So long as the person fragmenting the platfrom hasn't used a Java obfuscator then it would be incredibly easy to decompile the bytecode back to Java source.
They wish there was no serious competition like back in the 90s. But luckily for consumers there are alternatives now, they're still racking their brains on how they came to have competition at all.
The fact that they call their competitors enemies says a lot (that is if they refer to them like that).
When you consider I bought a Nokia 6110 for 280 pounds offline (not subsided or locked) and the 6110 Navigator has a GPS receiver and 3G it makes the iPhone look much less of a bargain.
18 months at 35 pounds is a vast undertaking, 900 pounds just for the rental and purchase. If you run up a large bill it will cost a lot more.
People buy smartphones purely for the geek factor. There are may people who are passionate about mobile technology.
Sure you can ring up the restaurant, suppose you don't have the number? someone may ask you to go somewhere while you are on the move. How are you going to look up the number?
The whole floating windows and palettes system is fiddly and pointless.
I used to use TV Paint on the Amiga, when you opened up an image it opened pretty much full screen except for a palette on the right. You could hide this with one keypress.
Professional systems in the past have had this approach, full screen canvass with a palette. Think Quantel Paintbox and the like.
An artist does not want to have to keep shifting windows around.
Good old Steve, it seems has no idea about mobile technology or his platform would be the world leader.
The Windows Mobile department has a fairly management steady staff turnover, almost like it's a training ground for executives. They jumped into the mobile market just like they jumped into the browser market all those years ago. Windows Mobile is (like IE was) getting a bit stale now, they can only reskin the interface so many times and get away with it.
If Windows Mobile was a mobile device sensation then why didn't use it for the Zune?
Symbian has a greater market share and I can't see that changing anytime soon.
Plus there's Linux alternatives that will become popular at some point.
It can be a misdemeanor to mislead people about the case for war. Think about how many people have died as a result of this, troops, civilians and how much money has been spent. All simply because Cheney and others wanted to flex their muscles and remind the world that the US has a strong military force.
Given his department have burned £100m of licence payers money developing this iPlayer DRM monstrosity and other rubbish it's about time someone took notice and asked what they're on?
In the UK as ADSL gets faster the traffic allocations seem to get even meaner. The prices of ADSL connections remain static, even falling, yet the speed of the connections increase. This is obviously unsustainable and this is why people are complaining that they have an 8MB connection yet only get about 4-6MB download speeds.
There's already 50:1 contention, if the ISPs and BT don't increase the speed of their pipes and add more pipes then the extra speeds accounts for nothing.
Firstly, passwords are used a lot on the web. Having a password system where you have to draw limits the use of websites when using a mobile device.
Secondly, if people can't see they can't easily use a system where you draw.
Other problems are what language or plugin do you use? flash, java?
You also have to store this information in a database in some form. These methods prevent brute force attacks but won't stop people using SQL injection and other exploits.
Nobody in their right mind would delay a consumer friendly OS just because a development tool (and it's Java we're talking about) wasn't available.
Most Mac developers will develop Mac applications in Obj C or C++. It is mostly those developing solutions for their studies, living or their workplace that will require Java.
Anyone upgrading a production system without doing a test install elsewhere needs their head examined.
Vinyl wears, it gets dusty, it scratches, it wears, requires pre-emphasis and de-emphasisis curves applying to the audio, it requires a lot of good clean amplification.
So yes, once you remove all the static, clicking, jumping and amplify it well then vinyl is better sounding than CD.
But why compare vinyl with something as old as CD? it's an ancient format that should have been replaced with 24-bit 96Khz by now. The technology is cheap, I have a 12 in, 12 out 24-bit 192Khz firewire interface that was 300 uk pounds, so a HD audio player could easily be sold for 100. Of course it would be DRM laden.
All these people warning schools off signing deals are probably all using Windows.
Only when the people making the decisions start using alternatives, people at home start using alternatives and open standards become the norm will the break from Microsoft be an obvious choice.
There's no money in using old medicines, this is why they drug companies are always inventing new ones. Once a drug has been copied and sold by other companies then the price comes right down.
You do wonder why the OLPC was conceived given a PDA phone with qwerty keys is more powerful. Sure, battery life etc, but you could reduce the clock speed and fit a transreflective mono screen.
Why spend thousands on schemes to protect digital music, why spend millions on promotional material?
Just post some tracks as mp3s on the website, let people copy it. Someone somewhere will buy it, you could sell the CD with a free t-shift and people would then buy it for the t-shirt.
This is how Metallica became famous, people trading their bootleg recordings of them.
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It still looks too generic and cheap, it looks better than the original Zune, but still looks like a toy and not something sophisticated for adults.
Trashcan icons, Close button on a browser tab, Antivirus?
It's no wonder they fight the DOJ and European Union to retain their freedom to innovate.
Apple at least added a backup facility and optimised the OS so it runs smoother.
So long as the person fragmenting the platfrom hasn't used a Java obfuscator then it would be incredibly easy to decompile the bytecode back to Java source.
No need to even solder a single wire if you point two Wiimotes at the screen and use their relative positions to do stuff.
