I'm pretty critical of some of these ios 6 screw ups, but your analogy is off. The clock app isn't exactly competing with the physical clocks sold with the Swiss Railway face. That being said, yes, they should have either licensed the design or just come up with a new clock face. Oh, look, the iPod Nano already had a bunch. This issue is just a facepalm compared to the Maps fiasco.
I recognized the clock face instantly after installing iOS 6 becuase I have one of the official wall clocks and one of the wtaches from MOMA. Yeah, I sort of like the design. I figured Apple licensed it. Oops.
I like my Apple stuff, but some of the larger shareholders need to call for a shareholder meeting to find out WTF is going on here with this and the maps. FFS when you are one of the most watched corporations in the world, by both your fanbots and haterbots, do you even get close to doing things like this if you aren't nuts? Walled garden, schmalled garden, people can walk away any time, or at least at the next device upgrade.
I dunno... I checked the area around my house, and just about *every* listed shop and restaurant is off by an average of half a block with a lot of wrong side of the street errors. Within a mile there's half a dozen places labeled with names of businesses that are not even in this area. A MacDonald's is labeled as a sushi place I don't think has a presence in my state.
I'm a big apple user, but this is going to be a PR fiasco like they have never experienced. People have a point. A company that prides itself on GUI excellence and knows it is under intense scrutiny from fans and haters alike releases this because they can't play nice with Google (if there's a better theory, let me know)? Honestly, I was expecting Cook to announce they fucked up and got the wrong version of Maps into the installer, or the cloud database had been corrupted accidently, but we got some tepid "work in progress" response from a PR flack.
"Mr. AC? Yes, we need to raise your Facebook account service to $100 a month. What's that? Do what to myself? Not sure that's anatomically possible, Mr. AC. C'mon now. It's a nice Facebook account... be a shame of something happened to it. What? Threat? Just expressing an opinion on how unfortunate it would be if your account were suddenly inundated with salacious photos, unsavory rants, satirical cartoons of Mohammed, anti-government manifestos and rule 34 ponies."
Jebus wept, I hope I can hang on to the job I have and retire as early as possible. Between this shit and other Grand Unified Theories Of Hiring and ageism and other bullshit (companies refused to even consider anyone currently unemployed, even for a short time), my skills and experience would be completely irrelevant if I needed to get a new job at my age and in my field.
First, beer surviving the holocaust is not something I see as a useful way to spend my tax dollars.
Speak for yourself, toots!
I demand a new round of testing for whiskey, desserts and snacks! Having a post apocalypse campfire interrupted by the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man would be a total bummer!
And hookers! Together we can construct bomb proof, radiation proof, 200 proof hookers!
Ah, the tolerant and completely non-homophobic Slashdot Brain Trust chimes in once again. Yeah, getting *that* enraged over another person's choice of gadget is the shining picture of mental health.
"Spears? Arrows? Pfft! Shiny nonsense for lazy people! Running up to a sabertooth tiger or mammoth or potential wife and bashing it with a rock was good enough for me and it's good enough for you kids! Now get off my patch of dirt!"
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I'm pretty critical of some of these ios 6 screw ups, but your analogy is off. The clock app isn't exactly competing with the physical clocks sold with the Swiss Railway face. That being said, yes, they should have either licensed the design or just come up with a new clock face. Oh, look, the iPod Nano already had a bunch. This issue is just a facepalm compared to the Maps fiasco.
I recognized the clock face instantly after installing iOS 6 becuase I have one of the official wall clocks and one of the wtaches from MOMA. Yeah, I sort of like the design. I figured Apple licensed it. Oops.
I like my Apple stuff, but some of the larger shareholders need to call for a shareholder meeting to find out WTF is going on here with this and the maps. FFS when you are one of the most watched corporations in the world, by both your fanbots and haterbots, do you even get close to doing things like this if you aren't nuts? Walled garden, schmalled garden, people can walk away any time, or at least at the next device upgrade.
