They violated CHILD PORN laws. Now they have to register as sex offenders.
Stop and THINK. Does this make ANY SENSE whatsoever? They have to be labeled sex offenders for the rest of their lives because they were emailing EACH OTHER dirty pictures?
that you're one of those imbeciles who believes the Moon landings were fake.
As for Amtrak, we need a reliable, cheap, fast national rail system, if for no other reason than rail travel is much more efficient than either automobile or airplane travel. Unfortunately, Amtrak has been the victim of bad management and underfunding for many, many years.
that either you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about or you just hate NASA for some obscure reason. I also notice that you steered clear of commenting on the aerospace engineering research they do, which is top-notch.
I see "exploring the Moon and Mars," and the two rovers which have exceeded their life expectancy by a factor of 16 and gathered a huge amount of valuable data, don't count as "basic science" in your world. Fascinating.
Clinton is the same one who had a hard-on for banning video games and censorship in general not too long ago. Don't be too quick to support someone without knowing all the facts.
I don't think the OM has multi-touch support because there is a different bit of hardware required to make it work -- which I think Apple has the patent on.
I can't, because it doesn't exist
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The iPhone is a tease.
if you want a hand held computer with telephony and wap.. what is stopping you?
The question is, "what is stopping me from buying an OSX handheld with telephony." Steve Jobs is. Apple has produced the hardware and the software and then dangled it out in front of the community and said "you can't touch it."
Cracking the iPhone is likely to be a worthless endeavor without support from Apple. Even assuming you find a way to put new apps on the device, how are you going to compile them in the first place? Test them? There is no dev kit. There is no emulator. No serious developers (serious developers who aren't willing to shell out hundreds, possibly thousands for the "right" to develop for the iPhone) are going to try making applications for a device whose manufacturer will give you no support at all. Which leaves you with the OSS community, and ONLY the OSS community. Which, if you look at how the Zaurus community has developed over the years (AGONIZINGLY slowly), you can see how that's an unacceptable outcome too.
Clearly, iChat would be seen as a threat to Cingular's revenue stream. It's pretty obvious why this wasn't included. That is an artifact of the Network monopoly marketplace we live in. It sucks, but it is what it is.
A THREAT? I don't think you know Cingular very well. Data plans for Cingular are fucking EXPENSIVE and cost per-kilobyte (unless you buy an 80 dollar unlimited plan). iChat could potentially be a huge revenue source for them. And if you're in range of a wifi point, you're going to pull out your laptop anyway -- the phone's wifi is simply a convenience.
I'm sorry, but that's retarded.
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The iPhone is best thought of as an iPod with a wap phone attached with a few bridging functions to make it all work well together... and not as a hand held computer with telephony/internet connectivity.
The only thing that prevents the iPhone from being a "hand held computer with telephony/internet conenctivity" is Apple's software lockout.
What about those of us (like myself) who WANT a "hand held computer with telephony/internet conenctivity"? Are you telling us that we SHOULDN'T want this?
Seriously, who the hell are you (or Steve Jobs, for that matter) to dictate to the market? If there is a malware problem (which there isn't, for Macintosh in general and for phones in general as well), you plug the phone into the dock, wipe it out and start over. This isn't rocket science.
Furthermore, you can make it so that out of the box, the phone is locked against outside software and make the user jump through a few hoops in order to enable third-party applications. This prevents casual idiots from breaking their phone and still allows knowledgeable users to do what they want with it.
Everyone talks about it getting "hacked" so that third-party apps are usable on it, but the fact remains that you will still need to get a COMPILER from somewhere that works with the thing. How exactly is that going to happen?
Even if it DOES happen, no serious software companies will produce iPhone software unless they have Apple's blessing, which they aren't going to get.
Creating a software ecosystem around this device is the best way to sell it, but apparently that reality has completely escaped Apple.
The fact that the cell company will give this information to the cops (at least for E911) but not to you is utterly repugnant.
I agree. But why wouldn't they? Is it possibly because it's not terribly reliable and they don't want to be subject to lawsuits if it doesn't work the way it should?
and it looks likely that Apple will allow the release of third-party widgets, if not full-fledged applications
Widgets can't replicate the functionality of the software that would have made an OSX-based phone really useful, like VNC, VLC, mplayer, Skype/VoIP, IM software, etc.
Steve shows no signs of relenting on this. Apple wants top-down control of everything they produce. Their justification for this is pretty weak -- if someone is worried about the stability of their phone, let them not install any non-Apple-approved applications. It's really quite simple -- especially when the mechanism exists to completely restore the phone to factory defaults and wipe it out just by plugging it into the dock and clicking a button.
That room is a really ugly kitbash of TOS-era and TNG-era stuff. Personally I think he could have done a much better job with it for no additional cash.
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They violated CHILD PORN laws. Now they have to register as sex offenders.
Stop and THINK. Does this make ANY SENSE whatsoever? They have to be labeled sex offenders for the rest of their lives because they were emailing EACH OTHER dirty pictures?
I just got an MBP two weeks ago and it is one of the best investments I've ever made. The thing is inhumanly fast.
that you're one of those imbeciles who believes the Moon landings were fake.
