If this thing came with Gps I would definately buy one. I'd even get another credit card if I had to.
I can't believe Steve Jobs demoed google maps and didn't mention anything about wether the iPhone would have Gps. It looked from the pictures like he was demoing Gps. He said it would be revolutionary like it would be if it had Gps. I even saw news articles and a widely referenced blog claiming it would have Gps. "Integrated GPS combined with Maps.Google will deliver localized search"
There is speculation that future versions will have Gps. I assume that it will. You can't neglect such an important feature forever. Hopefully in the meantime there will be some kind of bluetooth Gps solution that will give me the direction I need.
If it weren't for the DRM that so many people complain about, the BBC would not even be able to make alot of its content available on the internet. They would almost certainly have to break contracts to release this content without DRM.
So what'll it be slashdot? Still think DRM only limits the availability of content? Is Microsoft still evil for making DRM tools available?
What the user wants is a browser, email, text editor and spreadsheet that work.
twitter knows what users want. Apparently users don't care about games, peripherals, Outlook (not just for email ya know), media players (i like winamp), websites that use flash movies (saw someone complaining about this earlier), or millions of other third party apps.
I can see you are doleing out some truly first rate advice here so I'll read on.
Wow, what a crappy analogy. First, the waiter would not work there because, thankfully, one company has not forced us all to eat their brand of food and restaurants enjoy a free market. The software market more resembles a nightmare world where McDonald's took over the entire food supply with government help.
lol. The waiter would not work there. Sometimes I can't even believe what I'm reading. Government help? They may not have broken up the company like some borderline communists would have forced them to but help? Please. If anything the government has been a hinderance (even if not a great one) to MS's monopolistic goals. Anybody even remotely in touch with reality can recognize this.
Automobiles provide a better analogy in this case. - I feel another great/. analogy coming on.
How would you feel if the mechanic also knew of and use a community developed replacement engine that cost nothing, worked better and lasted forever?
This analogy is a real car wreck. An OS is more akin to a car model than simply an engine. You can swap out an engine and the rest of the car will still work, but if you replace Windows with Linux or visa versa most of your applications probably won't run. I'm not saying that this is a good thing but I no more expect to get Winamp to run in Linux than to get Konqueror to run in Windows.
How would you feel, if your mechanic "fixed" your SUV by replacing it with a Prius?
Aww, jee, the gas mileage is great, but I can't get in my driveway without scraping the bottom of my car. And I feel like kind of a goofball beeping when I back up. Is there any way to turn that off?
Use phrases like, "I guess if you are willing to accept that level of insecurity" even if you don't know of any real security flaw in what you are describing.
Assume that every Windows user simply doesn't know better.
Laugh at someone's choice of programming language. Ignore the fact that they make better software than you do. Just harp on the fact that they use IIS while you use Apache.
In short, just be a pompous ass. Don't let the facts or manners get in your way. The converts will come running. Or walk away laughing. Either way: believe you win. The truth is really far too sad.
Iv'e only ever been truly (no not that) searched in Europe. Then again, maby thats because I'm flying to America. I've come to expect way more questions and scrutiny on the way back from Europe than leaving the US for Europe.
I can just picture the Spanish security guard who propably couldn't care less if 250 Americans crashed in to the ocean thinking, "Oh shit. I hope no Americans get killed on my watch. You know how those Americans are. Lose their luggage and they act like you just killed a family member. Imagine what they will do if you killed a family member."
Oh well. At least in Europe they put your shit back in your bag.
Look people, Microsoft is not forcing DRM on anybody. They simply put the tool out there for the authors of content. It gives the creator of content an extra set of options on how they want their content to be played. The author is free to choose to release content with no DRM whatsoever.
Personally, I don't buy DRMed content (except games). That's my choice. If somebody wants to intentionally exclude me and people like me as a potential customer that is their choice. They can look for someone else to buy their stuff and I can look for somewhere else to spend my money.