I dunno... I checked the area around my house, and just about *every* listed shop and restaurant is off by an average of half a block with a lot of wrong side of the street errors. Within a mile there's half a dozen places labeled with names of businesses that are not even in this area. A MacDonald's is labeled as a sushi place I don't think has a presence in my state.
I'm a big apple user, but this is going to be a PR fiasco like they have never experienced. People have a point. A company that prides itself on GUI excellence and knows it is under intense scrutiny from fans and haters alike releases this because they can't play nice with Google (if there's a better theory, let me know)? Honestly, I was expecting Cook to announce they fucked up and got the wrong version of Maps into the installer, or the cloud database had been corrupted accidently, but we got some tepid "work in progress" response from a PR flack.
"OK, Mr. AC. It's now $200 a month."
Voted republican?
Not in 25 years.
Never been a member of a trade union?
Unions do not exist in my profession.
Well, what do you expect then? You have your masters total power over you and now they are using it. The slave who brings his own whip deserves it.
O... kay. I guess you're taking to some other version of me that only exists in you mind now, I guess.
"Mr. AC? Yes, we need to raise your Facebook account service to $100 a month. What's that? Do what to myself? Not sure that's anatomically possible, Mr. AC. C'mon now. It's a nice Facebook account... be a shame of something happened to it. What? Threat? Just expressing an opinion on how unfortunate it would be if your account were suddenly inundated with salacious photos, unsavory rants, satirical cartoons of Mohammed, anti-government manifestos and rule 34 ponies."
Jebus wept, I hope I can hang on to the job I have and retire as early as possible. Between this shit and other Grand Unified Theories Of Hiring and ageism and other bullshit (companies refused to even consider anyone currently unemployed, even for a short time), my skills and experience would be completely irrelevant if I needed to get a new job at my age and in my field.
Well, Apple sent them free copies of Lion, so the answer depends on what you thought of Lion.
First, beer surviving the holocaust is not something I see as a useful way to spend my tax dollars.
Speak for yourself, toots!
I demand a new round of testing for whiskey, desserts and snacks! Having a post apocalypse campfire interrupted by the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man would be a total bummer!
And hookers! Together we can construct bomb proof, radiation proof, 200 proof hookers!
Yeah, yeah, moving the goal posts.
Check, please.
and the way it's done defines the listener.
Just not in the way that people who think that expect.
Prono
I will offer my entire life's savings to anyone who can tell, greater than random chance, whether a device is on or off.
The ones with the illuminated LEDs are on.
PM me to get my address to send the check.
I'm lucky to have exactly three with very similar gaming tastes, although we do have wildly different schedules at times.
There's drop-in drop-out matchmaking if you don't.
Ah, the tolerant and completely non-homophobic Slashdot Brain Trust chimes in once again. Yeah, getting *that* enraged over another person's choice of gadget is the shining picture of mental health.
What are you doing later?
Borderlands 2 four player co-op. No, you are not invited.
Question: "... I considered using typewriters but they are in limited supply on the market. ..."
Slashdot: "Typewriters"
Aren't *all* eclipses of Mars partial?
Screen resolution is fragmentation.
Unless Apple thought to conveniently run older apps in the original screen size via letterboxing. What? They did? Well flip my lid!
Ha! You'll make about "three fiddy" for every million users that- (Fry Squint) Ahhhhh, I see what you did there!
...newer hardware can access newer features. KTHX.
Wow that's just... just...
Khajiit has no words for this.
Actually, you good-naturedly admitted your facepalm moment.
You may keep your card, good sir.
We never would have left the caves.
"Spears? Arrows? Pfft! Shiny nonsense for lazy people! Running up to a sabertooth tiger or mammoth or potential wife and bashing it with a rock was good enough for me and it's good enough for you kids! Now get off my patch of dirt!"
You just weren't checking the hip and trendy bridges. Typical Linux user.