They are comparing iOS device sales numbers to Android sales numbers, on a per-period basis.
I really didn't think it was that confusing, and I may have added the confusion in my initial post by saying it was iPhone 5, when the link shows that the boost in sales is likely due to iPhone 5.
And why do iPhone models always have to stand on their own, when Android never does? It's nonsense. There are 3 models of iPhone still being manufactured and sold right now. In addition to the two iPad lines. And the iPod Touch. They are all devices that can deliver the iOS experience, just the same as the Galaxy series of phones all deliver the Android experience, right next to the Motorola and HTC stuff. All the iOS devices can run the iOS apps, all the Android devices can run the Android apps.
More to the point, I don't care. Platform wars mean nothing to me - I've been down that road before with Windows v. Mac, HD-DVD v. BluRay, Beta v. VHS, etc.
I want the best device I can get for the way that I work. It's a tool, not a fashion accessory. I don't give a damn if it has shloads of features I'll never use or have to actively turn off due to security concerns. I couldn't care less how many gigahertz the cores can run at, as long as what I want to do runs smoothly - if a 1Ghz dual-core chip delivers the experience, then why do I give a hot damn if some other device has a 1.2Ghz quad-core which just drains the battery faster? I want a phone that can keep me connected to work, family, and friends all day long, and then some. I don't want to have to plug it in twice a day, or install an aftermarket tumor of a battery in order to use the damn thing when I want to use it. I want a phone that has a reasonable browsing experience, and a network that isn't reminiscent of the bad old dial-up days. I want a phone that can run apps that I want to run, and I have the ability to remove apps I don't want to be saddled with by some asswipe telco (or not have them there to begin with).
There are a few devices on the market that fit these requirements right now. I happen to have an iPhone because that's what I've used for 5 years, it worked with the ActiveSync policies that my employer demands without having to buy a separate application, and I don't want to toss the app investments I've made just yet. And if there aren't compelling features on the next model when I'm looking to upgrade, I might look at an Android device. (Won't go Samsung - in my opinion they're an even worse corporate citizen than Apple, as they've either settled out of court or been convicted multiple times of price fixing, and that was before all the bullshit patent lawsuits that are flying around between the two. My view of them is roughly on par with Sony as being customer-surly.)
That's an incredible list of assumptions that you're making.
1. In no way does anything in my post suggest anything about age. You, however, seem to think that disagreeing with your views means that someone was born after 1986.
2. In no way does my post suggest that the Chernobyl disaster wasn't a massive disaster, with lasting consequences that will far outstrip both of our lifetimes. You, however, assume that I'm in some kind of denial, where there is no actual reason to think so.
3. As a matter of fact, I remember when Chernobyl actually happened, and I actually know why it happened. It was a terribly designed reactor with an incredibly dangerous positive void coefficient, built and operated in a culture that didn't give a damn about safety or human life, and had operators doing things they should have never been doing in the first place.
Number of people killed due to wind power in 2008: 41 Number of blade failures from wind power in 2008: 39 Number of wind turbine fires in 2008: 110 (in which nothing can be done, since the fire is 300+ feet in the air) Number of wind turbine structural failures in 2008: 60 Number of wind turbine "ice incidents" in 2008: 24 Number of people killed in the US by candles per annum: 126 Number of people killed in the US due to nuclear power in 40+ years of reactor operations (currently 104 generating stations): 0
More people die from candles in one year, than have died from 40 years of commercial nuclear energy. Having reliable electric generation could save those 126 people, because they could use a light bulb instead of a candle.
I never said that a Mac is the perfect machine for everyone, for every purpose. I did, however, say that most people that build their own never factor in the time it takes to do it, or the time it takes to spec out every component, time it takes to shop around, shipping, etc.
It's true that today's Mac Pro is woefully out of date CPU-wise, and that Apple has been negligent in keeping it current (rumored to happen in Q1, we'll see). However, my 2009 Mac Pro is still kicking the ass of every "high end" PC that we get from Lenovo at my office that are used for small-time CAD design. Most people that care about performance will replace the entire guts of their computer twice in the time it takes for most software to catch up with what's inside that Mac Pro - I've replaced the video card, and added two solid-state drives which I striped together using Mac OS X's software raid strictly so that I can still play any game I want to, at maximum resolution of my 2560x1440 display and never drop below 60 fps.
