In fact it's probably a good idea if open formats are designed in the public sector. Either by quangos or by universities. Commercially standards by industry bodies are too easily bought.
Governments should be forbidden from using non-Free software. Go ahead and get your company into whatever vendor lock-in you want, but public data should never be subjected to it.
If it's the data in question, then it's irrelevant whether the software is free or not. It only requires that the data be in some open standard format.
"Retinal scanners are typically used for authentication and identification purposes. Retinal scanning has been utilized by several government agencies including the FBI, CIA, and NASA. However, in recent years, retinal scanning has become more commercially popular. Retinal scanning has been used in prisons, for ATM identity verification and the prevention of welfare fraud.[6]Retinal scanning also has medical application. Communicable illnesses such as AIDS, syphilis, malaria, chicken pox and Lyme disease as well as hereditary diseases like leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle cell anemia impact the eyes. Pregnancy also affects the eyes. Likewise, indications of chronic health conditions such as congestive heart failure, atherosclerosis, and cholesterol issues first appear in the eyes.[7]"
Note: Multiple times was personal observation. The web search said nothing about quantity. It's qualitative. Seeing what people say, not counting hits.
It's an in joke between myself and fredprado. A few days ago he made a claim that the Galaxy S outsold the iPhone. So I asked him for a citation. When he not only couldn't find one, but found out the reverse was true, he started making childish comments, rather than admitting it.
So I'm just beating him up about it. Nothing serious.
The silly hit counting idea was yours. I just wanted to teach you how to use quote marks in searches. It formed no part of my comment on the fact that Android maps crashes.
"According to a new report released by market research firm Strategy Analytics, Samsung sold 18 million Galaxy S III handsets during the third quarter, compared to only 16.2 million for Apple's iPhone 4S...
During the same period, the research firm reports that Apple sold 6 million iPhone 5 handsets, giving it an immediate 3.7 percent of the smartphone market."
So they're talking about a quarter during which the iPhone 5 was introduced. Thus splitting iPhone sales between the 4S and 5. In other words, Samsung's Galaxy S sold 18 million, and iPhone sold 22.2 million in the quarter.
The point is, Samsung has done NOTHING but gain on the iPhone. It would be ignorant not to acknowledge that fact.
No it wouldn't, it'd be ignorant to say "Samsung has done NOTHING but gain on the iPhone".
Samsung has roughly doubled it's mobile phone since 2007. Apple has grown it's market share nearly every quarter since 2007.
Samsung's market share growth has come at the expense of nearly every manufacturer OTHER THAN Apple. That's the truth. Nokia, RIM, Motorola, Sony Ericsson. These are the companies that have had their market share taken by BOTH Samsung and Apple.
Far from Apple being the big kahuna that upstart Samsung has bettered with it's Galaxy SIII. The Galaxy S III is just another in a long line of phones that Samsung has been making since long before Apple was even in the business. And yet, for the one market sector that Apple plays in - the premium phone - Apple does better than Samsung.
a lot of people wondered WTF apple were smoking, trying to push a so called "smart-phone" that lacked 3G support into a market that was pretty dominated by 3G phones.
Some people did. Other people realised that they had to start somewhere, and there would be a second generation of iPhone. Lets face it, the benefit of hindsight has showed us the "WTF are Apple smoking" people were almost as wrong as Taco's "No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."
No. You don't seem to realise that there's a difference between absence of proof and proof of absence.
It may be that you haven't seen a koala bear. But that doesn't mean that they don't exist. They do.
Someone who HAS seen koala bears IS in a position to say you are wrong.
And I'm in a position to say that your lack of observation of Android maps crashing has indeed led you to the wrong conclusion. Both because I have seen them multiple times, and because a web search confirms it.
Is your problem with C++ specifically? Or are are you having trouble getting your head around object orientation? And no "re-created object-oriented concepts in C99" isn't real object orientation.
Have you actually done much with another real OO programming language? Java, Objective-C or C# for example?
People don't know wardriving by the name wardriving, but they would probably understand "having the ability to take notes about a Wi-Fi hotspot that your device discovers".
No, they'd look at you in a funny way, and wonder why you have no life. All the average person wants to do is to connect to their own home wifi, or to public access ones. Both of which are facilities that are built in.
When did Apple change IAP to allow subscriptions shorter than 30 days?
What have IAP subscriptions got to do with video rental? Nothing.
I tried clicking through the link found on this page, but it asked me to "Sign in with your Apple ID".
That would be because it's for iOS developers. Not Android fans with a chip on their shoulder.
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In fact it's probably a good idea if open formats are designed in the public sector. Either by quangos or by universities. Commercially standards by industry bodies are too easily bought.
Governments should be forbidden from using non-Free software. Go ahead and get your company into whatever vendor lock-in you want, but public data should never be subjected to it.
If it's the data in question, then it's irrelevant whether the software is free or not. It only requires that the data be in some open standard format.
He's new in the job. It's possible he's naive enough to be serious about it.
There's no collecting data involved. Public hotspots publish their locations.
Wardriving is for finding unsecured or hackable private hotspots.
How quaint. There are apps show maps of local public access hotspots.
