I think they should be broken up by search terms. Let the "why am I itching" division take on the "lindsay lohan crotch shot" division. It's only fair.
Except for the fact that it was designed to look like an iPhone 3GS... hence the fake case and that would explain the *LOGO* on it.
You guys like to make this out to be some big marketing conspiracy, but I don't think so. 1), I don't think Steve Jobs would approve of this. He's an egomaniac and I'm pretty sure he would think this sort of thing is juvenile. 2) Apple has field units. They have to do this in order to get *REAL* world results with their phones. It's not that uncommon and other companies do the same. 3) People make mistakes. I'm sure this went down exactly like it was described. Some poor sap had one two many and forgot his phone.
I've "misplaced" about 3 phones in my lifetime, one when I was drinking, the other two do to the fact of incompetence on my part (I lost my first gen iPhone leaving it on the hood of my car when bringing in groceries.)
Sometimes, things are what they are. Could you have planned this? You go to a bar, act like your drinking, act like your drunk, accidentally leave your phone next to a guy that you think will sell the secret phone to some tech site? I'm mean shit, what if that guy just returned it? Would they have to orchestrate this whole thing again??? Duh, indeed.
From my perspective, it's only a handful of developers complaining about developing for Apple. The biggest complaint has nothing to do with the actual development, it's mainly about the approval process. And there again, it's seems to be a small vocal few complaining.
I don't think Apple is trying to lock-in or control developers as much as they are trying to control the user experience with their devices. I'm pretty sure relying on third-party companies to see their vision and failing has something to do with what's going on with Adobe.
At least Apple is using it's "Market Power" to convince the world to move on to an "open standard", instead of some proprietary format. The whole reason Flash has it's market share today is based on a simple fact that 10 years ago you couldn't rely on the same functionality across browsers and platforms. HTML5 is not a 100% fix to that problem, but it's a step in the right direction.
You see, here's the big problem that Murdoch and friends have with "free-news". The newspapers and magazines, can't get any kind of useful stats on it's users if they just give it away. They use this data in a bunch of ways, one is to supply it to their advertisers.
These guys just don't sell the news, they sell this data as well. It's probably more important to them than selling the news. If you use a credit card to purchase something, this has your full name, address, purchase history through lookup on other shared db's and so much more.
Not sure what you are talking about. Bill Gates was all about the power of the internet back in the day. Heck, IE DOMINATED the browser market, for what, like 10 years.
I think you might mean that they were misguided in what direction to go with it, but even as a Mac fan, I will concede that MS understood that the internet was important. They just had problems with execution and they sat on their laurels.
Unfortunately for the U.S., the problem started decades ago. The downfall began when the corporations convinced politicians to make stronger and stronger laws to punish those who hack their system or product. This led to the idea that instead of fixing any security issues, it was easier and cheaper to try to punish those who hacked. Fast forward to today, and now theres the more laws, EUA's, DMCA's, etc.
If you discover exploits and try to go public with it. The first thing the targeted company might try to do to squash the "exploit" is either litigate or file criminal charges.
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be laws against hacking into systems, but the current environment doesn't bode well for making these system any more secure. It would be nice if there was some kind of "whistle blower" protection for those who discover exploits and maybe a company or government agency that you could disclose these exploits to in order to receive this protection.
Maybe there could be laws inacted that require a company to fix the exploit within a certain amount of time once it has been reported or something. If not they could either be fined or held accountable if any sensitive data is breached. Not sure, but something needs to be changed.
"Hi, MicroSoft here and with all this bad press coming out lately, I would like to ensure you that we have some truly revolutionary products coming out soon... blah blah blah."
Wake me up when they actually produce something cool that I can touch and feel. I'm getting tired of the standard "MicroSoft is going to innovate, just wait and see" PR tagline.
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I believe it's time for an alternate, non-US based payment processor to take the place of paypal
I agree, I have a very rich uncle in Nigeria that has a large sum of money and we need a bank account to get this up and running. If you don't mind posting you full name, DOB, SSN and bank account info then we will get started right away.
We'll gladly pay you $40,000,000US for the inconvenience and helping us out!!
How efficient are these matts? Last I heard they were only 50% efficient. Does that mean that if I leave this thing plugged in all the time, it's "waisting" energy?
I'm on a pretty pathetic DSL line, so I've tried to optimize things on my end. First, I've setup my "hosts" file to loopback on about 16,000 websites. And I also use a plugin that blocks Flash (unless you click on it).
My browsing experience has never been smoother.
