Apple's following seems to have a disproportionate number of irrational, fanatical disciples who truly "believe".
Ah, yes. 26 million fanbois bought iPhones last quarter.
To use a Windows analogy, not many people buy Windows. They buy Dells. They buy HPs. They buy Asuses. They buy Toshibas. They don't buy Windows. Windows is just something that comes along with what they wanted--namely a personal computer from a reputable brand.
Not many people buy Android. They buy Samsung or Motorola or HTC. I don't think there are many people out there saying, "Oh, Man! I gotta get me Jelly Bean!" But they are saying, "Oh, man, I gotta get me a Samsung Galaxy S3!"
There's a certain degree of ignorance out there, also. If I have an iPhone and I'm in a 2 year plan, why do I care what an Android phone can do? I have a phone and I'm stuck with it for the next two years. Why look around? The iPhone does what I want.
One of the things that Apple's competitors have to do is start showing things that the iPhone can't do and show me why I want to do those things. Don't waste my time with specs that I don't understand. Don't waste my time with cool futuristic-looking ads and a bunch of gobbledygook. Show me stuff that I want to do and show how your product will let me do it.
Samsung has been doing this well, lately. I can't find it, but I saw an ad recently that showed the whole "bump to transfer images" thing, which is great.
Agreed. And as an Apple shareholder, that should be your concern.
My concern, as someone who is not an Apple shareholder, is what is good phone for me to buy. The answer to that is one of the many varieties of Android, one of which will certainly fit my needs. Perhaps I need a phone with replaceable batteries. Perhaps I need a phone with a physical keyboard. Perhaps I need the slickest interface with quad-core oomph and money is no object. Perhaps I need something under $100 that'll run basic apps.
I have no doubts that Apple can make money with a small percentage of the market--they've been doing it for years.
It's not so much a will to die, as an inability to cope with stress, which can lead to things like poor quality sleep and lowered immune system function, etc.. a positive attitude helps fight these things, so an "I don't care any more" attitude could be the difference between life and death.
Which was basically my point.
The original question was whether or not I can take a bunch of sugar-pills but believe that they are poison and, thus, die because I believe that to be true. The answer is no, you can't. No matter how much you want to die, you can't will yourself to do so.
The person I was responding to pointed out that there were plenty of cases of people who lived together for years and when one died, the other passed away shortly thereafter. As I pointed out, depression can certainly affect your ability to take proper care of yourself which can leave you more susceptible to illness and death from said illness.
Here's an analogy: If I go jogging and have a heart-attack and die, would you say that I died from jogging?
Didn't RTFA, so I can't say for certain. But since we're talking about the "control" group, I would assume these aren't people who are imagining that they have the disease. Otherwise, they're not much of a "control" group since they're perfectly healthy.
I'm not so sure. That whole survival instinct thing and all.
If I had the same meals with my spouse for 60 years and that spouse died, meals might become an unpleasant reminder of that person's death. I would start to dread meals and would probably be less inspired to eat. I'd lose weight and be less energetic which would certainly affect my general health and leave me susceptible to maladies that, in an elderly person, could be fatal.
So, no, I'm not sure that you can will yourself to die. That said, you can will yourself into situations where you can die.
I love how everyone here is like, "Y'know, they really should have a backup software solution on the rover" or "If I was doing this, I would do this, that, and the other thing, and they're stupid for not doing that".
Well, some of it is the story.
Is it possible to brick the rover? I'm sure it's possible. A number of bad things would have to happen for this to occur, most of which have been probably been figured out and designed around. But they call them "unknown unknowns" for a reason.
This, of course, increases the drama, which is important for a news story to appeal to the masses. You have to have that dramatic element. So you add emphasis to the unlikely possibilities and downplay the odds of such a thing occurring.
Also, it's better to predict doom and gloom than success because if the doom-and-gloom occurs, you're amazingly prescient and you can say, "See! I told you this was a bad idea!" If it doesn't, your predictions of doom-and-gloom will be easily forgotten among the euphoria of success. Worst case scenario, you can point out how "lucky" they were that everything worked out for the best.
Huh? Because some license agreement is going to stop me?
Step 1: Compile it up and submit it. Step 2: Sell it. Profit. Step 3: When the owner eventually complains to Apple and Apple stops selling it, make cosmetic changes and resubmit to Apple with a new developer account. Step 4: See Step 2.
Works best if you live in some foreign country which does not have strong IP Laws.
Sure. I can tell Siri to search the web as well and it will use Google/Bing/Yahoo/whatever.
The argument you hear is that Siri is so great because it goes to the appropriate engine for this information. So if you say, "Is Norm's a good place to eat?" Siri will check Yelp and say, "No." I don't have to tell Siri what I'm looking for--Siri is so smart it can figure it out for itself and give me back the answer.
