I agree with you there too, on both the ad and the propensity for violence out of this guy. Unfortunately for Congresswoman Giffords, she was the most easily accessed high profile person. Please don't take that as any justification though, what happened to her was tragic and wrong.
Sadly, politics is more about getting the gold ring (and doing whatever it takes to get it) than doing the right thing. One side does something to gain advantage, the other side responds. It's been going on since the dawn of politics. People should call them out on it rather than follow along in cadence.
The shame is that nothing was done, or in some cases could have been done, leading up to this to prevent it. The school could only recommend he receive treatment and I don't think I like the idea of schools being able to force it. He was 19 so his parents couldn't do much at that point. There's nothing illegal, nor should there be, about voicing your opinion on politics, currency policy, etc...
As a gun owner and a believer in the 2nd amendment I will say not checking for weapons at a political event is a bad idea. I'm not familiar enough with the laws there to know whether or not it would have been possible to, or if the venue of choice prevented the ability to.
I figured I'd leave out of my reply the fact that, strangely enough, a bow and arrow are also considered a weapon. The person who replied obviously has their political views to sell, and drawing the same conclusion from extremely similar maps doesn't help that cause.
I wish there was a way I could agree with you more, but only football coaches get to suggest people can do something at more than 100% capacity.
Politicians, pundits, "journalists", etc... will always use something like this to trump their political views. Had the roles been reversed the right would be doing the same thing.
It's disgusting, and I hate to see it perpetuate among what I view as my peers.
Welcome to/. where people have the ability to see through the ANSI and know what the person on the other end of the wire actually meant to type. Spooky huh?
Please make the distinction: Android is no more fragmented than iOS, Blackberry OS, or webOS. The Android devices, which Google doesn't make, are fragmented. That's caused by manufacturers such as Motorola, Samsung, Dell, HTC, etc...
On any platform, there is never a "need" to jailbreak, just a desire.
However, on Android devices, the fragmentation that Lord Jobs likes to talk about has nothing at all to do with Google, it is caused by companies like Samsung, which is what this article is actually about.
I will answer your question though. I have a Captivate and couldn't be happier with it. I can install whatever I want to on it (I'm a developer, that matters). I can change the OS on it. I can hack the OS on it. I can actually multi-task (not the background services or Apple's own phone+music), the sky is the limit.
p.s. I have an iPhone 3GS as well, but rant and rave all the time about it's other deficiencies. Jailbreaking isn't one of them though, as there is no easier device to do that on.
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Their response reminds me of the Johnny Carson (I think, it's been a while now) skit of Nixon saying "I didn't do anything wrong, and I apologize for what I did do."
I had that mentality at my previous gig until we finally convinced the USAF linguist turned infrastructure director that IE6 was on the dead pool. Of course, he then designed a 2 year project to replace it with IE8 without any user testing.
I did some work for a major bank in 2001-2002 and I understand the frustration with slow adoption. That's one of the reasons I don't work for banks anymore.
Ugh, I'm pretty sick of references to that map. How come nobody is talking about the DLC bullseye map in 2004? Exact same concept, but the media didn't seem to take issue with it.
Because I have the ability to understand keywords so I don't have to type out full length questions. I get that most people don't understand SEO so more power to them.
My only guess in response to your first question is that, given the number of iDevices out there, they would roll it out, similar to how many device manufacturers roll out updates.
I think Apple would not answer because they're learning the hard way that handling bad PR is different from handing good PR. They completely tanked the conversations on the iPhone 4. While the issues with the device are minimal, and overall it's pretty nice, Apple's initial responses fueled the fire.
Microsoft has them beat in this aspect. They've had decades of bad press to practice up;)
Yeah, but it goes against every grain of techie in me to type out full text questions into a search bar, and makes me want to flog them with SATA cables.
are just the first three links I clicked. All of them have people saying that the app was wiped from their iDevice as well as people who say it wasn't on theirs.
Oh the number of times I still see people type "what is the population of equador?" or something formatted that way into the search bar. I suppose we have jeeves to thank for that.
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?? Beta 9 and beta 10 haven't been released yet. I"m not sure where you get your facts (speculation?) from.
Did you forget your sarcasm tags?
I agree with you there too, on both the ad and the propensity for violence out of this guy. Unfortunately for Congresswoman Giffords, she was the most easily accessed high profile person. Please don't take that as any justification though, what happened to her was tragic and wrong.
Sadly, politics is more about getting the gold ring (and doing whatever it takes to get it) than doing the right thing. One side does something to gain advantage, the other side responds. It's been going on since the dawn of politics. People should call them out on it rather than follow along in cadence.
The shame is that nothing was done, or in some cases could have been done, leading up to this to prevent it. The school could only recommend he receive treatment and I don't think I like the idea of schools being able to force it. He was 19 so his parents couldn't do much at that point. There's nothing illegal, nor should there be, about voicing your opinion on politics, currency policy, etc...
