It is probably just a crafty way to hide the hordes of money they are making...
No, it's just a way for the executives to rake in millions more in bonuses. They get them when the merge and they get them when the break up. Rinse and repeat.
But you probably didn't have numbers assigned at roughly the same time. Either applications were sent at different times or they were processed in different piles on different desks in different offices.
Well, the Department of Defense could always use another spy satelite in orbit. Let's not forget that a lot of shuttle missions were classified military missions. And NASA's origins were in the military: repurposed missles, air force pilots, funding, etc.
I'm sure they have other ways of launching their spy satellites.
They deserve whatever the market will bear. And 15 billion downloads say they deserve 30%. I have two apps on the app store and I have no problem with their 30% cut. They are distributors and marketers. I have global sales that I could never have achieved without them.
but they aren't selling their book through the apple store... they're selling it through their own store hosted on an apple phone...
Saying apple deserves 30% of that is like saying comcast deserves 30% of all profits of any website distributing digital products to their customers.
I really can't see any justification if all apple is doing is providing a way to distribute an app that allows someone to download a book.
And they can still do that through a web site. Why should Apple allow them to distribute their app for FREE through the app store and then have all sales be external - that is lose-lose for Apple. The hosting of apps and marketing through iTunes is a cost which must be made up somehow.
It is not a 30% credit-card processing fee. You are omitting the distribution and marketing aspects of what Apple does. Try selling your book in a store and calling the store's take a "credit-card processing fee."
I just don't understand why anyone even considers continuing to develop any software whatsoever for Apple. They crap all over their developers every chance they get and have been doing this since the beginning. What other company forces you to buy their PCs to begin developing for their other platform then makes you pay to open a development account and after all of that when you publish anything they take 30% of every cent you make... It wont be long until they start banning links to any page from a site that doesn't pay them 30% of their ad revenues because the page wads visited by an iDiot using his iDevice.
Wow, you are a troll. So you think Apple should be forced to port their development platform to PC's? The development tools are FREE if you own a Mac. I have apps in the app store and am happy to pay 30% since Apple is doing all the marketing and distribution.
You cannot patent a phrase, but you can in fact patent a Method of killing the President of the United States, and then sue someone if they use that method.
Yeah, but watch out for prior art and obviousness invalidating your patent. Also, previous presidential assassins haven't been particular good lawsuit targets.
The tea party (teabaggers) have fractured the Republican party to the extent that John Boehner (speaker of the house) can't get republican congressmen to vote the party line. I expect they will field a candidate for president and may well get some air time when debating other candidates.
I sure hope you're right. Obama will get a second term if the Republicans split.
The 6th Amendment to the US Constitution states [emphasis added]:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Just how do you confront a video recorder? How do you prove it hasn't been altered? How to you prove the date/time is accurate? How do you prove who was driving?
Can they go back and issue citations for expired registrations based upon these recordings? For how long? What about parking citations?
Will the videos be available via FOIA requests? If so, what's to stop a stalker, spouse, or other individual from using these in civil cases, or even for extortion? What happens when the preacher's/politician's car is spotted parked near an "adult video store", strip club, etc.? Even if they're "not available" via FOIA requests, people are corruptible and someone will get their hands on videos that they can use for criminal purposes.
There are just too many unanswered questions. While they might be able to make a case for keeping the recordings for 3-6 months, anything longer just presents too much potential for misuse/abuse, and even those short periods will allow the unscrupulous the opportunity to steal videos that they can use to blackmail others.
Note to Massachusetts' politicians: Such videos will be used against you at some point. Count on it. If you don't care about the privacy of the citizens, at least think of your self interest before voting for this.
Even if you can get the "evidence" thrown out, the pressure they can exert by this knowledge is too much. A lot of fruit will be picked from the poisoned tree.
As good as that sounds the character set allowed by license plates is very limited and in may states anything that covers, obstructs, or otherwise interferes with the reading of a license plate is illegal. Now if you wanted to have fun most license plate readers are being designed to operate in the IR range so you could have some fun and add some IR LEDs to your license plate illumination and really overexpose the image, and if powerful enough actually damage the camera. This modification would probably go unnoticed by most law enforcement, at least for a while.
But would obscuring the reading in the IR range be illegal? I bet there's no case law for that!
Yeah, you made that pretty obvious. However, I am pointing out that Apple IS making an effort to blunt apps that do pure data-mining. Something Google is NOT.
You don't get what I'm talking about. It's not the illegals in Texas I'm complaining about; it's the white people like George W. Bush and all yall's back-ways of thunking, like fighting a woman's right to choose and such. You are the type I am SPECIFICALLY insulting, regardless of your Texas history.
It's interesting that you never hear of Apple or S. Jobs charitable activities mentioned. Most other mega-wealthy individuals enage in some charitable activities. Other than hob-nobbing with rock stars, what kinds of noble works does Steve support, or his corporation?
What the fuck does that have to with anything? Just because you oppose Gates-bashing, Jobs-bashing is not a relevant response. Is everything MS vs. Apple to you?
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It is probably just a crafty way to hide the hordes of money they are making...
No, it's just a way for the executives to rake in millions more in bonuses. They get them when the merge and they get them when the break up. Rinse and repeat.
But you probably didn't have numbers assigned at roughly the same time. Either applications were sent at different times or they were processed in different piles on different desks in different offices.
I presume they'll be inserting ads into your website!
Well, the Department of Defense could always use another spy satelite in orbit. Let's not forget that a lot of shuttle missions were classified military missions. And NASA's origins were in the military: repurposed missles, air force pilots, funding, etc.
