I should add that both Google DNS and OpenDNS support DNS-SEC which is nice as well. OpenDNS also supports a form of DNS request encryption which hides even the sites you go to.
It's sad that you're getting modded as troll, as you're quite correct. People here constantly say that they appreciate what Apple is doing in requiring approval of all software, and in not allowing alternative software sources. It's very much the same as the people that say "I don't mind the NSA spying on me as I have nothing to hide", not thinking of the future where you have no alternatives.
I'm not sure why this is modded as a troll. I wish more people would think of the future for humans in general. We'd have fewer problems with pollution, global warming, abusive regimes, etc.
I think it's a bad idea tying yourself to any operating system that does not have multiple supplier options for hardware. Eventually the sole supplier will decide they want to raise prices beyond what you're comfortable with, or make hardware decisions that are not optimal for you. Public institutions should not be able to choose these types of solutions where more open ones exist.
Where I am, most people buy Apple gear at Best Buy. There's only one Apple store, and it's not particularly convenient for many. Many more probably don't even know it's there.
I found they weren't bad running Linux, but were quite slow when running windows. I could even run another Linux version in a VM reasonable well with only a GB of RAM. Not too shabby. I actually still have an original Acer Aspire around being used as a media player (audio) and a few other things. I think Microsoft pushing XP on netbooks is what killed them. I think it was a smart, but dirty move, and they would have needed to worry about Linux a lot sooner if they hadn't.
Since they seem to be able to have the President waive their own bans, I can't see why they wouldn't ask for pretty much anything that would make them happy. There's quite obviously some biased process in place.
The company that bought the patents was formed just to buy the patents. The theory was that Google bought the patents because they knew they'd be used against them. Check Google's record on patent use, To my knowledge, they haven't used them aggressively, although Motorola had suits in progress before they bought them. The really nasty part about Rockstar is that they promised they wouldn't use the patents for this purpose, and then did.
That's the same reason I find myself being a fan of Google in other areas as well. They still seem to believe in open protocols and formats (although waning a bit recently), where others are trying to tie customers to their proprietary services.
No, an army of fans, many surprising old, that don't seem to mind the future we're headed for where every computing platform is tightly controlled and effectively only 'rented'. One where you need to pay extra to be able to develop software, and where you're beholden to a single company to release your software for 'approval'. I figure at least the older ones should know better after the days of IBM. Unfortunately, many people don't like having their purchasing decisions made fun of on any grounds, even logical ones, and take it as a personal insult.
Too bad... the fact that lots of media people use Apple gear is what got them the billions of dollars of free marketing for the iToys. There's more than a few of them fed up, it seems, and the fawning over Apple seems to have stopped. Many seem quite fed up with the change in direction.
The problem is that you're rewarding a company (known for making extremely high profit on their devices) for locking you out of your hardware. Their attitude towards letting you install the software you want is not going to improve in the future with people doing that.
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I should add that both Google DNS and OpenDNS support DNS-SEC which is nice as well. OpenDNS also supports a form of DNS request encryption which hides even the sites you go to.
You can try this tool to check your existing DNS for performance and behaviour. Google's is very well behaved by the way, so please don't spread FUD.
It's sad that you're getting modded as troll, as you're quite correct. People here constantly say that they appreciate what Apple is doing in requiring approval of all software, and in not allowing alternative software sources. It's very much the same as the people that say "I don't mind the NSA spying on me as I have nothing to hide", not thinking of the future where you have no alternatives.
This could be part of the reason the Whitehouse waived the patent decision against them.
To call putting the same components in a new 'prettier' enclosure innovative is blind fanboy-ism. And uncompromised?
I'm not sure why this is modded as a troll. I wish more people would think of the future for humans in general. We'd have fewer problems with pollution, global warming, abusive regimes, etc.
He made a *huge* sacrifice for *our* benefit, and I hope he eventually gets recognized for it.
... or to be able to be able to run anything you want on it, or develop on it without paying a fee.
I think it's a bad idea tying yourself to any operating system that does not have multiple supplier options for hardware. Eventually the sole supplier will decide they want to raise prices beyond what you're comfortable with, or make hardware decisions that are not optimal for you. Public institutions should not be able to choose these types of solutions where more open ones exist.
You can't try it out, and you don't get it right away?
Where I am, most people buy Apple gear at Best Buy. There's only one Apple store, and it's not particularly convenient for many. Many more probably don't even know it's there.
I found they weren't bad running Linux, but were quite slow when running windows. I could even run another Linux version in a VM reasonable well with only a GB of RAM. Not too shabby. I actually still have an original Acer Aspire around being used as a media player (audio) and a few other things. I think Microsoft pushing XP on netbooks is what killed them. I think it was a smart, but dirty move, and they would have needed to worry about Linux a lot sooner if they hadn't.
Since they seem to be able to have the President waive their own bans, I can't see why they wouldn't ask for pretty much anything that would make them happy. There's quite obviously some biased process in place.
Who do you think pays off the amount on that cheque? The crap Apple (and others) pull is anti-competitive and anti-consumer.
More accurately, it's going up because of corrupt government and bad management.
I'm hoping a judge does not allow this shallow deceit and fines them into the ground.
The company that bought the patents was formed just to buy the patents. The theory was that Google bought the patents because they knew they'd be used against them. Check Google's record on patent use, To my knowledge, they haven't used them aggressively, although Motorola had suits in progress before they bought them. The really nasty part about Rockstar is that they promised they wouldn't use the patents for this purpose, and then did.
That's the same reason I find myself being a fan of Google in other areas as well. They still seem to believe in open protocols and formats (although waning a bit recently), where others are trying to tie customers to their proprietary services.
No, an army of fans, many surprising old, that don't seem to mind the future we're headed for where every computing platform is tightly controlled and effectively only 'rented'. One where you need to pay extra to be able to develop software, and where you're beholden to a single company to release your software for 'approval'. I figure at least the older ones should know better after the days of IBM. Unfortunately, many people don't like having their purchasing decisions made fun of on any grounds, even logical ones, and take it as a personal insult.
Don't poke the fanbois.
Too bad ... the fact that lots of media people use Apple gear is what got them the billions of dollars of free marketing for the iToys. There's more than a few of them fed up, it seems, and the fawning over Apple seems to have stopped. Many seem quite fed up with the change in direction.
Customers telling Apple what they want is not Apple's business model.
The problem is that you're rewarding a company (known for making extremely high profit on their devices) for locking you out of your hardware. Their attitude towards letting you install the software you want is not going to improve in the future with people doing that.
Without Turing, it's very possible many of us would neither be speaking English nor using a computer.
I am a person making comments in English on a Computer.