If history is any indication, the market will punish them in time. Android has already passed iOS in platform share, Samsung has surpassed the iPhone in smartphone sales. Right now it's just a race to see who consumes Nokia's share fastest while RIM slowly fades away.
All the Dropbox API does is open Safari with the URL for the Dropbox website. So Apple DOES want a cut or storage sold through the Dropbox website if the browser is launched from within the application.
You mean rules that allow Apple to extort revenues out of app developers for services that Apple doesn't provide? Dropbox is a cross platform application - why should they let Apple take a cut on sales of services that can be used by the same user on a PC, MacIntosh, Linux, Android or iOS device?
I worked on a large electronic health project in BC and the BC privacy even commissioner had misgivings about having patient date stored in Alberta, but with the Patriot Act allowing the US to breach NDAs and Confidentiality agreements without even notice, storing patient data in the US was a non-starter.
Or it's quite possible that at the initial screening, TSA recognized that the device was harmless and allowed it on the flight and the aircrew over reated.
I can't check-in on the web or at the kiosks in the airport because someone with the same name as me is on the no-fly list. My name isn't John Smith, but it's something similar, as in, both extremely common given and surnames. Even when flying from Vancouver to Toronto, as the flights go through US airspace, I have to be manually cleared by TSA at the customer service desk for each flight. I've gone through the TSA process to be cleared twice and I still can't check in. I can now fly with Air Canada if I use my Aeroplan card when I book the flight, but if I fly any other airline (include Star Alliance partners) it doesn't work.
I could fly to most of the cities I need to for work on Air Canada, however it is not always clear at the time of booking if the flight is really an Air Canada flight or an Air Canada code share on a United flight. I have recently changed jobs and no longer have to fly every month, but until then, I was about on the point of getting a credit card using my first initial and middle name (which is not so common) that I could use to book travel.
Flying from Vancouver to Sydney Australia last fall (Quantas), again due to the flight going through US airspace, my 11 year old son was (IMO) groped and fondled by the gate security people. A couple of years ago I had a flight delayed (after boarding) at O'Hare - a bolt for adjusting the Pilot's seat had apparently gone missing. After an hour of trying to locate an aircraft certified bolt of the right specifications, they finally decided to replace the whole seat, so they de-boarded the plane while they did this. They (graciously) served us coffee and drinks in the gate area, but then when we re-boarded the aircraft they insisted that we discard the water bottles and coffee cups that THEY had served us inside the security area of the airport. So - I am not surprised at any level of stupidity from TSA. When someone puts a name like John Smith (example, not my real name) on the no-fly list, it's pretty stupid. When someone invasively pats down an 11 year old, it's beyond stupid. When someone sees a security risk in a bottle of water they they gave you only minutes before, it's pretty stupid.
In the end, I would rather have some inconvenience from security than have a bomb on my flight, but it is increasingly obvious that many of the security measures are designed to give the appearance of diligence to the travelling public while the determined few with nefarious aims can easily thwart any and all measures.
Actually - it's you who is wrong. The rotor cannot stall like a fixed wing can because it is spinning and air is always moving over the wing.
In fixed wing aircraft, the wing and the aircraft are moving through the air at the same speed. At lower speeds, the pilot has to increase the angle of attack to maintain lift. When the airspeed is too low or the angle of attack becomes to high, the wing stalls and the aircraft drops like a stone. With an autogyro, the wing (rotor) is moving through the air stream at a speed that is independent of the aircraft speed. As the angle of attack is increased, the rotor slows, but it does not suddenly stall and lose all lift like a fixed wing, rather the autogyro gradually loses lift and descends.
The instability in autogyros has to do with old designs and how a trained fixed wing pilot instinctively reacts to pitch instability. When a fixed wing aircraft starts to stall, the pilot puts the nose down and increases power (increases airspeed and lowers the angle of attack). However if you do this in an autogyro, it can cause the aircraft to pitch over and tumble. This is called Pilot Induced Oscillation (PIO) and can be significantly reduced with autogyro specific training for pilots and more stable designs with large aft mounted horizontal stabilizers. The other source of instability with autogyros is called Power Push Over (PPO) and is possible only in pusher prop designs when the center of gravity is below the line of thrust, the thrust of the engine can make the aircraft duck or push over. Both problems are solved by better designs and type specific training.
From the pictures of the PAL-V it appears to have a large horizontal stabilizer, however it is difficult to tell where the center or gravity in flight mode is.
Maybe I'm naive and need to look closer at the privacy policies of google, facebook, twitter, etc. but privacy issues often come down to linkage. I accept that Google (and grocery stores, airlines, gas stations, etc with their loyalty programs) collects information on my search preference - just as Safeway collects information on my shopping preferences. However this information is not link to information that can identify me personally. It is also used on 2 different levels.
