Well, if you're not interested in having the latest greatest device, you probably don't care about having the latest and greatest software, either.
My roomate still has her first gen iPad. She uses it for checking mail and surfing the web. It still works fine for all of that. She has a backgammon game that works fine, too.
So making music isn't working? Let me guess, you think it's limos everywhere, all the liquor & drugs you can consume, private jets from city to city, and a nonstop parade of 18 year old supermodels through your bedroom?
Yes. I assume it's just like programming.
How much does an average programmer make, versus an average working musician, again?
The average programmer makes more money than the average working musician. But the analogy starts to fall apart.
I would bet that most working programmers are employed by someone else who pays them to develop software. So if my work becomes amazingly popular or rots in a barrel, I still get my $x per year. Of course, too many "rotting in a barrel" works will mean I will probably be making $0.00 per year because the company will get rid of me or go out of business.
You can also look at a similar environment where you probably have lots of independent developers--Apple's App Store. According to some, the median revenue for an App is $682 per year. So $3,305.48 ($1,652.74 * 2) is better than your typical App developer.
Nobody's keeping 2 year old phones anymore it seems
I'm not so sure about that...
Consider the iPhone. The iPhone 4S and 4 together outsell the iPhone 5. So, in the case of the iPhone 4, people are actually getting 2 year old models.
I don't know what life's lie on the Android side here in the US, but I see lots of older/Brand X Android phones in Best Buy and the like.
Except that the iPad has the Lightning connector which is not the same connector as those 500 Million iOS devices (the 30 pin interface). But it's okay because after putting down $900, Apple will allow you to buy an adapter for only $39 more!
Apple doesn't removed every app that could send or receive porn.
On the other hand, I remember there being a rule that if your app could possibly be used to display pornography via the Internet, it must have a "Adults Only"-type of rating.
Perhaps the Iranians just feel really insecure [...]
Could be. After all, there are 68,000 US troops on one side and they have US Allies in Iraq and Turkey and there have been plenty of American officials talking about attacking Iran.
There's a reflector on the moon. If you know the coordinates, you can actually bounce a laser off of it back to Earth.
Whoop-dee-doo!
There is something on the Moon that reflects laser beams back. Do we know that there was nothing that reflected laser beams back before the Apollo landings? Also, are you saying that it was impossible to land a laser reflector on the Moon in 1969?
The laser reflectors, by themselves, mean only that there is something at that site that reflects laser beams. We are told that these were left by Apollo astronauts.
You mean there are people who would actually default on a contract and ruin their credit just to get a cheap iPhone?
Never underestimate the stupidity of some people. Yes, I'm sure there are people who would do that.
I'd also point out that even if you hurt the customer's credit, the provider is still out the money.
Let's say I get a free phone from Verizon. And then I decide that Sprint offers a better deal, so I just stop paying the Verizon bill. Verizon is still out the money for the phone. They're going to report me to the credit bureaus--oh, boo hoo! My credit is already shot! They were stupid to not check that before giving me a free phone!
Would I do that? No. But I'm sure there are plenty of people who have to have teh new shiny and don't care about these things.
You're 100% correct. But I'd point out that, for some, "jailbreaking" leads to "unlocking." I remember trying to unlock my old iPhone 3GS and I ended up having to jailbreak it first.
The average commute distance by private vehicle as of 2009 in the United States is a little over 12 miles (12.09, PDF, page 48, table 27). So I would say that a lot of people DO have less than 20 miles commutes.
These bursts of radiation reach the Earth's atmosphere and cause free oxygen and nitrogen atoms to bang together, and some recombine into ozone-destroying compounds called nitrous oxides. Nitrous oxides in the atmosphere are long-lived; they keep destroying ozone until they fall out of the sky in rain drops.
Uh...no. Apple could drop mp3 support merely by using QuickTime to determine the codec and not play it. I'm sure they'd also say something about dropping licenses to use MPEG 3 and how it's an old technology and that everybody should be using AAC anyway...
i grew up in the 80's and planes used to crash all the time killing all or most of the people on board
Yeah! You kids today and your "safe" planes! Why, when I was your age, when I flew someplace, I sometimes had to step over the charred bodies of other passengers! And we felt lucky to have that!
Apple has not confirmed that they're using OSM data, but if they are they would most likely be using OSM data that was obtained before the license change and is thus CC BY-SA.
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Any time a company takes money from Microsoft, they die very soon thereafter.
Not always...
Actually, I think of Prograph.
Google Glass is no more augmenting reality than a TV set is.
You're saying "The Goggles Do Nothing!"?
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
Well, if you're not interested in having the latest greatest device, you probably don't care about having the latest and greatest software, either.
My roomate still has her first gen iPad. She uses it for checking mail and surfing the web. It still works fine for all of that. She has a backgammon game that works fine, too.
If everything works fine, why upgrade?
So making music isn't working? Let me guess, you think it's limos everywhere, all the liquor & drugs you can consume, private jets from city to city, and a nonstop parade of 18 year old supermodels through your bedroom?
