You and the moron with the mod-point should actually take some time to read up on it. The 'rounded-corners' bit was part of a long list of cosmetic, as opposed to utilitarian, details that Samsung copied very closely.
"Copied very closely"? LOL!
People have been rounding off corners for thousands of years. If you think that Samsung had to sit down and carefully study Apples ingenious new design for corners then you're one of the smallest thinkers on the planet.
My parking brake cable broke so I had to chock my wheel at work. Everyone wanted to know why. Most asked "why not use Park?" My cars don't have a park.
Maybe selective speeding would be a good thing, like in documentary style tv shows where they feel the need to 'catch you up' after every commercial break.
And what about the shows that spend half the show telling you how great the rest of the show is going to be?
Apple won' tbe putting any ventilation holes in their products any time soon - it spoils the design.
Nope, you'll be stuck with crappy graphics and tinny-sounding speakers forever. All so you can have a glowing Apple logo on the back for other people to see.
It is simple enough to look at what they do and do the same
Basic education and consideration of others isn't "simple" to copy. You need to start young and wait for at least a couple of older generations to die off.
Maybe they're not high-level criminals, or mentally-ill, and are just normal people who want to play some games. Most people, including kooks like you, just aren't interesting to law-enforcement.
What if there was a technology that could tell you the population's precise reaction to, I dunno, a political speech?
A technology that only the people in power have access to, not the opposing parties.
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I figured it out: It's game-changing in the sense that people won't have to go to the USA with cap in hand to beg them for some Helium.
An IR filter would defeat the (possibly) legitimate use of this, ie. preventing filming of concerts.
OTOH is probably won't help with the scary part about Police/Government preventing you from recording them. Most people don't plan ahead for that.
You and the moron with the mod-point should actually take some time to read up on it. The 'rounded-corners' bit was part of a long list of cosmetic, as opposed to utilitarian, details that Samsung copied very closely.
"Copied very closely"? LOL!
People have been rounding off corners for thousands of years. If you think that Samsung had to sit down and carefully study Apples ingenious new design for corners then you're one of the smallest thinkers on the planet.
Did that movie save Samsung in court?
Nope.
All he needs is the same idiot judge who thought that Apple had a case against Samsung and he's home free.
How is an extra 7 years supply a 'game changer'?
To me a 'game changer' would mean we can stop worrying about helium supply, not "it'll still run out in my lifetime".
That's a different type of customer.
A lot of Microsoft customers do actual work on their computers.
My parking brake cable broke so I had to chock my wheel at work. Everyone wanted to know why. Most asked "why not use Park?" My cars don't have a park.
Um, yes they do.
It's called "in gear".
Maybe selective speeding would be a good thing, like in documentary style tv shows where they feel the need to 'catch you up' after every commercial break.
And what about the shows that spend half the show telling you how great the rest of the show is going to be?
(Mythbusters, I'm looking at you).
Huh?
Nevada is no bigger than an average European country. I assure you we have overhead electrified lines here.
I think the PSLV is getting close to a world record for the most consecutive launches without problems.
That's lucky - because if they have to call tech support it would be a nightmare.
Keep dreaming.
Apple won' tbe putting any ventilation holes in their products any time soon - it spoils the design.
Nope, you'll be stuck with crappy graphics and tinny-sounding speakers forever. All so you can have a glowing Apple logo on the back for other people to see.
They claimed responsibility for the attack.
Well of course they did.... claiming responsibility is what they do best.
Islamic extremist and mentally ill. Though I don't think it's possible to be an Islamic extremist without also being mentally ill.
But ... that doesn't mean that Islam causes the mental illness.
(or that other religions are immune)
Yep. The press is falling all over itself to prove that Islam is to blame for this.
(Clue: There's a old refrain about carts and horses that might be applicable...)
Atheism can be a religion too
No, it can't.
The real story here is that $16,000 of boxed iPhones will fit under a t-shirt.
It is simple enough to look at what they do and do the same
Basic education and consideration of others isn't "simple" to copy. You need to start young and wait for at least a couple of older generations to die off.
Hmmm... more like burned by time wasted, and annoyed by the implicit social requirements.
It's not cool now that all your parents and relatives are on there constantly posting their crappy "updates" and inviting you to play crappy games.
There's only so much of that a person can sit through before they start drifting away. Facebook? It's over.
Yep. There's no way an operating system could possibly lie about that permission. You're totally secure as long as that checkbox is set to "off".
Have you tried turning it off and on again...?
Idiots change the meaning of words all the time. It's what they do best.
And if you think you don't use any words in a way that makes your grandparents cringe ... you're one of them.
Maybe they're not high-level criminals, or mentally-ill, and are just normal people who want to play some games. Most people, including kooks like you, just aren't interesting to law-enforcement.
What if there was a technology that could tell you the population's precise reaction to, I dunno, a political speech?
A technology that only the people in power have access to, not the opposing parties.
The end of democracy?
It might be closer than you think.
Don't get anything made by Apple. You'll be typing it in every 3 minutes.
(until you eventually give up and change it to "passw0rd")
Is 'microwave' the new international unit of measure?
Does it refer to ovens or waves of electromagnetic radiation in the 3GHz range? I think the distinction might be important.
And exactly this is the problem: Education isn't happening. In fact it is more and more treated as a bad thing.
I wonder if it would be more economical to ship the uneducated off into space.
Free houses on Mars! Complete with beer, iPads, cable TV and unlimited Xbox.