From what I've read, the whining wasn't even about waiting for the SDK - it was when Apple went through considerable effort to prevent app development on 1.1.1, an effort which was not made for 1.0.1-1.0.3. And, that they claimed that installing the apps voided the warranty.
I looked at "surprising" in the thesaurus. It says that "startling" is a synonym. This story just points out that they aren't. This news is certainly unsurprising, but it's still startling.
I think you might be able to make an argument about the warnings given by Apple before the update was even released. They released the update, knowing that it would destroy a large number of phones, and they have admitted knowing before the fact in public.
It's like if Microsoft released a security update to Windows that would corrupt the BIOS if Firefox was installed. If it just happened, it might be chalked up to a mistake, but if Microsoft released a statement saying "If you have Firefox installed, this update will corrupt your BIOS," before releasing the update, then it looks a lot shadier. And, being a security update, it's harder to say "If you don't want the new features just don't update."
Firstly, there is no standards body that defines standard rules of English. Secondly, although I agree that poor grammar and spelling can make something unreadable, it is also possible to make a grammatically correct statement that is unreadable. (for instance, the Buffalo sentence.) I'm all for bitching people out that write so poorly they can't even be understood, but the constant criticism of minor errors that don't affect meaning or readability pisses me off.
Half of the comments on this fucking site are people bitching about someone using "There" instead of "Their" or some other ridiculously insignificant grammatical error. If you knew what the correct word to use was, you were obviously able to understand the meaning of the comment, so just keep your fucking mouth shut.
IANAL. The illegal part might be intentionally destroying the property of people who installed the update. If it can be demonstrated that the damage was intentional, there might be a case. I suppose that would depend on lawyers and experts being able to convince a jury. From my perspective, I can't see how it couldn't be unintentional, or at the least, negligent.
Besides, technically, using Safari Web Apps might be considered using "third party applications".
Google's text ads were the one argument that made any sense against using Adblock. If all ads are obtrusive, there's no reason to not block all of them.
it's a trade-off. They could have put the 160GB disk in there, but it would be bigger, slower, easier to break, and more expensive. And there might also have been greater engineering problems (heat dissipation?). Yeah, and it would also be worth buying. This thing is a total abortion. It seems like they rushed it to market based on minimum modifications to the iPhone. I'm expecting a HD based version next time around. I actually got excited when I first saw it, and then I completely lost interest when I heard it was 16GB. Hell, even if it came with some sort of cable that allowed mass storage on a 160GB ipod, I might consider it. Of course, our intellectual property overlords would probably never allow such a thing.
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This seems especially strange since people generally don't listen to pop music for the lyrics.
Just as soon as I quit my job so I can watch cartoons until 2am.
I doubt it's FMV, considering the cutscenes in the demo are realtime.
A lot. You can even get it out of a video, e.g. the trailers for LittleBigPlanet.
Can you invert the camera Y-axis in the retail version? I didn't see the option in the demo.
I'm in the USA, and the Rolly is the only thing on this list that was interesting. Everything else was just some kind of cellphone.
Weird, because the Rolly was the only thing on this list that I was remotely interested in.
From what I've read, the whining wasn't even about waiting for the SDK - it was when Apple went through considerable effort to prevent app development on 1.1.1, an effort which was not made for 1.0.1-1.0.3. And, that they claimed that installing the apps voided the warranty.
That sucks. People who really like a band will travel a lot farther than that to see them.
I am the gatekeeper. Are you the ticketmaster?
I looked at "surprising" in the thesaurus. It says that "startling" is a synonym. This story just points out that they aren't. This news is certainly unsurprising, but it's still startling.
I think you might be able to make an argument about the warnings given by Apple before the update was even released. They released the update, knowing that it would destroy a large number of phones, and they have admitted knowing before the fact in public.
It's like if Microsoft released a security update to Windows that would corrupt the BIOS if Firefox was installed. If it just happened, it might be chalked up to a mistake, but if Microsoft released a statement saying "If you have Firefox installed, this update will corrupt your BIOS," before releasing the update, then it looks a lot shadier. And, being a security update, it's harder to say "If you don't want the new features just don't update."
Firstly, there is no standards body that defines standard rules of English. Secondly, although I agree that poor grammar and spelling can make something unreadable, it is also possible to make a grammatically correct statement that is unreadable. (for instance, the Buffalo sentence.) I'm all for bitching people out that write so poorly they can't even be understood, but the constant criticism of minor errors that don't affect meaning or readability pisses me off.
Half of the comments on this fucking site are people bitching about someone using "There" instead of "Their" or some other ridiculously insignificant grammatical error. If you knew what the correct word to use was, you were obviously able to understand the meaning of the comment, so just keep your fucking mouth shut.
IANAL. The illegal part might be intentionally destroying the property of people who installed the update. If it can be demonstrated that the damage was intentional, there might be a case. I suppose that would depend on lawyers and experts being able to convince a jury. From my perspective, I can't see how it couldn't be unintentional, or at the least, negligent.
Besides, technically, using Safari Web Apps might be considered using "third party applications".
Or, they could rent a gasoline car when they needed it.
Yeah, they even have Debbie Does Dallas, along with Deep Throat, in my college library.
Google's text ads were the one argument that made any sense against using Adblock. If all ads are obtrusive, there's no reason to not block all of them.
Why would you need condoms or viagra if you're searching for porn?
If you didn't think the phone was worth $600, why did you pay that much for it?
It could be because the maximum capacity of the touch iPod is 16GB.
If you have to store all the shit at the airport anyway, you might as well just get a plane.
The difference is that the engines in the Skycar are powered by bullshit.
It probably also hinges on the terms of the settlement, which are of course, unknown.
It does if you install the Cell SDK.