Absolutely. Also, better get somebody to tail them while driving to see if they're one of those scofflaws who routinely violate speed limits. Anyone with such flagrant disrespect for the law has no business making my sandwich.
And that system used to work because people used to spend a higher proportion of their incomes than they do now.
Well yes, and apparently most customers didn't think spending so much of their income on food was as wonderful as you do. It's very unlikely that grocery stores are involved in a huge conspiracy to force everyone to eat worse food. They'd probably much prefer to sell higher-quality higher-margin products because they'd earn more profits; Whole Foods does exactly that. But amazingly it turns out that different people have different price/quality tradeoffs, and I don't see how any of them are objectively wrong.
And what will they stock up on? Processed foods that have long shelf lives
And they shouldn't have that choice?
You're missing the point because you do not accept that foodstuffs are *TOO* cheap, that's the problem.
Right. And I'm sure that if the stores raised their prices to the "proper" level, you would not at all be complaining about price gouging and how the poor can't afford to feed themselves.
Go and ask the poor sap on the DVD counter to recommend you a good family movie for the evening.
In order to elevate the new messiah, the apple faithful have to tear down the old one and deny all of the things that was supposed to make it special.
I love that. By their own standards Apple is creating a horrible user experience by including bash and emacs and Python and Java in Mac OS X, and being criminally irresponsible by allowing users to run random apps downloaded from anywhere.
Agreed. Also, access to the SD card should be limited to an app-specific directory by default.
I'm quite happy for an app to talk to it's own server for a cloud based service. I see no reason that the same permission should let it blindly send unlimited amounts of my phone SD card data (possibly at great expense) to a mysterious web site in China.
Well, once you let an app talk to the developer's servers they can do whatever they want with the data from there. The advantage of whitelisting specific URLs is when the app doesn't need to talk to the developer's server directly, but uses third-party services like ads or high score tracking.
The best fight would be fighting to not have them installed at all. If they are going to be installed, then don't fight storing images-- that just makes them *more* useless.
Virtual +1. Even more specifically, look at the trend of healthcare costs in areas where government *isn't* heavily involved, such as cosmetic surgery and LASIK.
The 'big' companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft and such even lean towards PhD as a minimum bar for entry. That's even more stupid, and you'll find you have trouble even getting a phone interview without a PhD even if you have, say, 10+ years experience in exactly the field they want.
I know that's not the case for Apple, and I have a hard time believing Google would be that stupid. Maybe it's true for very senior positions, but for typical software development positions, no way.
it took Barack Obama 48 years to win a prize for being born
Oh come on, it's more than that. He also had to not be George W. Bush, which only a single US President has managed to accomplish in this millenium.
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I actually kind of like that Verizon and Motorola are managing the OS on my phone because I want it to just work.
The ability to unlock your bootloader would in no way prevent it from "just working". As to why you should care even if you don't want to use custom ROMs: by now it should be clear that cell phones and their descendants are going to replace PCs for most of the population. If carriers and manufacturers are able to get away with using this transition as an excuse to take control over the hardware that we pay for, it will be very bad for future innovation and freedom.
I bought the Nexus One because it was more "open"... and then discovered that it really wasn't
How is it not? You can develop and distribute apps without begging for permission, and Google specifically makes it easy to unlock the N1's bootloader (and void your warranty, yes), while Apple considers you to be a criminal if you jailbreak.
Yes, the carriers are being as obnoxious and user-hostile as always. Which means if you want a phone that's actually open you have to do a bit of research beforehand. But at least you have that choice, unlike with the iPhone.
What needs to happen is the venues need to sell their tickets at auction
Yes, that would be the most efficient process. But then when tickets for popular shows get bid up to high levels, there would be howls of outrage over "gouging". Bands would prefer that you're angry at TicketMaster and scalpers rather than at them.
Scalpers sell *unused* tickets that would otherwise be perfectly available to me
No, they wouldn't. If scalpers can successfully sell their tickets for more than face value, then it means there's lots of demand and they'd sell out quickly at the original price.
This is so bad I wonder if the Obama administration is even proposing it, and not a right wing smear job.
It's entirely consistent for the party that brought us (or tried to) the Clipper Chip and encryption bans and the CDA and DMCA. Those with power always seek to increase their power, regardless of party; and those out of power will pretend to care about civil liberties. One of the leading voices against the Clipper Chip was John Ashcroft, who spoke eloquently about the necessity of privacy and anonymity, until his side won an election. Sound familiar?
Pichai is addressing the question of won't a new operating system need to have all it's application rewritten. The answer is that unlike something like the iPhone OS or Android, you don't need to write all new software.
Which still makes very little sense, because by that standard any OS with a decent browser qualifies. You don't "need" to write custom iPhone or Android apps because they also support web apps just fine. You have the option of writing native apps, which Chrome OS removes and calls a feature. Well, except for Native Client apps which are better than regular native apps because, um, the underpants gnomes told me so.
How? If anything, Apple screwed Adobe previously by dumping 64-bit Carbon after promising it for over a year. At this point I wouldn't blame Adobe if they dropped Mac support altogether.
It is a beautiful language that has been cursed by the browser.