As a gun owner and a believer in the 2nd amendment I will say not checking for weapons at a political event is a bad idea. I'm not familiar enough with the laws there to know whether or not it would have been possible to, or if the venue of choice prevented the ability to.
I figured I'd leave out of my reply the fact that, strangely enough, a bow and arrow are also considered a weapon. The person who replied obviously has their political views to sell, and drawing the same conclusion from extremely similar maps doesn't help that cause.
I wish there was a way I could agree with you more, but only football coaches get to suggest people can do something at more than 100% capacity.
Politicians, pundits, "journalists", etc... will always use something like this to trump their political views. Had the roles been reversed the right would be doing the same thing.
It's disgusting, and I hate to see it perpetuate among what I view as my peers.
Ahh, there's the speculation that's ruining objective journalism!
Where's any proof at all that she was shot as a result of the Palin map?
Welcome to /. where people have the ability to see through the ANSI and know what the person on the other end of the wire actually meant to type. Spooky huh?
No, Android is an operating system that device manufacturers can take advantage of.
Please make the distinction: Android is no more fragmented than iOS, Blackberry OS, or webOS. The Android devices , which Google doesn't make, are fragmented. That's caused by manufacturers such as Motorola, Samsung, Dell, HTC, etc...
You don't though. This is about automated updates through the carrier. And it's about the OS, not the apps.
Ahhh, the FP was an iPhone apologist!
On any platform, there is never a "need" to jailbreak, just a desire.
However, on Android devices, the fragmentation that Lord Jobs likes to talk about has nothing at all to do with Google, it is caused by companies like Samsung, which is what this article is actually about.
I will answer your question though. I have a Captivate and couldn't be happier with it. I can install whatever I want to on it (I'm a developer, that matters). I can change the OS on it. I can hack the OS on it. I can actually multi-task (not the background services or Apple's own phone+music), the sky is the limit.
p.s. I have an iPhone 3GS as well, but rant and rave all the time about it's other deficiencies. Jailbreaking isn't one of them though, as there is no easier device to do that on.
I am pleased to announce that this list is brilliant, and I express remorse at not having penned it first. However, I regret to inform you of the possibility of it showing up on other websites soon.
Their response reminds me of the Johnny Carson (I think, it's been a while now) skit of Nixon saying "I didn't do anything wrong, and I apologize for what I did do."
Huh?
I defended it since it's in beta, and I prefer a combination of Firefox and Chrome. I only use IE when forced to.
So why would it take an apologist to point out the patently obvious?
I had that mentality at my previous gig until we finally convinced the USAF linguist turned infrastructure director that IE6 was on the dead pool. Of course, he then designed a 2 year project to replace it with IE8 without any user testing.
I did some work for a major bank in 2001-2002 and I understand the frustration with slow adoption. That's one of the reasons I don't work for banks anymore.
You get that it's beta, right?
Whew! I'd love some entertaining TV... think we can sell them our reality programs?
Ugh, I'm pretty sick of references to that map. How come nobody is talking about the DLC bullseye map in 2004? Exact same concept, but the media didn't seem to take issue with it.
Realizing Google does that, I still lean toward Wolfram Alpha for that sort of thing for some reason. I think I fell for someone's marketing gimmick.
Because I have the ability to understand keywords so I don't have to type out full length questions. I get that most people don't understand SEO so more power to them.
I refuse to do it though.
Thanks Captain Assumption, but that doesn't work for me either.
I sell directly, or through app stores with a more reasonable take with regard to retail sales. More often I write specific apps for customers though.
My only guess in response to your first question is that, given the number of iDevices out there, they would roll it out, similar to how many device manufacturers roll out updates.
I think Apple would not answer because they're learning the hard way that handling bad PR is different from handing good PR. They completely tanked the conversations on the iPhone 4. While the issues with the device are minimal, and overall it's pretty nice, Apple's initial responses fueled the fire.
Microsoft has them beat in this aspect. They've had decades of bad press to practice up ;)
Yeah, but it goes against every grain of techie in me to type out full text questions into a search bar, and makes me want to flog them with SATA cables.
It is still in question, and likely to stay there. Apple doesn't have a history of giving details about stories like this.
But isolated reports I don't really agree with.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=960079
http://www.phonenews.com/did-apple-flip-the-ios-kill-switch-on-ndrive-11579/
http://www.slashgear.com/ndrive-gps-app-disappears-from-apple-app-store-kill-switch-the-culprit-0893419/
are just the first three links I clicked. All of them have people saying that the app was wiped from their iDevice as well as people who say it wasn't on theirs.
Oh the number of times I still see people type "what is the population of equador?" or something formatted that way into the search bar. I suppose we have jeeves to thank for that.