How long do you think it will be before OS X is the same
It's not here yet, but I'm pretty sure it's planned. It's too bad too, as I love the screen (and most of the rest) on that new MBP, but there's no way Apple's getting any of my money until they start being a little more open and a little less obnoxious.
I'm not happy with how things are going because of him and Apple. It seems to now be considered acceptable to lock down personal computing devices as if they were game consoles. Look at the next version of Windows... you must go through Microsoft to but something in their 'Modern interface'. No sideloading on windows phone I believe? How long do you think it will be before OS X is the same? I think the only thing stopping Microsoft from locking the whole OS right now is the legal implications.
I've said it before; people have fough long and hard to break free of the iron grip IBM had on computing in the 70's and 80's, and after than from the walled garden of AOL. People realized the dim future of being locked in. Now, they seem to be sprinting towards it. At some point, people will likely realize that they want their freedom back, but I think the golden handcuffs will have to get a bit tighter.
Does this method of observing really change anything? To me, it doesn't unless they can actually measure it, find it dead, measure again, the find it alive. If the observation is still fixing the state, in what way does this help? I will add here that I an not a quantum physicist,I did not RTFA, and it's 06:00. (That sounds like the SlashDot equivalent of that line towards the end of the "Blues Brothers").
They are nice machine. I would have bought one if I instead on a competing 'ultrabook' if they weren't behaving like they wanted to show Microsoft and Oracle how Evil is *really* done. Giving money to Apple these days is funding the end of open computing.
Good hardware, good monitors, good tools, allow them to pick some of their own (IDEs, OS, editors, etc). Keep up to date with technologies. Treat people like people, not "resources". After that, use some agile/XP principles like scrums to enable problems to be out in the open, and pair programming to get the weaker people improving. Give bonuses for outstanding quality and quantity of work. Listen to what people complain about and try to fix it.
I'm pretty sure you could get this through even Apple's curation, buy actually describing what it does and advertising it as a feature. "Build a model of your world" as you use your phone. Properly marketed, people will install anything. The only part you don't tell people is what you do with the images you create. This same abuse could be done by any app that uploads pictures to a hosted repository, the only new thing is that this takes the pictures at random.
I think that if you remove all patents from pharma, you also need to remove the extremely long, strict processes required to put a product on the market. Since the arduous process is dictated by government, and equivalent protection should be provided to offset the cost.
I'm not sure it would anger software companies, or certainly very few. Most seem to be *very* much against them, as it costs a large amount to retain the legal staff required in the system as it stands. It would anger patent troll companies.
Microsoft are locking anything under their 'Metro' interface to their software store for *all* platforms, as I understand it. It is absolutely abusing their monopoly. Apple has made it acceptable enough that it won't be questioned for a while.
Also, having a carefully curated software does not mean that needs to be your only source of software. Google needs to exercise more control over their store, but not do like Apple, and now Microsoft are doing, and use it as an excuse to lock your users out of their own device. These OS suppliers should enforce whatever rules they want on their own software repositories, be let people choose and install software from wherever they like.
I was going to say something similar. If they added phone conversations to the list would people be outraged? I would have thought so, but really, if they're not outraged over this already, what difference would adding phone conversations make?
If the UN charter mentions 'protection from religious intolerance', why are the extreme demands of some religions (or lack thereof) being heeded at all? These demands sound like the very definition of religious intolerance.
This is what happens when you give into a terrorist's demands. You get more demands, closely followed by more terrorists. Blame it on the patent system all you want, it existed for a long time without companies behaving like Apple.
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How long do you think it will be before OS X is the same
It's not here yet, but I'm pretty sure it's planned. It's too bad too, as I love the screen (and most of the rest) on that new MBP, but there's no way Apple's getting any of my money until they start being a little more open and a little less obnoxious.