You're right that the DOM incompatibilities aren't Javascript's fault, but it's just a bad language aside from that. Default global scope, lack of namespaces, and "optional" semicolons are awful design decisions, and the standard library is woefully inadequate. Python and Ruby give you all of its advantages without its bizarre misfeatures and with batteries.
Hmm. With my EVO (thanks Google!) I get ping times to 4.2.2.2 of 30ms on wifi, 90ms on 3G, and 180ms on 4G. Although I only have one 4G bar so presumably it will be better with a stronger connection.
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Absolutely. Also, better get somebody to tail them while driving to see if they're one of those scofflaws who routinely violate speed limits. Anyone with such flagrant disrespect for the law has no business making my sandwich.
The upcoming G2 runs stock Android.
Well yes, and apparently most customers didn't think spending so much of their income on food was as wonderful as you do. It's very unlikely that grocery stores are involved in a huge conspiracy to force everyone to eat worse food. They'd probably much prefer to sell higher-quality higher-margin products because they'd earn more profits; Whole Foods does exactly that. But amazingly it turns out that different people have different price/quality tradeoffs, and I don't see how any of them are objectively wrong.
And they shouldn't have that choice?
Right. And I'm sure that if the stores raised their prices to the "proper" level, you would not at all be complaining about price gouging and how the poor can't afford to feed themselves.
And I take it Netflix is the devil incarnate.
Please remove me from your list of advocates of thoughtcrime.
I love that. By their own standards Apple is creating a horrible user experience by including bash and emacs and Python and Java in Mac OS X, and being criminally irresponsible by allowing users to run random apps downloaded from anywhere.
Agreed. Also, access to the SD card should be limited to an app-specific directory by default.
Well, once you let an app talk to the developer's servers they can do whatever they want with the data from there. The advantage of whitelisting specific URLs is when the app doesn't need to talk to the developer's server directly, but uses third-party services like ads or high score tracking.
A perfect example of the "enforcement need" slippery slope.
Virtual +1. Even more specifically, look at the trend of healthcare costs in areas where government *isn't* heavily involved, such as cosmetic surgery and LASIK.
I know that's not the case for Apple, and I have a hard time believing Google would be that stupid. Maybe it's true for very senior positions, but for typical software development positions, no way.
Oh come on, it's more than that. He also had to not be George W. Bush, which only a single US President has managed to accomplish in this millenium.
The ability to unlock your bootloader would in no way prevent it from "just working". As to why you should care even if you don't want to use custom ROMs: by now it should be clear that cell phones and their descendants are going to replace PCs for most of the population. If carriers and manufacturers are able to get away with using this transition as an excuse to take control over the hardware that we pay for, it will be very bad for future innovation and freedom.
Which is ridiculous. I have source code that compiles and runs under both Mac OS X and GNUstep. It is a derivative work of both of them?
How is it not? You can develop and distribute apps without begging for permission, and Google specifically makes it easy to unlock the N1's bootloader (and void your warranty, yes), while Apple considers you to be a criminal if you jailbreak.
Yes, the carriers are being as obnoxious and user-hostile as always. Which means if you want a phone that's actually open you have to do a bit of research beforehand. But at least you have that choice, unlike with the iPhone.
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This is true. And autism is more common among children of parents with high IQs. Correlation!
Which is why Real Programmers write everything in assembly.
Rubbish images are a huge improvement over no images.
Very well said.
Yes, that would be the most efficient process. But then when tickets for popular shows get bid up to high levels, there would be howls of outrage over "gouging". Bands would prefer that you're angry at TicketMaster and scalpers rather than at them.
No, they wouldn't. If scalpers can successfully sell their tickets for more than face value, then it means there's lots of demand and they'd sell out quickly at the original price.
In other words, scalpers provide a functioning price system and accurately match supply to demand. And you want to throw them in jail for that?
It's entirely consistent for the party that brought us (or tried to) the Clipper Chip and encryption bans and the CDA and DMCA. Those with power always seek to increase their power, regardless of party; and those out of power will pretend to care about civil liberties. One of the leading voices against the Clipper Chip was John Ashcroft, who spoke eloquently about the necessity of privacy and anonymity, until his side won an election. Sound familiar?
Which still makes very little sense, because by that standard any OS with a decent browser qualifies. You don't "need" to write custom iPhone or Android apps because they also support web apps just fine. You have the option of writing native apps, which Chrome OS removes and calls a feature. Well, except for Native Client apps which are better than regular native apps because, um, the underpants gnomes told me so.
How? If anything, Apple screwed Adobe previously by dumping 64-bit Carbon after promising it for over a year. At this point I wouldn't blame Adobe if they dropped Mac support altogether.
You're right that the DOM incompatibilities aren't Javascript's fault, but it's just a bad language aside from that. Default global scope, lack of namespaces, and "optional" semicolons are awful design decisions, and the standard library is woefully inadequate. Python and Ruby give you all of its advantages without its bizarre misfeatures and with batteries.
Hmm. With my EVO (thanks Google!) I get ping times to 4.2.2.2 of 30ms on wifi, 90ms on 3G, and 180ms on 4G. Although I only have one 4G bar so presumably it will be better with a stronger connection.