James Kim made one bad decision; everything else he did was just trying to save his family. The lesson here is that sometimes even simple little decisions can have tragic consequences. C'est la vie.
If I want professional-quality content, I read Newsweek... online... for free.
Actually, the advantage of the internet is that once a page is laid out, it isn't done... you can go back and make corrections (frequently due to mistakes pointed out by readers) at any time.
If Rupert Murdoch came to my door asking for money, I'm pretty sure I'd give him my middle finger! There are some purely listener-supported radio stations (e.g. KBOO) which I have a lot of respect for, but they have nowhere near the budget of the advertising supported ones. PBS doesn't count because it is both government subsidized and giving on-air acknowledgement to any entity that donates significant amounts money, which is effectively advertising.
SOMEONE has to be paid to produce content. It doesn't just magically appear from the Content Fairy. Just as people have to be paid if you want your grass cut or your hair cut or your plumbing fixed, you have to pay the people who produce content.
100 million free videos on YouTube and 10 millions lines of open source software appear to argue that people don't need to be payed to produce content. What is needed is methods of separating the 99.99% crap from the 0.01% of content that is actually worth consuming, despite the fact that which 0.01% is worth it varies from person to person. I'd give Google a much better chance of aggregating personalized content than Rupert Murdoch. Traditionally I would have argued that you still need to pay editors, but Wikipedia is founded on the principle that you don't, so now I'd say it's still an open issue.
Do you really want a paid single source news outlet that is pushing all the same information and viewpoints that Fox News gives you for free? The only reason people would pay is if the writing and editing were noticeably better than the other NewsCorp rags. I don't see that happening.
Yes, if you want to do anything with asynchronous notifications, you clearly need a native app.
Windows let's you create shortcuts to "favorite" URLs; iOS and Android should be able to do the same. The difference is these would need to fire up the browser and check that cached content hasn't been updated, so would be noticeably slower than a native app.
My Android browser supports pinch/spread gestures for resizing web pages quite well.
Flash supposedly supports access to local web cam and microphone, but in generally if you want to use any of the phone's hardware or messaging features, you're better off with a native app.
I'm not sure how an Amazon "1-click" purchase is that much worse than a native app purchase, but I don't have a lot of experience in this area.
Browser-based should let you deploy to multiple platforms more quickly, but my experience in getting controls written in JavaScript to work the same in IE and Netscape (many years ago) show that you still need to test extensively with each browser on each platform.
In summary, yes, there are a lot of reasons you might be better off with a native app, but it really depends on what your requirements are in the first place.
The US dollar is not backed by a gold standard, but rather by "the full faith and credit of the U. S. government". Online game tokens are backed by the full faith and credit of the game's marketing department. You tell me which is more reliable.
Good point... it is well known that you can boil water in a paper cup, even over an open flame. Only the paper parts not in contact with the water actually burn.
Quite comprehensive. I should have been more specific, what I meant was why are people using apps to deliver magazine type content. Some of these still apply:
1) I wasn't aware the animation was so limited for web apps.
2) Better gesture support was something I hadn't thought of.
3) Local apps can customize content based on GPS location; web apps tend to customize based only on IP address.
4) Web browsers should be able to cache web app pages so that they are available even when radio contact is lost.
I still think unless you're embedding game demos, a magazine doesn't need to be an app.
Some congresscritters are extremely ignorant. The word "treason" presumes WikiLeaks is a US citizen, or at least an organization run by US citizens. It isn't. Are Russian spies sabotaging the US committing "treason"?
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James Kim made one bad decision; everything else he did was just trying to save his family. The lesson here is that sometimes even simple little decisions can have tragic consequences. C'est la vie.
If you do ANYTHING that embarrasses a public official, they will retaliate. That's the kind of jackasses they are.
If I want professional-quality content, I read Newsweek... online... for free.
Actually, the advantage of the internet is that once a page is laid out, it isn't done... you can go back and make corrections (frequently due to mistakes pointed out by readers) at any time.
Wait... are you trying to insinuate that Fox News isn't truly "Fair and Balanced"???
Doesn't Google News already allow some degree of personalization?
