I read a different version of this tale earlier today. In that version, it mentioned that the driver in question was stuck in a traffic jam and not actually moving.
People say all kinds of things about court cases, depending on which side they support. I've looked at the court documentation, and being stationary, whether in a jam or otherwise, was not raised as a defense. So I think that's one someone made up.
In 2010, I was written a citation for using my phone when I had passed it to a passenger. I was (rightfully) found not guilty. Because merely "touching" your phone is not using it as a communications device.
Some thing in that anecdote doesn't ring true. It doesn't sound like the whole truth. Because how did a cop actually see you passing the phone? Passing an object from somewhere easily reachable by the driver to a passenger is not only a non-notable event - it's a non-NOTICABLE event to people outside the car.
So what really happened? You were speaking on the phone first, then passed it to the passenger? You checked the screen first? You dialled? What?
To be clear I did go through that whole laborious process of deleting my account because it became apparent how privacy invasive they truly were and definitely not to be trusted.
Are you talking about Facebook or Google here. Because that's exactly what I did with my Google account about a year ago. For exactly those reasons.
Well she inadvertantly encouraged Agrentina to invade the Falklands by removing navy coverage of the South Atlantic. So I suppose she was responsible for the invasion that she then had to start a war over.
But she certainly wasn't responsible for North Sea Oil. A process of fossilisation had put it there. And it was at the right time in the development of the global oil industry to extract it. Easier land based reserves were all already being exploited, and the North Sea was a relatively easy sea based reserve, because the North Sea is shallow. It was the North Sea's turn in the 1980s. Notice how Norway were exploiting it at the exact same time.
So she was responsible for the bad military fuck up that she had to remedy, but not responsible for the windfall the economy had.
Why would they need to do a new OS, when they can just take over Google's one? It could be quite amusing if future Android phones end up sending more people to Facebook services than Google services.
And there will be a phones with this built in. They're working with HTC on the first one. So you either buy a phone with it on, or download it if you already have an Android phone.
Contrary to you, sir, I lived in a communist country at that time and thank God I don't anymore.
Then you didn't live in Britain. So why don't you shut the fuck up, and listen to people who know what Thatcher's time in power was like, and it's repercussions.
Britain voted her into power again and again. She was chosen by Brits to lead because she was a good leader.
She had the good fortune to be invaded by the Argentinians. Prior to that, her ratings were terrible, and she was on track to lose the next election. But winning a war where part of Britain's remaining empire was attacked, was enough to make her popular. Even though the economy was in the toilet.
Economic success later in the 1980s was down to North Sea Oil. It would have benefitted any government in power in the 80s. Just as a Falklands invasion would have.
She was a nasty person with foul policies who happened to be in the right place at the right time, and took credit for it.
If it's just finding a use for old commuters, then it's not a problem to anyone. And if those machines were originally bought to be kiosks, then there would never have been any intention of keeping them on the software upgrade cycle. So no lost sale. Again, no problem to anyone.
It's the squeaky wheel that makes the noise. In the days of the internet, a handful of dissatisfied people can make lots of noise, meanwhile people who are happy just get on with enjoying what they have.
The fact that there exists people on the internet that say a particular thing means nothing. There are more people saying they have been abducted by aliens, think the CIA did 9/11, and class themselves as of the Jedi religion. That doesn't mean that "people" are like that.
You made a list of things that you want. I don't want any of them. Your list isn't a list of what "people" want, it's a list of what you want. Even if there are some people out there who share some of your desires.
You really think people don't appreciate being able to increase the storage on their cell phone or tablet without having to buy a whole new device?
I don't want it. The whole design of the iOS UI is that you don't have to think about files and where they are stored. Your memory card would spoil that, and make the UI worse, just as the Android UI is worse in part for that reason.
Furthermore, if the paradox of choice was such a concern for apple that it couldn't bear the thought of its users having to bear the burden of even the OPTION of looking at a second store, it seems odd that it has no issue whatsoever presenting me with a full 30 pages of fart apps...
Point 2 in the App Store guidelines:
"We have over 250,000 apps in the App Store. We don't need any more Fart apps. If your app doesn't do something useful or provide some form of lasting entertainment, it may not be accepted."
The fart apps date back to earlier days. What Apple should have in my opinion, is a way to clear out old apps that were never any good, don't sell, and are just adding noise to searches. But of course the Apple haters will have a problem with that too.
Maybe a linux kernel with a MS proprietary system on top would have worked for them like Darwin under OS X did for Apple.