I'm not happy with how things are going because of him and Apple. It seems to now be considered acceptable to lock down personal computing devices as if they were game consoles. Look at the next version of Windows ... you must go through Microsoft to but something in their 'Modern interface'. No sideloading on windows phone I believe? How long do you think it will be before OS X is the same? I think the only thing stopping Microsoft from locking the whole OS right now is the legal implications.
I've said it before; people have fough long and hard to break free of the iron grip IBM had on computing in the 70's and 80's, and after than from the walled garden of AOL. People realized the dim future of being locked in. Now, they seem to be sprinting towards it. At some point, people will likely realize that they want their freedom back, but I think the golden handcuffs will have to get a bit tighter.
Does this method of observing really change anything? To me, it doesn't unless they can actually measure it, find it dead, measure again, the find it alive. If the observation is still fixing the state, in what way does this help? I will add here that I an not a quantum physicist,I did not RTFA, and it's 06:00. (That sounds like the SlashDot equivalent of that line towards the end of the "Blues Brothers").
They are nice machine. I would have bought one if I instead on a competing 'ultrabook' if they weren't behaving like they wanted to show Microsoft and Oracle how Evil is *really* done. Giving money to Apple these days is funding the end of open computing.
... without the Evil.
You shouldn't be able to patent ideas. That's the problem.
Sometimes they want ponies.
Good hardware, good monitors, good tools, allow them to pick some of their own (IDEs, OS, editors, etc). Keep up to date with technologies. Treat people like people, not "resources". After that, use some agile/XP principles like scrums to enable problems to be out in the open, and pair programming to get the weaker people improving. Give bonuses for outstanding quality and quantity of work. Listen to what people complain about and try to fix it.
I'm pretty sure you could get this through even Apple's curation, buy actually describing what it does and advertising it as a feature. "Build a model of your world" as you use your phone. Properly marketed, people will install anything. The only part you don't tell people is what you do with the images you create. This same abuse could be done by any app that uploads pictures to a hosted repository, the only new thing is that this takes the pictures at random.
Perhaps it will wake them up a little to the privacy violating laws they've been pushing on the people they're supposed to represent.
I think that if you remove all patents from pharma, you also need to remove the extremely long, strict processes required to put a product on the market. Since the arduous process is dictated by government, and equivalent protection should be provided to offset the cost.
I'm not sure it would anger software companies, or certainly very few. Most seem to be *very* much against them, as it costs a large amount to retain the legal staff required in the system as it stands. It would anger patent troll companies.
I'm saying that Apple has made lock-in palatable ... nothing about them having a monopoly.
Microsoft are locking anything under their 'Metro' interface to their software store for *all* platforms, as I understand it. It is absolutely abusing their monopoly. Apple has made it acceptable enough that it won't be questioned for a while.
Also, having a carefully curated software does not mean that needs to be your only source of software. Google needs to exercise more control over their store, but not do like Apple, and now Microsoft are doing, and use it as an excuse to lock your users out of their own device. These OS suppliers should enforce whatever rules they want on their own software repositories, be let people choose and install software from wherever they like.
The German tinkerer community is known for its sense of humour.
I was going to say something similar. If they added phone conversations to the list would people be outraged? I would have thought so, but really, if they're not outraged over this already, what difference would adding phone conversations make?
iPad users will pay for it. The developers like that part ... the rest is not so important.
iMessage.
Apple can't control what the customer is going to do anymore than Microsoft can.
You really haven't been paying attention.
Apple did the same thing.
There's a big difference between targeting demographics and specific people.
Godwin time. Yeah, those Nazis are a pretty evil bunch, but they have really snappy uniforms.
If the UN charter mentions 'protection from religious intolerance', why are the extreme demands of some religions (or lack thereof) being heeded at all? These demands sound like the very definition of religious intolerance.
This is what happens when you give into a terrorist's demands. You get more demands, closely followed by more terrorists. Blame it on the patent system all you want, it existed for a long time without companies behaving like Apple.