Vista has no impact on the equation.
I'll never understand why you people choose to harp on the most pointless things...
Am I the only one who still wonders to himself, "How the hell did this happen to us?" as I scan and bag my own groceries. I mean, I really feel like someone got the uperhand on me.
If we ever conquer Iraq, I hope someone puts self checkout lines in their supermarkets. Then they will know what slavery really is.
Am I the only one who doesn't see any need whatsoever for a bit torrent client built in to a web browser? There are a million free bit torrent clients out there that are way better than Opera's. Not only that, but its surprisingly difficult to turn it off. I personally lost intererst and opened the torrent from firefox before I figured it out.
That said Opera is my favorite web browser by far.
My new laptop came loaded with a ton of scumware. Solution: wipe the hard drive and reinstall windows. The recovery cds dilligently reinstall all the scumware, so my only option is to run a pirated version of Windows. Now I can't get updates, even after paying the windows tax.
Solution: learn every genuine advantage workaround, repeat them, and distribute pirated copies of windows. If you want to screw me over, I'm happy to return the favor.
In a similar situation, I find myself out of town and I accidently left my laptop power cable at home. I go to the store to get a replacement and it costs $120. Highway robbery if I ever saw it. My solution: return the new cable when i get back in town. If it cost less than $50 I would just keep it, but if they want to rob me, I have no problem robbing them right back.
Moral of the story: If you screw me over I have no problem returning the favor.
Ouch. Looks like you will be posting from a starting score of 0 for a while.
I know it can be tempting to go for that first post, but be sure you are ready for the reprocussions(sp?). Unless you seek a permanent home at -1, you should probably wait till you get modded up a few times before bringing on the karma-fuck that a first post can be.
If you are haveing trouble getting modded up, just follow these simple instructions.
Repeat what other upwordly modded posts already say. This may cause you to be modded redundent so wait for the inevitable dupe and try to copy original posts.
Uhh, I guess thats it.
It is certainly possible to be modded up through other techniques, but I think you will find the 'Follow the herd' method to be by far the easiest.
If apple were a woman she would have a large blue vein extending from the nipple of her giant beasts. All your friends are like, "man, just look her tits."
But you have your doubts. You have seen alot of Apple City girls, and know the pitfalls of large breasts. Sure, they are pretty, but they can come with alot of problems.
Watch out if you ask one of these walking tit-bombs to improve herself. Maby loose a little weight, learn something new at the local community college. That bitch will send every one of her whiney little friends to your house, your school, and your work, to tell you how perfect she is. They will attempt to prove, through their whineing, that you are what is wrong. All those guys who drool over her all day can't be wrong.
No thanks.
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Thank you. I nothing I could say could have exposed your ignorance more than you just did.
So your code runs on approximately 50-80% of all peoples computers (considering that Firefox now accounts for anywhere from 20-50 percent market share) as only IE supports VB script and activeX controls. Thats a winning combo for the company you are working for. I know I'd love to have that number of potential customers not be able to see my site.
I test my code in IE, Firefox, and Opera. I'm not done till it works the same in all 3. Yes, asp.net runs fine in all 3 with no tinkering (that I have had to do). Some of the shitty Perl/Python apps i have used in the past are another matter entirely.
Whats with you confusing asp.net with vb-script and active-x? It depends on neither.
You don't even have any idea what you are talking about and you have the gall to talk down to me? Who the fuck are you??
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$45k and new 06 Civic (car of the year). How much did you make fresh out of College?
FYI I replaced a shitty.Net developer at my company. I'm a damn good programmer by the way. Language bigots like you don't understand the difference between a bad programmer and a bad language, and in that you make your ignorance plain for all to see.
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Any beginning computer engineering course will tell you this.
I prefer to think for myself.
OS Portablity is almost always completely irrelivent for me. If my code runs on 90% of the computers in the world that is enough for me. Lately I program asp.net/c# apps for a web development company. Millions of servers run IIS. My code runs on IIS. Anyone can access my apps from the internet. I call that portable enough.