I've built many PCs in the past. Hell, I used to have a job doing that. However, it never just clicks together as easy as a lot around here like to let people believe. There's always some kind of pain in the ass even on the simplest builds.
In the beginnings of a technology, the marketers dictate what's cool. In the end, the market has it's say, and the market has no fear of derailing fads.
2002 called, and wants it's Pentium-4 based computer back. 700 Watts? You realize that the highest power draw CPU Intel makes in the Ivy Bridge line only pulls 77W, right? I suppose you're one of those guys who needs like 4 video cards all interleaved together so you can squeeze out that extra 5 frames per second that your eyeball can't even register? Or are firing up 15 hard drives at once without using a halfway decent RAID controller that can do staggered spin-up?
You're absolutely right when it comes to component cost. However, you don't have the full cost unless the purchaser regards their time as completely devoid of worth.
My time is valuable. I don't want to spend half a day figuring out how a heat sink retention clip works, putting the motherboard studs in the right place, but not that one hole that isn't on the board that will short it, finding out that the cheap shitbox case has 1/4 inch less clearance than it needs to for this particular CPU cooler so I have to run back to the store which is 25 minutes away, etc.
I'd rather work with the computer, than work on the computer. But then again, that's why I use a Mac Pro.
Because, much like servicing the brakes on your car, some people don't know how, and don't care to know how.
Changing brake pads and taking the rotors to get turned* only requires hand tools and isn't challenging. Yet there are countless shops that do endless streams of brake service.
*note that I am talking about disc brakes. Drum brakes are a whole different story, and are the spawn of the devil.
The guy specified that you could then cripple the business mode and free up the personal mode.
You can do this on both iOS and Android if you're using a decent MDM solution, which is no different from if you are using BlackBerry and BES, except you can do it today rather than at some time in the future.
And what do you expect Congress to do about people that can't drive worth shit?
The fleet of cars on the road today are the safest they've ever been, with the only safety improvements not made being the asshole behind the wheel that feels they need to tailgate at 80mph on the freeway. Or thinks they can get through the intersection on that yellow light. Or is too involved in a phone call to see the brake lights in front of them. Or has no idea how to safely merge into traffic without causing everyone already on the freeway to jam their brakes.
Note that most if not all of these examples already have laws and regulations surrounding them.
Well, if you want more accurate figures, the first few cost a couple billion. The rest are significantly cheaper. They usually try to amortize the cost across the whole batch.
There's a massive chasm of technology between shooting down some shitbox fire-and-forget Iranian missile that you can smuggle into Gaza through a tunnel in the ground, and the reentry vehicles from an ICBM that were lifted into space halfway across the planet from the target. Like, an order of magnitude of speed difference, to say nothing of a massive change in flight path profile. Or countermeasures built into the ICBM RVs. Or the guidance package that can put one of those warheads in your lap while you lay by the pool.
So you think that because a certain political party doesn't like the idea of large government services, that they would actually sabotage existing government services in order to prove a point in an argument that no one outside of the beltway cares about?
Without the US Postal Service, the US House of Representatives wouldn't have anything to do. All they do now is have unanimous consent votes on naming the post offices.
While that is indeed a ridiculous law, the USPS themselves says that the pension funding only accounts for around $5B. That means they would only be losing ~$10B / year without that ridiculous law.
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If it isn't, then a significant portion of the Air Force and Navy would need to be locked up.
The system collects the publicly available data from Bluetooths to estimate
Wouldn't that be Blueteeth?
Any so-called art critic and professor who wants to put George Lucas next to William Shakespeare needs to just drive off a cliff.
Yeah, the Star Wars universe is pretty awesome, but it's hardly a cultural masterpiece that stands alongside works of art hanging in the Louvre.
They are comparing iOS device sales numbers to Android sales numbers, on a per-period basis.
I really didn't think it was that confusing, and I may have added the confusion in my initial post by saying it was iPhone 5, when the link shows that the boost in sales is likely due to iPhone 5.
And why do iPhone models always have to stand on their own, when Android never does? It's nonsense. There are 3 models of iPhone still being manufactured and sold right now. In addition to the two iPad lines. And the iPod Touch. They are all devices that can deliver the iOS experience, just the same as the Galaxy series of phones all deliver the Android experience, right next to the Motorola and HTC stuff. All the iOS devices can run the iOS apps, all the Android devices can run the Android apps.
