That was two months of leisure time in the evenings, not a full time job! I also have a wife and three kids, so leisure time is not something that comes every day. I have a full-time job designing integrated circuits (hardware, on exclusively Windows platforms, I might add), so I'm not even a "professional" software engineer. But go ahead and blame your shortcomings on Apple, that's pretty standard procedure around here.
I agree completely. I was only responding to the question "How would you manage to give perks to those who do well but without anyone being able to notice the others..."
The moment johhny spent a $1 less then becky it would be noticed. It would get around. Then the cliques would compare notes. Popularity and friendships would change and hell would break loose for those who believe their child has done nothing wrong.
You don't get it. The kids hardly even know how much is being paid. Parents write check to load up account. Child is told when account is low. Rinse and repeat.
I believe this is Apple's attempt to submarine Lodsys and has nothing to do with all the flamebait and troll accusations most are posting. Apple is attempting to protect their developers, period.
Objective C is a freaking nightmare for any developer. XCode is buggy as hell, and you have to use OSX - each to their own, but I found it horrible to use.
I guess you can use one of the other javascript or HTML5 toolkits, that convert to native iOS5 code, but your claim that its "not very hard" is just false.
I beg to differ. I was always a C/C++ guy and I absolutely LOVE Objective C. The class library Apple provides is amazingly deep. If you couldn't get an application running, it is likely your own shortcomings. I agree with OP - it is "not very hard." I went from no experience to a polished app in iTunes in a month or two. Over the course of 6 months, I got three apps approved. I found the Stanford University course in iTunes (free) on iOS programming to be amazing valuable in getting me going.
All joking apart, how would you manage to give perks to those who do well but _without_ anyone being able to notice that others are not getting said perks and thus by simple logic must be 'dumb' (your words) ?
Most of today's schools don't use cash for lunch purchase. Each student has an account that is debited when they go through the line. It would be easy enough to have lower prices be computed for those with better scores. I'm not promoting this idea, just answering your question. It wouldn't be completely invisible, but it could be substantially invisible.
If I have to section off 8GB or 64GB of my music collection and maintain that, it's about the same amount of trouble either way - maybe even more trouble to maintain the larger list.
Perhaps more trouble, but you have a LOT larger portion and thus it is not nearly as annoying. And by reversing your flagging method, it is less trouble (that is, flag what you don't want on your mobile device).
I agree that a memory bump should not cost so much, but there must be a reason or the Fire would have more than 8 GB - pretty much a non-starter in my opinion - that wouldn't even hold my music collection, much less videos, books, or apps. And the Kindle Touch has 4 GB? Give me an effing break! This is not 1999.
You're taking the metaphor too literally. If I'd said, "Yup, that Kia is too pricey compared to that moped," your extension would look a lot sillier. Time will tell if people will buy more Fire than iPad. I know which I'd bet on - the one with the multi-million unit head start.
Oh and as a developer, I doubt that I'll be developing for iOS anytime soon, the costs are too damn high. Android development works with what ever system I already have and I know what will happen when I upload my app to the market.
You must be one cheap motherfucker. I am an iOS developer and it costs a whopping $99/year and the (fantastic) development environment is FREE.
Oh, wait. Nevermind. I assume you're not already a Mac user, so the cost is higher.
Oh and as a developer, I doubt that I'll be developing for iOS anytime soon, the costs are too damn high. Android development works with what ever system I already have and I know what will happen when I upload my app to the market.
You must be one cheap motherfucker. I am an iOS developer and it costs a whopping $99/year and the (fantastic) development environment is FREE.
No shit. The first iPad came out over a year and a half ago and everyone cried about the no camera. Now Amazon comes out with a smaller display, less on-device storage, and the apple-haters all say "no camera, no problem." Pshaw!
I mean really. Who's buying the iPad for the high quality camera and microphone.
You forgot the larger screen, increased on-device storage, among other things.
Comparing the the iPad2 in price just isn't fair. The Fire has a whopping 8 GB on-device storage (cheapest iPad2 has 16 GB), no camera, no mic, smaller display. Yup, that BMW is too pricey compared to that Kia.
I'm wondering why they are trying this; but it is novel.
Recently, the FDA successfully stopped developers who claimed their programs helped acne (through use of colored display) and had them fined for all their revenue from the apps. These guys are probably just being preemptive.
Salaried positions would be covered in this as well. If you are getting the work done, it can be done in less than 8hrs or 40hrs a week. This is the flip side of the no overtime if it takes more than 40hrs coin. Of course salaried employees are supposed to be paid regular time wage for the AVERAGE number of hours they work a week but I've seen an employer honoring this when the average is over 40hrs so I wouldn't feel obligated to take a cut if the average is less.
I have always found that employers consider you hourly until you reach 40 hours, then salaried.
My immediate supervisor is aware of this and generally leaves me alone those days and if he does need something he waits for lunch or the end of the day.
Typical prick. I HATE people who see me during lunch or at the end of the day. Don't EVER try to get me to do work during my time off.
It may not be a useful metric. However, way up there it was claimed that Android phone makers do not upgrade the OS at all and subsequent post said Apple was "just as bad." I claim that upgrading the OS for 2 and a half years after first selling is substantially better than not at all.
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You have a problem with people overhearing "Bring up my favorite porno site" ???
That was two months of leisure time in the evenings, not a full time job! I also have a wife and three kids, so leisure time is not something that comes every day. I have a full-time job designing integrated circuits (hardware, on exclusively Windows platforms, I might add), so I'm not even a "professional" software engineer. But go ahead and blame your shortcomings on Apple, that's pretty standard procedure around here.
