"My shelter" is just where I live. I spent a few years living in the US, away from my original home country, I have also undertaken two degrees, as well as running my own business. I travelled extensively after my first degree also. I'm not sure if this qualifies me as "being under a shelter", but so be it.
One of the other great things about culture is being able to sample lots of it, from many different sources. You seem to be suggesting that if I enjoy that particular facet of human culture (namely a science and maths themed comic with a slightly dry sense of humour) that I can't possibly appreciate or even be aware of anything else.
Perhaps you should come out from under your shelter, where anything *you* personally deem non conducive to your own cultural development is worthless.
Well, it's proprietary on the dock end (although the connector is standard), and an Apple-branded one is $19 for a spare (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA591G/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOQ&mco=MTM3NTI1NDE), but you can use third party ones that are available for less.
It will charge off any USB port (active or dumb, like a power brick), or anything that will supply 5 volts.
I charge mine in my car off my radio's USB port using a non-apple dock cable. It certainly didn't cost me $40 (or the equivalent price in UK money).
Where did I say that it was based on intelligence?
I said that it was not aimed at him - surely you must be "intelligent" enough to understand that all humour is subjective, and all humour on a specific subject topic area does not necessarily have to appeal to everyone who is part of that group.
My "delicacy" was the popping of the OP's bubble that because it's not funny *to him* that it is not funny at all.
Being delicate and all.
Interesting that you post AC - you're quite happy to slam me for perceived need of a website to validate my identity, yet not secure enough in your own to post with your own, even if all you risk is karma, and the "exposure" that you dislike xkcd.
This either implies that it no longer needs changes, or that fundamentally the open source model should exclude code contributions from organisations that annoy neckbeards.
Which is it?
You are saying that BSD doesn't need code input from Apple? From anyone? You think that Apple just doesn't have *anything* to offer BSD (yet other, smaller organisations do have things to offer)?
You can't cut this both ways, and I can read just fine. I guess I just assume ignorance from ACs, and the majority of the time, like this time, it is accurate to assume that.
* Their stated position of supporting HTML5 (as a genuine alternative to flash, rather than some custom Apple-only solution). Why do this if it gives an alternative ad-delivery platform if you want to restrict it to your own solution only?
* The announcement of the new Ad service as an additional feature, and the new restrictions on language - if they are going to restrict the way you can deliver ads, why not mention it at the launch? They clearly have no problem addressing it for other parts. (this is obviously anecdotal, but it is just as valid a position as the contrary one, until we have an actual press release).
* Their previous history with web standards has strongly promoted the standards (re: Webkit/JS engine) with no pushing of an Apple-only "standard". Were possible, they always choose (and promote) the open standard. They often offer their own implementations of other standards (for example, iTunes music store AAC files) that work alongside the standard.
I cannot say "here is the certain result", I just have to consider what the likely position might be. They have done some truly boneheaded things in the past (I think the language restriction is silly, for example) but on the whole I tend to err on giving them the benefit of the doubt.
Perhaps, but labelling me a "fanboi" for pointing out that we have seen two stories in quick succession about Foxxcon's plant that strongly infer that they only make Apple products.
That is not shoddy reporting, that is a plain agenda.
I'm not downplaying the nature of the conditions in general in industrial China, but as you pointed out, the suicide rate in the plant is 1/4 of the national average.
There is no evidence that Apple will stop developers rolling their own ad services (as they are currently doing on the app store). Where does it say that they will? Proof please, before you start using those assertions as facts about Apple's motives.
They have *one* technical check that is trivial to defeat - delete the plaintext file that says "don;t steal OS X please" and reburn the (unencrypted) DVD image. You can then install your hackintosh, once you have your EFI running.
The DVD doesn't even use a serial number, or activation, or any encryption. Hardly "doing everything they can" to block you.
...and gave it back to the community, and also provided *tons* of open source code of their own to OSS.
Both parties made hay in the sunshine on this. Don't try to paint it differently.
