It is difficult to describe without seeing it. You become much more conscious that you are looking at actors wearing costumes standing on a set. I've had a similar sense with some movies in blu-ray, although this is different.
Now, 48fps is really cool for scenes with perspective motion, as you feel tricked into thinking you are part of the scene.
I'm shocked by the number of comments on this story where people are confusing refresh rate with frame rate. On slashdot of all places. Maybe the "my phone is better than your phone" stories have really started to shift the demographic.
The "researchers" tested the service a few days after it's release, and compared it with other similar apps that had months, if not years time to polish and get up to date?
Would you apply this logic to all products and services, including those made by Apple, Sony, and Microsoft? How long should a service be available before a review or study is acceptable?
The change, though, will take some time to go into effect. The games that had been caught in this net still won't be available as the Windows Store launches with Windows 8 today. Leblond said the plan is to flip the switch around December - definitely before the new year.
Wait until December to flip the switch? Why not flip the switch now? Is this what we are to expect from this platform?
Exceptionally well stated. One way that I'd boil down what you said is that it isn't necessarily that people are arrogant but that they have trouble discerning how conversations will be interpreted in certain contexts. The fact that someone just stated that their new Bose speakers are awesome seems like an invitation to debate the topic. The thing is that most people only like to engage in debates under certain circumstances. When a debate is started in a socially uncommon circumstance, the initiator comes off looking arrogant.
The issue here for nerds (keeping the terminology of the submission) is that they have a poor ability to judge how certain lines of conversation will come across in different social situations. What strikes the nerd as an invitation to debate was more of an act of social inclusion - the person buying the Bose experience was sharing their positive experience. By criticizing Bose, not only is the nerd raining on the target's parade, but they are also socially calling into question the target's judgement. This may sometimes be acceptable in a 1-on-1 situation, but in a group setting, it comes across as an attack.
Why do non-nerds get it? I can only guess and I assume it varies from person to person. Perhaps they are naturally less aggressive. Maybe they can empathize better. Increased social interaction with 'cool' people at a young age could have better enforced social norms. Regardless, the solution for the submitter is to be more consciously aware of how there actions may be interpreted by others. That doesn't mean to live your life at others whims, but rather to be conscious of when you may be coming across as a jerk.
Yes their patents may not be under FRAND but it looks like they *should* be.
Is there a standards organization that determines visual and behavioral GUI standards for the entire phone and tablet industry? If not, then why would the Apple GUI patents be covered by FRAND?
You've made this comment twice now on this story (once receiving an up-mod), yet you've failed to provide a source. The following source states that there are 700,000 apps in the App Store. By you're numbers, that would mean that only 7,000 apps have ever broken the $1,000 mark. Now, I can only offer anecdotal evidence , but apparently I know many cream of the crop app developers.
So, if Microsoft made all of their apps run in a sandbox, they would be one step ahead of Apple? Very insightful, considering that people have been complaining on slashdot for months about Apple moving to sandboxed apps.
I will install a normal application, like I have done many time before.
Then I will have to go into settings and click on the option to allow me to install something that isn't in the Play Store
Loading application that are outside of the walled garden is one of the main reasons for using Android. A bunch of my technical friends advocated this as the main reason for buying this phone in the first place.
click through the warning that tells me that sideloading an app can lead to viruses and malware
Sideloading an app, as my technical friends showed me, involves a few steps.
and then install the.apk which then asks me if I'm cool with it accessing my contacts, internet and everything else
I'm going to get paid to email people, so the company will need to make sure that I'm actually doing it. In fact, the instructions that they provided actually specified that I'd need to do this.
Well, we've kind of dug ourselves into a hole here. For the past two years, we've been describing social engineering attacks against Apple as viruses. Sure, we knew that they weren't, but it helped to dent Apple armor on the "we don't get viruses" claim. When Apple supporters posted that these were trojans, etc, we trolled them and said they were merely arguing semantics. Now we've just got to sit through a little blow back.
It is always interesting to see the difference in comments regarding privacy when reading Facebook and Google stories. When discussing Facebook, it seems that our privacy is being assaulted and it is a massive concern. On the recent Google privacy stories, the most common comments that I see are about how great targeted advertising is and there is no concern about companies collecting information.
While its easiest to just buy from the amazon store, you can also dump ebooks onto it via USB with no trouble. Again, garden, no wall.
And with Apple, you just do a "Add to library" action to add an ebook that isn't from the store. Would you care to explain why this makes Apple a walled garden but Amazon lacks a wall?
You're certainly right, but managers still form a perception based on how much they see people working. Case in point - I tend to work a 8-5. Many of my coworkers used to work 9-6. No problem with that at all, except my manager fell into the 9-6 camp. From his point of view, I was the guy who always left first. I don't think it ever occurred to him that I was always at work an hour before everyone else, including him. I remember at one point him making a comment like "yeah, you do get more done than everyone else, but imagine if you put in the time that they did."
Failing to account for the vast disparity between signups and activity is a serious flaw in his argument - especially when he charges to growth to "marketing"... rather than the forced conversion and signups from people who already had Google accounts and those who obtained them via Android phones.
