Indeed harlequinn, with the addition that the computer program can be compiled into infinite 'hardware' implementations. Onto different processor architectures including virtual ones, using different compiler options such as loop unrolling, etc. The key point is that software essentially is a mathematical algorithm, hardware can be modeled by one but isn't one. Parent should be modded up.
You are using physics in two different senses of the word, therefore your logic does not hold. In the first instance your use of "physics" refers to the fact that everyday objects can be broken down into component parts, each of which follows a set of rules that apply at that particular level at which you are modeling (a ball being thrown, down to quantum mechanics). Your second use of the word "physics" refers to the educational discipline in which we try and develop mathematic models to account for the behavior shown in the first instance of your use of "physics".
Nice find. I was thinking Brightside's software from the same era where if you are using a touch-screen computer it allows you to unlock it by dragging your finger to a pre-determined corner of the screen.
Add me to the list. I've been responsible for plenty of people buying Apple, mainly because I didn't want to be fixing their Microsoft crap, but now I regret it. Never letting anybody I know buy Apple again if I can prevent it. How a company can screw over the public and expect increased sales amazes me.
Indeed. The Samsung S2 blows away the iPhone 4S. It's superior in every way. But there are some Android phones that are not even iPhone standard. It would be a shame to just lump all Android models together.
You obviously have no software knowledge. Anybody can write an app that displays an image until a pre-determined action quits that application. Or that makes a pixel version of a cat purr. Or any one of the zillion apps where moving your finger in a pre-determined path on a touch-screen, or any other peripheral, will cause a pre-determined action. There is no more innovation in sliding a finger across a touch screen than taking an led in plastic casing (let's call it a mouse) and physically moving it across a solid surface. Touch screens have existed for decades as mouse substitutes. According to your logic, every single action using a peripheral causing any possible software action is patentable. If you think every software action triggered by an external peripheral should be patentable then you are certifiable.
You don't unlock a touchscreen. It's impossible to lock a touchscreen, other than putting it in a physical box with a physical lock. You are sending a signal to an application which then performs a pro-programmed action. The touchscreen is just one of the input sensors (including the front button, the volume button, the headphone jack, the microphone, the camera, etc). Apple is effectively patenting putting your finger on the screen and moving it sideways. There is no reason Angry Birds couldn't patent sliding your finger across the screen to simulate a bird being pulled backwards on a catapult under the same logic.
Agreed. Their business plan appears to have been: 1) get everybody excited about a rival to Facebook that cares about privacy 2) destroy completely the trust with users by then requiring real names, and randomly deleting pseudonyms 3) announce a change in policy... with a feature that doesn't exist 4) don't release any details about how it works, or whether you will require a real name first and can add a pseudonym later
Google killed G+ with blunder after blunder. Christmas came early for Facebook.
I have a Samsung S2 and it has 3 buttons at the bottom. It's also much slimmer than the iPhone, has a larger and brighter screen, is much lighter, has 8Mpx camera, and in fact is better in every way. It also runs a completely different operating system. Nobody has mistaken my S2 for an iPhone so far.
The developers don't plan for anything on how a currency works, it is out of their hands. It works like any other such as Euros and Dollars. In '92 George Soros shorted the Pound Sterling, and made $1bn profit in 1 day. That's the way currency markets go, sometimes large players distort the market for their own profit.
I have to admit Unity looks pretty good. Reminds me of RiscOS in the way you can drag files onto the task bar, items on the task bar actually do something (eg showing how many emails unread), and you can right-click and get context-sensitive actions. Under KDE the items on the task bar are as useless as under Microsoft Windows.
I was going to agree with you, then thought: if you bring all the people who would do the same stupid thing into the same room at the same time, you can cart them all off to the hospital in just the one ambulance. Not only saving emergency workers time but also petrol (so being green, probably like the contestants vomit).
I know what they should do, they should make a version that has KDE as a default desktop. Or even better with XFCE4. Maybe they should go super-lightweight and make a version with LXDE?
It's because the poster is confused between WIMP and Windows 95. Hence the slating of Unity and the running to Linux Mint. Though if they want Windows 95 they should rather head to Kubuntu.
Untrue. I inserted "Labour Government" rather than MPs as they came in with an overwhelming majority in the House of Commons. Therefore my point holds.
Apple produces over-priced hardware produced in 3rd world countries at incredibly high margins. They are the experts in selling style over substance. The late Steve Jobs was a ruthless capitalist. And they were heavily subsidized by the government who granted them ridiculous software patents that no other country in the world would ever tolerate.
If you want to protest against "corporate greed" then Apple has to be near the top of the list.
