how is apple able to upgrade their phones for like 5 years and Scamsung, LG and HTC cannot?
Apple is comparatively disciplined, releasing about one new phone a year, and hardware and software are under their full control.
Together, the others release dozens, and different companies share different responsibilities. Nice for consumer choice, but not so nice for support, since nobody wants to maintain a software stack nor wrestle with the politics involved in updating so many different devices.
In a few iterations the Apple Watch will be untethered from the phone, have decent storage, and a slimmer form-factor than the monstrosity that was unveiled today.
In a world of tablets, smartphones and smartwatches, dedicated music-players are starting to look rather "quaint".
There's another MIT headline further down the front-page: "MIT's Ted Postol Presents More Evidence On Iron Dome Failures"
I'm guessing timothy copy-pasted that headline then deleted everything except the first few characters, but forgot to zap the apostrophe. All to save himself the arduous task of typing "MIT".
In the face of the last 17 years of Apple's progress?
Does software write itself? Services? Store-fronts and their employees? How about hedging against future competition or cannibalisation? Against mistakes like MobileMe or exploding batteries? Against patent-wars with similarly well-endowed companies? Will the time come when they don't sell any more kit because everyone is too satisfied to bother upgrading anymore? Was the last WWDC Keynote an absolute firecracker because of the excitement over the new APIs, or a squib because they didn't announce an iWatch or a TV?
... all your Google sites determinedly dumping you onto the wrong language and will simply find months of customer discussions of "it's still not fixed". It's even funnier when it turns out that there is a work around but it's in a different thread started some time after the first but with completely unassociated keywords and an explanation which, while correct is clearly incomprehensible to most of their customers.
innovate |nvet| verb [ no obj. ] make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products: the company's failure to diversify and innovate competitively.
[ with obj. ] introduce (something new, especially a product). we continue to innovate new products.
So yes, Apple innovates. They innovate on the execution of ideas, rather than invent new ones.
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Apple is comparatively disciplined, releasing about one new phone a year, and hardware and software are under their full control.
Together, the others release dozens, and different companies share different responsibilities. Nice for consumer choice, but not so nice for support, since nobody wants to maintain a software stack nor wrestle with the politics involved in updating so many different devices.
Nope, but we have a name for it anyway: Dark Energy.
WKR,
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I was with you right up to this curious hieroglyph.
What does it mean?
Not to diminish the work of those you mention, but yes. Yes it is.
...let's see:
So it's not actually a real competitor to Bitcoin. How about a look at the Wikipedia page:
At best, it's not competing with BC in the first place, and at worst it sounds too complex for consumers to get their heads around.
So I guess the answer to the original question is a resounding "no", but Betterage could have told you that.
...isn't Earth what happens when a gazillion "asteroids and comets" bump into each other?
Think about that the next time you read "Comets brought water to Earth" or "Asteroids created the conditions for Life."
No shit they did.
The capabilities of the rocket.
"Falsifiable."
If there's no way to prove your idea wrong, it's not science.
I think this is by far the most pervasive misunderstanding of science that the general public hold.
Retro Game Crunch: http://retrogamecrunch.com/abo...
Sure, not as big-budget, but quite ambitious for a small team. And they delivered.
In a few iterations the Apple Watch will be untethered from the phone, have decent storage, and a slimmer form-factor than the monstrosity that was unveiled today.
In a world of tablets, smartphones and smartwatches, dedicated music-players are starting to look rather "quaint".
There's another MIT headline further down the front-page: "MIT's Ted Postol Presents More Evidence On Iron Dome Failures"
I'm guessing timothy copy-pasted that headline then deleted everything except the first few characters, but forgot to zap the apostrophe. All to save himself the arduous task of typing "MIT".
Well, I'm just speculating, of course.
This is a tragic story, but why is this on Slashdot? This is indeed stuff that matters, but news for nerds? Not so much.
Hopefully the integrity of the site won't be compromised by the sudden outbreak of humanity.
The Internet is insecure by design: http://www.worldofends.com/#BM...
In the face of the last 17 years of Apple's progress?
Does software write itself? Services? Store-fronts and their employees? How about hedging against future competition or cannibalisation? Against mistakes like MobileMe or exploding batteries? Against patent-wars with similarly well-endowed companies? Will the time come when they don't sell any more kit because everyone is too satisfied to bother upgrading anymore? Was the last WWDC Keynote an absolute firecracker because of the excitement over the new APIs, or a squib because they didn't announce an iWatch or a TV?
You hardware guys are weird.
...and replace them with bayonets poking out of the steering-column and pointed at the drivers face.
The roads would be full of careful drivers, well prepared for the upcoming wave of hover-vehicles.
... all your Google sites determinedly dumping you onto the wrong language and will simply find months of customer discussions of "it's still not fixed". It's even funnier when it turns out that there is a work around but it's in a different thread started some time after the first but with completely unassociated keywords and an explanation which, while correct is clearly incomprehensible to most of their customers.
Erm... Link please?
... devotees can pay an arm and a leg to be in the same room as the sacred dust motes.
Only if they're suspended in a Sun-beam!
Innovation != Invention
So yes, Apple innovates. They innovate on the execution of ideas, rather than invent new ones.
Steve Jobs would still be a amateur Geek in his garage if it were not for all the Giants of the industry that came before.
The whole computer industry would still be geeks in their garages if it weren't for Jobs.
That's not to say he's more important than Richie, but nerds like us need to recognise value outside of that which is purely technical.
Concerning stamps, you could put Balmer on for all I care.
I thought the reference was this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Nobody touches the Sockbaby!
...sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
-Saki
...and leave behind an asbestos-flag.
... better directional control.
Really? In case of what, exactly? Klingons on the starboard bow?
I wonder who's going to be immortalised as the first person to be killed by a computer-controlled car?
Anyone know the immortal name of the first person to be killed by a person-controlled car?
Why did they choose 100 Tesla as a target? Why not 117 Tesla? That is even more!
1.17 Holy Grails? That's crazy talk!