If I have to tell Siri where to look, it's kind of a fail.
And it does little to address either the vertical search gap presented by Yelp, or the "diagonal" functionality gap that Siri addresses by smoothly integrating with your other iOS apps like text message, alarm or calendar.
Can't speak for Google Voice Search on Android, but...
Awhile ago, we were making a McDonald's run and I asked Jennifer what she wanted. She told me to pick her up a 6-piece McNuggets with Barbecue sauce. I pulled out my iPhone and wrote myself a note in the notepad: Jennifer's order is a 6-piece McNuggets with Barbecue sauce. I then brought up Siri and said, "Siri, what is Jennifer's order?" Siri thought for a moment and said, "I don't know. Would you like me to search the web for Jennifer's order?"
What's funny is that when I went to the iOS Search Screen, turned on the microphone, and said, "Jennifer's order," the first thing to pop up was the note that I had written.
So, no, Siri only integrates with some of Apple's apps.
A few months back, I biked in to work. I was bit a concerned about riding home in the dark and wanted to see the sunset time. On a lark, I asked Siri, "Siri, what time is sunset?" Siri thought for a moment and came back and said, "Sunset is at 7:34PM."
Wow! I was impressed. Siri also showed me the weather for the rest of the week!
So I figured I'd try something else. "Siri, what time was sunrise?" Siri thought for a moment and came back and said, "I'm sorry, I can't tell you the weather from the past."
Huh? I'm asking about sunrise and sunset. Not weather.
I noticed that this has since been fixed--Siri will tell me sunrise and sunset times for anywhere in the country. But I can't say, "Siri, what time will the sun rise in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 23rd, 2012?" because Siri is getting sunrise and sunset information from the same place it gets weather information (which seems to be why it shows a weather forecast along side). But if I pose the same question to Wolfram-Alpha, it replies correctly.
The Apple fan club has made having any kind of serious debate rather difficult.
I'm sorry, I think we're having a different argument.
My point was that there is a solution to this which is better than the YouTube app--namely a desktop link. Your point was that it's a bad thing that Apple is removing YouTube. I agree.
Whether I throw a link on my desktop or download the YouTube app, I'm actually having to make an effort to get something that is already available on other phones. People are lazy and they're not necessarily going to search through the store or figure out how to put links on their desktop. The phone came this way and that's the way they keep it.
So if I'm clueless, I walk into the Verizon store and see that cool looking new iPhone 5. But it doesn't have YouTube. I looked at the desktop and there's no YouTube. Then I look at that Samsung Galaxy S3 with the great big screen and it has YouTube--I can see it right there on the desktop. Maybe I'll get that one since it can do Internet video, which the iPhone can't. I mean, that's the problem with Apple stuff, right? It doesn't work with the rest of the world. At least, that's what I heard...
Android devices are outselling iOS devices. But you have to remember that the vast majority of Android devices being sold are phones--and Android phones are outselling iPhones 2-1, easily. But when you add in iPads and iPod touches--which are also iOS devices--the difference becomes much smaller, even when you add in Android-based tablets and media players.
Fun story: When Empire Strikes Back came out, a friend of mine went and bought a Model 100 just so that he could work on a term paper while sitting in line. Worked great.
There were 194.913 million handsets shipped in the China market during the first half of 2012 [...] Of the shipment volume, 94.855 million or 48.67% were smartphones in 822 models of which 801 models or 97.44% were based on Android. China-based vendors accounted for 75.16% of the half-year shipment volume [...]
Since my numbers were based on a quarter, not a half, we'll divide your 94.855 million in half giving us 47.4275 million. We'll take 97.44% of that number and come back with 46.2134 million. And then we'll take 75.16% of that and all the China-based vendors (and I have no idea how many of them there are) shipped 34.734 million devices. That's about 33% more than Apple's iPhone shipments.
But as I mentioned, we're also trying to get tablets and iPod touches into the mix if we're comparing Android to iOS.
Apple has produced personal computers for quite some time. That said, the less expensive PCs forced Apple to cut their margins on their personal computers to get them into the ballpark with Windows-compatible PCs.
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So leave some flash drives in the parking lot.
Apple's following seems to have a disproportionate number of irrational, fanatical disciples who truly "believe".
Ah, yes. 26 million fanbois bought iPhones last quarter.
To use a Windows analogy, not many people buy Windows. They buy Dells. They buy HPs. They buy Asuses. They buy Toshibas. They don't buy Windows. Windows is just something that comes along with what they wanted--namely a personal computer from a reputable brand.
Not many people buy Android. They buy Samsung or Motorola or HTC. I don't think there are many people out there saying, "Oh, Man! I gotta get me Jelly Bean!" But they are saying, "Oh, man, I gotta get me a Samsung Galaxy S3!"
