Re:Apple will still need lots of luck
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FCC Approves iPhone
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You're not the target market anyway--as nice as it would be for Apple to make a version of iTunes for Linux, it hasn't been done yet. Nonetheless, people who refuse to use commercial software for ideological reasons aren't Apple's target market for obvious reasons--although you'll probably figure out how to run Linux on an iPhone just for the sport of it, so best of luck to you.
Were these people previously trained to figure out all the little quirks on Windows, or were they new to computers? I'm sure if people used a poorly-made imitation of the iPhone before using the iPhone itself they'd be confused too. And while you are right that the Mac UI isn't perfect, most people who prefer another UI are (in my subjective, but valid and borne out through experience opinion) either (a) overtrained on Windows and afraid of change or (b) programmers who are used enough to thinking like a computer that Linux makes sense to them.
Example would be, say, the first exclusive pics of Angelina Jolie's baby. Million dollar shots. Or the first image ever of the iPhone. Priceless. But posting a tiny version online, it would still "reveal" everything that the larger version would, taking that right of publishing/profit/secrecy away from the owner.
Of course, by the very nature of Google Image Search, that wouldn't be a problem for Google so much as whatever page it indexed.
It's the same music, dumbass. The iPhone is an iPod, among other things. That means the downloads will be 99 cents, or 129 cents if you want a higher compression rate and no DRM. Or $9.99 for an album.
Or you could, you know, hook it up to your computer with the built-in iPhone-to-USB cord and sync it to your iTunes, which already has all your music already?
Are "Battle for Iraq and a Hard Place", "Escape from Iraq and a Hard Place", and "Conquest of Iraq and a Hard Place" coming out soon? "Get your stinking hands off me, you damn dirty Iraqi!"
I'm not a pilot, but I always heard you're supposed to trust your instruments because your physical intuitions are crap in those environments. And the fact is, flying by instruments with your windows blacked out is not only possible, it's what, in effect, you are doing during storms and nighttime.
At that point, R2 was probably the property of the government of Naboo. As she was Senator in Epsiodes II and III, it is possible (although unlikely) that she would be assigned the same droid for her Senate transport. When she died, her belongings seem to have mostly gone to Captain Antilles. This would seem to include R2D2, although he was still tecchnically property of the government of Naboo.
Of course, the government of Naboo at that point was subverted by the Galactic Empire, so it's safe to say that R2 at this point became captured equipment and passed into the ownership of the Rebel Alliance.
CDs cost marginally more, require you to purchase an entire album even if you only want one song, and will clutter your apartment with discs and jewel cases for years, taking up precious shelf space that could be used to shelve books, or videogames. Also, CD's get scratched.
Remember those days before the Internet when, if you wanted lots of clever multimedia information about a certain topic you could actually buy a CD-ROM about it? We look upon those days as silly and nostalgic because we have a more efficient means to retrieve data on our computers. Now that we have computers as the hubs of our entertainment centers and our consumer electronics, why haven't we realized that music is just data?
According to Kant, your failure to endorse car-thievery as a general rule without contradicting the purpose of your own action (i.e. acquiring a new vehicle and keeping it) is what makes car-thievery immoral. Even if you did endorse car-thievery as a general rule it would not be rational for the aforementioned reason.
As a counter example, how do you think most muslim countries would like it if large numbers of frenchmen emigrated there, refused to learn arabic and demanded the government provide information in french aswell, at their own cost. As well as demanding to eat pork, to ignore muslim religious holidays and refuse to work on christian religious days etc.
If you consider similar issues with Jewish immigrants, such as the observance of Jewish holidays and the use of Yiddish in Jewish communities in Europe, could this explain the centuries of European anti-Semitism?
Three days later, they bill you for a "recurring membership" for their affiliate sites that are just this side of impossible to opt out of.
That's when you call your credit card company and do a chargeback. Of course, porn sites know this is an awkward thing for some credit card customers to do.
Wow, five design flaws from a 30 year old computer company. That's amazing. Clearly you've proven your point. Besides, we all know every other manufacturer develops flawless products.
Actually, I think implied statements are quite reasonable to enunciate.
But it's a fallacy to take somebody else's words, attach an "implied conclusion" to it, and then complain that there's a logical fallacy. If there's a logical fallacy, then maybe it's with the "implied conclusion" that you just made up, and not with the person's words themselves.
Try and summarise the GP in 5 words, and see what you come up with.
No, but you do get to say, "now pay me or you don't get to use this thing I made". In fact, this is how most things get made and paid for.
Re:This is (now) a famous number-theory integer!
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Obviously you've never seen the proof that every number is interesting. To wit: Let us suppose that there is a subset of interesting numbers and a subset of uninteresting numbers in any given set of numbers (i.e. the set of rational numbers, the set of integers, etc.). If this were the case, the first number in the subset of uninteresting numbers would be interesting by merit of being the first number in that set. Therefore, it would then be in the subset of interesting numbers. Since the subsets of interesting and uninteresting numbers are by definition mutually exclusive, this leads to a contradiction. Therefore, by reductio ad absurdum, there is no non-empty set of uninteresting numbers.