As for Amtrak, we need a reliable, cheap, fast national rail system, if for no other reason than rail travel is much more efficient than either automobile or airplane travel. Unfortunately, Amtrak has been the victim of bad management and underfunding for many, many years.
that either you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about or you just hate NASA for some obscure reason. I also notice that you steered clear of commenting on the aerospace engineering research they do, which is top-notch.
I see "exploring the Moon and Mars," and the two rovers which have exceeded their life expectancy by a factor of 16 and gathered a huge amount of valuable data, don't count as "basic science" in your world. Fascinating.
have to do with dropping bombs on people?
(hint: nothing)
Seriously, they are a waste of money.
How is aerospace engineering and basic science a waste of money?
but he claims to be currently looking into the details of safely releasing his details about this
Freenet: It's Not Just For Kiddie Porn Anymore(TM)
Clinton is the same one who had a hard-on for banning video games and censorship in general not too long ago. Don't be too quick to support someone without knowing all the facts.
That's a nice try, though.
It's a little too orange for me, but other than that it looks well-thought-out and attractive.
I don't think the OM has multi-touch support because there is a different bit of hardware required to make it work -- which I think Apple has the patent on.
The iPhone is a tease.
if you want a hand held computer with telephony and wap.. what is stopping you?
The question is, "what is stopping me from buying an OSX handheld with telephony." Steve Jobs is. Apple has produced the hardware and the software and then dangled it out in front of the community and said "you can't touch it."
Cracking the iPhone is likely to be a worthless endeavor without support from Apple. Even assuming you find a way to put new apps on the device, how are you going to compile them in the first place? Test them? There is no dev kit. There is no emulator. No serious developers (serious developers who aren't willing to shell out hundreds, possibly thousands for the "right" to develop for the iPhone) are going to try making applications for a device whose manufacturer will give you no support at all. Which leaves you with the OSS community, and ONLY the OSS community. Which, if you look at how the Zaurus community has developed over the years (AGONIZINGLY slowly), you can see how that's an unacceptable outcome too.
It's completely different, but also delicious.
Guinness is a stout, whereas Duvel is more ale-y. It's very flavorful and malty.
Is there anything Wikipedia can't do?
It isn't.
a) You have excellent taste in beer.
b) Do you just generally object to monolithic kernels? What about Linux's modular monolithic kernel approach?
If you want to bitch about OS X, try talking about the VM subsystem for a bit.
Are you actually calling for SUBSTANTIVE DEBATE?!?!
That's crazy talk!
Burn him! Burn him for a witch!!!!
(Also, in all seriousness, I would love to know why OSX's VM is of questionable quality.)
Clearly, iChat would be seen as a threat to Cingular's revenue stream. It's pretty obvious why this wasn't included. That is an artifact of the Network monopoly marketplace we live in. It sucks, but it is what it is.
A THREAT? I don't think you know Cingular very well. Data plans for Cingular are fucking EXPENSIVE and cost per-kilobyte (unless you buy an 80 dollar unlimited plan). iChat could potentially be a huge revenue source for them. And if you're in range of a wifi point, you're going to pull out your laptop anyway -- the phone's wifi is simply a convenience.
The iPhone is best thought of as an iPod with a wap phone attached with a few bridging functions to make it all work well together... and not as a hand held computer with telephony/internet connectivity.
The only thing that prevents the iPhone from being a "hand held computer with telephony/internet conenctivity" is Apple's software lockout.
What about those of us (like myself) who WANT a "hand held computer with telephony/internet conenctivity"? Are you telling us that we SHOULDN'T want this?
Seriously, who the hell are you (or Steve Jobs, for that matter) to dictate to the market? If there is a malware problem (which there isn't, for Macintosh in general and for phones in general as well), you plug the phone into the dock, wipe it out and start over. This isn't rocket science.
Furthermore, you can make it so that out of the box, the phone is locked against outside software and make the user jump through a few hoops in order to enable third-party applications. This prevents casual idiots from breaking their phone and still allows knowledgeable users to do what they want with it.
Everyone talks about it getting "hacked" so that third-party apps are usable on it, but the fact remains that you will still need to get a COMPILER from somewhere that works with the thing. How exactly is that going to happen?
Even if it DOES happen, no serious software companies will produce iPhone software unless they have Apple's blessing, which they aren't going to get.
Creating a software ecosystem around this device is the best way to sell it, but apparently that reality has completely escaped Apple.
The fact that the cell company will give this information to the cops (at least for E911) but not to you is utterly repugnant.
I agree. But why wouldn't they? Is it possibly because it's not terribly reliable and they don't want to be subject to lawsuits if it doesn't work the way it should?
and it looks likely that Apple will allow the release of third-party widgets, if not full-fledged applications
Widgets can't replicate the functionality of the software that would have made an OSX-based phone really useful, like VNC, VLC, mplayer, Skype/VoIP, IM software, etc.
Steve shows no signs of relenting on this. Apple wants top-down control of everything they produce. Their justification for this is pretty weak -- if someone is worried about the stability of their phone, let them not install any non-Apple-approved applications. It's really quite simple -- especially when the mechanism exists to completely restore the phone to factory defaults and wipe it out just by plugging it into the dock and clicking a button.
I think "crack" (of the $3 variety) is the operative term there.
Here's Barbara Baxter's website.
no.
I thought the United States had the monopoly on horridly broken patent systems.
That room is a really ugly kitbash of TOS-era and TNG-era stuff. Personally I think he could have done a much better job with it for no additional cash.