On one level information is used to customize my preferences making my search more efficient. That's great - it works for the vast majority of my searches. It also means that I get customized ads that relate to my search preferences. I don't mind this because quite frankly, the ads are below the level of background noise for me - I hardly even notice them.
I also recognize that on another level, information about my search preferences (and geographic location, browser preferences, OS, etc.) is anonymized and sold to third parties. However this information is NOT linked to other information that Google may have access to via my Gmail, iGoogle or YouTube accounts.
I also accept on another level, that if I am engaging in illegal activity on the Internet, that the RCMP (in Canada) can, with a court order, compel Google to turn over my search histories, email accounts and all information they have about me. But this is also true of my bank, ISP, wireless carrier, employer (well in my case that's myself), clients, - pretty much anyone except my wife, my priest, my attourney and my doctors, can be compelled to release information about me to the police.
It depends on whether you are talking about US market share or global. From what I can tell, Google's global search market share is close to 80% but is about 66% in the US.
Good thing they chose ASUS over Acer. I had an Acer Liquid-E - it was a total POS. Within 6 months I had it replaced 3 times. After about a month, the battery life would go down to about 20 minutes. After the 3rd replacement in 6 months, I prevailed upon my carrier to forward date my new hardware eligibility and got a Samsung Galaxy S (which as been great).
From what I can tell, the real issue is the illegal gambling and money laundering charges. The bodog.com domain has not been used in months. However according to the DOJ, the investigation goes back almost 6 years. At that time, bodog.com WAS being used and Bodog was using a US based payment processor Zip Payments Inc. to "recode" online gambling transactions (which are normally rejected by credit card companies in the US) as normal commercial activity. "The four are accused of conspiring to direct winnings to players in Maryland via check and wire using payment processors that included JBL Services and Zip Payments". Their mistake was using a US based payment processor.
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Seriously? Not even Microsoft went so far as to try and extort license fees for linking to external services from within a Windows application.
If history is any indication, the market will punish them in time. Android has already passed iOS in platform share, Samsung has surpassed the iPhone in smartphone sales. Right now it's just a race to see who consumes Nokia's share fastest while RIM slowly fades away.
All the Dropbox API does is open Safari with the URL for the Dropbox website. So Apple DOES want a cut or storage sold through the Dropbox website if the browser is launched from within the application.
Welcomed Google to the Smart Phone market place? http://www.slashgear.com/apple-releases-full-page-welcome-to-ibm-30-years-ago-yesterday-13171586/#entrycontent
It's extortion. I use the same Dropbox storage on my PC, iPad and Android phone. If I want to purchase more storage, why should Apple get a cut?
You mean rules that allow Apple to extort revenues out of app developers for services that Apple doesn't provide? Dropbox is a cross platform application - why should they let Apple take a cut on sales of services that can be used by the same user on a PC, MacIntosh, Linux, Android or iOS device?
I'm sure both other WP7 customers share your impressions.
It will undoubtedly have a walled garden.
I meant BC Privacy Commissioner even had ...
I worked on a large electronic health project in BC and the BC privacy even commissioner had misgivings about having patient date stored in Alberta, but with the Patriot Act allowing the US to breach NDAs and Confidentiality agreements without even notice, storing patient data in the US was a non-starter.
What's worse is that many of us don't shower.
I'm going to get a bracelet that says "WWSD"
Or it's quite possible that at the initial screening, TSA recognized that the device was harmless and allowed it on the flight and the aircrew over reated.
I can't check-in on the web or at the kiosks in the airport because someone with the same name as me is on the no-fly list. My name isn't John Smith, but it's something similar, as in, both extremely common given and surnames. Even when flying from Vancouver to Toronto, as the flights go through US airspace, I have to be manually cleared by TSA at the customer service desk for each flight. I've gone through the TSA process to be cleared twice and I still can't check in. I can now fly with Air Canada if I use my Aeroplan card when I book the flight, but if I fly any other airline (include Star Alliance partners) it doesn't work.
I could fly to most of the cities I need to for work on Air Canada, however it is not always clear at the time of booking if the flight is really an Air Canada flight or an Air Canada code share on a United flight. I have recently changed jobs and no longer have to fly every month, but until then, I was about on the point of getting a credit card using my first initial and middle name (which is not so common) that I could use to book travel.
