We would often see people come in with a damaged camera, pop out the 3rd-party battery and replace it with the Genuine one, and try to claim the Warranty.
Why did you capitalize "genuine" and "warranty"? They aren't proper nouns.
You really have no idea about art. Nothing about art requires it to be "good" or enjoyed by your standards. Some of the most notable works of art were offensive to the audience.
Art is about drawing the focus of the audience to consider a certain perspective that was preconcieved by the artist.
Sometimes, not always.
Oh, and my spouse is a professional fine artist, and I move in artistic circles as a consequence.
Well, there's the problem that's biasing your perception. Your use of the term "fine art" is a real giveaway. That term is largely obsolete, and people who are serious about the study and philosophy of art don't use the term anymore, except satirically.
Now that we have a generation of IT professionals that were born and grew up in a world with computers,
I dunno, that generation seems to be generally less knowledgeable about computers than those who grew up when computing was in its infancy. Do you think that the generation that grew up with mobile phones is more knowledgeable about radio frequency engineering and communication protocols? They might know how to send a text message, but it doesn't mean they understand anything about the underlying technology.
But at least you get to keep your games unlike mobile games which are only good on that phone
Ummm... you do get to keep your games if you buy them from the iTunes App Store, and you can use them on any iPhone/iPod Touch you may own. Even if you lose your phone, the app is still there on your computer, waiting to be synced to a replacement phone or iPod.
iPhone + iPod Touch: ~30 million. Phone/iPod.
PSP: ~48 million. Games device/media player.
DS + DSi: ~105 million. Games device.
I'm just curious. What does your post (about sales figures) have to do with the post you were replying to, which was a joke about CEO Neil Young's name including parody lyrics to folk singer Neil Young's songs?
Shouldn't you have started a new thread, or replied to another post that was actually discussing sales figures?
Because you didn't buy one of these players [apple.com]. Note the many non-iPod players on that list. If you meant to imply that iTunes was somehow locked to only work with iPods, sorry for bursting your bubble.
That only applies to iTunes on the Mac, not the Windows version, for which none of those will work. And this feature doesn't seem to be offered to vendors or developers anymore, it's a remnant from when Apple was selling iTunes before the iPod came along, and those legacy players were grandfathered in.
Open standards lead to innovation and better hardware for consumers
Really? From what I've seen, it tends to lead to commodification, not innovation. If it weren't for Intel coming along with USB and Apple with Firewire, we'd probably still be using parallel ports and PS/2 for connectivity. And look at Linux - not a lot of innovative desktop software has come from embracing Open Source (apart from the OS itself), rather you get lots of free imitations of existing proprietary software.
Wow, that's some real balanced reporting there. Theora has not proven itself immune to lawsuits from patent holders, so who knows what issues may arise there? And what is so "hideous" about patents applying to H.264, especially when it is easily licensable?
The phone's purpose is making phone calls. If a phone is low on battery power, and I'm making a call, by all means, ALWAYS cut power to non-essential components.
But this goes beyond that - should your phone potentially destroy its battery to get every last minute out of it, in a non-emergency situation? I don't think so.
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We would often see people come in with a damaged camera, pop out the 3rd-party battery and replace it with the Genuine one, and try to claim the Warranty.
Why did you capitalize "genuine" and "warranty"? They aren't proper nouns.
Do you have any evidence that Apple has lied about this? I thought not.
You really have no idea about art. Nothing about art requires it to be "good" or enjoyed by your standards. Some of the most notable works of art were offensive to the audience.
Art is not simply spectacle.
It can be.
Art is about drawing the focus of the audience to consider a certain perspective that was preconcieved by the artist.
Sometimes, not always.
Oh, and my spouse is a professional fine artist, and I move in artistic circles as a consequence.
Well, there's the problem that's biasing your perception. Your use of the term "fine art" is a real giveaway. That term is largely obsolete, and people who are serious about the study and philosophy of art don't use the term anymore, except satirically.
