I can't believe this. I am a developer, I focus first on iOS, but I don't buy more developers focusing on iOS.
I believe more developers that are willing to invest time and money on polish do go for iOS first. I believe there is more money on iOS. But ignoring quality, just looking at sheer numbers, there are more Android developers out there.
When I mentioned "developers," I meant developers willing to devote time/money on their product. Can we no longer just use "developers" as short-hand anymore?
The general consensus among my black friends is that they prefer to be referred to as black, "colored" refers to any non-white race and is too broad. As with my post above, which for some reason was modded flamebait, I'm only parroting the words of my black friends.
All racial terminology is arbitrary and largely based on artificial social preferences.
Why not just refer to people as "human" and be done with it?
Cartoon depictions of child sexual activity (commonly found in manga)
Bullshit. Your local Barnes & Noble is filled with manga volumes completely bereft of child porn.
It'd be just as (in)accurate to say, "Graphic depictions of sexual abuse (commonly found in Spanish literature)" or "Vivid roleplaying of homosexual violence (commonly found in sports)."
Unless a manga volume involved inappropriate sexual contact with a minor, then all manga volumes are bereft of child porn.
You're posting links to videos (without including any description of what's in the video) in the comments to a child porn story???
As has been pointed out above, if one of them happens to be kiddie porn, everyone who clicks on it suddenly become a sex offender (at least in the US) through no fault of their own. Maybe that was your point, i don't know.
A healthy dose of paranoia is good and all, but you're far more likely to run into risque material on Channel 4 than youtube.
Until networks are government-owned, said government is incorruptible and network neutrality is enshrined in the constitution.
Even then, it only ensures relative safety for the country which meets the above three criteria.
What I'm saying is, fighting against these laws isn't enough.
Someone in Europe or North America is going to enact a severely tiered internet at some point, and everyone in favor of net neutrality needs to be ready with an alternative that will change the game.
Sounds like the FBI have reassured CP users that TOR is safe for distribution. Next step, disabuse them after a 6-month operation so they can cast a sufficiently wide net.
Polishes some scuffs off his tin foil hat.
As far as tin-foil-hattery, I'd put my money on:
FBI suggests difficulty in capturing child pornographers who use an anonymous network.
Media jumps on board, raising awareness of the issue.
Congress acts to outlaw protocols for anonymous networking.
Activists protest the congressional proposal.
Activists branded as child pornographers by media.
This is exactly what they want you to think. They have no interest in revealing what they can't do, unless they want you to think they can't. Lower your guards. Use the software with confidence. You are perfectly safe.
They want you to think a lot of things.
More than anything, they probably want you to think about what they're thinking.
The only reason why this was released to the public, was to drum up support to make programs like TOR illegal in the US.
You have been warned. Once the government uses the "For the children" excuse... or "Child pornography" excuse... it should immediately make you take notice that the government is trying to outlaw something.
In this case, its dark nets, because as we all know that is where privacy is heading, and they want to stop it.
One of the reasons textbooks are largely reviled in academia is their ability to turn students off, drain their wallet and misinform (in some instances) all at the same time.
If the textbook industry implodes, I think celebration is in order. The quality and cost of education would likely improve.
When Vernor Vinge wrote True Names in 1981, even he couldn't foresee the coming-to-a-world-near-you technological singularity would be held up, not by warfare or massive economic disaster, but by simple antiquated litigation.
Again one of those websites which are sprinkled with links having only the text "here" or "this page". Go there, see here, this, that, everywhere. You don't as quickly see where the links are pointing, and it kind of feels like pushing the reader around. Just for a comparison...
"Ever since the release of the iPhone 4 with its 326 pixels-per-inch (PPI) Retina display, people have wondered about the lack of high-PPI desktop displays"
I'm pretty sure gamers have been wondering about this a heck of a lot longer than that!
I don't know if gamers in recent years care as much about this.
