First with the cap put on its customers several years ago on amount of traffic provided as part of the customer high-speed package, as of September 16, the service is no longer provided.
Wtf is that supposed to mean? I have zilch clue on how to parse that.. it seems to have zero correlation with the preceding and following sentences in the summary. I mean seriously, you don't really need a degree in Literature to write 3 decent, interconnected sentences..
Uh, I know CWmike wants to promote Computerworld and all, but really a link to at least one of the "notesposted on its website" would have also been helpful..
It is not a blacklist for disabling apps completely, but rather specifically for preventing any listed apps from accessing Core Location -- an API which, for obvious privacy reasons, is covered by very strict rules in the iPhone SDK guidelines.
These privacy concerns are somewhat GPS-related. Could anyone explain further? Too early right now for any place to have significant info on this..
p.s: While I'm backing down a little (since it's not a "zOMG teh remote bricking!!11"), I stand by the uncalled-for phone-home though - it still stinks.
*ABSOLUTELY NOTHING* justifies phoning home without having asked the user at some point.
Explicitly. Up front. In his/her face.
"But it was there in the EULA" is a stupid argument. The "ohhh shiny!!11" crowd wouldn't have read it, and most reasonable people cannot be expected to.
Disclosure: I have a 4gb iPod Nano which I got for free. I'd rather have something else which wasn't bound to the fancies of Lord Steve, but currently cannot afford it..
Personally, I have found that its more annoying when other passengers try to strike up a conversation with me.
Amen to that. I wouldn't call myself reserved, a loner or even an introvert. But when I travel, I usually make it a point to carry along something to keep me occupied for the journey. Something constructive, like a book, or podcasts, or even a laptop, if I need to get work done.
Co-passenger conversations are tolerable, and even fine if the discussion is more on a/.-ish line, like on news, issues etc, but personal questions are plain uncomfortable..
p.s: As an even further aside - quite a few Indian train stations have warning signs discouraging passengers from discussing religion or politics while travelling..
..satellites take photos of our blue and clearly globular planet from space, and robots send back info about soil and water from Mars -- no one can seriously still believe that the Earth is flat?
Sure they can. The Earth (and other planets) are like giant coins with constantly changing surfaces. These surface changes are possible whenever the elephants flexes its back muscles. Or when one or more of the turtles (that go all the way down) shifts their weight..
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I really don't understand why you feel that way - that site has often given me exactly what I was looking for.
Multipled'ed. Taco-meister, you listening?
/. is a terrorist haven! All you have to do is browse at -1 on all Apple/Google/Nintendo stories!
If you can make the "world's fastest console", shouldn't you host on at least a "world's somewhat resilient server"?
Wtf is that supposed to mean? I have zilch clue on how to parse that.. it seems to have zero correlation with the preceding and following sentences in the summary. I mean seriously, you don't really need a degree in Literature to write 3 decent, interconnected sentences..
Uh, I know CWmike wants to promote Computerworld and all, but really a link to at least one of the "notes posted on its website" would have also been helpful..
Pascal's Wager.
I use my computer for word processing, you insensitive clod!
Man..that *was* funny. Funnier still though, is the "Informative" mod! Bwahahahaha! Oh wait, for karma, perhaps..?
WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction)
WMC (Weapons of Mass Collision)
WMB (Weapons of Mass Bullying)
WMA (Windows Media Audio)
There you have it, folks! WMA is the pinnacle of EVIL!
I prefer Wetriffs. It's just waaay cooler.
For Pete's sake, he didn't even *HAVE* to RTFA..a simple mouseover on the first URL in the summary alone would've sufficed..sheesh...
Linux won't really get to Proliferate much if the server keeps melting as this one has ;)
that's the whole Enceladus..
I would've thought this is a valid candidate for science.slashdot.org. Only stuff from Reuters' Oddly Enough and the like get into idle.slashdot.org
I don't think too many people here in India use the iTMS, but the iPod's the most popular PMP here as well..
Wow thanks for that... Unfortunately I have the 3rd gen Nano, and Rockbox doesn't support it :( Looks great though..thanks again!
Replace Russia, Georgia and Ossetia with India, Pakistan and Kashmir.
Et voila!
Slippery slope, much..?
Update:
These privacy concerns are somewhat GPS-related. Could anyone explain further? Too early right now for any place to have significant info on this..
p.s: While I'm backing down a little (since it's not a "zOMG teh remote bricking!!11"), I stand by the uncalled-for phone-home though - it still stinks.
..Apple fanbois!
*ABSOLUTELY NOTHING* justifies phoning home without having asked the user at some point.
Explicitly.
Up front.
In his/her face.
"But it was there in the EULA" is a stupid argument. The "ohhh shiny!!11" crowd wouldn't have read it, and most reasonable people cannot be expected to.
Disclosure: I have a 4gb iPod Nano which I got for free. I'd rather have something else which wasn't bound to the fancies of Lord Steve, but currently cannot afford it..
Amen to that. I wouldn't call myself reserved, a loner or even an introvert. But when I travel, I usually make it a point to carry along something to keep me occupied for the journey. Something constructive, like a book, or podcasts, or even a laptop, if I need to get work done.
Co-passenger conversations are tolerable, and even fine if the discussion is more on a /.-ish line, like on news, issues etc, but personal questions are plain uncomfortable..
p.s: As an even further aside - quite a few Indian train stations have warning signs discouraging passengers from discussing religion or politics while travelling..
Sure they can. The Earth (and other planets) are like giant coins with constantly changing surfaces. These surface changes are possible whenever the elephants flexes its back muscles. Or when one or more of the turtles (that go all the way down) shifts their weight..
Details at 11!
..what would be the point of this act? To reduce passenger annoyance? Great, might as well ban cellphones in cinema halls now.
I think a more sensible legislation would be legalizing poking obnoxious cellphone loudmouths in the eye with pencils..