The media hasn't exactly been objective with its coverage, either. If you'll actually do some research on most of these BP stories, you'll find that the media will do anything to paint BP in a more negative than deserved light. Negative story == more pageviews and more money. BP couldn't possibly offset the biased news coverage of the situation, so I see no problem with them buying ads.
And don't get me wrong, I don't think BP is perfect, and they've done plenty of things wrong, but I see a lot of "screw BP" and very little reason for it (relative to how much it's said).
Just google search oil spill and you'll see what I mean!... (sorry, I had to make that joke, but the first part of my comment is not sarcastic at all).
I am. If you read the thread you'll realize that I (mistakenly) thought he was talking about the American EDT (in the article they should have used AEST to be more specific).
Was the whole flight just under 10 minutes? or did that only account for how long it was being propelled (did it fall for a while?) Or was it actually just something entirely different?
Oh... I assumed he was talking about the time when it took off in Florida (I didn't follow it THAT closely, so I wasn't sure if it took off really early or later in the day), although I guess I could have figured it out based on the conversion to GMT.
A doubter quoted in the article says "Firstly, the time of the launch was 18.45 GMT, which translates to 4.45am EST, the duration of the flight was 9 minutes 38 seconds - this is a full hour before the reported sightings."
Did he forget that we're on DST right now? He should have looked up the EDT time, not EST.
I see. That is much more understandable and should have been in the summary instead of the other reasons.
That being said, and as unfortunate and lame as it is, there are still ways to make money in the market while waiting for your country to be added (although I have no idea how long that'll take). With this particular app, it looks like it connects to the web to get weather information, so it can be considered a web service, which is one of the things you're allowed to charge for outside of the market. Or just make it free! Getting your name out there in the meantime can be huge for future projects. Most importantly, it's a good way to say "screw you" to the app store.
There is no alternative platform, despite what others may say about Android, it's immature and their app store(s) are a wild west nightmare. It really is Apple's way or the highway...
This just isn't true anymore. Yes, the market does have its issues, but it is certainly an alternative if the app store won't allow your app. Android will overtake iPhone in the near future as far as overall market share goes (since it's on all sorts of low-end devices nowadays, as well as multiple carriers, not to mention the very best phones these days run android, not iPhone OS, and it doesn't look like this summer's iPhone will be any better than them).
While it may have its downsides as compared to the app store, completely ruling out the android market is just foolish.
Yes, but you'll be used to using the skype interface to make calls. Once everything is set up properly it'll be (relatively) much more difficult to get to the regular phone.
You can hyphenate whatever you want. Putting "pro" (short for professional) and "tip" together happen to create the same definition as the word "protip" (which isn't actually a word).
You don't find the constant mention of diaspora a bit more annoying than someone twice mentioning an alternative? Let me guess... are you one of the diaspora developers?
Indeed. I don't understand why people keep giving them money. Give your money to a project that has actually been started (and actually close to being finished), like appleseed - http://appleseed.sourceforge.net/ .
I realize that this article isn't really about diaspora itself, but I feel it's an obligation to point out that there are other, more promising and further along (nearly finished), projects out there, such as Appleseed, that have the same goal, and aren't being run by people with almost no experience.
Did they claim that these two *security* features were in response to the privacy concerns? Or did speculation make that connection? I agree that there are privacy problems, but unless they claim that this is in response to those concerns, don't assume that they are.
Yes, I may have been wrong with "for the most part," but there are definitely some (at least one) manufacturers who are advertising capacities with base 2 sizes. OCZ (one of the biggest vendors of SSDs), for example. Their "120GB" drives are 121.60 GB, and I assume they're actually the same size as other companies' 128GB drives. What I was getting at was both industries have started to "cave" at the same time, so we still aren't sure which way we're going.
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The media hasn't exactly been objective with its coverage, either. If you'll actually do some research on most of these BP stories, you'll find that the media will do anything to paint BP in a more negative than deserved light. Negative story == more pageviews and more money. BP couldn't possibly offset the biased news coverage of the situation, so I see no problem with them buying ads.
And don't get me wrong, I don't think BP is perfect, and they've done plenty of things wrong, but I see a lot of "screw BP" and very little reason for it (relative to how much it's said).
Just google search oil spill and you'll see what I mean!... (sorry, I had to make that joke, but the first part of my comment is not sarcastic at all).
