Yes, in the same way that Dell is not responsible for the quality of its HDs, since it buys them from the same people from the same production lines as Apple does.
Both companies will replace broken ones, but they cannot magically make better hard drives since they do make them.
Announcing incorrect information without even checking the veracity *is*, however trollish.
If I "assumed" that you still can't change the video settings on Ubuntu if your resolution is set to 640x480 because the window is a fixed height with the ok button off the bottom of the screen then I would definitely be modded troll. This is no different.
Especially when the information in question is right there on the site - they even show a photo with the bottom panel removed (including a tiny animation of how the bottom panel unlocks) where you can clearly see the RAM.
Some of Apple's prior models are a pain to work on (I just stripped a 12" G4 Powerbook to replace the inverter - I think the person who designed the internals was on acid, and replacing the HD in my C2D iMac required removing the screen), but many are completely opposite. The Mac Pro/Powermac line are a joy to work on, and are a far cry from some of the nightmare PC cases I have seen.
There are still quite a few XBMC users who are doing it though. I think the only real reason that the AppleTV has the following that it does is because of the HDMI port. The new Mini finally addresses both issues that faced the community: either have the HDMI port and the low power CPU, or have a little meatier CPU in the Mini, but with no HDMI port.
Whether it is worth the money is another matter - the Ion based systems have the HTPC HD market pretty well sewn up.
Your point has nothing to do with my point, and your last line is a total non sequitur.
But then, when faced with a reply where really the only response is "hmm, I guess it's true that the app store is not the only place to get this content, thus refuting my argument quite poignantly" your only recourse is to resort to ad hominem attacks.
Hey, I'm not saying it's right (I think it's dumb, just like WalMart) but the article paints it as if it's some sort of inalienable right to force a privately owned store to sell something you want to buy, even if it doesn't want to stock it.
"I may not agree with your opinion, but I will defend you to the hilt for the right to express it."
My aunt occasionally shopped at Walmart because it had the most convenient photo lab in the area. She has several degrees and lectures in history.
Just because peopleofwalmart.com filters down a ton of photos from across the US to make the redneck "I go shopping in a onesie" folk look like typical customers does not make it so.
Either way, you could use any store run by a private company that sets policy on what it will carry. I know a convenience store here that won't carry Nestle, for example (and not because they have some exclusive deal with Cadbury/Mars etc).
I don't think it is - it cheapens and de-emphasises the point. When all is said and done, Apple is just a computer vendor selling nice gadgets. The Gaza conflict is a serious issue.
It's like the use of the word Nazi to describe things you don't like, such as grammar nazi, or the "nazi" ID card scheme etc.
No one dies because of Apple's inconsistent policies regarding the app store.
And neither can Apple - is this content *only* available through the app store? No.
The app is, but the app is just a way to deliver the content on the iPhone - the content itself is available from other sources. You can buy this content from other places, just not in iPhone app form.
I never thought I'd have to see a store in the US that wasn't free to make its own choices about what it wants to sell! I's like living in Gaza!
Is comparing the inability to buy an app with a carton penis in a private store where the owner of said store doesn't want to sell such things with living in Gaza the new Godwin?
I'm sure your hardship is just the same as some family in Gaza being shelled with white phosphorous while their perfectly legal and legitimate house is bulldozed to make way for new, illegal construction.
This is different to Walmart deciding not to carry content its store owners find objectionable, how?
Apple can say "no penises on the store, even comic ones" just like network TV can say "no swearing before 9pm" or a store can say "we'll carry all of your products except that flavoured lube you make, it just doesn't fit with our image".
Also, I thought most publishers *were* corporations. When did it become ok to post troll articles as summaries? Oh wait, it's slashdot. Carry on.
So by that metric, the Android platform shouldn't be taken seriously either, since all the apps on that platform from the major players were developed first from other platforms.
The ones I can think of off the top of my head are the Crayon Physics thing (although again, physics engine simulations did not originate on the iPhone), the Ocrarina app that spawned a whole new genre (although, again, musical instruments and music as a whole did not originate on the iPhone), and games that were developed from scratch to match the capabilities of the phone (like the compass, accelerometers, etc) (and again, motion detection control input did not originate on the iPhone).
