99% profit? You think salaries, benefits, buildings, equipment are all free? Please. Only a person that lacks any experience in the real world thinks the software industry enjoys a 99% profit margin or anywhere close to that.
Half the "fun" of a physical magazine is the ability to skim through it and flip the pages. Using "digital" magazines has none of that ability. Reading books in digital is great because it is a linear process. But how many people read magazines in a start to finish fashion?
> She left MADD in 1985.[3] She has since stated that MADD "has become far
> more neo-prohibitionist than I had ever wanted or envisioned I didn’t start
> MADD to deal with alcohol. I started MADD to deal with the issue of drunk
> driving".
You mean, heavy subsidization by the US Tax Payer? Those aren't market forces, it is stealing from the poor to give to the rich, to make them wealthier? I'll pass.
Yeah, what about the "we aren't pressuring you but we are" from Libermans office to Amazon over Wikileaks? Which was evil there? Or will we just pretend it doesn't exist since it doesn't help the cause.
"Allowing corporations to control the internet is simply unacceptable" - yeah, about that.... the govt track record is so much better. The US Govt would love nothing more than absolute control
Are those that go to the big elites more connected anyway, thus enabling them to obtain the higher paying jobs out of college? I would assume a Rockefeller could go to community college and still land a rather well paying job. Who you know and all that jazz...
I've been long dreading porting my iPhone App to Android for the fragmentation issues. It is enough there are plenty of flavors of iOS out there (And Apple doesn't provide a means for developers to downgrade to perform testing), but on Android the problems are only compounded. I mean, I have been playing with Android enough - but it is far, as you proclaim, from being the "open future" people want it to be.
It isn't like Democrats had control of Congress and the White House for the last two years to do anything. Just like Don't ask Don't tell - they could have done something, but it is better to do nothing and create a campaign issue.
You aren't comparing like things. Denying Amazon servers the right to serve up their own content is not the same as Amazon not hosting Wikileaks. They aren't even in the same ballpark. The right to refuse to do business with someone, for whatever reason is no where near the same as denying OTHERS the right to do business with someone.
Could it possible change intercontinental flying times? Instead of 20 hours to get to Australia from Washington DC, could you jump on a "Space Craft" - get into low orbit and get across in an hour or two.
Granted, the price point and that kind of technology are a ways off. But one could dream...
The 100 device limit for Ad Hoc is certainly a major drawback for non-enterprise accounts. I absolutely agree. Apples advice has been "setup 4 accounts" - which is just a PITA.
No, enterprise does not require you to manually distribute it. Since iOS 4 there has been over their air distribution to unlimited handsets. The major drawback to enterprise is the 500 person threshold.
Ad Hoc certainly has drawbacks, but certainly is doable if necessary but should be easier to distribute.
Please, some more uneducated opinions. Lets bash Apple with what we think we know!
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The nice thing is, no corporation can force me to be part of them.
Government on the other hand, I have no choice to be controlled.
No it isn't. 90% of /. thinks all software should be free and piracy is awesome - but they themselves get paid outstanding salaries.
99% profit? You think salaries, benefits, buildings, equipment are all free? Please. Only a person that lacks any experience in the real world thinks the software industry enjoys a 99% profit margin or anywhere close to that.
Half the "fun" of a physical magazine is the ability to skim through it and flip the pages. Using "digital" magazines has none of that ability. Reading books in digital is great because it is a linear process. But how many people read magazines in a start to finish fashion?
And lets not forget, the founder of MADD, Candy Lightner quit the organization and claims it is absolutely off course http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Lightner
> She left MADD in 1985.[3] She has since stated that MADD "has become far
> more neo-prohibitionist than I had ever wanted or envisioned I didn’t start
> MADD to deal with alcohol. I started MADD to deal with the issue of drunk
> driving".
Perhaps the "giving everyone a software patent" idea is working out. Companies can't sue one another because they both have "dirt" on one another.
You mean, heavy subsidization by the US Tax Payer? Those aren't market forces, it is stealing from the poor to give to the rich, to make them wealthier? I'll pass.
How great this slashdot story just came out http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/20/2139201/DHS-Seized-Domains-Based-On-Bad-Evidence
please, enjoy your crow
Yeah, what about the "we aren't pressuring you but we are" from Libermans office to Amazon over Wikileaks? Which was evil there? Or will we just pretend it doesn't exist since it doesn't help the cause.
What, they shut down websites with little oversight and even shut down legitimate sites? Yeah - who would care about that!
"Allowing corporations to control the internet is simply unacceptable" - yeah, about that.... the govt track record is so much better. The US Govt would love nothing more than absolute control
Are those that go to the big elites more connected anyway, thus enabling them to obtain the higher paying jobs out of college? I would assume a Rockefeller could go to community college and still land a rather well paying job. Who you know and all that jazz...
I've been long dreading porting my iPhone App to Android for the fragmentation issues. It is enough there are plenty of flavors of iOS out there (And Apple doesn't provide a means for developers to downgrade to perform testing), but on Android the problems are only compounded. I mean, I have been playing with Android enough - but it is far, as you proclaim, from being the "open future" people want it to be.
Yeah, $5 - i may have to forgo a frappuccino! http://theoatmeal.com/blog/apps
It isn't like Democrats had control of Congress and the White House for the last two years to do anything. Just like Don't ask Don't tell - they could have done something, but it is better to do nothing and create a campaign issue.
Exactly. The real problem is every stupid site in the world wants you to "create an account" for no reason at all. No thanks.
Seeing as the constitution limits what the government can do, your little diatribe makes no sense.
You aren't comparing like things. Denying Amazon servers the right to serve up their own content is not the same as Amazon not hosting Wikileaks. They aren't even in the same ballpark. The right to refuse to do business with someone, for whatever reason is no where near the same as denying OTHERS the right to do business with someone.
Could it possible change intercontinental flying times? Instead of 20 hours to get to Australia from Washington DC, could you jump on a "Space Craft" - get into low orbit and get across in an hour or two.
Granted, the price point and that kind of technology are a ways off. But one could dream...
"First I need you to sign an NDA before I start telling you about the idea"
Yeah buddy, your idea is that unique!
Since many USGOV buildings and installations have a complete ban on WiFi hotspots since they are insecure.
Lets let anyone attach to the network!
I buy this as much as I do the moon landing was real!
The 100 device limit for Ad Hoc is certainly a major drawback for non-enterprise accounts. I absolutely agree. Apples advice has been "setup 4 accounts" - which is just a PITA.
No, enterprise does not require you to manually distribute it. Since iOS 4 there has been over their air distribution to unlimited handsets. The major drawback to enterprise is the 500 person threshold.
Ad Hoc certainly has drawbacks, but certainly is doable if necessary but should be easier to distribute.
Please, some more uneducated opinions. Lets bash Apple with what we think we know!
You don't need an App store to distribute your App with Apple. You can use Enterprise or Ad Hoc.
But I guess "zomg apple sucks!" misinformation sounds better and gets you "Insightful"