Surely as a Libertarian, he should support the network's freedom to make up or accept any rules they like and have any speakers they want in the debates.
and yet 69% of the pc market is still using some form of microsoft os... huh. I don't think MS is going anywhere soon.
The problem for them is it used to be 96%. There's only one way they're going. The same direction they've been relentlessly heading for more than a decade.
There's no shortage of platforms he can scratch his itch with. Whilst he tries to get a job with an established games company.
None of this means that all platforms should be open, nor that open platforms are better for consumers. Games are far more advanced than they were decades ago, it takes more than amateur hour.
The videos he posted on YouTube. It's the kind of 80s Nintendo style rip off, usually done with Flash games. Except he didn't even have an artist to make the artwork look good.
A few decades gave passed since that would have been a decent game.
You mean like when Nintendo denied Robert Pelloni a developer license
Thanks for drawing my attention to him. I wasn't aware of that story. Very amusing. What an idiot. And what a crap game. Nintendo is serving it's customers well by keeping crap like that out.
But no that wasn't related in any way to what I said. My point is that Nintendo and PS3 don't prevent open consoles being created as products. In fact a few have been over the years. They just don't catch on, because that's not what most people want. They want quality games, not amateur hour.
In other words, we agree that both iOS and Android are capable of remote backup, whether through functionality shipped on the device or an application available through official channels.
But that doesn't make them equal. Shipping two mechanisms with the device is better than shipping none.
But how many iOS users are doing that?
The vast majority of them. Using iTunes is probably the way most people still get music on the device, and sync calendars and contacts. And backup is an automatic part of that. And those that don't do it with iTunes, it's probably because they are doing it with iCloud. iCloud set up is part of the standard new device set up offered when the device is new.
And does iOS have a way to back up one's data to someone other than Apple should iCloud die
iTunes.
There's no avoiding it, iOS is far better in this regard.
With Android, if you're happy being locked into a single vendor like you are with iOS, you have the same ability with Google Play and synchronization with a Google account.
VLC was first put up, and then pulled by it's own developers, or at least one of them. Apple didn't have a problem with it. Stupid people if they chose a license for their project that they then decided stopped them from doing what they wanted.
I've put open source out into the world. I'd never be dumb enough to GPL it.
In other words, you happen to prefer an appliance over a general-purpose computer. But do you support the efforts of the likes of Apple, Microsoft, and Sony to deny general-purpose computers to people who want them?
Do you support the efforts of Google and Samsung to deny appliances to people that want them?
That wasn't a real question. It was to show you how dumb your question was. Selling a product isn't the same thing as denying other companies products. It's adding to the possible choices, not taking away from them.
Here's a good reason to demand microSD: you CAN get your phone into a state where it's sufficiently damaged to make mounting it as a USB drive impossible, or into a bootloop where only a full factory wipe (including internal/sdcard) will get it out. When that happens, your data is gone.
And if the phone is lost or stolen?
With iOS, either you use iTunes or iCloud. Or both. Either way your data is backed up away from the phone.
We're talking about computers, not phones. Don't move goalposts, that's just childish.
Weak. Even if this were about PCs: You try to create a general rule from the single case of Windows vs Mac OS. Then complain when it's pointed out that the rule doesn't work with the nearest comparable situation. And smartphones certainly are computers - they're just not PCs.
Of course people are jogging & all the other things that a very small / light media player is good for. But the market for small / light players is vanishing because the number of joggers etc willing to get a dedicated player as well as a smartphone is shrinking.
How do you know? There are reasons to do so. There's the weight of a phone. Especially with those large Androids. Do joggers really want that strapped to their arm or waist? Then there's what happens when the device gets dropped. A light dedicated MP3 player is more likely to survive. And if it doesn't is far cheaper to replace, and causes less inconvenience in the meantime.
For those who are cost-conscious, android beckons.
Sure. But for those that are cost conscious AND want the popular Apps, iPod Touch is a good answer for many people.
Big topic. But it's not because they either like or don't care about viruses. Windows achieved it's monopoly when viruses weren't as common, and when other platforms were equally susceptible.
Malware on Android is not a big issue (sorry, I know you like to make out that it's endemic
It's not me inventing it. There are Android malware stories every few days on Slashdot.