The benefits to Darwin, the BSD codebase, CUPS, Webkit/KHTML/Nitro, Zeroconf/Bonjour and many many others are vast. They didn't just "take and twist" - it's a mutually beneficial relationship.
How did you get +2 insightful? Some anti-apple mods out in force I suppose. A brief look through Apple's open source library quickly disproves your troll post.
Portal is working just fine on my X1600 - this iMac is hardly "most recent GPU" territory.
Case-sensitive HFS+ is discouraged. Case-preserving HFS+ is the default. Steam works just fine on the default case preserving filesystem without needing tons of symlinks and other junk - don;t blame Steam for running a nonstandard setup (and yes, while Case sensitive HFS+ is supported as an OS X filesystem, it is not recommended unless you have very specific need for it).
You can install OS X on top of UFS too if you like, but don't do so unless you have very specific needs.
It's amusing that you dismiss those of us who run OS X in its default config (HFS+) as "toy" when you're trying to get a game to run. I think it is is you who wants to use it like a toy eh? I have yet to run into issues running case-preserving, even with the Terminal. If I need a case sensitive file system (and right now, I have not) I can easily make an image and mount it under / somewhere and just use that.
Literally that same factory makes stuff for Sony, MS, Nintendo, HP, Dell... It's not exclusively an Apple factory. It is easier to infer that though, with these sensationalist stories that claim to be about promoting the welfare of Chinese workers but are really about smearing Apple.
Victorian workhouse conditions are clearly not what we want to see, but it is in no way unique to Apple.
You can use third party ones too - Belkin makes one that also works. The pinout on the dock connector is standard. You don;t have to buy one from Apple with "a DRM chip" in it.
Consider how consumers react to ads - if you unnecessarily include ads, you annoy your customers, they leave. You lose out.
If you were already using ads, all you have done is change suppliers - transparent to the consumer.
If you have a paid add and you also include ads, people are going to moan that they are being double dipped.
It's AOL in the UK all over again back in the early days of the internet - used to cost £10 per month for service, but local calls here are not free so you were paying twice for the service and the call. As soon as the freephone numbers (supported by ads) came along, people went for it like flies on shit. They also went for the free service, but subsidised by the local call cost (and no adverts). You very rarely get something for nothing. It's all about perceived value though - adverts already exist on the app store, and are pretty "self regulating". The addition of Apple's ad system just makes it easier for developers to do what they are already doing.
A very close friend of mine has been getting into B5 at my suggestion and I have been rewatching my DVDs at the same pace so she can discuss it with me.
Hulu was fine for her right up until about 2 weeks ago when they apparently implemented several changes. Now it crashes her browser constantly. She hasn't changed anything about the machine she is using.
It's a widespread problem that has surfaced recently, it seems.
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"My shelter" is just where I live. I spent a few years living in the US, away from my original home country, I have also undertaken two degrees, as well as running my own business. I travelled extensively after my first degree also. I'm not sure if this qualifies me as "being under a shelter", but so be it.
One of the other great things about culture is being able to sample lots of it, from many different sources. You seem to be suggesting that if I enjoy that particular facet of human culture (namely a science and maths themed comic with a slightly dry sense of humour) that I can't possibly appreciate or even be aware of anything else.
Perhaps you should come out from under your shelter, where anything *you* personally deem non conducive to your own cultural development is worthless.
Well, it's proprietary on the dock end (although the connector is standard), and an Apple-branded one is $19 for a spare (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA591G/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOQ&mco=MTM3NTI1NDE), but you can use third party ones that are available for less.
It will charge off any USB port (active or dumb, like a power brick), or anything that will supply 5 volts.
I charge mine in my car off my radio's USB port using a non-apple dock cable. It certainly didn't cost me $40 (or the equivalent price in UK money).
The writer of xkcd isn't funny and he isn't clever. If you think otherwise, then you're just an uncultured idiot.