I agree completely. I was only responding to the question "How would you manage to give perks to those who do well but without anyone being able to notice the others..."
The moment johhny spent a $1 less then becky it would be noticed. It would get around. Then the cliques would compare notes. Popularity and friendships would change and hell would break loose for those who believe their child has done nothing wrong.
You don't get it. The kids hardly even know how much is being paid. Parents write check to load up account. Child is told when account is low. Rinse and repeat.
I believe this is Apple's attempt to submarine Lodsys and has nothing to do with all the flamebait and troll accusations most are posting. Apple is attempting to protect their developers, period.
you have got to be kidding me.
Objective C is a freaking nightmare for any developer. XCode is buggy as hell, and you have to use OSX - each to their own, but I found it horrible to use.
I guess you can use one of the other javascript or HTML5 toolkits, that convert to native iOS5 code, but your claim that its "not very hard" is just false.
I beg to differ. I was always a C/C++ guy and I absolutely LOVE Objective C. The class library Apple provides is amazingly deep. If you couldn't get an application running, it is likely your own shortcomings. I agree with OP - it is "not very hard." I went from no experience to a polished app in iTunes in a month or two. Over the course of 6 months, I got three apps approved. I found the Stanford University course in iTunes (free) on iOS programming to be amazing valuable in getting me going.
All joking apart, how would you manage to give perks to those who do well but _without_ anyone being able to notice that others are not getting said perks and thus by simple logic must be 'dumb' (your words) ?
Most of today's schools don't use cash for lunch purchase. Each student has an account that is debited when they go through the line. It would be easy enough to have lower prices be computed for those with better scores. I'm not promoting this idea, just answering your question. It wouldn't be completely invisible, but it could be substantially invisible.
If I have to section off 8GB or 64GB of my music collection and maintain that, it's about the same amount of trouble either way - maybe even more trouble to maintain the larger list.
Perhaps more trouble, but you have a LOT larger portion and thus it is not nearly as annoying. And by reversing your flagging method, it is less trouble (that is, flag what you don't want on your mobile device).
iPad 2 on-board storage starts at twice the Fire on-board storage and goes up to 8 times.
I agree that a memory bump should not cost so much, but there must be a reason or the Fire would have more than 8 GB - pretty much a non-starter in my opinion - that wouldn't even hold my music collection, much less videos, books, or apps. And the Kindle Touch has 4 GB? Give me an effing break! This is not 1999.
You're taking the metaphor too literally. If I'd said, "Yup, that Kia is too pricey compared to that moped," your extension would look a lot sillier. Time will tell if people will buy more Fire than iPad. I know which I'd bet on - the one with the multi-million unit head start.
Oh and as a developer, I doubt that I'll be developing for iOS anytime soon, the costs are too damn high. Android development works with what ever system I already have and I know what will happen when I upload my app to the market.
You must be one cheap motherfucker. I am an iOS developer and it costs a whopping $99/year and the (fantastic) development environment is FREE.
Oh, wait. Nevermind. I assume you're not already a Mac user, so the cost is higher.
Oh and as a developer, I doubt that I'll be developing for iOS anytime soon, the costs are too damn high. Android development works with what ever system I already have and I know what will happen when I upload my app to the market.
You must be one cheap motherfucker. I am an iOS developer and it costs a whopping $99/year and the (fantastic) development environment is FREE.
Yeah, I love bluetooth streaming of music from my iPad to stereo/car stereo.
No shit. The first iPad came out over a year and a half ago and everyone cried about the no camera. Now Amazon comes out with a smaller display, less on-device storage, and the apple-haters all say "no camera, no problem." Pshaw!
I mean really. Who's buying the iPad for the high quality camera and microphone. You forgot the larger screen, increased on-device storage, among other things.
Most important for me, does it have memory expansion via SDHC or microSDHC ?
No. And even worse, it has only 8 GB on-device storage.
Comparing the the iPad2 in price just isn't fair. The Fire has a whopping 8 GB on-device storage (cheapest iPad2 has 16 GB), no camera, no mic, smaller display. Yup, that BMW is too pricey compared to that Kia.
And between the tree of them, you'll almost have as much on-device storage, too.
Meego bye-bye. Me go!
It's a tool, not a lawyer.
However, most lawyers are total tools, so maybe it is a lawyer.
I'm wondering why they are trying this; but it is novel.
Recently, the FDA successfully stopped developers who claimed their programs helped acne (through use of colored display) and had them fined for all their revenue from the apps. These guys are probably just being preemptive.
Salaried positions would be covered in this as well. If you are getting the work done, it can be done in less than 8hrs or 40hrs a week. This is the flip side of the no overtime if it takes more than 40hrs coin. Of course salaried employees are supposed to be paid regular time wage for the AVERAGE number of hours they work a week but I've seen an employer honoring this when the average is over 40hrs so I wouldn't feel obligated to take a cut if the average is less.
I have always found that employers consider you hourly until you reach 40 hours, then salaried.
My immediate supervisor is aware of this and generally leaves me alone those days and if he does need something he waits for lunch or the end of the day.
Typical prick. I HATE people who see me during lunch or at the end of the day. Don't EVER try to get me to do work during my time off.
It may not be a useful metric. However, way up there it was claimed that Android phone makers do not upgrade the OS at all and subsequent post said Apple was "just as bad." I claim that upgrading the OS for 2 and a half years after first selling is substantially better than not at all.