WTF? Microsoft's problem in the mobile space has nothing to do with what kernel they use, any more than Apple's success is because of their choice of the Mach kernel.
but all those millions of routers, TVs, Blu-ray players, TiVos, GPS units, Android devices and even kitchen appliances....
Nobody outside of Slashdot ever bought any of those things BECAUSE they have the Linux kernel as a component. That list only goes to show the popularity of Linux with embedded device manufacturers, because it's the cheapest item on the BOM.
Yet when superior browsers rose up, not even the inclusion of IE as the default and unremovable browser (in the US at least) stopped customers from ultimately picking Chrome in higher numbers than IE.
Sure, there are other mobile device software stores.
You can't define the market as "software stores for iOS devices" because Apple makes all the iOS devices, and you can't be guilty of having a monopoly of your own product.
See inkjet printers, games consoles and razors. It's perfectly legal and non-monopolistic to tie a base product with add ons and consumables. So long as there are other viable choices of system.
Are you an iPhone user? Because it only seems to be Android users that have a problem with this. And they don't even have the phone.
You're up to item #43 on the playbook: "Explain the success of the hated product by claiming the customers didn't know what they were doing."
Yes, although you lack the imagination to see it, iPhone users generally like having a one stop shop. Sure you'll find the odd one that doesn't, it's the squeaky wheel that makes the noise. And with the internet it's easy to find people with any kind of minority view. But the user experience of a single trusted store beats the pants off multiple stores, some of which are not trustworthy.
Choice is vastly overrated, especially on Slashdot. Most here never read The Paradox of Choice.
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I read a different version of this tale earlier today. In that version, it mentioned that the driver in question was stuck in a traffic jam and not actually moving.
People say all kinds of things about court cases, depending on which side they support. I've looked at the court documentation, and being stationary, whether in a jam or otherwise, was not raised as a defense. So I think that's one someone made up.
In 2010, I was written a citation for using my phone when I had passed it to a passenger. I was (rightfully) found not guilty. Because merely "touching" your phone is not using it as a communications device.
Some thing in that anecdote doesn't ring true. It doesn't sound like the whole truth. Because how did a cop actually see you passing the phone? Passing an object from somewhere easily reachable by the driver to a passenger is not only a non-notable event - it's a non-NOTICABLE event to people outside the car.
So what really happened? You were speaking on the phone first, then passed it to the passenger? You checked the screen first? You dialled? What?
To be clear I did go through that whole laborious process of deleting my account because it became apparent how privacy invasive they truly were and definitely not to be trusted.
Are you talking about Facebook or Google here. Because that's exactly what I did with my Google account about a year ago. For exactly those reasons.
Well she inadvertantly encouraged Agrentina to invade the Falklands by removing navy coverage of the South Atlantic. So I suppose she was responsible for the invasion that she then had to start a war over.
But she certainly wasn't responsible for North Sea Oil. A process of fossilisation had put it there. And it was at the right time in the development of the global oil industry to extract it. Easier land based reserves were all already being exploited, and the North Sea was a relatively easy sea based reserve, because the North Sea is shallow. It was the North Sea's turn in the 1980s. Notice how Norway were exploiting it at the exact same time.
So she was responsible for the bad military fuck up that she had to remedy, but not responsible for the windfall the economy had.
Why would they need to do a new OS, when they can just take over Google's one? It could be quite amusing if future Android phones end up sending more people to Facebook services than Google services.
And there will be a phones with this built in. They're working with HTC on the first one. So you either buy a phone with it on, or download it if you already have an Android phone.
Huh? Nearly everyone that bought an Mac or an iDevice did so because of iOS and OSX.
You're confused.
Contrary to you, sir, I lived in a communist country at that time and thank God I don't anymore.
Then you didn't live in Britain. So why don't you shut the fuck up, and listen to people who know what Thatcher's time in power was like, and it's repercussions.
Britain voted her into power again and again. She was chosen by Brits to lead because she was a good leader.
She had the good fortune to be invaded by the Argentinians. Prior to that, her ratings were terrible, and she was on track to lose the next election. But winning a war where part of Britain's remaining empire was attacked, was enough to make her popular. Even though the economy was in the toilet.
Economic success later in the 1980s was down to North Sea Oil. It would have benefitted any government in power in the 80s. Just as a Falklands invasion would have.
She was a nasty person with foul policies who happened to be in the right place at the right time, and took credit for it.
If it's just finding a use for old commuters, then it's not a problem to anyone. And if those machines were originally bought to be kiosks, then there would never have been any intention of keeping them on the software upgrade cycle. So no lost sale. Again, no problem to anyone.
A product isn't a market.