Now that we have a generation of IT professionals that were born and grew up in a world with computers,
I dunno, that generation seems to be generally less knowledgeable about computers than those who grew up when computing was in its infancy. Do you think that the generation that grew up with mobile phones is more knowledgeable about radio frequency engineering and communication protocols? They might know how to send a text message, but it doesn't mean they understand anything about the underlying technology.
How, in your opinion, does this concept extend into online play?
It doesn't. Online multiplayer, and offline single player are fundamentally different beasts.
A-iPhone sales leavin' others far behind
Is factually incorrect.
WTF? Again, the post you replied to said nothing about iPhone sales figures. So, why did you post your reply in response to it?
That's definitely not the case here in Michigan, there's still a ton of stupid people in mixed into the general public.
Thanks for proving that by providing primary evidence!
Either that, or where Adam and Eve sheltered from the dinosaurs. After all, the world is only 6,000 years old.
As an avid iPod touch user
I believe the correct term is "iPod toucher".
But at least you get to keep your games unlike mobile games which are only good on that phone
Ummm... you do get to keep your games if you buy them from the iTunes App Store, and you can use them on any iPhone/iPod Touch you may own. Even if you lose your phone, the app is still there on your computer, waiting to be synced to a replacement phone or iPod.
iPhone + iPod Touch: ~30 million. Phone/iPod. PSP: ~48 million. Games device/media player. DS + DSi: ~105 million. Games device.
I'm just curious. What does your post (about sales figures) have to do with the post you were replying to, which was a joke about CEO Neil Young's name including parody lyrics to folk singer Neil Young's songs?
Shouldn't you have started a new thread, or replied to another post that was actually discussing sales figures?
The point is that there is (apparently, at least) a public API for making one's mp3 player function with itunes.
Uhhh, no. Where is your evidence that there's a public API?
Because you didn't buy one of these players [apple.com]. Note the many non-iPod players on that list. If you meant to imply that iTunes was somehow locked to only work with iPods, sorry for bursting your bubble.
That only applies to iTunes on the Mac, not the Windows version, for which none of those will work. And this feature doesn't seem to be offered to vendors or developers anymore, it's a remnant from when Apple was selling iTunes before the iPod came along, and those legacy players were grandfathered in.
They tried calling Microsoft, but they were too busy working on the Xbox 720 to pick up the phone.
the "shoot the monkey and win a ---" ads.
You mean, I could really win three hyphens?! Where do I click?
Open standards lead to innovation and better hardware for consumers
Really? From what I've seen, it tends to lead to commodification, not innovation. If it weren't for Intel coming along with USB and Apple with Firewire, we'd probably still be using parallel ports and PS/2 for connectivity. And look at Linux - not a lot of innovative desktop software has come from embracing Open Source (apart from the OS itself), rather you get lots of free imitations of existing proprietary software.
the ESRB levies a fee that covers the cost of looking through the code and rating the game.
The ESRB evaluates games by looking at the code? I very much doubt that. Wouldn't they be looking at the compiled game as it appears to the consumer?
Microsoft are terrible at marketing. I'm not sure why you think this is what they are best at.
Wow, that's some real balanced reporting there. Theora has not proven itself immune to lawsuits from patent holders, so who knows what issues may arise there? And what is so "hideous" about patents applying to H.264, especially when it is easily licensable?
a bomb in a blimp over the super bowl.
Sounds like some sort of scatological fetish book to me.
The phone's purpose is making phone calls. If a phone is low on battery power, and I'm making a call, by all means, ALWAYS cut power to non-essential components.
But this goes beyond that - should your phone potentially destroy its battery to get every last minute out of it, in a non-emergency situation? I don't think so.
It's not like Apple just invented "emergency mode".
I'm not aware of anyone claiming that Apple invented emergency mode. Would you care to cite your source on that?
She is under attack from a wolf, and would need a phone, without patent restrictions.
Good luck with that. Every phone has patent restrictions.
... nothing of value was lost.