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You're not the target market anyway--as nice as it would be for Apple to make a version of iTunes for Linux, it hasn't been done yet. Nonetheless, people who refuse to use commercial software for ideological reasons aren't Apple's target market for obvious reasons--although you'll probably figure out how to run Linux on an iPhone just for the sport of it, so best of luck to you.
Were these people previously trained to figure out all the little quirks on Windows, or were they new to computers? I'm sure if people used a poorly-made imitation of the iPhone before using the iPhone itself they'd be confused too. And while you are right that the Mac UI isn't perfect, most people who prefer another UI are (in my subjective, but valid and borne out through experience opinion) either (a) overtrained on Windows and afraid of change or (b) programmers who are used enough to thinking like a computer that Linux makes sense to them.
Of course, by the very nature of Google Image Search, that wouldn't be a problem for Google so much as whatever page it indexed.
But...but...my MacBook has 4 MB of L2 cache! Per processor!
If you think usability and human interface are purely a matter of subjective preference, I hope to god you don't ever design anything I have to use.
It's the same music, dumbass. The iPhone is an iPod, among other things. That means the downloads will be 99 cents, or 129 cents if you want a higher compression rate and no DRM. Or $9.99 for an album.
Or you could, you know, hook it up to your computer with the built-in iPhone-to-USB cord and sync it to your iTunes, which already has all your music already?
You signed a boobie? Do you know that puts you in the top 10% of all Slashdotters in terms of sexual experience?
Are "Battle for Iraq and a Hard Place", "Escape from Iraq and a Hard Place", and "Conquest of Iraq and a Hard Place" coming out soon? "Get your stinking hands off me, you damn dirty Iraqi!"
I'm not a pilot, but I always heard you're supposed to trust your instruments because your physical intuitions are crap in those environments. And the fact is, flying by instruments with your windows blacked out is not only possible, it's what, in effect, you are doing during storms and nighttime.
Not very well.
No it doesn't.
Yes there is.
Yes it did.
Of course, the government of Naboo at that point was subverted by the Galactic Empire, so it's safe to say that R2 at this point became captured equipment and passed into the ownership of the Rebel Alliance.
CDs cost marginally more, require you to purchase an entire album even if you only want one song, and will clutter your apartment with discs and jewel cases for years, taking up precious shelf space that could be used to shelve books, or videogames. Also, CD's get scratched.
Remember those days before the Internet when, if you wanted lots of clever multimedia information about a certain topic you could actually buy a CD-ROM about it? We look upon those days as silly and nostalgic because we have a more efficient means to retrieve data on our computers. Now that we have computers as the hubs of our entertainment centers and our consumer electronics, why haven't we realized that music is just data?
According to Kant, your failure to endorse car-thievery as a general rule without contradicting the purpose of your own action (i.e. acquiring a new vehicle and keeping it) is what makes car-thievery immoral. Even if you did endorse car-thievery as a general rule it would not be rational for the aforementioned reason.
If you consider similar issues with Jewish immigrants, such as the observance of Jewish holidays and the use of Yiddish in Jewish communities in Europe, could this explain the centuries of European anti-Semitism?
"Barack Obama. The worst best thing after the Devil Jesus."
That's when you call your credit card company and do a chargeback. Of course, porn sites know this is an awkward thing for some credit card customers to do.
Wow, five design flaws from a 30 year old computer company. That's amazing. Clearly you've proven your point. Besides, we all know every other manufacturer develops flawless products.
Are we born knowing these normal ethical rules? If not, how are people supposed to learn them if we never explain them to anyone?
But see, there you are, attaching words that the person never said. Perhaps a better phrasing would be, "Some environmentalists will always complain."
But it's a fallacy to take somebody else's words, attach an "implied conclusion" to it, and then complain that there's a logical fallacy. If there's a logical fallacy, then maybe it's with the "implied conclusion" that you just made up, and not with the person's words themselves.
"Some environmentalists favor human extinction."
You can't make up implied conclusions and then accuse people of logical fallacies. Somebody mod this clown down for trolling.
No, but you do get to say, "now pay me or you don't get to use this thing I made". In fact, this is how most things get made and paid for.
Obviously you've never seen the proof that every number is interesting. To wit: Let us suppose that there is a subset of interesting numbers and a subset of uninteresting numbers in any given set of numbers (i.e. the set of rational numbers, the set of integers, etc.). If this were the case, the first number in the subset of uninteresting numbers would be interesting by merit of being the first number in that set. Therefore, it would then be in the subset of interesting numbers. Since the subsets of interesting and uninteresting numbers are by definition mutually exclusive, this leads to a contradiction. Therefore, by reductio ad absurdum, there is no non-empty set of uninteresting numbers.
No, it's more like calling the color red "rett" if you see it on a potato instead of a Chevy.