You missed off "in my opinion" from the end of your post there.
One of the great benefits of culture, is that it contains a great many things that do not appeal to the members of said culture.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Sorry, was that too uncultured for you? ;)
Where did I say that it was based on intelligence?
I said that it was not aimed at him - surely you must be "intelligent" enough to understand that all humour is subjective, and all humour on a specific subject topic area does not necessarily have to appeal to everyone who is part of that group.
My "delicacy" was the popping of the OP's bubble that because it's not funny *to him* that it is not funny at all.
Being delicate and all.
Interesting that you post AC - you're quite happy to slam me for perceived need of a website to validate my identity, yet not secure enough in your own to post with your own, even if all you risk is karma, and the "exposure" that you dislike xkcd.
Dare I say, if you don't find xkcd funny, the material might be somewhat... not aimed at you.
To be delicate.
Especially if you don't find *any* of them funny (although not all of them are designed to be humourous).
BSD was fine already
This either implies that it no longer needs changes, or that fundamentally the open source model should exclude code contributions from organisations that annoy neckbeards.
Which is it?
You are saying that BSD doesn't need code input from Apple? From anyone? You think that Apple just doesn't have *anything* to offer BSD (yet other, smaller organisations do have things to offer)?
You can't cut this both ways, and I can read just fine. I guess I just assume ignorance from ACs, and the majority of the time, like this time, it is accurate to assume that.
Right, so no one should add any additional code to BSD? Is that your position?
I just want to be clear here - you are saying that no one should add any more code to BSD.
* Their stated position of supporting HTML5 (as a genuine alternative to flash, rather than some custom Apple-only solution). Why do this if it gives an alternative ad-delivery platform if you want to restrict it to your own solution only?
* The announcement of the new Ad service as an additional feature, and the new restrictions on language - if they are going to restrict the way you can deliver ads, why not mention it at the launch? They clearly have no problem addressing it for other parts. (this is obviously anecdotal, but it is just as valid a position as the contrary one, until we have an actual press release).
* Their previous history with web standards has strongly promoted the standards (re: Webkit/JS engine) with no pushing of an Apple-only "standard". Were possible, they always choose (and promote) the open standard. They often offer their own implementations of other standards (for example, iTunes music store AAC files) that work alongside the standard.
I cannot say "here is the certain result", I just have to consider what the likely position might be. They have done some truly boneheaded things in the past (I think the language restriction is silly, for example) but on the whole I tend to err on giving them the benefit of the doubt.
Do you see where he said "30% install base"?
Take a wild, random stab in the dark at what the other 70% might be.....
Zeroconf is spyware? I'll let the OSS community know!
If you keep uninstalling it and it keeps coming back, maybe you don;t know as much about computers as you thought.
Apple also aren't the only ones who distribute software based on it.
Minus 1 wrong, sorry. What are you smoking and where do I get it?
"BSD was fine already" - what the fuck sort of Open Source model are you working with?
"Linux is fine guys, no need to make any more changes, just set it in stone right now"
No wonder you posted AC - you are just... clueless.
Perhaps, but labelling me a "fanboi" for pointing out that we have seen two stories in quick succession about Foxxcon's plant that strongly infer that they only make Apple products.
That is not shoddy reporting, that is a plain agenda.
I'm not downplaying the nature of the conditions in general in industrial China, but as you pointed out, the suicide rate in the plant is 1/4 of the national average.
[citation needed]
There is no evidence that Apple will stop developers rolling their own ad services (as they are currently doing on the app store). Where does it say that they will? Proof please, before you start using those assertions as facts about Apple's motives.
You mean like CUPS? Or HFS+? Or Bonjour? Or Nitro? Or launchd? Or libdespatch? To name just some. "trinkets" indeed.
What, like OpenGL? You might need that for video games. Dunno, do video games need to draw things on the screen?
What about sound? OpenAL? Might need that perhaps.