Yes. I assume it's just like programming.
How much does an average programmer make, versus an average working musician, again?
The average programmer makes more money than the average working musician. But the analogy starts to fall apart.
I would bet that most working programmers are employed by someone else who pays them to develop software. So if my work becomes amazingly popular or rots in a barrel, I still get my $x per year. Of course, too many "rotting in a barrel" works will mean I will probably be making $0.00 per year because the company will get rid of me or go out of business.
You can also look at a similar environment where you probably have lots of independent developers--Apple's App Store. According to some, the median revenue for an App is $682 per year. So $3,305.48 ($1,652.74 * 2) is better than your typical App developer.
Nobody's keeping 2 year old phones anymore it seems
I'm not so sure about that...
Consider the iPhone. The iPhone 4S and 4 together outsell the iPhone 5. So, in the case of the iPhone 4, people are actually getting 2 year old models.
I don't know what life's lie on the Android side here in the US, but I see lots of older/Brand X Android phones in Best Buy and the like.
Let me rephrase that: What a crazy idea.
(Sorry. Too excited with the Submit button)
USB Dongle? On a mobile device? Jeez.
Yeah. What a crazy idea.
Except that the iPad has the Lightning connector which is not the same connector as those 500 Million iOS devices (the 30 pin interface). But it's okay because after putting down $900, Apple will allow you to buy an adapter for only $39 more!
Apple doesn't removed every app that could send or receive porn.
On the other hand, I remember there being a rule that if your app could possibly be used to display pornography via the Internet, it must have a "Adults Only"-type of rating.
Perhaps the Iranians just feel really insecure [...]
Could be. After all, there are 68,000 US troops on one side and they have US Allies in Iraq and Turkey and there have been plenty of American officials talking about attacking Iran.
There's a reflector on the moon. If you know the coordinates, you can actually bounce a laser off of it back to Earth.
Whoop-dee-doo!
There is something on the Moon that reflects laser beams back. Do we know that there was nothing that reflected laser beams back before the Apollo landings? Also, are you saying that it was impossible to land a laser reflector on the Moon in 1969?
The laser reflectors, by themselves, mean only that there is something at that site that reflects laser beams. We are told that these were left by Apollo astronauts.
You mean there are people who would actually default on a contract and ruin their credit just to get a cheap iPhone?
Never underestimate the stupidity of some people. Yes, I'm sure there are people who would do that.
I'd also point out that even if you hurt the customer's credit, the provider is still out the money.
Let's say I get a free phone from Verizon. And then I decide that Sprint offers a better deal, so I just stop paying the Verizon bill. Verizon is still out the money for the phone. They're going to report me to the credit bureaus--oh, boo hoo! My credit is already shot! They were stupid to not check that before giving me a free phone!
Would I do that? No. But I'm sure there are plenty of people who have to have teh new shiny and don't care about these things.
You're 100% correct. But I'd point out that, for some, "jailbreaking" leads to "unlocking." I remember trying to unlock my old iPhone 3GS and I ended up having to jailbreak it first.
The average commute distance by private vehicle as of 2009 in the United States is a little over 12 miles (12.09, PDF, page 48, table 27). So I would say that a lot of people DO have less than 20 miles commutes.
Actually, MGM is interested in doing a sequel to Stargate. But it isn't SG-1--it's completely different.
Or perhaps we'll finally see an answer to that question: "Who would win? Enterprise vs. Star Destroyer"
...and?
Fine, you can be pissed. I would be, too. But it's one thing to be angry, throw chairs, and exclaim that you will bury the company they go to. It's another thing to actually contact the head of the other company and say that if you hire our employees, we'll sue you on matters entirely unrelated.
By the way, unless you're enough a fanboi to believe that Apple invents everything, Palm's OS worked and acted differently from Apple's.
Again, keep your employees happy and they won't be interested in other offers.
From here:
Google: Get to know it. Make it your friend.
Uh...no. Apple could drop mp3 support merely by using QuickTime to determine the codec and not play it. I'm sure they'd also say something about dropping licenses to use MPEG 3 and how it's an old technology and that everybody should be using AAC anyway...
i grew up in the 80's and planes used to crash all the time killing all or most of the people on board
Yeah! You kids today and your "safe" planes! Why, when I was your age, when I flew someplace, I sometimes had to step over the charred bodies of other passengers! And we felt lucky to have that!
Now get the hell off my lawn!
So, important safety tip: If you're going to be a criminal, use Sprint.
Wow...that's a lot of televisions.
(Whenever I hear about "Quasars", I always mentally add in "...by Motorola." Yes, I'm that old...)
The value of the dollar is what you can buy with said dollar in the united states [...]
Don't forget you can buy oil--most oil producing nations accept dollars for their oil.
Apple has not confirmed that they're using OSM data, but if they are they would most likely be using OSM data that was obtained before the license change and is thus CC BY-SA.
Actually, Apple and they finally got around to crediting them (like they're supposed to do with CC-BY-SA or ODL).