The OS is free? Where can I get it? What? I can't? I have to buy something to get it? That doesn't sound free to me..
Don't be an ass. Yes, the OS is free with the purchase of the device - it is not an additional cost. That is in stark contrast to the Microsoft case (which was the comparison in my post) - MS Office was an additional cost over the cost of PC/OS.
Apple is not SELLING a competing product. Wireless sync comes with the (free) OS. If they charged for the wireless sync, this might be remotely like the Microsoft case.
It's not a matter of "secret" API's that only Apple has access to or some sort of conspiracy. When developers subvert the API's, the user experience sucks when the OS is updated and Apple gets blamed for breaking apps. When you follow the API's, your apps don't break. I wrote Mac applications written for MacOS 7 that ran through years of OS upgrades, until the Motorola 68K (that's pre-PPC, for you noobs) instruction set was no supported through Rosetta.
Not only are you amazingly clueless, but you are also a moronic ad hominem user. Yes, the topic was about iCloud, which I agree has questionable usefulness. However, the OP said they wouldn't buy ANYTHING from apple regardless of whether it is the best tool. You are obviously a tool and a gigantic asshole since all your argument amounts to is name calling in the worst way. Yes, I am responding in kind. Fuck you and everybody you love. Go to hell; eat shit and die; may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits.
The best tool for the job? What is iClouds job? Media access or consumer control?
Bullshit Sales Pitch
Go back and re-read. The OP said they wouldn't buy ANYTHING Apple and the response of best tool for the job was not about iCloud, but about the OP's avoidance of ANYTHING Apple.
Apple doesn't want you to. They are (reasonably) limiting their efforts by limiting supported operating systems. I'm sure there are those out there still using DOS 3.1, but Apple is not going to support the three of them. Modern products rely on modern operating systems. And, you can always give your money to Apple and buy a Mac instead.
>>>"ditching support after about 2 days" (obvious hyperbole, but not even remotely rooted in even a thin shred of truth).
My G5 Mac won't run the latest versions of Safari or iTunes or iWork. And it's not that old... 3 years? So yes two days is an exaggeration, but not hyperbole. Apple is quick to dump old OSes, because they want users to buy new Macs or upgrades. Planned obsolescence. - Now compare that 3-year-old G5 to my 8 year old XP which still operates and runs everything I throw at it.
Your old G5 Mac is most definitely more than 3 years old. It was sold 6/24/2003 - 8/7/2006 (see wikipedia). Since they introduced Intel machines on 1/10/2006, you are total dumbass if your machine is less than 5 years old. It also runs Snow Leopard which is the CURRENT Apple OS (Lion is not yet out). If you broke out your dusty wallet and bought Snow Leopard you could run the current versions of Safari, iTunes and iWork.
I think you have the right idea. To all those who say "just delete it," well guess what: some of YOUR email may be going to them. If you are helpful, they are 10x more likely to be helpful to you.
Of course to avoid the whole problem, you should NOT be using your name as part of your email address. Do what I do - use some super long string of words that everyone always says "there must be some explanation behind THAT" when the see it. Like: "joemammashouldeatpizzathenvomit@gmail.com."
You can delete Qik videos directly from the phone. That makes it useless for secure uploading since the cop could just delete the video before smashing the phone.
I thought this too. And the second thing I thought of it was a typo for OCAML. Then I realized there must be a thing called Apache Camel that I don't know anything about, and I doubt if others would. I posted some inane commentary. Then I stopped caring.
The Bush Administration explicitly said that Iraq was connected to 9/11 - both Bush and Cheney said that plainly - which made iraq tied to Bin Laden by association.
Except that the Bush Administration was blatently lying. So blaming those costs on Bin Laden is just continuing the lie.
I think the difference is that the US Government allegedly can't see bitcoin transactions and are thus not taxed (sales or income). Of course cash transactions can accomplish the same thing but I guess the idea is you're more likely to be caught IRL with unreported cash transactions than unreported bitcoin transactions. I call Ponzi scheme on the whole bitcoin thing.
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ps: are you completely beyond professional mental help?
Way to go with the ad hominem argument. You must be at least 13 years old.
The OS is free? Where can I get it? What? I can't? I have to buy something to get it? That doesn't sound free to me..
Don't be an ass. Yes, the OS is free with the purchase of the device - it is not an additional cost. That is in stark contrast to the Microsoft case (which was the comparison in my post) - MS Office was an additional cost over the cost of PC/OS.
The app was rejected because it called undocumented API's. A big no no if you want your app in the store. It's clearly spelled out in the agreements.
But it's okay for Apple to use them? I seem to remember Microsoft getting into some trouble over that.
Apple is not SELLING a competing product. Wireless sync comes with the (free) OS. If they charged for the wireless sync, this might be remotely like the Microsoft case.
They did ask for his resume when they rejected his app.
Let me get this straight.. they banned his work from their store and then they offered to pay him to not develop apps for the alternative store?