Also, are you implying that.Net is not scaleable? If so I hope you are ready to justify this assertion.
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1) 22
2) Dual-Boot Windows/Mandrake Linux
3a) Held a job programming Perl on Solaris at a telecom co
3b) Currently a.Net developer making more than just about all of my friends less than a month after graduating College.
4) Most the leet "I'm too good for windows" shits that graduated with me are unemployed. _Every_ asp.net/c# programmer I know has a job.
I honestly don't care if you believe me or not. I get to drive my new car home from work reguardless of any small-minded peons' moronic opinions.
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If your most important requirement for any programming language is the ability to port your programs to other OSs you are really missing the point of software development. Its all about making cool software. The OS is just a tool. Source code is your canvas, and.Net is nothing more than a set of really nice paint brushes.
seriously people, try it before you knock it. for 99% of apps out there reduced development time.net provides is more important than platform independence.
I do at my company. It is how I discovered Opera's problems with CSS 3 support. See a couple posts above yours.
Probably not prudent for me to say who I work for, but I will say that being hired as a Sr.Net developer less than 2 weeks after graduating College is quite a complement. The fact that this is not an empty job title makes it quite a challenge as well. I do love a good challenge though.
After years of preaching the Gospel of Opera I try to get it to render a page using Transparency porperties present in CSS 3 and to my shock and dismay it didn't work. It either Opaque or clear as far as Opera is concerned. This works in both IE and Firefox! What is going with Opera?
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If this thing came with Gps I would definately buy one. I'd even get another credit card if I had to.
I can't believe Steve Jobs demoed google maps and didn't mention anything about wether the iPhone would have Gps. It looked from the pictures like he was demoing Gps. He said it would be revolutionary like it would be if it had Gps. I even saw news articles and a widely referenced blog claiming it would have Gps. "Integrated GPS combined with Maps.Google will deliver localized search"
There is speculation that future versions will have Gps. I assume that it will. You can't neglect such an important feature forever. Hopefully in the meantime there will be some kind of bluetooth Gps solution that will give me the direction I need.
I've heard stories of other countries fingerprinting Americans, and only Americans, upon entry.
It's almost like there are consequences to actions. Makes you wonder what they are gunna do about our little demolition derby in Iraq.
Pointing the wiimote at the tv to click on something feels right. Overall I'm pretty happy with it except for one thing.
The zoom feature is not quite right yet. You don't have finegrained enough control. Your either all the way in or all the way out.
I was really looking forward to some homestarrunner.com full tv screen action.
Fight on, SCO
Why have you chosen to fund Open Source based companies?
From a Venture Capitalist's point of view what advantages do open source based companies have over other software companies?
If it weren't for the DRM that so many people complain about, the BBC would not even be able to make alot of its content available on the internet. They would almost certainly have to break contracts to release this content without DRM.
So what'll it be slashdot? Still think DRM only limits the availability of content? Is Microsoft still evil for making DRM tools available?
What the user wants is a browser, email, text editor and spreadsheet that work.
/. analogy coming on.
twitter knows what users want. Apparently users don't care about games, peripherals, Outlook (not just for email ya know), media players (i like winamp), websites that use flash movies (saw someone complaining about this earlier), or millions of other third party apps.
I can see you are doleing out some truly first rate advice here so I'll read on.
Wow, what a crappy analogy. First, the waiter would not work there because, thankfully, one company has not forced us all to eat their brand of food and restaurants enjoy a free market. The software market more resembles a nightmare world where McDonald's took over the entire food supply with government help.
lol. The waiter would not work there. Sometimes I can't even believe what I'm reading. Government help? They may not have broken up the company like some borderline communists would have forced them to but help? Please. If anything the government has been a hinderance (even if not a great one) to MS's monopolistic goals. Anybody even remotely in touch with reality can recognize this.
