As someone with an EE background, what I've not understood with their design is how they compensate for a lack of wiping action on the contacts. Reliable contacts require wiping between the two surfaces to ensure low resistance; non-wiping contacts have inherently shorter lifetime. Exposed, non-wiping contacts would be expected to fail quite quickly.
Sums it up nicely. Getting round problems like this requires great design. It's complicated, requires effort, and is worth paying for.
You're kidding right? He'll be on a plane to the states in no time. I suspect the US wants to have a word with him and we just love bending over for an extradition.
Oh sure, I'm not dissing Mozilla. IMHO the reason Firefox rocks bells is because they focus almost all their efforts on it, and little else.
They have other products, yes. None of them as wildly successful as Firefox (not that that makes them bad products) but they don't have massive teams working on the other stuff.
Do waiters still take cards from customers and walk off with them? In every restaurant I've been to since Chip & Pin was launched (5 years ago, or perhaps more?) they bring the card terminal over to you and you put the card in, enter the pin, and hand the terminal back to the waiter.
I wouldn't be at all comfortable if a waiter asked me to hand him/her my card, and if they stepped away from the table with it I'd want to know what they were up to.
I'm not familiar with US-based bank accounts and how they operate, but in the UK we have Direct Debit which is pretty much what you describe, and almost all banks offer it.
Banks who participate in the system are required to refund customers whose accounts are subject to an unauthorised debit. It's after the event of course, but the upsides and convenience factor of DD have made it wildly popular and for many outweigh the very real risk of fraud.
Does this system exist in the US? I hear a lot of transactions are carried out by Credit Card over there. In the UK most bills and regular payments are settled using Direct Debit, whilst Credit or Debit Cards are used for ad-hoc purchases.
... that if it's not making money then it's working.
All other arguments to one side (I appreciate there are other reasons why it's suggested the cameras should be pulled) but public safety isn't supposed to be profitable, is it?
Okay, I'll tear a hole in your comment piece by piece then.
It updates without asking people..
No it doesn't. You have to connect the device to your computer, launch iTunes, choose 'Download and Install' when prompted and follow the onscreen instructions.
it disables things without asking people...
Are you referring to the 'kill switch' built into the operating system? That's never been used. Conversely, the Android kill switch was used in March this year. To kill malware that had been downloaded from the Android marketplace.
certain types of useful software are internally prevented from ever running on it..
Which useful software is 'internally' prevented from ever running on it? Apps must be vetted by Apple in order to be included in the App Store, but I can't recall the last time an app was rejected for being too useful. Similarly, I can't recall the last time Apple had to throw a kill switch to kill malware downloaded from the App Store.
it steals information about me - such as my geographical location and uploads it to a server without me asking..
No it doesn't. The iPhone stores information about nearby WiFi access points and cellular towers. That information is stored in an on board cache. When you sync with iTunes, that information is transferred to your computer, in order that it can be synced back with other iOS devices you own. The locations of WiFi access points and cellular towers is sent to Apple, but not before it has been anonymised. Apple has no details of where you are, unless you implicitly opt in to sharing your location.
it won't work unless it has my credit card number
It works fine without your credit card number. I don't even own a credit card, and yet my iPhone functions perfectly. The sleep/wake button works, the volume buttons work, the SMS and Mail apps work, the Phone app works, the iPod, iTunes and App Store apps all work.
certain types of software includes any programming language
It updates without asking people.. it disables things without asking people... certain types of useful software are internally prevented from ever running on it.. it steals information about me - such as my geographical location and uploads it to a server without me asking.. it won't work unless it has my credit card number..
if a hacker did that to my laptop, I'd hunt him down and punch his fucking head in.
Wow, what phone have you got? I've got an iPhone and it does none of those things. You should consider getting an iPhone.
They've cleverly given everything away, without actually giving anything away.
The music streaming service was known about anyway, and every site had reported on the music labels being signed up. So on the one hand, confirming iCloud exists has given nothing further away than what the public knew already.
But at the same time we still have no idea just now big iCloud will be. Could it be more than just music (I reckon yes). Will it be a replacement for MobileMe (fair chance). Might it include some iWork comparability (I wouldn't put it past them).
These are questions which were being asked last year, last month, and last week - and following this announcement today they are still questions we don't know the answers to.
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AirPrint allows wireless printing from an iOS device to a compatible printer, no drivers or installation needed.
For older, or incompatible printers, software such as Printopia for Mac allows you to share a printer and 'advertise' it as AirPrint-compatible.
From what I can tell someone just built something like Printopia for Ubuntu.
Ah. I'm not in those places. Thanks for the heads up though- if I ever move there I'll run an Ethernet cable from home!
Genuine question here - where are data caps becoming the norm?
I place my phone face down on a flatbed scanner, and take an image of the phone with the calendar app open.
Then I use OCR software to identify the text, and copy/paste the calendar entries into the computer's calendar program.
The best part? The scanner is WiFi. WiFi!!
Sync with no cables! I'm living the future.
...or a gorilla.
You've been lambasted for your "Gorilla" cock-up, so I'll help you out :^)
A Gorilla is an animal. The word you're looking for is "Guerilla".
Easy mistake...
