When I used to lived down the street from the university, I would sometimes browse the shelves at the bookstore. The required textbook for a graduate-level electrical engineering course cost $1,000 (new), written by the instructor (of course) and no used copies were ever available ($200 for buyback). That was nuts for the mid-1990's.
When I went to college, one person would buy a textbook, make five copies for himself and his friends, and returned the textbook for a refund. Some instructors were sympathetic, others were not (especially if they wrote the textbook). The book buyer at the bookstore sometimes refused to buy back brand new books with broken spines that got stretched out from photocopying.
I don't know who they are tracking when I use them though. It isn't me.
Since you're using the card, they're tracking you via your purchases and building a profile based on that. If you paid by debit or credit card, they might have that info associated with your profile and acquired your personal info through a third-party vendor. Like it or not, they're tracking you.
A lot of apps are clones of a successful app. If someone comes up with an original app that goes viral, a multitude of clones will appear in its wake. Why? Because its easier to copy a proven money-making app than come up with an original app that may fail and not make money. With Apple being the 800-pound gorilla in the walled garden, an original app should be something that Apple is less likely to claim as its own.
That Lawsuit was dropped. The film can be made now.
CBS has a long history of going after fan-based projects to "protect" the Star Trek brand. Never mind it was the fans who kept the brand alive for a half-century when CBS had no clue what to do with it.
Sometimes it seems like if someone like Apple doesn't come along and force the issue the industry will happily sit on old technology for well past its use by date.
Without Apple, we would be drowning in AOL coasters.
Everybody goes towards the high paying jobs, and that means IT isn't completely filled with lots of enthusiastic hobbyists anymore.
Everyone told me I was crazy when I went back to school to learn computer programming after the dot com bust. Healthcare became the new money major at the time, where everyone and their grandmother enrolled in courses. Fast forward 15 years, I'm enjoying my IT career even though I make less money than my friends in healthcare who hate their jobs. Ironically, most of my best IT contracts have been for hospitals.
I live in Silicon Valley and make $50K per year. The problem with most people is that they want the American dream: big house, big cars, big women, big kids. That can get very expensive in Silicon Valley.
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For one book.
When I used to lived down the street from the university, I would sometimes browse the shelves at the bookstore. The required textbook for a graduate-level electrical engineering course cost $1,000 (new), written by the instructor (of course) and no used copies were ever available ($200 for buyback). That was nuts for the mid-1990's.
More attorneys that this country doesn't need.
When I went to college, one person would buy a textbook, make five copies for himself and his friends, and returned the textbook for a refund. Some instructors were sympathetic, others were not (especially if they wrote the textbook). The book buyer at the bookstore sometimes refused to buy back brand new books with broken spines that got stretched out from photocopying.
So, you never leave your parent's basement, then?
Between commuting to my regular job and running a side job, I don't have time to go shopping at brick-and-mortar stores.
I don't know who they are tracking when I use them though. It isn't me.
Since you're using the card, they're tracking you via your purchases and building a profile based on that. If you paid by debit or credit card, they might have that info associated with your profile and acquired your personal info through a third-party vendor. Like it or not, they're tracking you.
[...] most people do not want to be tracked by GPS by a company which exists to sell information about them to advertisers.
This begs the question... How many store-branded reward cards do you have in your wallet?
You may be in the Lego store, but 3 floors below is Victoria's Secret.
You will get ads for Lego-sized see-through thongs.
That seems like it would be illegal.
If the FBI can get away with it, why not a Fortune 500 company?
I seldom ever go into a physical store. All my shopping is done virtually. Then again, I don't use Facebook.
I wasn't sure if it was Classic Doom or Classic Quake. Some work was done for Doom 3 but got scraped for something else.
AOL started out as AppleLink Personal Edition, which means no Apple, no AOL.
Apple had an obligation to kill their own Frankenstein Monster.
Unfunny if meant as a joke, idiotic reply if not.
A lot of apps are clones of a successful app. If someone comes up with an original app that goes viral, a multitude of clones will appear in its wake. Why? Because its easier to copy a proven money-making app than come up with an original app that may fail and not make money. With Apple being the 800-pound gorilla in the walled garden, an original app should be something that Apple is less likely to claim as its own.
Stolen from YouTube content creators, of course.
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/07/freebooting_stolen_youtube_videos_going_viral_on_facebook.html
That Lawsuit was dropped. The film can be made now.
CBS has a long history of going after fan-based projects to "protect" the Star Trek brand. Never mind it was the fans who kept the brand alive for a half-century when CBS had no clue what to do with it.
Who tf is Trent Reznor?
He's famous for doing the music for the Doom video game, and spends most of his time with a garage band.
Sometimes it seems like if someone like Apple doesn't come along and force the issue the industry will happily sit on old technology for well past its use by date.
Without Apple, we would be drowning in AOL coasters.
"They love our work, lets alienate the ever-loving shit out of them!"
It's the CBS model for the Star Trek franchise.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151230/07472333198/cbs-sues-over-star-trek-fan-film-because-it-sounds-like-going-to-be-pretty-good.shtml
The butler with the rug beater died.
You're here, aren't you?
The majority of my comments are posted during work hours. I tried very hard not to waste my personal time at home on Slashdot. So, no, I'm not lonely.
you can't steal something someone doesn't have yet
Steal the user base, steal the potential revenue.
And potential ad revenue.
Come up with an original app that Apple is less likely to steal and claim as its own.
Everybody goes towards the high paying jobs, and that means IT isn't completely filled with lots of enthusiastic hobbyists anymore.
Everyone told me I was crazy when I went back to school to learn computer programming after the dot com bust. Healthcare became the new money major at the time, where everyone and their grandmother enrolled in courses. Fast forward 15 years, I'm enjoying my IT career even though I make less money than my friends in healthcare who hate their jobs. Ironically, most of my best IT contracts have been for hospitals.
I live in Silicon Valley on $50K per year. CORBA is entirely optional. So is the ACA if you're willing to pay the fine at tax time.
I live in Silicon Valley and make $50K per year. The problem with most people is that they want the American dream: big house, big cars, big women, big kids. That can get very expensive in Silicon Valley.