In France nearly all the French leaders come from the same school. All the supposed competing candidates went to school together (even the extreme right leader Le Pen). The current leading Socialist leader had as one of his primary competitors for the post his wife! Chirac and Mitterand were crooks, embezzled millions of public money, yet remain national icons.
Ironically the real revolution was in England, where anybody from any walk of life can become Prime Minister, despite remaining a monarchy. People may joke about "public school" Cameron and Clegg but a quick wikipedia search will show a wide range in backgrounds of previous leaders.
Revolutions don't have to happen in the space of a year, like the French Revolution or the Arab spring.
But without the Tony Benn spin. The implication by the leading statement is that industrialists and bankers control the country against the will of the people.
However, "As a minister, I experienced the power of industrialists and bankers to get their way by use of the crudest form of economic pressure, even blackmail, against a Labour Government". Then "These lessons led me to the conclusion that the UK is only superficially governed by [the Labour Government]...".
So as myurr points out, the insulation against the easily bought Labour MPs is the continuity of the civil service.
Slashdot is beyond pathetic now. The only reason anybody reads is because of the comments, the stories posted are often dupes and lies. When Digg died a lot of people came back to Slashdot over other alternatives due to the better S/N ratio. However the pathetic level of the editors has become intolerable.
There was a recent/. article on what new technical features people would like to see. Save the money and pay some 3rd world outsourcer $5/hour, who will still have better English skills than most/. editors, to proof read articles and reject the ones where the summary does not match the actual linked article. It REALLY is not that hard.
So only open to a close-knit community that spent most of their extensive free time on computers and socialising? As opposed to a scattered random cross-section of the entire of society that have nothing in common? I'm guessing you don't work in marketing?:-)
Though I may not agree with GP, if they didn't have a closed beta then if there were major flaws it could have turned into an irreparable disaster, it's not really possible to compare FB and G+ launches. FB got lucky with the timing, G+ had the muscle and captured user base to compete but fluffed it completely.
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Indeed harlequinn, with the addition that the computer program can be compiled into infinite 'hardware' implementations. Onto different processor architectures including virtual ones, using different compiler options such as loop unrolling, etc. The key point is that software essentially is a mathematical algorithm, hardware can be modeled by one but isn't one. Parent should be modded up.
Phillip.
You are using physics in two different senses of the word, therefore your logic does not hold. In the first instance your use of "physics" refers to the fact that everyday objects can be broken down into component parts, each of which follows a set of rules that apply at that particular level at which you are modeling (a ball being thrown, down to quantum mechanics). Your second use of the word "physics" refers to the educational discipline in which we try and develop mathematic models to account for the behavior shown in the first instance of your use of "physics".
Phillip.
Nice find. I was thinking Brightside's software from the same era where if you are using a touch-screen computer it allows you to unlock it by dragging your finger to a pre-determined corner of the screen.
Phillip.
Add me to the list. I've been responsible for plenty of people buying Apple, mainly because I didn't want to be fixing their Microsoft crap, but now I regret it. Never letting anybody I know buy Apple again if I can prevent it. How a company can screw over the public and expect increased sales amazes me.
Phillip.
Indeed. The Samsung S2 blows away the iPhone 4S. It's superior in every way. But there are some Android phones that are not even iPhone standard. It would be a shame to just lump all Android models together.
Phillip.
You obviously have no software knowledge. Anybody can write an app that displays an image until a pre-determined action quits that application. Or that makes a pixel version of a cat purr. Or any one of the zillion apps where moving your finger in a pre-determined path on a touch-screen, or any other peripheral, will cause a pre-determined action. There is no more innovation in sliding a finger across a touch screen than taking an led in plastic casing (let's call it a mouse) and physically moving it across a solid surface. Touch screens have existed for decades as mouse substitutes. According to your logic, every single action using a peripheral causing any possible software action is patentable. If you think every software action triggered by an external peripheral should be patentable then you are certifiable.
Phillip.
You don't unlock a touchscreen. It's impossible to lock a touchscreen, other than putting it in a physical box with a physical lock. You are sending a signal to an application which then performs a pro-programmed action. The touchscreen is just one of the input sensors (including the front button, the volume button, the headphone jack, the microphone, the camera, etc). Apple is effectively patenting putting your finger on the screen and moving it sideways. There is no reason Angry Birds couldn't patent sliding your finger across the screen to simulate a bird being pulled backwards on a catapult under the same logic.
Phillip.