Automobiles provide a better analogy in this case. - I feel another great
How would you feel if the mechanic also knew of and use a community developed replacement engine that cost nothing, worked better and lasted forever?
This analogy is a real car wreck. An OS is more akin to a car model than simply an engine. You can swap out an engine and the rest of the car will still work, but if you replace Windows with Linux or visa versa most of your applications probably won't run. I'm not saying that this is a good thing but I no more expect to get Winamp to run in Linux than to get Konqueror to run in Windows.
How would you feel, if your mechanic "fixed" your SUV by replacing it with a Prius?
Aww, jee, the gas mileage is great, but I can't get in my driveway without scraping the bottom of my car. And I feel like kind of a goofball beeping when I back up. Is there any way to turn that off?
Talk down to everyone that uses Windows.
Use phrases like, "I guess if you are willing to accept that level of insecurity" even if you don't know of any real security flaw in what you are describing.
Assume that every Windows user simply doesn't know better.
Laugh at someone's choice of programming language. Ignore the fact that they make better software than you do. Just harp on the fact that they use IIS while you use Apache.
In short, just be a pompous ass. Don't let the facts or manners get in your way. The converts will come running. Or walk away laughing. Either way: believe you win. The truth is really far too sad.
Iv'e only ever been truly (no not that) searched in Europe. Then again, maby thats because I'm flying to America. I've come to expect way more questions and scrutiny on the way back from Europe than leaving the US for Europe.
I can just picture the Spanish security guard who propably couldn't care less if 250 Americans crashed in to the ocean thinking, "Oh shit. I hope no Americans get killed on my watch. You know how those Americans are. Lose their luggage and they act like you just killed a family member. Imagine what they will do if you killed a family member."
Oh well. At least in Europe they put your shit back in your bag.
I haven't really used my graphing calculator since I graduated from college. I miss using that ti-89. Ahhh the nerdity...
Look people, Microsoft is not forcing DRM on anybody. They simply put the tool out there for the authors of content. It gives the creator of content an extra set of options on how they want their content to be played. The author is free to choose to release content with no DRM whatsoever.
Personally, I don't buy DRMed content (except games). That's my choice. If somebody wants to intentionally exclude me and people like me as a potential customer that is their choice. They can look for someone else to buy their stuff and I can look for somewhere else to spend my money.
Vista has no impact on the equation.
I'll never understand why you people choose to harp on the most pointless things...
Am I the only one who still wonders to himself, "How the hell did this happen to us?" as I scan and bag my own groceries. I mean, I really feel like someone got the uperhand on me.
If we ever conquer Iraq, I hope someone puts self checkout lines in their supermarkets. Then they will know what slavery really is.
Am I the only one who doesn't see any need whatsoever for a bit torrent client built in to a web browser? There are a million free bit torrent clients out there that are way better than Opera's. Not only that, but its surprisingly difficult to turn it off. I personally lost intererst and opened the torrent from firefox before I figured it out.
That said Opera is my favorite web browser by far.
Does the Canada Arm ring a bell?
What about the ISS Canada Arm?
My new laptop came loaded with a ton of scumware. Solution: wipe the hard drive and reinstall windows. The recovery cds dilligently reinstall all the scumware, so my only option is to run a pirated version of Windows. Now I can't get updates, even after paying the windows tax.
Solution: learn every genuine advantage workaround, repeat them, and distribute pirated copies of windows. If you want to screw me over, I'm happy to return the favor.
In a similar situation, I find myself out of town and I accidently left my laptop power cable at home. I go to the store to get a replacement and it costs $120. Highway robbery if I ever saw it. My solution: return the new cable when i get back in town. If it cost less than $50 I would just keep it, but if they want to rob me, I have no problem robbing them right back.
Moral of the story: If you screw me over I have no problem returning the favor.
I know it can be tempting to go for that first post, but be sure you are ready for the reprocussions(sp?). Unless you seek a permanent home at -1, you should probably wait till you get modded up a few times before bringing on the karma-fuck that a first post can be.