As someone with an EE background, what I've not understood with their design is how they compensate for a lack of wiping action on the contacts. Reliable contacts require wiping between the two surfaces to ensure low resistance; non-wiping contacts have inherently shorter lifetime. Exposed, non-wiping contacts would be expected to fail quite quickly.
Sums it up nicely. Getting round problems like this requires great design. It's complicated, requires effort, and is worth paying for.
You're kidding right? He'll be on a plane to the states in no time. I suspect the US wants to have a word with him and we just love bending over for an extradition.
This whole thing is a bit of a damp squid.
Oh sure, I'm not dissing Mozilla. IMHO the reason Firefox rocks bells is because they focus almost all their efforts on it, and little else.
They have other products, yes. None of them as wildly successful as Firefox (not that that makes them bad products) but they don't have massive teams working on the other stuff.
One trick pony.
Granted, they do that trick very well, but they lack the resource to manage much more.
I doubt Google would infringe on someone else's patents. That would be evil, and that's not how Google rolls.
Its the UK, a different culture. There they believe its the governments right to totally control how you live...
With respect, that's horse-shit.
This is what happens when you rush a game to market.
Do waiters still take cards from customers and walk off with them? In every restaurant I've been to since Chip & Pin was launched (5 years ago, or perhaps more?) they bring the card terminal over to you and you put the card in, enter the pin, and hand the terminal back to the waiter.
I wouldn't be at all comfortable if a waiter asked me to hand him/her my card, and if they stepped away from the table with it I'd want to know what they were up to.
I'm not familiar with US-based bank accounts and how they operate, but in the UK we have Direct Debit which is pretty much what you describe, and almost all banks offer it.
Banks who participate in the system are required to refund customers whose accounts are subject to an unauthorised debit. It's after the event of course, but the upsides and convenience factor of DD have made it wildly popular and for many outweigh the very real risk of fraud.
Does this system exist in the US? I hear a lot of transactions are carried out by Credit Card over there. In the UK most bills and regular payments are settled using Direct Debit, whilst Credit or Debit Cards are used for ad-hoc purchases.
Is it eating away at Apple's business? Marketshare doesn't = profitshare. I think Apple are more interested in the latter.
Never mind about all that. When will Duke Nukem Forever be available for WP7?
Soon right? I mean, how hard can it be?
But after about 24 hours, water pressure on the silk begins to collapse the bell, so the spider makes a break for the surface to grab another bubble.
... that if it's not making money then it's working.
All other arguments to one side (I appreciate there are other reasons why it's suggested the cameras should be pulled) but public safety isn't supposed to be profitable, is it?
It updates without asking people..
No it doesn't. You have to connect the device to your computer, launch iTunes, choose 'Download and Install' when prompted and follow the onscreen instructions.
it disables things without asking people...
Are you referring to the 'kill switch' built into the operating system? That's never been used. Conversely, the Android kill switch was used in March this year. To kill malware that had been downloaded from the Android marketplace.
certain types of useful software are internally prevented from ever running on it..
Which useful software is 'internally' prevented from ever running on it? Apps must be vetted by Apple in order to be included in the App Store, but I can't recall the last time an app was rejected for being too useful. Similarly, I can't recall the last time Apple had to throw a kill switch to kill malware downloaded from the App Store.
it steals information about me - such as my geographical location and uploads it to a server without me asking..
No it doesn't. The iPhone stores information about nearby WiFi access points and cellular towers. That information is stored in an on board cache. When you sync with iTunes, that information is transferred to your computer, in order that it can be synced back with other iOS devices you own. The locations of WiFi access points and cellular towers is sent to Apple, but not before it has been anonymised. Apple has no details of where you are, unless you implicitly opt in to sharing your location.
it won't work unless it has my credit card number
It works fine without your credit card number. I don't even own a credit card, and yet my iPhone functions perfectly. The sleep/wake button works, the volume buttons work, the SMS and Mail apps work, the Phone app works, the iPod, iTunes and App Store apps all work.
certain types of software includes any programming language
Really? http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/basic/id362411238?mt=8
or anything which "duplicates functionality"
Quite. Because something which duplicates functionality is extremely useful, isn't it.
storing your geographical location without telling you.. er, you didn't know about that? at least it does google. See if you can find it.
I can find it just fine. Now, see if you can find it. (Tip: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/04/27location_qa.html)
It updates without asking people.. it disables things without asking people... certain types of useful software are internally prevented from ever running on it.. it steals information about me - such as my geographical location and uploads it to a server without me asking.. it won't work unless it has my credit card number.. if a hacker did that to my laptop, I'd hunt him down and punch his fucking head in.
Wow, what phone have you got? I've got an iPhone and it does none of those things. You should consider getting an iPhone.
Rational.
They've cleverly given everything away, without actually giving anything away. The music streaming service was known about anyway, and every site had reported on the music labels being signed up. So on the one hand, confirming iCloud exists has given nothing further away than what the public knew already.
But at the same time we still have no idea just now big iCloud will be. Could it be more than just music (I reckon yes). Will it be a replacement for MobileMe (fair chance). Might it include some iWork comparability (I wouldn't put it past them).
These are questions which were being asked last year, last month, and last week - and following this announcement today they are still questions we don't know the answers to.
Is it still coming out on Sega Saturn?