If you're sitting on a couch 6+ feet from a TV or you're sitting a couple feet from a 27" monitor, I think putting more pixels per inch has diminishing returns relatively quickly.
Personally, I'd be very interested in higher resolutions for larger displays, but the PPI issue is not as important to me.
To be honest, what with the population explosion, global warming, governments being too busy working with the banks to screw everyone over and billions of illiterate people all wanting nice cars and air conditioning means we're all pretty much fucked anyway so I wouldn't worry about it too much.
If my concern is teachers/social workers/open source engineers aren't justly compensated, and your concern is a general lack of awareness or apathy about global warming, overpopulation and wealth disparity, you'd think there'd be a way we could meet in the middle here....
The obvious point is that drivers for both premium GFX card vendors have significant problems due to all the chasing of the better performance at cost of everything else, often including system stability and compatibility.
Sure, new drivers can cause problems, but 'performance at any cost' is what the gaming market generally demands.
Either the gaming market has to change or Nvidia and ATI have to change their customer-base.
With Intel currently dominating the non-gamer laptop graphics market, why wouldn't ATI & Nvidia embrace their loyal customer-base of hardcore gamers?
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I believe there is more money on iOS.
That's really all you needed to say. You proved my point quite nicely.
Oh, so you mean true developers.
Sure, contextuality doesn't mean anything anymore.
Since when did Slashdot become so pedantic?
I can't believe this. I am a developer, I focus first on iOS, but I don't buy more developers focusing on iOS.
I believe more developers that are willing to invest time and money on polish do go for iOS first. I believe there is more money on iOS. But ignoring quality, just looking at sheer numbers, there are more Android developers out there.
When I mentioned "developers," I meant developers willing to devote time/money on their product. Can we no longer just use "developers" as short-hand anymore?
Fair? Increase the # of cops so that it is 1:1. Now it's fair.
Idiot.
Sounds fine by me. Make everyone a citizen policeman.
What was the point you thought you were making?
More developers concentrate on iOS, leading to better monetization on iOS.
Apple touts better monetization, and developers continue to concentrate on iOS.
It's not some big mystery.
Next, we should give the protestors guns, handcuffs, and bullet proof cars.
Sounds fair.
The general consensus among my black friends is that they prefer to be referred to as black, "colored" refers to any non-white race and is too broad. As with my post above, which for some reason was modded flamebait, I'm only parroting the words of my black friends.
All racial terminology is arbitrary and largely based on artificial social preferences.
Why not just refer to people as "human" and be done with it?
Cartoon depictions of child sexual activity (commonly found in manga)
Bullshit. Your local Barnes & Noble is filled with manga volumes completely bereft of child porn.
It'd be just as (in)accurate to say, "Graphic depictions of sexual abuse (commonly found in Spanish literature)" or "Vivid roleplaying of homosexual violence (commonly found in sports)."
Unless a manga volume involved inappropriate sexual contact with a minor, then all manga volumes are bereft of child porn.
The End.
You're posting links to videos (without including any description of what's in the video) in the comments to a child porn story???
As has been pointed out above, if one of them happens to be kiddie porn, everyone who clicks on it suddenly become a sex offender (at least in the US) through no fault of their own. Maybe that was your point, i don't know.
A healthy dose of paranoia is good and all, but you're far more likely to run into risque material on Channel 4 than youtube.
Until networks are government-owned, said government is incorruptible and network neutrality is enshrined in the constitution.
Even then, it only ensures relative safety for the country which meets the above three criteria.
What I'm saying is, fighting against these laws isn't enough.
Someone in Europe or North America is going to enact a severely tiered internet at some point, and everyone in favor of net neutrality needs to be ready with an alternative that will change the game.
Sounds like the FBI have reassured CP users that TOR is safe for distribution. Next step, disabuse them after a 6-month operation so they can cast a sufficiently wide net.
Polishes some scuffs off his tin foil hat.
As far as tin-foil-hattery, I'd put my money on:
FBI suggests difficulty in capturing child pornographers who use an anonymous network.