If Rupert Murdoch came to my door asking for money, I'm pretty sure I'd give him my middle finger! There are some purely listener-supported radio stations (e.g. KBOO) which I have a lot of respect for, but they have nowhere near the budget of the advertising supported ones. PBS doesn't count because it is both government subsidized and giving on-air acknowledgement to any entity that donates significant amounts money, which is effectively advertising.
You're right... Google is doomed!!!
SOMEONE has to be paid to produce content. It doesn't just magically appear from the Content Fairy. Just as people have to be paid if you want your grass cut or your hair cut or your plumbing fixed, you have to pay the people who produce content.
100 million free videos on YouTube and 10 millions lines of open source software appear to argue that people don't need to be payed to produce content. What is needed is methods of separating the 99.99% crap from the 0.01% of content that is actually worth consuming, despite the fact that which 0.01% is worth it varies from person to person. I'd give Google a much better chance of aggregating personalized content than Rupert Murdoch. Traditionally I would have argued that you still need to pay editors, but Wikipedia is founded on the principle that you don't, so now I'd say it's still an open issue.
Do you really want a paid single source news outlet that is pushing all the same information and viewpoints that Fox News gives you for free? The only reason people would pay is if the writing and editing were noticeably better than the other NewsCorp rags. I don't see that happening.
Yes, if you want to do anything with asynchronous notifications, you clearly need a native app.
Windows let's you create shortcuts to "favorite" URLs; iOS and Android should be able to do the same. The difference is these would need to fire up the browser and check that cached content hasn't been updated, so would be noticeably slower than a native app.
My Android browser supports pinch/spread gestures for resizing web pages quite well.
Flash supposedly supports access to local web cam and microphone, but in generally if you want to use any of the phone's hardware or messaging features, you're better off with a native app.
I'm not sure how an Amazon "1-click" purchase is that much worse than a native app purchase, but I don't have a lot of experience in this area.
Browser-based should let you deploy to multiple platforms more quickly, but my experience in getting controls written in JavaScript to work the same in IE and Netscape (many years ago) show that you still need to test extensively with each browser on each platform.
In summary, yes, there are a lot of reasons you might be better off with a native app, but it really depends on what your requirements are in the first place.
Well, the Nobel Prize only gives you about 1.4 million dollars. That's not even close to what Obama's corporate overlords give him.
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No, just that he's easily amused and has no life.
Wait... doesn't that description apply to everyone reading slashdot?
Zynga Poker chips are yet another metric for measuring the length of your ePeen...
The US dollar is not backed by a gold standard, but rather by "the full faith and credit of the U. S. government". Online game tokens are backed by the full faith and credit of the game's marketing department. You tell me which is more reliable.
Yeah, I hate it when they put a gun to my head and force me to play!
Either the chips have value and he is guilty of theft, or the chips have no value and he is guilty of fraud for selling them.
"...the theft could still affect the developer by indirectly causing legitimate online gamers to stop playing Zynga Poker or its other games."
You say that as if you think that's a BAD thing!
Good point... it is well known that you can boil water in a paper cup, even over an open flame. Only the paper parts not in contact with the water actually burn.
To say nothing of what a pain it is to clean those 5800 mirrors once they get dust on them...
Quite comprehensive. I should have been more specific, what I meant was why are people using apps to deliver magazine type content. Some of these still apply:
1) I wasn't aware the animation was so limited for web apps.
2) Better gesture support was something I hadn't thought of.
3) Local apps can customize content based on GPS location; web apps tend to customize based only on IP address.
4) Web browsers should be able to cache web app pages so that they are available even when radio contact is lost.
I still think unless you're embedding game demos, a magazine doesn't need to be an app.
Let me rephrase that: what value does putting the content in an app instead of a web page provide to me, the consumer?
You can sell access to web pages too, you know.
Some congresscritters are extremely ignorant. The word "treason" presumes WikiLeaks is a US citizen, or at least an organization run by US citizens. It isn't. Are Russian spies sabotaging the US committing "treason"?
Your mom needs to get a vibrator.
I suspect it does not have the ability to right itself, so all you have to do is knock it over for hours of entertainment.
Oregon has a specific exclusion for schools, but if you leave the mike open in most other contexts, you run afoul of the wiretapping statutes.
You mean like, "Oops! Sorry, wrong locker room!"?