You know, I've been seeing this exact same comment on a lot of tech sites lately. Heck, there's quite a few of them on this article alone. At first, I was like "Welcome to what it was like for us Apple guys 5-10 years ago", (not that I ever posted that, I just thought it). But the more I think about it, I think it just means that the iPhone, iPod, Apple, etc., is going more mainstream. I don't think its a purposeful marketing strategy on anyones part (maybe it is and I'm too blinded to see), but more or less just a natural affect of its growing user market.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if there was something coming out of MS, Verizon, Dell, or the likes that was interesting, I'm sure we would be flooded with the same kind of daily stories about it. But that's just not happening. Is it because they are not producing anything that people feel compelled to write about or is it because they know that if they write something that has an "i" in the headline, then they will generate hits. Not sure, but it's kind of interesting either way.
And on a side note, your "viral" theory can be applied to your comment as well. How do I know that all the "I'm getting sick of all the Apple" comments aren't made by paid shills or some viral marketing company trying to make Apple look un-cool or whatever. Sure it's a conspiracy theory, but it's no less of one than yours.
That's exactly what I was thinking. My guess is this is going to be used to watch movies or TV shows. Those guys would love this and it might finally convince them to allow Apple to provide their content. I wouldn't mind watching a 1-2 minute commercial in order to watch a movie or TV show I want to watch. They'll probably offer you a way to bypass the ads all together, by paying some kind of fee. I don't think I would have a problem with this model.
This is EXACTLY why I left Verizon. They may have the better network, but the crap they pull is ridiculous. Charging you for every little thing you do, crappy customer support, crappy store representatives.
I'm not a fan of AT&T, but compared to Verizon, they are angels.
I think what he really is hoping that all the other newspapers/news outlets will rally behind him on this. He's not stupid, he knows if he does this and no one else does, then he's screwed. And he can't really call all of them up and say "let's do this", because then that would be collusion. I think when he's talking about this openly, he's hoping that a few other news outlets will come out publicly and say they are going to do this too.
An entire generation is growing up, if we don't figure out how to change that behavior so it respects copyright and subscription revenue on the part of distributors, we're going to wake up and see cord cutting.' How many consumers, in any market, are focused on 'respecting' vendors' revenue streams?
"An entire corporate business model is not evolving, if we don't figure out how to change that behavior so it respects rights and budgets on the part of consumers, we're going to wake up and see cord cutting. Home many corporations, in any market, are focused on 'respecting' consumers?"
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Sure, as soon as the original owners produces a deed.
...or perhaps information about the guy that originally "found" the phone. To my knowledge, this information has not been disclosed as of yet.
I think they should be broken up by search terms. Let the "why am I itching" division take on the "lindsay lohan crotch shot" division. It's only fair.
How dare you inject a rational comment into what is sure to be a emotional and energetic flame war between Apple and Adobe zealots.
You, my friend, are not welcome here.
Except for the fact that it was designed to look like an iPhone 3GS... hence the fake case and that would explain the *LOGO* on it.
You guys like to make this out to be some big marketing conspiracy, but I don't think so. 1), I don't think Steve Jobs would approve of this. He's an egomaniac and I'm pretty sure he would think this sort of thing is juvenile. 2) Apple has field units. They have to do this in order to get *REAL* world results with their phones. It's not that uncommon and other companies do the same. 3) People make mistakes. I'm sure this went down exactly like it was described. Some poor sap had one two many and forgot his phone.
I've "misplaced" about 3 phones in my lifetime, one when I was drinking, the other two do to the fact of incompetence on my part (I lost my first gen iPhone leaving it on the hood of my car when bringing in groceries.)
Sometimes, things are what they are. Could you have planned this? You go to a bar, act like your drinking, act like your drunk, accidentally leave your phone next to a guy that you think will sell the secret phone to some tech site? I'm mean shit, what if that guy just returned it? Would they have to orchestrate this whole thing again??? Duh, indeed.
From my perspective, it's only a handful of developers complaining about developing for Apple. The biggest complaint has nothing to do with the actual development, it's mainly about the approval process. And there again, it's seems to be a small vocal few complaining.
I don't think Apple is trying to lock-in or control developers as much as they are trying to control the user experience with their devices. I'm pretty sure relying on third-party companies to see their vision and failing has something to do with what's going on with Adobe.
At least Apple is using it's "Market Power" to convince the world to move on to an "open standard", instead of some proprietary format. The whole reason Flash has it's market share today is based on a simple fact that 10 years ago you couldn't rely on the same functionality across browsers and platforms. HTML5 is not a 100% fix to that problem, but it's a step in the right direction.
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You see, here's the big problem that Murdoch and friends have with "free-news". The newspapers and magazines, can't get any kind of useful stats on it's users if they just give it away. They use this data in a bunch of ways, one is to supply it to their advertisers.
These guys just don't sell the news, they sell this data as well. It's probably more important to them than selling the news. If you use a credit card to purchase something, this has your full name, address, purchase history through lookup on other shared db's and so much more.
accept for that whole "hacking" thing.