Agreed. Their business plan appears to have been:
1) get everybody excited about a rival to Facebook that cares about privacy
2) destroy completely the trust with users by then requiring real names, and randomly deleting pseudonyms
3) announce a change in policy... with a feature that doesn't exist
4) don't release any details about how it works, or whether you will require a real name first and can add a pseudonym later
Google killed G+ with blunder after blunder. Christmas came early for Facebook.
Philip.
Oh please, the box is completely irrelevant.
Phillip.
I have a Samsung S2 and it has 3 buttons at the bottom. It's also much slimmer than the iPhone, has a larger and brighter screen, is much lighter, has 8Mpx camera, and in fact is better in every way. It also runs a completely different operating system. Nobody has mistaken my S2 for an iPhone so far.
Phillip.
The developers don't plan for anything on how a currency works, it is out of their hands. It works like any other such as Euros and Dollars. In '92 George Soros shorted the Pound Sterling, and made $1bn profit in 1 day. That's the way currency markets go, sometimes large players distort the market for their own profit.
Phillip.
I have to admit Unity looks pretty good. Reminds me of RiscOS in the way you can drag files onto the task bar, items on the task bar actually do something (eg showing how many emails unread), and you can right-click and get context-sensitive actions. Under KDE the items on the task bar are as useless as under Microsoft Windows.
Phillip.
All well and good, but just don't try pointing at any surface that might happen to be black with rounded corners.
Phillip.
I was going to agree with you, then thought: if you bring all the people who would do the same stupid thing into the same room at the same time, you can cart them all off to the hospital in just the one ambulance. Not only saving emergency workers time but also petrol (so being green, probably like the contestants vomit).
Phillip.
Wow from summary to the posts themselves, this thread is full of back-handed compliments...
Phillip.
I know what they should do, they should make a version that has KDE as a default desktop. Or even better with XFCE4. Maybe they should go super-lightweight and make a version with LXDE?
Phillip.
It's because the poster is confused between WIMP and Windows 95. Hence the slating of Unity and the running to Linux Mint. Though if they want Windows 95 they should rather head to Kubuntu.
Phillip.
Untrue. I inserted "Labour Government" rather than MPs as they came in with an overwhelming majority in the House of Commons. Therefore my point holds.
Phillip.
Apple produces over-priced hardware produced in 3rd world countries at incredibly high margins. They are the experts in selling style over substance. The late Steve Jobs was a ruthless capitalist. And they were heavily subsidized by the government who granted them ridiculous software patents that no other country in the world would ever tolerate.
If you want to protest against "corporate greed" then Apple has to be near the top of the list.
Phillip.
Heh that joke never grows old.
Phillip.
How is VISA society?
Phillip.
In France nearly all the French leaders come from the same school. All the supposed competing candidates went to school together (even the extreme right leader Le Pen). The current leading Socialist leader had as one of his primary competitors for the post his wife! Chirac and Mitterand were crooks, embezzled millions of public money, yet remain national icons.
Ironically the real revolution was in England, where anybody from any walk of life can become Prime Minister, despite remaining a monarchy. People may joke about "public school" Cameron and Clegg but a quick wikipedia search will show a wide range in backgrounds of previous leaders.
Revolutions don't have to happen in the space of a year, like the French Revolution or the Arab spring.
Phillip.
But without the Tony Benn spin. The implication by the leading statement is that industrialists and bankers control the country against the will of the people.
However, "As a minister, I experienced the power of industrialists and bankers to get their way by use of the crudest form of economic pressure, even blackmail, against a Labour Government". Then "These lessons led me to the conclusion that the UK is only superficially governed by [the Labour Government]...".
So as myurr points out, the insulation against the easily bought Labour MPs is the continuity of the civil service.
Phillip.
Slashdot is beyond pathetic now. The only reason anybody reads is because of the comments, the stories posted are often dupes and lies. When Digg died a lot of people came back to Slashdot over other alternatives due to the better S/N ratio. However the pathetic level of the editors has become intolerable.
There was a recent /. article on what new technical features people would like to see. Save the money and pay some 3rd world outsourcer $5/hour, who will still have better English skills than most /. editors, to proof read articles and reject the ones where the summary does not match the actual linked article. It REALLY is not that hard.
Phillip.
So only open to a close-knit community that spent most of their extensive free time on computers and socialising? As opposed to a scattered random cross-section of the entire of society that have nothing in common? I'm guessing you don't work in marketing? :-)
Though I may not agree with GP, if they didn't have a closed beta then if there were major flaws it could have turned into an irreparable disaster, it's not really possible to compare FB and G+ launches. FB got lucky with the timing, G+ had the muscle and captured user base to compete but fluffed it completely.
Phillip.