Apps like MotionGPS are also doing extremely well (although GPS navigation with waypoints, map drawing, en-route-snapshots, timers and route uploading to the web did not originate on the iPhone) which is making the company that develops the software for other devices a great deal of money since their customer base went from "gee, it would be nice to buy a GPS unit for my walking hobby, but it's expensive" to "ooh, $5 for a nice GPS waypoint app with some nice features that goes right on my phone".
And the number of webservers running IIS back in the day was much less than those running Apache on top of Linux, yet somehow the more popular one was the less-attacked.
People have been trying hard to expose the weakness in the "supposed secure" OS X since it came out, and despite a few high profile proof of concept things and a lot of people with a point to prove, it has stood up remarkably well.
I'm not saying it is immune to threats - that is clearly nonsense, but the Unix core and a decent security culture make for a pretty potent combination. It's not *all* down to the smaller user base that there are no major in-the-wild malware. Would you say the same was true for Linux? Its desktop share is even smaller than OS X. Is the lack of malware on Linux down to being a vanishingly small install base on the desktop compared to Windows?
There are also many high profile consumer-accessible apps that are more than "some single person business knocking out something in 2 weeks" that are selling very well.
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Yes, in the same way that Dell is not responsible for the quality of its HDs, since it buys them from the same people from the same production lines as Apple does.
Both companies will replace broken ones, but they cannot magically make better hard drives since they do make them.
Announcing incorrect information without even checking the veracity *is*, however trollish.
If I "assumed" that you still can't change the video settings on Ubuntu if your resolution is set to 640x480 because the window is a fixed height with the ok button off the bottom of the screen then I would definitely be modded troll. This is no different.
Especially when the information in question is right there on the site - they even show a photo with the bottom panel removed (including a tiny animation of how the bottom panel unlocks) where you can clearly see the RAM.
Some of Apple's prior models are a pain to work on (I just stripped a 12" G4 Powerbook to replace the inverter - I think the person who designed the internals was on acid, and replacing the HD in my C2D iMac required removing the screen), but many are completely opposite. The Mac Pro/Powermac line are a joy to work on, and are a far cry from some of the nightmare PC cases I have seen.
No it isn't. You need a computer to set it up and maintain it. It is NOT a replacement for a computer (in the same way that an iPhone isn't either).
I play MKV files all the time on OS X. No need to convert.
I even *make* mkv files on OS X when ripping my DVD collection for my HTPC.
There are still quite a few XBMC users who are doing it though. I think the only real reason that the AppleTV has the following that it does is because of the HDMI port. The new Mini finally addresses both issues that faced the community: either have the HDMI port and the low power CPU, or have a little meatier CPU in the Mini, but with no HDMI port.
Whether it is worth the money is another matter - the Ion based systems have the HTPC HD market pretty well sewn up.
Except that you need a computer to set up an iPad - it is NOT a computer replacement.
Not for apps no, but you can get this comic by other means. It's not exclusive to the app store.
I don't necessarily agree with the policy either, but it is exactly analogous.
Walmart doesn't like carrying certain magazines. You can buy them elsewhere.
Apple doesn't like selling certain comic content. You can buy it elsewhere.
See?
Amad again with the ad hominem attacks. Your arguments would work a little better without them.
Your point has nothing to do with my point, and your last line is a total non sequitur.
But then, when faced with a reply where really the only response is "hmm, I guess it's true that the app store is not the only place to get this content, thus refuting my argument quite poignantly" your only recourse is to resort to ad hominem attacks.
C'est la vie.
Yes, they can just buy the comic by other means.
Just like you can go elsewhere instead of Walmart to buy your "objectionable" magazines.
Hey, I'm not saying it's right (I think it's dumb, just like WalMart) but the article paints it as if it's some sort of inalienable right to force a privately owned store to sell something you want to buy, even if it doesn't want to stock it.
"I may not agree with your opinion, but I will defend you to the hilt for the right to express it."
So, you're telling me that the *only* way to get this comic is via the app store? You can't get it via any other delivery mechanism?