"Retinal scanners are typically used for authentication and identification purposes. Retinal scanning has been utilized by several government agencies including the FBI, CIA, and NASA. However, in recent years, retinal scanning has become more commercially popular. Retinal scanning has been used in prisons, for ATM identity verification and the prevention of welfare fraud.[6]Retinal scanning also has medical application. Communicable illnesses such as AIDS, syphilis, malaria, chicken pox and Lyme disease as well as hereditary diseases like leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle cell anemia impact the eyes. Pregnancy also affects the eyes. Likewise, indications of chronic health conditions such as congestive heart failure, atherosclerosis, and cholesterol issues first appear in the eyes.[7]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retina_scanner
Insightful. Improved biometrics will be pretty hard to justify if it results in people getting murdered just to get their "security pass."
"Any security system can be fooled with enough effort."
I was thinking maybe death row is pretty secure. So I searched for it and found a 1984 case where 6 death row prisoners escaped.
Note: Multiple times was personal observation. The web search said nothing about quantity. It's qualitative. Seeing what people say, not counting hits.
Keep it in your pants, mister.
It's an in joke between myself and fredprado. A few days ago he made a claim that the Galaxy S outsold the iPhone. So I asked him for a citation. When he not only couldn't find one, but found out the reverse was true, he started making childish comments, rather than admitting it.
So I'm just beating him up about it. Nothing serious.
The silly hit counting idea was yours. I just wanted to teach you how to use quote marks in searches. It formed no part of my comment on the fact that Android maps crashes.
It's "outselling".
"According to a new report released by market research firm Strategy Analytics, Samsung sold 18 million Galaxy S III handsets during the third quarter, compared to only 16.2 million for Apple's iPhone 4S...
During the same period, the research firm reports that Apple sold 6 million iPhone 5 handsets, giving it an immediate 3.7 percent of the smartphone market."
So they're talking about a quarter during which the iPhone 5 was introduced. Thus splitting iPhone sales between the 4S and 5. In other words, Samsung's Galaxy S sold 18 million, and iPhone sold 22.2 million in the quarter.
I am considering buying a Mac and an iPad and paying the $99 fee for my first year of the iOS developer program.
I'm glad you've come to your senses.
But before I do so, how should I learn whether or not my application concept is banned so that I don't waste over $1,000?
If you only have one app idea, you might want to try a different career.
p.s., i just searched for "ronald reagan is black" and came up with 34m hits. what did i just prove?
That you don't know how to use a search engine either.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22ronald+reagan+is+black%22
= 91 hits.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22ronald+reagan+is+white%22
= 919 hits.
Result: Ronald Regan is white.
And yet you still can't demonstrate it has larger market share than the iPhone.
The point is, Samsung has done NOTHING but gain on the iPhone. It would be ignorant not to acknowledge that fact.
No it wouldn't, it'd be ignorant to say "Samsung has done NOTHING but gain on the iPhone".
Samsung has roughly doubled it's mobile phone since 2007. Apple has grown it's market share nearly every quarter since 2007.
Samsung's market share growth has come at the expense of nearly every manufacturer OTHER THAN Apple. That's the truth. Nokia, RIM, Motorola, Sony Ericsson. These are the companies that have had their market share taken by BOTH Samsung and Apple.
http://www.asymco.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Screen-Shot-2012-11-14-at-11-14-3.15.16-PM.png
Far from Apple being the big kahuna that upstart Samsung has bettered with it's Galaxy SIII. The Galaxy S III is just another in a long line of phones that Samsung has been making since long before Apple was even in the business. And yet, for the one market sector that Apple plays in - the premium phone - Apple does better than Samsung.
a lot of people wondered WTF apple were smoking, trying to push a so called "smart-phone" that lacked 3G support into a market that was pretty dominated by 3G phones.
Some people did. Other people realised that they had to start somewhere, and there would be a second generation of iPhone. Lets face it, the benefit of hindsight has showed us the "WTF are Apple smoking" people were almost as wrong as Taco's "No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."
I thought IAP was the only way to charge the user for something within an app.
A subscription is not the same as a rental charge.
Then what analogous document is for people considering becoming iOS developers?
There isn't one. It's developer only information.
Now don't start crying again.
see how that works?
No. You don't seem to realise that there's a difference between absence of proof and proof of absence.
It may be that you haven't seen a koala bear. But that doesn't mean that they don't exist. They do.
Someone who HAS seen koala bears IS in a position to say you are wrong.
And I'm in a position to say that your lack of observation of Android maps crashing has indeed led you to the wrong conclusion. Both because I have seen them multiple times, and because a web search confirms it.
Your lack of observations is irrelevant.
Whereas your owners have put you in the dog house for making a claim you couldn't support.
Is your problem with C++ specifically? Or are are you having trouble getting your head around object orientation? And no "re-created object-oriented concepts in C99" isn't real object orientation.
Have you actually done much with another real OO programming language? Java, Objective-C or C# for example?
People don't know wardriving by the name wardriving, but they would probably understand "having the ability to take notes about a Wi-Fi hotspot that your device discovers".
No, they'd look at you in a funny way, and wonder why you have no life. All the average person wants to do is to connect to their own home wifi, or to public access ones. Both of which are facilities that are built in.
When did Apple change IAP to allow subscriptions shorter than 30 days?
What have IAP subscriptions got to do with video rental? Nothing.
I tried clicking through the link found on this page, but it asked me to "Sign in with your Apple ID".
That would be because it's for iOS developers. Not Android fans with a chip on their shoulder.
But you can't show us that the SIII had bigger market share than the iPhone 5.