I am. If you read the thread you'll realize that I (mistakenly) thought he was talking about the American EDT (in the article they should have used AEST to be more specific).
Well, I did it anyway :)
He seems to be right according to http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/time-zones.htm (I assume that they're on standard time, being on the southern hemisphere and all).
Was the whole flight just under 10 minutes? or did that only account for how long it was being propelled (did it fall for a while?) Or was it actually just something entirely different?
Even so, has anyone checked his work? It's always easy to get off by an hour when there's DST involved.
Oh... I assumed he was talking about the time when it took off in Florida (I didn't follow it THAT closely, so I wasn't sure if it took off really early or later in the day), although I guess I could have figured it out based on the conversion to GMT.
A doubter quoted in the article says "Firstly, the time of the launch was 18.45 GMT, which translates to 4.45am EST, the duration of the flight was 9 minutes 38 seconds - this is a full hour before the reported sightings."
Did he forget that we're on DST right now? He should have looked up the EDT time, not EST.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119654/
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I see. That is much more understandable and should have been in the summary instead of the other reasons.
That being said, and as unfortunate and lame as it is, there are still ways to make money in the market while waiting for your country to be added (although I have no idea how long that'll take). With this particular app, it looks like it connects to the web to get weather information, so it can be considered a web service, which is one of the things you're allowed to charge for outside of the market. Or just make it free! Getting your name out there in the meantime can be huge for future projects. Most importantly, it's a good way to say "screw you" to the app store.
There is no alternative platform, despite what others may say about Android, it's immature and their app store(s) are a wild west nightmare. It really is Apple's way or the highway...
This just isn't true anymore. Yes, the market does have its issues, but it is certainly an alternative if the app store won't allow your app. Android will overtake iPhone in the near future as far as overall market share goes (since it's on all sorts of low-end devices nowadays, as well as multiple carriers, not to mention the very best phones these days run android, not iPhone OS, and it doesn't look like this summer's iPhone will be any better than them).
While it may have its downsides as compared to the app store, completely ruling out the android market is just foolish.
Yes, but you'll be used to using the skype interface to make calls. Once everything is set up properly it'll be (relatively) much more difficult to get to the regular phone.
Are they finally going to allow emergency calling (and locating) for skype?
You can hyphenate whatever you want. Putting "pro" (short for professional) and "tip" together happen to create the same definition as the word "protip" (which isn't actually a word).
You don't find the constant mention of diaspora a bit more annoying than someone twice mentioning an alternative? Let me guess... are you one of the diaspora developers?
Indeed. I don't understand why people keep giving them money. Give your money to a project that has actually been started (and actually close to being finished), like appleseed - http://appleseed.sourceforge.net/ .
I realize that this article isn't really about diaspora itself, but I feel it's an obligation to point out that there are other, more promising and further along (nearly finished), projects out there, such as Appleseed, that have the same goal, and aren't being run by people with almost no experience.
I don't see anywhere where facebook claims that these new features were a response to the privacy concerns.
Did they claim that these two *security* features were in response to the privacy concerns? Or did speculation make that connection? I agree that there are privacy problems, but unless they claim that this is in response to those concerns, don't assume that they are.
The real reason?
It competes with iAd.
Sorry. By "Apprently" I meant "Apparently," and by "Apparently" I actually meant "Apparently not."
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Apprently.
I find this line interesting:
the reason browser back buttons work in Gmail is an invisible, seamless use of iframes that create browser history.
Isn't this actually due to the use of # in the URL when you click things?
Its. Come on. We all passed 2nd grade, didn't we?
(at the time of this posting, the last line in the summary was "would give Apple a huge advantage over it's competitors")
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170000%201309139890%201309239101&ShowDeactivatedMark=False
That's the total cost of 2x4GB at their specified speed. It's still cheaper to get third party RAM and tossing out the old stuff.
Yes.
And what's the deal with the price of the upgrades?
8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB [Add $400.00]
Really? and $900 for a 24" monitor?
Yes, I may have been wrong with "for the most part," but there are definitely some (at least one) manufacturers who are advertising capacities with base 2 sizes. OCZ (one of the biggest vendors of SSDs), for example. Their "120GB" drives are 121.60 GB, and I assume they're actually the same size as other companies' 128GB drives. What I was getting at was both industries have started to "cave" at the same time, so we still aren't sure which way we're going.