Media jumps on board, raising awareness of the issue.
Congress acts to outlaw protocols for anonymous networking.
Activists protest the congressional proposal.
Activists branded as child pornographers by media.
Law passes.
Am I the only one that finds this reassuring?
This is exactly what they want you to think. They have no interest in revealing what they can't do, unless they want you to think they can't. Lower your guards. Use the software with confidence. You are perfectly safe.
They want you to think a lot of things.
More than anything, they probably want you to think about what they're thinking.
The only reason why this was released to the public, was to drum up support to make programs like TOR illegal in the US.
You have been warned. Once the government uses the "For the children" excuse... or "Child pornography" excuse... it should immediately make you take notice that the government is trying to outlaw something.
In this case, its dark nets, because as we all know that is where privacy is heading, and they want to stop it.
Fixed that for you.
So the "problem" is actually a case of "working as designed".
Exactly. The "news" here is that the FBI can't penetrate an anonymous network.
Am I the only one that finds this reassuring?
One of the reasons textbooks are largely reviled in academia is their ability to turn students off, drain their wallet and misinform (in some instances) all at the same time.
If the textbook industry implodes, I think celebration is in order. The quality and cost of education would likely improve.
If you're a Nobel laureate at Berkeley, you know the Nobel parking permit is worth at least 2 million kronor.
When Vernor Vinge wrote True Names in 1981, even he couldn't foresee the coming-to-a-world-near-you technological singularity would be held up, not by warfare or massive economic disaster, but by simple antiquated litigation.
Again one of those websites which are sprinkled with links having only the text "here" or "this page". Go there, see here, this, that, everywhere. You don't as quickly see where the links are pointing, and it kind of feels like pushing the reader around. Just for a comparison...
Website wording aside...
Why not just go here?
He fights like a cow?
If they're not calling this "Operation Guybrush," it's a golden opportunity wasted.
Chinese? You know that RIM is Canadian, right?
Of course, major corporate buy-outs need to be approved by the FTC, China and Europe these days.
See Google's buy-out of Motorola Mobility.
Good luck trying to buy both and getting it approved by the FTC and its European and Chinese equivalents.
My bet is for Microsoft to try for RIM. Who knows, Facebook may even try for a merger with one of these companies.
"Ever since the release of the iPhone 4 with its 326 pixels-per-inch (PPI) Retina display, people have wondered about the lack of high-PPI desktop displays"
I'm pretty sure gamers have been wondering about this a heck of a lot longer than that!
I don't know if gamers in recent years care as much about this.
If you're sitting on a couch 6+ feet from a TV or you're sitting a couple feet from a 27" monitor, I think putting more pixels per inch has diminishing returns relatively quickly.
Personally, I'd be very interested in higher resolutions for larger displays, but the PPI issue is not as important to me.
They're valued perfectly.
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To be honest, what with the population explosion, global warming, governments being too busy working with the banks to screw everyone over and billions of illiterate people all wanting nice cars and air conditioning means we're all pretty much fucked anyway so I wouldn't worry about it too much.
If my concern is teachers/social workers/open source engineers aren't justly compensated, and your concern is a general lack of awareness or apathy about global warming, overpopulation and wealth disparity, you'd think there'd be a way we could meet in the middle here....
Can't be too difficult to teach the kid about fire, water, earth, and air.
You and your antiquated notions!
We've known since the nineties the base elements won't do anything useful unless you also have "Heart." Blue skin is a bonus.
The obvious point is that drivers for both premium GFX card vendors have significant problems due to all the chasing of the better performance at cost of everything else, often including system stability and compatibility.
Sure, new drivers can cause problems, but 'performance at any cost' is what the gaming market generally demands.
Either the gaming market has to change or Nvidia and ATI have to change their customer-base.
With Intel currently dominating the non-gamer laptop graphics market, why wouldn't ATI & Nvidia embrace their loyal customer-base of hardcore gamers?