There's a certain degree of ignorance out there, also. If I have an iPhone and I'm in a 2 year plan, why do I care what an Android phone can do? I have a phone and I'm stuck with it for the next two years. Why look around? The iPhone does what I want.
One of the things that Apple's competitors have to do is start showing things that the iPhone can't do and show me why I want to do those things. Don't waste my time with specs that I don't understand. Don't waste my time with cool futuristic-looking ads and a bunch of gobbledygook. Show me stuff that I want to do and show how your product will let me do it.
Samsung has been doing this well, lately. I can't find it, but I saw an ad recently that showed the whole "bump to transfer images" thing, which is great.
I would rashly assume that there was some question as to this person's gender. Not this is is a reasonable way to determine it...
Agreed. And as an Apple shareholder, that should be your concern.
My concern, as someone who is not an Apple shareholder, is what is good phone for me to buy. The answer to that is one of the many varieties of Android, one of which will certainly fit my needs. Perhaps I need a phone with replaceable batteries. Perhaps I need a phone with a physical keyboard. Perhaps I need the slickest interface with quad-core oomph and money is no object. Perhaps I need something under $100 that'll run basic apps.
I have no doubts that Apple can make money with a small percentage of the market--they've been doing it for years.
This reminds of the old Real Programmers, Real Software Engineers, and Real Computer Scientists.
It's not so much a will to die, as an inability to cope with stress, which can lead to things like poor quality sleep and lowered immune system function, etc.. a positive attitude helps fight these things, so an "I don't care any more" attitude could be the difference between life and death.
Which was basically my point.
The original question was whether or not I can take a bunch of sugar-pills but believe that they are poison and, thus, die because I believe that to be true. The answer is no, you can't. No matter how much you want to die, you can't will yourself to do so.
The person I was responding to pointed out that there were plenty of cases of people who lived together for years and when one died, the other passed away shortly thereafter. As I pointed out, depression can certainly affect your ability to take proper care of yourself which can leave you more susceptible to illness and death from said illness.
Here's an analogy: If I go jogging and have a heart-attack and die, would you say that I died from jogging?
Didn't RTFA, so I can't say for certain. But since we're talking about the "control" group, I would assume these aren't people who are imagining that they have the disease. Otherwise, they're not much of a "control" group since they're perfectly healthy.
I'm not so sure. That whole survival instinct thing and all.
If I had the same meals with my spouse for 60 years and that spouse died, meals might become an unpleasant reminder of that person's death. I would start to dread meals and would probably be less inspired to eat. I'd lose weight and be less energetic which would certainly affect my general health and leave me susceptible to maladies that, in an elderly person, could be fatal.
So, no, I'm not sure that you can will yourself to die. That said, you can will yourself into situations where you can die.
I love how everyone here is like, "Y'know, they really should have a backup software solution on the rover" or "If I was doing this, I would do this, that, and the other thing, and they're stupid for not doing that".
Well, some of it is the story.
Is it possible to brick the rover? I'm sure it's possible. A number of bad things would have to happen for this to occur, most of which have been probably been figured out and designed around. But they call them "unknown unknowns" for a reason.
This, of course, increases the drama, which is important for a news story to appeal to the masses. You have to have that dramatic element. So you add emphasis to the unlikely possibilities and downplay the odds of such a thing occurring.
Also, it's better to predict doom and gloom than success because if the doom-and-gloom occurs, you're amazingly prescient and you can say, "See! I told you this was a bad idea!" If it doesn't, your predictions of doom-and-gloom will be easily forgotten among the euphoria of success. Worst case scenario, you can point out how "lucky" they were that everything worked out for the best.
Huh? Because some license agreement is going to stop me?
Step 1: Compile it up and submit it.
Step 2: Sell it. Profit.
Step 3: When the owner eventually complains to Apple and Apple stops selling it, make cosmetic changes and resubmit to Apple with a new developer account.
Step 4: See Step 2.
Works best if you live in some foreign country which does not have strong IP Laws.
I'd be surprised if the majority of people in the world owned any sort of personal computer.
Sure. I can tell Siri to search the web as well and it will use Google/Bing/Yahoo/whatever.
The argument you hear is that Siri is so great because it goes to the appropriate engine for this information. So if you say, "Is Norm's a good place to eat?" Siri will check Yelp and say, "No." I don't have to tell Siri what I'm looking for--Siri is so smart it can figure it out for itself and give me back the answer.
If I have to tell Siri where to look, it's kind of a fail.
And it does little to address either the vertical search gap presented by Yelp, or the "diagonal" functionality gap that Siri addresses by smoothly integrating with your other iOS apps like text message, alarm or calendar.
Can't speak for Google Voice Search on Android, but...
