Another problem right there. You just assume that everyone else but you and your team is fucking stupid. "Clicked the wrong link" and stuff. Not everyone is Auntie Tillie, especially not every developer. More than once I experienced things like...
Manager to me: "I read something about automated web site testing, silizium or what this addon for the internet is called, hack me a prototype of some tests to include in that automatic test thingie we run at night. You got 4 days."
IT to me: "You want Firefox AND the selenium plugin? No. Supporting more than IE? Do you know how much workload I have?"
It wasn't against any company policy. Just against the personal policy of IT. Thank god for escalation tactics. Happens far too often.
In years from now we'll all be referring to the current time as the time of the "mobile patent wars" that finally brought down the current patent system once and for all.
You can make all sorts of things, however, the point is: why most I do this? I'm not playing that much anymore, but logging into 2 or 3 accounts just do play a goddamn game in single player mode? I'd rather just watch my walls than even pirating such shit, and my urge to play such a game would be zero, even if it was Diablo 8 with spaceships and boobies running native under linux and would cost just a dollar. That was Gabe's whole point I guess.
Do you really believe that Apple is managing to brainwash people? [...] Take a look at their ads. They are all about what you can do with the devices. They are renown for focusing on what you can do with the devices.
Maybe you should think about what the sole purpose of advertisement is and how advertisement achieves it. So, yes, Apple is indeed managing to brainwash people, just look at your posts.
Only when the words are often used and thus are present.
lohmtashupya.
Words need to be present to the mind in a way that routes through the word written above. Spoken American English is a "do make go what is" language, which makes this style of reading work. In German this would be a problem, at least for casual readers: much bigger vocabulary, especially concerning expressions, verbs and loan terms (translated into American English: "more words"). You can counteract this by just reading more so that more vocabulary gets learned, but you also have to read more often to keep it present.
So this method will work, if you read enough and often enough to be able to see words as Lego bricks and guess. The more you read, the better the guesses will become. It's hypothalamus by the way. Try reading one type of literature for weeks (like books about programming languages), and you will be able to tell the meaning of a sentence just from the first word and the shape of the sentence. Same technique used by the brain, just a different abstraction.
Try talking to the same person every day, and you will be able to tell the meaning of an argument just by the first sound and the facial expression (visit hell, get married). Our mind just loves to abstract as soon as possible even at a relatively high risk of failure. Film at 11.
Lol, they would have tried for sure. But they would never have succeeded. They wanted an exclusive tmobile deal, but what now? I can buy a prepaid iPhone. Apple has no clue on how to win in the mobile market. What have they become? A phone manufacturer. They have no say about frequencies, carriers, protocols or prices. The mobile market is insane in the same way Japan is insane.
While I agree, one wrong point on your list: Hardware.
That was the big thing Jobs did: the move from expensive hardware to china-sweatshop-crap like everybody else does (move to Intel, iPod, iPhone, etc) while maintaining the (now) absurdly high consumer prices. Lots of hardware problems followed, the antenna thingie, recalled iPods (2 days ago), battery problems, etc.
THAT is the sole reason why apple is so successful measured in $$$, and that is all Jobs was interested in (yea, maintaining a "cool image" and getting his ideas through while being a smart guy was also important, but not as much). It is also the sole reason why apple won't matter except for retro fans 10 years from now on.
Apple has nothing money can't buy. In contrast to Nintendo, but they're Japanese, can't buy that.
Yea, it's absurd, but I think many of you got it wrong. The TOS does not BECOME law, it's a crime to violate it. I guess it's proposed for the following scenario: Some guy posts a link on a forum that points to Noodie Boobie Fun (TM). Just in case it is some sort of Noodie Boobie Fun that's still legal, he sure violated the TOS. Gotcha!
As an example to what this can lead: In Germany there is a law the other way round: If you're a business with a website, and your Website is missing some texts (like VAT number, or a phone number), it's a violation of some law. If a lawyer (and only a lawyer) spots this, they can make money from you: "I see what u did there (harhar). Gimme 1000euro or I will prosecute you". It's a fucking million euro industry, just milking mom and pop sites that try to sell pot holders. All automated (crawlers looking for websites, sending mass mails).
Well, obviously milking the consumer is far more efficient than only milking the producer. And this is what this new law is about, from my POV anyway.
Post scriptum: I hereby invoke Rule #34: Nothing real, so far...
Bump. Can someone mod this up? That's the stuff I came for to/. in the first place, ages ago. You know, actually interesting ideas instead of this fanboihateboigoldengirlsboi crap that's showing up more and more often.
Everything I do prevents global warming, by definition. This is because, by definition, I am a VERY lazy person. I exhale maybe once an hour (must be an eventful day), even more global warming prevention. It's more like eating for me. But then again, I am a whale.
A very lazy whale, even by whale standards. Would take me half a moth to type that if I had to do it by myself. Luckily I have subordinates, like every self-respecting whale. Still lazier than the most.