They wish there was no serious competition like back in the 90s. But luckily for consumers there are alternatives now, they're still racking their brains on how they came to have competition at all.
The fact that they call their competitors enemies says a lot (that is if they refer to them like that).
If I have to purchase Windows to play these then it's not a free service. It requires setup costs and maybe hardware.
It's only free if I can utilise the files on my existing hardware and OS.
600? more like 564.
When you consider I bought a Nokia 6110 for 280 pounds offline (not subsided or locked) and the 6110 Navigator has a GPS receiver and 3G it makes the iPhone look much less of a bargain.
18 months at 35 pounds is a vast undertaking, 900 pounds just for the rental and purchase. If you run up a large bill it will cost a lot more.
People buy smartphones purely for the geek factor. There are may people who are passionate about mobile technology.
Sure you can ring up the restaurant, suppose you don't have the number? someone may ask you to go somewhere while you are on the move. How are you going to look up the number?
The whole floating windows and palettes system is fiddly and pointless.
I used to use TV Paint on the Amiga, when you opened up an image it opened pretty much full screen except for a palette on the right. You could hide this with one keypress.
Professional systems in the past have had this approach, full screen canvass with a palette. Think Quantel Paintbox and the like.
An artist does not want to have to keep shifting windows around.
Good old Steve, it seems has no idea about mobile technology or his platform would be the world leader.
The Windows Mobile department has a fairly management steady staff turnover, almost like it's a training ground for executives. They jumped into the mobile market just like they jumped into the browser market all those years ago. Windows Mobile is (like IE was) getting a bit stale now, they can only reskin the interface so many times and get away with it.
If Windows Mobile was a mobile device sensation then why didn't use it for the Zune?
Symbian has a greater market share and I can't see that changing anytime soon.
Plus there's Linux alternatives that will become popular at some point.
It can be a misdemeanor to mislead people about the case for war. Think about how many people have died as a result of this, troops, civilians and how much money has been spent. All simply because Cheney and others wanted to flex their muscles and remind the world that the US has a strong military force.
Given his department have burned £100m of licence payers money developing this iPlayer DRM monstrosity and other rubbish it's about time someone took notice and asked what they're on?
In the UK as ADSL gets faster the traffic allocations seem to get even meaner. The prices of ADSL connections remain static, even falling, yet the speed of the connections increase. This is obviously unsustainable and this is why people are complaining that they have an 8MB connection yet only get about 4-6MB download speeds.
There's already 50:1 contention, if the ISPs and BT don't increase the speed of their pipes and add more pipes then the extra speeds accounts for nothing.
Firstly, passwords are used a lot on the web. Having a password system where you have to draw limits the use of websites when using a mobile device.
Secondly, if people can't see they can't easily use a system where you draw.
Other problems are what language or plugin do you use? flash, java?
You also have to store this information in a database in some form. These methods prevent brute force attacks but won't stop people using SQL injection and other exploits.
This is a blatent rip off and the clone product is complete trash. I hope Wal-mart get their ass kicked.
But this is nothing new, a lot of things are cloned these days, designer goos usually and not just by black market traders.
Normally you have to use a capital letter to denote a trademark. So if I say windows it's not referring to the OS. If I say Windows it is.
Of course domains don't use uppercase, so this is where the ambiguity is.
Microsoft couldn't, anti-trust complaints would ensue if Microsoft bought Adobe and dropped Mac support.
Nobody in their right mind would delay a consumer friendly OS just because a development tool (and it's Java we're talking about) wasn't available.
Most Mac developers will develop Mac applications in Obj C or C++. It is mostly those developing solutions for their studies, living or their workplace that will require Java.
Anyone upgrading a production system without doing a test install elsewhere needs their head examined.
Why don't such people demand a cut in revenue for Office and Windows? they're vastly overpriced for what they are.
I don't think there's many of those laser players around. They were very expensive when released, tens of thousands.
Vinyl wears, it gets dusty, it scratches, it wears, requires pre-emphasis and de-emphasisis curves applying to the audio, it requires a lot of good clean amplification.
So yes, once you remove all the static, clicking, jumping and amplify it well then vinyl is better sounding than CD.
But why compare vinyl with something as old as CD? it's an ancient format that should have been replaced with 24-bit 96Khz by now. The technology is cheap, I have a 12 in, 12 out 24-bit 192Khz firewire interface that was 300 uk pounds, so a HD audio player could easily be sold for 100. Of course it would be DRM laden.
All these people warning schools off signing deals are probably all using Windows.
Only when the people making the decisions start using alternatives, people at home start using alternatives and open standards become the norm will the break from Microsoft be an obvious choice.
There's no money in using old medicines, this is why they drug companies are always inventing new ones. Once a drug has been copied and sold by other companies then the price comes right down.
You do wonder why the OLPC was conceived given a PDA phone with qwerty keys is more powerful. Sure, battery life etc, but you could reduce the clock speed and fit a transreflective mono screen.
Why spend thousands on schemes to protect digital music, why spend millions on promotional material?
Just post some tracks as mp3s on the website, let people copy it. Someone somewhere will buy it, you could sell the CD with a free t-shift and people would then buy it for the t-shirt.
This is how Metallica became famous, people trading their bootleg recordings of them.