Flying from Vancouver to Sydney Australia last fall (Quantas), again due to the flight going through US airspace, my 11 year old son was (IMO) groped and fondled by the gate security people. A couple of years ago I had a flight delayed (after boarding) at O'Hare - a bolt for adjusting the Pilot's seat had apparently gone missing. After an hour of trying to locate an aircraft certified bolt of the right specifications, they finally decided to replace the whole seat, so they de-boarded the plane while they did this. They (graciously) served us coffee and drinks in the gate area, but then when we re-boarded the aircraft they insisted that we discard the water bottles and coffee cups that THEY had served us inside the security area of the airport. So - I am not surprised at any level of stupidity from TSA. When someone puts a name like John Smith (example, not my real name) on the no-fly list, it's pretty stupid. When someone invasively pats down an 11 year old, it's beyond stupid. When someone sees a security risk in a bottle of water they they gave you only minutes before, it's pretty stupid.
In the end, I would rather have some inconvenience from security than have a bomb on my flight, but it is increasingly obvious that many of the security measures are designed to give the appearance of diligence to the travelling public while the determined few with nefarious aims can easily thwart any and all measures.
Actually - it's you who is wrong. The rotor cannot stall like a fixed wing can because it is spinning and air is always moving over the wing.
In fixed wing aircraft, the wing and the aircraft are moving through the air at the same speed. At lower speeds, the pilot has to increase the angle of attack to maintain lift. When the airspeed is too low or the angle of attack becomes to high, the wing stalls and the aircraft drops like a stone. With an autogyro, the wing (rotor) is moving through the air stream at a speed that is independent of the aircraft speed. As the angle of attack is increased, the rotor slows, but it does not suddenly stall and lose all lift like a fixed wing, rather the autogyro gradually loses lift and descends.
The instability in autogyros has to do with old designs and how a trained fixed wing pilot instinctively reacts to pitch instability. When a fixed wing aircraft starts to stall, the pilot puts the nose down and increases power (increases airspeed and lowers the angle of attack). However if you do this in an autogyro, it can cause the aircraft to pitch over and tumble. This is called Pilot Induced Oscillation (PIO) and can be significantly reduced with autogyro specific training for pilots and more stable designs with large aft mounted horizontal stabilizers. The other source of instability with autogyros is called Power Push Over (PPO) and is possible only in pusher prop designs when the center of gravity is below the line of thrust, the thrust of the engine can make the aircraft duck or push over. Both problems are solved by better designs and type specific training.
From the pictures of the PAL-V it appears to have a large horizontal stabilizer, however it is difficult to tell where the center or gravity in flight mode is.
I make it a rule; never buy drugs from gnomes.
But they'll have to throw in a 7 year power train warranty and allow wheels to get anyone to buy them.
It's UK copyright law. Life of the author plus 70 years.
smego my lego.
But only half of us can feel a kick in the nuts.
Maybe I'm naive and need to look closer at the privacy policies of google, facebook, twitter, etc. but privacy issues often come down to linkage. I accept that Google (and grocery stores, airlines, gas stations, etc with their loyalty programs) collects information on my search preference - just as Safeway collects information on my shopping preferences. However this information is not link to information that can identify me personally. It is also used on 2 different levels.
On one level information is used to customize my preferences making my search more efficient. That's great - it works for the vast majority of my searches. It also means that I get customized ads that relate to my search preferences. I don't mind this because quite frankly, the ads are below the level of background noise for me - I hardly even notice them.
I also recognize that on another level, information about my search preferences (and geographic location, browser preferences, OS, etc.) is anonymized and sold to third parties. However this information is NOT linked to other information that Google may have access to via my Gmail, iGoogle or YouTube accounts.
I also accept on another level, that if I am engaging in illegal activity on the Internet, that the RCMP (in Canada) can, with a court order, compel Google to turn over my search histories, email accounts and all information they have about me. But this is also true of my bank, ISP, wireless carrier, employer (well in my case that's myself), clients, - pretty much anyone except my wife, my priest, my attourney and my doctors, can be compelled to release information about me to the police.
So what's big deal?
It depends on whether you are talking about US market share or global. From what I can tell, Google's global search market share is close to 80% but is about 66% in the US.
Good thing they chose ASUS over Acer. I had an Acer Liquid-E - it was a total POS. Within 6 months I had it replaced 3 times. After about a month, the battery life would go down to about 20 minutes. After the 3rd replacement in 6 months, I prevailed upon my carrier to forward date my new hardware eligibility and got a Samsung Galaxy S (which as been great).
We're almost as good as our competitor ...
From what I can tell, the real issue is the illegal gambling and money laundering charges. The bodog.com domain has not been used in months. However according to the DOJ, the investigation goes back almost 6 years. At that time, bodog.com WAS being used and Bodog was using a US based payment processor Zip Payments Inc. to "recode" online gambling transactions (which are normally rejected by credit card companies in the US) as normal commercial activity. "The four are accused of conspiring to direct winnings to players in Maryland via check and wire using payment processors that included JBL Services and Zip Payments". Their mistake was using a US based payment processor.