But don't tell the penguins, they're like friendly and stuff, and in general they're supposed to be on the right side (you know, the "nuts-but-not-that-crazy-well-ok-that-crazy-and-yea-beyond-BUT-STILL" side, easily distinguishable: we have the cookies). But penguins, you know, always planning something weird, really weird. You know, when they mate and sit lonely at the very south pole...just to not be eaten by predators! That's why they mate and hatch there, knowing no sane predator would ever hunt there!
Then again, there is no such thing as a sane predator. At least none that I know, and I AM an effing predator (don't let them fool you, we eat way more than krill).
Pf, penguins. It would drive me nuts! If I weren't already. Which I am, because, remember, I am a whale. One thing I have in common with them crazy penguins. If I think about it, I have that in common with all intelligent beings.
Exactly. In terms of "heavy enterprise", meaning the real back ends of big financial companies, airline conglomerates and insurances...They only let you touch their valuable cobol systems through java, mostly 1.3 (1.4 if you're lucky). The java 5 route (and thus 6, 7, 8) is too risky because of Oracle. Any new development in that sector is good news. Although some java integration is necessary (mostly connectors and MQ systems), because these are tested for 10+ years and that counts more than anything else.
And no, twitter is not enterprise. You ruby wizards and whatnot-gurus, go bashing google or whatever further down the page.
Well, have fun watching internet porn without flash. Most porn sites don't use html5 video tags. It works on other smartphone OSs, so everything else but surfing and instant viewing is an unacceptable workaround. As an apple fan, you should despise workarounds.
If you have looked at Singularity the past, you are welcome to develop on Cosmos however you must be careful not to use your knowledge of Singularity. Unless you were involved deeply into Singularity code this will likely not be a problem. If you are concerned about this, choose purposefully to develop in a different area of functionality in Cosmos.
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Another problem right there. You just assume that everyone else but you and your team is fucking stupid. "Clicked the wrong link" and stuff. Not everyone is Auntie Tillie, especially not every developer. More than once I experienced things like...
Manager to me: "I read something about automated web site testing, silizium or what this addon for the internet is called, hack me a prototype of some tests to include in that automatic test thingie we run at night. You got 4 days."
IT to me: "You want Firefox AND the selenium plugin? No. Supporting more than IE? Do you know how much workload I have?"
It wasn't against any company policy. Just against the personal policy of IT. Thank god for escalation tactics. Happens far too often.
In years from now we'll all be referring to the current time as the time of the "mobile patent wars" that finally brought down the current patent system once and for all.
You can make all sorts of things, however, the point is: why most I do this? I'm not playing that much anymore, but logging into 2 or 3 accounts just do play a goddamn game in single player mode? I'd rather just watch my walls than even pirating such shit, and my urge to play such a game would be zero, even if it was Diablo 8 with spaceships and boobies running native under linux and would cost just a dollar. That was Gabe's whole point I guess.
Geology.
Do you really believe that Apple is managing to brainwash people? [...] Take a look at their ads. They are all about what you can do with the devices. They are renown for focusing on what you can do with the devices.
Maybe you should think about what the sole purpose of advertisement is and how advertisement achieves it. So, yes, Apple is indeed managing to brainwash people, just look at your posts.
Only when the words are often used and thus are present.
lohmtashupya.
Words need to be present to the mind in a way that routes through the word written above. Spoken American English is a "do make go what is" language, which makes this style of reading work. In German this would be a problem, at least for casual readers: much bigger vocabulary, especially concerning expressions, verbs and loan terms (translated into American English: "more words"). You can counteract this by just reading more so that more vocabulary gets learned, but you also have to read more often to keep it present.
So this method will work, if you read enough and often enough to be able to see words as Lego bricks and guess. The more you read, the better the guesses will become. It's hypothalamus by the way. Try reading one type of literature for weeks (like books about programming languages), and you will be able to tell the meaning of a sentence just from the first word and the shape of the sentence. Same technique used by the brain, just a different abstraction.
Try talking to the same person every day, and you will be able to tell the meaning of an argument just by the first sound and the facial expression (visit hell, get married). Our mind just loves to abstract as soon as possible even at a relatively high risk of failure. Film at 11.
Lol, they would have tried for sure. But they would never have succeeded. They wanted an exclusive tmobile deal, but what now? I can buy a prepaid iPhone. Apple has no clue on how to win in the mobile market. What have they become? A phone manufacturer. They have no say about frequencies, carriers, protocols or prices. The mobile market is insane in the same way Japan is insane.
While I agree, one wrong point on your list: Hardware.
That was the big thing Jobs did: the move from expensive hardware to china-sweatshop-crap like everybody else does (move to Intel, iPod, iPhone, etc) while maintaining the (now) absurdly high consumer prices. Lots of hardware problems followed, the antenna thingie, recalled iPods (2 days ago), battery problems, etc.