Not sure what you are talking about. Bill Gates was all about the power of the internet back in the day. Heck, IE DOMINATED the browser market, for what, like 10 years.
I think you might mean that they were misguided in what direction to go with it, but even as a Mac fan, I will concede that MS understood that the internet was important. They just had problems with execution and they sat on their laurels.
Unfortunately for the U.S., the problem started decades ago. The downfall began when the corporations convinced politicians to make stronger and stronger laws to punish those who hack their system or product. This led to the idea that instead of fixing any security issues, it was easier and cheaper to try to punish those who hacked. Fast forward to today, and now theres the more laws, EUA's, DMCA's, etc.
If you discover exploits and try to go public with it. The first thing the targeted company might try to do to squash the "exploit" is either litigate or file criminal charges.
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be laws against hacking into systems, but the current environment doesn't bode well for making these system any more secure. It would be nice if there was some kind of "whistle blower" protection for those who discover exploits and maybe a company or government agency that you could disclose these exploits to in order to receive this protection.
Maybe there could be laws inacted that require a company to fix the exploit within a certain amount of time once it has been reported or something. If not they could either be fined or held accountable if any sensitive data is breached. Not sure, but something needs to be changed.
"Hi, MicroSoft here and with all this bad press coming out lately, I would like to ensure you that we have some truly revolutionary products coming out soon... blah blah blah."
Wake me up when they actually produce something cool that I can touch and feel. I'm getting tired of the standard "MicroSoft is going to innovate, just wait and see" PR tagline.
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Blow Super
Pub Slower
Bro We Plus
Bus Per Owl
Super Blow (Awesome)
I believe it's time for an alternate, non-US based payment processor to take the place of paypal
I agree, I have a very rich uncle in Nigeria that has a large sum of money and we need a bank account to get this up and running. If you don't mind posting you full name, DOB, SSN and bank account info then we will get started right away.
We'll gladly pay you $40,000,000US for the inconvenience and helping us out!!
China has quickly updated their standard tagline, "The U.S. needs to quit interfering with China's internal affairs and servers"
What's the mathematical odds that he might be gay? (Not that there's anything wrong with that)
Ultraman, Johnny Rocko, Buck Rogers?
How efficient are these matts? Last I heard they were only 50% efficient. Does that mean that if I leave this thing plugged in all the time, it's "waisting" energy?
I'm on a pretty pathetic DSL line, so I've tried to optimize things on my end. First, I've setup my "hosts" file to loopback on about 16,000 websites. And I also use a plugin that blocks Flash (unless you click on it). My browsing experience has never been smoother.
You know, I've been seeing this exact same comment on a lot of tech sites lately. Heck, there's quite a few of them on this article alone. At first, I was like "Welcome to what it was like for us Apple guys 5-10 years ago", (not that I ever posted that, I just thought it). But the more I think about it, I think it just means that the iPhone, iPod, Apple, etc., is going more mainstream. I don't think its a purposeful marketing strategy on anyones part (maybe it is and I'm too blinded to see), but more or less just a natural affect of its growing user market.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if there was something coming out of MS, Verizon, Dell, or the likes that was interesting, I'm sure we would be flooded with the same kind of daily stories about it. But that's just not happening. Is it because they are not producing anything that people feel compelled to write about or is it because they know that if they write something that has an "i" in the headline, then they will generate hits. Not sure, but it's kind of interesting either way.
And on a side note, your "viral" theory can be applied to your comment as well. How do I know that all the "I'm getting sick of all the Apple" comments aren't made by paid shills or some viral marketing company trying to make Apple look un-cool or whatever. Sure it's a conspiracy theory, but it's no less of one than yours.
That's exactly what I was thinking. My guess is this is going to be used to watch movies or TV shows. Those guys would love this and it might finally convince them to allow Apple to provide their content. I wouldn't mind watching a 1-2 minute commercial in order to watch a movie or TV show I want to watch. They'll probably offer you a way to bypass the ads all together, by paying some kind of fee. I don't think I would have a problem with this model.
This is EXACTLY why I left Verizon. They may have the better network, but the crap they pull is ridiculous. Charging you for every little thing you do, crappy customer support, crappy store representatives.
I'm not a fan of AT&T, but compared to Verizon, they are angels.
You forgot to yell at the kids to get off your internet.
I think what he really is hoping that all the other newspapers/news outlets will rally behind him on this. He's not stupid, he knows if he does this and no one else does, then he's screwed. And he can't really call all of them up and say "let's do this", because then that would be collusion. I think when he's talking about this openly, he's hoping that a few other news outlets will come out publicly and say they are going to do this too.
"An entire corporate business model is not evolving, if we don't figure out how to change that behavior so it respects rights and budgets on the part of consumers, we're going to wake up and see cord cutting. Home many corporations, in any market, are focused on 'respecting' consumers?"
There fixed that for him.