More to the point, I don't care. Platform wars mean nothing to me - I've been down that road before with Windows v. Mac, HD-DVD v. BluRay, Beta v. VHS, etc.
I want the best device I can get for the way that I work. It's a tool, not a fashion accessory. I don't give a damn if it has shloads of features I'll never use or have to actively turn off due to security concerns. I couldn't care less how many gigahertz the cores can run at, as long as what I want to do runs smoothly - if a 1Ghz dual-core chip delivers the experience, then why do I give a hot damn if some other device has a 1.2Ghz quad-core which just drains the battery faster? I want a phone that can keep me connected to work, family, and friends all day long, and then some. I don't want to have to plug it in twice a day, or install an aftermarket tumor of a battery in order to use the damn thing when I want to use it. I want a phone that has a reasonable browsing experience, and a network that isn't reminiscent of the bad old dial-up days. I want a phone that can run apps that I want to run, and I have the ability to remove apps I don't want to be saddled with by some asswipe telco (or not have them there to begin with).
There are a few devices on the market that fit these requirements right now. I happen to have an iPhone because that's what I've used for 5 years, it worked with the ActiveSync policies that my employer demands without having to buy a separate application, and I don't want to toss the app investments I've made just yet. And if there aren't compelling features on the next model when I'm looking to upgrade, I might look at an Android device. (Won't go Samsung - in my opinion they're an even worse corporate citizen than Apple, as they've either settled out of court or been convicted multiple times of price fixing, and that was before all the bullshit patent lawsuits that are flying around between the two. My view of them is roughly on par with Sony as being customer-surly.)
Kingston does on their KC-100 series drives as well.
By withholding Google maps app they are able to slow adoption of iPhone 5 and other newer Apple hardware which is not available with older iOS.
Then it's not working, since these guys have iPhone 5 outselling all android models combined in the last 4-week period.
Granted, single source, etc. Just interesting data is all.
That's an incredible list of assumptions that you're making.
1. In no way does anything in my post suggest anything about age. You, however, seem to think that disagreeing with your views means that someone was born after 1986.
2. In no way does my post suggest that the Chernobyl disaster wasn't a massive disaster, with lasting consequences that will far outstrip both of our lifetimes. You, however, assume that I'm in some kind of denial, where there is no actual reason to think so.
3. As a matter of fact, I remember when Chernobyl actually happened, and I actually know why it happened. It was a terribly designed reactor with an incredibly dangerous positive void coefficient, built and operated in a culture that didn't give a damn about safety or human life, and had operators doing things they should have never been doing in the first place.
Thanks for playing.
And here's another list for you:
Number of people killed due to wind power in 2008: 41
Number of blade failures from wind power in 2008: 39
Number of wind turbine fires in 2008: 110 (in which nothing can be done, since the fire is 300+ feet in the air)
Number of wind turbine structural failures in 2008: 60
Number of wind turbine "ice incidents" in 2008: 24
Number of people killed in the US by candles per annum: 126
Number of people killed in the US due to nuclear power in 40+ years of reactor operations (currently 104 generating stations): 0
More people die from candles in one year, than have died from 40 years of commercial nuclear energy. Having reliable electric generation could save those 126 people, because they could use a light bulb instead of a candle.
I never said that a Mac is the perfect machine for everyone, for every purpose. I did, however, say that most people that build their own never factor in the time it takes to do it, or the time it takes to spec out every component, time it takes to shop around, shipping, etc.
It's true that today's Mac Pro is woefully out of date CPU-wise, and that Apple has been negligent in keeping it current (rumored to happen in Q1, we'll see). However, my 2009 Mac Pro is still kicking the ass of every "high end" PC that we get from Lenovo at my office that are used for small-time CAD design. Most people that care about performance will replace the entire guts of their computer twice in the time it takes for most software to catch up with what's inside that Mac Pro - I've replaced the video card, and added two solid-state drives which I striped together using Mac OS X's software raid strictly so that I can still play any game I want to, at maximum resolution of my 2560x1440 display and never drop below 60 fps.