THAT is the sole reason why apple is so successful measured in $$$, and that is all Jobs was interested in (yea, maintaining a "cool image" and getting his ideas through while being a smart guy was also important, but not as much). It is also the sole reason why apple won't matter except for retro fans 10 years from now on.
Apple has nothing money can't buy. In contrast to Nintendo, but they're Japanese, can't buy that.
I really doubt that. Did he had unnecessary bells? If so, did he love them?
Explaining a joke while making it ("Its applications are somewhat limited") kills all the funny.
Funnier != Older
"used digital music"
This is beyond newspeak. This is just fucking awesome on so many levels.
Yea, it's absurd, but I think many of you got it wrong. The TOS does not BECOME law, it's a crime to violate it. I guess it's proposed for the following scenario: Some guy posts a link on a forum that points to Noodie Boobie Fun (TM). Just in case it is some sort of Noodie Boobie Fun that's still legal, he sure violated the TOS. Gotcha!
As an example to what this can lead: In Germany there is a law the other way round: If you're a business with a website, and your Website is missing some texts (like VAT number, or a phone number), it's a violation of some law. If a lawyer (and only a lawyer) spots this, they can make money from you: "I see what u did there (harhar). Gimme 1000euro or I will prosecute you". It's a fucking million euro industry, just milking mom and pop sites that try to sell pot holders. All automated (crawlers looking for websites, sending mass mails).
Well, obviously milking the consumer is far more efficient than only milking the producer. And this is what this new law is about, from my POV anyway.
Post scriptum: I hereby invoke Rule #34: Nothing real, so far...
I built a time machine that can take me two days into the future in only 48 hours. Its applications are somewhat limited
Dimitri Martin's version is funnier ;)
It's called afroamericanlist, not blacklist.
Bump. Can someone mod this up? That's the stuff I came for to /. in the first place, ages ago. You know, actually interesting ideas instead of this fanboihateboigoldengirlsboi crap that's showing up more and more often.
Everything I do prevents global warming, by definition. This is because, by definition, I am a VERY lazy person. I exhale maybe once an hour (must be an eventful day), even more global warming prevention. It's more like eating for me. But then again, I am a whale.
A very lazy whale, even by whale standards. Would take me half a moth to type that if I had to do it by myself. Luckily I have subordinates, like every self-respecting whale. Still lazier than the most.
But don't tell the penguins, they're like friendly and stuff, and in general they're supposed to be on the right side (you know, the "nuts-but-not-that-crazy-well-ok-that-crazy-and-yea-beyond-BUT-STILL" side, easily distinguishable: we have the cookies). But penguins, you know, always planning something weird, really weird. You know, when they mate and sit lonely at the very south pole...just to not be eaten by predators! That's why they mate and hatch there, knowing no sane predator would ever hunt there!
Then again, there is no such thing as a sane predator. At least none that I know, and I AM an effing predator (don't let them fool you, we eat way more than krill).
Pf, penguins. It would drive me nuts! If I weren't already. Which I am, because, remember, I am a whale. One thing I have in common with them crazy penguins. If I think about it, I have that in common with all intelligent beings.
C# with loose coupling, dynamic typing (strong if you have the will to enforce it) and an automated C API (gir) is pyhon. Your point?
+1 flamebait. salute. it's the truth, but anyway ;)
It would have been better if they pirated the software, at least then they wouldn't have been reselling it and stealing profit from FTS
Also, never underestimate the joy of rightfully screaming "AARRRRRRHHH!" after pirating successfully. Also known as the "pirate's orgasm".
Exactly. In terms of "heavy enterprise", meaning the real back ends of big financial companies, airline conglomerates and insurances...They only let you touch their valuable cobol systems through java, mostly 1.3 (1.4 if you're lucky). The java 5 route (and thus 6, 7, 8) is too risky because of Oracle. Any new development in that sector is good news. Although some java integration is necessary (mostly connectors and MQ systems), because these are tested for 10+ years and that counts more than anything else.
And no, twitter is not enterprise. You ruby wizards and whatnot-gurus, go bashing google or whatever further down the page.
...with first class functions. So it's not java, thanks for playing.
I guess it's "Importing into iTunes", meaning it's unacceptable to use such crude workarounds while all the cool kids just browse to motherless.
Two methods:
1a. open mobile browser
1b. surf to pr0n page
Well, have fun watching internet porn without flash. Most porn sites don't use html5 video tags. It works on other smartphone OSs, so everything else but surfing and instant viewing is an unacceptable workaround. As an apple fan, you should despise workarounds.
The name R2D2 comes from a string inside the trojan: "C3PO-r2d2-POE". This string is used internally by the trojan to initiate data transmission.
link
don't click, it's goatse.
If you have looked at Singularity the past, you are welcome to develop on Cosmos however you must be careful not to use your knowledge of Singularity. Unless you were involved deeply into Singularity code this will likely not be a problem. If you are concerned about this, choose purposefully to develop in a different area of functionality in Cosmos.
http://cosmos.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=FAQ
And no, that's not a joke.