It's the squeaky wheel that makes the noise. In the days of the internet, a handful of dissatisfied people can make lots of noise, meanwhile people who are happy just get on with enjoying what they have.
The fact that there exists people on the internet that say a particular thing means nothing. There are more people saying they have been abducted by aliens, think the CIA did 9/11, and class themselves as of the Jedi religion. That doesn't mean that "people" are like that.
You made a list of things that you want. I don't want any of them. Your list isn't a list of what "people" want, it's a list of what you want. Even if there are some people out there who share some of your desires.
You really think people don't appreciate being able to increase the storage on their cell phone or tablet without having to buy a whole new device?
I don't want it. The whole design of the iOS UI is that you don't have to think about files and where they are stored. Your memory card would spoil that, and make the UI worse, just as the Android UI is worse in part for that reason.
Furthermore, if the paradox of choice was such a concern for apple that it couldn't bear the thought of its users having to bear the burden of even the OPTION of looking at a second store, it seems odd that it has no issue whatsoever presenting me with a full 30 pages of fart apps...
Point 2 in the App Store guidelines:
"We have over 250,000 apps in the App Store. We don't need any more Fart apps. If your app doesn't do something useful or provide some form of lasting entertainment, it may not be accepted."
The fart apps date back to earlier days. What Apple should have in my opinion, is a way to clear out old apps that were never any good, don't sell, and are just adding noise to searches. But of course the Apple haters will have a problem with that too.
Maybe a linux kernel with a MS proprietary system on top would have worked for them like Darwin under OS X did for Apple.
WTF? Microsoft's problem in the mobile space has nothing to do with what kernel they use, any more than Apple's success is because of their choice of the Mach kernel.
They're not as "obscure commands typed at the console" as you might have hoped either.
"Focus follows mouse" debates, where are you now?
Apple might sell more devices, but the problem is that MS has lots of old devices around which still work.
How is some old PCs hanging around as kiosks and the like a problem? To anyone?
That's not what "people" want. That's only what "SeaFox" wants.
That's like saying weather forecasters don't know how hot it is in your kitchen.
You do realize that Jobs was the one who said "people don't know what they want"?
He was right. And still is.
but all those millions of routers, TVs, Blu-ray players, TiVos, GPS units, Android devices and even kitchen appliances....
Nobody outside of Slashdot ever bought any of those things BECAUSE they have the Linux kernel as a component. That list only goes to show the popularity of Linux with embedded device manufacturers, because it's the cheapest item on the BOM.
Ask and ye shall receive
> Now in the MS days, MS persuaded, threatened, and outright bribed OEMs not to install Netscape.
Apple bans non-webkit browsers in their app-store... period... end of story.
Huh? An OEM is a third party. Apple can't be accused of "persuading, threatening and outright bribing" itself.
There is no monopoly abuse in a store choosing by itself what products to stock.
Yet when superior browsers rose up, not even the inclusion of IE as the default and unremovable browser (in the US at least) stopped customers from ultimately picking Chrome in higher numbers than IE.
Who told you Chrome was doing better than IE? It's not even close yet.
http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=1&qpcustomb=0
And as a point of interest, unrelated to your post, but since I'm referencing browser stats: The big player in mobile browsers is Safari. It's about 3 times as big as all the Android browsers added together. (Guess why.)
http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0&qpcustomd=1
Makes Linux the world's Dominant Operating System.
As keeps being pointed out by the bearded ones, Linux isn't an OS, it's a kernel. Especially so in the context of your list of disparate products.
And it counts even less when the topic is "companies", not "operating systems".
Sure, there are other mobile device software stores.
You can't define the market as "software stores for iOS devices" because Apple makes all the iOS devices, and you can't be guilty of having a monopoly of your own product.
See inkjet printers, games consoles and razors. It's perfectly legal and non-monopolistic to tie a base product with add ons and consumables. So long as there are other viable choices of system.
Are you an iPhone user? Because it only seems to be Android users that have a problem with this. And they don't even have the phone.
You're up to item #43 on the playbook: "Explain the success of the hated product by claiming the customers didn't know what they were doing."
Yes, although you lack the imagination to see it, iPhone users generally like having a one stop shop. Sure you'll find the odd one that doesn't, it's the squeaky wheel that makes the noise. And with the internet it's easy to find people with any kind of minority view. But the user experience of a single trusted store beats the pants off multiple stores, some of which are not trustworthy.
Choice is vastly overrated, especially on Slashdot. Most here never read The Paradox of Choice.
Webkit does have a JavaScript Engine. It's called JavaScriptCore. But Chrome didn't use it.