What about writing the Steam app itself. Well, you might need Objective C and C, and compile it with GCC in Xcode. All so proprietary! Whatever to do!
You might also need to be able to write to the Mac filesystem - most use HFS+, because that's all proprietary and closed.... no wait.
Sorry, what parts do Valve need that are Apple-only and proprietary. Specifics please.
They have *one* technical check that is trivial to defeat - delete the plaintext file that says "don;t steal OS X please" and reburn the (unencrypted) DVD image. You can then install your hackintosh, once you have your EFI running.
The DVD doesn't even use a serial number, or activation, or any encryption. Hardly "doing everything they can" to block you.
Really?
http://www.apple.com/opensource/
...and gave it back to the community, and also provided *tons* of open source code of their own to OSS.
Both parties made hay in the sunshine on this. Don't try to paint it differently.
The benefits to Darwin, the BSD codebase, CUPS, Webkit/KHTML/Nitro, Zeroconf/Bonjour and many many others are vast. They didn't just "take and twist" - it's a mutually beneficial relationship.
How did you get +2 insightful? Some anti-apple mods out in force I suppose. A brief look through Apple's open source library quickly disproves your troll post.
Portal is working just fine on my X1600 - this iMac is hardly "most recent GPU" territory.
Case-sensitive HFS+ is discouraged. Case-preserving HFS+ is the default. Steam works just fine on the default case preserving filesystem without needing tons of symlinks and other junk - don;t blame Steam for running a nonstandard setup (and yes, while Case sensitive HFS+ is supported as an OS X filesystem, it is not recommended unless you have very specific need for it).
You can install OS X on top of UFS too if you like, but don't do so unless you have very specific needs.
It's amusing that you dismiss those of us who run OS X in its default config (HFS+) as "toy" when you're trying to get a game to run. I think it is is you who wants to use it like a toy eh? I have yet to run into issues running case-preserving, even with the Terminal. If I need a case sensitive file system (and right now, I have not) I can easily make an image and mount it under / somewhere and just use that.
Literally that same factory makes stuff for Sony, MS, Nintendo, HP, Dell... It's not exclusively an Apple factory. It is easier to infer that though, with these sensationalist stories that claim to be about promoting the welfare of Chinese workers but are really about smearing Apple.
Victorian workhouse conditions are clearly not what we want to see, but it is in no way unique to Apple.
We are a little behind on Android - the Desire is only really just taking off here, but it is gaining press and exposure.
Smartphone here also definitely means iPhone - we have nowhere near the penetration with blackberry that the US does.
The 100 million figure was a global iPhone figure though, not just US customers.
You can use third party ones too - Belkin makes one that also works. The pinout on the dock connector is standard. You don;t have to buy one from Apple with "a DRM chip" in it.
In other countries the iPhone is already on multiple carriers - here in the UK you can get it on Orange, O2 and Vodafone.
Consider how consumers react to ads - if you unnecessarily include ads, you annoy your customers, they leave. You lose out.
If you were already using ads, all you have done is change suppliers - transparent to the consumer.
If you have a paid add and you also include ads, people are going to moan that they are being double dipped.
It's AOL in the UK all over again back in the early days of the internet - used to cost £10 per month for service, but local calls here are not free so you were paying twice for the service and the call. As soon as the freephone numbers (supported by ads) came along, people went for it like flies on shit. They also went for the free service, but subsidised by the local call cost (and no adverts). You very rarely get something for nothing. It's all about perceived value though - adverts already exist on the app store, and are pretty "self regulating". The addition of Apple's ad system just makes it easier for developers to do what they are already doing.
A very close friend of mine has been getting into B5 at my suggestion and I have been rewatching my DVDs at the same pace so she can discuss it with me.
Hulu was fine for her right up until about 2 weeks ago when they apparently implemented several changes. Now it crashes her browser constantly. She hasn't changed anything about the machine she is using.
It's a widespread problem that has surfaced recently, it seems.