You're right, this is the major hole in the author's argument. By his logic, everyone who has iTunes installed is a Ping user and everyone with a spam Hotmail account is a Microsoft Live user.
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It is difficult to describe without seeing it. You become much more conscious that you are looking at actors wearing costumes standing on a set. I've had a similar sense with some movies in blu-ray, although this is different. Now, 48fps is really cool for scenes with perspective motion, as you feel tricked into thinking you are part of the scene.
I'm shocked by the number of comments on this story where people are confusing refresh rate with frame rate. On slashdot of all places. Maybe the "my phone is better than your phone" stories have really started to shift the demographic.
Yeah, some believe that is Apple's strategy too.
Would you apply this logic to all products and services, including those made by Apple, Sony, and Microsoft? How long should a service be available before a review or study is acceptable?
Since being alert is so critical during this time, would you suggest a ban on reading books, sleeping, and talking?
Won't the election be over on Tuesday?
Wait until December to flip the switch? Why not flip the switch now? Is this what we are to expect from this platform?
narcc, is that you again? Now posting the same thing AC after getting smacked down last time?
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Exceptionally well stated. One way that I'd boil down what you said is that it isn't necessarily that people are arrogant but that they have trouble discerning how conversations will be interpreted in certain contexts. The fact that someone just stated that their new Bose speakers are awesome seems like an invitation to debate the topic. The thing is that most people only like to engage in debates under certain circumstances. When a debate is started in a socially uncommon circumstance, the initiator comes off looking arrogant.
The issue here for nerds (keeping the terminology of the submission) is that they have a poor ability to judge how certain lines of conversation will come across in different social situations. What strikes the nerd as an invitation to debate was more of an act of social inclusion - the person buying the Bose experience was sharing their positive experience. By criticizing Bose, not only is the nerd raining on the target's parade, but they are also socially calling into question the target's judgement. This may sometimes be acceptable in a 1-on-1 situation, but in a group setting, it comes across as an attack.
Why do non-nerds get it? I can only guess and I assume it varies from person to person. Perhaps they are naturally less aggressive. Maybe they can empathize better. Increased social interaction with 'cool' people at a young age could have better enforced social norms. Regardless, the solution for the submitter is to be more consciously aware of how there actions may be interpreted by others. That doesn't mean to live your life at others whims, but rather to be conscious of when you may be coming across as a jerk.
Is there a standards organization that determines visual and behavioral GUI standards for the entire phone and tablet industry? If not, then why would the Apple GUI patents be covered by FRAND?
You've made this comment twice now on this story (once receiving an up-mod), yet you've failed to provide a source. The following source states that there are 700,000 apps in the App Store. By you're numbers, that would mean that only 7,000 apps have ever broken the $1,000 mark. Now, I can only offer anecdotal evidence , but apparently I know many cream of the crop app developers.
Does it sound like an NFC rip off to you because you are under the impression that NFC works in the way described by the Apple patent?
You beat me to the punch on the IBM reference.
So, if Microsoft made all of their apps run in a sandbox, they would be one step ahead of Apple? Very insightful, considering that people have been complaining on slashdot for months about Apple moving to sandboxed apps.
Totally, same thing with Facebook.
I will install a normal application, like I have done many time before.
Loading application that are outside of the walled garden is one of the main reasons for using Android. A bunch of my technical friends advocated this as the main reason for buying this phone in the first place.
Sideloading an app, as my technical friends showed me, involves a few steps.
I'm going to get paid to email people, so the company will need to make sure that I'm actually doing it. In fact, the instructions that they provided actually specified that I'd need to do this.
Well, we've kind of dug ourselves into a hole here. For the past two years, we've been describing social engineering attacks against Apple as viruses. Sure, we knew that they weren't, but it helped to dent Apple armor on the "we don't get viruses" claim. When Apple supporters posted that these were trojans, etc, we trolled them and said they were merely arguing semantics. Now we've just got to sit through a little blow back.
It is always interesting to see the difference in comments regarding privacy when reading Facebook and Google stories. When discussing Facebook, it seems that our privacy is being assaulted and it is a massive concern. On the recent Google privacy stories, the most common comments that I see are about how great targeted advertising is and there is no concern about companies collecting information.
And with Apple, you just do a "Add to library" action to add an ebook that isn't from the store. Would you care to explain why this makes Apple a walled garden but Amazon lacks a wall?
Yes, and that is what the call center people can explain to all of the everyday people who can't figure that out.
You're certainly right, but managers still form a perception based on how much they see people working. Case in point - I tend to work a 8-5. Many of my coworkers used to work 9-6. No problem with that at all, except my manager fell into the 9-6 camp. From his point of view, I was the guy who always left first. I don't think it ever occurred to him that I was always at work an hour before everyone else, including him. I remember at one point him making a comment like "yeah, you do get more done than everyone else, but imagine if you put in the time that they did."
How does a company quietly put out a press release?
Exactly. As long as you stick to Google's walled garden, you're safe.
Or you are doing it because your technical friends have touted this as a must have feature that clearly makes Android superior to "walled gardens".
You're right, this is the major hole in the author's argument. By his logic, everyone who has iTunes installed is a Ping user and everyone with a spam Hotmail account is a Microsoft Live user.