Awhile ago, we were making a McDonald's run and I asked Jennifer what she wanted. She told me to pick her up a 6-piece McNuggets with Barbecue sauce. I pulled out my iPhone and wrote myself a note in the notepad: Jennifer's order is a 6-piece McNuggets with Barbecue sauce. I then brought up Siri and said, "Siri, what is Jennifer's order?" Siri thought for a moment and said, "I don't know. Would you like me to search the web for Jennifer's order?"
What's funny is that when I went to the iOS Search Screen, turned on the microphone, and said, "Jennifer's order," the first thing to pop up was the note that I had written.
So, no, Siri only integrates with some of Apple's apps.
Not always. This one surprised me...
A few months back, I biked in to work. I was bit a concerned about riding home in the dark and wanted to see the sunset time. On a lark, I asked Siri, "Siri, what time is sunset?" Siri thought for a moment and came back and said, "Sunset is at 7:34PM."
Wow! I was impressed. Siri also showed me the weather for the rest of the week!
So I figured I'd try something else. "Siri, what time was sunrise?" Siri thought for a moment and came back and said, "I'm sorry, I can't tell you the weather from the past."
Huh? I'm asking about sunrise and sunset. Not weather.
I noticed that this has since been fixed--Siri will tell me sunrise and sunset times for anywhere in the country. But I can't say, "Siri, what time will the sun rise in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 23rd, 2012?" because Siri is getting sunrise and sunset information from the same place it gets weather information (which seems to be why it shows a weather forecast along side). But if I pose the same question to Wolfram-Alpha, it replies correctly.
The Apple fan club has made having any kind of serious debate rather difficult.
I'm sorry, I think we're having a different argument.
My point was that there is a solution to this which is better than the YouTube app--namely a desktop link. Your point was that it's a bad thing that Apple is removing YouTube. I agree.
Whether I throw a link on my desktop or download the YouTube app, I'm actually having to make an effort to get something that is already available on other phones. People are lazy and they're not necessarily going to search through the store or figure out how to put links on their desktop. The phone came this way and that's the way they keep it.
So if I'm clueless, I walk into the Verizon store and see that cool looking new iPhone 5. But it doesn't have YouTube. I looked at the desktop and there's no YouTube. Then I look at that Samsung Galaxy S3 with the great big screen and it has YouTube--I can see it right there on the desktop. Maybe I'll get that one since it can do Internet video, which the iPhone can't. I mean, that's the problem with Apple stuff, right? It doesn't work with the rest of the world. At least, that's what I heard...
Personally, I hate the iOS App for YouTube. I have a link on my desktop which I use instead. Works great.
At Home: Make your own backups. In Cloud: Included feature, depending on service. (but make your own backups, too!)
So it's an included feature, but I should probably do it myself?
At Home: Downtime based on home equipment & residential net access. In Cloud: Hot failover of equipment and connectivity.
If I have no residential net access, the hot failover doesn't really help.
Now perhaps us iPhone users like our phones and actually use them more than android folks, but I don't think that's really the case.
Yet, it appears to be true
Suck it, K'Breel. This one is coming for you!
Posting as AC because I can't deal with you Apple bullies!
*storms off sobbing*
Damn. Those Microsoft users are a bunch of fags.
(Sorry. Couldn't resist.)
Well, let's be honest. His friend is an actor.
I'm not sure that's correct.
Android devices are outselling iOS devices. But you have to remember that the vast majority of Android devices being sold are phones--and Android phones are outselling iPhones 2-1, easily. But when you add in iPads and iPod touches--which are also iOS devices--the difference becomes much smaller, even when you add in Android-based tablets and media players.
Fun story: When Empire Strikes Back came out, a friend of mine went and bought a Model 100 just so that he could work on a term paper while sitting in line. Worked great.
Close but no cigar...
There were 194.913 million handsets shipped in the China market during the first half of 2012 [...] Of the shipment volume, 94.855 million or 48.67% were smartphones in 822 models of which 801 models or 97.44% were based on Android. China-based vendors accounted for 75.16% of the half-year shipment volume [...]
Since my numbers were based on a quarter, not a half, we'll divide your 94.855 million in half giving us 47.4275 million. We'll take 97.44% of that number and come back with 46.2134 million. And then we'll take 75.16% of that and all the China-based vendors (and I have no idea how many of them there are) shipped 34.734 million devices. That's about 33% more than Apple's iPhone shipments.
But as I mentioned, we're also trying to get tablets and iPod touches into the mix if we're comparing Android to iOS.
Even Apple succumbed and started producing PCs.
Apple has produced personal computers for quite some time. That said, the less expensive PCs forced Apple to cut their margins on their personal computers to get them into the ballpark with Windows-compatible PCs.