However more people are jumping off IOS due to Apple's restrictive nature.
You misunderstand the nature of market share. Just because Android gained market share at iOSs expense doesn't mean that people are leaving iOS. iOS sales numbers have only every grown, they've never shrunk. There are more users every day, not less.
I mean if I want to transfer a text file from my phone to my work PC I have to jump through half a dozen hoops on IOS (one of which probably requires hacking my phone) but on Android I just plug my phone in and copy/paste.
Then you have to do 3 more steps on Android than you do on iOS. Clearly you don't know about iCloud. iCloud keeps the categories of document you specify up to date on all your Apple devices, including your Mac. You don't even have to save, even live edits are synced. Your up to date file is already on your Mac before you even get there.
People still use Windows because it allows them to do what they need to with a minimum of fuss, and so it will be with mobile devices.
People still use Windows because of inertia, and because it's the OS that comes on the cheap PCs. People end up with Android because it's the OS that comes on the cheap smartphones. The reason Android's market share is not mirrored in web usage is that most of the customers are people that are uninterested in smartphones - they just got the cheap phone that the man at the store showed them.
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But it's not a ridiculous thing. It's exactly what's happening here.
People who saw it was insightful.
Spending their time on amateur hour games would not be very lucrative. So probably that's a bad direction.
Who pays to transport the candidate to and from the city where the games company is located?
You're now suggesting free bus passes for games writers?
What about people who's interests are in other fields that they'll need to move to a big city for. Don't care about them eh?
Why is amateur hour acceptable for video (e.g. YouTube) but not for video games?
Go down your local entertainment store. Professional games for consoles, professional movies for DVD/Blueray players.
Go onto the internet. Amateur hour Flash movies, amateur hour flash games.
There's no inconsistency.
Libertarians believe that people have a right to make an informed decision that suits best their needs.
I've never, ever, heard a Libertarian put that forward as a fundamental of their beliefs. Changing the definition to suit what the candidate needs?
I'm with the GP. It's amusing to see the libertarian hoist on his own petard.
First step: don't be Libertarian.
Surely as a Libertarian, he should support the network's freedom to make up or accept any rules they like and have any speakers they want in the debates.
and yet 69% of the pc market is still using some form of microsoft os... huh. I don't think MS is going anywhere soon.
The problem for them is it used to be 96%. There's only one way they're going. The same direction they've been relentlessly heading for more than a decade.
All four of the companies mentioned are walled-in gardens.
You say it like it's a bad thing. It's actually a very good thing for the consumer.
There's no shortage of platforms he can scratch his itch with. Whilst he tries to get a job with an established games company.
None of this means that all platforms should be open, nor that open platforms are better for consumers. Games are far more advanced than they were decades ago, it takes more than amateur hour.
On what do you base this?
The videos he posted on YouTube. It's the kind of 80s Nintendo style rip off, usually done with Flash games. Except he didn't even have an artist to make the artwork look good.
A few decades gave passed since that would have been a decent game.
Shipping two mechanisms with the device is better than shipping none.
For backup it is. For malware it's not.
You mean like when Nintendo denied Robert Pelloni a developer license
Thanks for drawing my attention to him. I wasn't aware of that story. Very amusing. What an idiot. And what a crap game. Nintendo is serving it's customers well by keeping crap like that out.
But no that wasn't related in any way to what I said. My point is that Nintendo and PS3 don't prevent open consoles being created as products. In fact a few have been over the years. They just don't catch on, because that's not what most people want. They want quality games, not amateur hour.
In other words, we agree that both iOS and Android are capable of remote backup, whether through functionality shipped on the device or an application available through official channels.
But that doesn't make them equal. Shipping two mechanisms with the device is better than shipping none.
But how many iOS users are doing that?
The vast majority of them. Using iTunes is probably the way most people still get music on the device, and sync calendars and contacts. And backup is an automatic part of that. And those that don't do it with iTunes, it's probably because they are doing it with iCloud. iCloud set up is part of the standard new device set up offered when the device is new.
And does iOS have a way to back up one's data to someone other than Apple should iCloud die
iTunes.