I'm sure they have other ways of launching their spy satellites.
The difference is that the US has chosen not to pursue the Shuttle program, so that the money can be spent on never ending wars.
There, I fixed that for you.
I know what you're trying to say, but everywhere on earth moves at one timezone per hour.
The point is, at the equator, the timezones are wider than anywhere else on earth.
I know what you're saying, but what about at the poles?
They deserve whatever the market will bear. And 15 billion downloads say they deserve 30%. I have two apps on the app store and I have no problem with their 30% cut. They are distributors and marketers. I have global sales that I could never have achieved without them.
but they aren't selling their book through the apple store... they're selling it through their own store hosted on an apple phone... Saying apple deserves 30% of that is like saying comcast deserves 30% of all profits of any website distributing digital products to their customers. I really can't see any justification if all apple is doing is providing a way to distribute an app that allows someone to download a book.
And they can still do that through a web site. Why should Apple allow them to distribute their app for FREE through the app store and then have all sales be external - that is lose-lose for Apple. The hosting of apps and marketing through iTunes is a cost which must be made up somehow.
+7 Most insightful comment of all time.
It is not a 30% credit-card processing fee. You are omitting the distribution and marketing aspects of what Apple does. Try selling your book in a store and calling the store's take a "credit-card processing fee."
I just don't understand why anyone even considers continuing to develop any software whatsoever for Apple. They crap all over their developers every chance they get and have been doing this since the beginning. What other company forces you to buy their PCs to begin developing for their other platform then makes you pay to open a development account and after all of that when you publish anything they take 30% of every cent you make... It wont be long until they start banning links to any page from a site that doesn't pay them 30% of their ad revenues because the page wads visited by an iDiot using his iDevice.
Wow, you are a troll. So you think Apple should be forced to port their development platform to PC's? The development tools are FREE if you own a Mac. I have apps in the app store and am happy to pay 30% since Apple is doing all the marketing and distribution.
You cannot patent a phrase, but you can in fact patent a Method of killing the President of the United States, and then sue someone if they use that method.
Yeah, but watch out for prior art and obviousness invalidating your patent. Also, previous presidential assassins haven't been particular good lawsuit targets.
The tea party (teabaggers) have fractured the Republican party to the extent that John Boehner (speaker of the house) can't get republican congressmen to vote the party line. I expect they will field a candidate for president and may well get some air time when debating other candidates.
I sure hope you're right. Obama will get a second term if the Republicans split.
Baloney. I have always voted Democrat, but I voted for Perot.
Same for firefox and safari. Something is seriously fucked up here.
The 6th Amendment to the US Constitution states [emphasis added]:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Just how do you confront a video recorder? How do you prove it hasn't been altered? How to you prove the date/time is accurate? How do you prove who was driving?
Can they go back and issue citations for expired registrations based upon these recordings? For how long? What about parking citations?
Will the videos be available via FOIA requests? If so, what's to stop a stalker, spouse, or other individual from using these in civil cases, or even for extortion? What happens when the preacher's/politician's car is spotted parked near an "adult video store", strip club, etc.? Even if they're "not available" via FOIA requests, people are corruptible and someone will get their hands on videos that they can use for criminal purposes.
There are just too many unanswered questions. While they might be able to make a case for keeping the recordings for 3-6 months, anything longer just presents too much potential for misuse/abuse, and even those short periods will allow the unscrupulous the opportunity to steal videos that they can use to blackmail others.
Note to Massachusetts' politicians: Such videos will be used against you at some point. Count on it. If you don't care about the privacy of the citizens, at least think of your self interest before voting for this.
Even if you can get the "evidence" thrown out, the pressure they can exert by this knowledge is too much. A lot of fruit will be picked from the poisoned tree.
As good as that sounds the character set allowed by license plates is very limited and in may states anything that covers, obstructs, or otherwise interferes with the reading of a license plate is illegal. Now if you wanted to have fun most license plate readers are being designed to operate in the IR range so you could have some fun and add some IR LEDs to your license plate illumination and really overexpose the image, and if powerful enough actually damage the camera. This modification would probably go unnoticed by most law enforcement, at least for a while.
But would obscuring the reading in the IR range be illegal? I bet there's no case law for that!
Mod parent up. I have been promoting that idea for a LONG time. Sell it all to the Glenn Beck followers.
I never disputed as such. My only point was about Apple nixing applications that collect GEOGRAPHIC information without a legit reason.
Yeah, you made that pretty obvious. However, I am pointing out that Apple IS making an effort to blunt apps that do pure data-mining. Something Google is NOT.
Actually, Apple specifically points out in their review process that apps that ask for location data without an obvious legit reason are rejected.
You don't get what I'm talking about. It's not the illegals in Texas I'm complaining about; it's the white people like George W. Bush and all yall's back-ways of thunking, like fighting a woman's right to choose and such. You are the type I am SPECIFICALLY insulting, regardless of your Texas history.
Houston? Who cares. Let the Mexicans have all of Texas back...and the people currently residing there.
Well ok, but would you really expect Fred and Ethyl Mertz to understand this and make decisions based on it?
Fred and Ethel both died before the Mac or IBM PC came out.
It's interesting that you never hear of Apple or S. Jobs charitable activities mentioned. Most other mega-wealthy individuals enage in some charitable activities. Other than hob-nobbing with rock stars, what kinds of noble works does Steve support, or his corporation?
What the fuck does that have to with anything? Just because you oppose Gates-bashing, Jobs-bashing is not a relevant response. Is everything MS vs. Apple to you?