I've built many PCs in the past. Hell, I used to have a job doing that. However, it never just clicks together as easy as a lot around here like to let people believe. There's always some kind of pain in the ass even on the simplest builds.
Because every OEM-licensed Windows PC doesn't have a sticker on the side of it with the license key?
Oh, no wait, they all do. Every single one of them, as required by the OEM contract with Microsoft.
They may not come with the installation media, but the Internet fixes that.
Oh, you mean like the GTX 680 that I have in my 2009 Mac Pro, with absolutely no firmware updates necessary?
Get with the times, please.
In the beginnings of a technology, the marketers dictate what's cool. In the end, the market has it's say, and the market has no fear of derailing fads.
What's the adoption rate of 3D TV now?
2002 called, and wants it's Pentium-4 based computer back. 700 Watts? You realize that the highest power draw CPU Intel makes in the Ivy Bridge line only pulls 77W, right? I suppose you're one of those guys who needs like 4 video cards all interleaved together so you can squeeze out that extra 5 frames per second that your eyeball can't even register? Or are firing up 15 hard drives at once without using a halfway decent RAID controller that can do staggered spin-up?
You're absolutely right when it comes to component cost. However, you don't have the full cost unless the purchaser regards their time as completely devoid of worth.
My time is valuable. I don't want to spend half a day figuring out how a heat sink retention clip works, putting the motherboard studs in the right place, but not that one hole that isn't on the board that will short it, finding out that the cheap shitbox case has 1/4 inch less clearance than it needs to for this particular CPU cooler so I have to run back to the store which is 25 minutes away, etc.
I'd rather work with the computer, than work on the computer. But then again, that's why I use a Mac Pro.
Because, much like servicing the brakes on your car, some people don't know how, and don't care to know how.
Changing brake pads and taking the rotors to get turned* only requires hand tools and isn't challenging. Yet there are countless shops that do endless streams of brake service.
*note that I am talking about disc brakes. Drum brakes are a whole different story, and are the spawn of the devil.
Well, the 13,000 deaths per year that are attributed to coal-fired power plants in the US alone. How about not loving that?
Source: http://www.catf.us/fossil/problems/power_plants/existing/
How many deaths in the US are attributed to nuclear power per year? None?
The guy specified that you could then cripple the business mode and free up the personal mode.
You can do this on both iOS and Android if you're using a decent MDM solution, which is no different from if you are using BlackBerry and BES, except you can do it today rather than at some time in the future.
And now I need a new keyboard because this one has coffee all over it.
You owe me a keyboard. And a bit of coffee.
And what do you expect Congress to do about people that can't drive worth shit?
The fleet of cars on the road today are the safest they've ever been, with the only safety improvements not made being the asshole behind the wheel that feels they need to tailgate at 80mph on the freeway. Or thinks they can get through the intersection on that yellow light. Or is too involved in a phone call to see the brake lights in front of them. Or has no idea how to safely merge into traffic without causing everyone already on the freeway to jam their brakes.
Note that most if not all of these examples already have laws and regulations surrounding them.
Well, if you want more accurate figures, the first few cost a couple billion. The rest are significantly cheaper. They usually try to amortize the cost across the whole batch.
It was running Windows?
There's a massive chasm of technology between shooting down some shitbox fire-and-forget Iranian missile that you can smuggle into Gaza through a tunnel in the ground, and the reentry vehicles from an ICBM that were lifted into space halfway across the planet from the target. Like, an order of magnitude of speed difference, to say nothing of a massive change in flight path profile. Or countermeasures built into the ICBM RVs. Or the guidance package that can put one of those warheads in your lap while you lay by the pool.
So you think that because a certain political party doesn't like the idea of large government services, that they would actually sabotage existing government services in order to prove a point in an argument that no one outside of the beltway cares about?
Without the US Postal Service, the US House of Representatives wouldn't have anything to do. All they do now is have unanimous consent votes on naming the post offices.
Yes, we are both incredibly cynical people.
While that is indeed a ridiculous law, the USPS themselves says that the pension funding only accounts for around $5B. That means they would only be losing ~$10B / year without that ridiculous law.
Still way too much goddamn money.
Because Slashdot is well known for speaking with one voice, and only having one opinion on any given subject, right?
There's never been massive differences of opinion on any particular subject on this site, ever. Nope, not even once.