If you are haveing trouble getting modded up, just follow these simple instructions.
It is certainly possible to be modded up through other techniques, but I think you will find the 'Follow the herd' method to be by far the easiest.
Happy Trolling!
If apple were a woman she would have a large blue vein extending from the nipple of her giant beasts. All your friends are like, "man, just look her tits."
But you have your doubts. You have seen alot of Apple City girls, and know the pitfalls of large breasts. Sure, they are pretty, but they can come with alot of problems.
Watch out if you ask one of these walking tit-bombs to improve herself. Maby loose a little weight, learn something new at the local community college. That bitch will send every one of her whiney little friends to your house, your school, and your work, to tell you how perfect she is. They will attempt to prove, through their whineing, that you are what is wrong. All those guys who drool over her all day can't be wrong.
No thanks.
HAHAHA
Thank you. I nothing I could say could have exposed your ignorance more than you just did.
So your code runs on approximately 50-80% of all peoples computers (considering that Firefox now accounts for anywhere from 20-50 percent market share) as only IE supports VB script and activeX controls. Thats a winning combo for the company you are working for. I know I'd love to have that number of potential customers not be able to see my site.
I test my code in IE, Firefox, and Opera. I'm not done till it works the same in all 3. Yes, asp.net runs fine in all 3 with no tinkering (that I have had to do). Some of the shitty Perl/Python apps i have used in the past are another matter entirely.
Whats with you confusing asp.net with vb-script and active-x? It depends on neither.
<meta name="vs_defaultClientScript" content="JavaScript">
You don't even have any idea what you are talking about and you have the gall to talk down to me? Who the fuck are you??
$45k and new 06 Civic (car of the year). How much did you make fresh out of College?
.Net developer at my company. I'm a damn good programmer by the way. Language bigots like you don't understand the difference between a bad programmer and a bad language, and in that you make your ignorance plain for all to see.
FYI I replaced a shitty
Any beginning computer engineering course will tell you this.
.Net is not scaleable? If so I hope you are ready to justify this assertion.
I prefer to think for myself.
OS Portablity is almost always completely irrelivent for me. If my code runs on 90% of the computers in the world that is enough for me. Lately I program asp.net/c# apps for a web development company. Millions of servers run IIS. My code runs on IIS. Anyone can access my apps from the internet. I call that portable enough.
Also, are you implying that
1) 22
.Net developer making more than just about all of my friends less than a month after graduating College.
2) Dual-Boot Windows/Mandrake Linux
3a) Held a job programming Perl on Solaris at a telecom co
3b) Currently a
4) Most the leet "I'm too good for windows" shits that graduated with me are unemployed. _Every_ asp.net/c# programmer I know has a job.
I honestly don't care if you believe me or not. I get to drive my new car home from work reguardless of any small-minded peons' moronic opinions.
If your most important requirement for any programming language is the ability to port your programs to other OSs you are really missing the point of software development. Its all about making cool software. The OS is just a tool. Source code is your canvas, and .Net is nothing more than a set of really nice paint brushes.
.net provides is more important than platform independence.
seriously people, try it before you knock it. for 99% of apps out there reduced development time
I do at my company. It is how I discovered Opera's problems with CSS 3 support. See a couple posts above yours.
.Net developer less than 2 weeks after graduating College is quite a complement. The fact that this is not an empty job title makes it quite a challenge as well. I do love a good challenge though.
Probably not prudent for me to say who I work for, but I will say that being hired as a Sr
After years of preaching the Gospel of Opera I try to get it to render a page using Transparency porperties present in CSS 3 and to my shock and dismay it didn't work. It either Opaque or clear as far as Opera is concerned. This works in both IE and Firefox! What is going with Opera?
Reference page: http://www.mandarindesign.com/opacity.html
Kinda how Dutch locals look at you when they realize you are a drug tourist. Or how you look at them. I forget.