There's no avoiding it, iOS is far better in this regard.
So you have to get a third party app to match what comes with an iPhone. Which means most Android users aren't doing that.
With Android, if you're happy being locked into a single vendor like you are with iOS, you have the same ability with Google Play and synchronization with a Google account.
Oh dear, you just lost your photos.
Nice try though!
Better than you realised.
What means does Android provide to do that?
That's because they are not professional programmers. You mistook me for someone who wanted to encourage non-professionals to make apps for iOS.
There's a free university student programme. That seems like the right level to be encouraging.
VLC was first put up, and then pulled by it's own developers, or at least one of them. Apple didn't have a problem with it. Stupid people if they chose a license for their project that they then decided stopped them from doing what they wanted.
I've put open source out into the world. I'd never be dumb enough to GPL it.
In other words, you happen to prefer an appliance over a general-purpose computer. But do you support the efforts of the likes of Apple, Microsoft, and Sony to deny general-purpose computers to people who want them?
Do you support the efforts of Google and Samsung to deny appliances to people that want them?
That wasn't a real question. It was to show you how dumb your question was. Selling a product isn't the same thing as denying other companies products. It's adding to the possible choices, not taking away from them.
Here's a good reason to demand microSD: you CAN get your phone into a state where it's sufficiently damaged to make mounting it as a USB drive impossible, or into a bootloop where only a full factory wipe (including internal /sdcard) will get it out. When that happens, your data is gone.
And if the phone is lost or stolen?
With iOS, either you use iTunes or iCloud. Or both. Either way your data is backed up away from the phone.
We're talking about computers, not phones.
No we weren't. This thread comes from here:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3174039&threshold=0&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=41600849
We're talking about computers, not phones. Don't move goalposts, that's just childish.
Weak. Even if this were about PCs: You try to create a general rule from the single case of Windows vs Mac OS. Then complain when it's pointed out that the rule doesn't work with the nearest comparable situation. And smartphones certainly are computers - they're just not PCs.
Of course people are jogging & all the other things that a very small / light media player is good for. But the market for small / light players is vanishing because the number of joggers etc willing to get a dedicated player as well as a smartphone is shrinking.
How do you know? There are reasons to do so. There's the weight of a phone. Especially with those large Androids. Do joggers really want that strapped to their arm or waist? Then there's what happens when the device gets dropped. A light dedicated MP3 player is more likely to survive. And if it doesn't is far cheaper to replace, and causes less inconvenience in the meantime.
For those who are cost-conscious, android beckons.
Sure. But for those that are cost conscious AND want the popular Apps, iPod Touch is a good answer for many people.
So many mistakes in such a small post.
That's why so few people are using Windows?
Big topic. But it's not because they either like or don't care about viruses. Windows achieved it's monopoly when viruses weren't as common, and when other platforms were equally susceptible.
Malware on Android is not a big issue (sorry, I know you like to make out that it's endemic
It's not me inventing it. There are Android malware stories every few days on Slashdot.
However more people are jumping off IOS due to Apple's restrictive nature.
You misunderstand the nature of market share. Just because Android gained market share at iOSs expense doesn't mean that people are leaving iOS. iOS sales numbers have only every grown, they've never shrunk. There are more users every day, not less.
I mean if I want to transfer a text file from my phone to my work PC I have to jump through half a dozen hoops on IOS (one of which probably requires hacking my phone) but on Android I just plug my phone in and copy/paste.
Then you have to do 3 more steps on Android than you do on iOS. Clearly you don't know about iCloud. iCloud keeps the categories of document you specify up to date on all your Apple devices, including your Mac. You don't even have to save, even live edits are synced. Your up to date file is already on your Mac before you even get there.
People still use Windows because it allows them to do what they need to with a minimum of fuss, and so it will be with mobile devices.
People still use Windows because of inertia, and because it's the OS that comes on the cheap PCs. People end up with Android because it's the OS that comes on the cheap smartphones. The reason Android's market share is not mirrored in web usage is that most of the customers are people that are uninterested in smartphones - they just got the cheap phone that the man at the store showed them.
Do you think there were dinosaurs living there millions of year ago to get smooshed?
That's one model.