Literally the only way is to buy this app and view it on the iPhone/iPad?
How did people view it before the iPhone?
My aunt occasionally shopped at Walmart because it had the most convenient photo lab in the area. She has several degrees and lectures in history.
Just because peopleofwalmart.com filters down a ton of photos from across the US to make the redneck "I go shopping in a onesie" folk look like typical customers does not make it so.
Either way, you could use any store run by a private company that sets policy on what it will carry. I know a convenience store here that won't carry Nestle, for example (and not because they have some exclusive deal with Cadbury/Mars etc).
I don't think it is - it cheapens and de-emphasises the point. When all is said and done, Apple is just a computer vendor selling nice gadgets. The Gaza conflict is a serious issue.
It's like the use of the word Nazi to describe things you don't like, such as grammar nazi, or the "nazi" ID card scheme etc.
No one dies because of Apple's inconsistent policies regarding the app store.
And neither can Apple - is this content *only* available through the app store? No.
The app is, but the app is just a way to deliver the content on the iPhone - the content itself is available from other sources. You can buy this content from other places, just not in iPhone app form.
My iPhone contract was 18 months, and I happen to like my carrier, long before the iPhone came out.
Hyperbole serves no one.
I never thought I'd have to see a store in the US that wasn't free to make its own choices about what it wants to sell! I's like living in Gaza!
Is comparing the inability to buy an app with a carton penis in a private store where the owner of said store doesn't want to sell such things with living in Gaza the new Godwin?
I'm sure your hardship is just the same as some family in Gaza being shelled with white phosphorous while their perfectly legal and legitimate house is bulldozed to make way for new, illegal construction.
This is different to Walmart deciding not to carry content its store owners find objectionable, how?
Apple can say "no penises on the store, even comic ones" just like network TV can say "no swearing before 9pm" or a store can say "we'll carry all of your products except that flavoured lube you make, it just doesn't fit with our image".
Also, I thought most publishers *were* corporations. When did it become ok to post troll articles as summaries? Oh wait, it's slashdot. Carry on.
So by that metric, the Android platform shouldn't be taken seriously either, since all the apps on that platform from the major players were developed first from other platforms.
The ones I can think of off the top of my head are the Crayon Physics thing (although again, physics engine simulations did not originate on the iPhone), the Ocrarina app that spawned a whole new genre (although, again, musical instruments and music as a whole did not originate on the iPhone), and games that were developed from scratch to match the capabilities of the phone (like the compass, accelerometers, etc) (and again, motion detection control input did not originate on the iPhone).
Apps like MotionGPS are also doing extremely well (although GPS navigation with waypoints, map drawing, en-route-snapshots, timers and route uploading to the web did not originate on the iPhone) which is making the company that develops the software for other devices a great deal of money since their customer base went from "gee, it would be nice to buy a GPS unit for my walking hobby, but it's expensive" to "ooh, $5 for a nice GPS waypoint app with some nice features that goes right on my phone".
And the number of webservers running IIS back in the day was much less than those running Apache on top of Linux, yet somehow the more popular one was the less-attacked.
People have been trying hard to expose the weakness in the "supposed secure" OS X since it came out, and despite a few high profile proof of concept things and a lot of people with a point to prove, it has stood up remarkably well.
I'm not saying it is immune to threats - that is clearly nonsense, but the Unix core and a decent security culture make for a pretty potent combination. It's not *all* down to the smaller user base that there are no major in-the-wild malware. Would you say the same was true for Linux? Its desktop share is even smaller than OS X. Is the lack of malware on Linux down to being a vanishingly small install base on the desktop compared to Windows?
This is one of the best troll posts I have ever seen.
Bravo.
So you are saying that 100% of the Mac user base is US college students?
Do you understand that the iPad $AUS was compared to an Amazon $US price of the netbook it was being compared with to accentuate the difference?
Your reality does not follow with actual reality.
There are also many high profile consumer-accessible apps that are more than "some single person business knocking out something in 2 weeks" that are selling very well.
Did you flash your gun at your boss during your salary negotiations?