But suddenly when it's Apple it's all ok. Why the hell?
Where do you get the idea that anyone approves of Apple's rejection of alternative development environments on its handhelds? Sure, a lot of people hate most Flash implementations and what Flash has done to website design, but I've never heard speak in favor of Apple's policies toward software development.
Mod parent up. I was about to say the same thing -- I've never seen any porn on Wiki[p|m]edia. I tried doing a search for "porn" on Wikipedia, but my corporate firewall blocked it.
Not necessarily. The possessive of "Jobs" could also be "Jobs'". Frankly, I think "Jobs's" looks stupid, but a lot of people say it's valid English. In high school, I was taught that "Jobs's" is wrong, and that's what I believe.
I'd have expected Apple to insist that the employees had signed contracts that would prevent this kind of thing.
There's no way Apple could do that. PA Semi employees didn't have any such contract (I presume), and when Apple bought them, there's no way they could have forced the employees to sign such a contract. I've never heard of a company being purchased on the condition that the employees sign away their rights before the purchase.
The lawyer was right. The only way to get something into the "public domain" is to let its copyright expire, which at this point takes about 95 years. This means that there is no code in the public domain. All code is copyrighted and licensed, but the license may be as permissive as the public domain is.
What "good alternative" can I use to watch high-def movies stored on my home server via my networked media tank or laptop etc?
Why is the parent modded insightful? If you want high-def movies on your home server, buy the Blu-ray disc and a Blu-ray player, and rip the movie to your server. Most people will say that this is completely legal, and even if some companies say it isn't, it's still conscionable and untraceable.
Why wouldn't they just suggest the latest release version for the IE browser (IE8) to begin with?
Because there are people who are currently using IE7, so why should they upgrade? In fact, my company *just* announced an upgrade to IE7 for IT-managed systems. No, that's not a typo.
"Nobody in his right mind would do a thing like that" sounds outdated
To you, perhaps. To me, it sounds like I'm talking to someone who knows English grammar.
The "generic they" is just plain wrong by modern English standards.
and that's why it will alway be a follower rather than a leader.
That's not true. Many companies, including the one for whom I work, use Linux as a platform for enabling new technologies. We don't write code for any other operating system.
If a suspect has already committed a crime that warrants life in prison without parole, then that suspect will have something to lose by committing more crimes.
PowerPC is doing very well in the embedded space, thank you very much. Freescale just released an 8-core CPU that runs Linux very well. I admit that Fedora 12 may not be a good distro for embedded devices, but you're spreading FUD when you put PowerPC in the same category as SPARC and Itanium.
Do you know that there are more than two sides? You could have voted for any of the dozens of other individuals/parties running for President. I voted for the Libertarian candidate, Bob Barr.
Porting patches from one kernel version to another is not innovation.
A while back I got an invitation to work for Google as a kernel developer. I declined to interview, because I already had a job doing just that. This article makes me glad I never accepted that offer. I feel sorry for those kernel developers at Google. Porting all that code back-and-forth over and over again. Now *that's* a crappy job.
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But suddenly when it's Apple it's all ok. Why the hell?
Where do you get the idea that anyone approves of Apple's rejection of alternative development environments on its handhelds? Sure, a lot of people hate most Flash implementations and what Flash has done to website design, but I've never heard speak in favor of Apple's policies toward software development.
There's nothing impractical about teaching assembly language. Shame on you for even suggesting it!
Mod parent up. I was about to say the same thing -- I've never seen any porn on Wiki[p|m]edia. I tried doing a search for "porn" on Wikipedia, but my corporate firewall blocked it.
The possessive form of "Jobs" is "Jobs's"
Not necessarily. The possessive of "Jobs" could also be "Jobs'". Frankly, I think "Jobs's" looks stupid, but a lot of people say it's valid English. In high school, I was taught that "Jobs's" is wrong, and that's what I believe.
We can celebrate Sync-o de Mayo!
I'd have expected Apple to insist that the employees had signed contracts that would prevent this kind of thing.
There's no way Apple could do that. PA Semi employees didn't have any such contract (I presume), and when Apple bought them, there's no way they could have forced the employees to sign such a contract. I've never heard of a company being purchased on the condition that the employees sign away their rights before the purchase.
The lawyer was right. The only way to get something into the "public domain" is to let its copyright expire, which at this point takes about 95 years. This means that there is no code in the public domain. All code is copyrighted and licensed, but the license may be as permissive as the public domain is.
What "good alternative" can I use to watch high-def movies stored on my home server via my networked media tank or laptop etc?
Why is the parent modded insightful? If you want high-def movies on your home server, buy the Blu-ray disc and a Blu-ray player, and rip the movie to your server. Most people will say that this is completely legal, and even if some companies say it isn't, it's still conscionable and untraceable.
A long time ago, I wanted to know if the girl I was dating was a keeper, so I rented Street Trash to see if she'd like it.
We've been married 11 years so far.
Because Microsoft's bug is not going to kill anyone. Seriously, you're an idiot if you don't realize that.
but it seems to me that 4 out of 23 is a pretty low success rate
You wouldn't say that if you were one of those four.
so kindly point out to your non-tech friends
I don't have any non-tech friends, you insensitive clod!
Why wouldn't they just suggest the latest release version for the IE browser (IE8) to begin with?
Because there are people who are currently using IE7, so why should they upgrade? In fact, my company *just* announced an upgrade to IE7 for IT-managed systems. No, that's not a typo.
Language is defined by how native language speakers actually speak it, not by what purists (and dictionaries that they write) think it should be.
I am a native language speaker. What makes your opinion of what English should be more valid than mine?
If that's true then the vast majority of us are not contributing anything worth noting to the gene pool.
Bah. Speak for yourself.
I used to be a Dell employee. I can assure you, they do not have the engineering prowess to work on Android.
"Nobody in his right mind would do a thing like that" sounds outdated
To you, perhaps. To me, it sounds like I'm talking to someone who knows English grammar. The "generic they" is just plain wrong by modern English standards.
and that's why it will alway be a follower rather than a leader.
That's not true. Many companies, including the one for whom I work, use Linux as a platform for enabling new technologies. We don't write code for any other operating system.
I personally though prefer not to review them.
You should.
It works fine for me. I'm using Handbrake 0.9.4 with VLC 1.0.2, both 64-bit, on OS X 10.6.2.
If a suspect has already committed a crime that warrants life in prison without parole, then that suspect will have something to lose by committing more crimes.
PowerPC is doing very well in the embedded space, thank you very much. Freescale just released an 8-core CPU that runs Linux very well. I admit that Fedora 12 may not be a good distro for embedded devices, but you're spreading FUD when you put PowerPC in the same category as SPARC and Itanium.
Do you know that there are more than two sides? You could have voted for any of the dozens of other individuals/parties running for President. I voted for the Libertarian candidate, Bob Barr.
Rush hour traffic at 60mph? Sounds like meteors would be the least of your problems.
Porting patches from one kernel version to another is not innovation.
A while back I got an invitation to work for Google as a kernel developer. I declined to interview, because I already had a job doing just that. This article makes me glad I never accepted that offer. I feel sorry for those kernel developers at Google. Porting all that code back-and-forth over and over again. Now *that's* a crappy job.