The best part about being a futurist is that you can throw any kind of snake oil out there, and you never have to have a shred of evidence that it could be true. When it doesn't come to pass, everyone has either died, or forgotten about it.
I wish Slashdot would stop putting up articles about this guy. He's about as useful as tits on a bull.
Because they seem to think Robert X. Cringley is somehow newsworthy every time he happens to wipe his ass. I get really tired of this guy popping up in the news when he doesn't actually do anything worth recognizing.
The people discussing this are missing the point - this is just a first step for China to attempt to de-anonymize the internet in their country. The people who say "well, they still have some anonymity because of name collisions" are correct, but for how long?
Things like this are a precursor to more nefarious things, such as requiring government issued passes to connect to the internet to do anything on it.
Despite the advent of online game stores on all three major consoles, most console gamers apparently still prefer hoarding collections of gaming discs to downloading games
You know, that might have a lot to do with the fact that most titles are never available for download until they're 5 years of age or older. It's like saying "more people prefer chocolate to vanilla" in a store that only sells chocolate.
I'm betting more than half of the people who bought an ipad will have it on a shelf collecting dust in under 3 months, I'm guessing that's how long it will take for the novelty to wear off. It just has no real niche that isn't already filled by something that does the job better.
No, the difference is that until now, how you held your phone wasn't a factor in calls getting dropped. Apple made a shoddy design decision, now they're paying for it.
Except my calls don't drop. And you don't see people complaining about it on other platforms. The only people bringing this point up are the iphone owners who are trying to justify this obvious design defect.
Names for the fix may vary. I call the fix "Nexus One". You might call it "Evo 4G", or any number of other names. Regardless of what you call it, I'm sure it will work equally well!
You're right - that is bullshit. Even if I take the opposite view, it really means nothing without someone making counterpoints. I don't want you to blindly agree with me, I want you to make an argument if you're able. Maybe you can do that here.
Competition should never be about suing your competitors to try to gain an upper hand. It should just be about trying to make a product that is better than what the other guy is offering.
Kudos to this guy for pulling off what many would call an impossible feat.
I'm surprised gizmodo had anything good to say, considering they're such trolls I'm amazed anyone frequents their terrible site.
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...it will cost you 10x more to repair it.
Mercedes is what you buy when you're high on positive bank account balance and low on common sense.
This is such a non-story. Who cares about this?
...Digg is for morons, by morons.
The best part about being a futurist is that you can throw any kind of snake oil out there, and you never have to have a shred of evidence that it could be true. When it doesn't come to pass, everyone has either died, or forgotten about it.
I wish Slashdot would stop putting up articles about this guy. He's about as useful as tits on a bull.
Because they seem to think Robert X. Cringley is somehow newsworthy every time he happens to wipe his ass. I get really tired of this guy popping up in the news when he doesn't actually do anything worth recognizing.
prior art. There are a lot more examples of it if you go looking.
It's always "in another 5 to 10 years" and then everyone forgets about it and nothing ever comes of it.
on Friday July 16, @07:34AM
I'm going to go ahead and say insufficient coffee
The people discussing this are missing the point - this is just a first step for China to attempt to de-anonymize the internet in their country. The people who say "well, they still have some anonymity because of name collisions" are correct, but for how long?
Things like this are a precursor to more nefarious things, such as requiring government issued passes to connect to the internet to do anything on it.
Who actually needs this? Certainly not the home user who doesn't have hardware even capable of displaying it at full detail. So what is it good for?
It's too bad he isn't getting back to doing actual storytelling instead of letting visuals do all the work.
If you look at the stock history, this is more of a minor fluctuation rather than a serious drop.
Cosplay puts humanity to shame.
Despite the advent of online game stores on all three major consoles, most console gamers apparently still prefer hoarding collections of gaming discs to downloading games
You know, that might have a lot to do with the fact that most titles are never available for download until they're 5 years of age or older. It's like saying "more people prefer chocolate to vanilla" in a store that only sells chocolate.
I'm betting more than half of the people who bought an ipad will have it on a shelf collecting dust in under 3 months, I'm guessing that's how long it will take for the novelty to wear off. It just has no real niche that isn't already filled by something that does the job better.
No, the difference is that until now, how you held your phone wasn't a factor in calls getting dropped. Apple made a shoddy design decision, now they're paying for it.
Except my calls don't drop. And you don't see people complaining about it on other platforms. The only people bringing this point up are the iphone owners who are trying to justify this obvious design defect.
Names for the fix may vary. I call the fix "Nexus One". You might call it "Evo 4G", or any number of other names. Regardless of what you call it, I'm sure it will work equally well!
You're right - that is bullshit. Even if I take the opposite view, it really means nothing without someone making counterpoints. I don't want you to blindly agree with me, I want you to make an argument if you're able. Maybe you can do that here.
Competition should never be about suing your competitors to try to gain an upper hand. It should just be about trying to make a product that is better than what the other guy is offering.
It sees that in the long run, google's ecosystem is just better, so it's trying as hard as it can to stop it from succeeding before it gets too big.
I sincerely hope android destroys the iphone.
Why do people feel they need this trash? It is not even useful.
...music for idiots, by idiots.
Stop writing software for the iPhone, start writing it for Android. End of problem, write what you want!
Kudos to this guy for pulling off what many would call an impossible feat. I'm surprised gizmodo had anything good to say, considering they're such trolls I'm amazed anyone frequents their terrible site.