizations which thrive in regions where there are oppressed populations much as Gangs (Bloods, Cryps, etc) thrive in poor neighborhoods in the US.
Empower the average Palestinian to get educated, work and provide for their families - have a stable home - and their kids won't grow up wanting to kill the people they see as the oppressor (Israel).
This is basic psychology and social dynamics.
And America and Britain and Germany and Russia and most of the Western world defiled, stole, destroyed and held hostage millions of artifacts the world over. Every culture has destroyed the artifacts of other cultures. Who holds "us" responsible? Possibly by participating in UNESCO the Palestinians will seek restitution like the rest of the participating nations.
So you agree that killing innocent Palestinians is an act of terror and the US should stop funding Israel. Good for you!
Israel lost their status as an under dog in need of protection long ago (20+ years). They should succeed or fail without special privilege. The Palestinian nation has as much right to form a state as the displaced Israelis. More right to the land they've been kicked off of. Crimes should be punished on both sides by their own governments, rather than celebrated. Each group protects murderers in the name of patriotism. Shame on Israel for lowering themselves to slaughter of innocents in the name of justice and Shame on the Palestinians for continuing their retaliatory response of violence. Shame on Israel for stealing land under the guise of "settlements" and Shame on the Palestinians for aligning themselves with criminals to try to regain their lands.
Israel keeps hitting Palestine over the head and Palestine just kicks Israel in the balls and it repeats over and over. Both groups are complete buffoons and the whole world laughs and cries and the pitiful stupidity of the entire situation. Are they both so blind they can't see the idiocy? It's pathetic.
Should you be able to patent the combining of two old ideas? Many software patents are not new but are simply an old idea implemented in a new way but using existing techniques which are obvious to anyone skilled in that area. Typically it is just an extension into a different field of use.
Eg. A database to keep track of bird sightings. There is prior art of how to record such things in a log book (spreadsheet/table format) and anyone skilled in the creation of digital databases can duplicate this format and write CRUD operations.
This would probably receive a patent in the current atmosphere. I've seen many patents just like it but for other topics.
IMHO the above example and all "software" or "business method" patents like it should be nullified. They are not new or innovative in any way. They are just applications of existing technology.
Is there any debate that a printer can be patented? No. The output of the printer however is another story altogether.
This whole scenario seems incredible. HP buys Palm, assets, people, hardware - then drops the hardware to build their own. Fine they are a hardware company- makes sense. Then they say they are going to roll out WebOS everywhere to interconnect printers, phone, tablets, PCs, etc. Then the announce WebOS is dead (except as an embedded OS), then announce they are getting out of the PC business altogether. The whole damn thing is madness.
Are you seriously trying to propose that nobody died during the construction, maintenance and everyday operation of a multiple major industrial power plants? What you are probably stating is that nobody has died from radiation from a nuclear power plant. I suspect the same is true of solar. No deaths from runaway solar power generation.
Nice try though.
Yes most of southern Europe are socialist countries. Most of northern Europe are capitalist countries. Which ones are currently in bankruptcy and which country's citizens hard work is being stolen to offset the others' laziness?
Why are drivers such an issue? If its worth the while why not band together and hire a developer or two to write the code you need?
Apple has proven this multiple times and failed as many times.
Makes you wonder how much rare earths were left in the slag pile of former mines.
You still use CVS?
I get that now but add sales reports, infrastructure alerts, workflow tasks, source control, continuous integration and content updates and merchandise changes. Folders and rules are essential. I still have to archive manually on occasion to move/delete any ppt or psd files being emailed or my mailbox fills up.
Or something like. Instead of writing for a publisher and hoping you get sales, put up a chapter and get funded by your readers to finish it. You get marketing, enough money to live on and maybe a hot seller. If you don't know how to get the word out hire a PR person to help and make the funding goal enough to include their fees.
I think you missed the parent post's point.
When it comes to learning a new UI, most people have the attention span of a toddler. They are busy taking calls, going to meetings, reading reports, running errands and planning vacations. They don't want to spend the day re-learning how to do the annoying bits of their job (using the computer to enter data or access data).
People google stuff they don't know how to do, they don't go on a wild goose chase through the OS. At work they just call the help desk.