Wow, that is not what was said AT ALL. They were considering hiring him for his obvious skillset.
It's not a matter of "secret" API's that only Apple has access to or some sort of conspiracy. When developers subvert the API's, the user experience sucks when the OS is updated and Apple gets blamed for breaking apps. When you follow the API's, your apps don't break. I wrote Mac applications written for MacOS 7 that ran through years of OS upgrades, until the Motorola 68K (that's pre-PPC, for you noobs) instruction set was no supported through Rosetta.
Not only are you amazingly clueless, but you are also a moronic ad hominem user. Yes, the topic was about iCloud, which I agree has questionable usefulness. However, the OP said they wouldn't buy ANYTHING from apple regardless of whether it is the best tool. You are obviously a tool and a gigantic asshole since all your argument amounts to is name calling in the worst way. Yes, I am responding in kind. Fuck you and everybody you love. Go to hell; eat shit and die; may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits.
My bad. I believed a wikipedia page.
The best tool for the job? What is iClouds job? Media access or consumer control?
Bullshit Sales Pitch
Go back and re-read. The OP said they wouldn't buy ANYTHING Apple and the response of best tool for the job was not about iCloud, but about the OP's avoidance of ANYTHING Apple.
It's a 10-year old operating system.
This isn't Windows 95 we're talking about: you could still buy PCs with XP last year.
And I don't get the Windows 7 love myself; I don't see what it gives me other than more pointless eye candy and the poorly designed UAC nonsense.
But the operating system is still 10 years old. Just because you could buy a 10-year-old operating system last year doesn't make it any younger.
Apple doesn't want you to. They are (reasonably) limiting their efforts by limiting supported operating systems. I'm sure there are those out there still using DOS 3.1, but Apple is not going to support the three of them. Modern products rely on modern operating systems. And, you can always give your money to Apple and buy a Mac instead.
>>>"ditching support after about 2 days" (obvious hyperbole, but not even remotely rooted in even a thin shred of truth).
My G5 Mac won't run the latest versions of Safari or iTunes or iWork. And it's not that old... 3 years? So yes two days is an exaggeration, but not hyperbole. Apple is quick to dump old OSes, because they want users to buy new Macs or upgrades. Planned obsolescence. - Now compare that 3-year-old G5 to my 8 year old XP which still operates and runs everything I throw at it.
Your old G5 Mac is most definitely more than 3 years old. It was sold 6/24/2003 - 8/7/2006 (see wikipedia). Since they introduced Intel machines on 1/10/2006, you are total dumbass if your machine is less than 5 years old. It also runs Snow Leopard which is the CURRENT Apple OS (Lion is not yet out). If you broke out your dusty wallet and bought Snow Leopard you could run the current versions of Safari, iTunes and iWork.
I think you have the right idea. To all those who say "just delete it," well guess what: some of YOUR email may be going to them. If you are helpful, they are 10x more likely to be helpful to you. Of course to avoid the whole problem, you should NOT be using your name as part of your email address. Do what I do - use some super long string of words that everyone always says "there must be some explanation behind THAT" when the see it. Like: "joemammashouldeatpizzathenvomit@gmail.com."
You could have left the CC info wrong and bought all kinds of software, music, gift cards, etc without "knowing" the CC data had been changed.
Why do you think he has E.D.?
If she had Elizabeth Dole's looks, she'd be getting zero coverage.
You can delete Qik videos directly from the phone. That makes it useless for secure uploading since the cop could just delete the video before smashing the phone.
Not much chance these muscleheads will know how.
You are both wrong. Yes, Apple takes 30% of REVENUE. Not 30% of profit (as original poster stated). Not a bad deal since they are agent.
I thought this too. And the second thing I thought of it was a typo for OCAML. Then I realized there must be a thing called Apache Camel that I don't know anything about, and I doubt if others would. I posted some inane commentary. Then I stopped caring.
There, I fixed that for you.
I just sign the words "Under Duress" instead of my name. Try and tell the court it wasn't, when I clearly wrote that it was!
There's a "Post Anonymously" checkbox, you know?
> Your joke would be funnier if the post wasn't already from "the checking-it-twice dept."
When you think about it, it is actually much funnier...
Perhaps twice as funny.
Incorrectly attributed to him in the expense report.
Bush's Iraq War, which had nothing to do with him
The Bush Administration explicitly said that Iraq was connected to 9/11 - both Bush and Cheney said that plainly - which made iraq tied to Bin Laden by association.
Except that the Bush Administration was blatently lying. So blaming those costs on Bin Laden is just continuing the lie.
I call Ponzi scheme on the whole bitcoin thing.
Wow, citation desperately needed.
Why would a citation be needed on an opinion?
I think the difference is that the US Government allegedly can't see bitcoin transactions and are thus not taxed (sales or income). Of course cash transactions can accomplish the same thing but I guess the idea is you're more likely to be caught IRL with unreported cash transactions than unreported bitcoin transactions. I call Ponzi scheme on the whole bitcoin thing.